

Each entry listed in Autoruns contains useful information such as the item’s publisher, file name and path. Malware for example, might set a Logon entry to start its processes, or a badly-written video or audio codec might need identifying and removing. It displays every startup item on a PC, each one organised into tabbed groups to make them easy to recognise and find. Autoruns is part of Microsoft’s Sysinternals suite of troubleshooting and repair tools.

This is where Autoruns comes into its own. Managing Startup apps and programs on a PC is useful, but what do you do if you suspect that a startup service, codec, driver, task, or Registry item is causing a problem or a slow-down, or if malware might have infected the PC.
