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CAB file association
How do I restore the original program
associated with the opening of CAB files ? I installed Winzip and it made itself the associated program when I really wanted my cab files to be handled only by Windows. I think I know how to use the folder options but I do not know which program to use to open cab files. Thanks in advance for any answers here. |
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CAB file association
There is a powertoy named CabView, which is installed when you right-click
on the file called Cabview.inf and choose Install from the context menu that pops up. Once you do this, Windows Explorer will treat Cab Files in a way that is similar to how a normal folder is treated: if you open a Cab File then its contents will be displayed.You then extract a file simply by copying it out of the Cab File. If CabView is not available, you can open up an MS-DOS Prompt window and type a version of the EXTRACT command to display a Cab File's contents or to extract a single file. The format for displaying a Cab File's contents is this: EXTRACT /D cabinetfilename If you want to extract a single file from Windows 9x Cabinet files: EXTRACT /A /L destination cabinetfilename filename In the above, "destination" is the folder where you want to extract the file into (usually Windows or Windows\System), and filename is the system file to be extracted. AFAIK, Winzip is the default reader. The following MSKB may be of interest if you are having problems with CABVIEW: http://support.microsoft.com/default...NoWebContent=1 Heirloom, old and learned something "Anonymous" wrote in message news:v6qtc.18212$eT4.14249@attbi_s54... How do I restore the original program associated with the opening of CAB files ? I installed Winzip and it made itself the associated program when I really wanted my cab files to be handled only by Windows. I think I know how to use the folder options but I do not know which program to use to open cab files. Thanks in advance for any answers here. |
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Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98.
Winzip is not the default reader. The default is to use Explorer. It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make the one to get it back to Explorer: Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4 Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end of a line. The last line must be blank. Doubleclick fix.reg -----copy below this line fix.reg------------ REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab] @="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}" ---- end file above here The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the association if necessary. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous" wrote: How do I restore the original program associated with the opening of CAB files ? I installed Winzip and it made itself the associated program when I really wanted my cab files to be handled only by Windows. I think I know how to use the folder options but I do not know which program to use to open cab files. Thanks in advance for any answers here. |
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Hey Alan,
I must have got some bad info in my searching.....hate that. If Cabview is "built in" (I know it is supposed to be included with Win98 and on), why don't I have it on my machine? I did a search for 'cabview.inf' and it was not to be found, figured I would have to extract it from the cabs, but, there is no cabview.inf there, either. One last ?......if Winzip is not the default reader (like I read, I thought), why would you need a ..reg file to "get it back to Explorer?" Heirloom, old and hate it when I get it wrong "Alan Edwards" wrote in message news Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98. Winzip is not the default reader. The default is to use Explorer. It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make the one to get it back to Explorer: Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4 Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end of a line. The last line must be blank. Doubleclick fix.reg -----copy below this line fix.reg------------ REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab] @="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}" ---- end file above here The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the association if necessary. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous" wrote: How do I restore the original program associated with the opening of CAB files ? I installed Winzip and it made itself the associated program when I really wanted my cab files to be handled only by Windows. I think I know how to use the folder options but I do not know which program to use to open cab files. Thanks in advance for any answers here. |
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(I'm pretty sure that) CABview is built into the WindowsSetup module
"Compressed Folders"(in System Tools) along with native ZIPfile functionality. WinZip (the third-party program) isn't the default reader (the Windows one is), unless you install it in which case it makes itself at home. I assume the .reg file just ping-pongs back and forth the file association for .zip or .cab between WinZip and WExplorer. Rick heirloom wrote: Hey Alan, I must have got some bad info in my searching.....hate that. If Cabview is "built in" (I know it is supposed to be included with Win98 and on), why don't I have it on my machine? I did a search for 'cabview.inf' and it was not to be found, figured I would have to extract it from the cabs, but, there is no cabview.inf there, either. One last ?......if Winzip is not the default reader (like I read, I thought), why would you need a .reg file to "get it back to Explorer?" Heirloom, old and hate it when I get it wrong "Alan Edwards" wrote in message news Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98. Winzip is not the default reader. The default is to use Explorer. It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make the one to get it back to Explorer: Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4 Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end of a line. The last line must be blank. Doubleclick fix.reg -----copy below this line fix.reg------------ REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab] @="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}" ---- end file above here The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the association if necessary. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous" wrote: How do I restore the original program associated with the opening of CAB files ? I installed Winzip and it made itself the associated program when I really wanted my cab files to be handled only by Windows. I think I know how to use the folder options but I do not know which program to use to open cab files. Thanks in advance for any answers here. |
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You do have it on your machine (or at least had it at some stage)
