WinPatrol Help

  1. Removing and Disabling Startup Programs

  2. Delay Startup

  3. ActiveX Controls

  4. IE Helpers - Browser Helper Objects - Toolbars

  5. Scheduled Tasks

  6. Services

  7. Removing Active Tasks

  8. Cookie Management and Filtering

  9. Monitoring and Restoring File Type Associations

  10. Options - Host File/Start Page Monitoring

  11. Program Info and Properties

  12. Upgrade to WinPatrol PLUS


Vista Compatibility
If you're using User Access Control you'll find opening the main WinPatrol interface will require an additional permission. It's Windows Vista's way of protecting your system from programs which access criticial system locations.   You may already have some startup programs which require UAC interaction. Putting these programs in your Delay Start list will make life with Vista less annoying.

Registry Cleaners
WinPatrol stores information about delayed Startup Programs in the Windows registry. If you allow a registry cleaner to remove WinPatrol entries it may remove information on programs you’d like to start. If this occurs you can restore any Startup Programs removed by going to the Options Tab and click on the “History” button. The History button will list all actions you’ve taken using WinPatrol and allow you to restore any Startup Programs that might have been erased.


Registry Backup
The first time you run WinPatrol a backup file is created in the WinPatrol folder just in case you experience problems.  This file is a registry script called RunBackup.reg.  In the case you need to restore all your original auto run programs and remove WinPatrol you can click on this file and run it. Our Uninstall program found is Add/Remove programs has also been enhanced and will restore any Run programs moved by WinPatrol into our Delayed Start list.

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