Why Does Application Instist on Reconfig/Install After Moving MenuFolder?

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I installed an application on my XP machine. It only allowed for
installation in the root of the menu system. I use the "Classic Start
Menu" and have all choices sorted into 7 basic folders off the "Start/
Programs" menu system. This application created an 8th folder called
"AppSoAndSo" (pseudo-name) so I went into "Documents and Settings" and
moved it into one of the other 7 folders that are my personal user
practice. As soon as I did that, then whenever I restart the machine,
it insists on reconfiguring or resinstalling the application!

I just click "Cancel" and use the application as normal, but it drives
me nuts to have that showing up everytime the machine gets restarted.

If I recreate that "AppSoAndSo" folder in the root menu structure the
reconfig/install window goes away. If I then add the letter "x" to
the folder name, as in "xAppSoAndSo" then it comes back - so I know
it's simply checking for that folder in the menu structure for some
reason.

I've looked around, including snooping in the registry somewhat, and
have been unable to find a setting that I can change or eliminate that
fixes tihs problem. Can anyone help, please?
 
I installed an application on my XP machine. It only allowed for
installation in the root of the menu system. I use the "Classic
Start Menu" and have all choices sorted into 7 basic folders off
the "Start/ Programs" menu system. This application created an 8th
folder called "AppSoAndSo" (pseudo-name) so I went into "Documents
and Settings" and moved it into one of the other 7 folders that are
my personal user practice. As soon as I did that, then whenever I
restart the machine, it insists on reconfiguring or resinstalling
the application!

I just click "Cancel" and use the application as normal, but it
drives me nuts to have that showing up everytime the machine gets
restarted.

If I recreate that "AppSoAndSo" folder in the root menu structure
the reconfig/install window goes away. If I then add the letter
"x" to the folder name, as in "xAppSoAndSo" then it comes back - so
I know it's simply checking for that folder in the menu structure
for some reason.

I've looked around, including snooping in the registry somewhat, and
have been unable to find a setting that I can change or eliminate
that fixes tihs problem. Can anyone help, please?
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You'd have to ask the creators of "AppSoAndSo".
They created their application and how it installs/maintains itself.
 
You'd have to ask the creators of "AppSoAndSo".
They created their application and how it installs/maintains itself.
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But since the machine does this upon restart, without the application
even running, how is it deciding to act in this manner? There must be
some flag or setting that is causing it that I should be able to
defeat.
 
But since the machine does this upon restart, without the application
even running, how is it deciding to act in this manner? There must be
some flag or setting that is causing it that I should be able to
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BTW - It attempts to do the reconfig/install with Windows Installer.
So I suspect there is a registry setting or something else like that
which gets triggered upon machine startup that then looks for that
folder in the menu tree and tries to reconfig if it doesn't find it;
that's what I want to get around.
 
BTW - It attempts to do the reconfig/install with Windows Installer.
So I suspect there is a registry setting or something else like that
which gets triggered upon machine startup that then looks for that
folder in the menu tree and tries to reconfig if it doesn't find it;
that's what I want to get around.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
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Well, cancel this question. I found it. The problem was so obvious I
overlooked it: There was an icon in the "Startup" folder which I
didn't notice. Once I got rid of that (which was put there during the
install and was failing upon bootup since i had changed the menu tree)
the irritating startup behavior went away. Apologies for bothering
everyone - and thanks anyway.
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