You may have let Winzip take over. There is no reason why you should have cabview.inf if cabview is built in. Cabview.inf is only an install file for the PowerToy cabview. Cabview.dll is the file for cabview. A .reg file is needed if one lets Winzip take over, as Winzip would put its own association there. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "heirloom" wrote: Hey Alan, I must have got some bad info in my searching.....hate that. If Cabview is "built in" (I know it is supposed to be included with Win98 and on), why don't I have it on my machine? I did a search for 'cabview.inf' and it was not to be found, figured I would have to extract it from the cabs, but, there is no cabview.inf there, either. One last ?......if Winzip is not the default reader (like I read, I thought), why would you need a .reg file to "get it back to Explorer?" Heirloom, old and hate it when I get it wrong "Alan Edwards" wrote in message news Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98. Winzip is not the default reader. The default is to use Explorer. It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make the one to get it back to Explorer: Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4 Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end of a line. The last line must be blank. Doubleclick fix.reg -----copy below this line fix.reg------------ REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab] @="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}" ---- end file above here The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the association if necessary. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous" wrote: How do I restore the original program associated with the opening of CAB files ? I installed Winzip and it made itself the associated program when I really wanted my cab files to be handled only by Windows. I think I know how to use the folder options but I do not know which program to use to open cab files. Thanks in advance for any answers here. |
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From WinZip help files :
"To view and modify WinZip associations, choose Configuration from the Options menu, click the System tab, and click the Associations button. In the dialog that follows, you will see a list of archive types. You can specify whether an archive type should be associated with WinZip by checking or unchecking the checkbox next to the archive type." Copyright © 1991-2001 by WinZip Computing, Inc. All rights reserved. "Anonymous" wrote in message news:v6qtc.18212$eT4.14249@attbi_s54... How do I restore the original program associated with the opening of CAB files ? I installed Winzip and it made itself the associated program when I really wanted my cab files to be handled only by Windows. I think I know how to use the folder options but I do not know which program to use to open cab files. Thanks in advance for any answers here. |
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Yes...I found this to be the best answer.
Open Winzip Follow this path: Options|Configuration|System|Associations Uncheck .CAB I did this and things returned to normal. Just let Winzip do the work and things will return to normal. Microsoft had a more complex solution involving editing the registry which I really did not want to do. When it comes to cab files I like cabview just fine. Thanks for the responses. "Sunny" wrote in message ... From WinZip help files : "To view and modify WinZip associations, choose Configuration from the Options menu, click the System tab, and click the Associations button. In the dialog that follows, you will see a list of archive types. You can specify whether an archive type should be associated with WinZip by checking or unchecking the checkbox next to the archive type." Copyright © 1991-2001 by WinZip Computing, Inc. All rights reserved. "Anonymous" wrote in message news:v6qtc.18212$eT4.14249@attbi_s54... How do I restore the original program associated with the opening of CAB files ? I installed Winzip and it made itself the associated program when I really wanted my cab files to be handled only by Windows. I think I know how to use the folder options but I do not know which program to use to open cab files. Thanks in advance for any answers here. |
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Mr. Alan Edwards,
Thank you for the Reg fix file. I implemented that today and it worked like a champ. I had gotten rid of Winzip sometime ago and started using ARJ Folder, just cause I liked it better and got tired of the 'nags' from Winzip. Bottom line is that I did have the cabview.dll in the system folder and all is working dandy. You are a credit to the MS-MVP's..........my respect and thanks. Heirloom, old and hats off to MS-MVP's "Alan Edwards" wrote in message news Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98. Winzip is not the default reader. The default is to use Explorer. It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make the one to get it back to Explorer: Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4 Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end of a line. The last line must be blank. Doubleclick fix.reg -----copy below this line fix.reg------------ REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab] @="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}" ---- end file above here The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the association if necessary. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous" wrote: How do I restore the original program associated with the opening of CAB files ? I installed Winzip and it made itself the associated program when I really wanted my cab files to be handled only by Windows. I think I know how to use the folder options but I do not know which program to use to open cab files. Thanks in advance for any answers here. |
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I don't understand why you get nags from Winzip
it does not nag me. Maybe you need version 9. The only thing I do not like about winzip is the things it will not do like .RAR files and possibly .ACE files. There really needs to be a single general purpose program to handle all the archiving. This computer world really is in need of some rigid standards to insure uniformity and compatability. "heirloom" wrote in message ... Mr. Alan Edwards, Thank you for the Reg fix file. I implemented that today and it worked like a champ. I had gotten rid of Winzip sometime ago and started using ARJ Folder, just cause I liked it better and got tired of the 'nags' from Winzip. Bottom line is that I did have the cabview.dll in the system folder and all is working dandy. You are a credit to the MS-MVP's..........my respect and thanks. Heirloom, old and hats off to MS-MVP's "Alan Edwards" wrote in message news Don't download Cabview. It has been built in since Win98. Winzip is not the default reader. The default is to use Explorer. It is an odd association and I sometimes switch back and forth between Winzip and Explorer with a pair of .reg files. Below is how to make the one to get it back to Explorer: Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4 Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end of a line. The last line must be blank. Doubleclick fix.reg -----copy below this line fix.reg------------ REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab] @="CLSID\\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}" ---- end file above here The above should be enough for you, but I can supply more of the association if necessary. ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Anonymous" wrote: How do I restore the original program associated with the opening of CAB files ? I installed Winzip and it made itself the associated program when I really wanted my cab files to be handled only by Windows. I think I know how to use the folder options but I do not know which program to use to open cab files. Thanks in advance for any answers here. |
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