Why 2 Desktop Windows IN Finder after RESTART?

After EVERY restart (whether internal or external drive) Two IDENTICAL windows appear in front
Each window lists two item: 1-icon and name of the internal HD (and external drive if any) AND
2- the NETWORK icon similar too what we see in the System Preferences window for internet, etc.
What kind of setting, where, needs to be altered so that does not occur.
It's happening on two different mac MINI's (to which changes have been made with software, butwhat did what.)

Found answer in another post on a different topic. Reset the startup disc preference and locked it
(had previously restarted from 3 different discs. here's the site/info
Apple.com > Support > Discussions > Mac Pro (previous to 2009) > Using your Mac Pro
Search Results » Messages: 9 - Search Terms: "network boot"
Your Mac "writes down" the preferred Startup Disk in Parameter RAM. That is often your Hard Drive, but at times it could be a CD or an external drive. You cannot eliminate the additional choices, and you would not want to. What you want to do is make a selection from all available and have that selection be remembered. If there is a remembered selection, that choice will be highlighted when you open Startup Disk preference.
Open that preference and Click on your Hard drive to select it. If you close the preference and re-open it, the Hard Drive will be still be selected. As long as there is stable power to your Mac, that preference will be remembered.

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