Uncompress one or more compressed .CAB cabinet files.
Syntax
Extrac32 [/Y] [/A] [/D | /E] [/L dir] cabinet [filename...]
Extrac32 [/Y] source [newname]
Extrac32 [/Y] /C source destination
EXTRACT [/Y] [/A] [/D | /E] [/L dir] cabinet [filename...]
Key
cabinet Cabinet file (contains two or more files.)
filenames Name of the file to extract from the cabinet
Wild cards (*.*) (.) and multiple files (separated by
blanks are valid.
source Compressed file (a cabinet with only one file.)
newname New filename to give the exracted file.
If not supplied the original name is used.
options
/A Process ALL cabinets. Follow cabinet chain.
/C Copy source file to destination (to copy from DMF floppy disks.)
/D Display cabinet directory (use with filename to avoid extract)
/E Extract all (use instead of *.* to extract all files)
/L dir Location to place extracted files (default is current folder)
/Y Overwrite files without any prompt
Extrac32.exe can be used from the command line, but does not display any output on the console. (Extrac32.exe is part of Internet Explorer.) The output can be redirected through the more utility extrac32.exe /? | more
Examples
Extracting the archive demo.cab to the work folder:
C:\> extrac32.exe demo.cab /L "C:\work\"
Create a self extracting archive containing movie.mov:
C:\> makecab movie.mov "temp.cab"
C:\> copy /b "%windir%\system32\extrac32.exe"+"temp.cab" "movie.exe"
C:\> del /q /f "temp.cab"
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, who is poor” ~ President José Mujica
Related Commands:
ATTRIB - Display or change file attributes.
COPY - Copy one or more files to another location.
MAKECAB - Create .CAB file.
Q132913 - Extract utility.
Equivalent bash command (Linux): gzip - Compress or decompress named file(s).