Did you copy or rename it?

I did not copy or rename it myself, but I have no idea what the FINDEMPEG program does to the file "under the hood". Findempeg may very well do a rename as part of its process, which would account for this behavior (since I have also put Findempeg in my startup group which would explain why even a reboot did not fix the problem). I will see whether or not that is the root of the problem by messing with it some more.

Thanks for that very informative link.