Document Folder shows on screen when XP boots

[Rod P.]

Everytime I boot up, the Documents folder appears in a separate window on my
monitor. When I open my C drive, there is no folder named Documents.

 

[JS]

My Documents folder automatically opens every time that you log on:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=899865

Or if you do not want to use Regedit,
Kelly's Korner has an automated solution.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 255, right hand column.
Download this file and then double click on it.

 

[Kaja]

Hi how are you? The last poster said to use regedit. I strongly disagree and
do not reccomend you do anthing or any changes regarding the registry. This
should be done only by advanced users and or professionals. As far as not
being able to find the documents folder on your C drive I believe it should
be there unless you moved it or deleted it. Try to find it this way. Go to
start, all programs, accesories, Windows Explorer. Now on your computer
click to expand and click to expand the C drive. That is a list of
everything on your C drive. Documents should be in there. Now what I would
reccomend is once you find it right click on it select send to and select
desktop create shortcut. This puts a shortcut to the my documents folder on
your desktop so you can find it and acess it quickly. Also the my documents
folder should show up in the start menu when you press start. Let me know if
this is helpful so I can improve my services.
Best Regards,
Kaja

 

[Malke]

Hi how are you? The last poster said to use regedit. I strongly disagree
and
do not reccomend you do anthing or any changes regarding the registry.
This should be done only by advanced users and or professionals. As far as
not being able to find the documents folder on your C drive I believe it
should
be there unless you moved it or deleted it. Try to find it this way. Go

(snip rest of erroneous information)

It's up to Rod P. (the OP) whether he wants to use the registry editor. If
he's nervous about working manually in the registry, then JS gave him an
automated way from MVP Kelly Theriot that will do it for him.

The issue isn't that the OP can't find his My Documents folder. It is that
it opens at Windows startup and a registry change is necessary to fix the
problem.

Malke

 

[Seth Price]

It happens on my laptop. I don't know why either.

 

[Malke]

It happens on my laptop. I don't know why either.

Then read JS's answer to the OP and apply the fix.

Malke

 

[Rod P.]

This is for Windows XP SP2...I have Windows XP SP3. Does it make a difference?

 

[JS]

Not that I'm aware of.

 

[Rod P.]

I went in and changed the registry exactly as it said and now I can't log
onto Windows...even using Safe Mode. What are the steps to reverse the
change in the Registry?

 

[John John - MVP]

You probably forgot to put the all important comma at the end of the value:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,

Did you try booting to the Last Known Good Configuration? To reverse
the change you can do the lengthy procedure here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

If you can put your hard drive in a USB enclosure or mount it to another
Windows XP machine you can load the hive of the broken machine and edit
the registry remotely, see here for easy to follow instructions:
http://www.rwin.ch/xp-live/regedit.htm

You can also edit the registry by booting the machine with a Bart's PE
disk or an Ultimate Boot CD for Windows.

John