My Documents opens every time I start Win XP

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Gerry Shannon wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Has anyone had a problem where My Documents (or an other folder) opens
> at startup? I would like to stop this from happening.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Gerry

There are different causes (and solutions) depending on what specific
folder is opening. For My documents see this link:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
Click on "M" and scroll to
My Documents Folder - Opens Upon Boot

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Gerry Shannon wrote:

> Rock,
>
> Thanks, that did the trick for me. The second step in "load" had no
> entries so I left it alone. I rebooted and My Documents did not open.
>
> Again, thanks for lowering my frustration point.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gerry
> "Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:epGPGY4qFHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>
>> Gerry Shannon wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Has anyone had a problem where My Documents (or an other folder)
>>> opens at startup? I would like to stop this from happening.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>
>>
>> There are different causes (and solutions) depending on what specific
>> folder is opening. For My documents see this link:
>>
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
>> Click on "M" and scroll to
>> My Documents Folder - Opens Upon Boot
>>
>> --
>> Rock
>> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>>
>

Great Gerry, glad it's fixed and thanks for posting back.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User