startup program problem

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"Streetwolf" <streetwolf@7twenty1.com> wrote in message news:410e55fb$0$20929$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com...
> Greetings:
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> I've been having a problem with some programs that automatically startup
> when XP starts. A folder opens up on my desktop instead of the program
> executing.
>
> Based on info I found from Doug and Kelly I determined that this was due to
> the filename/foldername in the RUN entry not being enclosed in quotes. In
> all cases the names have spaces in them. Adding quotes solved my problem.
>
> But this begs the question. Should my system have automatically added the
> quotes to the RUN entry in the first place when I installed the application?
> Or should the application installer have done this? The author of one of
> the programs told me that my system should be doing this not his installer
> (?).
>
> Since this problem is fairly recent I am assuming that something on my
> system is broke. I never had to manually add quotes to these kinds of
> entries before.
>
> If things are indeed broke, how can I fix it?
>
> Thanks.
>
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