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A self-extracting archive is an archive that doesn't require any special application to extract its contents.

Unlike "normal" archives, which need a special application to be packed, unpacked or modified, a self-extracting archive is an application that contains both the archived data, and the logic to extract it.

The biggest advantage of this approach is the lack of need to download additional software to unpack the data.

However, such archives may be a security threat, because the user can't really know what is inside of it until he runs the application, which may potentially contain dangerous code.

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Install Microsoft Self-Extracting EXE via Remote Powershell

I'm attempting to remote install AppFabric 1.1 on a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine for enabling WCF auto-start features. My approach is to copy the self-extraction package (WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64.exe) to the target machine and subsequently…
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How do I set the file version and product version properties for a self-extracting zip file?

I have an EXE file which is a self-extracting zip file. How do I set the product version and file version on the EXE file? Windows lists them in the file properties, but they are all blank. The Description field available in Winzip seems to have no…
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How can I programmatically identify a self extracting executable, and extract the contained files?

I did some basic research, and it seems that there is no one standard to create these. I saw a number of code project pages that had code for building such an exe, but no reference on how to identify one, nor if it possible to extract files without…
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How to control PE segment order in Visual C++

I am trying to write a packer/self extracting exe type program but I am having problems with the segment order created by Visual C++'s linker. Basically I have a stub program (the loader) that has a special variable defined like this: #pragma…
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Implement a self extracting archive?

I know i can use 7z or winrar but i want to learn this for myself. How would i implement a self extracting archive? I can use C# or C++ but let me run down the problem. When i open the exe i need some kind of GUI asking where to extract the files.…
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Self-extracting self-checking executable

I am distributing an authenticode signed self-extracting executable whose content I control. It contains a mushroom of MSI-based installers that controls a hot swap of a distributed system, so it cannot easily be an MSI itself. It would be nice to…
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unzipping self-extracting 7-zip exe files in java

Possible Duplicate: How can I read from a Winzip self-extracting (exe) zip file in Java? I need to unzip self-extracting 7-zip exe files in java. I tried looking through many posts which did not help me. Any help would be appreciated!
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How to create SFX self executing or Bootstrapper setup with .NET

How to build the setup similar to microsoft's dotnet 3.5 which is SFX self executing setup. So which will have the company information, and version info, etc of the project's setup.exe into the final sfx file. Also this question on SO is suggests…
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JUnit testcase to test a Map of Map containing class object

I am trying to write a JUnit testcase to test a Map: Map> map. Following is the description of the Book class: - Class Book{ long id; String name; String description; List payments; } Following is the structure of…
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Able to extract only one page (~50 items) and not all data for a date from API of BSE using python code. Earlier I used to get all data for a date

I have been accessing info from an API of BSE using python code. It used to pull all announcements, but now Iam getting only 1 page of these (~ 50). Not sure if problem with parameters or some change at backend. my knowledge of python is…
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Problem extracting SFX during WiX-based install

I have the following code in my WiX project
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char extraction issue with ZipFile (System.IO.Compression), c# (WPF)

I am trying to extract a zip with multiple files. Some files have the "§" character in their names ("abc(§7)abc.txt"). When unpacking, System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(string sourceArchiveFileName, string…
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create self-extract auto installer winzip on linux to run on windows

i have created an installer using nsis and a data file included, i m trying to create a self auto extractor containing both of those files via linux so that they would run on windows(exe). is that possible?
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web scraper chrome extension with dd and dt conditions

I want to extract some data on web and I am using web scraper developer tool provided by chrome. My web pages contain a sections in which each product details(details about graphic card, processor, display etc) are listed. But each section contains…
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How do you create an rpm from a self-extracting executable?

I have a .bin file (Linux self extracting binary files), say installme.bin I want to make an RPM out of it. What would be the simplest strategy? An almost empty spec file with: %post ./installme.bin Would it work? Many thanks in advance
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