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'''NE''' ('''New Executable''') is an executable file format used by 16-bit Microsoft Windows, and by some versions of OS/2 and MS-DOS. It is a sub-format of [[EXE]].
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'''NE''' ('''New Executable''') 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]]).
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
An NE file begins with the ASCII signature "<code>MZ</code>". The 16-bit integer at offset 24 is ≥ 64. At offset 60 is a 4-byte integer pointing to an "extended" header that begins with "<code>NE</code>".
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An NE file begins with the ASCII signature "<code>MZ</code>". At offset 60 is a 4-byte integer pointing to an "extended" header that begins with "<code>NE</code>". For more information, see [[MS-DOS EXE]].
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== Sample files ==
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* Lots of examples at [http://cd.textfiles.com/ cd.textfiles.com], such as
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** http://cd.textfiles.com/49games/49GAMES/ → .../*.EXE
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** http://cd.textfiles.com/aztechmb/
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** http://cd.textfiles.com/sbup/
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** http://cd.textfiles.com/waycool/GAMES/
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Revision as of 00:44, 8 May 2014

File Format
Name New Executable
Ontology
Extension(s) .exe, others

NE (New Executable) 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).

Identification

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.

Sample files

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