I have a question about How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?:

I cannot find a way to stop the My Documents window from loading when I boot into W2K Pro; also, and even more maddening, is everytime I open Explorer it opens to the Documents and Settings|%UserAccount%|Start Menu folder. I have searched the MS KB as well as other sites to find the way to change these parameters, but to no avail !hep! RonS

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So have you checked all the stuff in the link you quoted ?

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I use a program called startup control panel, you can run it from a floppy or cd it doesn't have to be installed, it's very small and works great. Here is a link to download it. Best of all, it's free! http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2094-1539340.html?tag=lst-0-1


On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 1:48 pm, RonS wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?:

>
>
>I cannot find a way to stop the My Documents window from loading when I boot into
>W2K Pro; also, and even more maddening, is everytime I open Explorer it opens to
>the Documents and Settings|%UserAccount%|Start Menu folder.
>
>I have searched the MS KB as well as other sites to find the way to change these
>parameters, but to no avail
>
>!hep!
>
>RonS

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I'm having the exact same problem, only with Windows XP. Can anyone help with this?


On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 1:48 pm, RonS wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?:

>
>
>I cannot find a way to stop the My Documents window from loading when I boot into
>W2K Pro; also, and even more maddening, is everytime I open Explorer it opens to
>the Documents and Settings|%UserAccount%|Start Menu folder.
>
>I have searched the MS KB as well as other sites to find the way to change these
>parameters, but to no avail
>
>!hep!
>
>RonS

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Read this site carefully. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_mydocs.htm Look at: To Stop Windows Explorer from opening My Documents HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. In the right pane under Userinit, Change the key that reads: C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe,C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe To: C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe,


On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 1:48 pm, RonS wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?:

>
>
>I cannot find a way to stop the My Documents window from loading when I boot into
>W2K Pro; also, and even more maddening, is everytime I open Explorer it opens to
>the Documents and Settings|%UserAccount%|Start Menu folder.
>
>I have searched the MS KB as well as other sites to find the way to change these
>parameters, but to no avail
>
>!hep!
>
>RonS

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start, run, msconfig.exe lata.


On Saturday, August 17, 2002 at 9:41 pm, Cory wrote:
>I'm having the exact same problem, only with Windows XP. Can anyone help with this?
>
>

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Sorry, but this olution isn't working, the settings are already there as described on kellys-korner, and still the My Documents folder is showing up :(


On Monday, November 4, 2002 at 2:44 pm, Ziggy wrote:
>Read this site carefully. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_mydocs.htm
>Look at: To Stop Windows Explorer from opening My Documents
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. In the
>right pane under Userinit, Change the key that reads: C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe,C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe
>To: C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe,
>
>
>
>
>

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Go to tool at the top next to favorites, click on internet options and change your home page,this might be the problem.


On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 1:48 pm, RonS wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?:

>
>
>I cannot find a way to stop the My Documents window from loading when I boot into
>W2K Pro; also, and even more maddening, is everytime I open Explorer it opens to
>the Documents and Settings|%UserAccount%|Start Menu folder.
>
>I have searched the MS KB as well as other sites to find the way to change these
>parameters, but to no avail
>
>!hep!
>
>RonS

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No! It's strange, I had the same problem, and that page just helped me! (And I'm running WinXP) The fact is that I had 2 windows, but I want to use only one, but keep the old one on the other disk for the moment. And what winlogon did? Simple: it took, by first, the "explorer.exe" from the Fresh install of windows, AND then it took the second, being from the Old one! Terrible... And read carefully, eh ;)


On Wednesday, February 5, 2003 at 12:30 am, topmusic wrote:
>
>Sorry, but this olution isn't working, the settings are already there as described
>on kellys-korner, and still the My Documents folder is showing up :(
>

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Has anyone solved this problem? I have the same thing, tried everything!! HELP!!!


On Sunday, February 15, 2004 at 6:05 pm, Egi-RaZoRZ wrote:
>No! It's strange, I had the same problem, and that page just helped me! (And I'm
>running WinXP) The fact is that I had 2 windows, but I want to use only one, but
>keep the old one on the other disk for the moment. And what winlogon did? Simple:
>it took, by first, the "explorer.exe" from the Fresh install of windows, AND then
>it took the second, being from the Old one! Terrible... And read carefully, eh ;)
>

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This appears to be a trojan, possibly installed by Grokster. Grokster has released a tool to remove this trojan. Even if you didn't get it from Grokster, it's worth a shot. Go here to view more info about the DLDer trojan:

http://www.grokster.com/virusinformation.html

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