Program in the RUN Key Does Not Run at Logon

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This article was previously published under Q311887

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SYMPTOMS

A 32-bit program that is listed in the following registry key may not run at logon:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RUN

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time   Version       Size       File name
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   18-FEB-2002  19:26  6.0.2600.29   1,660,000  Explorer.exe
   18-FEB-2002  19:33  6.0.2600.29      30,500  Runonce.exe
   18-FEB-2002  19:00  6.0.2600.29     970,000  Wexplorer.exe
   18-FEB-2002  19:06  6.0.2600.29      12,500  Wrunonce.exe

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.

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