Re: FN-FORUM: Anyway of view contents of an exe file?

date posted 23rd January 2004 14:16

Steve P wrote:

> Hi,
> Can anyone tell me if it's possible to view and retrieve the contents of an
> exe file? The contents are images that are installed into a specific folder
> on my computer. The problem is that when I click on it nothing happens,
> perhaps is corrupt in some way, but I'd like to know if I could retrieve the
> content in some other way.
> Cheer
> Steve

In other words it's a self-extracting archive.

Try Winzip, it's the most popular. If it won't open it & you don't know
what program made it - look at the headers of the EXE in Notepad or
something for clues - then you're stuffed.

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