Startup w/o exploroer

[GeorgeDurkee]

When I start my computer, it launches a Windows Explorer window that I didn't tell it to start.

How do I find out where this command is coming from and how do i turn it off?

I have looked in the registry (I think) and each of the startup folders and can't find the comand to start this or any of the other things that start. I have also donloaded and run startuplist and it doesn't seem to be there either.

where does windows store the commands to execute things at startup?

 

[carrr]

Sounds like a broswer hijack of some sort.

Try SpyBot S&D...

http://www.safer-networking.org/

 

[bcastner]

This MS KB may help find the reason for this behavior:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;170086

I find it helpful to show on the screen or save to a .txt file the run key settings to find problems like this. This little freeware utility is very useful in situations like this:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_starttrack.htm