Resume Setup

[rbulph]

I was having problems with Internet Explorer, so I attempted to download it again from a Microsoft site. Half way through the process I got the message that certain necessary files were not on my system and that the setup process would now load them. It then gave the message that it was not able to do so and that I would have to resume setup at a later stage.

I have now fixed the problem with Internet Explorer by a different means, but now, every time I turn on my computer, I get the setup wizard, which I do not need, and cannot prevent from appearing because, if I try to run it I get the same errors I got the first time round.

How do I stop the setup wizard from appearing any more?

[Guest northamuk]

If the set-up wizard appears in your Start Up list you could simply uncheck it. Someone else may have a better solution.

[rbulph]

By StartUp list I take it you mean Start/Programs/StartUp. It does not appear there. The only thing that does is Outlook (and that doesn't start on startup, but that's another matter).

Any other ideas, anyone?

[Guest northamuk]

Try Start>Run>type in msconfig>On the window that opens click on Start Up, that will open a list of everything that opens on start up.

[rbulph]

Thank you. Have unchecked "Resume Windows Setup Installation" or something similar, and it worked. By the way ,how do you add a program to the list of start up programs (i.e. I want to add Outlook)?

[Guest northamuk]

Click on Settings>Task bar and Start Menu>choose advanced>choose Add

[rbulph]

The order I have is Settings>Taskbar and Start Menu...>Start Menu Programs. I can then choose between "Add", which just allows me to add a new item to the start menu so far as I can see, and "Advanced" which gives me an Explorer type interface, which doesn't have much explanation, but which seems to allow you again to add and remove items from the Start Menu. I can use either method to add programs to the "StartUp" folder, but, as mentioned earlier, this doesn't work. What else should I be doing?

[Guest northamuk]

Will have to leave this for someone else. I don't know why it's not working.

[Guest Nellie2]

This is cut and pasted from my Outlook help file.... hope it works for you.

Automatically start Outlook when you turn on your computer

Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Taskbar.

In Microsoft Windows 98, click Taskbar & Start menu.

Click the Start Menu Programs tab, and then click Add.

Click Browse.

In the Look in box, click the drive that Microsoft Outlook is installed on.

In the folder list, double-click the folder that contains Outlook.

Double-click Outlook, and then click Next.

In the folder list, click StartUp, and then click Next.

In the Select a name for the shortcut box, type a name for the shortcut (for example, Microsoft Outlook) and then click Finish.

[rbulph]

Thanks for the suggestion, Nellie2, unfortunately this is what I've been trying and it seems the Startup folder deosn't work. However I have now found where all the programs listed on the Startup tab of msconfig are stored in the registry, and have added an extra key for Outlook in there, and it all works fine. So I got there in the end. Thanks to you both for your help.