Convert executable back to source

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

I lost some source code that has been compiled into an .exe. Is there a way that I can revert the exe back to pl so I can recover the source code?

Janitored by Arunbear - retitled from '.exe file'

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Re: Convert executable back to source by shenme (Priest) on Oct 07, 2004 at 20:09 UTC
Use "Super Search" or the Google alternative. Searching on "compiled source exe" I found articles: Perl Decompile perl2exe - no more secrets PerlApp decompile? Security, is it to much to ask? A real challenge That's just what I found easily. I'm sure searching with other words would find the answer you need. Maybe 'decompile'? Apparently a key question is: What compiled your code into an .exe and when? (that is, what version of that tool?)	[reply]
Re^2: Convert executable back to source by raihlage (Initiate) on Oct 11, 2004 at 19:44 UTC
I used the PDK 5.1. Just recently had to install and upgraded to 5.3. Thoughts?	[reply]
Re: Convert executable back to source by CountZero (Bishop) on Oct 07, 2004 at 20:10 UTC
Super Search is your friend! This problem has been discussed in this thread CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply]
Re: Convert executable back to source by raihlage (Initiate) on Oct 07, 2004 at 19:36 UTC
Sorry, I was not logged in. This was submitted by me a 'newbie'...	[reply]