Windows Explorer Starts Automatically at Logon

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Steve J.

Explorer opens automatically at logon. THe default
location is always "Winnt/Ssytem 32" if that is any help.
How can I turn this off or control what applications start
automatically.
 
first check you stratup folder in Start, Programs,
Startup. There is also a command you can type in the run
to show you what is really starting up behind the scenes.
Its like sysconfig or something. I don't remeber what it
is but it exists.
 
This issue can occur when you have an application that starts up at boot where the way it is called in the registry is using the long file name format. Like this:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\

See if that is the case and if so change this to:

C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1

You can always do a dir /x one level above the folder where you want to know its 8.3 file name.
 
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