Windows 10: cabinet.dll for compression api

where is it possible to find a cabinet.dll with compression functions, for windows 2016, is there any installer, the windows kit only has compressapi.h and lib but not the dll https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/cmpapi/using-the-compression-api-in-block-mode

:)

 

PowerShell script to compress folder contents to cabinet file (.cab)

The script takes the contents of a folder (including all its subfolders) and creates a cabinet file (.cab), using the Windows native makecab.exe command.

Get it here: Create-CAB.zip

The script can be run, from either within PowerShell or from a shortcut (to find out how to run it from a shortcut, see this excellent tutorial by @Kari).

When the script is run, it will ask for the user input:
1. “Full path of the folder to compress to cabinet file”
When prompted provide the complete path of the folder which contains the files you want to compress to cabinet file.
e.g. If you want to compress the contents of a folder named “MyStuff” in your Documents folder you enter C:\Users\<YourUserName>\Documents\MyStuff (or for short: $env:HOMEPATH\Documents\MyStuff).
If you want to compress the contents of a folder named “Intel_MCU” in your Downloads folder, you enter the full path C:\Users\<YourUserName>\Downloads\Intel_MCU (or for short: $env:HOMEPATH\Downloads\Intel_MCU), (#1 in screenshot below).

2. “Cabinet filename (without the .cab extension)”
When prompted provide the name of the cabinet file you want to create, without the “.cab” extension. The extension will be automatically added by the script, (#2 in screenshot below).

After getting your input, depending of the size on the files you want to compress the script will run and will create the requested cabinet (.cab) file within the folder the script is run from, i.e. if you run the script from your desktop, the cabinet file will be created in your desktop, (#3 in screenshot below).

It’s worth mentioning that if the filename you provide, already exists in the folder you run the script from, the existing file will not be deleted or overwritten, but for backup reasons, it will be renamed with a suffix with the file’s date/time, (#4 in screenshot below).






That’s it.

Please feel free to alter the script to suit your needs.

A big thanks to Nacht of stackoverflow.com, who is credited the directive file creation routine.

 

Missing api-ms-win-core DLLs

Hi

I bought a laptop with Windows 8.1 and upgraded to Windows 10. It's a 64-bit system with an AMD processor. I'm trying to use py2exe to turn a Python script into a standalone executeable but I have missing DLLs. The list of DLLs is:

- api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-2-1.dll

- api-ms-win-core-atoms-l1-1-0.dll

- api-ms-win-core-winrt-error-l1-1-1.dll

- api-ms-win-core-sidebyside-l1-1-0.dll

- api-ms-win-core-localization-obsolete-l1-3-0.dll

- api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-2-0.dll

- api-ms-win-core-heap-l2-1-0.dll

- api-ms-win-core-delayload-l1-1-1.dll

- api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-2-0.dll

- api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-2-0.dll

- api-ms-win-core-shlwapi-obsolete-l1-2-0.dll

- api-ms-win-security-base-l1-2-0.dll

I do not know where to find these DLLs. I have installed the following in an attempt to resolve this but it has not worked:

- Visual C++ Redistributables (x86 and x64 - 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015)

- Visual Studio 2010 Express

- Visual Studio 2010 Express Prerequisites x64

- Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 (7.1)

Also Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Multi-Targeting Pack is listed in my Programs and Features list but I am unable to install ANY version of .NET Framework after 4. For example, when I try to install NEW Framework v4.6 the installer blocks and says I already
have a newer version of .NET Framework installed. But when I tried to install Windows SDK for Windows 7 the installer told me I had a pre-release version of .NET Framework 4 (which I don't remember installing).

Where can I obtain the missing DLLs from?

 

Error: ucrtbase.terminate not located in the dynamic link library api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll

Open elevated cmd.
Type the following command: regsvr32 /u api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll.
Type the following command: regsvr32 /i api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll.
Close cmd. Shut down. Restart.
Here's the page that lists the commands: Regsvr32 - Register a DLL - Windows CMD - SS64.com

That being said, I also did a registry cleaning, and it also had a pending update that went through that was apparently awaiting a full shut down. It might very well have just been that.

Microsoft can nudge all they want, I'm keeping this older model laptop on 7, it's not powerful enough for the bloat of 10. I was very near to running a sfc scan (I was going to make that my last thing to set it to do before retiring to bed for the night) and then putting the windows disc in and repairing the install like you suggested tomorrow if the sfc repair didn't work.