I have a question about What 
to Throw Away:

I was greatly displeased to find that there is a folder - Windows/options/cabs (I 
think) which has scores of cab files full of wavs and cursors and wallpapers. I imagine 
that that is the source for the add/remove programs - I don't need to insert the 
disk to add/remove components. 

Since I will never want to re-install themes, or audio clips, etc., I at least wanted 
to delete the audio/visual stuff and leave all the other files I was unfamiliar with. 
I used Winzip to view the files, but it states that "Delete is not a function allowed 
with this file type".

Is there a download which will allow me to view AND delete the contents of cab files?

Thanks,
Ethan

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re: Way to delete cursors, bmp's, etc. from .cab files? Thursday, February 19, 2004 at 11:07 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) I've never heard of those file types being visisble in a Windows CAB's directory, but those are your Windows 98 CAB installlation files. Name brand PC's are normally sold with Windows preinstalled by the manufacturer. Rather than giving an install CD with them, they place the install files on the hard drive. I'd think, you'd want to leave those alone. Missing or corrupt files can be extracted from them. Your Windows installation can be repaired/reinstalled from them. Aren't most of those zipped files? With Winzip you can view cabs, but you can't just delete the files with it. You'd need to unzip them to do that. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Way to delete cursors, bmp's, etc. from .cab files? Friday, February 20, 2004 at 6:01 am Posted by phantom (5661 messages posted) Why in the Devil would you want to delete any of your Windows files?? They are installation files for Windows. You can repair items on your computer without having to use your Windows CD. On Thursday, February 19, 2004 at 10:03 pm, Ethan wrote: >I have a question about What >to Throw Away: > >I was greatly displeased to find that there is a folder - Windows/options/cabs (I >think) which has scores of cab files full of wavs and cursors and wallpapers. I imagine >that that is the source for the add/remove programs - I don't need to insert the >disk to add/remove components. > >Since I will never want to re-install themes, or audio clips, etc., I at least wanted >to delete the audio/visual stuff and leave all the other files I was unfamiliar with. >I used Winzip to view the files, but it states that "Delete is not a function allowed >with this file type". > >Is there a download which will allow me to view AND delete the contents of cab files? > >Thanks, >Ethan [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Way to delete cursors, bmp's, etc. from .cab files? Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 2:22 pm Posted by Ethan (8 messages posted) Thanks Carol and phantom for responding. The point is that I do have the CD and so it seems so pointless to store a 188MB subdirectory on the hard drive. I was thinking of just freeing up a bit of space used by needless files. Thanks anyway for the input. Ethan [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum