Extracting a CAB file

Document ID: 94000068

Posted Date: 1996-08-19

Last Updated: 1996-08-19

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Information: How To Extract a Single File

If you do not know which cabinet file contains the windows 95 file you want to extract, use the following command to search all the cabinet files in sequential order and then extract the file once it is found:

EXTRACT /A <cabinet> <filename> /L <destination>

Example:

EXTRACT /A WIN95_03.CAB UNIDRV.DLL /L C:\Windows\System

The /A switch causes the Extract tool to search all the cabine files starting with the first cabinet file mentioned on the command line which in this example is ( WIN95_03.CAB)

If the extract tool doesn't find the file in the cabinet files you may need to use the tool and search the Precopy1.cab and Precopy2.cab files.

EXTRACT /A precopy1.cab <filename> /L <destination>

To list the the available files, type the following command:

EXTRACT /A /D WIN95_03.CAB *.* | MORE
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