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Re: mscompress



--- Angus Auld <aonghas_auld@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- Paul Cartwright <ale@pcartwright.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu January 24 2008, Angus Auld wrote:
> > > Whenever I run "msexpand *.exe" I get the
> > following
> > > response:
> > >
> > > conky@conky2008:~/tmp/expand$ msexpand
> > > Install_Messenger.exe
> > > Install_Messenger.exe: Doesn't end with
> underscore
> > --
> > > ignored
> > 
> > a _file.exe is a compressed exe that is usually
> > found an an install CD, like a 
> > windows XP install CDROM. It is not a ZIP file,
> full
> > of other compressed 
> > files.
> >  so you would run uncompress _file.exe and end up
> > with file.exe
> > 
> > -- 
> > Paul Cartwright
> > Registered Linux user # 367800
> > Registered Ubuntu User #12459
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Thanks for your reply Paul. So, if I understand, a
> windows binary
> installation package .exe isn't like a nix binary
> like
> .deb or .rpm?
> I thought it was, well sort of anyway.
> What exactly is mscompress/msexpand supposed to do?
> 
> I want to extract some icons from an
> MSN_Messenger.exe
> 
> binary package. Is there no way to do that?
> 
> Sorry if I have misunderstood.
> 
> Best regards. 
> 
> 
> -- Angus
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I forgot to mention in my last reply that "uncompress
*.exe"
didn't work either.
Uncompress returns "unknown suffix -- ignored"

-- Angus

######Linux Laptop powered by Debian Linux######
###########Reg. Linux User #278931###########


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