RE: Win Explorer auto opens to System Files folder when Windows opens

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From: christine (christine_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 23:31:03 -0800

hi,
it sounds like we both have similar problems. mine started about 2 months
ago. now when i start up my pc, i always find that the 'my documents' pane is
open and i have to close it to see my desktop and it's icons. i really don't
know what i did to make this happen, but i don't beleive it to be a virus or
rogue programme. i think that somehow we have either configured our pc's to
start up in this way or we have somehow got something into the registry. if
you know how to solve my problem, i would be really grateful.
christine

"LeeJustin" wrote:

> With the past few weeks, Window Explorer has started opening automatcilly
> when I boot the computer. It opens up to the "C:Windows". I've run my Virus
> and Spybot software, both showed me to be clean.
>
> I ran MSCONFIG and tried to spot anything out of the ordinary, compared all
> the lines to my laptop, but found no alarming differences.
>
> Any suggestions would be a gr3eat help! I'm running XP Pro Service Pack 2
> on a Dell Precission 470

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