In Task Manager on the Startup tab I have an item listed only as "Pb".
It shows as "Enabled", "Not measured". When I right-click "Open file
location" and "Properties" are disabled.

Any idea what this might be? I looked at my wife's Win10 PC and it does
not have this item.

I didn't want to disable it without more info.

TIA.

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Dennis

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Dennis <nobody@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

In Task Manager on the Startup tab I have an item listed only as "Pb".
It shows as "Enabled", "Not measured". When I right-click "Open file location" and "Properties" are disabled.

Any idea what this might be? I looked at my wife's Win10 PC and it does
not have this item.

I didn't want to disable it without more info.

In the address bar of File Explorer, enter:

For your Start Menu entries:
shell:start menu
For your Startup subfolder there:
shell:startup

Do you find the Pb entry there? If so, right-click on it to see if you
can look at its Properties.

The above will show your Start Menu and Startup folders under your
profile for your Windows account. To see the programs list for All
Users, use:

For the All Users Start Menu:
shell:common apps
For the All Users Startup folder:
shell:common startup

You can also use SysInternals (acquired by Microsoft) AutoRuns to look
at all startup entries to get info on them.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns

Pb (element Plumbum) = lead. Lead is poisonous. Might not be something
you want, but could be a legit product using just its initials.

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On Thu, 23 May 2024 15:54:06 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

You can also use SysInternals (acquired by Microsoft) AutoRuns to look
at all startup entries to get info on them.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns

I dl'ed and ran autoruns. I immediately saw an entry for PerfectBackup,
which I had installed and uninstalled 6 months ago. I deleted it and the
item on Task Manager's Startup tab disappeared. Apparently the uninstall
missed a registry entry.

Thanks much!

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Dennis

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On 5/23/2024 3:23 PM, Dennis wrote:

In Task Manager on the Startup tab I have an item listed only as "Pb".
It shows as "Enabled", "Not measured". When I right-click "Open file location" and "Properties" are disabled.

Any idea what this might be? I looked at my wife's Win10 PC and it does
not have this item.

I didn't want to disable it without more info.

Very suspcious. Download Autoruns and find it in there.
That should give you more information.

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