After boot up sequence PC opens with the Win 32 system folder

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Can anyone help out with this? As mentioned whenever the pc is switched on it
always opens with the system 32 folder rather than the usual desktop.

All the functions of the pc appear to be normal and the speed is also ok,
would just like to know how to make it so it doesn't open on the system 32
folder.

thanks in advance
 
Ceptor said:
Can anyone help out with this? As mentioned whenever the pc is
switched on it always opens with the system 32 folder rather than the
usual desktop.

All the functions of the pc appear to be normal and the speed is also
ok, would just like to know how to make it so it doesn't open on the
system 32 folder.

thanks in advance
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Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll down to Item
No. 260. In the right column, click on "System32 Folder Opens Upon Boot".
Download this repair file and then run the repair.

Be sure to read the instructions at the top of the page.

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Frank Saunders said:
Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll down to Item
No. 260. In the right column, click on "System32 Folder Opens Upon Boot".
Download this repair file and then run the repair.

Be sure to read the instructions at the top of the page.
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Thanks for that Frank, I downloaded the repair file and ran it. After which
I was presented with the following message:-

'The script cannot repair your issue. The expected registry value was not
found'

can you sugest anything else?

cheers John H
 
Ceptor said:
Thanks for that Frank, I downloaded the repair file and ran it. After
which I was presented with the following message:-

'The script cannot repair your issue. The expected registry value was
not found'

can you sugest anything else?

cheers John H
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Information by Bruce Chambers:

This can be caused by a blank entry, such as can be left behind by an
incomplete program removal, in the:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and/or
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys.

System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;170086

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310560

Malke
 
Hi,

This can be caused by leftovers from cleaning up spyware as well. Try this:

Control Panel/Folder Options/View tab, uncheck the line "restore previous
folder windows at logon". Click apply/ok, do not reboot yet.

Start/run msconfig, on the general tab select the diagnostic mode. Click
apply/ok and reboot at prompted.

The folder should not show up now. Rerun msconfig, put the system back in
normal mode. Click apply/ok and reboot once more. Does this help?

For most users, this will resolve the issue. For some that still have
registry damage it will not. If this is the case, could you please export
and post the contents of these keys in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

To do this, start/run regedit, expand the branches to each key (do this one
at a time). Click on the key, then on file/export. Give it any name, then
save to the desktop. Once you have saved both keys, close the registry
editor. Right-click one of the saved files on the desktop, choose edit, it
should open in notepad. Click edit/select all/edit/copy. Open a response to
this post and click in the message text area. Hit ctrl+v to paste the
contents. Repeat for the other saved key, then send the post for
examination.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Thanks Rick and all you others who responded.

Been away for a couple of days, sorry for the delay

Just went through the sequence you posted and the prob is still the same, so
here's a copy from the following, hope you can see a problem there

