How to extract .cab file and install .msp file through powershell.

D Vijayakumar VLR 126

Hi All,

I have few .cab file if we click it shows one setup file that file extension is .MSP it means ms office 2010, 2013, 2016 related, so i want to extrat that cab file and install that extracted file it means .msp file through powershell script.

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Limitless Technology 39,371 Reputation points

2022-02-16T09:58:02.61+00:00

Hello @D Vijayakumar VLR

you can use the msiexec command to install this MSP files. From Powershell would looks :

Start-Process msiexec -ArgumentList '/p yourpatchfile.msp /qn'

You can see other parameters for msiexec at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/command-line-options

Hope this helps with your query,

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D Vijayakumar VLR 126 Reputation points

2022-02-17T09:00:59.757+00:00

Thanks for your update i will check but any powershell command to extract the .cab file and save in one place that file .msp and that .msp file need to update in remote servers. if you know please suggest it will be more help for me to extrace .cab file and save to one place

Karol Kula 20 Reputation points

2023-10-23T10:39:10.69+00:00

You can use 7-zip extracting command line tool .
Here you can find more information about it:
https://7ziphelp.com/7zip-command-line

In PowerShell I tried something like this

$PathTo7zExe = "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"

$DownloadPath = <path to folder with CAB file(s)>

Set-Location $DownloadPath

$FileName = <CAB file name>

Write-Verbose "Trying to unpack CAB file with 7-zip"

$ArgumentList = "'" + 'x ' + $FileName +".cab"

Start-Process $PathTo7zExe -ArgumentList $ArgumentList -Wait

You can also extract files to separate folders with command like this:
cmd /c $PathTo7zExe x *.cab -o*
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Krupa Gundraju (Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limit) 126 Reputation points

2022-08-17T11:51:48.387+00:00

Hello, I am also looking for a solution to extract .exe or msi from cabinet file and save it one place so that I can use these to install
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Karol Kula 20 Reputation points

2023-10-23T11:41:34.19+00:00

You can use the 7z.exe command line from Igor Pavlov's 7-zip.

I use it like this:
$PathTo7zExe = "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"

$DownloadPath = "C:\Temp\Updates"

Set-Location $DownloadPath

$Files = Get-ChildItem -Path $DownloadPath -File | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*.cab"}

$FileNames = $Files.Name

Now you can extract every single CAB file to a separate folder ($Dir):

Foreach($FileName in $FileNames){ $Dir = $($FileName.Split('.')[0]) $Expression = "cmd.exe /c " + '"' + $PathTo7zExe+ '"' +" x $FileName -o$Dir" Invoke-Expression $Expression | Out-Null }
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