Using .CAB Files Intended For Windows 98 Windows 95 When using a complex operating system with hundreds of support files, like Windows, every once in a while you'll need to get one of the files off of the distribution diskettes. These files are often compressed into CAB (cabinet) files, which are similar to ZIP files. If you're using Windows Me, 2000, or XP, CAB file support is built-in. If you're using Windows 95 or 98, you'll need the CabView utility (one of Microsoft's PowerToys). Just double-click a CAB file to open it - files can be extracted by dragging them out of the CAB window. To create new Cabinet files, obtain the DOS-based CAB Maker utility. This article has been recently supported by and featured on this Internet Webhosting Guide Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows Server 2008Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows 98] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Timothy: Friday, November 23, 2001) [Windows 2000] RE: 'Using .CAB Files' (Adrian Bhagat: Friday, February 22, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Rae Borgarding: Wednesday, April 3, 2002) [Windows 98] cab files (s roth: Thursday, May 16, 2002) [Windows 95] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (George Seibold: Thursday, August 8, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (David : Monday, October 21, 2002) [Windows 95] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Stressed and Annoyed: Monday, November 4, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about '.CAB Files' (Maira: Tuesday, December 10, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (alan moffat: Monday, January 6, 2003) [Windows Me] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Chris: Wednesday, January 22, 2003) [Windows Me] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (mario: Tuesday, September 2, 2003) [Windows Me] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Dawn Welch: Thursday, December 18, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (zappacky: Thursday, January 15, 2004) [Windows XP] My XP .CAB files don't....... (JP: Tuesday, February 24, 2004) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Nat: Sunday, February 29, 2004) [Windows Me] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Andrew Wylie: Thursday, February 24, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (perplexed: Monday, March 7, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (santosh pillai: Friday, April 15, 2005) [Windows Me] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Drew Gonyias: Monday, April 18, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Vipul Malhotra: Friday, June 3, 2005) [Windows 98] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Kurt Stoerrlein: Thursday, June 9, 2005) [Windows Me] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Norman Haigh: Monday, August 1, 2005) [Windows 98] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (mick: Friday, September 30, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Dave: Friday, November 4, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Robert Heaton: Saturday, March 18, 2006) [Windows 98] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Cat Travers: Tuesday, April 4, 2006) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (bill: Sunday, October 1, 2006) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (John Richardson: Tuesday, December 19, 2006) [Windows XP] Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Chris: Thursday, March 6, 2008) Return to "Using Windows"