Extract (save) resources to file in: *.res format as a binary or as decompiled resource scripts or images.View resources in Win32 executable files (*.exe, *.dll, *.cpl, *.ocx) and in Win32 resource files (*.res) in both their compiled and decompiled formats.

I suspect that earlier concerns about the loss of intellectual property with reverse engineering have been allayed.

Anyhow, in deference to these authors, I've chosen not to unpack files with the program.Īs a side note, it seems that 'packed' executables have become quite uncommon over the last 5-10 years, and software authors are exposing more rather than less information in executable resources. I suspect that this resource 'hiding' is (or was) a common objective in this process. Not only does this reduces file size, but it also makes viewing and modifying resources marginally more difficult. Some executable files are 'packed' or 'compressed' using compression algorithms. Command-line instructions and Resource Hacker™ scripts can remove the drudgery entailed with repeating Resource Hacker™ tasks. Just about all the functionality of Resource Hacker™ can be accessed from the command line without having to open the Resource Hacker™ GUI. (I see no benefit in duplicating what third-party image editors do so well.) Binary resources, usually images, can't be edited directly with the app, but they can still be very easily exported and imported once they've been modified by an external image editor. Once a resource file has been opened, its resources will generally be displayed as either an image (or group of images) or as decompiled text. While Resource Hacker™ is primarily a GUI application, it also provides many options for compiling and decompiling resources from the command-line.Ĭompiling can be initiated either by opening an existing resource script file or by creating one from scratch using Resource Hacker's editor. It's both a resource compiler (for *.rc files), and a decompiler - enabling viewing and editing of resources in executables (*.exe *.dll *.scr etc) and compiled resource libraries (*.res, *.mui). Resource Hacker is a resource editor for 32bit and 64bit Windows PC applications.

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