Guest Erobby Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Lately I've had occurences of the following folder appearing on the desktop and in the C:\Documents and Settings\Sarah Back\My Documents\%USERPROFILE%. It is an actual folder not a variable appearing in both locations. I can remove it and things are fine. Ad-Aware, Virus Scan and Rootkit Detector turn up no results. Checked the registry and found nothing to explain this behavior. Anyone with any ideas? Thanks in Advance
Guest Kelly Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: "%USERPROFILE%" directory Verify that all the values in these keys do not contain any incorrect, incomplete, or null entries (such as ""). Also make sure that all entries that have spaces are included within quotes. These values can be checked here: Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Erobby" <Erobby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AB3FF734-EE91-4E14-93E2-B81923D67860@microsoft.com... > > Lately I've had occurences of the following folder appearing on the > desktop > and in the C:\Documents and Settings\Sarah Back\My > Documents\%USERPROFILE%. > > It is an actual folder not a variable appearing in both locations. I can > remove it and things are fine. Ad-Aware, Virus Scan and Rootkit Detector > turn up no results. Checked the registry and found nothing to explain > this > behavior. > > Anyone with any ideas? > > Thanks in Advance
Guest Erobby Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: "%USERPROFILE%" directory Hello Kelly Thanks Already checked the registry like I said nothing there under HKLM and HKCU. Also not a problem with the taskbar, unless the app repairs more then Taskbar issues. "Kelly" wrote: > Verify that all the values in these keys do not contain any incorrect, > incomplete, or null entries (such as ""). Also make sure that all entries > that have spaces are included within quotes. These values can be checked > here: Start/Run/Regedit > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run > > -- > > All the Best, > Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) > > Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm > > > "Erobby" <Erobby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:AB3FF734-EE91-4E14-93E2-B81923D67860@microsoft.com... > > > > Lately I've had occurences of the following folder appearing on the > > desktop > > and in the C:\Documents and Settings\Sarah Back\My > > Documents\%USERPROFILE%. > > > > It is an actual folder not a variable appearing in both locations. I can > > remove it and things are fine. Ad-Aware, Virus Scan and Rootkit Detector > > turn up no results. Checked the registry and found nothing to explain > > this > > behavior. > > > > Anyone with any ideas? > > > > Thanks in Advance > > >
Guest Gis Bun Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: "%USERPROFILE%" directory I've seen in some cases where a badly written installer creates the folder (as a bad example) C:\Windows\%ProgramFiles%\NewApp when the installer should of of created C:\Program Files\NewApp. "Erobby" wrote: > Hello Kelly > > Thanks Already checked the registry like I said nothing there under HKLM and > HKCU. Also not a problem with the taskbar, unless the app repairs more then > Taskbar issues. > > "Kelly" wrote: > > > Verify that all the values in these keys do not contain any incorrect, > > incomplete, or null entries (such as ""). Also make sure that all entries > > that have spaces are included within quotes. These values can be checked > > here: Start/Run/Regedit > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run > > > > -- > > > > All the Best, > > Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) > > > > Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! > > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm > > > > > > "Erobby" <Erobby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:AB3FF734-EE91-4E14-93E2-B81923D67860@microsoft.com... > > > > > > Lately I've had occurences of the following folder appearing on the > > > desktop > > > and in the C:\Documents and Settings\Sarah Back\My > > > Documents\%USERPROFILE%. > > > > > > It is an actual folder not a variable appearing in both locations. I can > > > remove it and things are fine. Ad-Aware, Virus Scan and Rootkit Detector > > > turn up no results. Checked the registry and found nothing to explain > > > this > > > behavior. > > > > > > Anyone with any ideas? > > > > > > Thanks in Advance > > > > > >
Guest Erobby Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: "%USERPROFILE%" directory Hmmm Good point Gis, I do remember something similar to that with CygWin. I'll check into it to see if some application has a bad path statement. Should be pretty simple since most apps don't try to write to the user's profile, then just take the set variables from Windows. Kelly I will do a more exhaustive search of the registry maybe I did miss something. Thank you both Will update when I have more info. "Gis Bun" wrote: > I've seen in some cases where a badly written installer creates the folder > (as a bad example) C:\Windows\%ProgramFiles%\NewApp when the installer should > of of created C:\Program Files\NewApp. > > "Erobby" wrote: > > > Hello Kelly > > > > Thanks Already checked the registry like I said nothing there under HKLM and > > HKCU. Also not a problem with the taskbar, unless the app repairs more then > > Taskbar issues. > > > > "Kelly" wrote: > > > > > Verify that all the values in these keys do not contain any incorrect, > > > incomplete, or null entries (such as ""). Also make sure that all entries > > > that have spaces are included within quotes. These values can be checked > > > here: Start/Run/Regedit > > > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run > > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run > > > > > > -- > > > > > > All the Best, > > > Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) > > > > > > Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! > > > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm > > > > > > > > > "Erobby" <Erobby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > > news:AB3FF734-EE91-4E14-93E2-B81923D67860@microsoft.com... > > > > > > > > Lately I've had occurences of the following folder appearing on the > > > > desktop > > > > and in the C:\Documents and Settings\Sarah Back\My > > > > Documents\%USERPROFILE%. > > > > > > > > It is an actual folder not a variable appearing in both locations. I can > > > > remove it and things are fine. Ad-Aware, Virus Scan and Rootkit Detector > > > > turn up no results. Checked the registry and found nothing to explain > > > > this > > > > behavior. > > > > > > > > Anyone with any ideas? > > > > > > > > Thanks in Advance > > > > > > > > >
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