> > --- Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thu January 24 2008, Angus Auld wrote: >> > Thanks for your reply Paul. So, if I understand, a >> > windows binary >> > installation package .exe isn't like a nix binary >> like >> > .deb or .rpm? >> >> not exactly. look for the homepage, maybe it >> explains better: >> >> MsCompress for Windows >> >> MsCompress: compress data using LZ77 algorithm >> Version >> >> 0.3 >> Description >> >> MsCompress is a Microsoft "compress.exe/expand.exe" >> compatible (de)compressor. >> This package contains two programs: >> >> * msexpand, which decompresses files compressed >> by Microsoft compress.exe >> utility (e.g. Win 3.x installation files) >> * mscompress, which compresses files using LZ77 >> compression algorithm. >> Output files can be decompressed using Microsoft >> expand.exe or msexpand(1). >> >> Homepage >> >> ftp://ftp.penguin.cz/pub/users/mhi/mscompress >> >> >> > I thought it was, well sort of anyway. >> > What exactly is mscompress/msexpand supposed to >> do? >> > >> > I want to extract some icons from an >> MSN_Messenger.exe >> > >> > binary package. Is there no way to do that? >> >> no, you don't extract icons from an EXE. try google: >> icons msn messenger >> I got this site ( for one): >> >> http://www.msnicon.com/ >> >> it has 3,000 icons >> > >> > Sorry if I have misunderstood. >> >> no need to be sorry, we are all learning here! >> >> >> -- >> Paul Cartwright >> Registered Linux user # 367800 >> Registered Ubuntu User #12459 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Thanks Paul for the help. I sort of wanted to look > inside of an exe, > as I am rather curious about such things. I thought > maybe I could > find some nice icons while in there. > > Thanks for the link to the site as well. It should > more than satisfy > may iconic (?) needs. > > I can't seem to find very much info about mscompress, > and what > it does or how to use it. That seems strange to me. > I have searched quite a bit, but remain in the dark > more or less > about it. > The link you provided to the mscompress homepage is > requiring > login. I tried as "guest", but it was no go. > I found this listed as homepage of mscompress from > freshmeat.net: > > http://martin.hinner.info/mscompress/ > > But, there is little info of help there either. > Mysterious. > > Thanks again. > Regards. > > -- Angus > > ######Linux Laptop powered by Debian Linux###### > ###########Reg. Linux User #278931########### Angus To find out how the mscompress works google LZ77 or merely Lempel-Ziv compression (this is the Lempel-Ziv compression algorithm-it has been used in multiple compression schemes since it is in the public domain) Larry > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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