Carried out the regedit instructions.
Closed system then restarted. Everything now as normal.

No display of Microsoft folder.

Many thanks for your help in cracking this problem. I did not associate
Microsoft Works update with a display of the folder containing Synctoy.
All the best
Regards
Dave
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DaveW


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Dave,
>
> Start Regedit.exe and navigate to:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run
>
> Double-click the "Microsoft Works Update Detect" value.
>
> Enclose the data within double-quotes:
>
> So that the following string
>
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDetect.exe
>
> becomes:
>
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDetect.exe"
>
> Close Regedit.exe
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Dave Williams" <DaveWilliams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:113F708C-BD29-4B1D-947F-C6137B397A13@microsoft.com...
> 03/01/2006 15:59:15
>
> -- Registry --
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\RunOnce
>
> No Items Found
>
> -- Registry --
>
>
>