I am at my wits end, I looked in the registry and there is nothing out of place in the run section to my knowledge, I also used smithfraudfix and it is still doing it. I am noot sure what else to do! I got nailed by spysherrif, and I just got a letter from you guys for my birthday today, so I figured why not!
View 14 RepliesThis started happening a few months ago, & I have just been living with it, but now I'm very tired of it. When ever I boot, or restart my computer, the startup folder automatically opens on the desktop. Can someone tell me how to stop this from happening? Also recently, whenever I open a Microsoft program, Word, Excell Office Project tries to load. I have to cluck Cancel several times to stop it.
View 6 Replies View RelatedMy friend's computer is getting some pretty weird things going on. She says that the System 32 window will appear every time she boots up her machine. It started after her husband got caught surfing the web for porn. An AdAware scan didn't fix it and going to a previous Windows System Restore point didn't work either.
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhen I start my computer system 32 folder opens on my desktop, why? How can I get rid of it?
View 10 Replies View RelatedEvery time I boot up winxp I get system 32 folder open on my descktop.How can I stop this please?
View 14 Replies View RelatedWhen I try and open My Pictures for example it opens up command prompt for that folder. I've been messing about in My Computer trying to change folder icons. But some how I've managed to stop opening fodlers.
View 3 Replies View RelatedFor some reason, the right-click context menu on any of my folders now defaults to Search..., but this is not in my Folder or File Folder in File Types. I will post an HJT log if needed.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy C:/ folder just pops up when I log onto my user for no aparent reason.
View 6 Replies View RelatedOn 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?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI 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..............
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?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have a small problem, when i turn on the pc, after the log in, the folder of msn and messenger opens.How can i fix this?
View 13 Replies View RelatedI was trying to change the icon of my file folders to something else, and somewhere it said that I could do that at the file types tab of folder options in the control panel. I tried it and it didn't work (not important). However, whenever I opened a folder, it just opened search. I went back and looked at the actions and I didn't see open in there, but find was there (not in bold or anything), so I guessed that it was "find"ing instead of opening. I added a new action called "Open" that used explorer.exe and set it to the default action, but now every folder opens in a new window. I can't delete the action at all and have no idea how to change it. I'm new here and am not sure if this thread is where it belongs. (First post btw).
View 20 Replies View RelatedWhen I click on a folder, it opens a search. Then when i right clicked, I noticed that Search... is before Open.
View 5 Replies View RelatedNothing is present in startup folder OR system variables that triggers open of explore.exe yet each time a friend starts up his pc with XP on it this program runs and the My Documents folder is opened.
View 11 Replies View Relatedwhen I click a folder instead of showing the folders contents it opens a search box. Is there anyway of changing this back.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhen I boot up my computer the system 32 folder appears. I would like to get rid of this unscheduled appearance. There is no mention of System 32 in msconfig so I cannot simply uncheck a box and have it not start up. I did find a MS article on this problem; http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=170086, but it calls for editing the registry and as the directions are not too clear, I am afraid to do this on my own for fear of fouling something critical. I am fine with the instructions till the last step where they call for editing Value data. If someone knowledgable with the registry could give me some detailed directions I would like to try to eliminate System 32 from appearing. Computer info (if needed) is in my profile.
View 24 Replies View RelatedWhen I try to open a file by double clicking,Windows XP opens the search window. Any clues on how to fix the problem? I even tried to roll back to a
previous date when the problem wasn't there.
i have XP Pro Basically I was messing around in file types because my folder icons were botched. Ran TweakUI to fix folder icons, but here is what happened. double clicking a folder opened the search window. So i went into file types and created a new action, and pointed it at explorer.exe from my windows directory. Now, the problem is, when i double click it opens the folder in a new window, instead of the same.
when I am in the advanced settings of file types (tools-folder options-file types) the Edit and Remove buttons will not light up, but i am the administrator. Restore defaults doesn't work.
Is there a backend way to fix this anyone knows of, short of reformatting ?? system restore to a previous date did nothing.
Whenever I open my folder with video files win. explorer CPU usage jumps to 50% although I didn't watch any clips When I close the folder CPU usage remains the same and there is no open applications. I am running XP SP3 with all the current updates.
View 10 Replies View Relatedwhy my system32 folder opens when XP home starts up? and how to stop it doing it please
View 2 Replies View RelatedEverytime 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.
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.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhenever 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.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI 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.
View 6 Replies View RelatedEver since I installed version 1.0 of MS SyncToy everytime I start XP the folder C:Program FilesMicrosoft is displayed on the screen. I have checked the RUN areas in the registry, ran HiJack this and still can not find why this folder is being opened.
View 5 Replies View RelatedEvery time I boot up to XP Home Edition, the My Documents Folder opens automatically on screen. Don't know why as I rarely access the folder.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a "Forums Folder" on my desktop.When I click on it it opens in a minimized position. I stretch it by the edges to full screen and all is fine.When I click on any of the shortcuts in that folder they sometimes open in a minimized position.I stretch again.The next time I go to open it, I have to do it all over again.
View 4 Replies View RelatedDoes anybody know how to change the folder that Windows Explorer first opens when invoked? Mine defaults to My Documents, which is very large and 99% of the time I don't want, so I would like to change it to My Computer or simply to drive C:
View 6 Replies View Relatedi installed zone alarm firewall, and whenever i start up, this folder/window opens -- c/program files/ zone.com, with a zone games file folder showing. this is not in the startup folder. totally useless. i DO want zone alarm to start up (in tin the startup file) but how do I get rid of this pesky thing?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm using Windows XP. When working in Microsoft explorer and double-click on any folder it does not open the folder, it opens Search window. Only way I can open and see content of my folder is to right click on folder and choose explore.