Re: 16 bit program will not run on Win2000

From: Lane (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:07:13 -0700

Dave

When I type in the following at the command prompt, I
receive a message stating No destination specified for:

expand C:\I386\autoexec.nt_c:\winnt\system32\autoexec.nt

Have an idea what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

Lane

>-----Original Message-----
>>From a command prompt you can expand the file. An example;
>
>expand E:\I386\calc.ex_ %windir%\system32\calc.exe
>
>would expand a new copy of calc.exe to the \system32
directory.
>
>Also you'll want to use the correct version for the
service pack level
>you're at. So you may need to extract the file from a
service pack.
>
>To extract the service pack files without installing
them, execute
>J:\W2kSP4\W2KSP4.exe /x
>Then when prompted, specify a directory to hold the
extracted files.
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.
>Microsoft Certified Professional
>Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>"RC" wrote:
>| One of our computers runs a 16 bit (dos based) program.
>| The computer OS was upgraded to Win 2000 Pro, and this
>| program ran o.k.for months. Now it will not run. We get
a
>| message that NT can't run 16 bit programs (paraphrase).
>| Searched ther knowledge base and found a couple of
answers
>| that required expanding files on the installation CD to
>| replace possibly corrupted or missing files. However, I
>| can't get the files to expand. Neither can I get Win
2000
>| to reinstall. Any help or suggestions would be
appreciated.
>
>
>.
>

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