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Extract.exe

Brief explination of extract.exe

When running:
C:\Windows\Command\Extract.exe

This is what you get:
(\y)(\a)(\d:\e)(\l dir)cabinet(filename...)
(\y)source(new name)
extract(\y)\c source destination

Below is the format that needs to be met to use the function.
File name
Name of file to extract from a cabinet. wild cards and multiple file names (seperated by a blank) may be used.
Source compressed file (a cabinet with only one file).
New name new file name to give the extract file. If not supplied, the original name is used.

\a process all cabinets.follows cabinet chain starting in first cabinet mentioned.
\c copy source file to destination (to copy from dmf disks).
\d display cabinet directory (use with file name to avoid extract).
\e extract (use instead of *.* to extract all files).
\l dir location to place extracted files (default is current directory).
\y do not prompt before overwritting an existing file.

So to extract the oleat32.dll file from the windows 95 CD in cabinet file number 9 you would enter the following:
extract /a /l c:\windows d:\win95\win95_09.cab oleat32.dll