Since Win95 it has had the ability to re-open at startup any explorer
windows (whether in the "my computer" view or the two-pane explorer view)
that were open on shutdown. Of course, if there's a problem during shutdown
this can fail.
Could this be what we're talking about? Try (if you haven't already) closing
all windows and rebooting.
If it still happens, possibly whatever registry entry windows uses to
control this behaviour has got stuck. You should then be methodical about
isolating the problem. A good first step is to run msconfig (the System
Configuration Utility). It's built into Win98 but will also run on 95 - can
be downloaded from http://nospin.com/pc/files004.html - don't know about
win2k or ME. The startup page lists all the programs that will be
automatically run at startup.
Joe
> -----Original Message-----
> I get the same thing on my computer. I have Win Me, MS Office
> 2000, Norton's
> SystemWorks2001. No MS Word (unless as part of WinMe).
>
> The windows that open on startup are "My Computer" style -
> the exact same
> thing.
>
> Trying process of elimination, I deselected "Scanreg" under msconfig -
> Startup. The problem stopped. This seemed to be the source,
> except that it
> came back several days later. "Scanreg" was still deselected.
>
> I would appreciate ANY info on this annoying, but seemingly harmless
> problem.
>
> You wrote:
>
> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:51:57 +0200
> From: Joe Pearson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: C: Listing
>
> Never heard of this either. What kind of listing is it - a
> DOS "dir" type
> listing (i.e. white monospaced characters on a black
> background)? A windows
> explorer listing? When does it appear - before the windows
> desktop appears
> (this would suggest something in c:\autoexec.bat) or
> afterwards (which would
> suggest a shortcut in c:\windows\start menu\programs\startup)?
>
> Joe
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I just reinstalled Word 97 and now whenever I boot the system I get a
> >listing of my C: drive. It's a listing of all folders and
> >files. Why is
> >this happening and how can I fix it. I've never had this
> >happen before.
> >
> >Dave Schroeder
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