Thanks Lady Rain -

I tried a program that forced the 2 processes to shut down, but when I did, I couldn't access windows explorer.

What I'll do tonight is try and end one of them to see if I can have normal operation while one is down.

I found the file on that startup database. And it coincides with a folder I found on my harddrive that wasn't there a couple of weeks ago - when this problem started!

It's time to take out the trash...