startup programs not starting

Hi,
Try the following if you have not done so..
start-run-msconfig

check to make sure that all startup item are ticked.

Also check if you can run the items from the run command using the mapped drives.

An application or a person might have changed the startup folder. This has been known to happen with MS Office. If you have TweakUI you can view the current starup folder under the My Computer tab.

If you've installed MS Office look to see if there is a folder something like:

C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft
Reference\Startup

If there is then Office has reset the startup folder. You can either use that folder as your startup and place the shortcuts to the programs you want to startup in that folder.

You could also use regedit and look for the key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

and this will tell you what the current startup folder has been set to. If it is different than c:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup then someone or something has changed it to the value that you find. Use that value or change it back to the original (but then anything in the current value for the startup folder will not start at Windows startup.

Enjoy,

DrBob:>)