How can I stop Windows XP open My Documents on startuo?

Hello

I just reinstalled Windows XP Pro and after installation of SP2 evert time I start Windows automatically open My Documents.

How can I stop this?

Thank you.

You have a false entry in one of your startup locations.

First, click Start > all programs > startup and see if there is an entry that would open up My Documents.

If you can't find the entry in the startup folder, download and run Autoruns.  Let it complete the scan (shown bottom left), then click the 'connection '.  Look at the entries and the beginning my Documents should be obvious.  Remove the line or uncheck the box at the beginning of the line (if you think you might ever want to reactivate this entry).

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