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'''New Executable''' ('''NE''') is an executable file format used by 16-bit Microsoft Windows, and by some versions of OS/2 and MS-DOS. It is an extension/hybrid of [[MS-DOS EXE]] (see also [[EXE]]).
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'''New Executable''' ('''NE''') is an file format used by some versions of OS/2, MS-DOS and most commonly by 16-bit Microsoft Windows; it is used for executables, dynamically-linked libraries, drivers and as a container for [[Windows resource|resources]]. The NE format is an extension of [[MZ]]; it was succeeded by [[Portable Executable]] on Windows and [[Linear Executable]] on OS/2.
  
Despite the name, not all NE files are executable. Examples of non-executable NE formats are [[FON]] and [[Icon library]].
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NE is used as a container format for [[FNT (Windows Font)|FNT]] fonts (see [[FON]]), and for [[Icon library|icon libraries]].
 
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NE was succeeded by [[PE]] (on Windows) and [[Linear Executable]] (on OS/2).
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== Identification ==
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File Format
Name New Executable
Ontology
Extension(s) .exe, .dll, .cpl, .drv, .scr, others
PRONOM x-fmt/410

New Executable (NE) is an file format used by some versions of OS/2, MS-DOS and most commonly by 16-bit Microsoft Windows; it is used for executables, dynamically-linked libraries, drivers and as a container for resources. The NE format is an extension of MZ; it was succeeded by Portable Executable on Windows and Linear Executable on OS/2.

NE is used as a container format for FNT fonts (see FON), and for icon libraries.

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An NE file begins with the ASCII signature "MZ". At offset 60 is a 4-byte integer pointing to an "extended" header that begins with "NE". For more information, see MS-DOS EXE.

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