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:''"CAB" redirects here. For another CAB format, see [[InstallShield CAB]].''
  
'''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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'''Cabinet''' ('''CAB''') is a compressed archive format 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 is a Cabinet file with a '''.puz''' extension, containing the Publisher document and its external links.
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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. Same goes for PowerPoint's [[PPZ]] "Pack and Go" feature.
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The [[Windows Installer]] (.msi) format is more-or-less the successor to this format.
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== Identification ==
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Files begin with the ASCII signature "{{magic|MSCF}}".
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== Software ==
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* [[Konvertor]]
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* [https://www.cabextract.org.uk/libmspack/ libmspack] and [https://www.cabextract.org.uk/ cabextract]
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* [[7-Zip]] can decode at least some CAB files
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== Sample files ==
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* http://libxad.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libxad/testfiles/CAB/
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* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/cab/
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417343.aspx Official documentation at Microsoft developer site]
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* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417343.aspx Official documentation at Microsoft developer site]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Cabinet (file format)|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Cabinet (file format)|Wikipedia article]]
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* [https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1019811 Discussion of CAB file size limits]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190427230133/http://forensicswiki.org/wiki/Cabinet_Archive_Format_(CAB) ForensicsWiki entry] (minimal details, already included here)
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[[Category:Microsoft]]
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[[Category:Windows]]

Revision as of 19:09, 21 July 2022

File Format
Name Cabinet
Ontology
Extension(s) .cab
MIME Type(s) application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed
PRONOM x-fmt/414
Wikidata ID Q194831
Released 1995
"CAB" redirects here. For another CAB format, see InstallShield CAB.

Cabinet (CAB) is a compressed archive format 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. Same goes for PowerPoint's PPZ "Pack and Go" feature.

The Windows Installer (.msi) format is more-or-less the successor to this format.

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Files begin with the ASCII signature "MSCF".

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