RES Hacker

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Howto Hack Software

ResHacker is a small tool that can be used to hack/crack system files like DLL, EXE, CPL, etc. The videos below show, how to use Res Hacker to hack programs. Below the videos are some enhancement and replacement tools for ResHacker.

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Res Hacker: Link

How to crack a program using ResHacker VIDEO

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Part 2 of the Video:

Enhance your Reshacker
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. What does the patcher change:

A new interface with modern icons and a manifest.

Icons by Yusuke Kamiyamane.
Resource Hacker FX does not create tree nodes for every language. Usually only one language is used anyway, so it makes it much faster to navigate through resources.
Resource Hacker FX uses the new open and save common dialogs instead of the old outdated ones. Also, some saving as parameters got improved: the directory of the current file is initially shown, the file name gets filled, the extension is automatically added if not specified.
If you have a modified file open and you close Resource Hacker FX, you have a Cancel option when asked whether you would like to save the file. Also, if you choose to save it, it just gets saved instead of saving as.
The Hex viewer shows only the first 10 KB of the binary resource by default to prevent hanging Resource Hacker FX. I could not really fix it, as it’s the Rich Edit control’s fault, it’s quite slow with large texts. Well, it’s not too smart to use Rich Edit to view a Hex dump, but that’s how it works. 10 KB should be usually enough to understand what the resource is about. If it isn’t, you can hold shift to load the whole resource.
Some more small stuff, like e.g. double click to replace resource, minimizing/maximizing effects.

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Here is a patcher that needs to be used on the original Resource Hacker v3.6.0.92:

Resource Hacker FXer.rar (114.08 kB, changelog)

Alternatives to ResHacker

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++.

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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.

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Anolis is a 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.

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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).

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