EXE is a common filename extension for an executable file (a program) in Microsoft Windows and other operating systems (e.g. DOS, OpenVMS, Symbian, and OS/2).
Questions tagged [exe]
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Code Signing Bundled exe
We are signing our exe installer which will be released to the public, and this exe installer is a bundle of other exe installers.
The question is, in best practice, do we sign the bundled exe only, or we need to sign every nested exe inside the…

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Cygwin gcc creates corrupted binary - the procedure entry point could not be located in the dynamic link library
I have been using Cygwin64 gcc to generate nightly build of my programs on Windows. Not sure since when this started, the exe created from the gcc on cygwin64 (8.0 or 9.x) quits silently when running. Using strace, the error shows as
"The procedure…

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Compile Python Program but output the colours as well?
I've made a very basic math practicing program in python for my kids and some other parents have asked about using it. The only issue is that when I try to compile it, it outputs in terminal and doesn't have any of the colours I added to it that…

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How to change a variable's value in the executable file written by C?
For example,I wrote a simple C program:
#include
int a;
int main(){
printf("a:%d\n", a);
return 0;
}
Then I use gcc to compile it and it output a executable file a.exe.
Now I want to write another program to read a.exe and change…

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How to set up relative paths to make a portable .exe build in PyInstaller with Python 3?
I've looked up everywhere and got no definite response to a rather trivial question.
I have a Python project in PyCharm on Windows 7 that contains multiple .py files (which are connected via "from %package_name%.%script_name% import %class_name%")…

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Inno Setup, Copy Installer, To Install Location
I've been trying to copy the installer generated by Inno Setup, to the install directory, on run of the installer. It seems the file is locked, because my FileCopy command results in nothing. I tried a message box (in the same code area) with the…

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Visual C# form backgroundImage
I have used a JPG for backgroundImage for an application form.
My question is that do I always need the JPG with the exe program?
So if I give my exe program to another user, the person won't be able to view the backgroundImage if I dont provide the…

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Converting Python project to .exe file with cx_Freeze
I have a problem about cx_Freeze.
Firstly, I want to share my python project folder:
project directory
Application.py imports LiveTable.py and Email.py.
My console project is running without any error. I use some modules such as requests, smtplib,…

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Why my exe closes immediately after I open it?
I am packing my code to exe now. Successfully created setup.py , built it but my executable file opens and then closes. I noticed some text when it opens. What should I do so it doesn't close and I can read the error?
setup.py
import…

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No module named 'tkinter' when trying to create exe file
I wrote some files in python and want to create an exe file. To do it with cx_freeze I create a setup.py file like that:
import sys
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
# Dependencies are automatically detected, but it might need fine…

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Python pyinstaller onefile executable problem with image
I have created an .exe with some tabs, plots, input and outputs.
It compiles perfectly in pycharm with pyinstaller and the command: pyinstaller -w -F -file_name.py and it works in every windows computer.
The problem started when I tried to insert an…

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How to compile to form a DLL
I have sample project codes. When I compile it inside Visual C++, it produce as EXE. I would like to know, how can I change the final output to DLL form. Means that, when I compile, it become DLL.

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how to execute .exe file in linux ubuntu server(18.06)
i created Console Application in C# and in that i'm calling some external API using HTTPClient which is working fine in Windows server but the same is not working with Linux server.
Please find the below code
static void Main(string[] args)
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Generation exe file from perl script using active state perl 5.26
I want to convert my perl script to .exe using Active state perl 5.26 in windows 10.
I tried searching it but found it for older versions.
I can't find Par::paker for active perl 5.26. Is pp not supported for 5.26? What's the alternative for pp…

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How to display .exe file output in electron?
I am new to this , trying to run electron app through cmd. I have .js file that runs the .exe file. I can see output in cmd terminal. Along with that I need to print those output in .html.
function coords() {
var executablePath =…

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