[NFB-Science] Disabling programs at start-up for Windows 10

[Emily Schlenker]

Thank you so much. This is very helpful.

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> On Apr 21, 2020, at 9:43 PM, John Miller via NFB-Science <nfb-science at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> Recently the IT department at my work has been adding a number of applications to the start menu with enable checked for my Windows 10 computer.
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> I think JAWS is more stable with some of the applications closed.
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> It was good practice for me to figure out how to enable or disable these applications.
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> For example, I set out to disable Microsoft Teams on my start menu.
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> Here are the steps to disable any startup programs:
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> Open task manager by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL, pressing TAB a few times to get to 'Task Manager' and selecting with ENTER. The task manager opens on the Processes tab. Navigate to the startup tab by pressing TAB 3 times until you can see 'Processes,' then right arrow to the 'Startup' tab. Access the app list by pressing TAB and down-arrowing to the desired app. Disable the app by pressing ALT+A.
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> No need to press save, the settings will be saved when you edit them.
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> Close task manager as usual with alt-f4.
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> Best Regards,
> 
> John
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