Easy 7-Zip opens/extracts CAB/Cabinet file easily on Windows. The Easy 7-Zip was developed based on 7-Zip. 7-Zip is a famous open source file archiver. The Easy 7-Zip is an easy-to-use version of 7-Zip. The open source freeware keeps all features of 7-Zip and adds a few useful features that makes the software more user-friendly. 7-Zip, as mentioned, is an archiving tool. You can use 7-Zip to create a cabinet of similar files that will help you organize everything. The best thing about file compression is that you lessen the size of the file or files that you archived. This means you will have even more free space for other new and bigger files. ZIPPING/COMPRESSING FILES ON A MAC. To zip or compress a file on a MAC, you can: Find the file or folder you want to zip on your computer (desktop, h drive, flash drive, etc.) Press and hold or right-click on the file or folder (you can command-click to select non-adjacent items) Select 'Compress untitled folder'. Replace the.pages extension with.zip. Delete the Pages extension at the end of your file's current name, and replace it with a Zip extension. This may be enough to allow you to open the file's contents as a Zip archive. You'll be prompted to confirm whether you really want to make the file name change. Select Yes when prompted. WinZip has an option to compress files into the.zipx format, where it claims to have a higher compression rate than.zip and the rest of the competition. To use this, select and right-click the files you want to compress, then click to “WinZip - Add to Zip” the files. When WinZip opens, select “.Zipx” under “Compression Type”.

CAB (or Cabinet) is an archive file format for Microsoft Windows that supports lossless data compression and embedded digital certificates used for maintaining archive integrity. Cabinet files have .cab file name extensions and are recognized by their first 4 bytes MSCF. Cabinet files were known originally as Diamond files.

CAB file is a compressed archive which supports DEFLATE , Quantum, and LZX compression. CAB files are used by windows installation engines such as Setup API, device installer and advpack.

CAB files typically contain drivers, system files and other Windows components. The installation engine extracts these files for use in the set up of various software and hardware.

For a number of years, Microsoft has used .cab files to compress software that was distributed on disks. Originally, these files were used to minimize the number of floppy disks shipped with a product. Today, .cab files are used to reduce the file size and the associated download time for Web content that is found on the Internet or on corporate intranet servers.

One file in the cabinet is typically an information (.inf) file, which provides further installation information. The .inf file may refer to files in the .cab as well as to files at other URLs.

Each file compressed in a .cab file is stored completely within a single folder. A .cab file may contain one or more folders or portions of a folder. So, even if a compressed file does not fit in one .cab file, it is placed in one folder that spans multiple .cab files. Such a series of .cab files form a set. Each .cab file contains name information for the logically adjacent .cab files.

A .cab file can be digitally signed like an ActiveX control. A digital signature provides accountability for software developers. The signature associates a software vendor's name with a given file. A signature can be applied to a .cab file using Authenticode technology.

Open/Extract CAB/Cabinet File on Windows

You can use Windows built-in System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe) to extract CAB/Cabinet file.

Start -> Run
Type: msconfig.exe
Press Enter
Click 'Expand File...' at tab General
Click 'Browse From...' to choose CAB/Cabinet file
Click 'Browse To...' to choose folder to save the restored file
Click 'Expand'
Done

Alternatively, You can install an all-in-one archive compression software. Easy 7-Zip opens/extracts CAB/Cabinet file easily on Windows. The Easy 7-Zip was developed based on 7-Zip. 7-Zip is a famous open source file archiver. The Easy 7-Zip is an easy-to-use version of 7-Zip. The open source freeware keeps all features of 7-Zip and adds a few useful features that makes the software more user-friendly.

Easy 7-Zip works on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/2008/2003/XP/2000 (both 32-bit and 64-bit compatible).

Free Download Easy 7-Zip
Install Easy 7-Zip by step-by-step instructions
The installation will associate CAB with Easy 7-Zip automatically
Double-click on CAB file to open CAB/Cabinet file with Easy 7-Zip

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Alternatively, Right-click on CAB/Cabinet file on Windows Explorer

Extract files...

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Extract to 'folder'

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Done

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You can try other alternative freeware that opens/extracts CAB/Cabinet file on Windows. For example:

PeaZip
TUGZip
B1 Free Archiver
IZArc
Universal Extractor
Bandizip
Bitser

Open/Extract CAB/Cabinet File on Mac

B1 Free Archiver opens/extracts CAB/Cabinet file on Mac. B1 Free Archiver is a free software for creating archive folder and extracting archive file. B1 Archiver works on all platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac and Android. The freeware supports most popular formats including CAB/Cabinet.

B1 Free Archiver is compatible with:

Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Alternative freeware that opens/extracts CAB/Cabinet file on Mac.

Keka
The Unarchiver

Open/Extract CAB/Cabinet File on Linux

You need to install cabextract. cabextract extracts files from Microsoft cabinet (.cab) archives or executable cabinet.

Install cabextract on CentOS and Fedora

$ wget http://www.cabextract.org.uk/cabextract-1.4.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf cabextract-1.4.tar.gz
$ cd cabextract-1.4
$ ./configure
$ make
# make install

Install cabextract on Debian and Ubuntu

# apt-get install cabextract

To extract/unpack a CAB file, type:

$ cabextract file.cab

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To extract CAB file to specified directory, type:

$ cabextract -d directory file.cab

cabextract Options:

-v --version print version / list cabinet
-h --help show this help page
-l --list list contents of cabinet
-t --test test cabinet integrity
-q --quiet only print errors and warnings
-L --lowercase make filenames lowercase
-f --fix fix (some) corrupted cabinets
-p --pipe pipe extracted files to stdout
-s --single restrict search to cabs on the command line
-F --filter extract only files that match the given pattern
-d --directory extract all files to the given directory

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