VIA Raid dir opening on startup

[Vincent]

Minor niggle that will become annoying.

After rebooting the PC when I log on I get the drawer C:\Program Files\VIA opening automatically.

There's nothing in msconfig or any of the startup drawers that I can see.  Removing the raid_tool (which is in C:\Program Files\VIA\RAID) from the startup doesn't make any difference.

Any ideas?

[adz]

Check the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

and;

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

And check:

%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

or;

%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup


See how you go with those.

[Vincent]

Thanks for that.

I checked all parts of the Start Menu (including the default and all users) and there was nothing there.

Just checked those points in the registry and there's no mention of the RAID dir except for loading the raid_tool.

Anymore ideas?

[blobrana]

Hum,
 at boot
PRESS the `F1`  or `delete` key, and enter the bios,

Switch off the SATA booting/search option.
(you are using IDE).

And are you sure you loaded all the raid/via 4 in 1 drivers on the cd rom (they`re always hidded away  to bug you)

Also worth a look at the control panel --> system -->hardware tab
and check that there arn`t any exclamation marks against any hardware devices...

[Linchpin]

ViNcE!

Have you tried, renaming that folder?

Might break your PC! :-D

Kevs helpfull advice again... hahahaha!

[Vincent]

Switch off the SATA booting/search option.
(you are using IDE).

Done.  No change except for XP "found new hardware" after the disabling of SATA and installed drivers for the CD and DVD drives (which were already there as soon as it booted into XP anyway) then rebooting.  The dir still opens up.

And are you sure you loaded all the raid/via 4 in 1 drivers on the cd rom (they`re always hidded away  to bug you)

Yup, the 4in1 drivers installation thing is actually the first thing on the menu.  Everything that's on the CD is actually on the menu with the exception of the 4in1 4.49 drivers - it's the 4.51 that's on the menu.  I think.  That's the only thing that's missing anyway, but it has installed one of the versions.

Also worth a look at the control panel --> system -->hardware tab
and check that there arn`t any exclamation marks against any hardware devices...

Nope, nothing cautioned or not working.

[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

[Vincent]

None of that has worked.  The shift button has no effect either - the window still pops up, but other things like GetRight don't appear.

[Linchpin]

Does it happen in Safemode?

[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

[blobrana]

Hum,
Very strange....

A similar startup program is Codestuff Starter, (0.48 MB) a must for any  desktop...

The only other thing i can think of is to look at the `folder options` on your explorer windows. (under `tools`, `folder options` and look at the `views tab`)

try `restore defaults`...


And have you installed any weird over clocking program that came with the mobo?


 :-?

[Vincent]

I'll check safe mode later if I remember.

I did install the SuperUtilities, but I haven't even looked at them yet.

[Vincent]

Checking out that Starter prog (blobrana's suggestion - I'll check the other in a mo) I seem to have 4 "Disk Manager" appearances.

I don't remember seeing them before.  That might have been installed after turning off the SATA in the BIOS and XP installing drivers for the CD and DVD drives though.

They're actual location is C:\WINDOWS\System32\diskver.exe

[Vincent]

@Trev

I don't know what half the stuff is when I'm showing everything in the Autoruns prog.

I can't see anything other than the raid_tool.exe pointing to the suspect dir tho.

Although there is one file not found:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved
Display Panning CPL Extension - File not found: deskpan.dll

I can't tell where the physical location is meant to be, but I don't think that's anything to do with the problem.

[blobrana]

Hum,
you don`t have a raid setup....
rename/switch off
raid_tool.exe

C:\Program Files\VIA\RAID\raid_tool.exe

(can someone confirm this?)