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Re: Unwanted desktop folder

Subject: Re: Unwanted desktop folder
From: Alan Edwards
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:48:20 +1100
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:54:15 -0700, "Randy"
<rwmolitor_fakes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Alan Edwards" <edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
>news:j61ut196ou42k4jstteck4tmg119849547@xxxxxxxxxx
>> If it was under a Run command, then it should show in Msconfig.
>>
>> Check in Msconfig for any oddities.
>> (Start-Run-MSCONFIG-Startup tab)
>> If you cannot see anything in Msconfig then:
>>
>> Start-Run-msinfo32
>> Click the + beside Software Environment to expand.
>> Click Startup Programs
>> Ctrl+A to Select All, Ctrl+C to Copy.
>> Paste  that information in your message.
>>
>> ...Alan
>> --
>> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
>> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:57:33 -0700, "Randy"
>> <rwmolitor_fakes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>I had to reinstall an older version of a software program due to a 
>>>conflict
>>>with the latest version. After the installation the opened root folder
>>>appears on the desktop when the computer is started or rebooted.
>>>
>>>I remember this happening before but forgot how I got rid of it.
>>>
>>>There is no entry for it in msconfig startup.
>>>
>>>I believe it was somewhere under a run command in the registry but I'm not
>>>sure.
>>>
>>>Any ideas would be appreciated.
>>>
>
>Thanks for the reply.
>
>The folder is C:\Program Files\ATI
>
>The command for the ATI Scheduler is there, but it's never been a problem.
>
>ATI Scheduler c:\program files\ati multimedia\main\atisched.exe 
>XPCOMPUTER1\Randy Molitor 
>HKU\S-1-5-21-602162358-1972579041-725345543-1003\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

It would be easy to test. Disable it in Msconfig and restart.
If you don't get the folder coming up, then re-enable it in Msconfig
and alter the Registry entry to put quotation marks around the file
path, e.g. "c:\program files\ati multimedia\main\atisched.exe"

No idea why it should suddenly become a problem.

...Alan
--
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