#RESOURCE HACKER ADD AN ICON WINDOWS 7#
#RESOURCE HACKER ADD AN ICON WINDOWS#

Most compilers add resources into applications which are never used by the application. Add new resources to executables.Enable a program to support multiple languages, or add a custom icon or bitmap (company logo etc) to a program's dialog.Dialogs, menus, stringtables, accelerators and messagetable resource scripts (and also Borland forms) can be edited and recompiled using the internal resource script editor.Resources can also be replaced with resources from a *.res file as long as the replacement resource is of the same type and has the same name. Image resources (icons, cursors and bitmaps) can be replaced with an image from a corresponding image file (*.ico, *.cur, *.bmp), a *.res file or even another *.exe file. Modify (rename or replace) resources in executables.Icons, bitmaps, cursors, menus, dialogs, string tables, message tables, accelerators, Borland forms and version info resources can be fully decompiled into their respective formats, whether as image files or *.rc text files. Extract (save) resources to file in: *.res format as a binary or as decompiled resource scripts or images.View resources in executable files (*.exe, *.dll, *.cpl, *.ocx) and in Win32 resource files (*.res) in both their compiled and decompiled formats.

#RESOURCE HACKER ADD AN ICON WINDOWS#

It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on all (Win95 - Win10) Windows operating systems. Removing these unused resources can reduce an application's size.Resource Hacker is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit & 64bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). Resource Hacker is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit & 64bit Windows executables and resource files (.res).

#RESOURCE HACKER ADD AN ICON WINDOWS 7#

How can I do this Notes: Using Windows 7 64bit, but I'm interested in 32-bit executables as well, which will perhaps run on Win XP etc. Now, I know I can use a shortcut with whatever icon I want, but what I'm looking to do is change the icon without the executable itself. Icons, bitmaps, cursors, menus, dialogs, string tables, message tables, accelerators, Borland forms and version info resources can be fully decompiled into their respective formats, whether as image files or *.rc text files. 1 I have an application whose executable contains some default icon. It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on all (Win95 - Win7) Windows operating systems.

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

Resource hacker add an icon