[sf-lug] Best way to install a .exe firmware updater

[Akkana Peck]

> Michael Paoli writes:
> > running the .exe then at least gives one an easy way to extract it.
> > Some .exe files also, are self-extracting ZIP files - in which case sometimes
> > ZIP utilities (e.g. unzip) can be used to extract the contents.

I wrote:
> That's a good point. I just ran it in Windows inside Virtualbox, and
> it extracted a couple of image files plus a synreflash.exe. Maybe
> that's something I could run under FreeDOS even though I can't run
> the original .exe.

Alas no, as it turns out: "This program cannot be run in DOS mode."
Oh, well, it was worth a try.

Michael Paoli writes:
> Hmmm, and perhaps instead of / in addition to all of us speculating
> how it may be done with the particular .exe file ...
> Perhaps a link to the actual .exe file (and maybe secure hash(es) so
> we might verify we got the expected).

Sure. It's at
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/nl/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-7th-gen-type-20qd-20qe/downloads/driver-list/component?name=Mouse,%20Pen%20and%20Keyboard
The first one, "Synaptics Touchpad Firmware for Windows 10 (64-bit)".

And if you want to look at the embedded exe and don't have a
virtual Windows or Wine handy to extract it, I copied it to
http://shallowsky.com/tmp/synreflash.exe

        ...Akkana