Some of our readers were experiencing this problem that when they boot their PC, the System32 Folder opens automatically in a new window on the startup. This is a common problem nowadays and is very irritating.

What is system32 folder?

System32 folder is an important folder that comes when the Windows is installed and is situated in ‘C:\windows\system32”. It contains several important files.

Causes of this problem:

As you may have guessed, this problem is not caused by any virus instead is caused due to a leftover pieces of an uninstalled program which causes problems in the Windows Registry. This problem is also caused if you have either a corrupt string value or a null value in one of your Registry entries.

Solutions to solve the problem:

1.    Manually:

Improper values in the Registry can lead to several problems, so if you want to do it manually then I would recommend that you take a backup of it (refer this post of mine, if you don’t know how to backup)

  • Navigate to following keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

  • Verify that all the values in these keys do not contain any incorrect or null value

2.    Using a free script from Kelly Korner

For a quicker and easier solution, download a Visual Basic script that easily repairs the registry just by double clicking it. The script is safe and clean.

Download script from here

You can also refer http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=170086 for some more solutions.

I guess your problem should be solved by now. Any thoughts?

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