My Documnets launches twice at start up

[Guest]

My documents folder launches two times at start up of windiows XP. I have
followed the procedures in Article ID : 899865 and the userinit and persist
browser values are correct. Still the problem goes on. What else can I do?

 

[Elmo]

My documents folder launches two times at start up of windiows XP. I have
followed the procedures in Article ID : 899865 and the userinit and persist
browser values are correct. Still the problem goes on. What else can I do?

Run msconfig, click the Startup tab and see if there's a reference to
the My Documents folder. If so, see where it's located, possibly in the
registry, and either:

- deselect the entry in msconfig startup, or
- remove the proper line using regedit.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply. Ran msconfig.There are no references to My Documents in
the start up tab.
Any other thoughts?
Jim

 

[Elmo]

Thanks for the reply. Ran msconfig.There are no references to My Documents in
the start up tab.
Any other thoughts?
Jim

A Google Groups search found this:

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.

In the right pane under Userinit, Change the key that reads:
C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe,C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe

To: C:\Windows\System32\Userinit.exe,

Also, if there are other entries in that area, post back with what they
read. There are other suggestions in these articles:

http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q="my+documents"+opens+startup&qt_s=Search+Groups

 

[Guest]

Joe,
Thank you, I think I found the solution but I want to be sure that I do the
right thing. I ran MSCONFIG and found 2 entries for explorer in the start up
tab, it is what the google posts indicated XP looked for as My Documents. I
then deselected them and restarted without the My Documents folder launching.
This put me into selective start up. The trick is what do I do in the
registry to get rid of the entry permanantly.

The entry in the start up tab for explorer is as follows:
Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE|Microsoft|Windows|CurrentVersion|Run
Command: C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$\explorer.exe

When I regedit and get to the location above I find one entry for Iexplorer
which shows the command as above. Do I delete or modify that entry? I just
don't want to delete something that solves one problem but creates another.
Thank you again for your help. Hopefully this gets the job done.

Jim

 

[Elmo]

Joe,
Thank you, I think I found the solution but I want to be sure that I do the
right thing. I ran MSCONFIG and found 2 entries for explorer in the start up
tab, it is what the google posts indicated XP looked for as My Documents. I
then deselected them and restarted without the My Documents folder launching.
This put me into selective start up. The trick is what do I do in the
registry to get rid of the entry permanantly.

The entry in the start up tab for explorer is as follows:
Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE|Microsoft|Windows|CurrentVersion|Run
Command: C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$\explorer.exe

When I regedit and get to the location above I find one entry for Iexplorer
which shows the command as above. Do I delete or modify that entry? I just
don't want to delete something that solves one problem but creates another.
Thank you again for your help. Hopefully this gets the job done.

Jim

That appears to be the problem.. You can export the "Run" entry (that
you're about to remove) to the Desktop, and import it back if it causes
problems to remove it.

- To Export, Make sure the name listed to the left of
"C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$\explorer.exe" is highlighted, click
File, Export, and name the .reg file.

- To Delete: Make sure the name listed to the left of
"C:\WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$\explorer.exe" is highlighted,
right-click, click Delete.

That's the clean way to do it. You can just tell the warning that
you're in "Selective Startup" to not tell you this again.

 

[Guest]

Thank you again. I was able to export the Iexplorer from the registry and
that took away one of the explorer entries in start up. The second one is
still there and indicates that it is in the same place in the registry.
However when I go to the registry there is no entry there. We can selectively
start up which is OK and gets rid of the annoying launch but it begs the
question of why is there an entry in start up pointing to a registry value
that is not there and should I be concerned??
Thanks for your help.
Jim

 

[Elmo]

Thank you again. I was able to export the Iexplorer from the registry and
that took away one of the explorer entries in start up. The second one is
still there and indicates that it is in the same place in the registry.
However when I go to the registry there is no entry there. We can selectively
start up which is OK and gets rid of the annoying launch but it begs the
question of why is there an entry in start up pointing to a registry value
that is not there and should I be concerned??
Thanks for your help.
Jim

Export that section of the registry, and post its contents. Maybe
someone will see the problem..