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Corrupt user.exe

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by verd1

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How does one go about fixing a corrupt user.exe file? Is there a way without formating the "C" Drive?

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by nvpaladin

the file is located on the WIN98_42.cab. Go to START>>PROGRAMS>>ACCESORIES>>SYSTEM TOOLS>>SYSTEM INFO. Then go to the Tools button>>SYSTEM FILE CHECKER. There is an option to extract the file from the disk. Hope this helps

by cajundon

Hi Doug, Where are you getting a corrupt user.exe file? If you are getting this message from System File Checker, there is no problem and can be ignored. You can not restore this file, it is a Windows bug and you can not correct it. It does not affect anything in Windows, or stop any program from working properly. Just ignore it.

Good luck and have a great day.

Don Thibodaux, Computer Technology Consultant.

by red dragoon

If you are using Win 95 instead of 98, first of all, shame on you. :P

Second, try extracting the user.exe from the cabinet files.

Determine the location of user.exe.

You can download explicit instructions on extracting files from Microsoft's website. Article Q129605.

Basically it is:

C:\extract /a user.exe /l

Good luck.

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