Some program installations use InstallShield, and the program files are compressed into Data .cab files. But InstallShield decided to be cute, and use their own propriety format with older versions of the Data .cab file. They could have used a standard compression algorithm like .ZIP, but did not.
Running man episode 1 guest. My guess is that they didn't want people fiddling with the raw files.
That's a bummer for those of us who need to get at the files, such as Application Packagers. I discussed this a little in the InstallShield Temp Directory Trick.
So it's a good thing that CDMediaWorld has utilities, such as i6Comp to extract the files. Just download it (I picked i6comp02.zip) and then run i6comp. This is what i6Comp looks like when listing files from the data.cab file:
To include a cabinet file in a installation package. Use a cabinet creation tool to compress the source files into a cabinet file. See Cabinet Files. The cabinet file must either be located in a data stream inside the.msi file or in a separate cabinet file located at the root of the source tree specified by the Directory Table. How to Install a CAB File in Windows 10 A cabinet is a single file, usually with a.cab extension, that stores compressed files in a file library. Some Windows 10 updates are redistributed in the.cab archive format.
C:tempInstallShield>i6comp l -v -r data1.cab
InstallShield 6.x Cabinet Util
Version 0.2 -] fOSSiL & Morlac - 2000 [-
Date Time OrigSize Attr CompSize Ind FileName
12-16-1999 10:24 28529 ____ 5841 0 corecomp.ini
09-05-2001 04:18 77824 A___ 29916 1 ctor.dll
09-05-2001 04:13 32768 A___ 4483 2 objectps.dll
..
08-22-2003 17:27 278190 A___ 264385 180 PowerDVD.CHM
09-05-2003 16:16 65536 A___ 30014 342 AudioFilterclds.dll
09-05-2003 16:16 45056 A___ 8203 343 AudioFilterclwo.dll
09-05-2003 16:16 245760 A___ 81241 344 AudioFilterCLADR.ax
09-05-2003 16:16 126976 A___ 43046 347 AudioFilterCLAuTS.ax
09-05-2003 16:25 73728 A___ 27800 348 AudioFilterCLAudioCD.ax
09-05-2003 16:25 503808 A___ 239856 349 NavFilterCLNAVX.ax
09-12-2003 18:38 520192 A___ 205346 350 VideoFilterCLVSD.ax
09-05-2003 16:16 45568 A___ 23075 351 VideoFilterCLLine21.ax
---------- ---------- -------------------
49878589 19880422 311 file(s) total
C:tempInstallShield>
Installshield Cab File Viewer And Extractor
The list output is more interesting than the extract output. which is why I've showed list. Other options are:
C:tempInstallShield>i6comp
InstallShield 6.x Cabinet Util
Version 0.2 -] fOSSiL & Morlac - 2000 [-
Installshield V12 Cab File Viewer And Extractor
Usage: i6comp [-opts] [file index|fmask|path] [disk fmask|path]
Commands
l: list Files
g: list File Groups c: list Components t: list Setup Types
s: convert multi-volume cab to a single volume (not recommended)
e: extract files (specify when specifying )
x: same as 'e' with subdirs
r: replace files in cab (same syntax as 'e')
d: delete files from cab (specify )
a: add files to cab ( is optional; must specify -g OR -f)
z: zero-size files (specify )
Options
v: verbose info mode
r: extract subdirs/recurse and store subdirs
d: include directories in cab matches
g: specifies File Group to work with
o: suppress supplementary output (start msg, comments, etc.)
f: treat File Groups as directories (usefull for GUI, wrappers)
/cab-files-595416123df78cdc29283bde-5ceb8acc59714ed78d1b1420ea8b1155.png "Installshield Cabinet File Viewer&extractor")
To include a cabinet file in a installation package. Use a cabinet creation tool to compress the source files into a cabinet file. See Cabinet Files. The cabinet file must either be located in a data stream inside the.msi file or in a separate cabinet file located at the root of the source tree specified by the Directory Table. How to Install a CAB File in Windows 10 A cabinet is a single file, usually with a.cab extension, that stores compressed files in a file library. Some Windows 10 updates are redistributed in the.cab archive format.
C:tempInstallShield>i6comp l -v -r data1.cab
InstallShield 6.x Cabinet Util
Version 0.2 -] fOSSiL & Morlac - 2000 [-
Date Time OrigSize Attr CompSize Ind FileName
12-16-1999 10:24 28529 ____ 5841 0 corecomp.ini
09-05-2001 04:18 77824 A___ 29916 1 ctor.dll
09-05-2001 04:13 32768 A___ 4483 2 objectps.dll
..
08-22-2003 17:27 278190 A___ 264385 180 PowerDVD.CHM
09-05-2003 16:16 65536 A___ 30014 342 AudioFilterclds.dll
09-05-2003 16:16 45056 A___ 8203 343 AudioFilterclwo.dll
09-05-2003 16:16 245760 A___ 81241 344 AudioFilterCLADR.ax
09-05-2003 16:16 126976 A___ 43046 347 AudioFilterCLAuTS.ax
09-05-2003 16:25 73728 A___ 27800 348 AudioFilterCLAudioCD.ax
09-05-2003 16:25 503808 A___ 239856 349 NavFilterCLNAVX.ax
09-12-2003 18:38 520192 A___ 205346 350 VideoFilterCLVSD.ax
09-05-2003 16:16 45568 A___ 23075 351 VideoFilterCLLine21.ax
---------- ---------- -------------------
49878589 19880422 311 file(s) total
C:tempInstallShield>
Installshield Cab File Viewer And Extractor
The list output is more interesting than the extract output. which is why I've showed list. Other options are:
C:tempInstallShield>i6comp
InstallShield 6.x Cabinet Util
Version 0.2 -] fOSSiL & Morlac - 2000 [-
Installshield V12 Cab File Viewer And Extractor
Usage: i6comp [-opts] [file index|fmask|path] [disk fmask|path]
Commands
l: list Files
g: list File Groups c: list Components t: list Setup Types
s: convert multi-volume cab to a single volume (not recommended)
e: extract files (specify when specifying )
x: same as 'e' with subdirs
r: replace files in cab (same syntax as 'e')
d: delete files from cab (specify )
a: add files to cab ( is optional; must specify -g OR -f)
z: zero-size files (specify )
Options
v: verbose info mode
r: extract subdirs/recurse and store subdirs
d: include directories in cab matches
g: specifies File Group to work with
o: suppress supplementary output (start msg, comments, etc.)
f: treat File Groups as directories (usefull for GUI, wrappers)
C:tempInstallShield>
Update: this does not work with InstallShield 12 or later. Adobe audition autotune plugin download. I've written a post about that here.
