How to Manually Decompress Word 6.0 for Windows Files

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

Page 12 of the Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows "Quick Results" guide incorrectly states that you can run DECOMP without specifying the destination filename. To manually decompress Word 6.0 for Windows files from the floppy disks, you must specify both the source filename and the destination filename. With previous versions of Word for Windows, only the source filename was necessary.

For example, to decompress the file UNIDRV.DL_ from the Word 6.0 for Windows disks, the simple command syntax is:

   decomp unidrv.dl_ unidrv.dll

MORE INFORMATION

Word 6.0 for Windows files are shipped in a compressed format that requires the program DECOMP.EXE to decompress them. Setup will use DECOMP.EXE to automatically decompress the files with the appropriate destination filenames.

To manually decompress these files, you must run the program DECOMP.EXE located on Disk 1. When you run DECOMP.EXE specifying only the source filename, DECOMP.EXE will read the header of the compressed file to determine the destination filename. If no destination filename is found in the header, DECOMP.EXE uses the source filename as the destination filename. For example, if you run the following command

   decomp unidrv.dl_

   Warning -- the file 'unidrv.dl_' already exists.
   Should I append to that file? Yes or No?

You are then prompted a second time:

   Should I try to overwrite it? Yes or No?

To properly decompress the UNIDRV.DL_ file, run the following command:

   decomp unidrv.dl_  unidrv.dll

You can specify command arguments when you use DECOMP to vary the way files are decompressed. For example, you can specify the source and destination paths for the above files:

   decomp a:\unidrv.dl_ c:\windows\system\unidrv.dll

   decomp [-afq] <srcArg> [<destArg>]

or Switch      Description
---------      -----------

  -a           Appends to the destination file, if it exists.

  -f           Overwrites destination file, if it exists (files
               cannot be decompressed in place).

  -q           Calculates and displays size of uncompressed file
               (does not decompress the file).

  <srcArg>     Specific file or wildcard pattern. Either can be
               preceded by a path.

  <destArg>    (Optional.) Specific file or directory. If <destArg> is
               a directory or omitted, DECOMP generates the
               destination filename using information in the source file
               header. (If the information is missing from the source
               file header, DECOMP uses the source filename itself.)

   decomp and  and algorithm

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word Quick Results," page 12