[WinXP] Whenever I boot my computer, Windows Explorer starts up, showing a directory (okay, "folder") that I had been using some weeks ago. As far as I know, there are three places where I can see the apps loaded when winXP's starts: "Startup" in the Start menu, hk_local_machine/software/microsoft/current version...etc. and in the startup tab in msconfig. Well, Explorer doesn't appear in "startup" in the start menu. I don't have a "currentversion" heading in my registry (at least I don't see it.) and msconfig doesn't show explorer either (though it shows a lot of stuff I don't recognize.) Am I missing something? Any ideas? Your help is greatly appreciated. Karl

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is it in ur start up folder? c:/documents and settings/user


On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 9:02 am, Karl wrote:
>[WinXP] Whenever I boot my computer, Windows Explorer starts up, showing a directory
>(okay, "folder") that I had been using some weeks ago.
>
>As far as I know, there are three places where I can see the apps loaded when winXP's
>starts: "Startup" in the Start menu, hk_local_machine/software/microsoft/current
>version...etc. and in the startup tab in msconfig.
>
>Well, Explorer doesn't appear in "startup" in the start menu. I don't have a "currentversion"
>heading in my registry (at least I don't see it.) and msconfig doesn't show explorer
>either (though it shows a lot of stuff I don't recognize.)
>
>Am I missing something? Any ideas? Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
>Karl

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I would suggest searching the registry with Ctrl+F for the file path e.g c:\blah\blah\foldername and just examine every location that mentions it. One other place I would check is Start Button > Control Panel > Administritive Tools > Services and see if it appears in there as something which automatically starts, you can disable if from there if it does.

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Thanks for the tip, but no, there is nothing in any of the startup folders (all users, default user, and me) that shouldn't be there. Karl


On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 9:14 am, NoNe GiVeN wrote:
>is it in ur start up folder? c:/documents and settings/user
>

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Thanks for the response. So... what path am I looking for? When I look for "explorer", I get stuff that doesn't look like it relates to windows explorer (at least, as far as I can tell.) Karl


On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 10:14 am, Handy Andy wrote:
>I would suggest searching the registry with Ctrl+F for the file path e.g c:\blah\blah\foldername
>and just examine every location that mentions it.
>
>One other place I would check is Start Button > Control Panel > Administritive Tools
> Services
>and see if it appears in there as something which automatically starts, you can disable
>if from there if it does.

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Here is a start point for you 
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article05-016

Cheers HC 






On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 9:02 am, Karl wrote:
>[WinXP] Whenever I boot my computer, Windows Explorer starts up, showing a directory 
>(okay, "folder") that I had been using some weeks ago. 
>
>As far as I know, there are three places where I can see the apps loaded when winXP's 
>starts: "Startup" in the Start menu, hk_local_machine/software/microsoft/current 
>version...etc. and in the startup tab in msconfig.
>
>Well, Explorer doesn't appear in "startup" in the start menu. I don't have a "currentversion" 
>heading in my registry (at least I don't see it.) and msconfig doesn't show explorer 
>either (though it shows a lot of stuff I don't recognize.) 
>
>Am I missing something? Any ideas? Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
>Karl

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I have a same problem i install the software called KAZAA now everytime i start XP it start by itself i check all start up folder and menu and search everywere no one knows if you find and any solution pls let me know


On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 10:50 am, Karl wrote:
>Thanks for the tip, but no, there is nothing in any of the startup folders (all users,
>default user, and me) that shouldn't be there.
>
>Karl
>
>

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I just installed XP and had the same problem. Post my solution here hoping that even if Karl surely by now has solved his problem it might help others. Start msconfig at start, run Go to the tab called autostart Unmark all Restart the computer and see i fthe problem is solved. If yes enable som of the items in autostart and restart the computer. Continue úntil you identify the program that is causing windows explorer to start. In my case it was ASUSBROBE. So I started that program and disabled start at boot in config. Problem solved. Hope that this will be a small payback for all the help I received through the web so far. Good speed.....

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Go to http://www.wintrix.net/Ladda.asp -a Swedish Site - and download "C-fix". A.zip-file contains an .exe-file with the same name. It probably will do the registry hack for you. To be on the safe side yo better backup yor hives. Good luck


On Tuesday, July 6, 2004 at 7:55 am, GURAN wrote:
>
>I just installed XP and had the same problem. Post my solution here hoping that even
>if Karl surely by now has solved his problem it might help others.
>
>Start msconfig at start, run
>Go to the tab called autostart
>Unmark all
>Restart the computer and see i fthe problem is solved. If yes enable som of the items
>in autostart and restart the computer. Continue úntil you identify the program that
>is causing windows explorer to start.
>
>In my case it was ASUSBROBE. So I started that program and disabled start at boot
>in config.
>
>Problem solved. Hope that this will be a small payback for all the help I received
>through the web so far.
>
>Good speed.....

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