Get a script out of executable back

TheMarty has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I use Active State PDK for creating executables for Win32. Unfortunately last time I lost my PC with the only source of source ;-). There are only executables which are among users. Is there a way to extract Perl script back out of these excutables?

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Re: Get a script out of executable back by GrandFather (Saint) on Nov 02, 2006 at 09:42 UTC
This has almost the status of a FAQ, albeit concerning various different tools. The following nodes found using Super Search with "executable script extract" in SoPW may serve as a starting point: Extract a script from a perl2exe executable? and Decompile PerlApp. Further searching will likely turn up mode nodes that may help. DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply]
Re^2: Get a script out of executable back by TheMarty (Acolyte) on Nov 02, 2006 at 10:54 UTC
Well, thanks for replies... Onestly, I didn't use SuperSearch (only the normal one). But following the links you have kindly posted, it does not help as well... These posts seem to have at least few years. Something changed since then? I used Active State PDK 6.0 to create exe file.	[reply]
Re: Get a script out of executable back by prasadbabu (Prior) on Nov 02, 2006 at 09:43 UTC
Hi TheMarty, If you would have Super Searched, you would have got similar links: Convert executable back to source Decompile Perl2EXE back to original source Prasad	[reply]
Re: Get a script out of executable back by artist (Parson) on Nov 02, 2006 at 13:57 UTC
I hope you might get the source code back, with methods descibed in other nodes. You can start using version control systems and backups. --Artist	[reply]

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