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  1. General Concepts. This document specifies the structure of executable (image) files and object files under the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. These files are referred to as Portable Executable (PE) and Common Object File Format (COFF) files, respectively.

  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. The PE format is a data structure that encapsulates the information necessary for the Windows OS loader to manage the wrapped executable code .

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  3. Mar 24, 2023 · A Windows Portable Executable (PE) is the Windows native file format for executables and other binary file types. The PE file format is designed to be platform-independent, so it can be used on any Windows machine running the same operating system version and processor architecture for which the file was compiled.

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  5. 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.

  6. Feb 28, 2021 · These files are referred to as Portable Executable (PE) or in layman terms PE file is a type of format that is used in Windows (both x86 and x64) architecture based on...

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