Begone with you folder opening at startup.

Factual Questions
1

Since I got my new laptop (another alienware) the wireless card hasn’t worked.

I have been using a cheap usb wireless adapter which I happened to already have.

On installing the software it has seen fit to make a folder open every time I start my computer. I want to give the person who added this little feature a nice punch in the face.

How do I stop windows from opening this folder every time it starts?

I’ve looked in the startup folder. I’ve looked in every ini file I could think of.

One place I haven’t looked is the registry but I wouldn’t know where, within, to loook

2

Try this:

In the folder menu, click Tools > Folder Options. Click the View tab then go down to the Advanced section and scroll down to “Restore previous folder windows at logon”. If it is checked, uncheck it.

3

Is it enabled? Many laptops ship with the wireless card disabled. There should be a wireless button on the keyboard near the power button, or it may also be a Fn key (an alternate function of one of the F keys at the top of the keyboard.)

4

That option was already unchecked.

5

And if that’s not the problem, it’s very likely that a program is launching at startup to open it, as you suspect. You don’t need to fiddle with the Registry, though. Go to Start Menu > Run… and type MSCONFIG. Click the Startup tab and scroll through the items to look for things you don’t want to start and uncheck them. Click OK when you’re finished.

6

I’ve fairly exhausted all the ways of tring to get it to work. The only thing I haven’t done yet is ring their tech support. I haven’t got around to that yet.
(Yes I did try the laptop’s built in on/off fn key for the wireless adaptor)

7

This did the trick Q.E.D. Thankyou very much.

I am 98.7% satisfied with this outcome. I’d be 100% satisfied if I knew what put the entry in the startup tasks in the first place and knew how to remove it so that I wouldn’t have to run xp in manual startup mode.

That is not to say that I am 100% appreciative of your help and knowledge. I wish I had you as my advisor at work. I’d be bombarding you with asp questions, network questions, sql db admin questions etc… My current IT manager is a supreme nit-picker and I can’t seek his help without severe communication conflict.

8

Can you tell us what the name of the folder is? Is it a program folder or a personal one that you made?