Folder opens when I boot the computer

Look in msconfig startup tab to see if that folder is set to run at startup.

 

http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/msconfig_xp.html

Ok, I backed up the registry (export) and did a search for:

 \start menu\programs\startup\programs\startup 

I found 4 instances of this string.  I modified the text to take off the last two folders, programs\startup in the first two instances. The last two were not there any more.

Rebooted

Came back.  Went to Start -> Programs -> Startup and now I was able to delete the last two folders, no Windows warning that it couldn't delete a system folder.

Rebooted.

Gone.:smileyhappy:

 

Don't know how it got there but don't care now.

 

Hopes this helps for someone with a similiar problem.

 

mombodog, in my first post I mentioned that I turned off every startup.  The folders were starting up the the "Startup" folder  in the Start Menu

"I turned off every startup and rebooted and the folder popped back up."

 

You did this in msconfig?

I use "Startup Control Panel"  2.8 by Mike Lin.  It lists the same items as msconfig.  But neither will list any items in the "Startup" folder in the "Start Menu."

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JohnK324 wrote:

I use "Startup Control Panel"  2.8 by Mike Lin.  It lists the same items as msconfig.  But neither will list any items in the "Startup" folder in the "Start Menu."

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All the startup registry locations

 

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial44.html

do you have a soundblaster audigy sound card in your system??

This is a known issue with that card and the software splash screen...