Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?
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Am 07.01.2023 um 13:40 schrieb The Wanderer:
> On 2023-01-07 at 07:13, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
>
>> All .exe files are windows, linux does not use .exe!
>
> While the latter statement is (largely) correct, the former is not.
> Some .exe files are DOS programs, not Windows programs.
>
> The question being asked is how to tell which type a given EXE is,
> and assuming it turns out to be a DOS program, how to run it.
>
OMG, i really have some difficulty to access my own knowing, as i used
to handle such problems almost one generation ago. ;-)
But my first research turned up some useful hints.
But mostly: i did not receive the OP's originel post (for whatever
reason) and am therefore lacking a pointer to the question, that
really woke up his interest.
This is my list of links:
> http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/Linear_Executable
> https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/executable-file-exe-file
>
>
https://fileinfo.com/extension/exe
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_executable_file_formats
>
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http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/MS-DOS_EXE
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_MZ_executable
> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Disassembly/Windows_Executable_Files
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