Error Message At Bootup

I recently tried Internet Explorer 7 beta. Didn't like it. Uninstalled it
from the Add/Remove utiltiy
Did a search on the C drive for anything to do with it, and deleted a
few items the search found.
Searched the Registry and found a few items, and deleted them.

After reboot, before it would come up to the Desktop, I got an error
message I had to Ok out of to get on to the Desktop.
"Windows cannot find %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe"
I checked in the System32 folder and the cmd.exe file was there and
working.

I then went back into the Registry and found a line in the right pane of
Hkey_Local_Machine\Software|Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
RunOnce
String Value called IERESETICONS
Under Data, it's called %SystemRootT\system32\cmd.exe /d /q /c
%SystemRoot%\iereseticons
Thinking this was the culprit, I deleted it.
My search on the Internet for the word IERESETICONS came up
to do with Internet Explorer 7 beta

When I delete IERESETICONS, the next time I rebooted, I no
longer got the error message, BUT - the item shows back up in
RunOnce and when I rebooted the next time, I got the error message
again.

I've looked in the RUN folder just above and it's not there. Also in
the Run folder under Hkey_Current_User
Also I looked in the Startup folder in Programs
I did a search of the C drive and the Registry again, nothing showed up.

I did a System Restore back before I installed IE 7 beta, but that didn't
help either.

I did a Google search, and surprisingly I only found one item with no
answer to the problem.

How do I stop this error message from showing up after every bootup ?

Paul Berkow
Leicester, North Carolina

What happened to %SystemRoot%\iereseticons?

What is happening is that that script file, does something that resets IE7
icons back to IE6 icons and then resets something in the registry that does
not put that item back in RunOnce.

If you are getting RunOnce item replaced on next reboot, there is something
else in the registry that is checking for something and since it is not
present (or present), replaces the RunOnce.

What I would try, rerun IE7 installation ... up to a point. Find the folder
where the item has been expanded, ready to be installed, and find the
subfolder update. Supposedly, in that folder is iereseticons.exe.

Do not install IE7 ... just monitor the folder until files are extracted.

You cannot delete files left behind after an Add/Remove until after you
reboot at least once. Certain items maybe placed in the RunOnce (or any of
the Run keys), for final cleanup on next reboot.

"Paul Berkow" <427450 DeleteThis @charter.net> wrote in message
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>I recently tried Internet Explorer 7 beta. Didn't like it. Uninstalled it
> from the Add/Remove utiltiy
> Did a search on the C drive for anything to do with it, and deleted a
> few items the search found.
> Searched the Registry and found a few items, and deleted them.
>
> After reboot, before it would come up to the Desktop, I got an error
> message I had to Ok out of to get on to the Desktop.
> "Windows cannot find %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe"
> I checked in the System32 folder and the cmd.exe file was there and
> working.
>
> I then went back into the Registry and found a line in the right pane of
> Hkey_Local_Machine\Software|Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
> RunOnce
> String Value called IERESETICONS
> Under Data, it's called %SystemRootT\system32\cmd.exe /d /q /c
> %SystemRoot%\iereseticons
> Thinking this was the culprit, I deleted it.
> My search on the Internet for the word IERESETICONS came up
> to do with Internet Explorer 7 beta
>
> When I delete IERESETICONS, the next time I rebooted, I no
> longer got the error message, BUT - the item shows back up in
> RunOnce and when I rebooted the next time, I got the error message
> again.
>
> I've looked in the RUN folder just above and it's not there. Also in
> the Run folder under Hkey_Current_User
> Also I looked in the Startup folder in Programs
> I did a search of the C drive and the Registry again, nothing showed up.
>
> I did a System Restore back before I installed IE 7 beta, but that didn't
> help either.
>
> I did a Google search, and surprisingly I only found one item with no
> answer to the problem.
>
> How do I stop this error message from showing up after every bootup ?
>
> Paul Berkow
> Leicester, North Carolina
>