how to view ms dos?

Question

ive got an ms dos executable and need to see the source, how do i?

Answer 1

go to your start button. select "run". type "cmd" in the box and hit enter. CMD stands for command prompt. Type exit in the window to close it.

Answer 2

Don't get answer 1. Answers 2 and 3 discuss how to RUN a DOS program. But you asked about viewing the source. That is a much more difficult task. You'll need to decompile the program and you usually need to know what language it was written in. Also most decompilers break a program down to machine code and then you need to get it to the actual language. It can be done in most cases, but it is very difficult. Also, some compilers allow the programmer to lock the code. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

You cannot see the source code in an executable as it has been compiled into machine code. You can view the executable as assembly code using a disassembler but unless you're a programming whiz then you won't be able to make head nor tail of it.

Answer 4

HEllo, to view ms dos you either:

Go to start, run and type in: command

restart computer and look in the corner of the screen it may say for example press f1 or f2 and it might open the ms dos.

Hope this works.

Answer 5

Sure, just load it into notepad. Whether you can make sense of it or not will depend on whether it's a batch file or basic, or whether it's compiled code. If it's compiled, then you'll need to know the source language and get a decompiler.

Cool, huh ???

Answer 6

Try (from a command box):

"type whatever_your_program_is_called.exe"

You'll see some strings inside the exectuable, but you'll not get hold of the source unless the original coder wants to send it to you.

Answer 7

You need a decompiler programme for this, and then it may not be possible to view the whole source.

Answer 8

go to command promt, and type edit then the file name you want to look at.

Answer 9

start -acessory-ms dos

Answer 10

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