Windows System 32 Folder

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Randy Maas

New Dell Pentium 4 3 Ghz...whether or not I set options
to show or hide hidden files and folders, the system 32
folder pops open on the desktop at bootup...any thoughts
on how to stop this...

Randy Maas
 
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New Dell Pentium 4 3 Ghz...whether or not I set options
to show or hide hidden files and folders, the system 32
folder pops open on the desktop at bootup...any thoughts
on how to stop this...

Randy Maas
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Hello!

The Problem is somewhere in the User registry (HKey
current user).
You could create a user with admin rights, log in as this
user. Copy the userprofile of the "administrator" to a save
location and then delete it. Login as admininstrator, you
will get (hopefully) a new profile. Copy back all files
from the backedup profile.
With regards,
ssg
pronetworks.org
 
Hi Randy,

Go to Start/Run and type in: msinfo32 From there navigate to Software
Environment, Startup Programs. The Command column will show you the exact
command line used.

You are looking for a listing that uses a long file name/path with spaces in
it, that is not enclosed in quotes. If found that is the culprit. Go to
Start/Run/msconfig/Startup.

If this is the case go to Start/Run/Regedit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Look here for the program/folder in question. If listed, double click the
entry and put the full path name in quotes. And Verify that all the values
in these keys do not contain any incorrect, incomplete, or null entries
(such as "").

System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows
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