Disassembling apps.

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I once heard of and maybe even have, but with out the name, who can
find anything. I need one to open any program, zip or iso also, would
be nice, to just see or check out what's in there. Tia

Open? You can "open" any file in Notepad. whether you can use what
you see, or even understand it, is another matter.

Zips and ISOs aren't human readable, so "opening" them won't do you
any good, you need a program that understands them. Something like
7up or Winzip for zips. Since an ISO is just a representation of a
disk, you have to mount it, not open it. (You can't "open" a disk,
whether it's a physical disk or the image of one.)

None of this has anything to do with disassembling, which is
converting an executable into assembly code. (Which, unless it was
written in assembly, usually gives you code you can't do anything
with.)
 
Al said:
Open? You can "open" any file in Notepad. whether you can use what
you see, or even understand it, is another matter.

Frhed is a free hex editor, and likely to be a better bet than Notepad:
http://www.codeproject.com/tips/frhed.asp
Although, as Al notes, whether you can make heads or tails of it is
another matter.

Also, Windows XP actually comes with a command called debug.exe - with
which you can actually disassemble and execute apps. You certainly have
to know what you're doing, though.

I believe that masm32 has a disassembler that may be more what you're
looking for; but don't quote me on that.
 
Disassembler programs are only of use if you can read assembly language. A
hex editor would be more suitable if you just want to look at what text
strings a file (any file) contains.
 
I believe that masm32 has a disassembler that may be more what you're
looking for; but don't quote me on that.
masm32 is an assembler but it doesn't have a disassembler
 
It does have "DumpPE" though.

For a free disassembler try OllyDbg. It's actually a debugger, but
disassembles too obviously
 
Disassembler programs are only of use if you can read assembly language.

With almost all programs these days calling external library
functions, disassembling a file doesn't tell you as much as it used
to.
 
He probably didnt know another term to use and used that one in an effort to
discribe what he was looking for.

Wasnt it you who told me that I think that everyone is like me? Yet you seem
to think that this poster is a programmer and knows what disassembling
means, while I saw through his question and gave him the info he most likley
wanted.

Sorry to point you to this, but you were the one who claimed something false
first.
 
Wasnt it you who told me that I think that everyone is like me? Yet you seem
to think that this poster is a programmer and knows what disassembling
means

I give people the benefit of the doubt and assume that the words they
use are the words they meant to use.

You did mean "this poster", right? Or should I point out that, since
you might be referring to yourself, ...

No, huh? You say what you mean, but others don't have the experience
to do the same?
while I saw through his question and gave him the info he most likley
wanted.

Or, depending on how much he really knows, you patronized him.
 
I give people the benefit of the doubt and assume that the words they
use are the words they meant to use.

You didnt have a clue what he ment! lol!
You assume WRONG because you see everything with your limited perspective.

Its a gift to be able to be in another man shoes.. and you dont have it.
Its called empathy... and I will have to tell you (of course because you
have no empathy
to understand me), I have too much of it.
 
Here is your post.. please read it again. Your attitude is of a teacher who
insists the pupil to use
the correct terminology for technical terms, and because your real intention
is not to help him
YOU are patronizing him, telling him what he CANT do instead of helping him.
The problem is that most people dont know how to express themselves in
technical terms
not because they are stupid, but they just dont know the stuff...
Simple question: if he knew what a disassembler was would he be asking how
to open a zip?
Lol.... you are hiding behind your finger.

Bottom line, you would make a very lousy tech support!

As I said...I am posting this only because you implied things about me that
are false,
when you yourself are far worse. Leave me alone, please...

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I once heard of and maybe even have, but with out the name, who can
find anything. I need one to open any program, zip or iso also, would
be nice, to just see or check out what's in there. Tia

Open? You can "open" any file in Notepad. whether you can use what
you see, or even understand it, is another matter.

Zips and ISOs aren't human readable, so "opening" them won't do you
any good, you need a program that understands them. Something like
7up or Winzip for zips. Since an ISO is just a representation of a
disk, you have to mount it, not open it. (You can't "open" a disk,
whether it's a physical disk or the image of one.)

None of this has anything to do with disassembling, which is
converting an executable into assembly code. (Which, unless it was
written in assembly, usually gives you code you can't do anything
with.)
 
Yeah, but before that Al Klein has been on my case for a long time.

This guy has a problem..... I must avoid him at all costs.
 
John Jay Smith said:
Yeah, but before that Al Klein has been on my case for a long time.

This guy has a problem.....

He cannot even identify a NNTP client, so easy on the poor guy...
 

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