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28 Jul 2024 14:31:35 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Delete system32?  
From: FractRacer
Date: 21 Jan 2014 10:51:06
Message: <52de976a$1@news.povray.org>

> not quite, but...

> Ever since I tried to install the latest Blender, whenever I boot my PC,
> I get the system32 folder that opens.  I suppose there's a registry
> entry somewhere that got created improperly and instead of trying to
> load "C:\Windows\System32\whatchamacallit.dll" or
> "%SYSTEM_ROOT%\System32\foobar.exe" it simply loads "C:\Windows\System32".
>
> How do I find out which one it is?  Regedit's search function is not
> smart enough to let me search for ( "system32" except when it's
> "system32\" )
>
>

In the registry, you can search the entries
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/MicrosoftWindows/CurrentVersion/Run
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/MicrosoftWindows/CurrentVersion/Run
Where are stored all the softwares launched at the startup.

Lionel.
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