I used search but couldn't find a solution to my problem. When i use my nLited windows XP install disk, always when i log in, it takes long time and then pops up that "Windows cannot find nhelper blaa blaa.." error message. How i can fix that? I have removed lot's of components from install disk and integrated RyanVM Updatepack. I know tat im not very specific, but if there is a simple solution to this problem..

Did you use clean CD installation to begin with, not previously nlited?
Then if you did please explain in short how to reproduce that issue because it shouldn't ever happen, thx.

Source i used was Windows XP Professional & SP2 integrated (with nLite), nothing removed or tweaked. I have always used this same source and older versions of nLiteI didn't had any problems with this.

I think i can reproduce this nhelper issue every time i use nLite 1.3RC2 and remove components and add few tweaks..

Oh btw, im using RyanVm Updatepack and Ryan's integrator, could that be the cause of this problem, and not nLite? hmm...

EDIT:

I tested XP CD with just RyanVM Updatepack integrated & Ryan's integrator and no nhelper errors..

EDIT2:

I just removed some components, added no tweaks or nothing else. I still got the nhelper error. Someting that i remove must be the cause of this error..

My Last Session.ini:

[Main]
Env = 1.3 RC 2 - 2.0.50727.42.Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
Target = Windows XP Professional SP:2 - 5.1.2600.2180 - English (United States)

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Remove Components

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ClipBook Viewer
Defragmenter
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Internet Games
NT Backup
Paint
Pinball
Wordpad
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Arabic (102) keyboard
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Belarusian keyboard
Belgian (Comma) keyboard
Belgian (Period) keyboard
Belgian French keyboard
Bengali (Inscript) keyboard
Bengali keyboard
Bosnian Cyrillic keyboard
Bosnian keyboard
Bulgarian (Latin) keyboard
Bulgarian keyboard
Canadian French (Legacy) keyboard
Canadian French keyboard
Canadian Multilingual Standard keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0 keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - NeiMa keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - QuanPin keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - ShuangPin keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - US Keyboard keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - ZhengMa keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Alphanumeric keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Array keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Big5 Code keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - ChangJie keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - DaYi keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - New ChangJie keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - New Phonetic keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Phonetic keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Quick keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - Unicode keyboard
Chinese (Traditional) - US Keyboard keyboard
Croatian keyboard
Czech (QWERTY) keyboard
Czech keyboard
Czech Programmers keyboard
Danish keyboard
Devanagari - INSCRIPT keyboard
Divehi Phonetic keyboard
Divehi Typewriter keyboard
Dutch keyboard
Estonian keyboard
Faeroese keyboard
Farsi keyboard
Finnish with Sami keyboard
French keyboard
FYRO Macedonian keyboard
Gaelic keyboard
Georgian keyboard
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German keyboard
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Greek (319) keyboard
Greek (319) Latin keyboard
Greek keyboard
Greek Latin keyboard
Greek Polytonic keyboard
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Hebrew keyboard
Hindi Traditional keyboard
Hungarian 101-key keyboard
Hungarian keyboard
Icelandic keyboard
Inuktitut Latin keyboard
Irish keyboard
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Japanese keyboard
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Korean keyboard
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Latvian keyboard
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Lithuanian keyboard
Luxembourgish keyboard
Malayalam keyboard
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Maori keyboard
Marathi keyboard
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Nepali keyboard
Norwegian keyboard
Norwegian with Sami keyboard
Pashto keyboard
Polish (214) keyboard
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Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT) keyboard
Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT2) keyboard
Portuguese keyboard
Punjabi keyboard
Romanian keyboard
Russian (Typewriter) keyboard
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Sami Extended Finland-Sweden keyboard
Sami Extended Norway keyboard
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Slovak keyboard
Slovenian keyboard
Spanish keyboard
Spanish Variation keyboard
Swedish keyboard
Swedish with Sami keyboard
Swiss French keyboard
Swiss German keyboard
Syriac keyboard
Syriac Phonetic keyboard
Tamil keyboard
Tatar keyboard
Telugu keyboard
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Thai Kedmanee keyboard
Thai Pattachote (non-ShiftLock) keyboard
Thai Pattachote keyboard
Turkish F keyboard
Turkish Q keyboard
Ukrainian keyboard
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United Kingdom keyboard
United States-Dvorak for left hand keyboard
United States-Dvorak for right hand keyboard
United States-Dvorak keyboard
United States-International keyboard
Urdu keyboard
US English Table for IBM Arabic 238_L keyboard
Uzbek Cyrillic keyboard
Vietnamese keyboard
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;Arabic
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FYRO Macedonian
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[KeepFiles]
msconfig.exe

[RemoveFiles]
clock.avi
yahoo.bmp
swtchbrd.bmp

[Options]
ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings"
TargetPath = "WINDOWS"
temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp
AdvTweaks

[Patches]
DoUxTheme

[Services2]

[Tweaks]

[Unattended]
ComputerType = Default
MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12
RestorePointLife = 30
DesktopTheme = Default||
AutoUDay = 5
AutoUHour = 15
ProgFilesPath = "\Program Files"

[NetAdapter1]
connname = ""
macaddress = ""
ipaddress = "192.168.0.1"
subnetmask = "255.255.255.0"
defaultgateway = ""
dnsserver1 = ""
dnsserver2 = ""
winsserver = ""
netbiossetting = "0"
ipxnetworknumber = "00000000"
ipxnetworkframetype = "0xFF"

[GuiRunOnce]

[Drivers]

[Hotfixes]


EDIT3:

I used nLite V1.2.1 with same XP source, same tweaks, same updatepacks and there was no nhelper errors...

