P
Portable Executable
File format
Also known as PE · .exe · .dll · .sys · .drv · .ocx
- Subclass of
Overview
All data
39 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- File extension
- exe
- dll
- sys
- scr has use: screensaver
- drv has use: device driver
- efi
- acm
- mui has use: internationalization and localization
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- tsp
- ime has use: input method
- Media type
- application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
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Sources- 1.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executableRetrieved 2017-07-07
- application/efi
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Sources- 1.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/efiRetrieved 2017-07-07
- application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
- File format identification pattern
- 4D5A encoding: hexadecimal · offset: 0 byte · relative to: beginning of file
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Sources- 1.Stated in Gary Kessler's File Signature TableRetrieved 2017-08-08
- 4D5A*50450000 encoding: PRONOM internal signature · offset: 0 byte · relative to: beginning of file
- 4D5A encoding: hexadecimal · offset: 0 byte · relative to: beginning of file
On other databases
7 identifiers linking Portable Executable across the web's reference databases
- File Format Wiki page IDPortable_Executable
- Freebase ID/m/0h9pl
- Kaitai Struct format gallery IDmicrosoft_pe
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)196156399
- PRONOM file format IDx-fmt/411
- Quora topic IDPortable-Executable
- Uniform Type Identifiercom.microsoft.windows-executable