MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows Expand Utilities Not Interchangeable (74251)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Windows 3.1
- Microsoft Windows 3.11
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q74251
The EXPAND.EXE utilities that come with Microsoft Windows and the MS-DOS
are not interchangeable. For example, if you try to expand compressed
MS-DOS 6.x or Windows 3.1 file using the EXPAND command from MS-DOS 5.0 you
receive the following error message:
Input file <filename> already in expanded format.
If a problem occurs when expanding files from the Windows or MS-DOS disks,
use the respective EXPAND.EXE file that came with the product.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/7/2005 |
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Keywords: | KB74251 |
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