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how can i see the source code?

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    wildelf
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    Hello to everyone I have an *.exe file which i made in c++, and wrote it on a cd. But i have not save the files of the project. Now i want to change some things in the program and i cannot open the source code ( *.cpp) because i dont have it, only the *.exe file. Is there a way to retrive it or i have to make it again from the begging? Please late me know if someone knows a way to do so. Thanks for your time Tace care all of youselves

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      Hello to everyone I have an *.exe file which i made in c++, and wrote it on a cd. But i have not save the files of the project. Now i want to change some things in the program and i cannot open the source code ( *.cpp) because i dont have it, only the *.exe file. Is there a way to retrive it or i have to make it again from the begging? Please late me know if someone knows a way to do so. Thanks for your time Tace care all of youselves

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      Jim A Johnson
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      It's gone. Next time save your source. It's more valuable than the .exe

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        It's gone. Next time save your source. It's more valuable than the .exe

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        wildelf
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        I know i should have keep the .cpp file but i didn't. I dont understand how crackers break the .exe files and they are making cracks, it has to be a way to do it . Am i right?

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          I know i should have keep the .cpp file but i didn't. I dont understand how crackers break the .exe files and they are making cracks, it has to be a way to do it . Am i right?

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          Maximilien
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          wildelf wrote: I dont understand how crackers break the .exe files and they are making cracks, it has to be a way to do it . Am i right? Yep, but not with source code, they know assembler and EXE formats. Max.


          Maximilien Lincourt For success one must aquire one's self

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            wildelf wrote: I dont understand how crackers break the .exe files and they are making cracks, it has to be a way to do it . Am i right? Yep, but not with source code, they know assembler and EXE formats. Max.


            Maximilien Lincourt For success one must aquire one's self

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            where can i find someone who knows assembly an exe formats?

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              where can i find someone who knows assembly an exe formats?

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              Valera241176
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              :((Beleive me, in many cases it is faster to re-write the source code then disassemble the exe (unless your exe not so big as MS Windows. I'm not sure but I think if you included debug information in your exe, it could slightly simplify your task.

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                :((Beleive me, in many cases it is faster to re-write the source code then disassemble the exe (unless your exe not so big as MS Windows. I'm not sure but I think if you included debug information in your exe, it could slightly simplify your task.

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                Willem B
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                i don't know it for sure, but.... there is a way the decompile a program, right? i've seen someone do it once in visual something(i was a turbo pascal nerd than so i didn't understand anything of visual studio), he decompiled the explorer.exe and changed the start menu its logo's.... []D [] []D []

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