What is a .CAB file?

asoularisen · #1 (**permalink**) 04-05-2008, 03:12 PM

Anytime I download a file available here, it saves as a winRar archive file, and when I extract files the folder I get contains an XML file and then other applications.

So what exactly is a .CAB file?

**Yay 4 Juggs** · #2 (**permalink**) 04-05-2008, 03:15 PM

a cab file is a packaged installer for windows mobile devices...if you dl a cab file do not extract it just copy it over to your device and it will extract and install from there.

asoularisen · #3 (**permalink**) 04-05-2008, 03:40 PM

So how come all the CAB files I download here are downloaded as "WinRar" archive files? Does it have to do with the program I have set as my default to extract files?

phelony · #4 (**permalink**) 04-05-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by asoularisen

So how come all the CAB files I download here are downloaded as "WinRar" archive files? Does it have to do with the program I have set as my default to extract files?

ya Winrar sees a cab as an archive file just like a zip or RAR