C:\Program Files\Microsoft

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Neil Howie

I recently installed the SyncToy powertoy. It installed into Program
Files\Microsoft\SyncToy. A day later I tried to set up a Microsoft
Virtual PC and there was a glitch.

On rebooting my machine, I found two oddities. When I reboot the
machine, an Explorer window opens for C:\Program Files\Microsoft. Also
the forward and back button on my Intellimouse stop working. I can
restart the mouse buttons from Control Panel, but they stop on the next
reboot.

Uninstall SyncToy, the problem remains. Delete the Microsoft folder, it
goes away. Recreate the Microsoft folder manually (no installation) it
comes back!

I have tried System restore to the point where it says no changes have
been made to the compute. I have tried reinstalling from a Norton Ghost
backup made before the glitch. Still there. I have been unable to find
any registry setting which might cause the Explorer window to open.

My computer is only on a home peer to peer LAN, so there are no
externally applied policies, and every reference I can find in the
registry to save settings is correct.

I have been unable to reproduce this behaviour on any other computer. I
do not think it has anything to do with the SyncToy installation,
because the problem didn't occur immediately. That leaves the failed
Virtual PC creation.

Can anyone shed any light on this and suggest a cure, please?
 
G

Guest

Neil Howie said:
I recently installed the SyncToy powertoy. It installed into Program
Files\Microsoft\SyncToy. A day later I tried to set up a Microsoft
Virtual PC and there was a glitch.

On rebooting my machine, I found two oddities. When I reboot the
machine, an Explorer window opens for C:\Program Files\Microsoft. Also
the forward and back button on my Intellimouse stop working. I can
restart the mouse buttons from Control Panel, but they stop on the next
reboot.

Uninstall SyncToy, the problem remains. Delete the Microsoft folder, it
goes away. Recreate the Microsoft folder manually (no installation) it
comes back!

I have tried System restore to the point where it says no changes have
been made to the compute. I have tried reinstalling from a Norton Ghost
backup made before the glitch. Still there. I have been unable to find
any registry setting which might cause the Explorer window to open.

My computer is only on a home peer to peer LAN, so there are no
externally applied policies, and every reference I can find in the
registry to save settings is correct.

I have been unable to reproduce this behaviour on any other computer. I
do not think it has anything to do with the SyncToy installation,
because the problem didn't occur immediately. That leaves the failed
Virtual PC creation.

Can anyone shed any light on this and suggest a cure, please?

--
Neil

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hi
just an idea...
in your boot.ini look if you have "/noexecute=optin"
this noexecute block you virtual pc to create a pc vituel
erase no and let execute=optin
then try to start a new virtual pc
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Download Startup Tracker application from this page:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_starttrack.htm

Launch the program, and click the "View log" button. Post the contents of
the log file here.

Note: No need to post the following sections:

-- Running Processes --
-- Running Services --

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I recently installed the SyncToy powertoy. It installed into Program
Files\Microsoft\SyncToy. A day later I tried to set up a Microsoft
Virtual PC and there was a glitch.

On rebooting my machine, I found two oddities. When I reboot the
machine, an Explorer window opens for C:\Program Files\Microsoft. Also
the forward and back button on my Intellimouse stop working. I can
restart the mouse buttons from Control Panel, but they stop on the next
reboot.

Uninstall SyncToy, the problem remains. Delete the Microsoft folder, it
goes away. Recreate the Microsoft folder manually (no installation) it
comes back!

I have tried System restore to the point where it says no changes have
been made to the compute. I have tried reinstalling from a Norton Ghost
backup made before the glitch. Still there. I have been unable to find
any registry setting which might cause the Explorer window to open.

My computer is only on a home peer to peer LAN, so there are no
externally applied policies, and every reference I can find in the
registry to save settings is correct.

I have been unable to reproduce this behaviour on any other computer. I
do not think it has anything to do with the SyncToy installation,
because the problem didn't occur immediately. That leaves the failed
Virtual PC creation.

Can anyone shed any light on this and suggest a cure, please?
 
