The Group Policy Preference to delete a registry key associated with the program in question based on the key's name will fall under one of these registry paths.ĭo keep in mind however that this will not have any effect on any shortcuts or programs set up under the 'Startup' folder under either the 'All Users' or current user's folder. \SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Link the GPO and set the Security Filtering of your choice.Īlong these lines, there are four places that programs that are always set to run at start-up are stored in the registry. Key path here is exactly SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunĤ.
Create a Group Policy with a Preferences setting like this HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runģ. Note the registry path to the startup item:
Open Autoruns and locate the application you want to disable. Use Autoruns from Sysinternals Opens a new windowĢ.
