Folder of newly installed program always opens on windows ..

External Since: Mar 23, 2006 Posts: 21

i need this program group (dell support tools)...was wondering if there was a
way to disable the folder window opening on startup, without uninstalling it.
have xp home sp2

External Since: Jul 16, 2005 Posts: 948

"dave" <dave RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i need this program group (dell support tools)...was wondering if there was
>a
> way to disable the folder window opening on startup, without uninstalling
> it.
> have xp home sp2

Yes, and this problem is usually due to a misplaced quote in the registry
reference loading some tool contained in that folder. Rather than load the
tool, it stops at the space in the name, because the quote is missing, and
opens the folder.

The article at the link below refers to the System32 folder, but the
principle is the same.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=170086

You can look in msconfig to find the item that isn't loading properly.

HTH
-pk