exetype

Display the type of a Windows EXE file.

Usage

exetype [options] target.exe

Options (defaults in parentheses):
-t | --type                    Only display exe type
-c | --cpu                     Only display cpu type
-q | --quiet                   Only display errors, set errorcode to exe type
-v | --version                 Show version and copyright and quit
-? | --help                    Show this help message and quit

Examples

c:\>exetype exetype.exe

exetype.exe: Windows Console (x86 32-bit)

c:\>exetype %windir%\notepad.exe
C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe: Windows GUI (x86 32-bit)

c:\>echo %errorlevel%
2

c:\>exetype -q exetype.exe

c:\>echo %errorlevel%
3

EXE Types

IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_UNKNOWN              0   // Unknown subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_NATIVE               1   // Image doesn't require a subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI          2   // Image runs in the Windows GUI subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_CUI          3   // Image runs in the Windows character subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_OS2_CUI              5   // image runs in the OS/2 character subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_POSIX_CUI            7   // image runs in the Posix character subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_NATIVE_WINDOWS       8   // image is a native Win9x driver.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_CE_GUI       9   // Image runs in the Windows CE subsystem.
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_EFI_APPLICATION      10  //
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_EFI_BOOT_SERVICE_DRIVER  11   //
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_EFI_RUNTIME_DRIVER   12  //
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_EFI_ROM              13
IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_XBOX                 14

Verify a Release

To verify a release, download the .zip, .sha256, and .asc files for the release (replacing exetype-1.3-win32.zip with the release you are verifying):

$ wget https://github.com/rasa/exetype/releases/download/v1.3/exetype-1.3-win32.zip{,.sha256,.asc}

Next, check that sha256sum reports "OK":

$ sha256sum -c exetype-1.3-win32.zip.sha256
exetype-1.3-win32.zip: OK

Lastly, check that GPG reports "Good signature":

$ gpg --keyserver hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key 0x105a5225b6ab4b22
$ gpg --verify exetype-1.3-win32.zip.asc exetype-1.3-win32.zip
gpg:                using RSA key 0xFF914F74B4BB6EF3
gpg: Good signature from "Ross Smith II <ross@smithii.com>" [ultimate]
...

Contributing

To contribute to this project, please see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Bugs

To view existing bugs, or report a new bug, please see issues.

Changelog

To view the version history for this project, please see CHANGELOG.md.

License

This project is MIT licensed.

Contact

This project was created and is maintained by Ross Smith II

Feedback, suggestions, and enhancements are welcome.