Format

Windows New Executable

Summary

Name

Windows New Executable

Identifiers

• Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.windows-executable
• PUID: x-fmt/410

Description

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.

Format encoding

Text

File extensions

exe

Submitted by

Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Developed by

Microsoft Corporation

Supported by

Microsoft Corporation

Relationships

Has lower priority than

• Windows Portable Executable
• Windows Portable Executable 32 bit
• Windows Portable Executable 64 bit

Has priority over

• MS-DOS Executable

Internal signatures

Changelog

• V86

  Release date

  27 July 2016

  • Updated

    Windows New Executable: Added description.