Can anyone tell me how to make this annoying problem go away? To be specific it is the root folder that opens on start up of win XP. I know there is a way to turn this off but have forgotten.

Hello Charles,

Do you really live in Sweden? I live in the south of Stockholm.

About the folders - can be 2 things:

1. You have enabled "Restore previous folders on windows logon" under "Folder options"

2. You have gotten an entry in the startup or registry that points to "program files/xxx...xxx" - without qouetes surrounding it, then Windows won't find the directory/file - and will display "program files".

Good luck!

// Lazze \\

Yes. I do really live in Sweden. I am in Avesta, Dalarna.

Thanks but I don't really get want you are saying. Your explaination is a little confusing.

Is it a system32 folder?

Open Regedit or Regedt32. Find HKLM \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run .

There is probably a Value (Name) with no data listed. Delete that Value and it will go away. Ignore (Default).

Example: CTHelper / REG_SZ / (value not set)

I checked this out but there wasnt anything to delete. The only thing that did not have any value was a standard valu but I'm sure you did not mean this.

You can try Sysinternals Autoruns.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml

It can disable things that autorun/startup. *even good things, so be careful.