Expand.exe: File Expansion UtilityNEW

This command-line tool enables you to expand files that have been compressed by Compress.exe: File Compression Utility. Expand can also extract compressed files from a cabinet (.cab) file. Microsoft® Windows® 2000 includes Driver.cab, which contains thousands of files, and users can use this tool to expand one or a few from this cabinet for system recovery.

Expand Syntax

One Stepexpand [-r] Source Destination [-?]

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One Stepexpand -r Source [f:Files] [Destination] [-?]

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One Stepexpand -d Source.cab [-f:Files] [-?]

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One Stepexpand Source.cab -f:Files Destination [-?]

Where:

-r
renames compressed files.
-d
displays list of files in source.
Source
specifies the source file. The * and ? wildcard characters can be used.
f:Files
lists names of files to expand from a .cab. Use f:* to expand all files from a .cab.
Destination
specifies the destination file or path. The destination can be a folder. If source contains multiple files and -r is not specified, then destination must be a folder.
-?
shows command-line help.

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