How to use makecab.exe to create cabinet (*.CAB) file using ALL FILES in a folder?

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I have a large number of files and its very hard to add them in the .DDF file which is used by makecab utility. So I want to know how to specify in a DDF file that all files in a given folder should be added in my CAB.

I have extracted one CAB file from MSI created using InstallShield. I have replaced one of the files and now I want to create a new CAB archive.

for reference for people like me dying inside trying to figure out how to use makecab, here's a powershell script i just made: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19411440/makecab-create-a-cab-file-from-all-the-files-in-a-folder/24668955#24668955 — Nacht, Jul 10 '14 at 05:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 29 '11 at 16:05

This is not supported by makecab.exe. You need to specify which files you want to include.

Either way, if you are trying to modify a MSI CAB, it won't work. The CAB is just a files container. The actual file information used during install is stored in the MSI database.

A better solution would be to import the MSI in a setup authoring tool, make the modifications you need and generate a new MSI.

How to use makecab.exe to create cabinet (*.CAB) file using ALL FILES in a folder?

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