Hi Johnhc Re: missing nhelper Thanks for your feedback, I really appreciated you taking an interest I've now fixed my problem and here's what I did. When I was working through nLite removing stuff, at the last section, Directories, I had originally ticked all the boxes and that's where I went wrong and kept getting the “nhelper missing” error as one of the directories was nLite itself, so obviously if I removed that (which contains the file nhelper) the program would strip it all out and then look for it at the end and not find it, simple or what. Yes I agree, I am thick, but there has been a lot of discussion on this topic, so I'm not the only thicky. As for starting with a new copy each time, there's no need as you can reload your last session at the beginning at the third screen (presets) just tick the box bottom left and this saves you hours of wading through the whole thing again, but I guess you knew that but others may have missed it. (I agree, it is good housekeeping to start with clean stuff) I looked at the posts you suggested and about the SFC, I tried it enabled and disabled and nLite worked okay each time. Thanks again, tictoc