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I boot up and a window says it can't find a file, I click on OK and it goes but comes back every time I boot up, so how can I get rid of this

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When I boot up the computer a window appears and it says it can't find a specific file. I have right clicked on this to try to delete it to no avail. All I can do is click OK and it disappears only to reappear next time I boot up the computer. Not sure if it is anything to do with firefox, but can anyone out there tell me how to get rid of it please.

When I boot up the computer a window appears and it says it can't find a specific file. I have right clicked on this to try to delete it to no avail. All I can do is click OK and it disappears only to reappear next time I boot up the computer. Not sure if it is anything to do with firefox, but can anyone out there tell me how to get rid of it please.

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You can use a program like Microsoft's "Autoruns" to investigate and modify what Windows is trying to do at startup. I agree that it's probably not a Firefox issue. If you have problems using Autoruns or interpreting the results, you could try a Windows XP forum like the following: