Extract from CD?

[jt3]

Pardon a dumb question, but is there any facility for extracting a .dll or
..exe from the XP CD, as there is in Win 9x? It seems as if there isn't, and
it certainly doesn't seem likely, looking at the directory of the disk. SFC
doesn't seem to have any provision for this, either, other than what's
already stored on the hd.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Pardon a dumb question, but is there any facility for extracting a .dll or
.exe from the XP CD, as there is in Win 9x? It seems as if there isn't, and
it certainly doesn't seem likely, looking at the directory of the disk. SFC
doesn't seem to have any provision for this, either, other than what's
already stored on the hd.

Thanks,
Joe

Of course there is! Simply use a command like the following:

expand f:\i386\find.ex_ c:\find.exe

 

[Wesley Vogel]

EXPAND D:\I386\NTBACKUP.EX_ %windir%\system32\ntbackup.exe

EXPAND E:\I386\ARIAL.TT_ C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ARIAL.TTF

Expand command help.
Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

hh ntcmds.chm::/expand.htm

Expand a file at a command prompt

To use Expand.exe at a command prompt, follow these steps:

1. Insert your Windows XP installation disk into your CD drive or DVD
drive.

2. Click Start, click Run, type Cmd and then click OK.

3. Type cd\ and then press ENTER.

4. At the command prompt, type expand source destination, where source
is the path to the file that you want to expand on the Windows XP
installation disk, and destination is the path to the location where you
want to save the file, and then press ENTER.

From...
How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888017

Expand a file from the Run line

To use Expand.exe from the Run line, follow these steps:

1. Insert your Windows XP installation disk into your CD drive
or DVD drive.

2. Click Start, click Run, type expand source destination, where
source is the path to the file that you want to expand on the Windows XP
installation disk, and destination is the path to the location where you
want to save the file, and then click OK.

From...
How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888017

To use Expand File in Msconfig.exe, follow these steps:

1. Insert your Windows XP installation disk into your CD drive or DVD drive.

2. Click Start, click Run, type Msconfig and then click OK.

3. On the General tab, click Expand File.

4. In the File to restore box, type the name of the file you want to expand.
Or, to locate the file you want to replace, click Browse File and then
click Open.

5. In the Restore from box, type the path from which to restore the file.
Or, to locate the source file you want to expand on your Windows XP
installation disk, click Browse From, and then click Open.

6. If the Save file in box is not already populated from step 4, type the
path to which you want the file to be restored. Or, to locate the
destination folder you want to expand the file into, click Browse To and
then click OK.

7. Click Expand.

From...
How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888017

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[jt3]

EXPAND D:\I386\NTBACKUP.EX_ %windir%\system32\ntbackup.exe

EXPAND E:\I386\ARIAL.TT_ C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ARIAL.TTF

Expand command help.
Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

hh ntcmds.chm::/expand.htm

Expand a file at a command prompt

To use Expand.exe at a command prompt, follow these steps:

1. Insert your Windows XP installation disk into your CD drive or DVD
drive.

2. Click Start, click Run, type Cmd and then click OK.

3. Type cd\ and then press ENTER.

4. At the command prompt, type expand source destination, where source
is the path to the file that you want to expand on the Windows XP
installation disk, and destination is the path to the location where you
want to save the file, and then press ENTER.

From...
How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888017

Expand a file from the Run line

To use Expand.exe from the Run line, follow these steps:

1. Insert your Windows XP installation disk into your CD drive
or DVD drive.

2. Click Start, click Run, type expand source destination, where
source is the path to the file that you want to expand on the Windows XP
installation disk, and destination is the path to the location where you
want to save the file, and then click OK.

From...
How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888017

To use Expand File in Msconfig.exe, follow these steps:

1. Insert your Windows XP installation disk into your CD drive or DVD drive.

2. Click Start, click Run, type Msconfig and then click OK.

3. On the General tab, click Expand File.

4. In the File to restore box, type the name of the file you want to expand.
Or, to locate the file you want to replace, click Browse File and then
click Open.

5. In the Restore from box, type the path from which to restore the file.
Or, to locate the source file you want to expand on your Windows XP
installation disk, click Browse From, and then click Open.

6. If the Save file in box is not already populated from step 4, type the
path to which you want the file to be restored. Or, to locate the
destination folder you want to expand the file into, click Browse To and
then click OK.

7. Click Expand.

From...
How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888017

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Thank you, both Pegasus and Wes. I was looking for the wrong verb,
apparently, thinking of 'extract', not 'expand'. But I should have guessed
there'd be a KB on it. Worked just fine--

Thanks again,
Joe

 

[Wesley Vogel]

"Expand
Extracts a file from a compressed file. Use this command to extract a driver
file from a cabinet (.cab) or compressed file."

Searching for extract in Help and Support brings up Expand. ;-)

Keep having fun, Joe.

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[jt3]

What may be quite obvious in one situation isn't always in another.

Help and Support searched for 'extract' does indeed bring up a discussion
about extracting from a compressed file, but I failed to recognize the
contents of the XP disc, except for the MAPI subdirectory, as having any
..cab files and thus didn't see that as pertinent. I have WinZip and
generally use that, though I know the decompression facility is there in XP,
so I'm accustomed to looking for the WinZip icon for them.

To make matters worse, and I probably shouldn't admit to it, I failed to
check the i386 root directory (not the disk root) but sailed right on to
look at the subfolders, so didn't see all the 'wxyz.ex_' which might have
tipped me off, if I'd seen it and thought about it. Pegasus' answer clued
me in to that, however.

I realise that most questions are answered with a little time and patience
on the questioner's part without taxing others; in this case I thought that
either I was missing the proper command and couldn't find it in help, or
that XP, with its emphasis on 'black box' maintenance, had eliminated this
more prosaic approach to upkeep.

Thanks again, for your time and patience,
Joe

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Yes, hind site is always 20/20. ;-) And the solutions always look easy
from the other direction.

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