Portable Restorator v3.90.1793

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Restorator is an award-winning utility for editing Windows resources in applications and their components; e.g. files with .exe, .dll, .res, .rc, and .dcr, extensions, Change, add, or remove resources such as text, images, icons, sounds, videos, version, dialogs and menus in almost all programs.

Restorator is a reliable and highly intuitive application that allows you to apply small changes to any system application by accessing its resources then modifying their content to fit your needs.It works with various resource files and Windows executable files.

Edit resources and add localization to an application

This comprehensive tool enables you to open executable files directly within its interface providing you with the means to access its content and to edit WYSIWYG dialogs by simply moving its containing elements, resizing and relabeling them.

If the executable that you want to edit doesn’t feature multilingual support, you can manually add it from Restorator. By using the options in this particular section, you’ll quickly discover that you can both add languages to the app or simply translate them entirely.

Browse and edit all resources of an executable file

Nevertheless, one of the most important services provided by the app must be considered the ability to access the resources compiled in a application. You can use its explorer view panel to reach the EXE file you want to work with and then simply navigate through the folders opened from the decompiled application.

These features may come in handy when you either want to enhance an application, personalize it or eliminate a redundant function that you do not use.

You can extract images, sound files, text and other resources. Other than that, you can edit metadata for the file in a very comprehensive form that includes a wide variety of details or you can modify the source code of the application or access and edit files written in hexadecimal code.

A user-friendly resource editor and viewer for Windows

A great plus for this software utility is the fact that all its functions are two click away from opening the application. It is very easy to use, works very clean and proves a high level of efficiency both in retrieving data as well as in editing it.

Features:

View and edit resources
Browse through your resources and edit them either in Restorator itself, or using applications you can integrate into Restorator’s tool menu.

WYSIWYG dialog editing
You can edit dialogs with your mouse on the screen. Move the dialog elements, resize and re-label them with immediate results and full control. Essential feature for translating applications.

Add multilingual support to your applications
You can add several languages to a single application. Your application will automatically start with the correct language, i.e. the default Windows language. Multilingual support can be added by just using Restorator. You can not only translate applications, but also add languages!

Release automated modifications – ResPatcher *)
Using ResPatcher you can create a small executable file that will re-do your changes, enabling you to customize any application and share it with others. You can customize applications like Internet Explorer and AOL Instant Messenger and share the modifications with your friends.

Grab resources in PE files from anywhere on your hard drive *)
Grab resources on your hard drive. This tool will find resources wherever they hide (for example, look for all cursors on your drive and save a lot of manual work).

Locating elements in resources
Are you looking for a specific resource in a program? No problem — the resource finder will do it!

Edit and update resource files that are in use
Restorator can cause files to be replaced at system boot time, allowing you to modify resources within files used by Windows.

Link resource editing tools
Define your own tools to edit sounds, images, and other resources. Easily launch your favorite image editor to edit a BMP image.

Resource View Modes
View resources in different modes. In the Default Mode you can listen to audio, look at images and find all resources that need translation. In Hexdump Mode you get access to the raw data. In the RC Resource Mode you see the resource entry in standard RC format.

Adding resources
Insert resources in .exe or .res files. Added resources are particularly useful for your created .res or .dcr files, or if you want to add custom resources to your own projects. This feature also allows you to add formats/resolutions to icons and cursors.

Deleting resources
Does your compiler creates useless resources? Want to strip debug information from the resources? Want to shrink the size of the executable file? Now you can: remove resources with Restorator!

UPX support
Open upx-compressed files seamlessly in Restorator: upon loading, the file is automatically uncompressed.

Command line support
With the command line parameters, you can execute Restorator conveniently from a batch program, for automated execution. It is also possible to incorporate Restorator or a ResPatch into installation programs (like InstallShield) to automate resource patching during installation.

Extract all resources
You can extract all resources of an application.

What’s NEW:

  • support for icons with embedded PNG images
  • Improved toolbar and icon display (thanks to Azza for working on this)
  • easier String management: display string resources in just one resource
  • limited support for 64-bit exe files (amd64, ia64)
  • bugfix: handle 4 color bitmap resources (but cannot display them)
  • bugfix: DlgItemTemplateEx has 32-bit ID and not only 16-bit
  • bugfix: non-extended menus can have popup flags separated without comma
  • bugfix: committing version resource multiple times would corrupt version resource
  • bugfix: assigning from command line to a selected resource will not use it, but create a new one based on the filename
  • bugfix: on save, cleanly remove an authenticate signature instead of rendering it defunct
  • new command line parameter: -extract [extract a resource to file]
  • Improved command line parameters, specify as many operations at once.
  • added new command line parameter: -extract
  • removed explorer context menu (too many problems with wrong associations)
  • fix display of 4-bit compressed Bitmap images (build 1791)
  • fix version resource editing (build 1792)
  • fix file viewer (build 1792)
  • remove black bar on top of images (build 1792)
  • fix freeze when deleting resource folder (build 1793)
  • fix ResPatcher (build 1793)

 

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