VIA Raid dir opening on startup

[Trev]

In Windows Explorer, select Tools | Folder Options in the menu. Select the View tab. Click Reset All Folders. Reboot.

If that doesn't work, in Windows Explorer, select Tools | Folder Options in the menu. Select the View tab. Clear the "Restore previous folder windows at logon" setting in the Advanced Settings list box. Reboot. You can re-enable the setting if you'd like.

If neither of those worked, then it's most likely not a problem with Windows Explorer, and there really is something causing the window to open (e.g. by running explorer.exe "C:\Program Files\VIA"). A quick way to test this is to hold down the Shift key after logging in (keep holding it down until after Windows Explorer initializes the Desktop). That prevents most, but not all, startup-like objects from being parsed.

Trev

[Trev]

Another quick troubleshooting tool: download Autoruns from Sysinternals: <http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml>. You can use this to browse the various "autorun" locations. After running Autoruns, enable the following options in the View menu:

Show AppInit DLLs
Show Explorer Addons
Show Services
Show Winlogon Notifications
Show Winsock Providers
Include Empty Locations

Press F5 or select View | Refresh in the menu. It might take a minute or so to populate the listview.

You might spot the culprit right away. If not, you can post the results to this thread (File | Save As, and then copy and paste from the saved document), and we can take a look.

If this doesn't work, I can walk you through working with some other tools to find the problem.

Trev

[Trev]

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DisplayTrayIcon] C:\WINDOWS\System32\TrayIcon.exe

don't know what that is. . . .

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit

you have an nVidia display adapter. . . .

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [C-Media Mixer] C:\Program Files\PCI Audio Applications\Bin\AudioRack.exe /MixerStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AudioDeck] C:\Program Files\VIA Technologies, Inc\Audio Deck\ADeck.exe

your onboard audio. . . .

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime

QuickTime's "run QuickTime in the background so movies start faster" thingy. . . . Probably checks for updates and uses your computer for Apple's plan to take over the world as well.

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot

Real Player's quick launch / auto-update / nag tool.

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe

Nero startup stuff.

O4 - Global Startup: GetRight - Tray Icon.lnk = C:\Program Files\GetRight\getright.exe

You know what that is.

O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE

You don't need this. Office runs fine without it.

O4 - Global Startup: VIA RAID TOOL.lnk = C:\Program Files\VIA\RAID\raid_tool.exe

As was said, this was probably your problem. The shortcut might have been broken. Anyhow, this would have been in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\. You must have missed it earlier. . . .

Trev