Both .tar and .cab files are compressed archives, so it should be possible to repack one to another should you really need it. However, when you convert the archives, you won't be able to use for their original installation purposes.
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Conversion of tar file format to cab file format beta
Search for tar to cab converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert Unix standard Archive format, Tape Archive to Windows Cabinet Compressed Archive.
We have found 3 software records in our database eligible for .tar to .cab file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert tar to cab on Windows
FilZip
A freeware file compression tool
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from tar file | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
to cab file | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned tar to cab. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
ALZip
One of the many available file compression utilities
IZArc
A freeware archive utility that supports many archive formats
Additional links: Open tar file, Open cab file
TAR
Files with tar extension may be most often found as compressed archives in Unix standard archive format.
CAB
A cab file extension is commonly used for compressed archives found in Microsoft Windows operating system.
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