Install .cab file outside of IE
Our company’s computers are locked down so users cannot install anything. Now, we have just bought a service that requires the download and install of a cab file.
When I go to the web page with this control installed under my admin account, everything works fine because I have rights to install it. But if I go to that web page under my normal user account, I cannot use the control because I don’t have rights to install it. Now, that being said, if I visit the page under my admin account, then go back under my normal user account, I’m able to use the control.
So, either I have to login as admin on everybody’s machine as admin and visit that web page to install that .cab file (not an option, 100s of pcs), or I need to figure out a way to install the .cab file outside of IE so networking can push it to all of their PCs. My question is how can I install it outside of IE. I have downloaded the .cab file and right clicked the .ini file and clicked install. I can see the files (dll,ocx) in my system32 folders. But when I don’t see it listed as “installed” in “c:\windows\Downloaded Program Files” like I see it in my admin account, and it doesn't work.
Info – Our company is using IE6, Windows XP, the file I’m trying to install is “ewebeditpro3.cab.”, from what I can tell, web edit pro 3 is a product from Ektron, I’ve looked at their site, but couldn’t find any info on installing the client.
Answer
Your organization is probably using SMS, BigFix, or something to push changes. The cab file will contain an ActiveX control; you can use WinZip to extract it from the cab file and use your existing system to install it. (with regsvr32.exe)