Annoying folder pop-up

[bruno_h]

This might be very simple but it is driving me nuts! Has anyone had the problem of the Sony folder popping up every time you turn on your computer?? This is after UX software installation. I have already looked in the startup folder to see if this was a misplaced shortcut, but have not found the cause. Any ideas?
Greatly appreciated!
B.

[golalmo]

yep... here too.
and also no palmdesktop icon.

[ClieMD]

Me too!

[sralmas]

I thought it was just me and I haven't had a chance to investigate why it is happening.

[dillera]

Originally posted by bruno_h
This might be very simple but it is driving me nuts! Has anyone had the problem of the Sony folder popping up every time you turn on your computer?? This is after UX software installation. I have already looked in the startup folder to see if this was a misplaced shortcut, but have not found the cause. Any ideas?
Greatly appreciated!
B.

No problems with that here. It may be you have a defective OS.

I'm using MacOS X and there are no annoying pop ups when I have to reboot my computer (which is only about every other month, and just for fun).

:p


ps. bill gates sucks

[4T+]

No problem here. Installed with IntelliSync to Outlook. I have Sony TR1A notebook with Win XP running.

[elwuero]

I also am having the same problem. I thought I noticed it after updating my MS drive to work with MS PRO cards but if it is happening to others it must be since I installed the UX50 software. If anone figures out how to stop the folder opening on startup please post it here.

darrin

[dimensiondvdrob]

the folder i have that pops up contains data export and image converter sub-folders. i think these programs are causing the pop-up folder and i HATE it!

[bbanzai]

Rename the folder. Doesn't seem to hurt anything.

[dimensiondvdrob]

Originally posted by bbanzai
Rename the folder. Doesn't seem to hurt anything.

will this STOP the pop-up?

[anthonyjcrocks]

I thought that I was the only one!!! this indeed is very annoying.

[bbanzai]

Sure does stop it. I searched all through the registry trying to find where the damn thing was coming from, finally just renamed the folder out of desperation. Did the trick and haven't seen it since.

Cheers!

[anthonyjcrocks]

Which folder do you rename? the Sony folder?

[bobes]

Originally posted by 4T+
I have Sony TR1A notebook with Win XP running.


Nice lappy... I'm waiting for the TR2...

[bbanzai]

Rename the folder it's opening. On my laptop I think it was "c:\program files\sony". Renamed to "c:\program files\sonyxxx"; if I don't miss it after a month or so I'll just delete it!

Cheers!

[anthonyjcrocks]

But will this affect anything? I get this popup saying that it might affect some programes from running properly. Sorry just trying to be sure...

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by dillera


No problems with that here. It may be you have a defective OS.

I'm using MacOS X and there are no annoying pop ups when I have to reboot my computer (which is only about every other month, and just for fun).

:p


ps. bill gates sucks

Now WHY on EARTH would someone want to come here and start a flame war about which platform is better????



OH! Figures it's a Mac person! Ever notice how PC users never START these things? I wonder why that is...

And I'll tell you what, if I had as much money as Bill Gates, I don't think some pissant Mac user's opinion of me would even register.

Sheesh!

[bbanzai]

I haven't noticed any ill effects. I you run into a problem just change the name back to the original name; just don't delete anything until you're sure it's OK...

YMMV!

[anthonymoody]

Originally posted by Unregistered



And I'll tell you what, if I had as much money as Bill Gates, I don't think some pissant Mac user's opinion of me would even register.

Sheesh!



Speaking of not registering ;)

TM

[lank5893]

I ran msconfig on my Win XP machine and discovered there was a new entry for a sony configtool.exe program that was launching on startup. I unchecked it and the folder no longer pops up. Not sure what this program does though?

Lucan

[Unregistered]

Me too! It's damn annoying

I called sony support, and they said they are working on a fix,and will post it on their site as soon as avail.

For the meantime do the following.

1) From your "start" menu, select "Run..."

2) Type in "msconfig" (withouth the quotes) and click OK

3) Select the "Startup" Tab and uncheck "Configtool"

4) Click Apply

5) Restart your computer

6) After your computer restarted, there will be a pop up window stating something about your configuration. Simply check the box, do not show again (or something in that nature), and close the pop up

7) That should do it!

The above information was supplied to me by one of the Sony Technicians

[Unregistered]

The sony techs said disabling the configtool on your startup will not affect anything. So they told me if I find the Sony folder to be too annoying at each startup then I should disable it.

The fix is on its way sometime soon.

[Jag]

Thanks for the "disabling" information. It has definitely stopped the pop-up and I have not been able to notice any other difference.

[bertopl]

this worked like a charm for me too!! but I'm running windows 2000 pro on my pc, so there is no "msconfig" program. I was able to edit the registry though and delete the "configtool.exe" entry under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - SOFTWARE - MICROSOFT - WINDOWS - CURRENT VERSION - RUN

as always, be careful editing your registry, but it doesn't seem to negatively affect my machine... I guess you can always export the key before deleting it in case something bad happens, you'll have something you can easily restore....

[dmpsam]

I had the same problem too, but tried the solution that unreg. posted, and so far so good.

Why would sony have that stupid folder open every time you start up??
:(

[waiwai]

Then anyone know what use of the configtool.exe?

[mochant]

Originally posted by bertopl
this worked like a charm for me too!! but I'm running windows 2000 pro on my pc, so there is no "msconfig" program. I was able to edit the registry though and delete the "configtool.exe" entry under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - SOFTWARE - MICROSOFT - WINDOWS - CURRENT VERSION - RUN

as always, be careful editing your registry, but it doesn't seem to negatively affect my machine... I guess you can always export the key before deleting it in case something bad happens, you'll have something you can easily restore.... You might try Startup Control Panel, a small freeware app. I've been using this for some time with no ill effects. It lists all startup items - both in the Registry and the Startup Items folder.

http://home.no/aksoftware/products/scp/StartupControlPanel_setup.exe

Sadly, the site tries to get you to install a Gator component before you can download. JUST SAY NO! The program itself does not install any spyware.

[GADRAW]

The patch is out for the annoying pop up sony folder.

download the patch at:
http://ciscdb.sel.sony.com/cgi-bin/swu-index.pl

[n2ifp]

Good link, brings up a new blank page everytime I click on it.;)

[GADRAW]

oops!!! sorry about that link...

http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/support/clie/ux50/

then click on "Driver and Updates" link to get the patch

[Unregistered]

Go to the Sony Clie support site for the UX50, download the pdtregistryupdate file.... it will resolve the folder opening issue

[duraace]

here's the link

http://ciscdb.sel.sony.com/cgi-bin/swu-index.pl

[Markd60]

Thanks Everybody!
I downloaded the patch and installed it and it said I didn't need it so I rebooted and YipEE! No Annoying window!
Thanks Again!!

[Unregistered]

Sony has an update for this problem.
Go to th Sony page, find handhelds , got to support, then to clies handheld,look for PEG-UX50 and in drivers and updates you can find the update.

[Mish44]

There is an update on the sony website to fix this.

[janove]

Thanks for this as this has been driving me insane too! If I try to rename the Sony folder a message pops up saying if you rername, move etc it may cause some programs not to work (or words to that effect). Is it defintely OK to proceed?!