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DELL Folder Opens On Reboot
Just updated the "Dell Support Center" on XP machine and now the "C:\Program
Folders\Dell" folder opens every time machine boots. Folder appears to be from original installation in 2004. Any ideas on what's causing this folder to open? Nothing in startup folder. Tried checking msconfig and msinfo32 but didn't see anything obvious. |
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DELL Folder Opens On Reboot
"Erehwon" wrote in message ... Just updated the "Dell Support Center" on XP machine and now the "C:\Program Folders\Dell" folder opens every time machine boots. Folder appears to be from original installation in 2004. Any ideas on what's causing this folder to open? Nothing in startup folder. Tried checking msconfig and msinfo32 but didn't see anything obvious. I had noticed the same thing, certainly it is an annoyance but not enough of one yet that I want to contact Dell. If anyone knows how to prevent it from opening I would appreciate the info. TIA Carl |
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DELL Folder Opens On Reboot
"carlkeehn" wrote in message ... "Erehwon" wrote in message ... Just updated the "Dell Support Center" on XP machine and now the "C:\Program Folders\Dell" folder opens every time machine boots. Folder appears to be from original installation in 2004. Any ideas on what's causing this folder to open? Nothing in startup folder. Tried checking msconfig and msinfo32 but didn't see anything obvious. I had noticed the same thing, certainly it is an annoyance but not enough of one yet that I want to contact Dell. If anyone knows how to prevent it from opening I would appreciate the info. TIA Carl Have a read he http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dellfolder.htm Stew |
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DELL Folder Opens On Reboot
you can use a program like hijackthis.exe to remove all dell entries
from the startup... none of them are needed. you're problem is there. its running a incomplete dell program command, with just the path, so it thinks you want to open an explorer window. just remove that line. i remove all dell entries. carlkeehn wrote: "Erehwon" wrote in message ... Just updated the "Dell Support Center" on XP machine and now the "C:\Program Folders\Dell" folder opens every time machine boots. Folder appears to be from original installation in 2004. Any ideas on what's causing this folder to open? Nothing in startup folder. Tried checking msconfig and msinfo32 but didn't see anything obvious. I had noticed the same thing, certainly it is an annoyance but not enough of one yet that I want to contact Dell. If anyone knows how to prevent it from opening I would appreciate the info. TIA Carl |
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DELL Folder Opens On Reboot
"S.Lewis" wrote in message ... "carlkeehn" wrote in message ... "Erehwon" wrote in message ... Just updated the "Dell Support Center" on XP machine and now the "C:\Program Folders\Dell" folder opens every time machine boots. Folder appears to be from original installation in 2004. Any ideas on what's causing this folder to open? Nothing in startup folder. Tried checking msconfig and msinfo32 but didn't see anything obvious. I had noticed the same thing, certainly it is an annoyance but not enough of one yet that I want to contact Dell. If anyone knows how to prevent it from opening I would appreciate the info. TIA Carl Have a read he http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dellfolder.htm Stew Thanks. I checked the registry and didn't find either of the references noted in the above link. I did find a startup item DSCACTIVATE with data of C:\Program Files\Dell Support Center\gs_agent\custom\dsca.exe, however, under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run. Should that data be enclosed in double quotes? Half the data fields have them and half don't. Not sure what the rules are. |
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Thanks. I may just try uninstalling Dell Support Center, if I can't find a
better solution, since the problem started when that was installed. Not sure I want to try my luck with any significant editing of the registry. "Jay B" wrote in message ... you can use a program like hijackthis.exe to remove all dell entries from the startup... none of them are needed. you're problem is there. its running a incomplete dell program command, with just the path, so it thinks you want to open an explorer window. just remove that line. i remove all dell entries. carlkeehn wrote: "Erehwon" wrote in message ... Just updated the "Dell Support Center" on XP machine and now the "C:\Program Folders\Dell" folder opens every time machine boots. Folder appears to be from original installation in 2004. Any ideas on what's causing this folder to open? Nothing in startup folder. Tried checking msconfig and msinfo32 but didn't see anything obvious. I had noticed the same thing, certainly it is an annoyance but not enough of one yet that I want to contact Dell. If anyone knows how to prevent it from opening I would appreciate the info. TIA Carl |
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DELL Folder Opens On Reboot
"Erehwon" wrote in message ... Thanks. I may just try uninstalling Dell Support Center, if I can't find a better solution, since the problem started when that was installed. Not sure I want to try my luck with any significant editing of the registry. That's actually your easiest and best option. There may be some users who appreciate that particular software, but I've always found it to be invasive, bloated, and a consumer of resources needed for other things. |
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DELL Folder Opens On Reboot
I had this problem upon installing the new "Dell Support Center" -- Dell has a newer version of Support Center that fixes this problem: 'Dell - Support' (http://tinyurl.com/33xce5) [copy and paste with no line returns] Worked for me. |
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