Is there any way to have it still autostart stuff and not have an entry for it on the start menu?

Do you mean BartPE?

I think your topic is outplace, maybe you wanted to post in the general section right?

I thought I had. Must have clicked add topic in the wrong tab.

I will move.

And yes you can autostart stuff without menu entries. Just don't include a reference to the menu's xml file in the plugin's inf file.