No solution for this problem?

i think nhelper was a program that nuhi used/uses to do a certain thing in the installation process, but i'm not sure if its still used

get a clean source and use that

Had this problem myself

Try this:
Put nhelper.exe in $OEM$\$$\nheaper.exe and this should solve your problem

Download:

Is there any real solutions for "nhelper problem" without that above? I met with that little problem at nlite Final 1.3 version, at version 1.3 RC and 1.3 RC2.

Hi, your problem come probably of an integration for security update, i don't know wich is exactly, i have the same problem and i see in my last version i have not nhelper.ex_ on my I386 directory but when i have patch it the new file nhelper.ex_ as present, so it is the upgrade, i search how i can fix it and i tell you on this forum.
See ya


Power is nothing without control, use Linux.

I downloaded the RS file, and I did a F3 search in the registry, and the key says that the path to this missing file is system32, can I just copy the exe??? I already tried deleting the entry but it didn't work

I copied nhelper.exe to c:\winnt (or c:\windows) and c:\winnt (or c:\windows) \system and that seems to have done the trick. I have a feeling that copying it to the windows root folder is what cured the problem.

Well in my case I copied the nhelper.exe to C -> Windows -> System32 and the error is gone

Weird issue, and so rare, let me know if anyone finds out when exactly does it happens.

What you mean when??? In my case every time after the Welcome screen, it's like it searches for the file and if not found you get the error like 6 times

I'm having this exact same issue. It seems that everytime I add any update period and slipstream it, I end up getting this "nhelper cannot be found" error popping up each time I start up windows. The error message will proceed to pop up around 3-6 times before disappearing and windows boots. I tried this by integrating all security updates, by integrating half, and then by integrating just 1. Same error for all. I tried slipstreaming without any updates and it worked fine. I dont get it. I used versions 1.3, 1.35, and version 1.4 beta. All with the same error. Needless to say, I'm burning through CDs like mad . Is there any solution to this problem?

fede777, I meant when like with what kind of usage. Only preset in this thread is by kepademus and he don't want to even test if it is the RVM integrator incompatibility.

Sivok, ok, please attach the preset with which you can get that error on a clean Windows installation files...clean, not previously nLited or by using any other tools after or before it...at least until we figure out what combination causes this.

Ah ok. I've been slipstreaming on an already slipstreamed windows installation. I'll try using a genuine CD and let you know my results.

Ok, here's my .ini so you can take a look at it, it's a slipstream from an older streamed version

I've also countered this problem by putting nhelper.exe in system32, however... the program is called at every start-up, and I cannot find it *anywhere* in the registry, or any references to it in start-up files, etc.

The installation with this error is from a CD made with nLite from an already nLite'd CD - I had to add my SATA drivers to the slipstream install to get it to work on my new laptop.

It doesn't really bug me, it's just that I don't use the welcome screen (I don't want the power options appearing) and the console pops up on boot while executing nhelper.exe.

Anyone know *why* this program is executed, and what tells it to?

hello

i found it

i get tired to find but on the end i get it

its very simple

just go for Registry Edit

Run - regedit

then delate ever nLite and nhelper

thanks a lot

Ok, so I've been re-nliting the same directory for quite some time now, and suddenly I'm getting this error. What is the fix? The error is occuring during the component registration portion of XP's setup. I hit ok, it comes back, I hit ok again, and it's solved but it's causing a hiccup in my process and I can't have that.

Also, what is this : http://www.german-nlite.de/index.php?showtopic=8263 : The germans have a fix?

Looking thru my changes I'd like to know what this file is? In Root\I386\NLITE.IN_

This file is what seems to be different since the error, the file size in my latest one is doubled, but older versions the file is smaller. I cannot read the files contents and would like to... NUHI, any help please?

Ok well I replaced the newer NLITE.IN_ file with the older one pre-error, and the install went through without any hang-ups on the nhelper file. Can someone please tell me how to read the NLITE.IN_ file as it's not legible?

Nothing?

Ok, so I expanded the nlite.in_ both good and bad, and the difference is this:



So, I expanded the nhelper.ex_ and placed in multiple locations within my install media. I'll report back if it works or not. If not... I don't know why nlite is suddenly doing this with my installation when it wasn't doing it originally. Nothing significant has been added to warrant this. Moreover, I don't know what that renamed/moved .DLL is doing or not doing in the first place.

