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    BreezyCricket Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    For some reason when I boot my PC, the Windows Explorer screen shows up, as part of the Boot Process.

    This only started recently and I have been unable to discover the reason for this.

    I would like it to just "go away" and would appreciate any assistance.

    Many Thanks.
     
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    Have You installed any new programs recently? Possibly at the time this nuisance started?

    It happened to me when I installed a program on Win98 when the destination folder wasn´t the normal one. The normal folder was "program" (swedish) but the installer chose to create "program files" and install it there.

    I know this is a long shot since You´re on WinXP but I uninstalled the offending program and reinstalled it, directing the installer to the normal folder.

    It would be interesting to know if this helps,
    Christer
     
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    Could you post the contents of your boot.ini file?
     
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    This is it, but there is not much so maybe there is some other file I should have posted.

    [boot loader]
    timeout=5
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS= "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS= "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (#1)" /fastdetect

    I should add that I have 2 hard drives, basically identical in all respects, the second I use for backup only.

    Somethig else which has only just started also is that I am now getting "stack overflow" messages, and I do not have the slightest idea what to do about those.

    As I said before, any assistance would be much appreciated.
     
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    That looks normal enough. Exactly when in the boot process does explorer pop up, and what is in its window?
     
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    Hi, Crick ~

    Your boot looks OK.

    Are you sure this is an explorer window? Can you possibly post a link to a screenshot?
     
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    Thanks to all for the help, but I decided I had wasted too much time on this so I re-formatted the drive.

    If you hear of someone committing suicide by jumping off the Empire State Building, you will know that my problem has re-occurred... :D
     
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