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"Add This To Startup Items" Voice Alert
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LeonThePro
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Jun 4, 2001, 11:34 AM
 
Hi. I am new to the Mac OS. Everytime I start my new iceBook, there is a voice alert which says that the "Add this to startup items" Application has been added to the Startup Folder. Every startup, a shortcut of the above is created that it just keeps on piling up (I'm on the 17th copy already) in the Startup folder.

I got so annoyed that I had to delete the items from the folder. Now, when I startup the iBook, there is no alert speech anymore.

What should I have done correctly? What did I do wrong to trigger this seemless cycle every startup?

Help!!! And thanks in advance....
     
oscar
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Jun 5, 2001, 03:31 AM
 
What;s the file name its creating, and what programs have you installed latly?
     
LeonThePro  (op)
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Jun 5, 2001, 06:02 AM
 
hi, oscar. the funny thing is...the file name that it is creating in the "Startup" folder is "Add This To Startup Items". And everytime I start the iceBook, there is a voice alert saying:

"The Application, 'Add This To Startup Items', has been added to the 'Startup Items' folder". Huh?! And it's been creating so many. I had to check the folder and delete everthing. Including the 'Hotsync' which I also found in the Startup folder. I haven't tried hotsyncing my Palm, yet, to check if by deleting it would be an error on the hotsync process.

I haven't installed anything. Every software found is from the factory. Maybe I just tinker with it too much, which is why I don't know what I did to produce what's been happening to the laptop.

Thanks for any inputs.
     
OverclockedHomoSapien
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Jun 5, 2001, 11:56 PM
 
If you haven't installed anything yet, then you could just do a clean install. That would be easy on a new system.
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