Startup Programs

[WebOfWebs]

I've seen this discussed in various forums, but always for a specific item. So sorry if i missed a thread or two.

What i'd like to know is, can i remove ALL adobe entries in my startup folder?

I've just built a nice clean windows 7 pc, and installed numerous adobe products, not the suite just various cs6 trials and non-trials. And as usual there is a mountain of extras. Not a big deal, maybe some are useful, but i really object to all the Startup entries - stuff that i dont want running in the background.

To name a few...

Yes HKCU:Run AdobeBridge 

Yes HKLM:Run AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0 Adobe Systems Incorporated

Yes HKLM:Run AdobeCS6ServiceManager Adobe Systems Incorporated

Yes HKLM:Run SwitchBoard Adobe Systems Incorporated

Will i have any issues if i just remove all Adobe entries?

Thanks.

[Mylenium]

Leave Switchboard and the ServiceManager alone. It's bound to cause trouble. Instead set their start mode to manual in your systems "Services" control panel, if you really must. The other 2 can be disabled safely.

Mylenium

[WebOfWebs]

thanks for the comment. however...

After some experimenting i've discovered i can disable ALL startup entries without any problems.

Interestingly AdobeBridge can not be 'disabled' - it becomes 'enabled' on every boot no matter what. So instead of Disable i went for Delete and removed it completely. And no ill effects.

Everything works as before. Except automatically checking for updates - which i do manually anyway.