This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor (A starting list of auto-run locations was obtained from David Solomon’s "Windows Internals" seminar), shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

 

Autoruns’ Hide Signed Microsoft Entries option helps you to zoom in on third-party auto-starting images that have been added to your system and it has support for looking at the auto-starting images configured for other accounts configured on a system. Also included in the download package is a command-line equivalent that can output in CSV format, Autorunsc.

 

You’ll probably be surprised at how many executables are launched automatically!

 

Autoruns works on all versions of Windows including Windows XP 64-bit Edition (for x64) and Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition (for x64).

 

 

 

Autorunsc Usage
Autorunsc is the command-line version of Autoruns. Its usage syntax is:

 

Usage: autorunsc [-a] | [-c] [-b] [-d] [-e] [-h] [-i] [-l] [-m] [-n] [-p] [-s] [-v] [-w] [user]

 

-a
Show all entries.
-b
Boot execute.
-c
Print output as CSV.
-d
Appinit DLLs.
-e
Explorer addons.
-h
Image hijacks.
-i
Internet Explorer addons.
-l
Logon startups (this is the default).
-m
Hide signed Microsoft entries.
-n
Winsock protocol providers.
-p
Printer monitor drivers.
-s
Autostart services and non-disabled drivers.
-t
Scheduled tasks.
-v
Verify digital signatures.
-w
Winlogon entries.
user
Dump autoruns for the specified user account