ietimer.cab not recognized in IE

Sekhar Eevani — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:44:58 GMT

If any old controls like ietimer.cab are throwing errors on a client's browser, one of the possible root causes is the algorithm the control is signed with might be obsolete and not supported. One of those types of controls is ietimer. If it is signed with algorithms like md2 or its variants, you would need to resign the osx and inf of it using a superior algorithm like SHA-n series.

cabinet file with multiple files

Sekhar Eevani — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:37:23 GMT

There are 3 simple steps to create a cabinet file with multiple files.

1. Create a folder with all files that you want to include in cabinet file.

2. Create a directive file using a template. Fill the name of the files to be included in that cabinet. (detail is given below)

3. Run MakeCab in command line.

Simple directive file mentioned in step#2 looks like this. Notice that files to include are written in bold.

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;*** Sample Source Code MakeCAB Directive file example
;
.OPTION EXPLICIT ; Generate errors
.Set CabinetNameTemplate=SampleCab.cab
.set DiskDirectoryTemplate=CDROM ; All cabinets in a single directory
.Set CompressionType=MSZIP;** All files are compressed in cabinet files
.Set UniqueFiles="OFF"
.Set Cabinet=on
.Set DiskDirectory1=SAMPLECAB.CAB
file1.xml
file2.dwp
file3.dll
;*** <the end>

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after creating the above directive file in notepad, save it with .ddf extension (say xxx.ddf).

Run the following in the commandline to create the cab file:

MakeCab.exe /F xxx.ddf

If there is any error in creating cab file, it will throw an error with line number in parentheses.

SekharEvani

ietimer.cab not recognized in IE

cabinet file with multiple files