--- Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu January 24 2008, Angus Auld wrote: > > 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? > > not exactly. look for the homepage, maybe it > explains better: > > MsCompress for Windows > > MsCompress: compress data using LZ77 algorithm > Version > > 0.3 > Description > > MsCompress is a Microsoft "compress.exe/expand.exe" > compatible (de)compressor. > This package contains two programs: > > * msexpand, which decompresses files compressed > by Microsoft compress.exe > utility (e.g. Win 3.x installation files) > * mscompress, which compresses files using LZ77 > compression algorithm. > Output files can be decompressed using Microsoft > expand.exe or msexpand(1). > > Homepage > > ftp://ftp.penguin.cz/pub/users/mhi/mscompress > > > > 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? > > no, you don't extract icons from an EXE. try google: > icons msn messenger > I got this site ( for one): > > http://www.msnicon.com/ > > it has 3,000 icons > > > > Sorry if I have misunderstood. > > no need to be sorry, we are all learning here! > > > -- > Paul Cartwright > Registered Linux user # 367800 > Registered Ubuntu User #12459 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Paul for the help. I sort of wanted to look inside of an exe, as I am rather curious about such things. I thought maybe I could find some nice icons while in there.
Thanks for the link to the site as well. It should more than satisfy may iconic (?) needs. I can't seem to find very much info about mscompress, and what it does or how to use it. That seems strange to me. I have searched quite a bit, but remain in the dark more or less about it. The link you provided to the mscompress homepage is requiring login. I tried as "guest", but it was no go. I found this listed as homepage of mscompress from freshmeat.net: http://martin.hinner.info/mscompress/ But, there is little info of help there either. Mysterious. Thanks again. Regards. -- Angus ######Linux Laptop powered by Debian Linux###### ###########Reg. Linux User #278931########### ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
