Windows CE CAB Info

wcecabinfo is a cli tool to extract information from the .000 file inside a Windows CE CAB installer file. It can be used to retrieve data such as application name, processor architecture and the versions of Windows CE the program is compatible with.

A .000 file or a .cab file can be passed as input. If a .cab file is passed, the tool uses cabextract to extract the .000 file first.

This program supports piped input, however this is only possible for .000 files.

Dependencies

This project includes cJSON to generate JSON output.

For being able to pass .cab files to the program, cabextract needs to be installed on the system and be in $PATH

Usage

Usage: wcecabinfo [-j] [-r] [-V] FILE
Print information about a CAB .000 file. Input can be either a cab file or an already extracted .000 file.
If a cab file is provided, cabextract is needed to handle extraction.

  -j, --json               print output as JSON
  -r, --reg                print output as Windows Reg format
                           overrides --json option
  -h, --help               print help
  -v, --version            print version information
  -V, --verbose            print verbose logs

Examples:
  wcecabinfo f.cab     Print information about file f.cab
  wcecabinfo -j f.000  Print JSON formatted information about file f.000

Example: JSON output

$ wcecabinfo -j file.cab

Example: .reg output

$ wcecabinfo -r file.000

Output fields

• appName - Application name as defined in the file
• provider - Provider (e.g. developer or publisher)
• architecture - Architecture, can be one of: MIPS, SH3, SH4, ARM, X86, THUMB
• unsupported - List of unsupported platforms, usually one or more of PALM-SIZE PC, HPC, PALM PC, PALM PC2, POCKETPC, JUPITER
• minCeVersion - Minimum version of Windows CE needed to run this application, usually one of: 1.0, 1.01, 2.0, 2.01, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 3.0, 4.0, 4.10, 4.20, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
• maxCeVersion - Maximum version of Windows CE needed to run this application, can be a non-existing version, e.g. 4.99
• minCeBuildNumber - Minimum Windows CE build number
• maxCeBuildNumber - Maximum Windows CE build number

More output fields such as files, directories, registry entries and links are available in the JSON output. For more information, consult typescript/WinCeCab000Info.ts.

JSON Output

The tool outputs formatted JSON when used with the -j flag, ideal for being used in JS/TS apps.

Typescript types are provides in typescript/WinCeCab000Info.ts.

Registry (.reg) output

This tool supports outputting the registry data in the Windows .reg format, use the -r flag for this.

Building

Building for UNIX and GNU/Linux

make clean && make

Building for Win32 with mingw64

make clean && make CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc

Installing on UNIX and GNU/Linux

make install

Credits

Thanks go to

• Stuart Caie - for documenting the .000 format
• C:Amie and Rich Hawley - for help and feedback
• Ørjan Malde - for help and feedback
• Aleksejs Popovs - For help with Cyrillic character decoding