uncompress a file compressed using compress.exe

Ian Lochray — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:22:54 GMT

I have a file that was compressed on WIndows 2003 using the resource kit utility compress.exe. How do I uncompress it?
The documentation says use expand.exe but there is no expand.exe in the resource kit.

Re: uncompress a file compressed using compress.exe

Edgar Zapata — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:41:16 GMT

Hi Ian,

Have you tried extract.exe instead?

You can find it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=49AE8576-9BB9-4126-9761-BA8011FABF38&displaylang=en

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools

But here's the expand.exe tool. you'll have to add the .exe extension.

Hope it helps.

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uncompress a file compressed using compress.exe

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