N

Neil Howie

-- Registry --
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

No Items Found

-- Registry --
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Windows Defender "C:\Program Files\Windows
Defender\MSASCui.exe" -hide
TotalRecorderScheduler "C:\Program
Files\HighCriteria\TotalRecorder\TotRecSched.exe"
TkBellExe "C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
SunJavaUpdateSched C:\Program
Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe
SoundMan SOUNDMAN.EXE
POINTER C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Hardware\Mouse\point32.exe
nwiz nwiz.exe /install
Norton Ghost 10.0 "C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\Agent\GhostTray.exe"
LoadQM loadqm.exe
LoadPowerProfile Rundll32.exe
powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
CoolSwitch C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskswitch.exe
ccApp "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec
Shared\ccApp.exe"
anvshell anvshell.exe
Adobe Photo Downloader "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album
Starter Edition\3.0\Apps\apdproxy.exe"
QuickTime Task "C:\Program
Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
NeroFilterCheck C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
InCD C:\Program Files\Ahead\InCD\InCD.exe
KernelFaultCheck
NvCplDaemon RUNDLL32.EXE NvQTwk,NvCplDaemon initialize

-- Registry --
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

No Items Found

-- Registry --
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

SpybotSD TeaTimer C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search &
Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
ctfmon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
NVIEW

-- Registry --
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Printing Migration rundll32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\migrate.dll,ProcessWin9xNetworkPrinters
tscuninstall

-- Registry --
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

CTFMON.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

-- Start Menu - Current User --
DESKTOP.INI

-- Start Menu - All Users --
Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk
BOINC Manager.lnk
DESKTOP.INI
Microsoft Office.lnk
WinZip Quick Pick.lnk

-- Disabled Items --
No Items Found

-- Registry - Shell Value - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon --
explorer.exe

--
Neil

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dots)




| Download Startup Tracker application from this page:
| http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_starttrack.htm
|
| Launch the program, and click the "View log" button. Post the contents
of
| the log file here.
|
| Note: No need to post the following sections:
|
| -- Running Processes --
| -- Running Services --
|
| --
| Regards,
|
| Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
| Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
|
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

There are some entries in the listing that are not enclosed within
double-quotes. (especially the entry titled POINTER). You need to open
Regedit.exe and navigate to the corresponding registry keys and fix the
Value data for the entries starting with the string C:\Program....

Use the following articles as examples:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/stfolder.htm
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dellfolder.htm

Backup your registry first.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/registry.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


-- Registry --
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

No Items Found

-- Registry --
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Windows Defender "C:\Program Files\Windows
Defender\MSASCui.exe" -hide
TotalRecorderScheduler "C:\Program
Files\HighCriteria\TotalRecorder\TotRecSched.exe"
TkBellExe "C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
SunJavaUpdateSched C:\Program
Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe
SoundMan SOUNDMAN.EXE
POINTER C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Hardware\Mouse\point32.exe
nwiz nwiz.exe /install
Norton Ghost 10.0 "C:\Program Files\Norton
SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\Agent\GhostTray.exe"
LoadQM loadqm.exe
LoadPowerProfile Rundll32.exe
powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
CoolSwitch C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskswitch.exe
ccApp "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec
Shared\ccApp.exe"
anvshell anvshell.exe
Adobe Photo Downloader "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album
Starter Edition\3.0\Apps\apdproxy.exe"
QuickTime Task "C:\Program
Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
NeroFilterCheck C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
InCD C:\Program Files\Ahead\InCD\InCD.exe
KernelFaultCheck
NvCplDaemon RUNDLL32.EXE NvQTwk,NvCplDaemon initialize

-- Registry --
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

No Items Found

-- Registry --
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

SpybotSD TeaTimer C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search &
Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
ctfmon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
NVIEW

-- Registry --
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Printing Migration rundll32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\migrate.dll,ProcessWin9xNetworkPrinters
tscuninstall

