Microsoft KB Archive/102872

= EXPAND.EXE is Compressed on Windows NT Media =

Article ID: 102872

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

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This article was previously published under Q102872



SYMPTOMS
The EXPAND.EXE file found on the distribution disks and CD-ROM of Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server is compressed; therefore, it cannot be used to expand files.



WORKAROUND
 If you can restart (reboot) into MS-DOS, you may be able to use EXPAND.EXE from the MS-DOS directory or Windows 3.1 directory to expand files from the Windows NT disks or CD-ROM. -or-

  You may also find EXPAND.EXE on one of the following Setup disks:                                 3.5 (1.44K)  5.25 (1.2K) Operating System             Disk #       Disk # --  MS-DOS 6.0                    1            1 Windows 3.1                  3            3 Windows for Workgroups 3.1   6            8 

For more information on how to use EXPAND.EXE, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

expanding and original and win3 and compressed

Additional query words: wfw wfwg prodnt

Keywords: kbsetup KB102872

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