在 Windows 环境中，CAB指的是Cabinet 文件——Microsoft ^{(Cabinet files)}Windows^{(Microsoft Windows)}的一种存档文件格式。该格式支持用于维护存档完整性的数据压缩和嵌入式数字证书。使用此文件格式，用户可以将多个文件/文件夹存储到单个文件中，无论是否涉及此存档中的数据压缩。

Windows 11/10/8/7 可以解压缩或提取压缩文件的内容，因为它与CAB文件本机兼容。此外，操作系统可以创建、提取或重建 cab 文件。这意味着您不需要任何额外的第三方软件来执行此任务。所有CAB文件都可以使用基本的 Windows 命令行工具解压缩。

有三个内置的Windows命令行工具用于处理CAB文件：

1. 扩展程序
2. 驾驶室
3. 提取32.exe

1]展开.exe

要查看可用于 expand.exe 的命令行选项，请打开命令提示符^{(Command Prompt)}窗口，键入以下内容并按 Enter：

expand /?

2]makecab.exe

要查看可用于 makecab.exe 的命令行选项，请打开命令提示符^{(Command Prompt)}窗口，键入以下内容并按 Enter：

makecab.exe

3]提取32

要查看可用于 extrac32 的命令行选项，请打开命令提示符^{(Command Prompt)}窗口，键入以下内容并按 Enter：

extrac32 |more

阅读^(Read)：使用这些免费的 Microsoft Store 应用程序在 Windows 10 上提取 RAR 文件^{(Extract RAR files on Windows 10 using these free Microsoft Store apps)}。

使用命令行提取 CAB 文件

要提取Cab文件的内容，您可以使用上述任何工具。让我们以expand.exe工具为例。

要提取.cab文件的内容，首先使用 CD 命令将目录更改为指向源的位置，然后运行以下命令：

Expand TWC.cab -F:* C:\TWCFolder

在这里，您将TWC.cab文件的内容提取到C:\TWCFolder中。-F是要扩展的文件数。当您使用“*”时，它表示所有文件。

完成后，该工具将显示提取文件的完整列表。

关闭命令提示符窗口并转到Windows Explorer。在那里，您应该可以看到完整提取的文件结构的完整列表。

顺便说一句，包括7-Zip在内的几款^(7-Zip)免费文件压缩软件^{(free file compression software)}，让您在 Windows 系统上轻松压缩或提取 CAB 文件的内容。^{(Incidentally, several free file compression software including 7-Zip, let you easily compress or extract the contents of a CAB file on a Windows system.)}

How to extract CAB File using command line tools in Windows 11/10

In the Wіndows еnvironment, CAB refers to Cabinet files – an archive file format for Microsoft Windows. The format supports data compression and embedded digital certificates used for maintaining archive integrity. Using this file format, a user can store multiple files/folders into a single file with or without involving data compression in this archive.

Windows 11/10/8/7 can unzip or extract the contents of a compressed file as it is natively compatible with CAB files. Moreover, the OS can create, extract, or rebuild cab files. This means you do not require any additional third-party software for this task. All CAB files can be unzipped using basic Windows command-line tools.

There are three built-in Windows command-line tools for dealing with CAB files:

1. expand.exe
2. makecab.exe
3. extrac32.exe

1] expand.exe

To see the command line option available for expand.exe, open a Command Prompt window, type the following and hit Enter:

expand /?

2] makecab.exe

To see the command line option available for makecab.exe, open a Command Prompt window, type the following and hit Enter:

makecab.exe

3] extrac32

To see the command line option available for extrac32, open a Command Prompt window, type the following and hit Enter:

extrac32 |more

Read: Extract RAR files on Windows 10 using these free Microsoft Store apps.

Extract CAB File using command line

To extract the contents of Cab files, you can use any of the above tools. Let us take the example of expand.exe tool.

To extract the contents of a .cab file, first change the directory to point to the location of the source using the CD command and then run the following command:

Expand TWC.cab -F:* C:\TWCFolder

Here you are extracting the contents of TWC.cab file into the C:\TWCFolder. -F is the number of files to expand. When you use ‘*’, it means all the files.

When completed, the tool will display the complete list of extracted files.

Close the command prompt windows and go to Windows Explorer. There, the complete list of full extracted file structure should be visible to you.

Incidentally, several free file compression software including 7-Zip, let you easily compress or extract the contents of a CAB file on a Windows system.

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