How to edit a .exe or a .com file
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with wordpad or MSedit (DOS) I olways get a error
how to solve this???
do you need a special program for editting these files???
please send me an e-mail: t.b...@hccnet.nl
Thanks
Tom
Charles Dye
>I want to edit a .com and a .exe file (the text with in it) but if I do it
>with wordpad or MSedit (DOS) I olways get a error
>how to solve this???
>do you need a special program for editting these files???
Actually, it is possible to use the MS-DOS editor (the version
which ships with Windows 95/98) to patch binary files. Put a
slash followed by a number before the filename on the command
line:
EDIT /77 MYPROG.COM
Edit will open MYPROG.COM in binary mode, with 77 columns
per line. Keep Edit in *overstrike* mode, and don't delete or
insert any characters. Make a backup before trying this!
Of course, a real hex editor like Norton DiskEdit would be a
better choice for this kind of activity.
Chee Meng
Workshop).
DONALD G. DAVIS
>I want to edit a .com and a .exe file (the text with in it) but if I do it
>with wordpad or MSedit (DOS) I olways get a error
>how to solve this???
>do you need a special program for editting these files???
You need a hex editor such as PCTools or Norton Diskedit, that
will change only the bytes you explicitly specify. If you don't want to
buy a commercial one, you may be able to find a free one by searching for
"hex editor" on WWW or ftp sites.
--Donald Davis
Matthew Haley
"news.hccnet.nl" wrote:
> I want to edit a .com and a .exe file (the text with in it) but if I do it
> with wordpad or MSedit (DOS) I olways get a error
> how to solve this???
> do you need a special program for editting these files???
Outsider (6.22/3.11)
>
> >I want to edit a .com and a .exe file (the text with in it) but if I do it
> >with wordpad or MSedit (DOS) I olways get a error
> >how to solve this???
> >do you need a special program for editting these files???
>
> which ships with Windows 95/98) to patch binary files. Put a
> slash followed by a number before the filename on the command
> line:
>
> EDIT /77 MYPROG.COM
>
> Edit will open MYPROG.COM in binary mode, with 77 columns
> per line. Keep Edit in *overstrike* mode, and don't delete or
> insert any characters. Make a backup before trying this!
>
> Of course, a real hex editor like Norton DiskEdit would be a
> better choice for this kind of activity.
>
> ras...@highfiber.com
No Can Do.
C:\DOS>edit /77 \com\send.com
Starts the MS-DOS Editor, which creates and changes ASCII files.
EDIT [[drive:][path]filename] [/B] [/G] [/H] [/NOHI]
[drive:][path]filename Specifies the ASCII file to edit.
/B Allows use of a monochrome monitor with a color graphics
card.
/G Provides the fastest update of a CGA screen.
/H Displays the maximum number of lines possible for your
hardware.
/NOHI Allows the use of a monitor without high-intensity support.
Doesn't work.
Regards,
Outsider
Charles Dye
<nospa...@aol.com> wrote:
>Charles Dye wrote:
>>
>> EDIT /77 MYPROG.COM
>
>No Can Do.
>
>Doesn't work.
Only in the newer EDIT.COM, the one from Win95 and later. The
older, QBASIC-based EDIT does not support this feature.
Rez
>
> "news.hccnet.nl" <t.b...@hccnet.nl> writes:
>
> >I want to edit a .com and a .exe file (the text with in it)
>will change only the bytes you explicitly specify. If you don't want to
>buy a commercial one, you may be able to find a free one by searching for
>"hex editor" on WWW or ftp sites.
I use teeny tiny FM.COM (9k) (CalTech's File Modify) which is freeware.
Despite being from 1985 it still does the job. I can post the thing if
folks want it. It works okay when run on FAT32 drives, also.
~REZ~
Maarten Egmond
>> >I want to edit a .com and a .exe file (the text with in it)
> I use teeny tiny FM.COM (9k) (CalTech's File Modify) which is freeware.
> Despite being from 1985 it still does the job. I can post the thing if
> folks want it. It works okay when run on FAT32 drives, also.
A good one is zapit, which I wrote. Don't worry, it's completely free :-)
Check it out from http://www.stack.nl/~ep/product.html
It's about 60kB, and it has some nice features beyond simple editing too.
(Search and replace, edit disks directly (FAT12/16), etc.)
I think however, that the original poster shouldn't try modifying the file,
since someone who doesn't know about binary files (tries to edit a .com or
.exe with DOS's EDIT) probably doesn't know what s/he is doin, and may damage
the file in question considerably... Be careful!
--
Regards, Maarten 'Elmer' Egmond.
----------Be a friend to the Earth, and it will be a friend to you----------
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Rez
> A good one is zapit, which I wrote. Don't worry, it's completely free
Free is good :)
> Check it out from http://www.stack.nl/~ep/product.html
>It's about 60kB, and it has some nice features beyond simple editing too.
> (Search and replace, edit disks directly (FAT12/16), etc.)
Fetching it as we speak. Come to think of it we may have an old version
on the BBS, the name sounds familiar.
Also pilfered the tagline util while I was there -- it should work on
any text file of more or less typical tagline format, yes?
>I think however, that the original poster shouldn't try modifying the file,
> since someone who doesn't know about binary files (tries to edit a .com or
> .exe with DOS's EDIT) probably doesn't know what s/he is doin, and may damage
> the file in question considerably... Be careful!
Yep. At the very least have backups, but best to have some clue what
you're editing too. Text strings are not normally a problem but other
stuff can be. I have killed unwanted functions in a .COM file by
overwriting the bytes that called some other exectutables I was tired of
being bothered by, but I had a good idea what belonged to what.
What I'd really like is a hex editor that lets me INSERT bytes without
munging up the rest of an executable or data file. I know this won't
work on those that rely on offsets to find their body parts, but many a
time I've wanted to insert specific bytes in a data file and didn't have
any simple tool to do it with.
~REZ~
Al Aab
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Outsider (6.22/3.11)
> >will change only the bytes you explicitly specify. If you don't want to
> >buy a commercial one, you may be able to find a free one by searching for
> >"hex editor" on WWW or ftp sites.
>
> Despite being from 1985 it still does the job. I can post the thing if
> folks want it. It works okay when run on FAT32 drives, also.
>
I don't think you ought to post a binary, but I would
like if you email me a copy :)
Regards,
Outsider