How to extract files from an *.exe?

[t. shuffle]

Lets say I have this installer, and I don't want to run it. I just want to extract a few files from it.

Can anyone recommend anything?

 

[eeyrjmr]

some of them can be opened with winzip or RAR.

what you could do is to empty you user temp dir and run the install prog. In running it will unzip/open the EXE file.

go inot the temp folder and view newly created files. You can then just say cancel to the install prog

 

[t. shuffle]

negative on the winrar\winzip thing. that's the first thing i tried. =\

temp dir thing wont work in this case, either

 

[theDot]

Interesting. I just tried opening various exe install files with resEdit, and was able to open SOME files. It will unpack various resource files to the temp directory (C:\Program Files\tgtsoft\temp), and you can browse resources to extract within the resEdit program.

It's worth a shot anyway. It's freeware, and useful for other things too.

 

[t. shuffle]

much thanks
i'll give it a try

 

[lessthanjakejohn]

go to the command line

go to the directory where your file is located

enter the name of your file and and add a space and a -x to the end

for example, say I wanted to extract the Win2ksp4 service pack

c:/program files/wget/> W2KSP4_EN.exe -x

Then you choose where to extract to

 

[djnes]

go to the command line

go to the directory where your file is located

enter the name of your file and and add a space and a -x to the end

for example, say I wanted to extract the Win2ksp4 service pack

c:/program files/wget/> W2KSP4_EN.exe -x

Then you choose where to extract to

And that's pretty much what was suggested by using WinZip / WinRAR. Some archives are locked and cannot be extracted.

 

[t. shuffle]

i appreciate the suggestions, but no dice.

keep this thread in the back of your mind if you ever come accross anything