Ok, so we're all set I copied the expanded nhelper.exe into the following locations in my ISO:

.\I386
.\I386\SYSTEM32
.\I386\$OEM$\$$\System32

And I no longer get an error during the XP setup.

So, if you get nhelper errors, expand the nhelper.ex_ file and copy it to those locations within your media, re-save your ISO and you're all set.

To expand the .ex_ file go to a command prompt in your I386 directory and type:

Hello I've the same problem, I fix this problem so easy you can search the file nhelper.exe in google or in other Windows xp installed, in the xp nlite folder into i386 folder (example c:\xplite\i386) you can find NHELPER.EX_
only delete this file and remplace this file for the nhelper.exe, rename as nhelper.ex_

In spanish

hola, he tenido el mismo problema, yo lo arregle muy facil solo se debe buscar el archivo nhelper.exe en google o en otra insttalacion de windows, y en la carpeta que usa nlite para colocar el windows xp dentro de la carpeta i386 (por ejemplo c:\xpcd\i386) se encuentra el archivo NHELPER.EX_
solo se debe borrar este archivo y reemplazar con el .exe renombrandolo como nhelper.ex_


this is the file nhelper.exe, you can download this file

http://rapidshare.com/files/22559683/nhelper.rar.html

este es el archivo nhelper.exe, de aca se puede bajar

I have found a way to disable it without the nlite.exe file. It's a somowhat painful process, but here goes: I searched the registry for "nhelper" and deleted every result which had nlite writen on, I searched for "runonce" and again deleted whatever nlite entries that were found. After a few reboots(one or two) the problem disappears...

This is only useful for those who don't want to have to put that executable in the "System32" folder and have it running at every system startup


This is my first post

I made a CD of Windows XP + XP2 with nLite 1.3.5
I reinstalled Windows with this CD.
Everything worked well, but I get an error message every Windows startup :
Windows doesn't find [nhelper].
I must click 4 times OK to access Windows.
I come up nhelper.ex_ on the ISO image nlite that I had created (or in
C: \ Program Files \ nLite \ nlite.ex_).
I copied the file nhelper.ex_ then I renamed the extension .ex_ in .exe
I copied nhelper.exe under C: \ WINDOWS \ system32.
After reboot I have no more error message.
A priori it is a solution ?

IN FRENCH

J'ai fait un CD de Windows XP+XP2 avec nLite 1.3.5
J'ai réinstallé Windows avec ce CD.
Tout à bien fonctionné, mais j'ai un message d'erreur à chaque démarrage de Windows :
Windows ne trouve pas nhelper.
Je dois cliquer 4 fois sur OK pour accéder à Windows.
J'ai touvé nhelper.ex_ sur l'image ISO nlite que j'avais crée (ou sur
C:\Program Files\nLite\nlite.ex_).
J'ai copié le ficier nhelper.ex_ puis j'ai renommé l'extension .ex_ en .exe
J'ai copié nhelper.exe sous C:\WINDOWS\system32.
Au redémarrage je n'ai plus de message d'erreur.
A priori c'est une solution ?

Hi

I've had the same problem when i've used my nLited windows XP install disk.
I don't know when it's happen but
i found a solution to resolve the error message when xp is installed.
You should find in the registry some keys wich have in their values "nlite.inf" with "launch" something ...
Sorry but i haven't note it before
Theirs two keys to delete and after Xp will start faster and without error message !!!

@+

I FOUND HOW TO FIX IT!!!

1. Go to c:/windows/inf (folder is hidden)
2. Find nlite.inf
3. Remove the last 4-5 lines (the with "nhelper" in)
4. Save the file.
5. Reboot!!

First place, this tool nhelper.exe was ment to help but instead creates such a mess...
Well, in fact the problem was sloved years ago by a romanian(me) , since nuhi decided to add this tool, a bad decision I may add, you got the ideea but there's a much easier way to "fix" this:

1. go to i386 and delete nhelper.ex_
2.locate i386\textsetup.sif - edit with notepad - search(F3) for "nhelper" and delete all the rows that contain this, use extra care DO NOT DEL any "nlite"
3.locate i386\nlite.in_ copy it to desktop, expand it, edit in notepad - F3 search for "nhelper" and delete all the rows that contain this, save and close
at this point you have your nlite.ini without nhelper. now use compression bin by jcarle.com and the result nlite.in_ put it back to your i386.

This way windows won't even know about nhelper.exe and therefore will not ask for it - that's the point

this method was tested an it worked each time i customised my unatand installations...

Regards,
Firekeeper

This is such an old problem.

The interesting thing is.....

I've searched the registry and found the following:
(Export of registry entried and I've removed the irrelevant stuff...)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache]

"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\nhelper.exe"="nLite Helper Tool"


Look, nhelper.exe is called the nLite Helper Tool....

Strange....

I've deleted those registry entries (there are two of them.)

I've restarted more than 5 times.

Firstly, the welcome screen is dsiplayed a LOT longer, so boot-up takes longer and the error still comes up.

HELP