C;\ opens automatically at startup

The subject says it all.

When the desktop loads, C:\ opens by itself.

I opened the issue at Neowin
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=337740

Rather than repeat all the steps tried to solve it (you will see that
all the sensible conventional approaches have failed), it's all
documented there.

Happened shortly after a clean OS reinstall. Weird.

tia

~J
----------------------------------------------------------
Wn98se, PIII650

Here is a post and the answer to it from Alan Edwards, same problem I think,
the solution may be the same, it worked for me. item 2 delete the desktop
process


--Quote--
It is not even normal for a C:\ window to open at startup in safe mode.
Try these notes I have on file:


1. Check Win.ini for odd spaces or unnecessary punctuation (or even a C:\)
in the run= or load= lines.


2. Windows Explorer Starts When You Start Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=228502

Delete the 'DesktopProcess' value from the following registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Window*s\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer

3. Delete any C:\Autorun.inf files.

4. If you have ever loaded a copy of IE6 that is not the public preview,
then delete the contents of this Registry key:

HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\M*icrosoft\Windows\Cu rrentVersio*n\Explorer\Res
tartCommands

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_dis*cussion, "Randy"
wrote:

For reasons i cant explain the C:\Windows directory on my
pc insists on appearing on my desktop every time i boot..
this is a recent thing... I've used the system config
utility to diable startup group items and unchecking
everything in Selective start up. no luck.. the only
differnce occurrs if i do a safe mode boot.... then the
only directory that pops up is c:\ (which may be normal
for all i know} I've spent hours combing through the
registry... and cant figure it out.. HELP !!!

--End Quote--

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Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use

Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
_
"vegeddabowdit" wrote in message
...
| The subject says it all.
|
| When the desktop loads, C:\ opens by itself.
|
| I opened the issue at Neowin
| http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=337740
|
| Rather than repeat all the steps tried to solve it (you will see that
| all the sensible conventional approaches have failed), it's all
| documented there.
|
| Happened shortly after a clean OS reinstall. Weird.
|
| tia
|
| ~J
| ----------------------------------------------------------
| Wn98se, PIII650
|
|
|
|

I "almost" gave up on a solution, but that worked like a charm.

Thanks so much.

Suppose I shouldn't push my luck, but I'd sure like to know why it
happened in the first place, or is it just one of those one in a million
chance quirks that you can't anticipate?

"AlmostBob" wrote in message
...
Here is a post and the answer to it from Alan Edwards, same problem I
think,
the solution may be the same, it worked for me. item 2 delete the
desktop
process


--Quote--
It is not even normal for a C:\ window to open at startup in safe
mode.
Try these notes I have on file:


1. Check Win.ini for odd spaces or unnecessary punctuation (or even a
C:\)
in the run= or load= lines.


2. Windows Explorer Starts When You Start Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=228502

Delete the 'DesktopProcess' value from the following registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Window*s\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer

3. Delete any C:\Autorun.inf files.

4. If you have ever loaded a copy of IE6 that is not the public
preview,
then delete the contents of this Registry key:


HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\M*icrosoft\Windows\Cu rrentVersio*n\Explorer
\Res
tartCommands

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_dis*cussion, "Randy"
wrote:

For reasons i cant explain the C:\Windows directory on my
pc insists on appearing on my desktop every time i boot..
this is a recent thing... I've used the system config
utility to diable startup group items and unchecking
everything in Selective start up. no luck.. the only
differnce occurrs if i do a safe mode boot.... then the
only directory that pops up is c:\ (which may be normal
for all i know} I've spent hours combing through the
registry... and cant figure it out.. HELP !!!

--End Quote--

--
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages
before use

Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
_
"vegeddabowdit" wrote in
message
...
| The subject says it all.
|
| When the desktop loads, C:\ opens by itself.
|
| I opened the issue at Neowin
| http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=337740
|
| Rather than repeat all the steps tried to solve it (you will see
that
| all the sensible conventional approaches have failed), it's all
| documented there.
|
| Happened shortly after a clean OS reinstall. Weird.
|
| tia
|
| ~J
| ----------------------------------------------------------
| Wn98se, PIII650
|
|
|
|

Hard to say, since you don't specify which of the handful of fixes
listed below worked for you. That list covered several possibilities.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"vegeddabowdit" wrote in message
...
I "almost" gave up on a solution, but that worked like a charm.

