EXE
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Revision as of 15:27, 28 October 2016
EXE (sometimes called MZ) is a family of executable file formats. It includes the original MS-DOS EXE format, and a number of newer formats built on top of that format. Most of them use the same .exe file extension.
Formats
This is an incomplete outline of the EXE family of formats.
- EXE
- MS-DOS EXE
- NE (New Executable, 16-bit)
- Linear Executable
- LE (mixed 16/32-bit)
- LX (32-bit)
- PE (Portable Executable)
- PE32 (32-bit Windows)
- PE32+ (64-bit Windows)
Links
- Ralf Brown's Interrupt List, INT 21h, Function 4Bh, describes lots of the "older" style EXE formats
- EXE Explorer utility
See also the articles for the specific EXE formats.
