I think I remember the reason we have .com and .exe. It's so that you can
have two versions of the same executable and have the same name, one with
console and one without. I suppose you can have a console or not in either
version.
Looks like this is the solution:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20061248/compiled-a-c-program-in-visual-studio-professional-2013-will-not-work-with-wi
Doug
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Alexander Iljin <ajs...@yandex.ru> wrote:
>
> Hi, Doug!
>
> One can have a console attached to an exe-file. It's just one bit in the
> image (GUI vs Console app). It has nothing to do with file extension. The
> fact that com-file works (though not for me) is probably due to Windows
> recognizing the new format in the contents despite the extension.
>
> Anyway, as I said below, both exe- and com-file produce the same error
> message for me.
>
> 20.12.2014, 02:58, "Doug Coleman" <doug.cole...@gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just downloaded the release from your link and it works for me on
> Windows 8.1, on the computer that generated the release to begin with. I
> guess that's no surprise..
> >
> > Does anyone else have Windows XP to try it on? I can make a VM soon if
> not.
> >
> > The reason for having .com and .exe is that .com necessarily has a
> console window attached and .exe doesn't have that limitation. They are
> basically the same binary, 455KB. I have not run into the 64KB limit being
> a problem even though wikipedia says it's the case.
> >
> > I just checked Factor .90, which was built on Windows XP, and the .com
> file size is 177KB.
> >
> > Does the .exe work for you?
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Alexander Iljin <ajs...@yandex.ru>
> wrote:
> >> Hello, all!
> >>
> >> Some time reader, first time writer.
> >>
> >> I'm on WinXP Pro SP3 32bit. I have just downloaded the Factor 0.97
> from
> >>
> http://downloads.factorcode.org/releases/0.97/factor-windows-x86-32-0.97.zip
> >> and unpacked it with no errors to d:\Programs\Dev\Factor.
> >> When I try to run factor.exe or factor.com I get the error from the
> Explorer
> >> saying that it is not a Win 32 executable. Can anyone verify this?
> >>
> >> Is there a known solution to this problem?
> >>
> >> PS: AFAIK com-files can't be more than 64 Kb in size due to the way
> they are loaded and run. How come factor.com is 454 Kb?
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COM_file
> >>
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