Thanks so much.

Suppose I shouldn't push my luck, but I'd sure like to know why it
happened in the first place, or is it just one of those one in a
million
chance quirks that you can't anticipate?

"AlmostBob" wrote in message
...
Here is a post and the answer to it from Alan Edwards, same problem I
think,
the solution may be the same, it worked for me. item 2 delete the
desktop
process


--Quote--
It is not even normal for a C:\ window to open at startup in safe
mode.
Try these notes I have on file:


1. Check Win.ini for odd spaces or unnecessary punctuation (or even
a
C:\)
in the run= or load= lines.


2. Windows Explorer Starts When You Start Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=228502

Delete the 'DesktopProcess' value from the following registry key:
HKEY CURRENT
USER\Software\Microsoft\Window*s\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer

3. Delete any C:\Autorun.inf files.

4. If you have ever loaded a copy of IE6 that is not the public
preview,
then delete the contents of this Registry key:


HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\M*icrosoft\Windows\Cu rrentVersio*n\Explorer
\Res
tartCommands

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_dis*cussion, "Randy"
wrote:

For reasons i cant explain the C:\Windows directory on my
pc insists on appearing on my desktop every time i boot..
this is a recent thing... I've used the system config
utility to diable startup group items and unchecking
everything in Selective start up. no luck.. the only
differnce occurrs if i do a safe mode boot.... then the
only directory that pops up is c:\ (which may be normal
for all i know} I've spent hours combing through the
registry... and cant figure it out.. HELP !!!

--End Quote--

--
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages
before use

Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
_
"vegeddabowdit" wrote in
message
...
| The subject says it all.
|
| When the desktop loads, C:\ opens by itself.
|
| I opened the issue at Neowin
| http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=337740
|
| Rather than repeat all the steps tried to solve it (you will see
that
| all the sensible conventional approaches have failed), it's all
| documented there.
|
| Happened shortly after a clean OS reinstall. Weird.
|
| tia
|
| ~J
| ----------------------------------------------------------
| Wn98se, PIII650
|
|
|
|

Which one worked?

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:23:34 -0700, "vegeddabowdit"
wrote:

I "almost" gave up on a solution, but that worked like a charm.

Thanks so much.

Suppose I shouldn't push my luck, but I'd sure like to know why it
happened in the first place, or is it just one of those one in a million
chance quirks that you can't anticipate?

"AlmostBob" wrote in message
...
Here is a post and the answer to it from Alan Edwards, same problem I
think,
the solution may be the same, it worked for me. item 2 delete the
desktop
process


--Quote--
It is not even normal for a C:\ window to open at startup in safe
mode.
Try these notes I have on file:


1. Check Win.ini for odd spaces or unnecessary punctuation (or even a
C:\)
in the run= or load= lines.


2. Windows Explorer Starts When You Start Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=228502

Delete the 'DesktopProcess' value from the following registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Window*s\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer

3. Delete any C:\Autorun.inf files.

4. If you have ever loaded a copy of IE6 that is not the public
preview,
then delete the contents of this Registry key:


HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\M*icrosoft\Windows\C urrentVersio*n\Explorer
\Res
tartCommands

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_dis*cussion, "Randy"
wrote:

For reasons i cant explain the C:\Windows directory on my
pc insists on appearing on my desktop every time i boot..
this is a recent thing... I've used the system config
utility to diable startup group items and unchecking
everything in Selective start up. no luck.. the only
differnce occurrs if i do a safe mode boot.... then the
only directory that pops up is c:\ (which may be normal
for all i know} I've spent hours combing through the
registry... and cant figure it out.. HELP !!!

