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.. and it came to pass that Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.d
emon.co.uk> uttered forth:
>In article <41lcessf3a5kukrim25p2oudk5rf4plgte@4ax.com>, Harry 
>Broomhall
><haeb@pc60.demon.co.uk> writes
>>   If you cant run *any* .exe file then Windows simply will not start.
>>Which leads me to feel that the problem may not be as stated.
>
>Windows starts , but attempting to run anything including Win Explorer,
>OE, etc al) brings up a Windows dialogue saying something to the effect
>"mueexe.exe not found; needed for file association .exe", and asking to
>be told where the file is located.

I don't suppose that this is an anti-virus scanning program, is it?
Something set in the registry to scan executables on launch, and
the reg can't find this particular app when calling a scanner. Just a
thought.

If this is the case, try performing a find in the registry for this
filename - the reg or hive key may give some clue to its purpose or
origin.
<snip>
>
>His dealer told him to reinstall windows, loosing all his data - which
>is not backed up :-(

A reinstall of Windoze (over an existing version) doesn't actually
cause a loss of data, unless it attempts to create a "My
Documents" folder and - finding one - overwrites everything with a
blank folder.... does it? It should be possible to archive the data
onto another disk or folder at least to have a backup.
-- 
 
"Dungeon" Dave, in anti-harvest mode...

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