CAB file association

[Anonymous]

How do I restore the original program
associated with the opening of CAB files ?

I installed Winzip and it made itself
the associated program when I really wanted
my cab files to be handled only by Windows.

I think I know how to use the folder options
but I do not know which program to use to open
cab files.

Thanks in advance for any answers here.

[heirloom]

There is a powertoy named CabView, which is installed when you right-click
on the file called Cabview.inf and choose Install from the context menu that
pops up. Once you do this, Windows Explorer will treat Cab Files in a way
that is similar to how a normal folder is treated: if you open a Cab File
then its contents will be displayed.You then extract a file simply by
copying it out of the Cab File.

If CabView is not available, you can open up an MS-DOS Prompt window and
type a version of the EXTRACT command to display a Cab File's contents or to
extract a single file. The format for displaying a Cab File's contents is
this: EXTRACT /D cabinetfilename If you want to extract a single file from
Windows 9x Cabinet files:

EXTRACT /A /L destination cabinetfilename filename

In the above, "destination" is the folder where you want to extract the file
into (usually Windows or Windows\System), and filename is the system file to
be extracted.

AFAIK, Winzip is the default reader.

The following MSKB may be of interest if you are having problems with
CABVIEW:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q197/1/44.asp&NoWebContent=1

Heirloom, old and learned something


"Anonymous" > wrote in message
news:v6qtc.18212$eT4.14249@attbi_s54...
> How do I restore the original program
> associated with the opening of CAB files ?
>
> I installed Winzip and it made itself
> the associated program when I really wanted
> my cab files to be handled only by Windows.
>
> I think I know how to use the folder options
> but I do not know which program to use to open
> cab files.
>
> Thanks in advance for any answers here.
>
>

[Alan Edwards]

Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98.
Winzip is not the default reader.
The default is to use Explorer.
It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between
Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make
the one to get it back to Explorer:

Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg
which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of
errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4
Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end
of a line.
The last line must be blank.
Doubleclick fix.reg

-----copy below this line fix.reg------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab]
@="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}"

---- end file above here
The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the
association if necessary.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous"
> wrote:

>How do I restore the original program
>associated with the opening of CAB files ?
>
>I installed Winzip and it made itself
>the associated program when I really wanted
>my cab files to be handled only by Windows.
>
>I think I know how to use the folder options
>but I do not know which program to use to open
>cab files.
>
>Thanks in advance for any answers here.
>

[heirloom]

Hey Alan,
I must have got some bad info in my searching.....hate that. If
Cabview is "built in" (I know it is supposed to be included with Win98 and
on), why don't I have it on my machine? I did a search for 'cabview.inf'
and it was not to be found, figured I would have to extract it from the
cabs, but, there is no cabview.inf there, either. One last ?......if Winzip
is not the default reader (like I read, I thought), why would you need a
..reg file to "get it back to Explorer?"
Heirloom, old and hate it when I get it wrong

"Alan Edwards" > wrote in message
...
> Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98.
> Winzip is not the default reader.
> The default is to use Explorer.
> It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between
> Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make
> the one to get it back to Explorer:
>
> Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg
> which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of
> errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4
> Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end
> of a line.
> The last line must be blank.
> Doubleclick fix.reg
>
> -----copy below this line fix.reg------------
> REGEDIT4
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab]
> @="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}"
>
> ---- end file above here
> The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the
> association if necessary.
>
> ...Alan
>
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
> In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous"
> > wrote:
>
> >How do I restore the original program
> >associated with the opening of CAB files ?
> >
> >I installed Winzip and it made itself
> >the associated program when I really wanted
> >my cab files to be handled only by Windows.
> >
> >I think I know how to use the folder options
> >but I do not know which program to use to open
> >cab files.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any answers here.
> >
>

[Rick T]

(I'm pretty sure that) CABview is built into the WindowsSetup module
"Compressed Folders"(in System Tools) along with native ZIPfile
functionality.

WinZip (the third-party program) isn't the default reader (the Windows
one is), unless you install it in which case it makes itself at home. I
assume the .reg file just ping-pongs back and forth the file association
for .zip or .cab between WinZip and WExplorer.


