Article: Q85256
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s):
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Last Modified: 09-OCT-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11
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SUMMARY
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The Expand utility (EXPAND.EXE) included with the Microsoft Windows version 3.1
contains a command line switch, -R, to automatically rename an expanded Windows
3.1 file after copying it to the destination drive.
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The Expand utility is used to copy and decompress files that are stored on the
Windows 3.1 distribution disks. The -R switch automatically renames the
destination file.
For example, to expand the WINHELP.EX_ file from Microsoft Windows 3.1 disk 1 and
have the file automatically renamed to WINHELP.EXE on the destination drive, do
the following:
1. Copy the EXPAND.EXE file from disk 3 of the 3.1 install disks to the Windows
directory if it is not already there.
2. From the Windows directory, type the following
expand -r a:winhelp.ex_ c:\windows
where "a:" is the source disk and "c:\windows" is the destination drive and
directory.
WINHELP.EX_ will be renamed to WINHELP.EXE, and the following message will be
displayed:
Expanding A:WINHELP.EX_ to C:\WINDOWS\WINHELP.EXE.
A:WINHELP.EX_: 163861 bytes expanded to 256192 bytes, 56% increase.
The -R switch only works on files that were compressed with this feature. If the
-R switch is used on a file that is not compatible with this feature, the
following may occur:
- The last character of the filename extension is replaced with a space.
- The following error message is displayed:
ERROR - Can't open input file: -r
KBCategory: kbusage kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win31
Additional query words: 3.10 3.1 3.11
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Keywords :
Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
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