Hi,
Got to work this morning and needed to reboot my computer. When I started up IE, guess what, no search menu!!!! I'm pretty sure I rebooted the other day after running thru the procedure a second time. Anyway, that balmbin executable was still there so I downloaded "Killbox" and ran thru the above instructions. After reboot, it not only removed the executable but a positive side effect was that it eliminated all the junk links from my "Favorites" list. GREAT!!!!
All appears to be well for now!!!
THANKS FOR ALL THE ASSISTANCE AND THE TIMELY RESPONSE TO MY QUESTIONS!!!!!