DrWho3000 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-H Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egrabrych Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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