Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

DrTeeth reviewed v3.0.324 on Aug 16, 2012

Great program and responsive programmer. This program is excellent. Gives *full* control of the startup process. I have a pro licence - covers all household PCs.

Kipster reviewed v3.0.315 on Aug 16, 2011

Despite what some of the self-proclaimed "experts" claim, I find the utility indispensable for my setup. It does what it is designed to do very well and unobtrusively.
I run Win7 Ultimate but also have a couple of older start-up apps that don't always behave when they start right away. By delaying them a few seconds, they work perfectly.
On my laptop, I might delay my email checker a few to allow the wi-fi to connect.
It may not be for everyone, but why slam the program because you don't need it? I find it very useful.
It does what it claims, it's updated frequently, it's free, and deserves 5 stars..

Keverin reviewed v3.0.309 on Jul 12, 2011

Clearly the author doesn't have knowledge about proper programming and only tries this & that ad infinitum, while overall the loading of the app itself destroys any time you, perhaps, could spare with what it's meant to do, but can't do for ages, and probably never will.

Input Overload reviewed v3.0.302 on May 27, 2011

I'm with gawd21 on this one:- It's possible in 'Services' to delay the start-Up of a program. Unless you are running an ancient PC or you have heaps of start ups, which you should sort out anyway. I have no use for this program. Good PC housekeeping is the answer. However you may think differently - Fair enough.

bobad reviewed v3.0.300 on May 25, 2011

Very useful app. However, it would be more useful if it was portable. Lots of times a computer is infected or not real accessible, and being portable would make it easier to access and get started cleaning it. 1 star off for not being portable, still highly recommended.

Blue Joker reviewed v3.0.299 on May 24, 2011

Great tool !!!

gawd21 reviewed v3.0.298 on May 20, 2011

Why not just stop the programs/services from starting unless you need them? On my desktop, I have 36 process that run when it is started and it is running W7 Pro 64 bit, my other W7 Pro 64 bit laptop has 26. It takes less that 20 seconds for my desktop to boot and about the same for my laptop!

borisf98 reviewed v3.0.296 on May 17, 2011

Like it a lot. Is there any way to start with "Running Tasks" window. It is better task manager than most programs.

stylemessiah reviewed v3.0.296 on May 17, 2011

Been using this for god knows how long and its one of those programs i install on every PC i use.

Great free program that does what its designed to do VERY well, and thats rare.

Makes your system usable more quickly and efficiently than the default "every startup program runs at once" in windows. This is one simple function you would have thought Microsoft would have built in by now.....

Easy 5, deserves higher

CyberDoc999 reviewed v3.0.296 on May 17, 2011

if you know what you are doing this program is a keeper

mjm01010101 reviewed v2.4.135 on Mar 2, 2009

Not a bad program. A better use of your time:
1. Reduce the number of times that you start your machine. sleep it, hibernate it, etc.
2. Put your startup programs on as many different physical disks as you can.
3. Get more cores. Each new core will help with multiple programs running in sync.

cliffcawley reviewed v2.3.134 on Dec 2, 2008

@ Undesired Username. For 'such an obvious bug' this is actually the first I've heard about it! I do have a Contact page on the website where you're more than welcome to report this.

I'll have this one fixed for the next beta release.

Perhaps if you have any more obvious bugs that you'd like to report, you could send them to me there? I don't often scour the comment pages on the various software archives that my software is available on.

shodan816 reviewed v2.3.134 on Dec 1, 2008

Been using this little beauty for YEARS and can't imagine living without it. I'm a nut about having my startup apps line up 'just so' in my tray, and this utility allows me to accomplish just that. THANKS, Cliff ! ! ! Keep up the great work !

Undesired Username reviewed v2.3.133 on Nov 3, 2008

Some people have whined that I wasn't specific enough about reporting bugs I complain about, so here is a 10-second test:

1. Set a shortcut in the Startup folder to have a particular and non-default "Start in" directory.

2. Install and run Startup Delayer.

3. Set a delay for the shortcut in step 1 using Startup Delayer, then click the "Start Over" button to remove the delay. The net effect of this is that the Startup shortcut will have been deleted and then recreated, with its information (supposedly) recorded in the meantime.

