New Executable
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* [http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/pub/winresdump/winresdump/doc/winexe.txt Executable-File Header Format (3.1)] | * [http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/pub/winresdump/winresdump/doc/winexe.txt Executable-File Header Format (3.1)] | ||
* [http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/c/disc2/exefmt.txt Executable-File Header Format (3.00)] | * [http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/c/disc2/exefmt.txt Executable-File Header Format (3.00)] | ||
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Revision as of 03:12, 2 October 2014
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).
Despite the name, not all NE files are executable. Examples of non-executable NE formats are FON and Icon library.
NE was succeeded by PE (on Windows) and Linear Executable (on OS/2).
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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
- Lots of examples at cd.textfiles.com, such as
