IMAGE_NT_HEADERS Structure

Represents the PE header format.

typedef struct _IMAGE_NT_HEADERS {
  DWORD Signature;
  IMAGE_FILE_HEADER FileHeader;
  IMAGE_OPTIONAL_HEADER OptionalHeader;
} IMAGE_NT_HEADERS, 
 *PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS;

Members

Signature

A 4-byte signature identifying the file as a PE image. The bytes are "PE\0\0".

FileHeader

An IMAGE_FILE_HEADER structure that specifies the file header.

OptionalHeader

An IMAGE_OPTIONAL_HEADER structure that specifies the optional file header.

Remarks

The actual structure in Winnt.h is named IMAGE_NT_HEADERS32 and IMAGE_NT_HEADERS is defined as IMAGE_NT_HEADERS32. However, if _WIN64 is defined, then IMAGE_NT_HEADERS is defined as IMAGE_NT_HEADERS64.

typedef struct _IMAGE_NT_HEADERS64 {
    DWORD Signature;
    IMAGE_FILE_HEADER FileHeader;
    IMAGE_OPTIONAL_HEADER64 OptionalHeader;
} IMAGE_NT_HEADERS64, *PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS64;

Requirements

See Also

ImageHlp Structures
CheckSumMappedFile
IMAGE_FILE_HEADER
IMAGE_OPTIONAL_HEADER
ImageNtHeader
ImageRvaToSection
ImageRvaToVa
LOADED_IMAGE
UpdateDebugInfoFile

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