~~Most~~ many file types are just a renamed .zip - eviltoast
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    2 months ago

    You’re not missing much. A few modern file types are zips with expected folder structures, especially MSOffice files. But this is nowhere near universally true.

    You can open a file in your text editor of choice and if you see it start with PK (for Phil Katz the creator of the format and the original PKZIP/PKUNZIP programs) then it’s probably a zip.

    Also, by the logic of the OP, all DLLs are EXEs.