folder c: opens when system starts, this is not the system 32 fold

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when I start or reboot my system my c: folder opens, not the system 32
folder, I have 3 firewalls, 1 hardware firewall, windows firewall and a third
software firewall, an antivirus which is up to date, I have not downloaded
anything, installed anything or altered anything, this happened 1 day after a
clean install, desperately need help.
Thanks.
Les

 

[Terry R.]

On 7/9/2007 5:02 PM On a whim, les2010 pounded out on the keyboard

when I start or reboot my system my c: folder opens, not the system 32
folder, I have 3 firewalls, 1 hardware firewall, windows firewall and a third
software firewall, an antivirus which is up to date, I have not downloaded
anything, installed anything or altered anything, this happened 1 day after a
clean install, desperately need help.
Thanks.
Les

Hi Les,

Check MSCONFIG (Start, Run, type msconfig and click OK), click the
Startup tab, and see if there are any references to the path that opens
each time. If so, uncheck it and see if that takes care of it.

Report back,

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[Guest]

Open Control Panel - Scheduled Tasks - remove any unwanted entry.

If that doesn't work then look in \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ and
delete any unwanted entry.

If that doesn't work then look in the registry for it in these places and
delete unwanted entries. Modifying the registry cause serious problems to
your Windows so have a backup first.

Click Start - Run - type REGEDIT

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Even if that fails to then Restore your System to a previous date.

Hope this help, let us know!

 

[Guest]

Hi guys, thanks for the help, found a couple of entries that had me stumped,
one with nothing more than a \ as the entry and another that was totally
blank, both have been deleted from my system startup and the registery and
all is well, as well as XP can be I suppose.
Regards
Les