How do you remove entries from startup in msconfig that are no longer used ?

You can delete them manually in the registry. Open regedit, and browse to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run

and

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run

Delete the strings that are no longer needed and they'll be gone from msconfig.

Don't blame me btw if you delete something and kill your PC - playing with the registry can cause all sorts of problems.
 
If you mean the one's that you've already unchecked, then browse to:

HKLM -> Software -> Microsoft -> Shared Tools -> MsConfig -> Delete entries in startupfolder and startupreg :)
 
you can't delete things in MSconfig, you can only temporarily disable them. Most should be in your startup list or in services, if they're in startup delete the shortcut if in services, set the service to stopped and manual. not automatic.
 
hi,

yeah sorry for the confusion, i mean the entries i have unchecked leave an entry when u run msconfig as pre hottiger's post, and any others that mean the same that i didnt understand properly.

thx all :)
 
This is probably too late, but try a program called RegCleaner (google it). It displays all the start up items, and you can just tick select them to remove them. It does lots more check it out if you wanna...
 
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