New Executable

File Format
Name	New Executable
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Executables New Executable
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 a sub-format of EXE.

Identification

An NE file begins with the ASCII signature "MZ". 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 "NE".

Links

• Wikipedia article
• The NE EXE File Format
• NE, from the OSDev Wiki