Rick

heirloom wrote:
> Hey Alan,
> I must have got some bad info in my searching.....hate that. If
> Cabview is "built in" (I know it is supposed to be included with Win98 and
> on), why don't I have it on my machine? I did a search for 'cabview.inf'
> and it was not to be found, figured I would have to extract it from the
> cabs, but, there is no cabview.inf there, either. One last ?......if Winzip
> is not the default reader (like I read, I thought), why would you need a
> .reg file to "get it back to Explorer?"
> Heirloom, old and hate it when I get it wrong
>
> "Alan Edwards" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98.
>>Winzip is not the default reader.
>>The default is to use Explorer.
>>It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between
>>Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make
>>the one to get it back to Explorer:
>>
>>Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg
>>which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of
>>errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4
>>Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end
>>of a line.
>>The last line must be blank.
>>Doubleclick fix.reg
>>
>>-----copy below this line fix.reg------------
>>REGEDIT4
>>
>>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab]
>>@="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}"
>>
>>---- end file above here
>>The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the
>>association if necessary.
>>
>>...Alan
>>
>>--
>>Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
>>http://dts-l.org/index.html
>>
>>In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous"
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>How do I restore the original program
>>>associated with the opening of CAB files ?
>>>
>>>I installed Winzip and it made itself
>>>the associated program when I really wanted
>>>my cab files to be handled only by Windows.
>>>
>>>I think I know how to use the folder options
>>>but I do not know which program to use to open
>>>cab files.
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance for any answers here.
>>>
>>
>
>

[Alan Edwards]

You do have it on your machine (or at least had it at some stage)
You may have let Winzip take over.

There is no reason why you should have cabview.inf if cabview is built
in. Cabview.inf is only an install file for the PowerToy cabview.
Cabview.dll is the file for cabview.

A .reg file is needed if one lets Winzip take over, as Winzip would
put its own association there.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html



In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "heirloom"
> wrote:

>Hey Alan,
> I must have got some bad info in my searching.....hate that. If
>Cabview is "built in" (I know it is supposed to be included with Win98 and
>on), why don't I have it on my machine? I did a search for 'cabview.inf'
>and it was not to be found, figured I would have to extract it from the
>cabs, but, there is no cabview.inf there, either. One last ?......if Winzip
>is not the default reader (like I read, I thought), why would you need a
>.reg file to "get it back to Explorer?"
> Heirloom, old and hate it when I get it wrong
>
>"Alan Edwards" > wrote in message
...
>> Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98.
>> Winzip is not the default reader.
>> The default is to use Explorer.
>> It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between
>> Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make
>> the one to get it back to Explorer:
>>
>> Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg
>> which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of
>> errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4
>> Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end
>> of a line.
>> The last line must be blank.
>> Doubleclick fix.reg
>>
>> -----copy below this line fix.reg------------
>> REGEDIT4
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab]
>> @="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}"
>>
>> ---- end file above here
>> The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the
>> association if necessary.
>>
>> ...Alan
>>
>> --
>> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
>> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>>
>> In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >How do I restore the original program
>> >associated with the opening of CAB files ?
>> >
>> >I installed Winzip and it made itself
>> >the associated program when I really wanted
>> >my cab files to be handled only by Windows.
>> >
>> >I think I know how to use the folder options
>> >but I do not know which program to use to open
>> >cab files.
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance for any answers here.
>> >
>>
>

[Sunny]

From WinZip help files :
"To view and modify WinZip associations, choose Configuration from the
Options menu, click the System tab, and click the Associations button. In
the dialog that follows, you will see a list of archive types. You can
specify whether an archive type should be associated with WinZip by checking
or unchecking the checkbox next to the archive type."


Copyright © 1991-2001 by WinZip Computing, Inc. All rights reserved.
"Anonymous" > wrote in message
news:v6qtc.18212$eT4.14249@attbi_s54...
> How do I restore the original program
> associated with the opening of CAB files ?
>
> I installed Winzip and it made itself
> the associated program when I really wanted
> my cab files to be handled only by Windows.
>
> I think I know how to use the folder options
> but I do not know which program to use to open
> cab files.
>
> Thanks in advance for any answers here.
>
>

[Anonymous]

Yes...I found this to be the best answer.