-- Registry --
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

CTFMON.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

-- Start Menu - Current User --
DESKTOP.INI

-- Start Menu - All Users --
Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk
BOINC Manager.lnk
DESKTOP.INI
Microsoft Office.lnk
WinZip Quick Pick.lnk

-- Disabled Items --
No Items Found

-- Registry - Shell Value - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon --
explorer.exe

--
Neil

Anti-spam - Domain is really oakleaf # idps ~ co + uk (change symbols to
dots)




| Download Startup Tracker application from this page:
| http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_starttrack.htm
|
| Launch the program, and click the "View log" button. Post the contents
of
| the log file here.
|
| Note: No need to post the following sections:
|
| -- Running Processes --
| -- Running Services --
|
| --
| Regards,
|
| Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
| Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
|
 
N

Neil Howie

Many thanks. That has solved it.

--
Neil

Anti-spam - Domain is really oakleaf # idps ~ co + uk (change symbols to
dots)




| There are some entries in the listing that are not enclosed within
| double-quotes. (especially the entry titled POINTER). You need to open
| Regedit.exe and navigate to the corresponding registry keys and fix
the
| Value data for the entries starting with the string C:\Program....
|
| Use the following articles as examples:
| http://windowsxp.mvps.org/stfolder.htm
| http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dellfolder.htm
|
| Backup your registry first.
| http://windowsxp.mvps.org/registry.htm
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx
|
| --
| Regards,
|
| Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
| Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
|
|
| | -- Registry --
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
|
| No Items Found
|
| -- Registry --
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
|
| Windows Defender "C:\Program Files\Windows
| Defender\MSASCui.exe" -hide
| TotalRecorderScheduler "C:\Program
| Files\HighCriteria\TotalRecorder\TotRecSched.exe"
| TkBellExe "C:\Program Files\Common
| Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
| SunJavaUpdateSched C:\Program
| Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\jusched.exe
| SoundMan SOUNDMAN.EXE
| POINTER C:\Program Files\Microsoft
| Hardware\Mouse\point32.exe
| nwiz nwiz.exe /install
| Norton Ghost 10.0 "C:\Program Files\Norton
| SystemWorks\Norton Ghost\Agent\GhostTray.exe"
| LoadQM loadqm.exe
| LoadPowerProfile Rundll32.exe
| powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme
| CoolSwitch C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskswitch.exe
| ccApp "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec
| Shared\ccApp.exe"
| anvshell anvshell.exe
| Adobe Photo Downloader "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album
| Starter Edition\3.0\Apps\apdproxy.exe"
| QuickTime Task "C:\Program
| Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
| NeroFilterCheck C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
| InCD C:\Program Files\Ahead\InCD\InCD.exe
| KernelFaultCheck
| NvCplDaemon RUNDLL32.EXE NvQTwk,NvCplDaemon
initialize
|
| -- Registry --
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
|
| No Items Found
|
| -- Registry --
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
|
| SpybotSD TeaTimer C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search &
| Destroy\TeaTimer.exe
| ctfmon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
| NVIEW
|
| -- Registry --
| HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
|
| Printing Migration rundll32.exe
| C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\migrate.dll,ProcessWin9xNetworkPrinters
| tscuninstall
|
| -- Registry --
| HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
|
| CTFMON.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
|
| -- Start Menu - Current User --
| DESKTOP.INI
|
| -- Start Menu - All Users --
| Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk
| BOINC Manager.lnk
| DESKTOP.INI
| Microsoft Office.lnk
| WinZip Quick Pick.lnk
|
| -- Disabled Items --
| No Items Found
|
| -- Registry - Shell Value - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
| NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon --
| explorer.exe
|
| --
| Neil
|
| Anti-spam - Domain is really oakleaf # idps ~ co + uk (change symbols
to
| dots)
|
|
|
|
| || Download Startup Tracker application from this page:
|| http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_starttrack.htm
||
|| Launch the program, and click the "View log" button. Post the
contents
| of
|| the log file here.
||
|| Note: No need to post the following sections:
||
|| -- Running Processes --
|| -- Running Services --
||
|| --
|| Regards,
||
|| Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
|| Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
||
|
|
|
 

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