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Resource Hacker alternatives

  • PE Explorer

  • PE Explorer lets you look inside a variety of different 32-bit Windows executable file types, such as EXE, DLL and ActiveX Controls, perform static analysis, reveal a lot of information about the function of the executable, and collect as much information about the executable file as possible, without executing it. PE Explorer provides functions for disassembly and inspection of unknown binaries, modification of the properties of executable files, plus resource editing and translation features.

    tags: decompiling dependency developer-tools development dll-viewer
  • UniExtract2

  • Universal Extractor 2 or Universal Extractor (Bioruebe version) as it is also called to avoid confusion is an unofficial updated and extended version of the original Universal Extractor by Jared Breland. As the development of the original version has stopped and no update has been published for years, many forked (modified and maintained by the community) Universal Extractors have arised. This is the most advanced and the only one with a fully transparent development using a public GitHub-powered source code repository. ยป

    tags: Portable archives exe-resource-unpacker extract-resources extractor
  • Anolis Resourcer

  • Flexible and extensible resource editor for Win32/PE applications under active development. Is "MUI Aware" and supports all the changes made to the resource model in Windows Vista and later. Supports PNG icons as well.

    tags: Discontinued Portable developer-tools development dll-viewer
  • Free Resource Extractor

  • Free Resource Extractor is a free and handy utility to scan all DLL, EXE and OCX files and extract built-in resources like icons, bitmaps, cursors, sounds, AVI videos, HTML files, metafiles, etc. Free Resource Extractor can even extract useful resources from system files. You can save them in a folder you specified and use them later for your design, collection, drawings, printing and more.

    tags: Bundleware developer-tools development extract-resources resource-editor
  • Resource Hacker FX

  • Resource Hacker FX is an improved Resource Hacker: it is a patcher that needs to be used on the original Resource Hacker v3.6.0.92.

    tags: Discontinued developer-tools development dll-viewer exe-editor
  • XN Resource Editor

  • XN Resource Editor is a free, powerful, fully featured resource editor and PE module explorer.

    tags: Discontinued Portable development resource-editor resources
  • innoextract

  • Inno Setup is a tool to create installers for Microsoft Windows applications. innoextract allows to extract such installers under non-windows systems without running the actual installer using Wine.

    tags: command-line exe-extract exe-extractor executable-extract executable-extractor
  • ResEdit

  • ResEdit is a free resource editor for Windows programs. You can use it if you want to use dialogs, icons, version information or other types of resources. Output files can be compiled by any Windows compiler that includes a resource compiler, like MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++.

    tags: Warning Bundleware developer-tools development dll-viewer
  • Restorator

  • Restorator is an award-winning utility to edit windows resources in applications and their components, e.g. files with .exe, .dll, .res, .rc, .dcr, extension (see PE files and RES files).

    tags: Discontinued developer-tools dll-viewer exe-editor extract-resources
  • Resource Tuner

  • Resource Tuner is a resource editor that lets you view, extract, replace, edit, and delete the embedded resources of executable files: icons, strings, images, sounds, dialogs, menus - all that make up the visual part of your Windows programs. With Resource Tuner you can open Windows executable files such as .EXE, .DLL, screensavers, OCX Controls, and others. While Resource Tuner is of near-essential use to developers, it offers exciting possibilities even if you aren't. It's perfect for translators, tweakers, and anyone else who wants a different look and feel for an application. ยป

    tags: developer-tools development dll dll-viewer exe
  • InnoExtractor

  • InnoExtractor is a powerful application that helps you to unpack Inno Setup installers. With InnoExtractor you can explore the internal structure and content of the installer and you can to extract them to a local folder or a portable devices, without having to run the setup.

    tags: delphi extract-files lazarus reverse-engineering unpack
  • DotNetResourcesExtract

  • DotNetResourcesExtract is a small utility that scan dll/exe files of .NET applications, and extract all .NET embedded resources (Bitmaps, Gifs, HTML files, and so on) stored in them into the folder that you specify.

    tags: programming resources