Same issue after purchasing a new photosmart. And could not find that file anywhere on my Pavilion. Solution, disable all HP startup programs. Problem solved. And will be better solved when I replace the Pavilion soon, with other than another HP tower, though I have used them for years, this issue has been around since at least 2007 (Google search) and since HP has not seen fit to fix it, well, I will fix it myself by moving to a new machine, which was on the horizon anyway, just not another HP machine.
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