How do I stop paint from starting automatically after booting?

When I start my computer and the desktop comes up, paint automatically opens. How do I stop that from happening?

This question was answered on April 30, 2005. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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You can open up your autoexec.bat file by clicking start>run then typing in:

Edit C:\autoexec.bat

Look to see if paint is listed in that file or see if it is listed in config.sys

Edit C:\config.sys

Once you find it, you can delete that entry from the list and you should have no problems.

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Posted by Ian of Chandler-Gilbert Community College on April 30, 2005

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