How can I find what language a file is written in

[Bernardw]

I want to alter an executable file (.exe). How can I tell what language it is written in?

I want to run a programme that always asks me to put the cd in a drive but I don't want to carry the CD around with my laptop so have copied the contents to the hard drive to run it from there. I've done this in the past successfully but this one is eluding me.

Thanks to all those who can answer.

[OBonio]

Um.. you can't.  A compiled executable is in machine code.  You can disassemble it using debug or something similar but this woulsn't tell you the what the originating language was.

 

I'm not entirely clear as to what your're trying to achieve here either... if you've copied the contents to a hard drive, why do you want to prompt to insert the CD?

[hertz]

I think what Bernardw is getting at is he wants to play a game on his laptop without having to put the CD in as verification that it is a kosher installation.

Obonio is right when he says you cannot alter an executable file (not without being expert in assembly language). However you can get patches which alter them for you (the legality is a bit dubious however) from sites like Megagames

http://www.megagames.com/gcracks.html

[Gandy]

google Isobuster

[Bernardw]

Thanks for the answer. I'm using a map of the UK when I'm travelling and and want to access it without carrying the CD. I've copied the cd onto the hard drive and run setup from there in the hope that it will direct itself to the correct location when I click the icon. Unfirtunately it still asks for the CD even though there is a copy on the same hard drive. Does that explain better?

[Fern57]

Did that get submitted?  Sorry if I double posted.

I use this:

http://www.cd-rw.org/software/cdr_software/cdr_tools/daemon_tools.cfm

[OBonio]

If you install from the CD (ie, run setup from the CD), do you not get an option to install everything to the hard drive?