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Two Copies of Extract.exe After You Upgrade Internet Explorer

Article ID: 182662

Article Last Modified on 11/5/2003

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 128-Bit Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition

This article was previously published under Q182662

SYMPTOMS

After you upgrade from Internet Explorer version 4.0 to 4.01, two copies of the Extract.exe file may be on your hard disk. The two copies of the file are the same size, but have different dates and are in different locations on your hard disk.

CAUSE

Some anti-virus programs prevent setup programs from copying executable (.exe) files to the Windows\Command folder. As a result, Internet Explorer 4.01 copies the Extract.exe and Iextract.exe files to the Windows folder instead of Windows\Command. NOTE: Both Internet Explorer 4.0 and 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 copy these files to the Winnt folder.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Both copies of the Extract.exe file work correctly, and you can use either file to extract files from Windows 95 cabinet (.cab) files. The following list gives more information about these files:

Internet Explorer 4.0

Folder:                  Date:                  Size:
Windows\Command          September 18, 1997     51.7KB (52,998 bytes)

Internet Explorer 4.01

Folder:                  Date:                  Size:
Windows                  November 18, 1997      51.7KB (52,998 bytes)

NOTE: You can safely delete duplicate files located in the Windows\Command folder.

Additional query words: 4.00

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