OFF: Extract Command Copies Cabinet File Structure

• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Access 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Access, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

When you extract a file from a cabinet file on a source disk, the cabinet's directory structure may be appended to the destination path where the file is copied. This may place the file in an unexpected location on your hard disk.

WORKAROUND

To copy a file from a source disk without appending the cabinet's file directory structure do the following:

1. From the MS-DOS command prompt, switch to the root directory by typing the following and pressing ENTER:

         CD C:
   

2. Insert Disk 1 for the product, and type the following and press ENTER:

         Copy a:\extract.exe
   

3. Insert the disk that has the file you want to extract and use the following syntax at the command prompt and press ENTER:

         Extract A:\<cabinet filename>  /c  C:\<path name>\<filename>
   

   Extract A:\msoff2.cab  /c  C:\windows\system\mso95.dll

MORE INFORMATION

If you extract the file Mso95.dll to C:\Windows\System using the either of the following commands command

   Extract  A:\msoff2.cab  /L  C:\Windows\System Mso95.dll

   -or-

   Extract a:\msoff2.cab Mso95.dll

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120006
   TITLE     : How to Copy Files from Cabinets on DMF-Formatted Disks.

   ARTICLE-ID: Q135657
   TITLE     : Microsoft Office 7.0 Disks 1-8 .CAB Contents (DMF)

   ARTICLE-ID: Q135658
   TITLE     : Microsoft Office 7.0 Disks 9-16 .CAB Contents (DMF)

   ARTICLE-ID: Q135659
   TITLE     : Microsoft Office 7.0 Disks 17-24 .CAB Contents (DMF)