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PhysicsSquirrel · 05-20-2005, 02:12 PM

A program (most likely a virus) appeared in my WINDOWS folder and added itself to the Startup list. Fortunately Norton disallowed it from running. I found the program and deleted it, and now, when I log in, I get an error message that says:

Windows cannot find 'C:\WINDOWS\userint32.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again. To search for a file' click the Start button, and then click Search.

I assumed that the program was still in the Startup list, so it was trying to start up anyway even though the file wasn't there.

I ran msconfig and unchecked userint32.exe in the Startup tab, but got the same error message when I restarted the computer and logged in.

msconfig had the location of the file as SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run
So I looked in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\... and in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\... but the file wasn't in either folder.
I searched the registry and found the file in a couple of places and deleted it. But it still showed up in msconfig and I still got the error message.

So I searched on google and found a topic on this forum that discussed a similar problem, removing items from the Startup tab. I followed one person's instructions to actually delete it from the registry from the \msconfig folder. This did remove the file from the Startup list, but I still got the error message, implying the the program was trying to run even though it's nowhere to be found in the Startup list.

Any suggestions? Is a different program calling userint32.exe so that I would have to find the other program and get rid of it as well?

Thanks.

05-20-2005, 02:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
PhysicsSquirrel Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 11 OS: Windows XP	Undesired program running at startup A program (most likely a virus) appeared in my WINDOWS folder and added itself to the Startup list. Fortunately Norton disallowed it from running. I found the program and deleted it, and now, when I log in, I get an error message that says: Windows cannot find 'C:\WINDOWS\userint32.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again. To search for a file' click the Start button, and then click Search. I assumed that the program was still in the Startup list, so it was trying to start up anyway even though the file wasn't there. I ran msconfig and unchecked userint32.exe in the Startup tab, but got the same error message when I restarted the computer and logged in. msconfig had the location of the file as SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run So I looked in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\... and in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\... but the file wasn't in either folder. I searched the registry and found the file in a couple of places and deleted it. But it still showed up in msconfig and I still got the error message. So I searched on google and found a topic on this forum that discussed a similar problem, removing items from the Startup tab. I followed one person's instructions to actually delete it from the registry from the \msconfig folder. This did remove the file from the Startup list, but I still got the error message, implying the the program was trying to run even though it's nowhere to be found in the Startup list. Any suggestions? Is a different program calling userint32.exe so that I would have to find the other program and get rid of it as well? Thanks.