system32 window at startup

Welcome to MG's ....Here's the Solution: Go to this Kellys-Korner link and when you get to that webpage; scroll down to #260 on the right-hand side, and click on the "System32 Folder Opens Upon Boot" entry.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows
Go to Start/Run and type in: msinfo32 From there navigate to Software Environment, Startup Programs. The Command column will show you the exact command line used. You are looking for a listing that uses a long file name/path with spaces in it, that is not enclosed in quotes. If found that is the culprit. Go to Start/Run/msconfig/Startup. If this is the case go to Start/Run/Regedit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Look here for the program/folder in question. If listed, double click the entry and put the full path name in quotes. And Verify that all the values in these keys do not contain any incorrect, incomplete, or null entries (such as ""). System32 Folder Opens When Logging on to Windows http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q170/0/86.asp

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Go into your "Control Panel" and open "Folder Options", under the "View" tab make sure that "Restore previous folder windows at logon" is unchecked, click Apply/OK.

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I found the following regarding Dell Computers with the Sound Blaster Audigy program. Haven't tried it yet, but will when I get home. System32 folder on startup:- Method 1 :- There's a startup demo for the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 that is causing the \L:Eng program to remain in your startup. You need to access this program's Welcome Screen again. Go to Programs, Creative, Sound Blaster Audigy 2, Welcome Message. Make sure to check Do not show this again. \L:Eng will be removed from your startup and that annoying c:\windows\system32 folder will not display at restart; and you won't have to look at the Selective Startup window either. Method 2 :- On several systems recently, this problem has been caused by a line on the startup tab of msconfig. Go to Start|Run|type msconfig and click OK. On the startup tab, look for /L:ENG. If found, uncheck it. That entry is associated with the SB Audigy 2.(taken from a post by Denny Denham)

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The last time I saw this, was after virus removal, and the command for its executable was still there in msconfig, even though the virus was gone.look in the Run strings in the registry, there is an entry there that was probably left behind by a cleaned virus, since the file’s gone, the folder opens.

 

First look in the msconfig start up for anything that you might recognize as having been a virus ......or just don't recognize at all ....uncheck them (can always go back ....it just stops stuff from starting ....it requires a reboot after every change ....so uncheck the ones you don't know/want ...reboot ...see if the problem is gone ....if so ...recheck them one by one...to see which causes the problem (which is what the utility is for : diagnostics).