Start-up Duplication

[Charles F]

I had to re-install WinXP SP1 in a new directory named
WinXP. After the installation I deleted the old
directory "Windows".

Now the items in the Start-up Directory of the Start Menu
attempt to load twice. Running MSConfig shows the items
listed under "Common Start-up" and "Start-up". Disabling
the items under one of these two listings causes both to
be disabled and nothing loads.

How do I physically delete these items from Start-up and
then re-enter them so they only start once.

 

[Doctor Jekyl.]

More than likely using registry editor.
Two locations exist for XP in the registry.
Rather than detail it, use search in the registry.
One location is hkey local machine\software\microsoft\windows\current
version\run
I did that from memory.
The other location is nearly identical but has shared folders or similar in
the pathway.