Windows 10: "program" in startup applications with location "C:\Program" Files\Teams...

As shown above.

I checked hidden files/directory under C: and there is none called "Program"

I'm not sure if this is a Microsoft Teams related program at this point or a malware/virus

Can anyone help me figure out what this is?

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Startup Program "Program" from Deleted Application and Cannot Remove from List

I had uninstalled 2 programs that used to be startup applications, McAfee Safe Connect and SAO Utils Beta. The programs are gone from my Programs and Features panel, but are still listed under Startup as "Program". Their Task Manager
command line arguments go as:

Code:

"C:\Program" Files (x86)\McAfee Safe Connect\McAfee Safe Connect.exe

and

Code:

"C:\Program" Files\Studio GPBeta\SAO Utils\SAO Utils.exe -delay 1000

This is different from other applications listed in the Task Manager as the quotes end after Program and not at the end of the path. Like Steam being:

Code:

"E:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -silent

I cannot open the file location from Task Manager like other applications that are there and the folders that the applications are supposedly in are no longer there. They do not run as they no longer exist, so it isn't causing any
performance issues, it's just annoying for it to be there.

How can I remove these applications from my startup list?

 

What is "Program" in taskmanager

Exactly, er was no program.exe and the "open file location" was greyed out.
I was able to remove it with "Autoruns".
After that I scanned with malwarebytes, no big problems found.

 

What is "Program" in taskmanager

I also have a "program" on my startup list but there's no program.exe or program anything on my drive and the "Open file location" option is grayed out.

I suppose it's just a descriptor. My best guess is that a uninstalled program didn't remove its entry from the startup list and Windows still tries to load it but since there's no actual file Windows can't show its metadata.







EDIT: Woops.... sorry, didn't see that OP already solved the issue *Oops! Disregard my post