Weird folder problem

Hi guys, we've got a NAS server in the office we use to save stuff on and it's mapped to drive letter X. but the odd thing is when we start up photoshop it creates a folder on the X drive, and i have to keep deleting it - it's really annoying actually. it's just on photoshop startup and not any other apps. and you delete the folder and next time you start photoshop up again bang it's back. and it's confusing cos it's making a folder with that computer's username or windows name etc (home folder name i'd call it on linux i suppose but we use windows at work)... so people are going into that folder at work instead of the actual user folder by accident.
can anyone help stop this
cheers

i wonder if anyone knows a way to log the startup of photoshop to check what's doing it?

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