I had already tried that, but I tried it again.
I deleted it from the startup folder. It did not start at all on startup. I
could still start it manually. I reinstalled a shortcut in the startup folder
and it started when windows started, but still had the error pop up saying it
was already running.
I checked for it in other startup folders, but there are none.
"Nih" wrote:
> Click on Start then All Programs. Navigate to the Startup folder and check
> if there is an entry there for Deskpins, if there is delete it
>
> "smlunatick" wrote:
>
> > On Feb 13, 1:47 pm, Duane777 <Duane...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > XP Home SP2 All Updates
> > >
> > > I have a program call DeskPins. (A small free program that allows me to put
> > > pin a window to the top of other windows - quite handy)
> > >
> > > When Starting computer, I get and error pop up saying "DeskPins is already
> > > running" (a small rectangular box in middle of screen)
> > >
> > > It looks like a standard windows error indicating that the program is
> > > already loaded and the same program is trying to start again.
> > >
> > > I uninstalled deskpins and remove all instances from the registry.
> > >
> > > Then I reinstalled.
> > >
> > > Still the same problem.
> > >
> > > Is there another location I should look for a startup program.
> > >
> > > In msconfig it is in startup and common startup (which looks normal - other
> > > programs are setup the same way)
> > >
> > > DeskPins works fine and I have it on another computer without any problems..
> > >
> > > Thanks, Duane
> >
> > Deskpin could have placed a "shortcut: into the "Startup" folder in
> > yout user(s) account or the AllUsers one.
> >
|