logging processes in XP Home

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Robert M Jones

I am trying to troubleshoot a problem where urls/links fire up TWO
identical instances of my default Firefox browser. Is there anywhere I
can find/activate a log of what happens when I click on a shortcut or
url so I can see what processes are happening when I click on a url i an
email message or a taskbar url shortcut?
Task Manager doesn't really help here.
Win XP Home
Many thanks.

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Might be something here.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ProcessesAndThreadsUtilities.html

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|I am trying to troubleshoot a problem where urls/links fire up TWO
| identical instances of my default Firefox browser. Is there anywhere I
| can find/activate a log of what happens when I click on a shortcut or
| url so I can see what processes are happening when I click on a url i an
| email message or a taskbar url shortcut?
| Task Manager doesn't really help here.
| Win XP Home
| Many thanks.
|
| --
| Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK
| http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk
| Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission
| goes to our partners in Bulgaria)
| http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420
 
Dave said:
Might be something here.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ProcessesAndThreadsUtilities.html
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thanks - those look helpful. Problem has now gone away after I altered
File Types file association for URL from
"Opens with Shell Document Object and Control Library"
witht he Action of "rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l"

to using Firefox.exe

I did this in Admin account, but in User account the old File
Association settings still show (and can't be changed) - but problem has
gone away.
????

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Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK
http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk
Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission
goes to our partners in Bulgaria)
http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420
 
Find in the File "system.ini"
shell=explorer.exe

AND

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Window
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
shell=explorer.ex
 
To that end you must be logged on as local administrator. Also check the
value of 'NoFileAssociate'

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/94215.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/94218.asp


This article may also be of interest.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257592/


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| thanks - those look helpful. Problem has now gone away after I altered
| File Types file association for URL from
| "Opens with Shell Document Object and Control Library"
| witht he Action of "rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l"
|
| to using Firefox.exe
|
| I did this in Admin account, but in User account the old File
| Association settings still show (and can't be changed) - but problem has
| gone away.
| ????
|
| --
| Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK
| http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk
| Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission
| goes to our partners in Bulgaria)
| http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420
 
Dave said:
To that end you must be logged on as local administrator. Also check the
value of 'NoFileAssociate'

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/94215.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/94218.asp


This article may also be of interest.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257592/
Click to expand...
thank you - i've filed those away just in case.

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Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK
http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk
Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission
goes to our partners in Bulgaria)
http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420
 
Has nothing to do with this issue.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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|
| Find in the File "system.ini"
| shell=explorer.exe
|
| AND
|
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
| NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
| shell=explorer.exe
|
|
|
|
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| aso_2006
 
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