Free Resource Extractor AlternativesResource Editors and other similar apps like Free Resource Extractor

Free Resource Extractor is described as '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' and is a Resource Editor in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Free Resource Extractor for Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com and Mac. The best Free Resource Extractor alternative is Resource Hacker, which is free. Other great apps like Free Resource Extractor are Universal Extractor 2, PE Explorer, PE-bear and Restorator.

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  1. Resource Hacker icon
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    Resource Hacker™ is a resource editor for 32bit and 64bit Windows® applications.

    21 Resource Hacker alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Resource Hacker Features

    1.  Portable

    Resource Hacker VS Free Resource Extractor

     
    • Resource Hacker is the most popular Windows alternative to Free Resource Extractor.

    • Resource Hacker is the most popular free alternative to Free Resource Extractor.

    • Resource Hacker is Free and ProprietaryFree Resource Extractor is also Free and Proprietary
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    Universal Extractor 2 is an unofficial updated and extended version of the original UniExtract by Jared Breland. It brings several hundred changes including community-wanted ones such as a batch mode, auto-updater and scan-only-functionality.

    23 Universal Extractor 2 alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Universal Extractor 2 Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiple languages

    Universal Extractor 2 VS Free Resource Extractor

     
    • Universal Extractor 2 is the most popular Open Source alternative to Free Resource Extractor.

    • Universal Extractor 2 is Free and Open SourceFree Resource Extractor is Free and Proprietary
  3. PE Explorer icon
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    PE Explorer is the most feature-packed program for inspecting the inner workings of your own software, and more importantly, third party Windows applications and libraries for which you do not have source code.

    48 PE Explorer alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Not updated for very long time, no 64bit support.

    PE Explorer Features

    1.  Disassembler

    PE Explorer VS Free Resource Extractor

     
    • PE Explorer is the most popular commercial alternative to Free Resource Extractor.

    • PE Explorer is Paid and ProprietaryFree Resource Extractor is Free and Proprietary
  4. PE-bear icon
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    Portable Executable reversing tool with a friendly GUI.

    13 PE-bear alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PE-bear Features

    1.  Malware Analysis
    2.  Portable
    3.  Disassembler

    PE-bear VS Free Resource Extractor

     
    • PE-bear is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Free Resource Extractor.

    • PE-bear is Free and Open SourceFree Resource Extractor is Free and Proprietary
  5. Restorator icon
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    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).

    11 Restorator alternatives

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    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The software seems to be no longer updated. Latest version was released in 2007, but it can be still bought from the official website.

    Restorator VS Free Resource Extractor

     
  6. ResEdit icon
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    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++.

    12 ResEdit alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available and the program was not updated since May 2015. Last version, 1.6.6, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine

    ResEdit VS Free Resource Extractor

     
  7. Resource Tuner icon
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    Resource Tuner 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.

    12 Resource Tuner alternatives

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    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Windows

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

    12 XN Resource Editor alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer updated and the official website is no longer available. Last version, 3.0.0.1, released in December 2005, can be still downloaded from an unofficial mirror.

    XN Resource Editor Features

    1.  Portable

    XN Resource Editor VS Free Resource Extractor

     
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    ResourcesExtract is a small utility that scans dll/ocx/exe files and extract all resources (bitmaps, icons, cursors, AVI movies, HTML files, and more...) stored in them into the folder that you specify.

    19 ResourcesExtract alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ResourcesExtract Features

    1.  Extract Icons

    ResourcesExtract VS Free Resource Extractor

     
  10. RisohEditor icon
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    "RisohEditor" is a free resource editor for Win32 development. RisohEditor realized the ideal of resource editor.

    11 RisohEditor alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Windows

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  11. ResEd icon
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    ResEd is an editor for resource script files (*.rc) which is also used in RadASM, FbEdit and MasmEd. As every RAD Software product, it makes application development easy and fast by providing sophisticated functions and integrated clever tools.

    12 ResEd alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Site has been temporarily suspended according to author.

    ResEd VS Free Resource Extractor

     
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    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.

    6 DotNetResourcesExtract alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Windows

    DotNetResourcesExtract VS Free Resource Extractor

     
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