How to prevent Microsoft Lync adding startup entry in Windows?

Microsoft lync makes my laptop boot very slowly and if I disable it from startup, the laptop boots fine and quick. However the issue is, if I start lync again, it puts an entry to startup. So I end up disabling again and again before every boot. I try to put my laptop into sleep only as much possible, however there are many times I need to start up. So, please suggest how to do any of the following?

How to remove a program from start up, programatically or a windows setting?
How to disable Microsoft lync to stop putting an entry into startup?

Naresh

Posted 2013-03-25T06:03:01.373

Reputation: 163

There should be a way to turn it off in its options. Else see http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/yuval14/archive/2011/10/27/how-to-disable-automatic-startup-of-lync-2010-client.aspx

– Anirudh Ramanathan – 2013-03-25T06:05:41.067

Yes manually we have. I need to do it with a program or automatically in any manner, with a script that would run before the system shuts down or something. – None – 2013-03-25T06:07:20.470

1You could write a batch-script to do the registry hack that post suggests. – Anirudh Ramanathan – 2013-03-25T06:08:54.407

Cool, I did not have to write a script. I just made the flag to 0 and it does not write to start up anymore and also its removed from startup. Thank you for your help. – None – 2013-03-25T06:18:51.383

Also it appears the it is kind of hack that, the system entry still shows lync as startup task and lync doesn't get start at start up. :). – None – 2013-03-25T06:25:45.477

Open Lync. Then Tools > Options > Personalize > Uncheck the 'Automatically start Lync when windows starts' and it should get solved. http://imgur.com/YnXXsFn

– Shivaranjan – 2013-03-25T08:28:12.093

Answers

Turn off logging in your Lync client. The logging functionality is what is causing the startup delay, not the client itself. Only use logging during diagnostics.

Nicholas Dambrosio

Posted 2013-03-25T06:03:01.373

Reputation: 36

How to turn of logging? – Nam G VU – 2014-10-25T12:43:00.730

You can also configure Lync so that it doesn't start up with Windows. On the sign-in screen, click the configure gear and choose Tools -> Options. Select Personal and un-check "Automatically start Lync when I log on to Windows"

JoshL

Posted 2013-03-25T06:03:01.373

Reputation: 231

Microsoft has dodged this to allow Lync to continue annoying users. The options to Change has become "Do you want a quick or slow repair?".

Go to Run (or Windows+R).
Type msconfig.exe and Click OK.
Go to Start Up options, then go to Task Manager and change Lync to ge to Disabled.

Seems to work after rebooting once.

Gene Childs

Posted 2013-03-25T06:03:01.373

Reputation: 41

I'm not sure what this means. It looks like you are asking me to run msconfig, and do nothing with it, then you bring up a completely separate program - the task manager - and change some setting that I can't locate.

I don't see an item called "Task Manager" in the Startup options of msconfig – elbillaf – 2017-01-04T12:12:19.920

You can also uninstall Lync if you don't need it (part of the Microsoft Office).

Go to the Control Panel - Programs and Features and right click on Microsoft Office 2013 and choose Change.

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Now you can continue to Add or Remove Featues and uncheck the Lync feature:

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FiveO

Posted 2013-03-25T06:03:01.373

Reputation: 7 940