Guest carlos Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 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.
Guest Malke Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 Re: Tracking down registry startup.. carlos wrote: > 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. 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. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest ju.c Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Re: Tracking down registry startup.. Also, check these Registry keys for entries with paths that contain spaces, but have no quotes. To open the Registry Editor, open the Run box and enter: regedit [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] Example: C:\Program Files\program path\app.exe /switch Change to: "C:\Program Files\program path\app.exe" /switch ju.c "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:#BQ3z9DNJHA.4456@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > carlos wrote: > >> 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. > > 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. > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ >
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