Immediately after logging in, a small 'message' box appearred over systray stating, "Operation has failed. Operation execution failed. Description: See operation log for details." Just started last night. ALSO, I am not alone in suffering from this issue. Other MSFT forums have begun to report the problem...and everybody is baffled! I WONDER IF this 'Operation failed' message is something created to resemble an official Win 7 error message. I can't find any Windows log for this error. I opened Windows 7 Event Viewer utility, searched the logs thoroughly, and couldn't find any 'events' (or errors) matching this 'Operation has failed'. Checked other areas where Win 7 stores logs...and again, nothing. This 'Operation has Failed' message is quite vague too. No error code is mentioned. The message's error icon looks more early Vista than like a Windows 7 system icon. Again, I wonder if this error was even generated by Windows 7! So, I wonder if this error message is associated with something that is not a part of Windows 7! (I ran a full scan with Microsoft Security Essentials: no malware was reported. I will run additional scans with other anti-virus software.) So far, in spite of much effort, I have not found a solution. HECK, I can't even determine the true nature or source of this issue. Even System Restore did not resolve the issue! HAS ANYBODY ENCOUNTERED THIS ISSUE YET? People on the Windows 7 forum of Microsoft Answers have reported the same 'Operation Failed' message...and nobody can figure out what to do about it! All replies will be deeply appreciated. Thank you, Preston MitchellPreston Mitchell

Operation failed from experience has pointed to printers having issues. Remove any printers reboot see if you get the error. Run Malwarebytes to check for any malware causing a probelm

Thank you for your reply. I already ran Malwarebytes...after running MSFT Security...and Malwarebytes came back clean. I will look into the printer as the cause....but it would unusual for everybody on Microsoft Answers forum, who are reporting the same error issue, to have printer problems too....but it is worth exploring...no doubt, TY.Preston Mitchell

UPDATE on Mysterious Error Code I am with MSFT Windows 7 Tech Support at this moment. They sent me to MSFT Security division first. The security technicians were clueless. They sent me back to Win 7 technicians. The lower level technician was clueless as well. MSFT Tech Support has never seen a Win 7 error of the type described above. I was bumped to a higher level technician who took remote control of my PC and ran a system file scan, which showed no corrupted W7 system files. It is the opinion of this MSFT Level 2 technician that malware is the culprit. They had me boot into safe mode with networking to run Malwarebytes again. If nothing shows up after Malwarebytes completes, MSFT Tech says they want to send me to an even higher level technician...they seem concerned. :-( Preston Mitchell

Hi, It seems that this issue is caused by 3rd party software. Please open Task Manager, then check whether there is the error dialog under Application tab. If so, please right-click the application name, then hit go to process=>Post the process name here. Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.