Microsoft KB Archive/64464

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Word 5.50: Manually Decompressing Files with SETUP.EXE

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Q64464

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for MS-DOS, versions 5.5, 6.0

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SUMMARY
Most files on the Word 5.5 and 6.0 disks are compressed, and can be distinguished from the uncompressed files by the dollar sign ($) that occupies the last character position in the file extension.

The Setup program will automatically decompress a compressed file when it copies the file to disk during the installation of Word. Setup can also be used to decompress a file using the following command syntax:

  SETUP /d [source file] [destination file] In order for Setup to decompress a file using this command syntax, the WORD55.INF file must be located in the same drive and directory path as SETUP.EXE. If Setup does not find this file, Setup will display the message &quot;Information file is not in current directory&quot; and the specified file will not be decompressed successfully.

If no destination file is specified when Setup is invoked, Setup will create an uncompressed file on disk with the name that is stored in the compressed file's header.