# Begone with you folder opening at startup. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 13, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begone-with-you-folder-opening-at-startup/387838 "2007-01-13T15:38:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begone-with-you-folder-opening-at-startup/387838/1 "2007-01-13T15:38:32Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begone-with-you-folder-opening-at-startup/387838/2 "2007-01-13T15:44:36Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begone-with-you-folder-opening-at-startup/387838/3 "2007-01-13T15:50:43Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] Since I got my new laptop (another alienware) the wireless card hasn’t worked. [/QUOTE] 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.) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begone-with-you-folder-opening-at-startup/387838/4 "2007-01-13T15:51:41Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] 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. [/QUOTE] That option was already unchecked. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begone-with-you-folder-opening-at-startup/387838/5 "2007-01-13T15:52:49Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begone-with-you-folder-opening-at-startup/387838/6 "2007-01-13T15:53:57Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] 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.) [/QUOTE] 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) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begone-with-you-folder-opening-at-startup/387838/7 "2007-01-13T16:11:33Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] 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. [/QUOTE] 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. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begone-with-you-folder-opening-at-startup/387838/8 "2007-01-13T19:46:08Z")
Can you tell us what the name of the folder is? Is it a program folder or a personal one that you made?