From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mli72-0007wv-79 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:46:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 138DCE093D; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:46:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from IMPaqm4.telefonica.net (impaqm4.telefonica.net [213.4.129.24]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88F6AE093D for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:46:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from IMPmailhost6.adm.correo ([10.20.102.127]) by IMPaqm4.telefonica.net with bizsmtp id exqn1c0312kvMAa3Qzmp8w; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:46:49 +0200 Received: from jesgue.homelinux.org ([78.136.66.163]) by IMPmailhost6.adm.correo with BIZ IMP id ezmf1c0043XLmEe1mzmgxL; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:46:48 +0200 X-TE-authinfo: authemail="i92guboj.terra.es" |auth_email="i92guboj@terra.es" X-TE-AcuTerraCos: auth_cuTerraCos="cosuitera01" Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:46:38 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Jes=C3=BAs_Guerrero?= To: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Unpacking a .exe file In-Reply-To: <358eca8f0909100217o1c90b9bj738bab2ca452360a@mail.gmail.com> References: <200909100614.40867.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <5602B0BD6D59AE4791BE83104940118D014667BC6D@excprdmbxw002.optus.com.au> <358eca8f0909100217o1c90b9bj738bab2ca452360a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9e5dcd6667442ecd545f2d4855f34cd9@localhost> X-Sender: i92guboj@terra.es User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.3-stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 7b5deb40-dd4c-4f4a-9b4d-773da111a10c X-Archives-Hash: 26052f111dff4b88d0e7e7cdf19fdbec On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:17:28 +0100, Mick wrote: > 2009/9/10 Adam Carter : >> Did you try running the .exe with wine? >=20 > Thanks Adam, I don't have WINE on this old machine, or the space for > it. Even if I did - how do I find the files (don't know what their > names are). Is it a matter of running the .exe so that it installs > and assuming that it does not fail then diff-ing the fs before and > after, or ls -l -a -t to find the latest files which were modified? Well, the installer itself needs to be decompressed to run. Most windows installers install the intermediate files in c:\windows\temp (which usually would be ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/temp. Some others create a temporal dir under c:\ (~/.wine/drive_c). It's a matter of firing=20 up the installer and go looking around there with each step until you can find them. By the way, I've tried decompressing the file with 7z and it indeed extracts 6 files, however I have no idea what they contain. It must be the pieces that installshield chain together. I have no idea if it's possible to extract something from there or not. There's a big file called textually '[DATA]', which is the biggest one, so the stuff must be there. I guess that's the one containing the compressed files, the rest of the files must be the exe header and the install shield control into. However I haven't manager to decompress that '[DATA]' file using anything. --=20 Jes=C3=BAs Guerrero