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An implementation of sudo for DOS, to run the given command with full privileges. It can be used to edit important system files, run disk partitioning tools, and so on!

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[-] Scoopta@programming.dev 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Technically that segment is not a com file. They are MZ exe files. com files have no metadata or header.

There are actually 3 exe variants, MZ, NE, and the modern PE

[-] otacon239@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

You could say any arrangement of words or letters about the inner workings of Windows, and I’d probably just take your word for it at this point.

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