Tracking down registry startup..

[carlos]

Dear All,

Every time the computer boots something in the registry
causes a "My Computer" window to pop up

It's not in win.ini system startup etc as I disabled all in msconfig.exe
and still the "My Computer" window pops up

It's not in the usual places like Run, RunServices
as I searched with nothing to find.

I want to track down in a log file what activity takes place
in the registry as the computer is turned on so that
I may find what is causing the "My Computer" window to pop up.

Thanking you in advance,
Carlos.

 

[CTOS]

Have you tried using "AutoRuns" to track it down?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

 

[Elmo]

Dear All,

Every time the computer boots something in the registry
causes a "My Computer" window to pop up

It's not in win.ini system startup etc as I disabled all in msconfig.exe
and still the "My Computer" window pops up

It's not in the usual places like Run, RunServices
as I searched with nothing to find.

I want to track down in a log file what activity takes place
in the registry as the computer is turned on so that
I may find what is causing the "My Computer" window to pop up.

Thanking you in advance,
Carlos.

Check the properties of the shortcuts in the Startup folder, in the
Start Menu. Also run Regedit and look in the Runonce keys.

 

[Gary Brandenburg]

Could it be something as simple as unchecking the "Restore previous folder windows at
logon" in Control Panel/Folder Options/View ?


~Gary

 

[Ray Parrish]

I found this link that has a fix, can't vouch to whether or not it works
as I've never had the problem.

http://www.troublefixers.com/notepad-my-documents-my-computer-opens-on-windows-startup/

Later, Ray Parrish