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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Compression
|subcat2=Executable compression
|released=≤1995
}}
'''PKTINY''', also written '''PK-TINY''', is an executable compression utility that tries to make life difficult for those who try to decompress such files. It was developed by VGA-Software and Thomas Mönkemeier.

It compresses [[MS-DOS EXE|DOS EXE]] files. The files it creates are a corruption of [[TINYPROG]] format, but superficially look more like [[PKLITE]].

== Software ==
* {{OldskoolDOSEXE}} → Executable Tools Pack → packers/pktiny.162-vga soft.rar

Dependencies:
* [[TINYPROG#Software|TINYPROG]]
* [[PKLITE#Software|PKLITE]]
* {{CdTextfiles|20mnn/MCAFEE/SCN-213E.ZIP|SCN-213E.ZIP}}

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	* [{{SACFTPURL\|pack\|untiny.rar}} UnTiny v1.04]		* [{{SACFTPURL\|pack\|untiny.rar}} UnTiny v1.04]
	* Some other TINYPROG decompressors support PKTINY; see [[TINYPROG#Software]].		* Some other TINYPROG decompressors support PKTINY; see [[TINYPROG#Software]].
		+
		+	== Sample files ==
		+	* {{DexvertSamples\|archive/pktinyPacked}}

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 == Identification ==
-For v1.62 at least, a PKTINY-compressed file normally contains the ASCII strings "{{magic|This program runs only on i80286 and above.}}" and "{{magic|Program was modified and will not run.}}" somewhere in it.
+A PKTINY-compressed file normally has the ASCII string "{{magic|Program was modified and will not run.}}" somewhere in it. Many files, but not all, also contain the string "{{magic|This program runs only on i80286 and above.}}".
 == Software ==

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 '''PKTINY''', also written '''PK-TINY''', is an executable compression utility that tries to make life difficult for those who want to decompress such files. It was developed by VGA-Software and Thomas Mönkemeier.
-It compresses [[MS-DOS EXE|DOS EXE]] files. The files it creates are a corruption of [[TINYPROG]] format, but superficially look more like [[PKLITE]].
+It compresses DOS [[MS-DOS EXE|EXE]] files (to EXE), and [[DOS executable (.com)|COM]] files (converting them to EXE). The files it creates are a corruption of [[TINYPROG]] format, but superficially look more like [[PKLITE]].
 Only version 1.62 has been found, but there were others. UnTiny v1.04 says it supports "PKTiny 1.0, 1.4, 1.5, 1.60 (from VGACOPY.EXE), 1.61, 1.62".

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	== Software ==		== Software ==
		+	* [{{SACFTPURL\|pack\|pktin162.zip}} PKTINY v1.62]
	* {{OldskoolDOSEXE}} → Executable Tools Pack → packers/pktiny.162-vga soft.rar		* {{OldskoolDOSEXE}} → Executable Tools Pack → packers/pktiny.162-vga soft.rar

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 It compresses [[MS-DOS EXE|DOS EXE]] files. The files it creates are a corruption of [[TINYPROG]] format, but superficially look more like [[PKLITE]].
 == Identification ==
-A PKTINY-compressed file normally contains the ASCII strings "{{magic|This program runs only on i80286 and above.}}" and "{{magic|Program was modified and will not run.}}" somewhere in it.
+For v1.62 at least, a PKTINY-compressed file normally contains the ASCII strings "{{magic|This program runs only on i80286 and above.}}" and "{{magic|Program was modified and will not run.}}" somewhere in it.
 == Software ==
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 * [[PKLITE#Software|PKLITE]]
 * {{CdTextfiles|20mnn/MCAFEE/SCN-213E.ZIP|SCN-213E.ZIP}}