Question: how to open .exe files... [Archive] - Sports Car Forum

vexor

11-19-2005, 05:56 PM

What I mean by opening .exe files is what kind of program can open them and let me see the code that the file is based on?

AlienDB7

11-19-2005, 06:05 PM

If you have to ask that question, you won't understand the code after "opening it".

ARMAN

11-19-2005, 06:18 PM

HexEdit? And listen what Alien says :wink:

racer_f50

11-19-2005, 06:19 PM

I don't think you'll be able to get the source code from a compiled EXE file. At least that's my understanding of it.
You can always try some actual programming apps, like M.S. Visual Studio or a host of others, but as I said above I don't think you can actually see the original source that way, since compiling a program is meant to hide the code by design.

AlienDB7

11-19-2005, 09:43 PM

Technically, you can use a disassembler to look at the assembly code but it's not for an average person to understand the inner workings of the program.

vexor

11-19-2005, 10:18 PM

Technically, you can use a disassembler to look at the assembly code but it's not for an average person to understand the inner workings of the program.

well, i'm taking a few programming courses in college so I know a bit of the coding, but how can i get my hands on a disassembler?

RPWR7

11-21-2005, 03:33 AM

Technically, you can use a disassembler to look at the assembly code but it's not for an average person to understand the inner workings of the program.

well, i'm taking a few programming courses in college so I know a bit of the coding, but how can i get my hands on a disassembler?

why the heck are you wasting our time and yours with this topic when you could probably get the answer in 5 seconds at one of your college courses

AlienDB7

11-21-2005, 09:51 AM

Technically, you can use a disassembler to look at the assembly code but it's not for an average person to understand the inner workings of the program.

well, i'm taking a few programming courses in college so I know a bit of the coding, but how can i get my hands on a disassembler?

why the heck are you wasting our time and yours with this topic when you could probably get the answer in 5 seconds at one of your college courses
No offend but is vexor trying to reverse engineer the "sample" from one of his courses?

saadie

11-21-2005, 11:05 AM

change the extention to txt and open it with word pad ....
but trust me .... u need a 0X translator to turn it into english

vexor

11-21-2005, 02:11 PM

Technically, you can use a disassembler to look at the assembly code but it's not for an average person to understand the inner workings of the program.

well, i'm taking a few programming courses in college so I know a bit of the coding, but how can i get my hands on a disassembler?

why the heck are you wasting our time and yours with this topic when you could probably get the answer in 5 seconds at one of your college courses
No offend but is vexor trying to reverse engineer the "sample" from one of his courses?

yep