Microsoft KB Archive/198405

= Cannot Use Ext.exe with Mini.cab, Precopy1.cab, or Precopy2.cab =

Article ID: 198405

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q198405



SYMPTOMS
When you try to use the Ext.exe program on the Windows 98 Startup disk to extract files from the Mini.cab, Precopy1.cab, or Precopy2.cab file on the Windows 98 CD-ROM, you may receive the following error message:

No matching files.



CAUSE
The Ext.exe program does not search these cabinet (.cab) files by default.



RESOLUTION
To extract a file from the Mini.cab, Precopy1.cab, or Precopy2.cab file using Ext.exe, type "ext " (without quotation marks) at the command prompt, where is the name of the cabinet file from which you want to extract a file. For example, to extract a file from the Mini.cab file, type "ext mini.cab." You are then prompted for the location of the Windows 98 .cab files and the name of the file you want to extract.

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