Win7 Opening Up Multiple Programs By Itself During Re-Start

Jerryg50

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I had a very unusual problem. I could not figure out what happened.

It started out that during a session of copying many files accross from a large memory stick to a hard drive the copy process stopped responding.

I went in to the control panel and told it t0 end the task. Windows explorer completely ended. Then I found I had no start button at the bottom, and there were no icons. The only option for me to use to start the system was with the re-start button.

After the re-start, I saw the most unusual thing. All the applications that were on the desktop and in the tool bar started to open like mad! All the applications and programs were starting at high speed!

After the succession finished I closed all the windows one by one with the mouse.

Now, every time I re-booted, the computer would go in to a frenzy of opening windows. I scoured the net to find an answer and found nothing substantial.

In the end, I took my image copy, and re-imaged the system back. This was not the way I wanted to fix this problem.

Maybe someone here can enlighten me about how I can fix this problem if it occurs again.

By-the-way, the Startup folder was empty. So, it was not the Startup folder that did this.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows XP Will Soon be Windows 7
explorer.exe is your taskbar and whatnot.

Next time you kill it from taskmanager, just select run from the menu and type explorer.exe :)
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Pugh Technologies
OS
W7 Professional x64
CPU
AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.10 GHz
Motherboard
MSI 870A-G54
Memory
PNY XLR DDR3 1600 4x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 (fermi) 1GB GDDR5
Sound Card
Realtek ALC892 onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VE205t, Viewsonic VX2035WM
Screen Resolution
1600x900, 1600x1050
Hard Drives
977GB Hitachi Hitachi HDS721010CLA332
244GB Western Digital WDC WD2500AAJS-65B4A0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAJS-00A8B0
488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-00UU3A0
PSU
Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W
Case
ThermalTake Armor A90 Mid Tower
Cooling
3x 120mm in, 1x 120mm & 200mm out, self built hydro-cooler
Keyboard
Logitec 55
Mouse
Razer Deathadder
Internet Speed
20 Mbps D/L, 9 Mbps U/L
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