Solved My Computer Window Opens everytime I boot up the computer.

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For some strange reason the My Computer window opens on my desktop everytime I boot up windows 7 professional, any idea what I can do to stop this or why it's even happening?
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium
Some start up entry probably got messed up.

Do you have CCleaner installed?
If so, it has a simple list of start up items under
Tools > Startup > Windows

Or you can use the powerful Autoruns tool.
Just be very careful what you do in that tool.


If you like, you can post a screenshot (using this info) of your start up items
(as shown by CCleaner or Autoruns or MSCONFIG)
...and we might be able to help you find the offending start up item.

Or you can work thru these steps to try and find the start up entry:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ation-conflicts-performing-clean-startup.html
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Employer provided Dell Latitude
OS
W7 Pro SP1 64bit
CPU
i7
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics
Hard Drives
crappy SSD
Antivirus
Employer mandated Symantec Endpoint Protection
Browser
Pale Moon 64bit, IE11 64bit & Chrome 64bit
Ok I got it to reboot with no My Computer window starting up by using cc cleaner and disabling some startup stuff, now to go back in and enable a few at a time till I can pinpoint what is actually triggering it, slow but sure I will find out thanks for the advice :)
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium
A few more trial and error reboots and I found it, setpointupgrade.lnk was causing that My Computer window to open everytime I rebooted. disabled that in cc cleaner tools/startup/windows thru a few more reboots found that was what was causing the hiccup. I think it has something to do with my logitech software (mouse and keyboard both logitech).
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium
Good work. That's the way to track these things down :-)
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Employer provided Dell Latitude
OS
W7 Pro SP1 64bit
CPU
i7
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics
Hard Drives
crappy SSD
Antivirus
Employer mandated Symantec Endpoint Protection
Browser
Pale Moon 64bit, IE11 64bit & Chrome 64bit
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