cheers John

1) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

2) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

1)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"VSOCheckTask"="\"C:\\PROGRA~1\\McAfee.com\\VSO\\mcmnhdlr.exe\" /checktask"
"VirusScan Online"="C:\\Program Files\\McAfee.com\\VSO\\mcvsshld.exe"
"SunJavaUpdateSched"="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.5.0_06\\bin\\jusched.exe"
"SoundMan"="SOUNDMAN.EXE"
"SiSUSBRG"="C:\\WINDOWS\\SiSUSBrg.exe"
"Share-to-Web Namespace Daemon"="C:\\Program Files\\Hewlett-Packard\\HP
Share-to-Web\\hpgs2wnd.exe"
"RealTray"="C:\\Program Files\\Real\\RealPlayer\\RealPlay.exe
SYSTEMBOOTHIDEPLAYER"
"QuickTime Task"="\"C:\\Program Files\\QuickTime\\qttask.exe\" -atboottime"
"PinnacleDriverCheck"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\PSDrvCheck.exe"
"OASClnt"="C:\\Program Files\\McAfee.com\\VSO\\oasclnt.exe"
"nwiz"="nwiz.exe /install"
"NvMediaCenter"="RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit"
"NvCplDaemon"="RUNDLL32.EXE C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup"
"MyWebSearch Email Plugin"=" "
"MSKDetectorExe"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\McAfee\\SPAMKI~1\\MSKDetct.exe /startup"
"MSKAGENTEXE"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\McAfee\\SPAMKI~1\\MskAgent.exe"
"MPSExe"="c:\\PROGRA~1\\mcafee.com\\mps\\mscifapp.exe /embedding"
"MPFExe"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\McAfee.com\\PERSON~1\\MpfTray.exe"
"Microsoft Works Update Detection"="C:\\Program Files\\Common
Files\\Microsoft Shared\\Works Shared\\WkUFind.exe"
"MCUpdateExe"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\mcafee.com\\agent\\McUpdate.exe"
"MCAgentExe"="c:\\PROGRA~1\\mcafee.com\\agent\\mcagent.exe"
"McAfee Guardian"="C:\\Program Files\\McAfee\\McAfee Shared
Components\\Guardian\\CMGrdian.exe /SU"
"Lexmark X1100 Series"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Lexmark X1100
Series\\lxbkbmgr.exe\""
"HostManager"="C:\\Program Files\\Common
Files\\AOL\\1132873396\\ee\\AOLHostManager.exe"
"ehTray"="C:\\WINDOWS\\ehome\\ehtray.exe"
"CamMonitor"="C:\\Program Files\\Hewlett-Packard\\Digital
Imaging\\\\Unload\\hpqcmon.exe"
"AOLDialer"="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\AOL\\ACS\\AOLDial.exe"
"AGRSMMSG"="AGRSMMSG.exe"
"%FP%Friendly fts.exe"="\"C:\\Program Files\\VoyagerTest\\fts.exe\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\IMAIL]
"Installed"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MAPI]
"Installed"="1"
"NoChange"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MSFS]
"Installed"="1"

______________________________________________________________

2) Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"Yahoo! Pager"="C:\\Program Files\\Yahoo!\\Messenger\\ypager.exe -quiet"
"MoneyAgent"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Money\\System\\mnyexpr.exe\""
"IW_Drop_Icon"="C:\\Program
Files\\Pinnacle\\InstantCDDVD\\InstantWrite\\iwctrl.exe /DropDisc"
"InstantTray"="C:\\Program Files\\Pinnacle\\Shared
Files\\InstantCDDVD\\PCLETray.exe"
"ctfmon.exe"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ctfmon.exe"

_____________________________________________________________
 
Hi,

Here is the problem:

"MyWebSearch Email Plugin"=" "

Go back into the registry to the first key, click on the key then locate
the string in the right pane that loads the above entry. Click on that
string in the right pane and hit the delete key.

Everything else looks ok, but the blank space in between the quotes in the
above entry is what is causing the problem.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Ceptor said:
Thanks Rick and all you others who responded.

Been away for a couple of days, sorry for the delay

Just went through the sequence you posted and the prob is still the same,
so
here's a copy from the following, hope you can see a problem there

