Acronis True Image 2018: partially disabling Acronis software from automatically starting with Windows

Introduction

Sometimes you may need to prevent a component of Acronis software from starting automatically with Windows to troubleshoot a technical issue. It could be:

• an executable from the Run list
• a driver
• a service
• a shell extension
• a context menu handler
• an icon overlay handler
• other kind of elements that load automatically with Windows

Later you may think of enabling it back, after checking the effect that disabling the item has taken on the issue.