Resource HAcker

[ishan_rulz]

What is Resource Hacker?

Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP operating systems.

 

Viewing Resources: Cursor, Icon, Bitmap, GIF, AVI, and JPG resource images can be viewed. WAV and MIDI audio resources can be played. Menus, Dialogs, MessageTables, StringTables, Accelerators, Delphi Forms, and VersionInfo resources can be viewed as decompiled resource scripts. Menus and Dialogs can also be viewed as they would appear in a running application.

 

Saving Resources: Resources can be saved as image files (*.ico, *.bmp etc), as script files (*.rc), as binary resource files (*.res), or as untyped binary files (*.bin).

 

Modifying Resources: Resources can be modified by replacing the resource with a resource located in another file (*.ico, *.bmp, *.res etc) or by using the internal resource script compiler (for menus, dialogs etc). Dialog controls can also be visually moved and/or resized by clicking and dragging the respective dialog controls prior to recompiling with the internal compiler.

 

Adding Resources: Resources can be added to an application by copying them from external resource files (*.res).

 

Deleting Resources: Most compilers add resources into applications which are never used by the application. Removing unused resources can reduce an application's size.

 

This will be great for designers and GUI Modders like me ..

 

http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/

[CeeCee]

Yeah, it's a great little program. I have used it a couple of times.

[unsober]

that's a nice program. you can edit a lot of different components on programs

 

check out what I did to CCleaner.exe;

 

changed icons, changed buttons, ect

 

pretty good eh? I should be making skins for CCleaner

[Andavari]

Resource Hacker has been linked to before on here. Of course if something is even UPX compressed, or is protected it will fail.

 

I've used it for ages, and I've used it before on programs where the windows are too small, or the text isn't in English.

[DennisD]

Nice one ishan, thanks.