Regular Expressions 101

^start of line

Group 1([^""].+? .+?\.exe)

Negated Character Class[^""]

""the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

.+?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

.+?any Unicode character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

exethe literal text exe (case insensitive)

Negative Lookahead(?!$)

$end of line

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

Search reference

Regular Expression

^([^""].+? .+?\.exe)(?!$)

New

C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{50033799-D5D3-4759-9ABD-589AD04F33C1}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x0009 -removeonly
C:\Program Files (x86)\Some Directory\Foo.exe
C:\SomePath\WithoutSpaces\Bar.exe -baz
"C:\Some Path\With Spaces\Qux.exe" -quux

Regular Expression

Extraction