Cleaning STARTUP Folder
Oct 22, 2008
My HP is 2 years old and gets slower each day. I have defragged it and recently cleaned the registry w/ Max Registry Cleaner which helped somewhat. I would like to check to see what programs automatically open in the background when I boot and perhaps relocate or get rid of some of those. I suspect that this particular question has a simple answer. But, once I locate the list of startup programs, I imagine things could get more complicated.Equipment: HP Pavilion, Media Center Edition, (a1606n) Version 2002,Service Pack 2.
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Feb 10, 2010
I think I might need to do this.It's now impossible to click or d/click on a programme or even an email and have it open I have to click 6-10 times before the little hourglass appears.I think I need to change my startup : what do you think? Msconfig shows my startup options to be -Normal Diagnostic Selective
Ought to to choose diag?Or Selective?because I can't decide which programmes I ought to remove and which to leave in, but I'm sure I have too many.
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Feb 20, 2009
I am trying to clean out things in my start-up procedure that I don't need when I boot up the computer. Initially I disabled everything. One particular item keeps getting put back on automatically somehow after re-boot. This particular item is related to Dell Support Center. I use it occasionally, but don't need it at startup. This is what is being re-selected. (note checked item)
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Apr 22, 2005
My C:/ folder just pops up when I log onto my user for no aparent reason.
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Jan 2, 2007
On my other computer (an HP Pavilion 750n), the HP Folder in Program Files (or something like that) has been opening as soon as the computer is started and the desktop is loaded. Does anybody know why this might be happening?
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Jul 29, 2005
I seem to get a WINDOWS/SYSTEM32 folder appearing on the desktop everytime the computer starts up.
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Apr 4, 2008
Whenever I start my computer up, the C:WINDOWSsystem32 folder opens up.. everytime! I have looked at several forums to try to fix my problem, and I have tried the fix at this website: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (line 260) and this is the message that came up:"the script cannot repair your issue. The expected Registry value was not found."I have no idea what to do.. I read on one forum that the guy had to basically clean off his hard drive and re install it! I REALLY don't want to have to go through that.. especially since I'm a college student, and finals are coming up.. the last thing I need is to be without my own computer. I have searched on this site for forums pertaining to this subject, but I haven't found any.
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Nov 19, 2007
For some reason,I have lost my startup folder. I recently had a virus problem, so don't know if that is the reason or not. Outlook Express no longer appears in sys config, so no longer can I boot to that as in the past.How do I get Outlook Exress back in the boot process?
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Feb 10, 2005
Every time I startup windows XP my C:Program FilesCommon folder is open. It does this, regardless of who is logging on. I'm sick to death of closing the thing now.There's also a folder inside the common folder called 'Bin'. Don't know if this has anything to do with it.
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Jan 11, 2007
I accidentally dragged my Startup folder and dropped it into my Microsoft Office folder. I tried to move it back; but, Widows gave me an error box that said it was a System folder and could not be moved. I tried renaming it, deleting it, nothing worked. I made a new Startup folder (like a dummy) and then used an OS that boots from a CD to delete it.
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Jan 7, 2008
I get a folder appear each time I start my win XP laptop. It appears on the desktop and has the name of a folder I have deleted a few months ago that was full of mp3 files.
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Jun 15, 2010
upon my start up a folder which incldudes drivers pops up. This has recently started. I am not sure why but I am trying to stop this. Please help and let me know if i should be concerned.
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May 5, 2005
Does anyone know hoe to remove the startup folder from the start menu.I am customising the startup menu by deleting the contents of the startup menu and then copying down the shortcuts when each user logs in.The only folder i cannot not get rid of is the startup folder. Even if i delete the folder it recreates its self!
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Jun 29, 2005
[current user]start menuprogramsstartup" folder is missing and creating a folder called startup doesn't work (shortcuts placed in a created startup folder do not run when windows start)programs placed in the " all usersstart menuprogramsstartup" folder start TWICE when windows starts.looking in msconfig, any shortcut placed in the all users startup folder shows up twice. it shows up once as "startup" and once as "common startup".it seems to me that some kind of attribute of the user's startup folder got incorporated into the all users' startup folder.
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Sep 30, 2005
Recently, i havent been able to install programs. Whenever I do, i geta Message along these lines."Could Not Access Network Location %USERPROFILE%My DocumentsStartMenuProgramsStartup." This is really annoying, and I cant seem to find a solution to this anywhere,
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Jul 31, 2005
For some reason the SYSTEM32 folder keeps appearing on the desktop at startup. Any ideas what I can do about this?
