Do you ever uninstall programs and they are still listed under startup items in msconfig? There is a way to remove these items:

1. Open MSconfig and click on the startup items tab
2. Open Regedit and navigate to HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Sharedtools/MSconfig
3. Compare the list of registry keys under startupfolder and startupreg with their counterparts in msconfig.
4. Delete the keys which are no longer valid.
5. Voila! You’ve cleaned up msconfig.