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There used to be a freeware program I used that could view the files within an .exe file such as those .exes that install or act as zips. Does anyone know the name of it? I cannot remember for the life of me.

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Resource Explorer can view the contents of EXE's and DLL's among other files. You can find this freeware application here.

https://www.brothersoft.com/file_disk_manag...orer_11484.html

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Hi there, did you find any other program than resource explorer? I also use that.

I used a hex editor such as Hexworkshop, or WinHEX to view exe or zip files, but now I don't usually see any information (subtle text or ASCII) that I used to see in files of these types a couple years ago.

I guess this is because the file compression and wrapping has changed (or I have the wrong setting on the new programs). I think a debugger or dis-assembler would work for viewing the contents, but I have yet to try one. I know SoftICE and Wasm were good (more than 4 years ago, that is) but I haven't tried them recently, if they still run as specified on (my) WindowsXP Home.

What type of information exactly do you want to see in those files?

Edited: hexxx on 30th Jul, 2007 - 4:38am

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There are actually two programs I use now.

1. Uniextract which allows you to see the files an .exe will install on your system

2. Filealyzer which allows you to see a text read out of the composite of any file / package.