About UNLZEXE

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:47 am

How exactly do I UNLZEXE any Keen game EXE file, when I'm using Windows 7? I can't just run the program, and I suck at using DOSBox (always using DOSShell).

Dr. Kylstein · Post by **Dr. Kylstein** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:57 am

In DOSBox:

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Z:\>mount c "C:\the directory\the game is in"
Z:\>c:
C:\>unlzexe keen1.exe

Should do the trick.

It would be nice if there was a way to it natively, but we are dealing with obsolete software here.

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:31 am

Ah, thanks, I'll try that.

levellass · Post by **levellass** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:27 am

1.) Click KEEN1.EXE
2.) Drag and drop it on UNLZEXE
3.) If successful you'll see KEEN1.OLD in your folder.

Works with Vista, so should be ok, unless Windows 7 is even more DOS hostile. (Like it doesn't run UNLZEXE at ALL.)

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:51 am

levellass wrote:1.) Click KEEN1.EXE
2.) Drag and drop it on UNLZEXE
3.) If successful you'll see KEEN1.OLD in your folder.

Works with Vista, so should be ok, unless Windows 7 is even more DOS hostile. (Like it doesn't run UNLZEXE at ALL.)

Nope, I did try that before, but like you said W7 doesn't run UNLZEXE at all >_>

levellass · Post by **levellass** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:18 am

*Shakefist*

DARN YOU GATES!

gerstrong · Post by **gerstrong** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:34 am

That is the problem I see here...

Sorry, if I have to talk about this, but I created a newer version of UNLZEXE. It's a bit faster and runs on any operating system, regardless if 64 or 32-bit. I wrote about it some months ago, but nobody was interested.

It's the version 0.81 and it can handle Keen1-6 as other games. both signatures (90 and 91) are supported. If you interested I can send you a copy and you don't have to mess around with dosbox. If someone else want to have it, I can also distribute it. The lack of intereset has been holding me back in uploading it.

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:58 am

The lack of intereset has been holding me back in uploading it.

Well I am interested, do upload it.

CommanderSpleen · Post by **CommanderSpleen** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:19 am

I don't remember any mention of this. It would be a very handy tool. Do make it available!

Stealthy71088 · Post by **Stealthy71088** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:55 pm

Yes this would be very useful. Please upload it!

pizza2004 · Post by **pizza2004** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:43 pm

Well, viewtopic.php?t=1310 for the mention of it. It was in the Keen: Coding section of this forum. I love to see this stuff progress, so this is cool with me.

gerstrong · Post by **gerstrong** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:04 am

Sorry guys, but you hurt my feelings. So I am ... , you know what, and not going to release it..... :-(

Just kidding! Here it is: :-D

http://sourceforge.net/projects/clonekeenplus/files/

Here is the file tree of the Commander Genius Project. Just open "Tools->unlzexe" and pick it for your system. Have fun!

Also check out the readme file before you use it. Don't worry, it's very easy.

thehackercat · Post by **thehackercat** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:55 pm

Thanks a lot Gerstrong! I reckon you just made many Keeners very happy. ;D