diff --git a/playbook/shopfloor-setup/site-config.json b/playbook/shopfloor-setup/site-config.json
index 9f90f6c..5e20120 100644
--- a/playbook/shopfloor-setup/site-config.json
+++ b/playbook/shopfloor-setup/site-config.json
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@
     "commonAppsSharePath": "\\\\tsgwp00525.wjs.geaerospace.net\\shared\\dt\\shopfloor\\common\\apps"
   },
 
+  "_startupItems_comment": "Cross-PC-type baseline. UDC / eDNC / NTLARS deliberately NOT here - those are Standard-Machine-only and live in pcProfiles.Standard-Machine. Putting them in the global fallback caused them to leak onto any PC type that didn't override (and is a footgun for any newly-added PC type). Keep this list to apps that genuinely belong on every shopfloor PC type (corporate links, defect tracker).",
   "startupItems": [
-    { "label": "UDC",            "type": "exe",      "target": "C:\\Program Files\\UDC\\UDC.exe" },
-    { "label": "eDNC",           "type": "exe",      "target": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dnc\\bin\\DncMain.exe" },
     { "label": "Defect Tracker", "type": "existing",  "sourceLnk": "Defect_Tracker.lnk" },
     { "label": "WJ Shopfloor",  "type": "existing",  "sourceLnk": "WJ Shopfloor.lnk" },
     { "label": "Plant Apps",    "type": "url",       "urlKey": "plantApps" }
@@ -40,16 +39,10 @@
   "taskbarPins": [
     { "name": "Microsoft Edge",  "lnkPath": "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Microsoft Edge.lnk" },
     { "name": "WJ Shopfloor",   "lnkPath": "%PUBLIC%\\Desktop\\Shopfloor Tools\\WJ Shopfloor.lnk" },
-    { "name": "UDC",             "lnkPath": "%PUBLIC%\\Desktop\\Shopfloor Tools\\UDC.lnk" },
-    { "name": "eDNC",            "lnkPath": "%PUBLIC%\\Desktop\\Shopfloor Tools\\eDNC.lnk" },
-    { "name": "NTLARS",          "lnkPath": "%PUBLIC%\\Desktop\\Shopfloor Tools\\NTLARS.lnk" },
     { "name": "Defect_Tracker",  "lnkPath": "%PUBLIC%\\Desktop\\Shopfloor Tools\\Defect_Tracker.lnk" }
   ],
 
   "desktopApps": [
-    { "name": "UDC",             "kind": "exe",      "exePath": "C:\\Program Files\\UDC\\UDC.exe" },
-    { "name": "eDNC",            "kind": "exe",      "exePath": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dnc\\bin\\DncMain.exe" },
-    { "name": "NTLARS",          "kind": "exe",      "exePath": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dnc\\Common\\NTLARS.exe" },
     { "name": "WJ Shopfloor",   "kind": "existing",  "sourceName": "WJ Shopfloor.lnk" },
     { "name": "Defect_Tracker",  "kind": "exe",       "exePath": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\WJF_Defect_Tracker\\Defect_Tracker.exe" }
   ],