Cabinet

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'''Cabinet''' is a compressed archiver created by Microsoft and used in various installers. Among its several compression formats is [[LZX]], a format co-created by Jonathan Forbes, who was hired by Microsoft after co-creating the format in an independent archiver, and contributed it to Microsoft for use in their products.
 
'''Cabinet''' is a compressed archiver created by Microsoft and used in various installers. Among its several compression formats is [[LZX]], a format co-created by Jonathan Forbes, who was hired by Microsoft after co-creating the format in an independent archiver, and contributed it to Microsoft for use in their products.
  
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The [[Windows Installer]] (.msi, .msp) format was extended from this.
 
The [[Windows Installer]] (.msi, .msp) format was extended from this.
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== Sample files ==
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* http://libxad.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libxad/testfiles/CAB/
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Revision as of 15:41, 2 November 2013

File Format
Name Cabinet
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Extension(s) .cab
MIME Type(s) application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed

Cabinet is a compressed archiver created by Microsoft and used in various installers. Among its several compression formats is LZX, a format co-created by Jonathan Forbes, who was hired by Microsoft after co-creating the format in an independent archiver, and contributed it to Microsoft for use in their products.

The PUZ format used by Microsoft Publisher for its "Pack and Go" feature is a Cabinet file with a .puz extension, containing the Publisher document and its external links.

The Windows Installer (.msi, .msp) format was extended from this.

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