hankjrfan00 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I am looking for a consol application that will search inside a group of cab files and tell witch cab file has the file that is being searched for.Example:c:\cabsearch explorer.exe D:\win98\The file explorer.exe was found in xxxxxx.cabIf such a tool exist it would make my life a lot easier.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petr Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 And what about to use extract with "/A"?/A Process ALL cabinets. Follows cabinet chain starting in first cabinet mentioned.It means if you want to extract explorer.exe, you will just write (based on your example):EXTRACT /A D:\WIN98\BASE2.CAB EXPLORER.EXEAnother possibility is to use Total Commander, Alt-F7 (Search), and check "Search archives".Petr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 for %a in ( *.cab ) do extract /d %a >> dirlist.txtfind /I "explorer.exe" dirlist.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charly Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I am looking for a consol application that will search inside a group of cab files and tell witch cab file has the file that is being searched for.Example:c:\cabsearch explorer.exe D:\win98\The file explorer.exe was found in xxxxxx.cabIf such a tool exist it would make my life a lot easier.ThanksIn the Start Menu - use search command - in Folder or Files line put " * .cab ", and in Files Containing line put the file you are looking for - like " explorer.exe " all with out quotes. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 (edited) Try this:http://www.mdgx.com/last4.htm#EXTRACTand make sure you download EXTCAB.ZIP [link posted in guide above].Then open those CABL*.TXT files from the ZIP in Notepad.You can also run [if using Win98 SE]:TYPE CABL98SE.TXT | FIND.EXE/I "WINFILE"from any DOS box.CABLIST.BAT [also from zip above] creates a full list of all CABs from any Win9x/ME/Plus!95/Plus!98 setup CD.Open CABLIST.BAT in Notepad to see if u need to modify any lines to match your computer setup.Hope this helps. Edited April 23, 2006 by MDGx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankjrfan00 Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 Thanks everyone this should help me lots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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