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Dec 4, 2005
I have a folder that 2 days ago started being displayed at start up. All it shows is the contents of the folder, as it would appear if you started up Windows Explorer. I'm just closeing the folder and moving on.I have made no changes that would cause this, and can find no way to turn it off.Any suggestions? Win XP 2, Dell 4700 with Norton IS, which is current and system is scanned every day.
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Nov 25, 2006
My bothers new computer (two months old) is doing something strange. Every time it boots up, loads windows The C:Program Filesintel directory pops up on the screen. He has an intel Motherboard, and Pentium 4 3.0. I checked first the startup folder, nothing there that I could see would access that folded. I then ran msconfig just to see if anything else was showing that directory. Still nothing. Then I download some startup manager from download.com (I cant remember the exact name of it) but it showed me the same thing I had seen before, and nothing that pointed to the Intel directory. (Some pointed to the intel Audio directory, but that directory exists).I do know after I ran msconfig I went into safe mode and the directory didnt start up. But when I booted back into Windows XP Pro again it showed up?Anybody know what else I can do? I wonder if I change the name of the directory, wouldnt that throw an error and maybe I can figure out what it trying to access it?
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Mar 30, 2008
I have a startup folder on my desktop with nothing in it but windows won't let me remove. Is it that necessary to have this empty folder adding clutter to my desktop? I know the folder has something to do with allowing programs to run when windows starts up but there is nothing it.
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Feb 21, 2007
Every time I computer start up the first thing that shows up is the SYSTEM 32 folder. How do I get this folder to stop popping up whent he computer starts up?
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Jun 25, 2005
I have this wierd problem of a folder opening with every windows startup. The folder is C:Program Filesone.com. The folder and files within are not malware or anything, just some little games that came with my computer that I never got rid of. It is not in my startup folder. I have never run any of the games and don't even remember opening that folder before this started happening.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 12:36:09 PM, on 6/25/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe..............
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May 27, 2006
After recovering from a malware attack my windows xp machine now opens the C:WINDOWSSystem32 folder every time it starts. How can I prevent this?
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Jul 28, 2005
I have tried to place a short cut in the startup folder so as to make sure that PGP-tray is run on startup. However, when I drop the shortcut in the folder I cannot se any change. Furthermore, when I restart the pc PGP-tray is not initiated.
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Mar 23, 2010
I've found the following unusual situation with an XP PC I'm trying to fix. I've been able to clean most of the damage done by the malware that infected it (safe mode disabled, etc.) but so far, I'm puzzled with this nameless icon that is fixed on the Startup Folder, that reappears no matter how many times I delete it:When I actually try to delete it, it shows the name of the file as ".
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Oct 1, 2006
When I start my computer system 32 folder opens on my desktop, why? How can I get rid of it?
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Sep 1, 2005
why my system32 folder opens when XP home starts up? and how to stop it doing it please
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Aug 2, 2005
Everytime I start my computer the C:Program FilesCommon folder opens! It's so annoying. I have looked at other posts and have tried the Start-Run-misconfig-Check startup tab but this folder is not listed. There
are some programs within the common files folder that are listed, but not the simple file path I wrote above.
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Sep 17, 2005
Recently my computer folder automatically opens at startup. I've tried going to msconfig and regedit to fix the problem per the instructions I've seen on the web but it doesn't work.
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Nov 11, 2007
Whenever I startup my laptop, the "C:Program FilesDell" folder opens automatically. I've had this pc for years but this started happening only recently. I don't know what could've changed, but it is very annoying and I need to find a way to make it stop. I've been searching various sites all over the net, and so far I have tried messing with "msconfig" and "Regedit.exe," among other things, and the problem still exists. Please contact me if anyone knows how to resolve this issue.
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Jun 19, 2006
I installed my DVD drive on my HP machine, and now I keep getting an explorer window that opens on Startup to the HP folder. Its innocuous, but annoying.
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Mar 2, 2008
I have about 7.5g (1400 songs) of music in my music folder. Lately when i try to open up My music from the startup menu it takes around 5 mins for it to open up, cpu usage goes thru the roof and almost locks up. On the other hand if i go to my computer and go to my documents and open up My music thru there it opens up just fine.
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