weird startup problem in Win XP Pro

[StevenYoo]

Hello all,

I just reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled Win XP Pro.

I put in all my software and everything runs great.

however, whenever I start up a folder pops up. it's path is:

yadda yadda\Start Menu\Startup\dll\

in my startup folder in my start menu is a folder called "dll".

I delete that folder and restart and the "dll" folder comes back again

What's up with that?

 

[MTDEW]

start/run type msconfig in the box hit the enter key, click the startup tab see if its listed there try unchecking the box for the program.

Also,
Start/Run and type regedit in the box and click OK.
Go to HKey_local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion and click on the RUN, RunOnce, RunOnceEx and RunServices & see if the proggie is listed in any of these keys and delete it.

That should kill it for good.

WARNING!
Please be careful while editing the registry, id hate to see someone screw up theyre pc trying to follow my advice.
If youre not comfortable editing the registry, PLEASE DONT!

And if you do, PLEASE make a backup copy of the registry before editing it.

 

[farmercal]

WARNING!
Please be careful while editing the registry, id hate to see someone screw up theyre pc trying to follow my advice.
If youre not comfortable editing the registry, PLEASE DONT!

Couldn't GuybrushThreepwood just save a "System Restore Point" under Control Panel/Performance and Maintenance? Doesn't that also save the Registry or am I not understanding the System Resore function?

 

[powerMarkymark]

Originally posted by: farmercal

WARNING!
Please be careful while editing the registry, id hate to see someone screw up theyre pc trying to follow my advice.
If youre not comfortable editing the registry, PLEASE DONT!

Couldn't GuybrushThreepwood just save a "System Restore Point" under Control Panel/Performance and Maintenance? Doesn't that also save the Registry or am I not understanding the System Resore function?

Yes, System Restore does save the Registry settings also.