4. Note that the original "Start in" directory has been lost, and reset to that of the installation directory.

7 years and still such an obvious bug?

war593122 reviewed v2.3.132 Beta on Jul 27, 2008

Item Description
1 Added Spanish Translation - Thanks Legion!
2 Added Dutch Translations - Thanks Gijs!
3 Fixed bug related to program icons vs location icons - Thanks Rui!
4 Fixed Run-time error '5': Invalid procedure call or argument due to invalid path and the FileLen function - Thanks Larry!

jcollake reviewed v2.3.132 Beta on Jul 22, 2008

The concept behind this application is good. I actually considered developing a similar utility, but then saw the market was sufficiently saturated already. Starting applications in a more consecutive instead of simultaneous manner (the effect of the delays) will indeed improve the responsiveness during system startup, and very likely speed system startup, so long as the delay time is set correctly. The real trick for users will be to determine what the optimal delay time is for your system. It will vary for each system, though there's likely a value that works well 'most of the time'. A good addition to any software like this would be the ability to self-optimize the delay factor.

AlphaBetaGamma reviewed v2.3.131 Beta on Mar 4, 2008

I have used Startup Delayer for many years, and am now on the latest version. It solves problems when you have a lot of programs trying to start up at once, such as disappearing icons or strange error messages. I usually have about 8 to 12 icons showing in the tray. If you only have a couple, you may not need it. But it is a life saver for me, and does not increase total startup time if you arrange the time intervals properly, it just keeps programs from tripping all over each other.

cliffcawley reviewed v2.3.131 Beta on Mar 4, 2008

Hi, I'm the author and I just wanted to clear some things up.

I created Startup Delayer way back in early 2001. So for any of those asking why Startup Delayer exists when there are other applications out there?

Well it exists because I was the first one to come up with the idea of delaying applications and hence I created Startup Delayer.

Unfortunately I named it literally and therefore it confuses people why you would want to slow your pc down :) I'm thinking of renaming it soon.

As to the Interface, sorry the interface has only changed in small amounts of the last...7 years. Hence it looks rather dated still.

Thanks for all the comments and reviews though, its good to hear feedback.

asaenz reviewed v2.3.131 Beta on Mar 3, 2008

Although total startup might be delayed, you can arrange to have your more important programs start sooner and begin using your computer while less important programs load later after the majority of your system is up and going therefore improving your productivity. This program does a fair job but I prefer another.

shodan816 reviewed v2.3 Build 129 on Nov 29, 2007

Startup Delayer is a great little utility and is now Vista compatible. One user asked what the purpose is. Well, for openers, it allows you to organize your startup entries the way YOU want them (not how Windows makes them start by default), including how they are arranged in your system tray after they are loaded. I want icons arranged a certain way in my tray for a very good reason, and this program accomplishes just that... NICE WORK, Cliff !

Orbitration reviewed v2.3 Build 127 Beta on Sep 11, 2007

This program does exACTly what its title says.
It delayed my startup to about 3 times the normal time when windows manages what starts when.

Is there a use for this ?

shodan816 reviewed v2.3 Build 127 Beta on Sep 11, 2007

I have been using Startup Delayer for several years now, and it totally rocks. Still run it religiously on my old '98 laptop, but it won't remove startup registry entries under Vista. Can't wait for it to support Vista. Please keep up the GREAT work on this little gem !

mikeyx11 reviewed v2.3 Build 127 Beta on Sep 11, 2007

Oh my god...whining because it's 1 megabyte?? seriously...you are stupid.

guti reviewed v2.3 Build 127 Beta on Sep 11, 2007

Well not bad, but 1 Mb for such a program?

ritubpant reviewed v2.3 Build 127 Beta on Sep 10, 2007

I love this program and it really helps me to load my OS faster as I can set timer for my startup programs.

ChrisGranger reviewed v2.3 Build 126 on Aug 10, 2007

I haven't tried the other similar programs mentioned in other comments, but this one does exactly what I want it to.

radiomaffia reviewed v2.3 Build 126 on Jul 23, 2007

After trying several, including this one...Startup Faster!2004 is the one for me that is taking control of my startups!

