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EXPAND.EXE is Compressed on Windows NT Media

Article ID: 102872

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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