Windows Explorer starts on bootup

[DrWho3000]

as title says Windows Explorer starts on bootup

can someone help thid has just recently manifested itself, never used to do it

i have looked in MSCONFIG, Startup menu, Win.ini and regedit but can't find anything

can someone give me pointers

XP SP3

[Dave-H]

I assume you mean it's opening a window when you start the system.
Explorer always starts with Windows, it generates the taskbar, so it will always be present in Task Manager, but it shouldn't show any open windows.
What window is it opening?

[egrabrych]

Windows Registry key: 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Check if the variable: 

PersistBrowsers

has a value:

REG_DWORD:  0x00000000 (0)

Edited May 21, 2019 by egrabrych

[jaclaz]

Try with Autoruns (MS/Sysinternals), it could be something on an external drive or a DVD, see:

https://superuser.com/questions/1060908/windows-explorer-opens-at-every-startup

 

Or good ol' by Mike Lin:

https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=249#comments

jaclaz