"My Computer" opens automatically w/ XP

[Rick Schleicher]

Hello,

We have 4 users who log onto 1 XP machine at home, 1 of
the 4 logon users is different in that each time they are
logged on, "My Computer" opens automatically and I can't
figure out why or how.

I don't want it to open automatically.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Rick

[Raymond Angel]

Rick,
Have you checked MSCONFIG for any strange entries that might be causing
this?
Goto Start > Run and type MSCONFIG then goto the START tab.
What is listed here to run at startup?

Thanks,
Raymond Angel

"Rick Schleicher" > wrote in message
...
> Hello,
>
> We have 4 users who log onto 1 XP machine at home, 1 of
> the 4 logon users is different in that each time they are
> logged on, "My Computer" opens automatically and I can't
> figure out why or how.
>
> I don't want it to open automatically.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Rick

[Rick Schleicher]

>-----Original Message-----
>Rick,
>Have you checked MSCONFIG for any strange entries that
might be causing
>this?
>Goto Start > Run and type MSCONFIG then goto the START
tab.
>What is listed here to run at startup?
>
>Thanks,
>Raymond Angel
>
>"Rick Schleicher" > wrote in
message
...
>> Hello,
>>
>> We have 4 users who log onto 1 XP machine at home, 1 of
>> the 4 logon users is different in that each time they
are
>> logged on, "My Computer" opens automatically and I
can't
>> figure out why or how.
>>
>> I don't want it to open automatically.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rick
>
>
>.
>Hello,

Great idea, I had forgotten about that one but no luck.
Everything there should be there and nothing looks out of
place.

Any other ideas?

Rick

[Anando]

Hi Rick,

MVP Chris Jackson explains this problem very well (i quote him below). It
will help you in fixing the problem.

"This is a fun one to solve. First, a little background:

Back in the days of DOS, you weren't allowed to have spaces in your file
names. In fact, a space indicated that you were done typing the path to your
application, and any text that followed would be given to the application as
an argument. So, if you wanted to start program.exe with the argument
"runfast" you would enter:

c:\program.exe runfast

Nowadays, you are allowed to have spaces. So, the operating system has to
figure out if your space indicates a space in the path to your program, or
if it indicates that you are done typing the path, and are now typing
arguments. It does this by actually searching to see if the following
characters actually do represent a path or not. If it find it, then it uses
it as a path. If not, then it uses it as an argument.

So, if you have c:\directory\sub directory\program.exe, *if* it finds the
directory "sub directory" then it will go to it and look for program.exe. If
it doesn't find it, then it will try to launch c:\directory\sub and then
give it the argument directory\program.exe.

When you get these popups, it's almost always because you are going to
c:\documents and settings\my documents\<some invalid path> so that it feeds
your invalid path to Windows Explorer as an argument, and the result is a
window that pops up at that directory.

To fix it, open up msconfig and look for any paths that have spaces in it,
but are *not* enclosed in question marks. (Question marks indicate that the
entire string should be interpreted as a path, so it doesn't have to guess.)
It should list where the startup settings are found - so head on over to
this location and change it so long file names (with spaces) ARE enclosed in
quotes, and this should solve the problem."


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"Rick Schleicher" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Rick,
> >Have you checked MSCONFIG for any strange entries that
> might be causing
> >this?
> >Goto Start > Run and type MSCONFIG then goto the START
> tab.
> >What is listed here to run at startup?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Raymond Angel
> >
> >"Rick Schleicher" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> We have 4 users who log onto 1 XP machine at home, 1 of
> >> the 4 logon users is different in that each time they
> are
> >> logged on, "My Computer" opens automatically and I
> can't
> >> figure out why or how.
> >>
> >> I don't want it to open automatically.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Rick
> >
> >
> >.
> >Hello,
>
> Great idea, I had forgotten about that one but no luck.
> Everything there should be there and nothing looks out of
> place.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Rick

[Kelly]

Anando,

That should read quotation marks, not question marks.

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"Anando" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Rick,
>
> MVP Chris Jackson explains this problem very well (i quote him below). It
> will help you in fixing the problem.
>
> "This is a fun one to solve. First, a little background:
>
> Back in the days of DOS, you weren't allowed to have spaces in your file
> names. In fact, a space indicated that you were done typing the path to
your
> application, and any text that followed would be given to the application
as
> an argument. So, if you wanted to start program.exe with the argument
> "runfast" you would enter:
>
> c:\program.exe runfast
>
> Nowadays, you are allowed to have spaces. So, the operating system has to
> figure out if your space indicates a space in the path to your program, or
> if it indicates that you are done typing the path, and are now typing
> arguments. It does this by actually searching to see if the following
> characters actually do represent a path or not. If it find it, then it
uses
> it as a path. If not, then it uses it as an argument.
>
> So, if you have c:\directory\sub directory\program.exe, *if* it finds the
> directory "sub directory" then it will go to it and look for program.exe.
If
> it doesn't find it, then it will try to launch c:\directory\sub and then
> give it the argument directory\program.exe.
>
> When you get these popups, it's almost always because you are going to
> c:\documents and settings\my documents\<some invalid path> so that it
feeds
> your invalid path to Windows Explorer as an argument, and the result is a
> window that pops up at that directory.
>
> To fix it, open up msconfig and look for any paths that have spaces in it,
> but are *not* enclosed in question marks. (Question marks indicate that
the
> entire string should be interpreted as a path, so it doesn't have to
guess.)
> It should list where the startup settings are found - so head on over to
> this location and change it so long file names (with spaces) ARE enclosed
in
> quotes, and this should solve the problem."
>
>
> --
> All the best,
> Anando
>
> Best tweaking tool for Windows XP-TweakUI
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
> --------------------
> My e-mail address is intentionally incorrect
> to avoid SPAM. Please post only in
> Newsgroups for everyones' benefit.
>
>
> "Rick Schleicher" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Rick,
> > >Have you checked MSCONFIG for any strange entries that
> > might be causing
> > >this?
> > >Goto Start > Run and type MSCONFIG then goto the START
> > tab.
> > >What is listed here to run at startup?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Raymond Angel
> > >
> > >"Rick Schleicher" > wrote in
> > message
> > ...
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> We have 4 users who log onto 1 XP machine at home, 1 of
> > >> the 4 logon users is different in that each time they
> > are
> > >> logged on, "My Computer" opens automatically and I
> > can't
> > >> figure out why or how.
> > >>
> > >> I don't want it to open automatically.
> > >>
> > >> Any ideas?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Rick
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >Hello,
> >
> > Great idea, I had forgotten about that one but no luck.
> > Everything there should be there and nothing looks out of
> > place.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Rick
>
>