Question: How to install .cab file? It is just a compressed archive file containing files inside it. It cannot be executed directly. We can extract the contents from the .cab file but how to install it?
Answer: We can use the build in pkgmgr.exe (Windows Package Manager) to install the .cab file.
Steps: Open an elevated command prompt and run the following command to install the Cabinet file.
start /w Pkgmgr /ip /m:c:tempWindows6.0-KB92xxx-x86.cab /quiet
or
Pkgmgr /ip /m:c:test.cab /quiet
Pkgmgr /? will show the complete list of commands that can be used. Screenshot below.
You can also take log file for the Installation and Uninstallation using the /l parameter at the end of the command.
Answer: We can use the build in pkgmgr.exe (Windows Package Manager) to install the .cab file.
Steps: Open an elevated command prompt and run the following command to install the Cabinet file.
Pkgmgr /ip /m:(path to.cab file) /quietstart /w Pkgmgr /ip /m:c:tempWindows6.0-KB92xxx-x86.cab /quiet
or
Pkgmgr /ip /m:c:test.cab /quiet
Pkgmgr /? will show the complete list of commands that can be used. Screenshot below.
You can also take log file for the Installation and Uninstallation using the /l parameter at the end of the command.
Mscomct2 Cab
I really don’t know how these files generally get installed on a new system; if they are part of the main OS install, or if they get installed with other common Microsoft suites. My guess is that if you have Office 97, Visual Basic 5.0, Visual Studio, Internet Explorer, or Visual C, etc, you should already have these Automation system files. Ok guys, to keep the confusion down i will post the wm6 version of the threaded sms app here. I cannot post the cab file here cause it is over the.