they are different file sizes?

Expanded, Explorer.exe is about a meg...

1,000,960

mines 960 kb

so you just run it on the cd and it will install?

No...on the CD it is compressed.....has the underscore suffix 'ex_'....you need to expand it [unpack] and copy it to the 'Windows' folder of your drive...

960k is 1000960 , BTW....

how do you unpack the 'ex_' files? (I'd like to know this for future reference)

and 960k is 1000960....I knew that, where is my mind going

In i386 there is a proggy called 'expand.exe'....that'd unpack the ex_ file...

Hehe...I pre-empted your next Q...

thanks Jafo

so how does it work?

so how does it work?

type expand /?

that will give you the usage details. Here they are in all their glory...

Expands one or more compressed files.

EXPAND [-r] Source Destination
EXPAND -r Source [Destination]
EXPAND -D Source.cab [-F:Files]
EXPAND Source.cab -F:Files Destination

-r Rename expanded files.
-D Display list of files in source.
Source Source file specification. Wildcards may be used.
-F:Files Name of files to expand from a .CAB.
Destination Destination file | path specification.
Destination may be a directory.
If Source is multiple files and -r is not specified,
Destination must be a directory.

HTH!

thanks f0r3

the easyest way to do is like i said take your current explorer.exe, copy it to a folder u name (extras or something)... then if the original ever gets wiped out all u have to do is copy the one in the extras folder to your windows directory .. it takes just a few seconds ......and saves alot of headaches..

The easiest way is just to not delete it.

ohh so true ... hehehehe