New Executable

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File Format
Name New Executable
Ontology
Extension(s) .cpl, .dll, .drv, .exe, .fon, .icl, .scr
PRONOM x-fmt/410

New Executable (NE) 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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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.

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