Resource Hacker

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Resource Hacker
Developer(s) Angus Johnson
Initial releaseDecember 3, 1999 (1999-12-03)
Stable release
5.2.7 / November 19, 2023;11 months ago (2023-11-19)
Written in Delphi
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Size 6.13 MB (after installation)
Available in English, Chinese, Japanese
Type Resource extractor & compiler
License Proprietary, Freeware
Website http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/

Resource Hacker (also known as ResHacker or ResHack) is a free resource extraction utility and resource compiler for Windows developed by Angus Johnson. It can be used to add, modify or replace most resources within Windows binaries including strings, images, dialogs, menus, VersionInfo and Manifest resources. It can also create resource files (*.res) from scratch and the latest release provides a number of text templates to facilitate this.

Contents

In 2002 the author stated that he had "no plans to continue development". [1] However, since then he has released more updates.

The author also stated that he would neither release nor sell the source code. [1]

Notes

  1. Despite this version being released in 2020, the About dialog still shows 1999-2019 as the copyright date.

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References

  1. 1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20050704081517/http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ Section - "Resource Hacker is no longer being developed"