How can I view the binary contents of a file natively in Windows 7? (Is it possible.)
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ANSWER 1
Score 132
If you have powershell version 5.0 or later, you can use the powershell built-in function Format-Hex
PS:21 C:\Temp >Format-Hex application.exe
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00000000 42 4D 5E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 36 00 00 00 28 00 BM^.......6...(.
00000010 00 00 0A 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 20 00 00 00 ............ ...
00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 C4 0E 00 00 C4 0E 00 00 00 00 ......Ä...Ä.....
00000030 00 00 00 00 00 00 B7 59 71 FF B7 59 71 FF B7 59 ......•Yq.•Yq.•Y
00000040 71 FF B7 59 71 FF B7 59 71 FF B7 59 71 FF B7 59 q.•Yq.•Yq.•Yq.•Y
00000050 71 FF B7 59 71 FF B7 59 71 FF B7 59 71 FF q.•Yq.•Yq.•Yq.
ANSWER 2
Score 33
Built in, quick and dirty: start powershell, execute:
gc -encoding byte -TotalCount 100 "your_file_path" |% {write-host ("{0:x}" -f $_) -noNewline " "}; write-host
TotalCount is count of bytes you want to read from file.
Google 'powershell hexdump' to get much more polished/workable versions.
If you have Windows Resource Kit Tools (not exactly built in, but close) you may also use a cmd line utility called list.exe. It's a small editor with hex mode. Designed specifically to work with big files:
List Text File Tool (List) is a command-line tool that displays and searches one or more text files. Unlike other text display tools, List does not read the whole file into memory when you open it. It allows a user to edit a text file in a hexadecimal format.
List is useful for displaying text or log files remotely, and for use on servers where administrators are concerned with degradation of system performance.
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 15
You need a "hex editor". I've used "Hex Editor Neo" for years and it's very good. It's available in free and paid versions. (And I'm sure there are other similar tools available.)
ANSWER 4
Score 15
This also works on everything after XP:
certutil -encodehex MyProgram.exe MyProgram.txt
XP requires the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack from here :
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16770
ANSWER 5
Score 8
HxD is a portable hex editor, which means no installation necessary, and is nothing more than a single exe file.
Another similarly portable option is Frhed: