Talk:Self-extracting archive

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I love SFX's more than standard archives!!

[edit] Context menu

When you have installed Winzip/Winrar, and you open the context menu (right-click) a self-extracting archive, you get a new entry in the context menu that says "extract here..." My question now is: how does the operating system/winzip/winrar now whether a .exe is a compressed archive without actually opening it? --Abdull 21:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit]  !

Some one took out:

Why use SFX??

If you have a codec (Zip, 7Zip,etc) and compress files into a format and you want to give the files to someone who doesnt have the Zip codec, you can use an SFX which any PC/Mac can run.

But atleast they reworded it so that is more understandble, I think all the concepts are still covered. Just in case I kept the original text up there.. RealG187 15:57, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How do they work?

Is it perhaps interesting to have a section which describes how these executables are made? I do not suppose these programs (WinRAR, 7zip, etc) have compiler with them to compile code into an executable but they do manage to create an executable file like compilers. So it might be interesting for techies who want a bit more info to add an explanation about how this is done. I mainly suggest this because I'm interested in it myself (not to do anything with it, just general interest). Best regards, Thomas. --195.3.176.151 12:17, 16 June 2007 (UTC)