Startup program entry details:

NokiaMusic FastStart (NokiaOviPlayer.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 Ovi Player - which is "a free PC application for playing and organising your music, discovering and downloading new music on Ovi, transferring songs and playlists between your compatible PC and compatible Nokia mobile devices, and ripping and burning your 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: NokiaMusic FastStart
• Data: "C:\Program Files\Nokia\Ovi Player\NokiaOviPlayer.exe" /command:faststart

MSConfig (Start → Run → msconfig → Startup)

• Startup Item (XP): NokiaOviPlayer
• Startup Item (Vista/7): Nokia Ovi Player
• Command: "C:\Program Files\Nokia\Ovi Player\NokiaOviPlayer.exe" /command:faststart

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

• Name: Nokia Ovi Player
• Startup Value: "C:\Program Files\Nokia\Ovi Player\NokiaOviPlayer.exe" /command:faststart

HijackThis (HJT) log examples:

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

Other information:

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