"tb" wrote in message
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I am using Windows 7 Home Edition SP1, 64-bit.

Every time that I boot up Windows, a cmd.exe window automatically opens up
for just a few seconds and then disappears. I would like to know what
causes that...

These is no cmd.exe in
c:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Wind ows\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup, so if anyone knows how to track down what launches
this cmd.exe window I'd be curious to know too.

If it was just cmd.exe then it would stay open without automatically
closing. it is being opened by some other startup function and closing
automatically when done.

you listed the path to a user StartUp folder. There is also the common (all
users) StartUp folder as well as 2 locations in the registry, HKLM for all
users and HKCU for the current user where an item can auto launch from.