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by ap_nandini

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I encountered the following error message after giving my login & passwd in WIN NT4.0:
The process cannot switch to the startup current directory c:\ select OK to set current directory to C:\WINNT or select CANCEL to exit.
Either I press OK or CANCEL its hanging Can anyone suggest some solution.

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by churdoo

Sounds like another program is trying to launch at startup which has its working directory incorrectly stated. Check either of the startup groups c:\winnt\profiles\allusers\startmenu\programs\startup, or c:\winnt\profiles\%username%\startmenu\programs\startup and check for icons there. Check the properties of the icons to see if their working directory is set to c:\. Correct the entry as required, or consider removing the shortcut, depending on what it is.
If neither of those locations holdthe answer, then you will have to look in the registry with registry editor of other utility in the hkey_local_machine/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/run, runonce, or runonceex keys, or even in the win.ini file, but based on your description, it sounds like you'll find the icon in a startup group.
Hope this helps, but if you need more info, let me know.
--Charlie

by shmaltz

Looks like a permission related problem. Set the required permissions on all the drive.

by vue

I like the #1 answer ideas but I think before you can check all of that stuffs, you have to be able to get in to window without locking up. Reboot the pc and login with VGA mode only and then follow the #1 suggestion. Or if you log into a PDC, just log into a the workstation itself and then follow #1.
Good luck.

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