Windows Explorer Starts Twice

[TC]

I want Windows Explorer to run every time I start my computer. If I put it
in the Startup folder, it starts twice. If I remove it from the Startup
folder, it doesn't start at all. How can I configure my computer so Explorer
starts only once?

-TC

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Put a shortcut to it in the user-defined startup folder - not a copy of
explorer itself, and not in the allusers startup folder.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[TC]

Rick,

Thank you for the advice.

Your suggestion did not work directly, but it gave me the clue I needed
to diagnose the problem myself. It turns out that my user startup
folder had been mysteriously redirected to the all-users startup
folder. I used TweakUI to fix the location of the user startup folder,
and now everything works as it should.

-TC

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Cool, glad you got it sorted.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org