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# EXPAND.EXE is Compressed on Windows NT Media

Article ID: 102872

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

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