System32 Folder Opens on Windows Startup

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Richard Evans

My system32 folder opens when I login to my user account
in WindowsXP Pro. This is a home installation on a Dell
XPS 2.8 Pentium 4 machine. It only happens on one of the
four accounts on the PC.

I have gone to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 170086
and looked at the registry fixes there and I do not see a
problem with my registry. There are some entries that use
long file names (spaces in file names) that do not use
quotes but none point to the system32 folder. Example:
C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5
\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe or "c:\PROGRA~1
\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe" But the ONLY registry entry
that points to the System32 folder is this one:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\DSentry.exe.

Please provide some deeper insight into this problem. It
is very frustrating having to close Windows Explorer
everytime i login.
 
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