All of the responses are much appreciated and I thought I would just provide an update on my particular situation. After messing with the file's contents, I found the row...

Sorry it has taken so long to get back to this, I really do appreciate the suggestion.

I tried the solution suggested, but it is still throwing the same error....

That was it, thanks!

For SSMS 2008 the key is found at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Shell\General

Thanks for the help!

Well, I am a glutton for punishment and I just couldn't let something so silly ride and after thinkning about it the re-image would take just about forever since I...

Thanks for the reply, I was hoping more for someone else who has been through this, but alas I stand alone. It is a corporate machine at one of my...

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