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   VanguardLH to john kruiniger   
   Re: unwanted Windows Explorer at boot-up   
   30 Nov 15 23:47:11   
   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   john kruiniger wrote:   
      
   > On 1/12/2015 14:00, Peter Bennett wrote:   
   >> When I boot my XP notebook, a Windows File Explorer window always   
   >> opens showing "Program Files".   
   >>   
   >> How can I stop that from appearing (or perhaps make it show a more   
   >> useful directory, like "My Documents")?   
   >   
   > Have a look under Start -> Programs -> Startup  and if you see Windows   
   > Explorer in there,  just delete it.  Reboot and it should be gone.   
      
   Peter really doesn't care.  I gave him a similar response (but using   
   msconfig to look at most startup items) to his same but disconnected   
   multi-post over in alt.windows-xp 3 days earlier.  He never bothered to   
   respond over there.   
      
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