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Application opens automatically ......
When I turn on my computer a window opens automatically . Can someone tell
me how to stop this from happening? LOU |
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Application opens automatically ......
What's the screen? An explorer window? Has this always happened or only
started recently? If the latter what changes did you make to your system at that time? This roblem can happen for a number of reasons including having unwanted malware on your system but common causes of this problem not involving malware include: Do you have either Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall installed? If so then this could be the cause of your problem since there is a timing problem with IAMAPP.EXE loading as Win Me starts up which results in Explorer displaying various folders at startup. The solution being to remove the registry entry that launches IAMAPP.EXE and instead launch the program using a shortcut in Start | Programs | Startup. The following link to Symantec's website provides a better description of the problem and gives a link to a workaround. http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...2569fc0069e2d0 Finally Windows Explorer can pop up when booting if you have both a C:\Programs folder as well as a C:\Program Files folder. If this is the cause you will need to re-think your folder names if you want to prevent the problem from occurring. -- Mike Maltby JCW wrote: When I turn on my computer a window opens automatically . Can someone tell me how to stop this from happening? |
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Application opens automatically ......
Thanks for the reply. The window is Local Disk C: dialog box... I'll try the
fixes... Thanks "Mike M" wrote in message ... What's the screen? An explorer window? Has this always happened or only started recently? If the latter what changes did you make to your system at that time? This roblem can happen for a number of reasons including having unwanted malware on your system but common causes of this problem not involving malware include: Do you have either Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall installed? If so then this could be the cause of your problem since there is a timing problem with IAMAPP.EXE loading as Win Me starts up which results in Explorer displaying various folders at startup. The solution being to remove the registry entry that launches IAMAPP.EXE and instead launch the program using a shortcut in Start | Programs | Startup. The following link to Symantec's website provides a better description of the problem and gives a link to a workaround. http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...2569fc0069e2d0 Finally Windows Explorer can pop up when booting if you have both a C:\Programs folder as well as a C:\Program Files folder. If this is the cause you will need to re-think your folder names if you want to prevent the problem from occurring. -- Mike Maltby JCW wrote: When I turn on my computer a window opens automatically . Can someone tell me how to stop this from happening? |
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