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Q110495: Self-Extracting Files on NTFS Don’t Work from Command Prompt

Article: Q110495
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kbinterop
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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If a directory on an NTFS volume has more than eight characters, you cannot run
any self-extracting files in that directory from a Windows NT command prompt.
Another prompt appears, but the file never self-extracts.

WORKAROUND
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You can run the self-extracting file by double-clicking it from File Manager.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT
Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem was corrected in Windows NT version
3.5.

Additional query words: prodnt zip compressed pak arj lzh

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbinterop 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW310 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS310 kbWinNTAdvSerSearch kbWinNTAdvServ310 kbWinNTS310search kbWinNT310Search kbWinNTW310Search
Version           : 3.1

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