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Run the executable (no installation required for most versions). You will see a simple interface: a menu bar, a file tree pane on the left, and a file list on the right.

Select the Root folder in the left pane. Then click File > Extract . Choose a destination folder on your hard drive, ideally with a short path (e.g., D:\XEX_Games\MyGame ). Avoid spaces and special characters. Click OK .

He opened the output folder. There it was: default.xex . It was barely a fraction of the original 8GB size. By converting to XEX exclusive, he had discarded the dummy data and the region locks.