Re: How to inhibit My Documents from opening upon boot

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From: Dennis (Dennis_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 06:35:05 -0800

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"SoundMan"="soundman.exe"
"SynTPLpr"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Synaptics\\SynTP\\SynTPLpr.exe\""
"SynTPEnh"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Synaptics\\SynTP\\SynTPEnh.exe\""
"ATIModeChange"="Ati2mdxx.exe"
"AtiPTA"="atiptaxx.exe"
"AdaptecDirectCD"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Roxio\\Easy CD Creator
5\\DirectCD\\DirectCD.exe\""
"WinFaxAppPortStarter"="wfxsnt40.exe"
"QuickTime Task"="\"C:\\Program Files\\QuickTime\\qttask.exe\" -atboottime"
"ccApp"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Symantec Shared\\ccApp.exe\""
"GhostStartTrayApp"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Norton SystemWorks\\Norton
Ghost\\GhostStartTrayApp.exe\""
"AcctMgr"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Norton SystemWorks\\Password
Manager\\AcctMgr.exe\" /startup"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg]
    - Nothing -

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"MSMSGS"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Messenger\\msmsgs.exe\" /background"
"ctfmon.exe"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ctfmon.exe"

Rick thanks for your knowledge & time!

*******************************************************
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Dennis,
>
> Please post these registry keys, as this problem is almost certainly related
> to some spyware installed on the system:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg
>
> To do so, click start/run, type regedit and click ok. Expand hte plus (+)
> signs to reach each key in turn. Click on the key, then on file/export, give
> it a name (doesn't matter what) and save to the desktop. Once exported,
> right-click the saved key and choose edit. This will open it in notepad,
> click edit/select all/edit/copy. Open a response to this post, click in the
> message text area and hit ctrl+v to paste the contents. Repeat for all keys
> listed, then send the reply. Please do NOT simply attach the exported keys
> to the response.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Dennis" <Dennis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0B5E4B03-14A9-4DB3-9E72-C177FEC5A21C@microsoft.com...
> > How to inhibit My Documents from opening up in Explorer when I boot up?.
> >
> > I would like My Documents to be completely closed unless I select the "+"
> > sign.
> >
> > Where in RegEdit can I make the change? Or is there a better way to
> > accomplish my goal?
> >
> > BTW, I did visit a "Kelly" WWW, followed all suggestions to no avail.
> > Other
> > thoughts please!
> >
> >
> > TIA Dennis
>
>
>

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