I just want to ask arround about some annoyance in HIEW

I have Version 6.82, which was working OK until a few weeks ago. In the interim, WinXP security updates and SP2 were installed in my computer.
Now Hiew refuses to run:

It complains it cannot find the hiew.exe or the hiew32.exe files in the system: They are there, computer, I just clicked on them!!

I tried to run hiew32 from a command window, and it claims it uses an unsupported 80x300 page window format(????)

I tried to run it from a shortcut it also complains it cannot find the pif file. . .


It smells to me that the file security system does not allow this low level/all powerful editor to run/have access to the file system.

Has anyone else seen this problem and or can suggest some solutions?

I have hiew 7.01 under WinXP SP2 and it works fine. but well, just set the size of your console to 80x50, it should work fine. And by the way, hiew isn't really low level/powerful in the sense that it does nasty low level tricks, it is just a very standard app, the only thing is that it runs in a console, which is somehow rare these days.

Thank you Lifewire for your answer.
I think I fixed the problem, but I still don't know how.
When I run Hiew or Hiew32 in safemode, or as administrator, I have no problems. Nor did I before the SP2 was installed running as a regular user. I thought this little critter would have nothing to do with file permissions and such things.

stop using hiew. use rta instead

I agree, it is open source too...
(but everyone is free to use the tools he likes most)
Regards, bilbo

THere is a BUG in my hiew7.01/hiew710, it's that the jump address is wrong. If the first byte of the instruction is E9, the following jump codes will appear wrong address.
So I use HIEW6.86, it works well in my WIN2K/WINXP.

use hiew, but where is RTA!?

see my recommendation above


no, everyone must use rta!!


Unfortunately, Squidge's website looks to be down. You can grab it from here for now: http://www.wasm.ru/baixado.php?mode=tool&id=181

naides, check to see if your printer spooler is enabled, its not a well known fact but SP2 does wreak havoc on some machines. I have investigated quite a number of instances where SP2 *modifies* some default settings internally on some machines. I have traced it to how the instruction set on various cpu's handles the file system. Sometimes just a sime defrag is the answer. I am curious what type of processor you are using and especially if its one of those hyper-threaded ones.........

hope this helps

May be this can fix this problem: (from 6,86 faq file-7.xx not has it at all)
Q02. How can I run Hiew on Win2k/WinXP ?
A02. (Ruslan Kantorovych)
So what is a problem, the HIEW works up 120x50 mode, but the setting for
every DOS mode window on Win2k/WinXP is 80x300.
I solved this problem by setting the default mode to 80x25 for every
window.
How you can do it:
Open the DOS mode window;
Click on the picture of the DOS mode window in the left up angle of
the window;
Choose "Default" (it's important);
After that choose "Properties";
Open "Layout" dialog;
In the "Screen Buffer Size" area put the number 25 into "Height"
control (by default it's 300);
Press OK button it's all

i use hiew 7.01 on xp pro sp2 and has no problem, and hiew.exe (6,86 version) run correctly. Also i'm never start up Hiew directly- integrate hiew with TotalCommander and have fun! =) just drag *exe to Hiew icon and it will be open or make hotkey.


yes it's bad, if this tool open sourse why him not use sf.net for making site project? like BIEW. RTA it's intresting tool, it has inline assembly... nice feature...