Windows Vista Where, oh where can I re-enable disable start-up apps??

Alright, so the Crunch experimented a little too much again. I disabled 3 start-up programs, one being a folder I didn't recognize, the Windows Device Media Center (WDMC), and one more, which I cannot recall.

I did so through the computer management tool "System Configuration ". I have medicated myself to the point where I am no longer angry about not having any System Restore points, which would have done the job, of course. Window's Defender's Software Tools also only shows the Startup items and all the apps that are actually running, NOT the disabled ones.

Every time I boot up, there is the balloon letting me know about the fact that there are several apps disabled. Every time I click to see what they are and so as to hopefully re-enable them, it routes me to the Window Defender's Startup apps, which I had already tried.

I must have too much time on my hands. WDMC not being loaded anymore I like, although, that wasn't necessary either. I think it's whatever was in the folder I disabled that causes problems.

Finally, the "problem" is that several sites no longer render properly in Firefox. I don't use IE7 much at all, but I do know that Firefox no longer plays my AOL/XM radio stations, it almost looks like WAP when I go to cnn.com. The same goes for blockbuster.com, forums like these using vBulletin software, but strangely enough NOT THIS one, windowsbbs.com, and sites like movies.com, etc. all look like ****. Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) is what they look like, so there is no HTML on those sites.

Other than that, I'm still crazy as a loon. Well, why state the obvious really.

Oops...a P.S. is in order. As I was attempting to post this, I attempted to click on a emoticon. They no longer work. Trying to enable any of the settings also no longer work.

Thanks everyone for any input, and thank God for modern medicine.

 

Alright, update, it seems to be only Firefox that's affected. Everything works as it should in IE7. Can someone PLEASE tell me where Blocked Programs can be re-enabled? Sorry to be a nuisance. Thanks...

 

Have you tried MSCONFIG?

Click on Start - run and type MSCONFIG and enter.

On the right side is a tab called startup if it is still listed there,
you can enable it there
Hope this helps

Sven

 

Mission accomplished!

Hey Sven,

Thanks for the tip. I've already figured the problem out and fixed it. It was Firefox and FF alone that was affected by my little experiments lol...

So. Firefox re-installed from scratch, which is good in and of itself, along with my favorite theme, the add-ons I want, and it's already customized with all bookmarks restored.

Took me just under an hour, including manually deleting the two folders Firefox likes to install in the funniest places. Also including running a reg. clean after the uninstall (and voluntary reboot) before initiating the re-install. Not bad, huh?

So all in all, lesson learned, and no harm done. Now on to 64-bit! ..I'm waiting for my T7600 Core 2 Duo to be delivered, so that'll be a little bit more of an experiment. But I'm looking forward to it.