extracting files from an exe

Mr Urt · February 23rd, 2003

is there any way to do it¿

Phoenix · February 23rd, 2003

I guess you can do it, opening the file with either winzip or winrar.

**Kane** · February 23rd, 2003

Really depends. If it's an SFX, yes. Otherwise most likely not

Mr Urt · February 23rd, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Kane
Really depends. If it's an SFX, yes. Otherwise most likely not

I don't have a clue what that means, but I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that if it doesn't open in WinRAR, it ain't gonna open. (which, btw, is the first thing I tried)

**Snake785** · February 23rd, 2003

The only way you can do that is if the .exe was made in WinRAR or Winzip and the archive was created as a self extracting archive (SFX). And like Kane said, if it isn't an SFX you probably can't get the files out of it. What happens when you double-click the exe anyways?

Mr Urt · February 23rd, 2003

it brings up a dos prompt that says something to the effect of "not enough memory to execute program"

**fivefeet8** · February 23rd, 2003

I wouldn't be executing .exe files that I don't know what's in it if I were you..

**kairi00** · February 23rd, 2003

Like everyone said, there is no way to extract files from an EXE unless is a self-extracting archive (which basically means it's a ZIP/RAR/whatever archive that can be extracted without the need of an archiver installed).

Seeing the behaviour of the program, either you're trying to execute some archaic DOS program/game (best case scenario), or you're now a happy new owner of a trojan/virus (worst case scenario).

grahf · February 23rd, 2003

There's a program called Resource Hacking which allows you to edit/change/modify the contents of an exe file.

**Betamax** · February 23rd, 2003

ALternatively it could be a partaly downloaded sfx archive. I've seen egs where fecked up sfx zip archives display that mesage.

Omega · February 24th, 2003

I think you're mentioning self file extractor... if you do, they are already transferred after being executed, most of time the program used is winace or winrar

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Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Really depends. If it's an SFX, yes. Otherwise most likely not __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	The only way you can do that is if the .exe was made in WinRAR or Winzip and the archive was created as a self extracting archive (SFX). And like Kane said, if it isn't an SFX you probably can't get the files out of it. What happens when you double-click the exe anyways? __________________ My Computer specs: Pentium 4 2.6Ghz 512 MB of RAM Geforce FX 5700 128 MB Windows XP SP1 Click here for Flaretech.Biz Web Hosting

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kairi00 Puchiko-nyu! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: 49° 11' N 123° 10' W Posts: 2,854	Like everyone said, there is no way to extract files from an EXE unless is a self-extracting archive (which basically means it's a ZIP/RAR/whatever archive that can be extracted without the need of an archiver installed). Seeing the behaviour of the program, either you're trying to execute some archaic DOS program/game (best case scenario), or you're now a happy new owner of a trojan/virus (worst case scenario). __________________ "Not every ejaculation deserves a name." --- George Carlin

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Phoenix Ada... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: GDL, MX Posts: 2,229	I guess you can do it, opening the file with either winzip or winrar.

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Mr Urt gone postal Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,569	it brings up a dos prompt that says something to the effect of "not enough memory to execute program"

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Omega User addicted to Diazepam Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: WIRED Posts: 4,732	I think you're mentioning self file extractor... if you do, they are already transferred after being executed, most of time the program used is winace or winrar __________________ .:[ This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time ]:. .:[ I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last]:.

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