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    Bloody new folder keeps popping up!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by vaio_essential, Apr 4, 2007.

  1. vaio_essential

    vaio_essential Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright... i'm just starting to get annoyed now. So here's the deal:

    Every time i either restart my computer or modify the icons on my desktop in any way, a new folder pops up. It is just a blank folder with nothing in it, and it is entitled the default "New Folder". I can't figure it out!!! It's driving me insane!!! Does anyone know why this is happening and how i can stop it?
     
    vaio_essential, Apr 4, 2007
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  2. sylonien

    sylonien Notebook Evangelist

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    No idea - sounds like a bug somewhere?
     
    sylonien, Apr 4, 2007
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    vaio_essential Notebook Enthusiast

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    does no one have any idea how to solve this problem?
     
    vaio_essential, Apr 4, 2007
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    dznutz Notebook Consultant

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    never heard of this before.

    when did it start popping up (specifically what program did you install before this happened)? may be some program incompatibility with vista
     
    dznutz, Apr 5, 2007
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    VGNxxx Notebook Guru

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    Take a look on Run key in registry, and startup folder

    AutoRuns for Windows v8.61
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/Autoruns.mspx

    This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.
     
    VGNxxx, Apr 5, 2007
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    kernelgrl Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey, newbie here... I have the same problem, but its funny you say, everytime you modify the icons is when this happens, I dont know when it happens, but it sure does! and I wanna stop it too!!! does anyone know how to get rid of ctfmon and qttask processes on statup!, I've tried msconfig, and editing the registry but they come came.... :) thanks have a great day!

    Oh! btw, i have windows XP!
     
    kernelgrl, Apr 7, 2007
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  7. VGNxxx

    VGNxxx Notebook Guru

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    qttask process belong to the Apple QuickTime video streaming tool. Quick Time (if you don't need it, uninstall quick time player)

    ctfmon process belonging to Microsoft Office Suite. It activates the Alternative User Input Text Input Processor.
     
    VGNxxx, Apr 8, 2007
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    thanks, and what about the "new folder" thing?
     
    kernelgrl, Apr 9, 2007
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    hey, i just tried going through my list of programs and i uninstalled everything that could be related to this problem. Guess what, still happens. And i dont think that it is a vista compatibility issue cause i happened when i had XP too.

    Any new ideas?
     
    vaio_essential, Apr 10, 2007
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