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| Thread ID: 70235 | 2006-06-26 10:04:00 | My local account's startup folder is boned. | Zygar (29) | Press F1 |
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| 466274 | 2006-06-26 10:04:00 | This is the dumbest bug I've ever encountered, not to mention the most annoying . I recently reformatted my computer, set up an account, installed programs, then tried to set up my start menu . I'm obsessive about where my shortcuts actually reside, so I moved the contents of "C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\Start Menu\Programs" (my account) into "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs" . I can't quite remember, but I think this may have included my Startup folder . I tried to put my more frequently used programs such as y'zdock into my (account's) startup folder, and realizing I didn't have one, just made a new folder called "Startup" at this location: C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\Start Menu\Programs\Startup . My All Users startup folder is located at the default place, C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup . Now for the problem . When I log in, NOTHING in my account's startup folder gets loaded, but EVERYTHING in the All Users startup folder will try to start twice, if the computer will let it . y'zdock, media player classic, anything which allows multiple copies of a program to run at once will open twice . I made a new account, titled "Buttz", and the startup folders worked fine under there . Shortcuts under Buttz's local start menu work fine, and the All Users shortcuts only load once, as they should . Is there a solution to this, or do I have to create a new account? I'd really rather not have to bother copying all my settings over, it's only been a few days but I've already got a bunch of stuff set up and pointed towards this specific account . Any help would be much appreciated . Thanks . EDIT: Inadvertently moving the startup folder was definitely the cause . Windows typically won't let you delete it, but if you move it, the folder will become no more, and it will **** itself . But can I fix it? |
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| 466275 | 2006-06-26 20:37:00 | After much trawling of the registry, I have finally managed to fix it. I stumbled across a solution on Google Groups here (groups.google.com) but when I changed that value (it was pointing towards "All Users", presumably because the startup folder under my account was MIA) it would reset to All Users every time I logged in. However, I found another registry value, further down, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders which, when I changed startup from %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup to simply %USERPROFILE%, fixed the problem. | Zygar (29) | ||
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