products.cab URL guideThis process involves two steps: getting the required DLL file and extracting the URL from it.
There are two methods to obtain this file.
Simply download the Media Creation Tool, for example for Windows 11.
On Windows, open the file with 7-Zip. Inside should be a file named SetupMgr.dll. Simply extract it.
On Linux, run 7z x MediaCreationTool.exe SetupMgr.dll, ensuring to change the filename if the target Media Creation Tool has a different one.
Go to Winbindex, and type in setupmgr.dll.
Now, download your desired version. Ensure to rename it to SetupMgr.dll.
On Windows or Linux, you will need different utilities.
Download a copy of Sysinternals Strings.
Make sure to install binutils from the GNU Project.
Both utilities have different usage, and there are different programs used on both platforms to look for specific lines.
For both commands, ensure to change the filenames, for example if you are using strings from Sysinternals (32-bit and not strings64).
These commands shall be executed in a terminal window.
strings64 -u SetupMgr.dll | findstr fwlink
strings -e l SetupMgr.dll | grep fwlink
You should have found a couple of links. The best way to determine which one is the actual products.cab URL is by trying all of them.
After following this guide, you should have acquired the products.cab URL without using network interception software.
That's all there is to it!