When booting up Windows 7, getting error ,"the program can't start because LayoutDll12Oem.dll is missing from your computer"

The problem is that the Environment System Path was changed by a previous installation. In my case it was Quicken 2008.  It removed many paths from the system path.  It changed the path from

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\OEM\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\OEM\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\OEM\12.0\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio\OEM\AudioCore\

to

 %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem

Notice that the Roxio stuff was removed.  Just replace the missing elements in your path and the problem will be resolved.

Hi,

Method 1:

I would suggest you to place the computer in clean boot and check for the issue:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Note: Place the computer back to the normal startup after you have finished troubleshooting by following the step 7 from the above link.

Method 2:

You can also refer the below link for troubleshooting that talks about the same issue as you are facing and check if it helps:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpromedia/thread/8d25cd36-5fe4-4691-9b68-433ebd60a717