InstallShield CAB

File Format
Name	InstallShield CAB
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving InstallShield CAB
Extension(s)	.cab, .hdr
Wikidata ID	Q28758102

InstallShield CAB is a compressed archive format used by some versions (at least versions 5 and 6) of the InstallShield installation software. It is the successor to InstallShield Z format. It reportedly uses zlib compression. It is not the same as Microsoft's Cabinet format.

Identification

Files begin with ASCII characters "ISc(".

See also

• InstallShield
• InstallShield Z (predecessor)
• Cabinet (for comparison)

Software

• Unshield
• i5comp21.rar, i6cmp13b.zip, i6comp02.zip
• Konvertor
• Universal Extractor

Sample files

• http://cd.textfiles.com/cdaction/cdaction40/YDP/ → *.CAB
• http://cd.textfiles.com/cdaction/cdaction42a/DRIVER/ → *.CAB
• http://cd.textfiles.com/cdaction/cdaction43a/CODE/ → *.CAB
• dexvert samples — archive/installShieldCAB