Open Winzip
Follow this path:
Options|Configuration|System|Associations
Uncheck .CAB

I did this and things returned to normal.
Just let Winzip do the work and things will
return to normal.

Microsoft had a more complex solution
involving editing the registry which
I really did not want to do.

When it comes to cab files I like cabview just fine.

Thanks for the responses.


"Sunny" > wrote in message ...
> From WinZip help files :
> "To view and modify WinZip associations, choose Configuration from the
> Options menu, click the System tab, and click the Associations button. In
> the dialog that follows, you will see a list of archive types. You can
> specify whether an archive type should be associated with WinZip by checking
> or unchecking the checkbox next to the archive type."
>
>
> Copyright © 1991-2001 by WinZip Computing, Inc. All rights reserved.
> "Anonymous" > wrote in message
> news:v6qtc.18212$eT4.14249@attbi_s54...
> > How do I restore the original program
> > associated with the opening of CAB files ?
> >
> > I installed Winzip and it made itself
> > the associated program when I really wanted
> > my cab files to be handled only by Windows.
> >
> > I think I know how to use the folder options
> > but I do not know which program to use to open
> > cab files.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any answers here.
> >
> >
>
>

[heirloom]

Mr. Alan Edwards,
Thank you for the Reg fix file. I implemented that today and it
worked like a champ. I had gotten rid of Winzip sometime ago and started
using ARJ Folder, just cause I liked it better and got tired of the 'nags'
from Winzip. Bottom line is that I did have the cabview.dll in the system
folder and all is working dandy. You are a credit to the
MS-MVP's..........my respect and thanks.
Heirloom, old and hats off to MS-MVP's


"Alan Edwards" > wrote in message
...
> Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98.
> Winzip is not the default reader.
> The default is to use Explorer.
> It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between
> Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make
> the one to get it back to Explorer:
>
> Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg
> which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of
> errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4
> Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end
> of a line.
> The last line must be blank.
> Doubleclick fix.reg
>
> -----copy below this line fix.reg------------
> REGEDIT4
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab]
> @="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}"
>
> ---- end file above here
> The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the
> association if necessary.
>
> ...Alan
>
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
> In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous"
> > wrote:
>
> >How do I restore the original program
> >associated with the opening of CAB files ?
> >
> >I installed Winzip and it made itself
> >the associated program when I really wanted
> >my cab files to be handled only by Windows.
> >
> >I think I know how to use the folder options
> >but I do not know which program to use to open
> >cab files.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any answers here.
> >
>

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why you get nags from Winzip
it does not nag me. Maybe you need version 9.
The only thing I do not like about winzip
is the things it will not do like .RAR files
and possibly .ACE files. There really needs to
be a single general purpose program to handle all the
archiving. This computer world really is in need
of some rigid standards to insure uniformity and
compatability.


"heirloom" > wrote in message ...
> Mr. Alan Edwards,
> Thank you for the Reg fix file. I implemented that today and it
> worked like a champ. I had gotten rid of Winzip sometime ago and started
> using ARJ Folder, just cause I liked it better and got tired of the 'nags'
> from Winzip. Bottom line is that I did have the cabview.dll in the system
> folder and all is working dandy. You are a credit to the
> MS-MVP's..........my respect and thanks.
> Heirloom, old and hats off to MS-MVP's
>
>
> "Alan Edwards" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98.
> > Winzip is not the default reader.
> > The default is to use Explorer.
> > It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between
> > Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make
> > the one to get it back to Explorer:
> >
> > Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg
> > which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of
> > errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4
> > Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end
> > of a line.
> > The last line must be blank.
> > Doubleclick fix.reg
> >
> > -----copy below this line fix.reg------------
> > REGEDIT4
> >
> > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab]
> > @="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}"
> >
> > ---- end file above here
> > The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the
> > association if necessary.
> >
> > ...Alan
> >
> > --
> > Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
> > http://dts-l.org/index.html
> >
> > In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >How do I restore the original program
> > >associated with the opening of CAB files ?
> > >
> > >I installed Winzip and it made itself
> > >the associated program when I really wanted
> > >my cab files to be handled only by Windows.
> > >
> > >I think I know how to use the folder options
> > >but I do not know which program to use to open
> > >cab files.
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance for any answers here.
> > >
> >
>
>

[Mike M]

WinZip nags until registered. IOW, free = NAG, paid for = no NAG.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Anonymous > wrote:

> I don't understand why you get nags from Winzip
> it does not nag me. Maybe you need version 9.
> The only thing I do not like about winzip
> is the things it will not do like .RAR files
> and possibly .ACE files. There really needs to
> be a single general purpose program to handle all the
> archiving. This computer world really is in need
> of some rigid standards to insure uniformity and
> compatability.

