Error Message At Bootup

"NewScience" wrote:

> 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 RemoveThis @charter.net> wrote in message
> news:4BmEg.334$9h.285@newsfe05.lga...
> >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
> >
>
>
>

"NewScience" wrote:

> 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 RemoveThis @charter.net> wrote in message
> news:4BmEg.334$9h.285@newsfe05.lga...
> >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
> >
>
>
>