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  2. Portable Executable - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft first introduced the PE format with Windows NT 3.1, replacing the older 16-bit New Executable (NE) format. Soon after, Windows 95, 98, ME, and the Win32s extension for Windows 3.1x, all adopted the PE structure. Each PE file includes a DOS executable header, which generally displays the message "This program cannot be run in DOS mode ...

  3. Comparison of executable file formats - Wikipedia

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    This is a comparison of binary executable file formats which, once loaded by a suitable executable loader, can be directly executed by the CPU rather than being interpreted by software. In addition to the binary application code, the executables may contain headers and tables with relocation and fixup information as well as various kinds of ...

  4. Windows Installer - Wikipedia

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    A key path is a specific file, registry key, or ODBC data source that the package author specifies as critical for a given component. Because a file is the most common type of key path, the term key file is commonly used. A component can contain at most one key path; if a component has no explicit key path, the component's destination folder is ...

  5. Installation (computer programs) - Wikipedia

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    An installation program or installer is a computer program that installs files, such as applications, drivers, or other software, onto a computer. Some installers are specifically made to install the files they contain; other installers are general-purpose and work by reading the contents of the software package to be installed.

  6. .exe - Wikipedia

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    The original DOS executable file format. These formats can be identified by the letters "MZ" at the beginning of the file in ASCII. Later formats may contain an MZ DOS stub header. [2] 16-bit New Executable (NE) Introduced with the multitasking MS-DOS 4.0 and also used by 16-bit OS/2 and Windows, NE can be identified by the "NE" in ASCII.

  7. py2exe - Wikipedia

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    Before then, py2exe was made only for Python 2, [4] and it was necessary to use an alternative like cx_Freeze for Python 3 code. Although this program transforms a .py file to an .exe, it does not make it run faster because py2exe bundles the Python bytecode without converting it to machine-code.

  8. Filename extension - Wikipedia

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    A filename extension, file name extension or file extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file (for example, .txt, .mp3, .exe).The extension indicates a characteristic of the file contents or its intended use.

  9. Windows Setup - Wikipedia

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    The user is notified if there are potential problems with their install location or if they cannot install on that location. Setup begins to expand Windows files using a WIM image (aka install.wim). If the user has picked to upgrade from a current install of Windows (e.g. Windows 7 to 10), the files and applications will be transferred.