CHECKING .CAB FILE CONTENTS

CHECKING .CAB FILE CONTENTS

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 onscreen. 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.