- Finding which cabinet file holds a particular system file
- Posted by G LaMont on March 7th, 2004
When I try to replace a missing or bad system file it
asks where to restore the file from. I have the cab files
on the hard drive but I can't narrow down the particular
cab that has the file I'm looking for. I can bring up the
cabs one at a time to check all the files in it but this is
slow and hit and miss.
- Posted by Alan Edwards on March 7th, 2004
If you use SFC (Start-Run-SFC and extract a single file) then you
don't need to know which cab file.
Just point it to the folder.
If you really want to know, then search *.cab in the folder for the
filename using "Containing text".
....Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "G LaMont"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
- Posted by on March 7th, 2004
- Posted by Brian A. on March 7th, 2004
It should work by pointing to the folder that contains the .cab files. Are you
doing it as follows?
To extract a file using SFC:
Start > Run, type in: sfc and press enter.
Place a tic next to "Extract one file from......"
Type in the name of the file and click Start.
Browse to or type in the path to where the file is being restored from, the
Win98 folder on the CD or where the .cab files are on the drive.
Browse to or type in the path of where to save it.
Click Ok.
If you are, make sure you have the .cab file that contains the file by using
find as Alan mentioned. It may be that you are missing that .cab file if the
find comes up empty or you may be typing the name of the file wrong.
--
Brian A.
Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is
always more to learn.
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- Posted by Bill Watt on March 7th, 2004
On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 17:54:08 -0800, "G LaMont"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
Use START/FIND, select Files or Folders and in the Named Box enter
*.cab and in the Containing Text Box enter the name of the file to
find. In the Look in Box enter the path to the Win98 folder on the
CD. If your CD is D: use D:\win98. This finds the CAB file the file
is in. Double click the CAB file then right click your file and
extract.
Otherwise use Windows Explorer, select the Win98 folder on the CD
then use FIND under the Tools Menu. The Look in Box will
automatically be filled in.
Regards,
Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
Microsoft, the company that gave us Edlin. ;-)
- Posted by Lee on March 7th, 2004
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<840401c403f2$c9980a50$a001280a@phx.gbl>...
Only explaination I have for the behavior you report is that
you are trying to extract a file that is not in the cab files.
SFC will find any matching filename first and then look through
each and every cab file in the folder it is pointed to. If it
can't find it, then it's not there to begin with. Also works on
other cab file folders like your ie install cabs for example.
Layout.inf file shows exactly what files are in the Windows 98
install cab files, also Layout1.inf and Layout2.inf. Very
easy to do a text search of all three for a hit. Each file
has a 'directory' look up table for the cab number of each
file in it's particular list. Very often overlooked resource
to be found, of course, in your Windows\Inf folder.
- Posted by on March 7th, 2004
write and edit dBaseIII. Regards, Gerry LaMont
