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new in WS2003

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Extracts compressed files from distribution disks.

Syntax

 expand [-r]   Source     Destination   expand -r   Source   [   Destination   ] expand -d   Source   .cab [-f:   Files   ] expand   Source   .cab -f:   Files Destination   

Options

Source

Names of files to extract (can include path and wildcards).

Destination

Where to extract the files to (path). When extracting multiple files without the -r switch, the destination must be a directory.

-d

Displays source files but doesn't extract them.

-f:Files

Specifies files in a cabinet ( .cab ) file that you want to expand (can use wildcards).

-r

Renames files after extracting them.

Examples

Display the compressed files within the DEPLOY.CAB file in \SUPPORT\TOOLS on the product CD:

  expand D:\SUPPORT\TOOLS\DEPLOY.CAB -d  Microsoft (R) File Expansion Utility  Version 5.2.3763.0 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.     d:\support\tools\deploy.cab: cvtarea.exe d:\support\tools\deploy.cab: oformat.com d:\support\tools\deploy.cab: setupmgr.exe d:\support\tools\deploy.cab: factory.exe d:\support\tools\deploy.cab: setupcl.exe d:\support\tools\deploy.cab: sysprep.exe d:\support\tools\deploy.cab: deploy.chm d:\support\tools\deploy.cab: readme.txt d:\support\tools\deploy.cab: ref.chm     9 files total. 

Expand Setup Manager to the \stuff folder on C : drive:

  expand D:\SUPPORT\TOOLS\DEPLOY.CAB -f:setupmgr.exe C:\stuff  Microsoft (R) File Expansion Utility  Version 5.2.3763.0 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.     Expanding d:\support\tools\deploy.cab to c:\stuff\setupmgr.exe. 

Verify the result:

  dir c:\stuff  Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is D405-058E     Directory of c:\stuff     03/26/2003  12:14 PM    <DIR>          . 03/26/2003  12:14 PM    <DIR>          .. 02/04/2003  07:08 PM           529,408 setupmgr.exe                1 File(s)        529,408 bytes                2 Dir(s)   8,047,779,840 bytes free 

Notes

This command is also available from the Recovery Console.

See Also

Recovery Console