How to use cab32.exe in NT-based OSes?

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How to use cab32.exe in NT-based OSes?

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How to use cab32.exe in NT-based OSes?
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Re: How to use cab32.exe in NT-based OSes?

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...isn't that file from early Chicagos?...if so...I think you're doing something quite pointless. The functions that the program calls are probably different enough to break compatibility.

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Re: How to use cab32.exe in NT-based OSes?

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user99672 wrote:...isn't that file from early Chicagos?...if so...I think you're doing something quite pointless. The functions that the program calls are probably different enough to break compatibility.
Indeed, it's the early version of the 32-bit Explorer. Cabinet.exe from 58s was still 16-bit, IIRC. Later they made it 32-bit and then finally renamed it to explorer.exe.
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Re: How to use cab32.exe in NT-based OSes?

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It might be possible by writing wrapper DLLs(adding stubs for unsupported API calls) and hex-editing DLL filenames in import section in cab32.exe.

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