Hello Doug,
Many items need to be checked here.
Jan
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0) What is the name of the folder in the explorer window?
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1) If you have a "SB Audigy 2" sound card,
- then I suggest you visit MS-MVP Kelly's website at
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Note the instructions at the top of the page,
then scroll down to line 260,
(System32 Folder Opens Upon Boot)
Right-click the hyperlink, then click | Save Target As |
to download the file, "xp_system32opens.vbs",
then double-click the file and follow the prompts.
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2) If the name of the folder is "My Documents",
- then I suggest you visit MS-MVP Kelly's website at
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Note the instructions at the top of the page,
then scroll down to line 255,
(My Documents Folder Opens Upon Boot (for C:\))
Right-click the hyperlink, then click | Save Target As |
to download the file, "userinit.reg",
then double-click the file and follow the prompts.
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3) If this folder/browser window was open at a previous
- logoff, then...
- In Windows Explorer, Tools-menu | Folder Options |
- /View\
- "Advanced Settings:" box
- [ ] "Restore previous folder windows at logon" --
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4) If the folder was not open at a previous logoff,
- then this behavior can occur if...
- a null entry (such as ""),
- an incomplete entry (such as "),
- or a damaged entry exists
in the values in either of these two registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- Ensure that all paths containing "space" characters
are wrapped in double-quotation marks. For example,
c:\Program Files\program.exe
should be...
"c:\Program Files\program.exe"
NOTE: To open the registry editor,
[Start]
| Run |
regedit
[Enter]
REFERENCE:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=170086
(System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows)
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5) Also check each shortcut in the Startup folders for
- "the current user" and for "All users".
- For the "current user" entries in the start menu,
Right-click [Start] | Explore | Startup |
- For the "all users" entries in the start menu,
Right-click [Start] | Explore All Users | Startup |
- In turn, right-click each shortcut | Properties |
Then click [Find Target...] to verify that the
"Target:" field is valid.
-----Original Message-----
Every time I boot up my computer in XP, everything loads
ok except I get the program file from windows explorer
showing also.
I then have to close this file to continue.
