How To Disable Sync Center From Running At Startup
Fri, 06/26/2009 - 17:41 — Ciprian
In previous articles we've shown how to use the Sync Center to synchronize your files with mobile devices or across network locations. When this tool is used, you will see either a Sync Center icon in your taskbar or a mobsync.exe process running at each Windows Vista startup. However, if you stop using it Sync Center will continue to run at each startup. In order to free up memory for other processes, it is best to disable it when no longer used. In this article I will show you how to do this and optimize your Windows Vista startup.
NOTE: this procedure should be followed only if you do not use the Offline Files feature. If you follow it, you will completely disable the capability of synchronizing files with other locations on your network. Also, this solution works on Windows Vista versions which have the Offline Files feature. It won't work on Windows Vista Home Premium or Basic.
First, go to Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Offline Files.
In the Offline Files window, click on the 'Disable Offline Files' button and then on OK.
You will be asked to restart your PC. Close your open documents and running applications and click on Yes.
Once you log back in, you should no longer see the Sync Center icon in the taskbar, nor mobsync.exe in the list of running processes.
Related articles:
Synchronize Mobile Devices With Your PC Using Sync Center
Offline Files - How To Work With Network Files When Offline
How to configure your startup programs
Streamline your Startup Applications & Improve Windows Performance
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Comments
Disabling Sync Center
This procedure ONLY works in Vista Ultimate -- "Offline Files" isn't available in all other versions. Surprising that you did not mention this. Do you have a precedure for all the other versions of Vista (which, BTW, have more users than the Ultimate version).
Does not apply for Vista Home edition
I confirm what was already mentioned by KenBC. In Vista Home Premium (which I'm running) there are not Offline Files in the Network and Internet group of Control Panel.
My solution
For me the problem was resolved by setting two services to run Manually, insted of Automatic (Delayed):
* Windows Mobile-based device connectivity
* Windows Mobile-2003-based device connectivity
In the first place, Sync Center started to appear at startup after I installed Windows Mobile Device Center and set it to syncronize with my Windows Mobile phone. I think, Sync Center can appear for different reasons. Mine had nothing to do with Offline files.
My Solution
In the control panel, is the Windows Mobile Device Center. I ended the partnership between my PC and my mobile device that was in there, and the Sync Center went away. I didn't even need to end the mobsync.exe in the task manager.
Removing Sync Center
This works for Vista Home:
Sync Center is run by a process called mobsync.exe, to get rid of it do th following :
- Open regedit (the registry editor, by typing regedit in the start menu)
- Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SyncMgr\Handlers key
- You'll find this subkey : {08b0b2d5-3fb3-11d3-a4de-00c04f610189}, delete it.
No more Sync Center icon ;-)
If you wanna be sure of the removal, chek out windows task manager for the above mentionned process, normally you should not find it as it is shut down.
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