Re: Folder opens automatically at startup

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From: Hans Näslund (hans.naslund_at_spray.se)
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:05:43 GMT

Thank you for your advices; unfortunately they did not help.

I have checked the "Run" register keys - no suspicious entries could be
found.

I have also checked that
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advance
d\ SeparateProcess is set to 0, and I have created "DesktopProcess" in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and set
it to 0. The same obnoxious folder keeps popping up at startup.

Btw - in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer there
is a string with the name "Vodka Lime 1" and the value 1744. What is that?
Can I remove it?

Hans Näslund

"Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk" <black.fox@blackfox.org> skrev i
meddelandet news:417d2280.12414330@blackfox.org...
> Hans Näslund wrote:
>
> >> Most likely this is a setting in Explorer. Open an explorer window.
Then
> >> from the menu choose: Tools -> Folder Options... -> View
> >> Then uncheck 'Restore previous folder windows at logon'.
> >> If that does not solve the problem use InControl:
> >> http://www.virtuoza.com/InControl/product.php
>
> > There is no such option ('Restore previous folder windows at logon') in
my
> > system (Swedish W2K Pro). I have run AdAware and Spybot - no malicious
> > objetcs. And neither InControl nor Autoruns display any suspicious
entries.
> > I have had this problem once before, but after a while (several months,
> > though) it disappeared by itself. I still guess some register setting
has
> > been changed - but how do I know which one?
>
> First of all check registry keys:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> and other "Run keys" for any incorrect entries with explorer.exe.
> You can use msconfig or Codestuff Starter http://codestuff.mirrorz.com/
> (W2K does not include msconfig utility). If it doesn't help go to
> registry key
>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advance
d
> and create/change dword value "SeparateProcess" - set it to 0;
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
> and create/change dword value "DesktopProcess" - set it to 0.
>
> FUT warning
>
> --
> Regards
> Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk
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