Giacomo® reviewed v2.3.124 Beta on Jul 11, 2007

Well, I tried this program...
but... on my system it lists only the programs that start from the Startup folder (7) and none of those starting from the Registry (about 15). It should list ALL the programs (Startup and Registry) and give the chance to put them in ANY desired order. I was not able to achieve that.
And after a while, it repeatedly crashed.
I had to uninstall it, but unfortunately haven't found an alternative yet. Startup Faster has its bugs and StartRight which is the best of the three, IMO, can't do what I really need, either.
More suggestions?

guru_v reviewed v2.3.124 Beta on Jul 11, 2007

Disregard the number of the review.

I have not used this product, but I looked at it and compared it to the product I have used for some time, StartRight. It has worked without problem for me for over 3 years, on a variety of machines of mine and my customers.

I write this because I always like choice, and no one commenting seems to know about StartRight. For those wanting to try it, StartRight is also easily removed, if it does not fill the bill.

Oh, I am not affiliated with the author in any way.

eshu reviewed v2.2.85 on Oct 26, 2006

basically speaking....

i spent some time recently finding piece of software like that...

finding this was breath of fresh air after trying some other start up stuff there...this one was far better then else i tried...also not to forget to mention that you have to pay to use them...

low memory imprint, unloading after doing its job etc...

there are some people up, writing everything...and ´staying alive´

basically what are we looking here is some utility to help windows boot up more quickly by DELAYING STARTING UP SOME WINDOWS ENHANCEMENTS´

and how is achieved that? by allowing windows to boot up without stuff you installed...sometimes you even don't know what is running behind your system ( your AV, your firewall and whatever stuff you are running)

and i have to say that i was very pleased with my windows booting time after that...

only thing you have to do is set some start up delay for your AV firewall and etc...

this piece of a software do it perfectly...

regarding GUI..

i have to say there is a room for improvements, but first thing first

and don't forget, it`s doing it for free!! :-)
forgot to spellcheck! :-))

AlienChld7 reviewed v2.2.85 on Aug 11, 2006

Like others have said, it's a good program, but the interface could use a bit of work.

SteveJohnSteele, the program can actually do what you're asking. Just don't have startup delayer run when your computer boots. When you're ready, you can go through the start menu and choose "launch programs now" or something to that effect and it will launch them at that time.

dkratter reviewed v2.2.85 on Aug 10, 2006

I tried finding other Windows startup delayers that were free, but couldn't find any. This gets the job done. The GUI could definitely use some improvement.

alanpalmer reviewed v2.2.85 on Aug 9, 2006

I agree. The interface could do with a rethink. How to use the program is not intuitive. Otherwise, fine. I'd give it 4.5 if I could.

nebojsaf reviewed v2.2.85 on Aug 9, 2006

Works nice nad easy - interface is not nice.
There is a space for improvment.

SteveJohnSteele reviewed v2.2.85 on Aug 8, 2006

Not sure this is the best way to go about it(!)

How about a program that the user runs (manually) after the basic desktop has loaded - that then runs (starts) a list of programs.

Or even - minimum startup - then manually start other programs when needed.

gate1975mlm reviewed v2.2.85 on Aug 8, 2006

Great tool! Works great and makes but boot up faster.

bid reviewed v2.2.85 on Aug 8, 2006

Heh. I had a custome program like this back in the Win98/2k days. I'm sure many people would find this handy. For me, however, I don't need them anymore.

mike86468 reviewed v2.2.85 on Aug 8, 2006

So far so good it makes my computer alittle faster at startup when so many programs don't have to load at the same time, ill uprate my vote later after i get used to this program.

DudeBoyz reviewed v2.2.85 on Aug 8, 2006

Seems kinda similar to StartRight, don't you think?

http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/113/

Seems to sorta work ok, but on a dual core system I'm not getting consistent results. Not sure what up yet, but I may change the rating if I can figure it out and get it working properly and it turns out not to be a bug.

amokoura reviewed v2.1.10 on Apr 21, 2006

Very simple to use. When your configs are done, the program is practically invisible.

brotherS reviewed v2.1.10 on Dec 22, 2004

Great - I tested two other programs like it and this is WAY better!

exit reviewed v2.1.10 on Jul 10, 2004

I was just thinking about a program like this I have a program that never loads right on start up and with this it does just what i needed give it a 4 as i have not had it long enough to give a honest review so far I like it