X-Received: by 10.224.17.140 with SMTP id s12mr15158108qaa.3.1362317094003; Sun, 03 Mar 2013 05:24:54 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.49.58.167 with SMTP id s7mr1776900qeq.5.1362317093986; Sun, 03 Mar 2013 05:24:53 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!dd2no6741083qab.0!news-out.google.com!q17ni7qal.0!nntp.google.com!dd2no6741073qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.programming.threads Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 05:24:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <9gIZi.6511$Ew3.5251@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=217.146.216.150; posting-account=KOEICAoAAAAAuKcfJ_SjsglJfYmp7TvN NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.146.216.150 References: <9gIZi.6511$Ew3.5251@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How do I look inside an .exe file to view the programming From: jooby.joon@gmail.com Injection-Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:24:53 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 2620 Xref: csiph.com comp.programming.threads:1414 On Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:27:09 PM UTC+3:30, corbyguy wrote: > Hello >=20 > I have downloaded an .exe program file and I would like to look inside th= is=20 > .exe program file to have a look at, view and read the details of the=20 > program. >=20 > Does anyone know of a program that I can use to open up this .exe file so= I=20 > can view and read the written program? >=20 > Jamie Sometimes I want to install a wireless networki card or printer driver on a= computer. Some wireless network card and printer driver packages come with extra software you don't need. A lot of times preventing the inst= allation of this "bloatware" is impossible. When you click that single ".ex= e" or ".msi" file the installation process automatically throws the unneces= sary software on your computer no matter what. To prevent the extra software from installing you need to open up the ".exe= " or ".msi" file on your computer. When you do this you will see all the co= ntents within the ".exe" or ".msi" independently accessible. Note: The video tutorial below shows you how to extract an ".exe" file but = it will work the same way to extract an ".msi" file. In the following Extracting an ".exe" File video tutorial I will take you s= tep-by-step and you will easily learn the following=85 1. Where to find and how-to download the free 7-zip file archiver 2. How-To extract an .exe file onto your desktop and look at its contents