BJMckay Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 (edited) My friend called me today after her system crashed, she managed to get it to boot, did a restore(restore from partition using HP restore software)and in the process lost several valuable documents, and also every time now when it boots into windows, the system32 folder is open.I have seen this before, but cannot remember the fix, can someone refresh my memory pls. The OS is XP home edition version 2002, updated to SP3, and i dont have disk to re-install Thanks Edited October 3, 2009 by BJMckay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieMS Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I have this same problem on my Dell380 workstation running WinXP Pro. It's supposed to be common on Dells w/ a Sound Blaster Audigy2 OEM card. There's a script on a site [http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm] recommended by one of the forums I've recently visited [tom's hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/86892-45...pearing-startup] that's supposed to fix the problem on Dells. I haven't tried it or any scripts from this site. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know which sites are safe, but someone else may be familiar with the site and have used some of the scripts.The MS Knowledge Base Article on the problem is "System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=170086Keywords: kbenv kbprb kbui KB170086I haven't tried that either. When I get around to modifying the registry I want to also modify it so the computer boots into my documents folder. And that's all I know about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMckay Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 (edited) Thanks for those, but unfortunately the one on tom's hardware is a fix for IE, and did not fix my problem.I read the microsoft support article Q170086, and couldn't decipher which entry was causing the fault, so i deleted all entries in run folder[ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and also the entries in run folder [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] except for the default entries[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]Value: SystemTrayValue Type: REG_SZValue Data: SysTray.exe After reboot, i just had to change preferences in regards to certain applications that require permission to run at start-up, and all is good! Edited September 26, 2009 by BJMckay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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