When Windows 10 starts, a DOS window appears, runs: C:\Users\Brian\AppData\Local\854e8f7.bat , then disappears.

The .bat file contains:
start "plqcknRlU67iM4TfEXQq"...

That fixed it.
Thanks very much. I appreciate your help.

Brian

aha...


Brilliant!
You found the "%1 %* value.
I'm surprised I couldn't find it searching with regedit.

Now...how do I fix it?

Thank you.

Thanks. I tried that but it did not solve the problem.

When I right-click on an executable, the context menu shows "%1 %* instead of Run.
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