Soon after I login to my Windows XP machine, a "My Computer" window always pops up. I've tried to remove it from autorunning, but it didn't have any effect.
Any idea how I can stop the window showing up every time?
You might look into Sysinternals/Microsoft Autoruns tool. It is a great application that will show you all of the different things that are being started when your computer starts.
If it's not being opened by something in the Autoruns, you (or someone else) may have checked the "Restore previous folder" option in the Folder Options.
Open Windows Explorer (doubleclick "My Computer"); in the Tools menu, select Folder Options; select the View tab; scroll to the bottom of the list; make sure "Restore previous folder windows at logon" is unchecked. Click OK.
Autoruns
will work better for you. good luck!
Jan 16, 2010 at 8:40