Number 228 - May 2002

Extracting From Cabs
by Bill Cikanek, Central Iowa Computer UG, Feb 2002 I picked up this tip on the internet. I do not know if it applies to later versions of Windows.
Win95/Win98 tip     Checking .cab file contents using EXTRACT.exe. Sometimes, it's necessary to extract a new copy of a particular file from the original cabinet (.cab) file. However, identifying which .cab file (in a list of consecutively named files) contains the file that you need is difficult. Solve this problem by using Extract.exe.     Extract.exe is the program normally used to extract files from the .cab file. Use the /d switch to list the	contents of the file to screen: extract /d d:\win95 \win95_08.cab     This allows you to identify whether the file you need is in the (.cab) file on screen. Add "> contents.txt" to the end of the command line and the contents will be written to Contents.txt.     Additionally, add a /a switch before the /d switch and Extract.exe will list the contents of all sequentially named .cab fIles beginning with the one you named on the command line.
Number 228 - May 2002