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  • PE Explorer

    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...

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

    Commercial $ $ $ Windows

    Developer Tools Disassembler Add a feature

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  • Resource Tuner

    Resource Tuner lets you view, extract, replace, edit, and delete the embedded resources of executable files: icons, strings, images, sounds, dialogs, menus - all that...

    Commercial $ $ $ Windows

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  • 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...

    • 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      The software seems to be no longer updated.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.

    Commercial Windows

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  • 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...

    • Discontinued
      The program is no longer developed. Last version, 0.9, released on 1st September 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    Free Open Source Windows

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  • 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...

    Free Windows

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  • XN Resource Editor

    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      The project is no longer updated and the official website is no longer available.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.

    Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com

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  • Resource Editor

    The primary focus of the resource editor is RES files with a heavy bias toward the resource types commonly used by Delphi developers, but all common resource file...

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Comment by HughTash
about Resource Hacker and PE Explorer, Resource Tuner · Oct 2014 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

If you're having problems with Resource Hacker, try PE Explorer and Resource Tuner by Heaventools Software.

PE Explorer and Resource Tuner aren't free, but you can use TRIAL versions to fulfill your needs.

Personally, I was unable to change Google Chrome icons using Process Hacker, because after changing icons, Google Chrome simply wouldn't start. Resource Tuner allowed me to change Google Chrome icons successfully in a very convenient way.

By the way, Resource Hacker is discontinued and the last version of Resource Hacker v3.6.0.92 was released in 2011-09-16, contrary to Resource Tuner v2.01 which was released in 2014-10-01.

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Tales_Warner · Mar 2019

PE Explorer is a easy disassembling tool and code viewer for beginners and lay people interested in reverse engineering, but it doesn't support x64 programs. For those interested in that specific feature, there's a lot of free alternative 32 and 64 bits disassembling tools.

elmo40 · Sep 2019

UPDATE
Latest Version 5.1.7
Last updated: 3 January 2019

bawldiggle · Jun 2020

@ Tales_Warner
Some names, leads, URLs would be even more helpful.

bawldiggle · Jun 2020

And at $120 usd it is beyond my "wallet"
18-Jun-2020


Comment by bawldiggle
about Resource Hacker · Jun 2020 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Latest release v5.1.7 (3-Feb-2019)
Illustrated help/instructions on Resource Hacker - Home page are v.very helpful.
I have changed application icons, to make them more obvious in "TaskBar"

There are 2 editions of offline installer EXE and ZIP versions (by the developer)
And one portable (PAF) version (courtesy of PortableApps.com)

18-Jun-2020

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Comment by Furgelnod
about Resource Hacker · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

A staple tool in many window smashers pockets. All soughts of customisations can and have been done to binaries using resource hacker.

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Comment by kwoxer
about Resource Hacker · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Awesome tool to change your whole Windows.

Change Windows Start Button.
http://www.youtube.com/user/kwoxer1#play/uploads/3/3xl-_X-roPg

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bawldiggle · Jun 2020

@ Kwoxer
Your YouTube link fails, all it shows is a 10 second, intro, but no info