--- Angus Auld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu January 24 2008, Angus Auld wrote:
> > > Whenever I run "msexpand *.exe" I get the
> > following
> > > response:
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp/expand$ msexpand
> > > Install_Messenger.exe
> > > Install_Messenger.exe: Doesn't end with
> underscore
> > --
> > > ignored
> >
> > a _file.exe is a compressed exe that is usually
> > found an an install CD, like a
> > windows XP install CDROM. It is not a ZIP file,
> full
> > of other compressed
> > files.
> > so you would run uncompress _file.exe and end up
> > with file.exe
> >
> > --
> > Paul Cartwright
> > Registered Linux user # 367800
> > Registered Ubuntu User #12459
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Thanks for your reply Paul. So, if I understand, a
> windows binary
> installation package .exe isn't like a nix binary
> like
> .deb or .rpm?
> I thought it was, well sort of anyway.
> What exactly is mscompress/msexpand supposed to do?
>
> I want to extract some icons from an
> MSN_Messenger.exe
>
> binary package. Is there no way to do that?
>
> Sorry if I have misunderstood.
>
> Best regards.
>
>
> -- Angus
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I forgot to mention in my last reply that "uncompress
*.exe"
didn't work either.
Uncompress returns "unknown suffix -- ignored"
-- Angus
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