ginner1980,
I have a few questions about this error. Can you give us the exact error message (especially if it states a program is not finding it)? What version of Vista are you running?
Couple things to try.
- Try to clean boot the system and see if the error occurs. If it doesn't then that would indicate that a program is trying to use the file and can't find it. Then you can narrow down what program and reinstall it. Here is a link to the information on clean boot.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
- Run the System File Checker. Here is a link on how to run the SFC.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936212/
Mike Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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