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Old 11-19-2005, 05:56 PM   #1
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Default Question: how to open .exe files...

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?
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Old 11-19-2005, 06:05 PM   #2
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If you have to ask that question, you won't understand the code after "opening it".
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Old 11-19-2005, 06:18 PM   #3
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HexEdit? And listen what Alien says
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Old 11-19-2005, 06:19 PM   #4
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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.
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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.
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Old 11-19-2005, 10:18 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by AlienDB7
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?
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Old 11-21-2005, 03:33 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by vexor
Originally Posted by AlienDB7
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
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Old 11-21-2005, 09:51 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Dan
Originally Posted by vexor
Originally Posted by AlienDB7
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?
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Old 11-21-2005, 11:05 AM   #9
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change the extention to txt and open it with word pad ....
but trust me .... u need a 0X translator to turn it into english
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Old 11-21-2005, 02:11 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by AlienDB7
Originally Posted by Dan
Originally Posted by vexor
Originally Posted by AlienDB7
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
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