How to Convert .exe to .jpg

You need to clarify your question: which language? etc...

Whoa, it smells like a logical bomb all the way ... or not.

What do you intend to do?
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You need to display the file extensions, but I admit a .exe file changed to .jpg, I don't even know what that could result in...

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At the same time, we don't really know if it makes sense without wanting to destabilize our friend ;-)
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Well, I just tested it and no surprise, it tells me it can’t display anything... and I don’t really see how it could tell me anything else... (while changing a program into an image...)
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The file extension is used by the operating system to know what it should do when asked to open the file: which program to use to open it. In the case of a .exe extension, it means that it is an executable file, that is to say, a program.

The extension is therefore only indicative, but has no impact on the content of the file (the bits that make it up). Unless there's some weird and questionable trickery, a .exe file is meant to be executed, not opened as an image (jpg).

In other words:
- either it's an extension error, and in that case, you just need to edit the file extension and you'll be able to open it with any software that opens a jpg.
- or it's really an executable, and in that case, it cannot be transformed into an image.
- or it's VERY suspicious, and it's better not to attempt anything....

"Either it's VERY suspicious, and it's better not to try anything...." Hence my earlier remark about malware.
Oops, at the time I'm posting this, my server is probably infected by malware Argh!!!!
Not ideal for an admin XD

Turning an EXE into a JPEG, that's it, and I'm capable of cracking WPA with a MacBook XD XD XD LOL
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In fact, it may be possible to "disassemble" the executable (although I'm not sure about that). However, converting it to a jpeg, I want to say GOOD LUCK MY FRIEND

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and since we have no response from the post's author... it's impossible to clarify for us...
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So let ... let's leave it in the dark force of things XD
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Hello,

an .exe file is coded according to a particular format called PE (Portable Executable File Format), which means that its first bytes have a specific structure to be recognized by the operating system (generally, the first two are equal to 4D5A).

A jpg file has a structure that is not of this type (it starts with FFD8), so it's impossible to transform an executable into a jpg (unless you rename it).

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 "Les cons, ça ose tout. C'est même à ça qu'on les reconnaît" 

This also explains the compatibility issue between Windows exe and Linux exe.

Am I right???
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if it is possible to change a .exe to a .jpg but it can't absolutely give any conclusive results ^^
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Indeed, especially since even if we manage to transform this EXE into an image, I'm not sure we would actually get a real image, unless we tinker with Photoshop CS or whatever else...
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Well, I tested it, Windows is fine, but then when you want to view it, it opens the Windows software to look at images but it says: unable to display blabla
so basically, problem solved, it’s useless ^^
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Exactly, and then how could the executable turn into an image? oO
On the other hand, taking the problem the other way around: is it possible to change an image into an executable?
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yes finally it opens the console and closes immediately without writing anything... so in my opinion nothing very constructive (except by messing around but that really goes over my head ^^)
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Yes, finally it's more like if you want to do digital recognition or facial recognition, that can be useful, basically some crypto stuff!!
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the same ^^ lol
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How to launch a NASA rocket from my photo album XD XD XD
sorry it was + loud than me.
Good luck to you :D
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