Unexpectantly Opening of System32 Folder on Startup

[Steve Simons]

I just fixed a problem with Windows XP in regards to the system32 folder
opening upon startup for no apparent reason.

Microsoft has an KB article 170086 that reflects possible causes with
previous versions of Windows.

My problem seemed to be due to a registry entry string in the:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RUN

I had a string for "SB Audigy 2 Startup Menu" with a value of "/L:ENG"

I deleted this key because it looked weird and it seems to have done the
trick.

I hope this helps someone else. It was driving me batty!!!!!

--Steve

 

[Nicholas]

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll down
to Item No. 260. In the right column, click on "System32 Folder Opens
Upon Boot". Download this repair file and then run the repair.

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]


--
Nicholas

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| I just fixed a problem with Windows XP in regards to the system32 folder
| opening upon startup for no apparent reason.
|
| Microsoft has an KB article 170086 that reflects possible causes with
| previous versions of Windows.
|
| My problem seemed to be due to a registry entry string in the:
|
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RUN
|
| I had a string for "SB Audigy 2 Startup Menu" with a value of "/L:ENG"
|
| I deleted this key because it looked weird and it seems to have done the
| trick.
|
| I hope this helps someone else. It was driving me batty!!!!!
|
| --Steve
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Steve,

This is a known issue, and the fix that Nicholas pointed to makes a similar
change. The value you deleted is for the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 sound card.
The problem is actually a leading space, before the /L:ENG that doesn't show
up in Regedit. The script on Kelly's site re-writes the value without the
leading space.