

Creating a .cab archive from one or more files
Introduction Microsoft requires drivers developers to pack the drivers files into a single cab and code sign it. I was looking for a way to do so programmatically. I found the MakeCab tool but from first look it allows passing one parameter for the file, so I was looking for the right way to pack several files. Background The .Cab format seems to be a bit outdated. It was created by Microsoft when files which were part of a Setup application needed to be packed into disks. Ev


How to fetch user's email address
Introduction Following a question in Stack Overflow, I wrote this article which is about finding the user's email address, or several email addresses if he/she has. Background I looked at the Registry to find out how to do so, by searching for my own email address at the entire Registry. This is rather a tricky method to find out (in all probability) the user's email address from the stored email used to log on to Microsoft services. There are many email clients and methods,