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      • The location of an item within the file itself, before being processed by the linker (in the case of object files) or the loader (in the case of image files). In other words, this is a position within the file as stored on disk.
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  2. The Portable Executable ( PE) format is a file format for executables, object code, DLLs and others used in 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems, and in UEFI environments. [2] . The PE format is a data structure that encapsulates the information necessary for the Windows OS loader to manage the wrapped executable code.

  3. A portable program largely has to do where the data is saved for that program. Usually user data is saved in the username\AppData\ folder as per Windows policy.

  4. These files are referred to as Portable Executable (PE) and Common Object File Format (COFF) files, respectively. The name "Portable Executable" refers to the fact that the format is not architecture specific.

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    typedef struct _IMAGE_DATA_DIRECTORY {
      DWORD VirtualAddress;
      DWORD Size;
    } IMAGE_DATA_DIRECTORY, *PIMAGE_DATA_DIRECTORY;
  5. Oct 23, 2019 · The term "Portable Executable" was chosen because the intent was to have a common file format for all flavors of Windows, on all supported CPUs. To a large extent, this goal has been achieved with the same format used on Windows NT and descendants, Windows 95 and descendants, and Windows CE.

  6. Mar 24, 2023 · The Portable Executable header gives information about the executable, like how big the file is, where the different parts are located, and what resources the executable needs. The PE header also has information about the type of executable, whether it’s a Windows .DLL file or an .EXE.

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  7. Oct 22, 2021 · PE stands for Portable Executable, it’s a file format for executables used in Windows operating systems, it’s based on the COFF file format (Common Object File Format). Not only .exe files are PE files, dynamic link libraries ( .dll ), Kernel modules ( .srv ), Control panel applications ( .cpl) and many others are also PE files.

  8. Portable executable file format is a type of format that is used in Windows (both x86 and x64). As per Wikipedia, the portable executable (PE) format is a file format for executable, object code, DLLs, FON font files, and core dumps.

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