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ResourceHacker, as the name indicates, can be used to hack / extract the resources from files such as *.exe, *.dll, *.cpl, *.ocx, *.scr which are call exectuable files. Because EXE / SCR can be executed / run directly. CPL is the control panel extension, can be run with control.exe program. DLL and OCX are also called application extensions, since they are used to store variables and functions for an application or program to reduce its size.
Most often (and for EXEs, it is necessary) the exectutables contain certain resources such as icons and pictures. *.RES files is an example of resource file, that can store these kinds of data. The applications also contain variables, that are constants, like creation strings / texts, the version information for the program and other meatadata.
Resource Hacker is a nice little program. It can View resources, Extract (save) resources to a file in *.RES format, as a binary, or as decompiled resource scripts or images, Add new resources to executables or resource files
and Delete resources from similar files.
The image data can be saved in a *.RES file or as icon file (including icon group data), or other image files. |