[B.J.Honeycut]

On Sun, 30 May 2004 13:29:57 GMT,"Mike M" > penned
this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general

> WinZip nags until registered. IOW, free = NAG, paid for = no NAG.

FWIW, WinRAR costs about the same and handles all those types. Last time I
looked ACE does too, but is a bit more quirkey and won't compress to the
RAR format, which is a must if posting binaries to usenet.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

[heirloom]

ARJ Folder does RAR and it is free with 'no nags'......just doesn't do .cab
files.
Heirloom, old and has the best of both worlds


"B.J.Honeycut" > wrote in message
. ..
> On Sun, 30 May 2004 13:29:57 GMT,"Mike M" >
penned
> this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general
>
> > WinZip nags until registered. IOW, free = NAG, paid for = no NAG.
>
> FWIW, WinRAR costs about the same and handles all those types. Last time I
> looked ACE does too, but is a bit more quirkey and won't compress to the
> RAR format, which is a must if posting binaries to usenet.
>
> --
> "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
> it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
> Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.
>
> Mike

[B.J.Honeycut]

On Sun, 30 May 2004 16:04:39 GMT,"heirloom" >
penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general

> ARJ Folder does RAR and it is free with 'no nags'......just doesn't do
> .cab files.
> Heirloom, old and has the best of both worlds
>
>
> "B.J.Honeycut" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> On Sun, 30 May 2004 13:29:57 GMT,"Mike M" >
> penned
>> this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general
>>
>> > WinZip nags until registered. IOW, free = NAG, paid for = no NAG.
>>
>> FWIW, WinRAR costs about the same and handles all those types. Last
>> time I looked ACE does too, but is a bit more quirkey and won't
>> compress to the RAR format, which is a must if posting binaries to
>> usenet.
>>
>> --
>> "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
>> it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
>> Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.
>>
>> Mike
>
>
>

Thanks, will keep it in mind next time a RAR update that costs money comes
out. As for CABs, windows handles them, so no biggie there.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

[Noel Paton]

Windows 'handles them' - i.e. can create and open them - but it can't
manipulate them fully AFAIK.
WinZip can add files to, and remove files from, a CAB file/folder


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp
"B.J.Honeycut" > wrote in message
. ..
> On Sun, 30 May 2004 16:04:39 GMT,"heirloom" >
> penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general
>
> > ARJ Folder does RAR and it is free with 'no nags'......just doesn't do
> > .cab files.
> > Heirloom, old and has the best of both worlds
> >
> >
> > "B.J.Honeycut" > wrote in message
> > . ..
> >> On Sun, 30 May 2004 13:29:57 GMT,"Mike M" >
> > penned
> >> this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.general
> >>
> >> > WinZip nags until registered. IOW, free = NAG, paid for = no NAG.
> >>
> >> FWIW, WinRAR costs about the same and handles all those types. Last
> >> time I looked ACE does too, but is a bit more quirkey and won't
> >> compress to the RAR format, which is a must if posting binaries to
> >> usenet.
> >>
> >> --
> >> "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
> >> it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
> >> Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >
> >
> >
>
> Thanks, will keep it in mind next time a RAR update that costs money comes
> out. As for CABs, windows handles them, so no biggie there.
>
> --
> "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
> it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
> Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.
>
> Mike

[B.J.Honeycut]

On Sun, 30 May 2004 18:03:01 GMT,"Noel Paton"
> penned this whopper in
microsoft.public.windowsme.general

> Windows 'handles them' - i.e. can create and open them - but it can't
> manipulate them fully AFAIK.
> WinZip can add files to, and remove files from, a CAB file/folder
>
>

I guess I've been spoiled by having RAR so long. Thanks for that tip.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike