local disks windows/folders automatically load at startup

[Darien1]

i have drives C,D,E,F on my hard drives. However recently when i startup my computer, the D,E,F drives folders/windows will automatically open up and this is quite frustrating to me because i have to close every of them each time.
Can anyone tell what the problem is and how to fix it?
many thanks.

[RJ]

Hello and welcome to PC Mech,

have you done anything just before this error occured the first time ? Or did it just happen on its own ?
It's probably some kind of virus, or spyware. Have you scanned for them ? You can download antivirus tool AVG and spyware destroyer Spybot of you don't have such software yet.
Also check the startup folder.

RJ

[Darien1]

thank you RJ. I think, for quite sure, had not done anything to my PC before this.
I also had my PC scanned for virus(Norton antivirus) and spyware(ad-aware,spy0bot and pest patrol). Nothing...and that's weird coz i thought it was virus or spyware kind or activity too.

[GaryRouth]

Seems like there was a MSKB article on this one, but darned if I can find the dang thing right now. If I find it, I'll post it here later. Till then, see if the article below is of any help:

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/ar.../27/54715.aspx

. . . Gary

[...P.S. ... and, of course, any windows that are open when the system is shutdown will re-open at startup = but I doubt that this is the problem for your system. Figured I'd mention it just to be thorough. . . ]