Best Free Binary File Text Extractor
When dealing with unknown .exe, .dll or other binary files, it's often helpful to view any text information contained in the file. This may help you to identify the program itself, as well as other information, such as the copyright date, application used to create the file, menu items and error messages.
Peek is a tiny utility that allows you to do this by creating a right-click context menu item. Usage can't be simpler: Just right-click a binary file and select "Peek." The program can handle Unicode strings and can provide text string offsets. A little gem.
Peek
Website: http://members.ping.at/mlubich/
License: Freeware
Download file size: 11.2 KB
Windows Operating Systems Supported: 95/98/Me/NT (Works with 2000/XP/2003 also)
Non-Windows Operating Systems Supported: None
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable Version Available: No
Additional Software Required: None
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Ok but aggravating, I like text TextExtract. I believe it is better and less aggravating where as if you try to open up a file in the menu shell it opens in that crumby Peek in notepad. And if you try to do multiples files of anything in the shell menu it will open up with peek notepad. so if you try to do multiple jobs in the shell menu then Peek opens everything up in notepad. So so aggravating
Try this one it is better. As in less Aggravating
http://www.nonags.com/alert/?TextExtract
The download link given at NoNags.com to the author's website is broken
www.ultima-thule.co.uk/downloads/textextract.zipNo link or mention of software is to be found searching the author's site
www.ultima-thule.co.ukAny link for software found via Google leads back to the same broken link.
The only alternative is to join Nonags.com, which is not free.
Strings (Mark Russinovich, now @ M$) does this from the console.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897439.aspx
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