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XN Resource Editor Portable Edition v3.0.0.1

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013

XN Resource Editor is a resource editor and PE module explorer. It works all RES, EXE and DLL files. It provides special support for Delphi programs by displaying all the modules that comprise a Delphi program, and letting you edit the properties of the components used on Delphi forms. XN Resource Editor Portable Edition is a portable wrapper for XN Resource Editor.

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System Requirements: Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch XNResourceEditorPE.exe.
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a on 2009-09-30 14:56

the website is dead luckily the download page is still around.

Ralph on 2011-02-24 03:13

Yes [Web Site] needs updating to URL in Synopsis: http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d10resourceeditor.htm
[Download] could point to his zip download : http://www.btinternet.com/~wilsoncpw/xnresourceeditor.zip
rather than an iffy paf

Midas on 2012-07-11 10:12

Entry needs updating. There isn't any mention of a 'Portable Edition' at the download link: there are two downloadables, a 'xn_resourceeditor_setup.exe' (which can be UniExtracted) and a 'xnresourceeditor.zip' -- in the end, the difference between the two is that you get an extra 'readme.txt' inside the '{app}' folder from the first...

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GDIView v1.16

Checker on 3 Dec 2012
  • 66KB (uncompressed)
  • Suggested by JohnW

GDIView is a unique tool that displays the list of GDI handles (brushes, pens, fonts, bitmaps, and others) opened by every process. It displays the total count for each type of GDI handle, as well as detailed information about each handle. This tool can be useful for developers that need to trace GDI resources leak in their software.

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System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch GDIView.exe.
What's new?
  • Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option, which allows you to automatically resize the columns according to the row values and column headers.
  • Fixed issue: The properties dialog-box and other windows opened in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.

QIcon Changer v1.0 New

SYSTEM on 24 Feb 2013

QIcon Changer is a very tiny tool that allow you to patch the icon of any kind of Windows application (.exe and .scr), it will overwrite the previous icon resource with the new one you chose.

It is very fast and easy to use, just drag an icon file (.ico) from your desktop then drop to the application layer then do the same process with your target application, drag an executable from your desktop then drop in the application layer then you can apply the modification and enjoy your new application icon.


Note: if the target application is compressed / packed it will not be able to patch the icon because most packer will make resource format invalid.

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System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? No. (details)
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice. The application files are located in the {app} subfolder. Launch QIconChanger.exe.

Problems? This process requires an up-to-date component (Innounp 0.37 or above) for Universal Extractor. If you have difficulty extracting the files, follow the steps below and retry:
  1. Download the latest version of Innounp
  2. Extract the RAR package to the \bin folder of Universal Extractor, overwriting the existing innounp.exe
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loin2kolpotoru on 2013-02-22 09:09

The original link is 404 download it form here -
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/QIcon-Changer-Download-218010.html

bzl333 on 2013-02-25 18:35

darn, i was hoping this would work on folders so i could quickly add the appropriate icons to folders and sub-folders in the start menu but doesn't seem to.

Midas on 2013-05-22 15:44

@bzl333: have a look at Folderico (http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1301).

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ResEdit v1.5.11

Checker on 23 Jun 2012
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Suggested by Ruby

ResEdit is a resource editor. You can use it if you want to use dialogs, icon, version information or other types of resources. Output files can be compiled by any Win32 compiler, like MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++.

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System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the 7Z package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ResEdit.exe.
What's new?
  • Added : Support for embedded resources in rc files
  • Added : Recent files list
  • Added : Support for negative positions in dialog box editor
  • Added : Support for octal char in rc files
  • Fixed : Menu font color is always black
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Kermode on 2010-02-13 04:48

Doesn't recognize a ton of forms, making it not very useful.

Scorch on 2010-02-14 13:59

This app is fits the bill when coding C/C++/Asm windows with Visual Studio Express.

Turning off Auto Check Update prevents it from going online.

Uses png with transparency on image files.

random on 2011-08-01 15:55

On Windows XP this program completely clears out my recent documents list in the registry and the shortcuts folder.

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Resource Hacker v3.6.0

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013

Resource Hacker is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit & 64bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler.

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System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the Installer and extract - the required files are located in the {app} subfolder. Launch ResHacker.exe.
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dstrout on 2012-06-28 20:30

I can't extract the Resource Hacker 3.6.0 setup file with 7-Zip - any ideas?

dstrout on 2012-06-28 21:02

Figured it out. I did a full install, took the files from the install folder and put them in a new folder, then created a file in that folder named reshacker.ini. With that file in place, Resource Hacker runs portably, writing settings to it. Thanks to Ennovy for mentioning the ini file and giving me the idea to try that. If anyone else has this problem, try that.

Midas on 2012-07-29 18:15

Resource-Hacker-FX tries to improve on v3.6.0.92 by patching it -- adding interesting info via the page comments @ http://rammichael.com/resource-hacker-fx

Moreover, before working with Resource Hacker, users of x64 Windows are highly advised to read the article @
http://www.askvg.com/why-64-bit-windows-users-face-login-or-other-problems-after-modifying-system-files-using-resource-hacker/

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