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INSTALLING CAB FILES?

Can someone please help me, how do you install cab files, cannot see how this is done. Trying to update my bluetooth to 3900 and all files are unreadable on my pocketpc???
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Check the Blue Angel FAQ on the wiki page.
I have been writing something about that on the faq for the blue angel.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BlueangelFAQ

still don't work, i open the broadcom 3900 folder and click on a file and says "there is no application associated with this file"

copy the .cab file to your device, click on it on your device and it should install

still don't work, i open the broadcom 3900 folder and click on a file and says "there is no application associated with this file"

Sigh...this has been only been explained 100 times on this forum. Maybe we need to make this a tutorial or something....
Code:
How to install *.CAB files:
STEP 1: Download the *.CAB file to your computer
STEP 2: Open de folder that contains the *.CAB file
STEP 3: Have your PDA in de craddle connected to your computer
STEP 4: Open ActiveSync, and click on Explore
STEP 5: COPY (drag) the *.CAB file to your PDA
STEP 6: Click on the *.CAB file in your PDA (with stylus)
The *.CAB file will now be installed.
In some cases, you need to soft-reset your device.
Or...as MDAIIIuser puts it: You can also go eat an apple...
That's all there is to it.

be more specific!
Where do you click on and what do you click on and on what device do you click on it?
You click on the cab file in the ftp folder and you get error
Then click on it with right mouse and select save target as.....
Or
You click on the cab file on your computer and you get the error.
Good, you allready downloaded it so now copy it to your device before trying to open it.
Or
You allready managed to get the file on your device and you get the error wich i don't believe it is the problem because then the install should begin.

Or you buy an apple and eat it.

ok guys thanx 4 all ur help, figured it out, the problem was i was extracting the folder first on My pc then just c0pying the files 0ver to the pocket pc. Instead of copyiny the complete file to the pocket pc then extracting it from there.

copy the .cab file to your device
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:shock: :wink:

I add the line to the FAQ
Do not extract the cab files on your computer.

How to install zip application on x1, step by step ?

can anyone help us how to install zip apllication on x1?
it is very usefull to help people never use Winmo mobile before..

Do you mean zipped application?
First unpack .zip file on the computer.
You get .cab or .exe file.
Copy to the phone and click.

install total commander
open the zip by clicking on it
as you would a dir
copy out the cab
install it by double click

indra1 said:
can anyone help us how to install zip apllication on x1?
it is very usefull to help people never use Winmo mobile before..
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I don't think there is a phone that can use zipped files right out of the box, so you should first unpack the content of the zip, as you would do it on the PC.

norti said:
I don't think there is a phone that can use zipped files right out of the box, so you should first unpack the content of the zip, as you would do it on the PC.
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pretty sure I've been opening ZIP files on my X1 via the default File Manager without any 3rd party software.
Although I'm guessing the original poster is getting confused between CAB and ZIP because Windows XP likes to treat them as the same.

I'v a question! Please help.
Well, if .zip file contain .cab or .exe then the procedure is lay down.
What in the case of zip files of theme or clock contain only .png file in that.
I mean, how to use such zips??
For more clarity to my question please check attachment enclosed & explain me, "In case I want to install that clock on my WM, how to proceed??"
Thanks in advance!!

You don't use the .zip, you have to copy those .png images into a specific folder.
Or maybe you downloaded the source images, i don't really know, i never installed a new clock theme or something.
Where do you have this file from?

.EXE files

how do i make .EXE files appear on the PROGRAMS folder on my diamond - do i always have to go to file explorer to open .exe file
help please

bump
anybody please

Creating a shortcut to the exe in the start menu might be enough, but I haven't tried it. Doing that will definitely work to show it in Start/Programs, but I don't know if it will show up in TF3D programs unless it's actually installed with a cab.

hawwy said:
how do i make .EXE files appear on the PROGRAMS folder on my diamond - do i always have to go to file explorer to open .exe file
help please
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Use a file manager such as Total Comander and place the .exe you want in:
\Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
Greets.

most installations create cabs

Whenever I install a program it appears to open a cab on my kaiser.
Rather than running the installers all the time on my laptop, is there a way to find those cabs and just move them to my storage card so I can install them if I am away from my laptop?

go to the installation folder on ur desktop and the cab would be in a folder in there. usually the folder marked 'installation files' or 'resources'..
just look for the cab file.

found some..
but not most ...
Very odd..

If you mean that when you run a .exe on your laptop to install a program on your kaiser, then it is possible to sometimes extract the cabs from the .exe or installer. A program called Universal Extractor can extract over 50 types of files including most installers. It is free, and supports many languages. It even adds an entry to the context menu, so you can right click nearly any file. It will then try to find the appropriate extracting tool, and then if it succeeds, it will place the files in a folder in the same directory as the original file. Try this, it has worked very well for me.
Dave

ParrotSquawk said:
but not most ...
Very odd..
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If it helps, I tend to find most of them are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync

Installing from PC - Where is CAB

Some software I install is done with an .exe file from the PC. It seems like these programs simply dump the CAB onto the phone for install. Does anyone know where this CAB is on the phone so I can copy it for re-install later?
Doug M.

Check the location you installed on your PC, the cab is usually there too

I have a quick question. I dowloaded Xtract that game. And I extracted the zip and i dont see a .cab file anywhere. Only a setup.xml and a few other files.

Sometimes it goes into a temp folder, it depends on the software. If I see it mention a location during the install process I check that folder for the cab file.

pennywisdom said:
Sometimes it goes into a temp folder, it depends on the software. If I see it mention a location during the install process I check that folder for the cab file.
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Ohh nevermind. So with CABviaActiveSync I just click it and it will install to my phone?

Sometimes you can open up the .exe file with 7-zip and just extract the cab file. Or, if you have sk tools, you can re-pack the program into a cab with their 'installed programs' tool.

dwmackay said:
Some software I install is done with an .exe file from the PC. It seems like these programs simply dump the CAB onto the phone for install. Does anyone know where this CAB is on the phone so I can copy it for re-install later?
Doug M.
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Hi Doug!
You can find the .cab file(s) in C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync\XXXX
Where XXXX is the name of the software you have installed.
HTH

Thanks for the replies. This should speed-up some installs for me.
Doug M.