Startup details - Nokia FastStart (NokiaMusic.exe)

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Startup program entry details:

Nokia FastStart (NokiaMusic.exe)

This page expands upon the information already available for this entry in the Pacman's Portal Windows start-up programs database.

Not required or not recommended - typically infrequently used tasks that can be started manually if necessary

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Description:

Part of the Nokia Music music manager - which has now been replaced by Ovi Player. "With Nokia Music, you can play music, discover and buy new music, transfer music between your compatible PC and your compatible Nokia mobile devices, and rip and burn audio CDs". If enabled, this entry will reduce the time taken for Nokia Music to run by a few seconds for the first time after Windows has loaded

Startup information:

Registry (Start → Run → regedit)

Key(s): HKLM\Run
Name: Nokia FastStart
Data: "C:\Program Files\Nokia\Nokia Music\NokiaMusic.exe" /command:faststart

MSConfig (Start → Run → msconfig → Startup)

Startup Item (XP): NokiaMusic
Startup Item (Vista/7): Nokia Music
Command: "C:\Program Files\Nokia\Nokia Music\NokiaMusic.exe" /command:faststart

Windows Defender (Start → All Programs → Windows Defender → Tools → Software Explorer)

Name: Nokia Music
Startup Value: "C:\Program Files\Nokia\Nokia Music\NokiaMusic.exe" /command:faststart

HijackThis (HJT) log examples:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Nokia FastStart] "C:\Program Files\Nokia\Nokia Music\NokiaMusic.exe" /command:faststart

Other information:

File location: %ProgramFiles%\Nokia\Nokia Music
File properties "Description": Nokia Music
Purpose: Music manager
Program disable option: None
Shortcut(s) available: Start Menu, Desktop & Quick Launch
Vendor/Publisher: Nokia
Product(s): Nokia Music
Tested: Yes

Note:

%ProgramFiles% - refers to the Program Files folder; typically the path is C:\Program Files
HKLM refers to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

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