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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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'''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.
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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]].
  
 
== 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/
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== See also ==
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* [[Dynamic-link library (Windows)]]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/exe/corion-ne.htm The NE EXE File Format]
 
* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/exe/corion-ne.htm The NE EXE File Format]
 
* [http://wiki.osdev.org/NE NE], from the OSDev Wiki
 
* [http://wiki.osdev.org/NE NE], from the OSDev Wiki
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* [http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/pub/winresdump/winresdump/doc/winexe.txt Executable-File Header Format (3.1)]
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* [http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/c/disc2/exefmt.txt Executable-File Header Format (3.00)]
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* [http://www.mitec.cz/exe.html EXE Explorer utility]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:49, 29 March 2017

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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[edit] 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.

[edit] Sample files

[edit] See also

[edit] Links

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