Multiple folders opening at log on

[memory55]

Help,
I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time I log
in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where I had
been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I can't stop
this from happening.
Thanks in advance

[Ayush]

Method 1
Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab > Scroll down and Uncheck "Restore previous
folder windows at logon"

Method 2
Try this fix :
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 255

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"memory55" > wrote in message
...
: Help,
: I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time I log
: in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where I had
: been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I can't stop
: this from happening.
: Thanks in advance

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

The "My Documents" folder automatically opens every time that you log on to
a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899865

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"memory55" > wrote in message
...
Help,
I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time I log
in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where I had
been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I can't
stop
this from happening.
Thanks in advance

[NewScience]

Close all Windows Explorer windows and then reboot.

Also, uncheck under Tools | Folder Options | View tab ... Restore previous
folder windows at logon.

"memory55" > wrote in message
...
> Help,
> I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time I
> log
> in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where I
> had
> been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I can't
> stop
> this from happening.
> Thanks in advance

[memory55]

That didn't help. There was no "Userinit" to click on after going to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
There Was a "PersistBrowsers" after going to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER|Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curen tVersion\Explorer\Advanced,
but the value there was already a 0.
Any other things I could try?

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> The "My Documents" folder automatically opens every time that you log on to
> a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899865
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "memory55" > wrote in message
> ...
> Help,
> I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time I log
> in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where I had
> been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I can't
> stop
> this from happening.
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>

[memory55]

Didn't work,
I get a "page not found" every time I try to open
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 255.
Anything else I could try?

"Ayush" wrote:

> Method 1
> Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab > Scroll down and Uncheck "Restore previous
> folder windows at logon"
>
> Method 2
> Try this fix :
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 255
>
> --
> > Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
>
> For any query, search > www.Google.com
> Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org
>
> Replied To :
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "memory55" > wrote in message
> ...
> : Help,
> : I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time I log
> : in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where I had
> : been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I can't stop
> : this from happening.
> : Thanks in advance
>
>
>

[memory55]

Didn't work.
I checked the Tools | Folder Options |View tab... and Restore previous
folder windows at logon was uncheked
Any thing else I could try?

"NewScience" wrote:

> Close all Windows Explorer windows and then reboot.
>
> Also, uncheck under Tools | Folder Options | View tab ... Restore previous
> folder windows at logon.
>
> "memory55" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Help,
> > I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time I
> > log
> > in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where I
> > had
> > been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I can't
> > stop
> > this from happening.
> > Thanks in advance
>
>
>

[NewScience]

Did you try Method 1?

"memory55" > wrote in message
...
> Didn't work,
> I get a "page not found" every time I try to open
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 255.
> Anything else I could try?
>
> "Ayush" wrote:
>
>> Method 1
>> Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab > Scroll down and Uncheck
>> "Restore previous
>> folder windows at logon"
>>
>> Method 2
>> Try this fix :
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 255
>>
>> --
>> > Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
>>
>> For any query, search > www.Google.com
>> Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org
>>
>> Replied To :
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "memory55" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> : Help,
>> : I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time
>> I log
>> : in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where
>> I had
>> : been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I
>> can't stop
>> : this from happening.
>> : Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>

[Ayush]

Here is the direct link :
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/userinit.reg (Only try this if you have
Windows and my documents on C drive)

But back up registry before doing that or don't do that because i see that your reply
to Ramesh said that there is no Userinit.

Method 3:
Click Start > Run > Type msconfig >Press Enter > Go to Startup tab > See if there is
something like my documents listed


--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search - www.Google.com
Want to know about a term - http://en.wikipedia.org

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"memory55" > wrote in message
...
| Didn't work,
| I get a "page not found" every time I try to open
| http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 255.
| Anything else I could try?
|
| "Ayush" wrote:
|
| > Method 1
| > Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab > Scroll down and Uncheck "Restore
previous
| > folder windows at logon"
| >
| > Method 2
| > Try this fix :
| > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 255
| >
| > --
| > > Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
| >
| > For any query, search > www.Google.com
| > Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org
| >
| > Replied To :
| > -------------------------------------------------------------
| >
| > "memory55" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > : Help,
| > : I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time I log
| > : in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where I had
| > : been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I can't stop
| > : this from happening.
| > : Thanks in advance
| >
| >
| >

[memory55]

yes i tried method one also and it didn't work either.

"NewScience" wrote:

> Did you try Method 1?
>
> "memory55" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Didn't work,
> > I get a "page not found" every time I try to open
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 255.
> > Anything else I could try?
> >
> > "Ayush" wrote:
> >
> >> Method 1
> >> Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab > Scroll down and Uncheck
> >> "Restore previous
> >> folder windows at logon"
> >>
> >> Method 2
> >> Try this fix :
> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 255
> >>
> >> --
> >> > Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
> >>
> >> For any query, search > www.Google.com
> >> Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org
> >>
> >> Replied To :
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> "memory55" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> : Help,
> >> : I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time
> >> I log
> >> : in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where
> >> I had
> >> : been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I
> >> can't stop
> >> : this from happening.
> >> : Thanks in advance
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Interesting!
"Userinit" is an important item without which the user cannot login.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"memory55" > wrote in message
...
That didn't help. There was no "Userinit" to click on after going to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
There Was a "PersistBrowsers" after going to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER|Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curen tVersion\Explorer\Advanced,
but the value there was already a 0.
Any other things I could try?

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> The "My Documents" folder automatically opens every time that you log on
> to
> a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899865
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>

[memory55]

Thanks to everyone for their help. I finally got rid of the extra auto
opening windows by restoring the machine to an earlier date. It still puzzles
me though as to why it kept happening.
Thanks again.
M.Emory

"memory55" wrote:

> Help,
> I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time I log
> in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where I had
> been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I can't stop
> this from happening.
> Thanks in advance

[Aaron Kosar]

I have a related problem. While reinstalling software, I somehow added a
window (C:\Program Files\Norton) to my login. I tried msconfig and regedit
suggestions in this post to remove the window. I also turned off system
restore on all drives (Is it necessary for this to work?), but when I restart
and login, the window still pops open. Any suggestions other than switching
to McAfee,etc?

"memory55" wrote:

> Help,
> I have two windows opening to "My Documents" folder opening every time I log
> in. I accidently logged out the other day with two windows open where I had
> been transfering some files from one folder to the other and now I can't stop
> this from happening.
> Thanks in advance