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by computercare Sep 14, 2001 last reply Oct 10, 2001 2 views

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I am working on a Compaq Presario 5020, and when Windows 98 loads, I receive 2 boxes saying:
Cannot find the file "BRUKEXPSFQR.EXE" (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available.
I get the same message for the MSREXE.EXE file also.
What are these files used for in WIN 98?
Will I need them?

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by estebandelatorre Sep 14, 2001

If after clicking OK, every aplication that you need is working, yeah, you do not need them.
In order to disable them from running at startup, search the registry for "run" or, "runonce" or by the .exe names, and look for the exe's names, and simply delete the complete key.
You may also find some "auto-run" entries in the win.ini or in the winstart.bat file

by computercare Oct 10, 2001

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by csmith Sep 14, 2001

Have you run the latest COMPAQ CD to diagnose this?
When Windows can't find the program (file) the program is not loaded, and thus (obviously) is not running.
What these functions are I don't know.
I searched for these files on some nonCOMPAQ machines, and they were not loaded. (None of the COMPAQs are available right now.)
This means the programs are specific to COMPAQs.
Is anything not working?
Regards, Chris

by computercare Oct 10, 2001

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by bala Sep 16, 2001

To solve the MSREXE.EXE error message, I have listed four procedures.
1. Open c:\windows\win.ini and look for the lines; run=MSREXE.exe load=MSREXE.exe
Delete 'MSREXE.exe' from these lines.
2. Open c:\windows\system.ini.
Replace the line; shell = Explorer.exe MSREXE.exe with shell = Explorer.exe
3. Run regedit.exe
Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Delete any keys with the value; 'MSREXE.exe'
4. Run regedit.exe
Go to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command
If the trojan use this method to load itself, the value in this key will typically be
"WINDOS \"%1\" %*"
Replace this value with; "\"%1\" %*" (by simply removing WINDOS from the beginning of the line.)

by computercare Oct 10, 2001

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by avskanth Sep 16, 2001

Msrexe.exe is a trojan virus. Msrexe.exe is being executed in the system.ini file. Click Start, run and type "edit c:\windows\system.ini" (without quotes). find the line "shell=Explorer.exe msrexe.exe" and change it to
"shell=Explorer.exe".

The other file error is also caused due to this virus. Visit the following weblink for cleaning the virus from your Presario.

http://www.pccomputernotes.com/viruses/backdoorg2.htm