system32 folder opens on desktop at every startup

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Ian R

Hi

A friend has a rather irritating problem - every time she starts Windows XP
the system 32 folder opens on the desktop.

I've checked the menu start-up folder, msconfig startups to see if its
loading
from there and also run a registry health check utility.

I cant find the cause and nothing I've tried has stopped it.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your time

Ian
 
Ian said:
Hi

A friend has a rather irritating problem - every time she starts Windows XP
the system 32 folder opens on the desktop.

I've checked the menu start-up folder, msconfig startups to see if its
loading
from there and also run a registry health check utility.

I cant find the cause and nothing I've tried has stopped it.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your time

Ian
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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. It can also
be caused by an entry in these same keys that starts with a " / ."

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


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