CAB viewer
To open a CAB file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
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Opened on this device, never uploadedDrop or paste another file at any time
What you see
| CAB in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| Methods | Stored and MSZIP |
| Not yet | LZX and Quantum (named), and cabinets split across files |
| Open one | In the viewer, without unpacking the rest |
| Save all | Everything that can be unpacked, as one ZIP |
| Extensions | .cab |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is a CAB file?
In short
CAB is Microsoft’s cabinet archive, used by Windows drivers, updates and installers.
Every file inside, with its folder and size. Click one to open it right here, with the way back above it; Save keeps that one file, and Save all packs everything into a ZIP.
How to open a CAB file
- Add your CAB. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. Every file inside, with its folder and size. Click one to open it right here, with the way back above it; Save keeps that one file, and Save all packs everything into a ZIP.
- Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to File converter or Batch.
Questions
Drop it here: its files are listed and open in your browser. Windows Update cabinets often use LZX, which the viewer names but can’t unpack yet.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.