Expand and Expndw32: Expand Compressed Files

You can use two utilities to expand one or more compressed files from your Windows NT CD, or a file that you compressed by using compress.

You can use Expndw32, the Windows NT–based expand utility, in one of these ways:

If you have installed the Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit, you can double-click the Expand Files icon in the File Tools program group.

From My Computer or Windows NT Explorer, open the Expndw32.exe file. If you have installed the Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit, this utility is in the folder into which you installed the Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit. On the Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit CD, use the version that corresponds to the hardware platform that you are using.

For help while you are using the utility, choose the Help button or press F1.

The MS-DOS-based expand utility runs from the command line. Type the expand command with the appropriate options, as shown in the table:

expand [-r] source [destination]

Option	Description

-r	Renames expanded files.
source	Specifies the source file. The "*" and "?" wildcards can be used.
destination	Specifies the destination file or path. The destination can be a folder. If source specifies multiple files and the -r option is not specified, then destination must be a folder.