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re: Question about 'Using .CAB Files'
Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 11:52 am
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Posted by andy (42 messages posted)


just a wee line to say cheers for your info regarding.cab files,you've been a great help!


On Monday, January 6, 2003 at 7:47 pm, Oh_dear wrote:
>Building on Carol's advice, CAB files are like zip files, containing a set of Windows
>system files in compressed form. During install, the required files are extracted
>from the CAB files. Subsequently, if a Windows file is corrupted or lost, you can
>replace it using sfc (go to Start, Run enter sfc, click OK and use the wizard).
>sfc will identify the corrupt/missing files and extract them from the appropriate
>CAB file. Or you can do it yourself using the extract command in a DOS window.
>
>


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re: Question about 'Using .CAB Files' (Oh_dear: Monday, January 6, 2003 at 7:47 pm)

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