Question : Windows cannot find c:\windows\installshield.e<wbr />xe

Every time Windows boots up I get an error message.  The contents of the error message are:

Windows cannot find "c:\windows\installshield.exe". Makes sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.  To search for a file, click the start button, and then click search.

the file is not located anywhere on the computer and I cannot find anywhere on experts-exchange that talks about this issue.

I have done a disk cleanup and gotten rid of all my temp files, I have run all the registy cleaners I can think of.

Help!

Answer : Windows cannot find c:\windows\installshield.e<wbr />xe

Hi,

Yes, change that userinit key under winlogon to just say: C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe and not anything else.

AND, change your shell command to just say Explorer.exe

HTH