cheers John

1) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

2) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

1)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"VSOCheckTask"="\"C:\\PROGRA~1\\McAfee.com\\VSO\\mcmnhdlr.exe\"
/checktask"
"VirusScan Online"="C:\\Program Files\\McAfee.com\\VSO\\mcvsshld.exe"
"SunJavaUpdateSched"="C:\\Program
Files\\Java\\jre1.5.0_06\\bin\\jusched.exe"
"SoundMan"="SOUNDMAN.EXE"
"SiSUSBRG"="C:\\WINDOWS\\SiSUSBrg.exe"
"Share-to-Web Namespace Daemon"="C:\\Program Files\\Hewlett-Packard\\HP
Share-to-Web\\hpgs2wnd.exe"
"RealTray"="C:\\Program Files\\Real\\RealPlayer\\RealPlay.exe
SYSTEMBOOTHIDEPLAYER"
"QuickTime Task"="\"C:\\Program
Files\\QuickTime\\qttask.exe\" -atboottime"
"PinnacleDriverCheck"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\PSDrvCheck.exe"
"OASClnt"="C:\\Program Files\\McAfee.com\\VSO\\oasclnt.exe"
"nwiz"="nwiz.exe /install"
"NvMediaCenter"="RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit"
"NvCplDaemon"="RUNDLL32.EXE C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup"
"MyWebSearch Email Plugin"=" "
"MSKDetectorExe"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\McAfee\\SPAMKI~1\\MSKDetct.exe /startup"
"MSKAGENTEXE"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\McAfee\\SPAMKI~1\\MskAgent.exe"
"MPSExe"="c:\\PROGRA~1\\mcafee.com\\mps\\mscifapp.exe /embedding"
"MPFExe"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\McAfee.com\\PERSON~1\\MpfTray.exe"
"Microsoft Works Update Detection"="C:\\Program Files\\Common
Files\\Microsoft Shared\\Works Shared\\WkUFind.exe"
"MCUpdateExe"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\mcafee.com\\agent\\McUpdate.exe"
"MCAgentExe"="c:\\PROGRA~1\\mcafee.com\\agent\\mcagent.exe"
"McAfee Guardian"="C:\\Program Files\\McAfee\\McAfee Shared
Components\\Guardian\\CMGrdian.exe /SU"
"Lexmark X1100 Series"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Lexmark X1100
Series\\lxbkbmgr.exe\""
"HostManager"="C:\\Program Files\\Common
Files\\AOL\\1132873396\\ee\\AOLHostManager.exe"
"ehTray"="C:\\WINDOWS\\ehome\\ehtray.exe"
"CamMonitor"="C:\\Program Files\\Hewlett-Packard\\Digital
Imaging\\\\Unload\\hpqcmon.exe"
"AOLDialer"="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\AOL\\ACS\\AOLDial.exe"
"AGRSMMSG"="AGRSMMSG.exe"
"%FP%Friendly fts.exe"="\"C:\\Program Files\\VoyagerTest\\fts.exe\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\IMAIL]
"Installed"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MAPI]
"Installed"="1"
"NoChange"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MSFS]
"Installed"="1"

______________________________________________________________

2) Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"Yahoo! Pager"="C:\\Program Files\\Yahoo!\\Messenger\\ypager.exe -quiet"
"MoneyAgent"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Money\\System\\mnyexpr.exe\""
"IW_Drop_Icon"="C:\\Program
Files\\Pinnacle\\InstantCDDVD\\InstantWrite\\iwctrl.exe /DropDisc"
"InstantTray"="C:\\Program Files\\Pinnacle\\Shared
Files\\InstantCDDVD\\PCLETray.exe"
"ctfmon.exe"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ctfmon.exe"

_____________________________________________________________

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

This can be caused by leftovers from cleaning up spyware as well. Try
this:

Control Panel/Folder Options/View tab, uncheck the line "restore previous
folder windows at logon". Click apply/ok, do not reboot yet.

Start/run msconfig, on the general tab select the diagnostic mode. Click
apply/ok and reboot at prompted.

The folder should not show up now. Rerun msconfig, put the system back in
normal mode. Click apply/ok and reboot once more. Does this help?

For most users, this will resolve the issue. For some that still have
registry damage it will not. If this is the case, could you please export
and post the contents of these keys in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

To do this, start/run regedit, expand the branches to each key (do this
one
at a time). Click on the key, then on file/export. Give it any name, then
save to the desktop. Once you have saved both keys, close the registry
editor. Right-click one of the saved files on the desktop, choose edit,
it
should open in notepad. Click edit/select all/edit/copy. Open a response
to
this post and click in the message text area. Hit ctrl+v to paste the
contents. Repeat for the other saved key, then send the post for
examination.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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