PatchPE - command-line patcher for PE executable headers, that will make them compatible with older versions of Windows

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rbon
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PatchPE - command-line patcher for PE executable headers, that will make them compatible with older versions of Windows

#1 Post by rbon »

PatchPE rel. 1.35 has been released at April 10, 2022

Synopsys:
PatchPE is a command-line patcher for PE executable headers that will make them (these patched EXE) compatible with older versions of Windows. Additionaly it enables LAA (Large Address Aware) attribute to the EXE, so it can take advantage of allocating more than 2 GB. of physical memory.
Typical usage: patch Windows 10 (or Windows 11) programs for work under Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8.1.

Note:
In some circumnstances, the program itself will use features not available in older Windows versions, and thus, the resulting patched executable will not completely work, or not at all.

Usage:
PatchPE.exe <File>

Examples:
PatchPE.exe notepad.exe

Note about Usage:
<File> is the absolute path of the file that You will patch, with double quotes and path + file_name
example from author: "d:\Archivos de programa\Borland\NSIS\Bin\makensis.exe"

Details:
• Author: Javier Gutiérrez Chamorro (Guti)
• website: https://nikkhokkho.sourceforge.io/index.php
• PatchPE program page: https://nikkhokkho.sourceforge.io/stati ... ge=PatchPE
• Sourceforge.net program page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikkho ... s/PatchPE/
• Sourceforge.net rel. 1.35 directory: https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikkho ... chPE/1.35/
• direct download Win32 and Win64 binaries and Visual C++ 2019 source code: https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikkho ... p/download
• (archive name PatchPE.zip of KB 147 in zip format)
• requires: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 7

Reviews
• Softpedia: https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Fi ... chPE.shtml
• Major Geeks: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/patchpe.html
-> Softpedia rating: 5/5 stars

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Re: PatchPE - command-line patcher for PE executable headers, that will make them compatible with older versions of Wind

#2 Post by Midas »

Can't test ATM, but PatchPE looks really useful, thanks. 8)

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Re: PatchPE - command-line patcher for PE executable headers, that will make them compatible with older versions of Wind

#3 Post by loin2kolpotoru »

Is there any list of applications that can be made compatible with older versions of Windows :?:

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