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Error Message Using Ext.exe on the Windows 98 Startup Disk

Article ID: 198404

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q198404

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Ext.exe program on the Windows 98 Startup disk to extract files from the Windows 98 CD-ROM, you may receive the following error message:

The command line passed to EXTRACT.EXE was invalid!

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the Source Path, File(s) To Extract, and Destination Path entries contain a total of more than 90 characters.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, extract fewer files at a time, or extract the files to a shorter directory path so that the total number of characters does not exceed 90.

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