Live Messenger tries to access c:\autoexec.bat

I have just installed Windows Live Messenger and upgraded from Messenger 7.5.

After installation there was a lot of disc activity, which seemed to be from
the conversion of the old Messenger files.

However during the time of disc activity Sysinternals' File Monitor also
showed that the messenger process tried to access c:\autoexec.bat about a
couple of times every second, even though my Windows XP is installed at e:\ .

What might be the reason for this?

Greetings,

Just out of curiosity, which process were you looking at when it did this (msiexec,
msnmsgr..etc.)?

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Penguin" <> wrote in message
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>I have just installed Windows Live Messenger and upgraded from Messenger 7.5.
>
> After installation there was a lot of disc activity, which seemed to be from
> the conversion of the old Messenger files.
>
> However during the time of disc activity Sysinternals' File Monitor also
> showed that the messenger process tried to access c:\autoexec.bat about a
> couple of times every second, even though my Windows XP is installed at e:\ .
>
> What might be the reason for this?

Hi,

It was the msnmsgr.exe process.

- Peter

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Just out of curiosity, which process were you looking at when it did this (msiexec,
> msnmsgr..etc.)?
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "Penguin" <> wrote in message
> news:9C1FE63E-9214-48CF-B6F1-...
> >I have just installed Windows Live Messenger and upgraded from Messenger 7.5.
> >
> > After installation there was a lot of disc activity, which seemed to be from
> > the conversion of the old Messenger files.
> >
> > However during the time of disc activity Sysinternals' File Monitor also
> > showed that the messenger process tried to access c:\autoexec.bat about a
> > couple of times every second, even though my Windows XP is installed at e:\ .
> >
> > What might be the reason for this?
>
>

Hi,

That's funny. I've put it on my list of things to check out when I have a spare minute.

If I were to guess, they might be checking some entry there that messes up Messenger on 9x
systems (and yes, I realize WLM works on XP/Vista exclusively, but there's plenty of old code
in there still).

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"Penguin" <> wrote in message
news:F44B129B-72FD-41E5-945E-...
> Hi,
>
> It was the msnmsgr.exe process.
>
> - Peter
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, which process were you looking at when it did this (msiexec,
>> msnmsgr..etc.)?
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "Penguin" <> wrote in message
>> news:9C1FE63E-9214-48CF-B6F1-...
>> >I have just installed Windows Live Messenger and upgraded from Messenger 7.5.
>> >
>> > After installation there was a lot of disc activity, which seemed to be from
>> > the conversion of the old Messenger files.
>> >
>> > However during the time of disc activity Sysinternals' File Monitor also
>> > showed that the messenger process tried to access c:\autoexec.bat about a
>> > couple of times every second, even though my Windows XP is installed at e:\ .
>> >
>> > What might be the reason for this?
>>
>>