Weird start up behaviour
My original post has disappeared off the bottom of the screen, so I'm posting this again with some extra info in the hope that someone can help.
A nearly empty folder opens at startup. Just the folder, not the program. I close it and get on with things, but it's annoying. I thought about just deleting the folder, but then I suppose I'd get an error message every time I switch on my computer saying "cannot open..." or worse.
I used Mike Lin's Startup cpl and it doesn't show there. I looked in mscongig, can't find it there either. I searched the web for help, and figure it might be something to do with the registry. I looked in regedit, but couldn't find it, although I'm not sure where to look.
The folder that opens is C:\Program
This isn't the main program files folder on C, just a small folder created (I guess) by the program I installed before (which I uninstalled using the add/remove programs function.)
However, just to make things weirder still, I found a post on another site where a guy recommended that someone with a similar problem just rename the folder.
So, I renamed it to progras (without shutting down and restarting). Then, when I clicked on a media file to play, windows media player didn't open. I got a message saying "cannot find the C:\progras files\windowsmediaplayer\wmplayer.exe
I checked, and I hadn't accidentally renamed the "program files" folder (where wmplayer.exe is) to "progras files" - I'd just renamed the almost empty "Program" folder to "Progras". When I renamed it back to "program", media files opened automatically again.
There must be some connection between the "program" folder and the Program files" folder???
I'm way out of my depth - any help much appreciated.