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re: Question about 'How do I stop a program from running whenever I start Windows?'
Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 8:36 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Trouble exporting Internet Explorer Favorites Jpz
(20 messages posted)
Thanks for the tip--I learned more about what this is, but I have but apparently
it's desktop.ini and there are two versions that start when I boot up.
One is associated with AllUsers and the other under my name. Any effort to block
their startup, either both at one, or one or the other, puts me into a special diagnostic
mode that directs me to check the startup option.
On Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 2:49 am, Jon wrote:
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>On Sunday, December 16, 2001 at 12:16 am, Michael wrote:
>Every time I start a program, I get a desktop.ini notebook that pops up on my screen.
> I realize its probably something that is normally masked in the background. How
>do I make this go away? Thanks folks.
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>Here it is:
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>[LocalizedFileNames]
>Launch Internet Explorer Browser.lnk=@%systemroot%\system32\shell32.dll,-22037
>Windows Media Player.lnk=@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-4
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>If you are running Windows XP go to run and type msconfig and go to the start up
>tab. Be careful here, you dont want to uncheck the wrong thing. Look for a filename
>that uses notepad.exe and uncheck the box. Apply, OK, and then reboot.
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