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XP Mode - Startup Link
I have successfully moved my XP Mode hard disk to an external drive and it works well. A few times I have started XP Mode (via the Start menu: Windows XP Mode link) without the external drive turned on. This would cause a message to be displayed saying the disk cannot be found (or something like that), "would you like to set up XP Mode?" Normally I would always select cancel, turn on the drive and start the virtual machine with no problems.
However, this last time I accidently selected Setup/Create XP Mode instead of cancel. When the wizard started, I cancelled out of the first screen. But now when I try and start XP Mode from the Start menu link, the XP Mode Setup wizards always is displayed. I can use XP mode by starting it within the Windows Virtual PC manager with no problems. Here's the Start menu link now:
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\VMCPropertyHandler.dll,LaunchDefaultVM
Is this correct for starting up XP Mode? If so, is it possible to change a setting or reg entry so my original and current XP Mode machine will start instead of the XP Mode setup wizard?
Thanks!
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