--End Quote--

--
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages
before use

Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
_
"vegeddabowdit" wrote in
message
...
| The subject says it all.
|
| When the desktop loads, C:\ opens by itself.
|
| I opened the issue at Neowin
| http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=337740
|
| Rather than repeat all the steps tried to solve it (you will see
that
| all the sensible conventional approaches have failed), it's all
| documented there.
|
| Happened shortly after a clean OS reinstall. Weird.
|
| tia
|
| ~J
| ----------------------------------------------------------
| Wn98se, PIII650
|
|
|
|

Mine was number 2 delete reg entry for desktop process

--
Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters

"Alan Edwards" wrote in message
...
| Which one worked?
|
| ...Alan
| --
| Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
| http://dts-l.org/index.html
|
| On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:23:34 -0700, "vegeddabowdit"
| wrote:
|
| I "almost" gave up on a solution, but that worked like a charm.
|
| Thanks so much.
|
| Suppose I shouldn't push my luck, but I'd sure like to know why it
| happened in the first place, or is it just one of those one in a million
| chance quirks that you can't anticipate?
|
| "AlmostBob" wrote in message
| ...
| Here is a post and the answer to it from Alan Edwards, same problem I
| think,
| the solution may be the same, it worked for me. item 2 delete the
| desktop
| process
|
|
| --Quote--
| It is not even normal for a C:\ window to open at startup in safe
| mode.
| Try these notes I have on file:
|
|
| 1. Check Win.ini for odd spaces or unnecessary punctuation (or even a
| C:\)
| in the run= or load= lines.
|
|
| 2. Windows Explorer Starts When You Start Your Computer
| http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=228502
|
| Delete the 'DesktopProcess' value from the following registry key:
| HKEY CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Window*s\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer
|
| 3. Delete any C:\Autorun.inf files.
|
| 4. If you have ever loaded a copy of IE6 that is not the public
| preview,
| then delete the contents of this Registry key:
|
|
| HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\M*icrosoft\Windows\C urrentVersio*n\Explorer
| \Res
| tartCommands
|
| ...Alan
| --
| Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
| http://dts-l.org/index.html
|
| In microsoft.public.win98.gen_dis*cussion, "Randy"
| wrote:
|
| For reasons i cant explain the C:\Windows directory on my
| pc insists on appearing on my desktop every time i boot..
| this is a recent thing... I've used the system config
| utility to diable startup group items and unchecking
| everything in Selective start up. no luck.. the only
| differnce occurrs if i do a safe mode boot.... then the
| only directory that pops up is c:\ (which may be normal
| for all i know} I've spent hours combing through the
| registry... and cant figure it out.. HELP !!!
|
| --End Quote--
|
| --
| Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
| spybot http://security.kolla.de
| AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
| Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
| http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
| Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
| Catalog of removal tools (1)
| http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
| Catalog of removal tools (2)
| http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
| Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
| http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
| links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages
| before use
|
| Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
| _
| "vegeddabowdit" wrote in
| message
| ...
| | The subject says it all.
| |
| | When the desktop loads, C:\ opens by itself.
| |
| | I opened the issue at Neowin
| | http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=337740
| |
| | Rather than repeat all the steps tried to solve it (you will see
| that
| | all the sensible conventional approaches have failed), it's all
| | documented there.
| |
| | Happened shortly after a clean OS reinstall. Weird.
| |
| | tia
| |
| | ~J
| | ----------------------------------------------------------
| | Wn98se, PIII650
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|

Sorry. Thought it was clear my response was a confirmation that the
solution was AlmostBob's suggestion for removing "desktop process" from
the registry.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Hard to say, since you don't specify which of the handful of fixes
listed below worked for you. That list covered several possibilities.

Thanks for the feedback.
No, it wasn't clear to me, (and probably Gary), as there were several
possibilities.

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:24:04 -0700, "vegeddabowdit"
wrote:

Sorry. Thought it was clear my response was a confirmation that the
solution was AlmostBob's suggestion for removing "desktop process" from
the registry.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Hard to say, since you don't specify which of the handful of fixes
listed below worked for you. That list covered several possibilities.