'Emerge Desktop', and 'Starter'

Emerge Desktop

Emerge Desktop is a replacement Windows "shell" (the desktop environment normally provided by Windows Explorer) for Windows 2000 and above. In order to replace Windows Explorer as a shell, it provides a system tray (the area that collects the icons collected at the lower right corner in Explorer), called emergeTray. It will also provide access to the users programs (normally accessed with the Windows "start" button) via a right-click on the desktop.

http://emergedesktop.org

Starter

Starter allows one to view and manage all the programs that are starting automatically whenever their operating system is loading. It enumerates all the hidden registry entries, startup items and some of the initialization files, so that the user can choose to temporarily disable selected entries, edit them, create new ones, or delete each permanently.

http://codestuff.tripod.com

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