Free Resource Extractor Alternatives
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 an app in the Development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Free Resource Extractor for Windows, Linux and PortableApps.com. The best alternative is Resource Hacker, which is free. Other great apps like Free Resource Extractor are Universal Extractor 2 (Free, Open Source), PE Explorer (Paid), Resource Tuner (Paid) and RisohEditor (Free, Open Source).
- Resource Hacker™ is a resource editor for 32bit and 64bit Windows® applications.
- 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.
- 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.
Discontinued
Not updated for very long time, no 64bit support.
- 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.
- RisohEditor can add, edit, extract, clone and remove the resource data in EXE/DLL/RC/RES files.
- XN Resource Editor is a free, powerful, fully featured resource editor and PE module explorer.
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The project is no longer updated and the official website is no longer available.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.
- 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.
- PE-bear is a reversing tool for PE files.
- 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.
Discontinued
The program is no longer developed. Last version, 0.9, released on 1st September 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- 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).
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.