ResEdit AlternativesResource Editors and other similar apps like ResEdit

ResEdit has been discontinued. Similar apps include Resource Hacker, which is free. Other options are Universal Extractor 2, GARbro, Free Resource Extractor and PE Explorer. You can choose from more than 10 Resource Editors like ResEdit for Windows.

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  1. 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.

    24 Universal Extractor 2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. GARbro icon
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    A resource browser, archiver, and extractor specializing in game data archives. It handles uncommon file formats not supported by standard zip and rar utilities. A full list of supported formats can be found at https://morkt.github.io/GARbro/supported.html.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. 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.

    16 Free Resource Extractor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning
    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. 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.

    51 PE Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  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).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. 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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. ExEinfo PE icon
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    Packer, compressor detector / unpack info / internal exe tools.

    Internal Tools and Ripper Menu :

    Borland Delphi ( 2.0 - 7.0 ) Microsoft Visual C++ ver. 5,6,7,8.0 UPX exe/ dll 0.89.6 - 1.02 / 1.05 -3.03 -> Markus & Laszlo Aspack v2.12 -> Alexey Solodovnikov EXECrypto.

    17 ExEinfo PE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. View and extract resources from EXE, DLL, OCX, CPL or any other Windows 32 & 64 Bit PE file. The embedded resources are shown in a tree sorted by language and type. Pictures like BMP, PNG, JPG, AVI movies, icons, cursors, dialogs, string tables and version info are shown in...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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