Windows opens with error (/e,/idlist,:516:1720,).

When booting up I get an error message window (contains red circle with white
“X� in it, the error message itself, and an “OK� button). Error message
window name is:

/e,/idlist,:516:1720,

(note that the window name ends in a comma)

The error message is:

Windows cannot find ‘/e,/idlist,:516:1720,’. Make sure you typed the name
correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button,
and then click Search.

The message must be associated with EXPLORER.EXE, because Windows Explorer
opens at bootup whenever this message appears. When this message
mysteriously appears, the numbers (:516:1720, in this case) vary. I’ve
searched the registry for “/e,/idlist,:� and find many instances of it . . .
so I don’t know which instance (if any) is the culprit. The error is somehow
associated with my ID account – if I boot up with another ID, the error does
not happen.

I’ve found that the only way to get rid of the message is to run a system
restore. In the latest case of this problem, the last thing that was
installed was an automatic Java update.

What is causing this problem and how do I prevent or correct it?

One of the folders seem to load during logon. Click Start, Run and type
MSCONFIG.EXE. Select the Startup tab, and see if there are any incomplete
entries (not resolving a file path). If no such entry exists, follow these
steps:

This is caused if one of the startup entries are not formatted correctly in
the registry.

Download Startup Tracker application from this page

Launch the program, and click the "View log" button. Post the contents of
the log file here.

Note: Do not post the following sections:

-- Running Processes --
-- Running Services --

Here's the log, trimmed as requested . . .

-- Registry --
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

No Items Found

-- Registry --
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

High Definition Audio PropertyHDAShCut.exe
SynTPEnh "C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe"
IntelZeroConfig "C:\Program
Files\Intel\Wireless\bin\ZCfgSvc.exe"
IntelWireless "C:\Program
Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\ifrmewrk.exe" /tf Intel PROSet/Wireless
LoadFUJ02E3 "C:\Program Files\Fujitsu\FUJ02E3\FUJ02E3.exe"
IndicatorUtility "C:\Program Files\Fujitsu\Fujitsu Hotkey
Utility\IndicatorUty.exe"
DLA C:\WINDOWS\System32\DLA\DLACTRLW.EXE
igfxhkcmd C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
igfxpers C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe
ShStatEXE "C:\Program Files\Network
Associates\VirusScan\SHSTAT.EXE" /STANDALONE
McAfeeUpdaterUI "C:\Program Files\Network Associates\Common
Framework\UpdaterUI.exe" /StartedFromRunKey
Network Associates Error Repor"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Network
Associates\TalkBack\TBMon.exe"
SpySweeper "C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy
Sweeper\SpySweeperUI.exe" /startintray
Logitech Utility Logi_MwX.Exe
SunJavaUpdateSched "C:\Program
Files\Java\jre1.5.0_08\bin\jusched.exe"
LVCOMSX C:\WINDOWS\system32\LVCOMSX.EXE
LogitechVideoRepair "C:\Program Files\Logitech\Video\ISStart.exe"
LogitechVideoTray "C:\Program Files\Logitech\Video\LogiTray.exe"
RTHDCPL RTHDCPL.EXE
Alcmtr ALCMTR.EXE
AGRSMMSG AGRSMMSG.exe
iTunesHelper "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"

-- Registry --
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

No Items Found

-- Registry --
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

No Items Found

-- Registry --
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

No Items Found

-- Start Menu - Current User --
No Items Found

-- Start Menu - All Users --
No Items Found

-- Disabled Items --
No Items Found

-- Registry - Shell Value - HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon --
Explorer.exe

I don't see any erroneous entries in the listing. See if one of the
following helps:

#1 - Open Folder Options applet, and click the View tab. Deselect the
following option and click OK.

"Restore previous folder windows at logon"

#2 - See if disabling the drive mappings help.

#3 - Inspect the logon scripts (if any)

I sent you that log AFTER I had done a system restore!! That was pretty
brain-dead of me. I will opt to wait until the problem mysteriously
resurfaces, as it surely will.

When the problem comes back, it occurs to me that if I search the registry
for "/e,/idlist,%I,%L," (note that the string ends with a comma), I just
might find the culprit. This string exists in many places in my registry but
it doesn't end with a comma. I think it's the comma that's creating a syntax
violation and thus the error. Hopefully, this tactic will work.

Oops!! I could just log in with my original ID (the error still exists
under that ID account) and THEN search the registry as described . . .

Will try that and see what happens . . .

[vani]

I am getting the same error, can you please suggest on how to remove this pop-up?
There are the steps I have performed to get the error.
1. I removed Windows Explorer and replaced it with custom shell. So, I do not have any desktop on my machine.
2. Ran the msi installer.
3. At the end of the installation, I am getting the idlist error with file not found and it pops up the expolore.
4. I dont want to get this error pop-up.
5. Can you please provide suggestions to this.

[Randall Layton]

If your logging into AD....and you have a space before your entry into the logon cript field...it can cause errors such as this. It may even give you the <domain controller>\NETLOGON path after the comma in the error.