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Computer Opens to My Docs Upon Boot Up

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by huddee102

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Ever since I reinstalled Windows 2000 my computer opens up the My Documents folder. I have clicked that option under the start up menu and restarted and did the reserve. I think it may have something to do with the fact I may have had my documentsopen when I re-installed 2000, but am unable to reinstall 2000 now as it says I have some software that is not totally installed. How do I track down this software? and how do I stop the My Docs opening upon start up?

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by maxwell edison

Registry fix - Backup the registry first. Editing the registry is risky. Backup the registry first.

Run Regedit, in the left pane, open hkey_current_user\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell Folders. In the right pane, you'll see an entry in the Name column called Personal. Double click that entry, and you should see the entry: C:\My Documents. Remove that entry.

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