How to find supporting files of any exe

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I want to check supporting files of any .exe in windows OS. Like if any .exe program save some info in c:/abc/abc then how get this location.

Posted 13-May-15 6:40am

Abhilask kumar

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-13T06:49:00

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There is no such concept as "supporting files". Any application can use any files, depending on the permissions of the parent process and optional permission elevation. At best, you can manually search the executable directory, system registry and "special folders" and take a guess. Also, during operation, you can spy on file handles using some system utility or the utility you may want to develop. I'm afraid you cannot get 100% guarantee. Only the code of the application tells exactly what it can do.

—SA

Posted 13-May-15 6:49am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 13-May-15 12:57pm

+5, exactly. Only the code of the application can actually tell what is being done under the hood. Not all applications require a back-end library or assembly.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-May-15 14:27pm

Thank you, Afzaal.
—SA

Abhilask kumar 13-May-15 13:18pm

Ok and can i find registry of .exe.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-May-15 14:27pm

So what? The application may not use any registry entries, which would be perfectly fine and even very good. I explained some ideas for heuristic approach. There is no any other ways.
—SA