Error 1334 .File cannot be found in the Data1.cab

Question

I am working on a Win 7-64 bit machine. I have a software installation package which contains the .msi file, a CAB file and some MST files. I wanted to modify the cabinet file. So I extracted the cab file using CABARC utility.

But before making any changes to the extracted files, just for testing the utility I removed the original cab file from the current directory. And created a new cab file from the files extracted from the original cab file, again using CABARC utility.

But now if I run the .msi file, it shows the error:

ERROR:1334. The file "XYZ" cannot be installed because the file cannot be found in the cabinet file Data1.cab. This could indicate a network error, an error reading from the CD-ROM, or a problem with this package.

But the file is present in the cabinet file I can see that. The same installer is working fine with the original cab file.

I have tried different compression types (MSZIP, LZX:<15...21>) as well, but none of them work. I have not removed/added any file in the cabinet file. Am I doing anything wrong or if there is any other information that a cabinet file stores ?

Thanks.

Conklin

Did you ever find anything out? – Becerra

Did you get the solution for the above problem? Me too facing the same issue. – Disregardful

@mallikgm Sorry, I couldn't find the reason for this behavior. – Conklin

Same issue here. Generates msi with wix, then ICE validates OK, and validates with orca ok. If anybody knows anything please help – Arpent

Still occurring in 2020. – Carriecarrier

fwiw, I had the same error today (file cannot be found in the cabinet file). The problem turned out to be a duplicate sequence number for the file that couldn't be found. The answer to this question also explains that the order and size of files must match the file table. – Kevel

Answer 1

This error when the setup path exceed the path limit for OS. Try changing output path for installer path to some shorter path.

Houdon

Even though the path is shorter, this problem is occurring. Do you know any other reason for this? – Disregardful