How to extract files .exe

How does how you extract the files with .exe extension?
questions that often arise when I first started to learn computer first.

whether .exe file can still be edited again as we edit the file. doc,. mp3, ...?
Yes the answer is CAN !

Now all that has been answered, and some of them (listed below) I've ever edited.


one of the many software to extract the universal extractor.

Universal Extractor is a program that can extract files from any type of archive, whether it's a simple zip file, an installation program, or even a Windows Installer package (.MSI)
http://legroom.net/scripts/download.php?file=uniextract16
Download UniExtract Installer (4.98 MB) Version 1.6

if you want to download from the previous version go here http://download.c1pher.com/archive/
This program can read files berextensi:

7-zip archive	= .7z, .exe
ACE archive	= .ace
ARC archive	= .arc
ARJ archive	= .arj, .exe
ASpack compressed file	= .exe
BIN/CUE CD-ROM image	=.bin, .cue
bzip2 archive	=.bz2, .tbz2, .tar.bz2
CPIO compressed file	=.cpio
Debian package	=.deb
DiscJuggler CD-ROM image	=.cdi
Encoded files	=.b64, .uu, .uue, .xx, .xxe, .yenc, .ntx
Gentee package	= .exe
gzip archive	=.gz, .tgz, .tar.gz
IMG floppy disk image	=.img
Inno Setup package	= .exe
Installer VISE package	= .exe
InstallShield Cabinet archive	=.cab, .1, .lib
InstallShield package	=.exe
ISO 9660 CD-ROM image	=.iso
KGB archive	=.kgb, .kge,
LZH compressed file	= .lha
LZMA compressed file	= .lzma
LZO compressed file	= .lzo
LZW compressed file	= .z, .tz, .tar.z
LZX compressed file	= .lzx
MHTML file	= .mht
Microsoft Cabinet archive	=.cab, .exe, .imf
Microsoft Compiled Help file	= .chm
Microsoft compressed file	= .??_
Microsoft LIT e-book	= .lit
Microsoft Windows Help file	= .hlp
Nero CD-ROM images	= .nrg
NSIS package	=.odt, .odp, .odg, .ods
Oasis Document Format (ODF) document	=.docx, .pptx, .xlsx
Office Open XML (OOXML) document	=.dbx
Outlook Express mail archive	=.pea
PEA archive	=.rar, .001, .exe
RAR archive	= .exe
Reflexive Arcade package	= .exe
RoboForm package	= .exe
RPM package	=.rpm
SetupFactory package	= .exe
SIS (SymbianOS) packages	=.sis
StuffIt packages	=.sit
TAR archive	=.tar, .tbz2, .tgz, .tz, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz, .tar.z
UHARC archive	=.uha
UPX compressed file	= .exe, .dll
Windows Imaging Format image	=.win
Windows Installer package	=.msi
Windows Installer patch	=.msp
Windows Update Standalone patch	=.msu
Wise Installer package	=.exe
ZIP archive	=.zip, .jar, .xpi, .wz, .exe
Zoo archive	=.zoo

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