Re: My Documents folder on startup

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/01/04 

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 02:00:57 -0400

Uh, Carey, if a user upgrades from Windows 2000, then the Windows folder remains WINNT. Additionally, some OEM's may direct that XP install to the Winnt folder for their images. Just a hold over, I guess, but I have seen it. 

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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <mrxp2004@nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message news:Oge5tf0dEHA.1656@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> The value should be: C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,
> 
> and not:  C:\WINNT\system32\userinit.exe,
> 
> So proceed with the correction as Doug recommended.
> 
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> 
> Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT   Go to:
> 
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
> 
> Look in the right pane for a value called "Userinit".  It should read:
> 
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,
> 
> If not, double click the Userinit value and change it.  The comma at the end is intentional and necessary. 
> If your XP installation is on a drive other than C:, change the path accordingly.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> 
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> "Denny" <notreal@golf.net> wrote in message:
> news:%23fMKiuydEHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
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> |I posted this a few days ago and Doug Knox posted to check in the registry
> | for a value.  After going to my daughter's this morning the same value is
> | what Doug posted.  Hey Doug, or anyone else, do you have another idea.
> |
> | I looked in:
> | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon
> |
> | The value was:  C:\WINNT\system32\userinit.exe,
>

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