New Executable

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executable · also known as EXE

The New Executable (abbreviated NE or NewEXE) is a 16-bit .exe file format, a successor to the DOS MZ executable format. It is used by 16-bit Microsoft Windows, and by some versions of OS/2 and MS-DOS.

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Extensions	`.exe.dll.cpl.drv.scr`
Signatures	`4d5a` at byte 0 (Windows New Executable)
PRONOM	`x-fmt/410`
Wikidata	`Q4045294`
Apple UTI	`com.microsoft.windows-executable`

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Hiewreads
Q483132reads · Microsoft Software Assurance / proprietary license
Windows 10reads · Azure Dev Tools for Teaching / Microsoft Software Assurance / shareware
Windows 7reads · Microsoft Software Assurance / end-user license agreement / volume licensing
Windows 8reads · end-user license agreement

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From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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