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28 Jul 2024 14:28:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Delete system32?  
From: FractRacer
Date: 21 Jan 2014 17:32:48
Message: <52def590$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.
>
> That's the first place i looked, and there are no mentions of system32
> there...
>
Have you seen in the StartMenu folder? A link may be placed here.

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