folder c: opens when system starts, this is not the system 32 fold

[Guest les2010]

when I start or reboot my system my c: folder opens, not the system 32

folder, I have 3 firewalls, 1 hardware firewall, windows firewall and a third

software firewall, an antivirus which is up to date, I have not downloaded

anything, installed anything or altered anything, this happened 1 day after a

clean install, desperately need help.

Thanks.

Les

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: folder c: opens when system starts, this is not the system 32fold

 

Re: folder c: opens when system starts, this is not the system 32fold

 

On 7/9/2007 5:02 PM On a whim, les2010 pounded out on the keyboard

> when I start or reboot my system my c: folder opens, not the system 32

> folder, I have 3 firewalls, 1 hardware firewall, windows firewall and a third

> software firewall, an antivirus which is up to date, I have not downloaded

> anything, installed anything or altered anything, this happened 1 day after a

> clean install, desperately need help.

> Thanks.

> Les

 

Hi Les,

 

Check MSCONFIG (Start, Run, type msconfig and click OK), click the

Startup tab, and see if there are any references to the path that opens

each time. If so, uncheck it and see if that takes care of it.

 

Report back,

 

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[Guest RajKohli]

RE: folder c: opens when system starts, this is not the system 32 fold

 

Open Control Panel - Scheduled Tasks - remove any unwanted entry.

 

If that doesn't work then look in \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ and

delete any unwanted entry.

 

If that doesn't work then look in the registry for it in these places and

delete unwanted entries. Modifying the registry cause serious problems to

your Windows so have a backup first.

 

Click Start - Run - type REGEDIT

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

 

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

 

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

 

Even if that fails to then Restore your System to a previous date.

 

Hope this help, let us know!

 

"les2010" wrote:

> when I start or reboot my system my c: folder opens, not the system 32

> folder, I have 3 firewalls, 1 hardware firewall, windows firewall and a third

> software firewall, an antivirus which is up to date, I have not downloaded

> anything, installed anything or altered anything, this happened 1 day after a

> clean install, desperately need help.

> Thanks.

> Les

[Guest les2010]

RE: folder c: opens when system starts, this is not the system 32

 

RE: folder c: opens when system starts, this is not the system 32

 

Hi guys, thanks for the help, found a couple of entries that had me stumped,

one with nothing more than a \ as the entry and another that was totally

blank, both have been deleted from my system startup and the registery and

all is well, as well as XP can be I suppose.

Regards

Les

 

"RajKohli" wrote:

> Open Control Panel - Scheduled Tasks - remove any unwanted entry.

>

> If that doesn't work then look in \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ and

> delete any unwanted entry.

>

> If that doesn't work then look in the registry for it in these places and

> delete unwanted entries. Modifying the registry cause serious problems to

> your Windows so have a backup first.

>

> Click Start - Run - type REGEDIT

>

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

>

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

>

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

>

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

>

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce

>

> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

>

> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

>

> HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

>

> HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

>

> Even if that fails to then Restore your System to a previous date.

>

> Hope this help, let us know!

>

> "les2010" wrote:

>

> > when I start or reboot my system my c: folder opens, not the system 32

> > folder, I have 3 firewalls, 1 hardware firewall, windows firewall and a third

> > software firewall, an antivirus which is up to date, I have not downloaded

> > anything, installed anything or altered anything, this happened 1 day after a

> > clean install, desperately need help.

> > Thanks.

> > Les