Re: Run exe other than from disk (or vdisk)

From: Gary Chanson (gchanson_at_No.Spam.TheWorld.net)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 01:00:13 -0500

    It's *MUCH* more difficult to do this in Windows then it was in DOS.
Setting up the working environment in DOS was trivial while it's far from it
in Windows. In DOS, there were no DLLs to link to. Relocation is the least
of the complexities (and often not even necessary). 

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"Gnum" <no-email@mail.boo> wrote in message
news:utXmypDzEHA.2624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I can give a solution which works under DOS 3.1. It is basically
relocating
> pointers according to relocation table in EXE Header yourself. I'm not
sure
> if it will work under Windows... However as long as you are interested -
you
> may want to experiment with that.
>
> Gnum
>
>
> "Jim Gabriel" <BTreecs@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:e1JY833yEHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Is it even possible to launch an application other than from or a
virtual
> > disk?  i.e. Is
> > it possible to stream a small exe back to an application and run that
exe
> > WITHOUT EVER saving the stream first to disk and then running it?  If
so,
> > how
> > would you run it from memory?
> >
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
>
>

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