How to make a cab FILE - JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General

Hi All,
I wonder how easy it is to make CAB files that add registry tweaks. For example it would be nice to have a CAB file that modifies the Universal font cache to make it run faster. That way I could add the file into my extended ROM and add it to the config file??
Any help would be apprechiated (PS I have a copy of WinCE CAB manager).
Cheers
John

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More detailed instrcutions on CAB file creating

Is there somewhere more detailed instructions on how to create you own CAB files?
I have downloaded WinCE Cab Manager and looked at some CAB files, of how they are made up. Now I see some have setup.dll and setup.exe etc files in them.
I have now collected all my registry settings I want to use in my CAB, but when I put it into the files sections, and run the CAB file on my Jam, it doesn't want to run. Do I need these other setup files in there as well?

WinCE Cab Manager Help Wanted!!!!

Hi I am Looking for help using WinCE cab Manager
Q) I am trying to create a cab file for the GPS Patch on WM5 by using the Regestry editor part of WCE Cabman but i can't work out how to get this software to remove the Value Redirect to allow the Dword Group=2 to be activated.
You should ask the author of WinCE CAB Manager.
Cabs cannot delete a registry key... they can only modify it or overwrite it... There is a way however... Look up the patches in extended ROM... they do it by a way of using a custom DLL and an XML file in which you can specify what directory/registry to delete...
Please explain a little more, What Patches to look at?

making .cab files

For some reason, the .cab I made to fix the QuickGPS issue will *NOT* install. It was made with WinCE Cab Manager like I have made every other .cab file which has always worked.
Trying to install on the Kaiser.
Can someone figure out what went wrong? I'm frustrated.
Thanks...
-Mc
In my oppinion there is a _setup.xml missing in your cab file. So the installer doesn't know what to do with your file. You should try to make such a file and intigrate it into your cab. The easiest way is to use and modify an existing _setup.xml from an other archiev.
For i do not know which filetype the file you try to install (that is defined in the _setup.xml, too) has i can not be shure. But if it is an dll you have modifyed u'll have to unregister it before modyfying and reregister it before you put it into the installer.
search for "unsigner" and "msigner", for signing dll's
One last hint. I use ZipStar for creating cab files. That is much easier for it has the look and feel of winzip.
this is strictly a reg patch .cab. I've used WinCE Cab Manager for a while now with no issues. I also checked some of my previous cabs and none of those had .xml files in them either so this looks consistant.
I've NEVER installed any of my cabs on the Kaiser so I'm wondering if the issue is the OS. I'll try to install this cab on my K-Jam just to see if it works there. If it does, the issue is a compatability issue.
If I manually create the xml file and create a cab using ZipStar, is that all there is to it or is it going to be missing something? I've never used ZipStar and not familiar with how it handles PPC .cab files. I checked out their website and I don't read German.
Thanks again for your help. I'll give your recommendations a shot.
-Mc

Cab file manipulation

I'm hacking on a Wm app and have some problem with deployment.
The application works fine but I have to change a Uri in a config file inside the installer Cab before installing it every time. -> Of course I'm lazy and want to automate the process of changing the file.
The reason for not including the configuration in the application itself is that I'm signing the Cab/app , so its an trust issue
This is what I want to do:
Open the installer Cab and extract file
Edit file
Replace original file in Cab
Re-Sign the Cab
Anyone have ideas plz share, I don't need a complete solution just some ideas/outline of how it could be done scripted or programmatic.
Tnx all for a great community, I keep testing much of the stuff here on my kaizer.

[REQ] Any Way to modify CAB installations

I'm curious if there is any way to modify the cab installations so that we can be asked which start menu folder we would like the shortcut to be placed in?
I have the Start Menu set up so nicely (thanks to Indagroove) but any time I update an app or install a new app I have to go move the link and then restart my phone so it does not appear in the 6.5.x Start Menu.
Any real developers have any ideas?
Way 1
buy "WinCE Cab Manager"
install it on your PC
open .cab files with it
modify .cab files
save .cab files
Way 2
same as above... but as someone who already has WinCE Cab Manager
Way 3
extract files in .cab
edit the files in the .cab with notepad, ultaredit,...
hope it will be ok
repack .cab
easy...
That's what I do now.
Oh well, thanks for replying though.

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