C:\WINDOWS\system32 opens at startup

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Running XP PRO on a new machine. Four users. Whoever
logs on after a boot automatically gets a
C:\WINDOWS\system32 Explorer Window opened. The machine
is three weeks old and this behavior started about a week
ago. I think it may have started with use of HP Scanjet
software use. Tried removing the Scanjet software and
hardware dirvers. Any suggestions?
 
From PC Magazine Online:

"This problem is fairly common in Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP. It's caused
by an erroneous entry in one of the Registry keys that control programs
launched at start-up. The two keys in question are
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

Each named value within these two keys represents a program launched at
start-up; each value's data holds the command to be executed. If the command
is blank or contains just a character in double quotation marks, this
missing data can cause Windows Explorer to display the System32 folder at
start-up.

To fix the problem launch REGEDIT from the Start menu's Run dialog and
navigate to one of the keys mentioned above. Select Export from the Registry
menu and export the key to a REG file, so you can undo any deletions if
necessary. Look carefully at each value in the right-hand pane. If the
value's data is blank, contains only single quotation marks, or otherwise
appears to be corrupted, delete the value. Repeat the process for the other
key, then restart your system to verify that the problem Explorer window
does not appear at start-up."

Tom Swift
 
Thanks Tom!
-----Original Message-----
From PC Magazine Online:

"This problem is fairly common in Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP. It's caused
by an erroneous entry in one of the Registry keys that control programs
launched at start-up. The two keys in question are
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.

Each named value within these two keys represents a program launched at
start-up; each value's data holds the command to be executed. If the command
is blank or contains just a character in double quotation marks, this
missing data can cause Windows Explorer to display the System32 folder at
start-up.

To fix the problem launch REGEDIT from the Start menu's Run dialog and
navigate to one of the keys mentioned above. Select Export from the Registry
menu and export the key to a REG file, so you can undo any deletions if
necessary. Look carefully at each value in the right- hand pane. If the
value's data is blank, contains only single quotation marks, or otherwise
appears to be corrupted, delete the value. Repeat the process for the other
key, then restart your system to verify that the problem Explorer window
does not appear at start-up."

Tom Swift




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