Startup program entry details:
NVIDIA System Monitor (NVMonitor.exe)
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Description:
NVIDIA System Monitor - part of NVIDIA System Tools. Utility for monitoring and logging system statistics (such as temperatures, voltages, clocks and fan speeds) of NVIDIA based motherboards and graphics cards
Startup information:
Registry (Start → Run → regedit)
- Key(s): HKCU\Run
- Name: NVIDIA System Monitor
- Data: "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA System Monitor\NVMonitor.exe" startup
MSConfig (Start → Run → msconfig → Startup)
- Startup Item (XP): NVMonitor
- Startup Item (Vista/7): NVIDIA System Monitor
- Command: "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA System Monitor\NVMonitor.exe" startup
Windows Defender (Start → All Programs → Windows Defender → Tools → Software Explorer)
- Name: NVIDIA System Monitor
- Startup Value: "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA System Monitor\NVMonitor.exe" startup
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NVIDIA System Monitor] "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA System Monitor\NVMonitor.exe" startup
Other information:
- File location: %ProgramFiles%\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA System Monitor
- File properties "Description": NVIDIA System Monitor
- Purpose: Monitoring utility
- Program disable option: Right-click on System Tray icon → Global Settings → deselect "Launch NVIDIA System Monitor At Startup"
- Shortcut(s) available: Start Menu, Desktop & Quick Launch (both optional)
- Vendor/Publisher: NVIDIA Corporation
- Product(s): NVIDIA System Tools
- Tested: Yes
Note:
- %ProgramFiles% - refers to the Program Files folder; typically the path is C:\Program Files
- HKCU refers to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
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