Unexpected output

The following code is supposed to print out the names of all the sections in the specified exe (c:\linked list.exe in this case), but it produces some bizzare output. Can someone please help me figure out whats wrong??

Code:

#include<Windows.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<WinNT.h>

int main()
{
    FILE *fp; 
    int i;

    if((fp = fopen("c:\\Linked List.exe","rb"))==NULL)
        printf("unable to open");


    IMAGE_DOS_HEADER imdh;
    fread(&imdh,sizeof(imdh),1,fp);


    IMAGE_NT_HEADERS imnth;
    fread(&imnth,sizeof(imnth),1,fp);

    IMAGE_SECTION_HEADER *pimsh;
    pimsh = (IMAGE_SECTION_HEADER *)malloc(sizeof(IMAGE_SECTION_HEADER) * imnth.FileHeader.NumberOfSections);

    fread(pimsh,sizeof(IMAGE_SECTION_HEADER),imnth.FileHeader.NumberOfSections,fp);

    for(i=0;i<imnth.FileHeader.NumberOfSections;i++)
    {
        printf("%s\n",pimsh->Name);
        pimsh++;
    }

}

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Originally Posted by oogabooga

I would've answered this question except that the guy never says "thanks".

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Well, you've probably already figured this out, but you need to seek to the offset of the IMAGE_NT_HEADERS after reading the dos header. Something like this:

Code:

    fseek(fp, imdh.e_lfanew, SEEK_SET);

There's actually a very short program between the two that prints "This program cannot be run in DOS mode" if you try to run it in dos (which is not of course the same as running it from the console).

Originally Posted by oogabooga

Well, you've probably already figured this out

Yes I have, but thanks anyways...