Re: How to inhibit My Documents from opening upon boot

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:33:24 -0500

Hi Dennis,

Nothing unusual there, though some that are listed do not need to be there
and, most importantly, no spyware. This can be caused by leftovers from
cleaning up spyware as well. Try this:

Control Panel/Folder Options/View tab, uncheck the line "restore previous
folder windows at logon". Click apply/ok, do not reboot yet.

Start/run msconfig, on the general tab select the diagnostic mode. Click
apply/ok and reboot at prompted.

The folder should not show up now. Rerun msconfig, put the system back in
normal mode. Click apply/ok and reboot once more. Does this help? 

-- 
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:58D802B7-987C-4092-85D5-734D739E9F5F@microsoft.com...
> [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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