Q74251: MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows Expand Utilities Not Interchangeable

Article: Q74251
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22; WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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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.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.00 3.00a 3.11 DOS 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20

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Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbWFWSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311 kbWFW310 kbWFW311 kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22; WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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