Format
InstallShield Executable
Summary
- Name
- InstallShield Executable
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1466
- Format type
- Text (Structured)
- Description
- This file type which includes '_INST32I.EX_ ' file in the title is included many Windows software distributions that use the InstallShield installation software. InstallShield is a proprietary software tool originally developed by The Stirling Group.
- File extensions
-
ex_ - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
InstallShield Executable
- Description
- Magic bytes ‘*«yØ’, then later in the file ASCII string ‘Copyright (c) 1990-1995 Stirling Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserve’
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
2AAB79D8{0-10}436F707972696768742028632920313939302D3139393520537469726C696E6720546563686E6F6C6F676965732C20496E632E20416C6C205269676874732052657365727665- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V98
- Release date
- 27 October 2021
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Added format
InstallShield Executable: Full entry added.
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Added signature
InstallShield Executable: New signature.