# Advanced Strategic Command

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## Demount

Syntax:

`DEMOUNT.EXE containerfilename`

`DEMOUNT.EXE` extracts all files from the specified container file. Existing files will be overwritten without any query!!! An error handling does not take place!

But it works only in the current directory. If you use it in a directory that is empty (except for the `MAIN.DTA` and possibly `DEMOUNT.EXE`) it can't do much harm. And DEMOUNT is one of the few ASC tools that do not require any datafiles, so it can be run in any directory.

The program has otherwise to be enjoyed with caution ...

You usually do not need to extract anything from container files. If the editors like `MAKE*.EXE` change any data, they'll create new files in the current directory that will be used instead of the old versions inside the container file.

So this `DEMOUNT` is only necessary in rare cases.