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by andydieten

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why does a software application, after finishing loading and rebooting, bring up an error message looking for the folder C:\program. This folder does not exist. Canceling past this error has no harmful affect. If I create the folder C:\program I do not get an error message but this folder opens up each time you reboot. It can be closed or minimized but it is annoying. No one application appears to be responsible for this. How can I make it stop?

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by syscokid

Somewhere in your startup folder, or win.ini, or in the registry, something in C:\Program Files is trying to start. Because the path is not in quotes, the system is only seeing the C:\Program part.

Anyway, download Autoruns, a free utility thatwill scan your system and tell you where it's comng from, so you can deal with it.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/misc.shtml#autoruns

(Sometimes when I cut and paste URL's it looks ok to me but once the answer is posted, an extraneous space will have crept in. Make sure you delete any extraneous spaces or the page won't load).

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