Shoutbox

Ok, see i have downloaded a prank file (.exe) but i want to change the description so it doesn't give it away.

You can use Resource Hacker to do this.

You'll need to expand the Version Info part, then modify "FileDescription" to whatever you want. Then you just press Compile Script and save the exe.

Edit: Shown in the screenshot below:

Any Way Around this?

Try some of the more popular EXE compressors and try to decompress the .exe, like UPX and PECompact.

I Used WinRAR do decompress it? should i try those?

No, Exe compressors like UPX or PECompact, i'm sure there are more, but these two I know

quote:

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Originally posted by Resource Hacker

Limitation:
To reduce the size of application files, some applications are "packed" or "compressed" using an EXE compressor once they have been compiled. This has a side-effect of making it more difficult to view and modify resources. When a "compressed" executable is viewed with Resource HackerTM, only resource types and names will be visible but not the actual resources.
Status:
This is not viewed as a bug. The application developer may well have viewed this as beneficial feature so no "fix" is planned.

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* Chocolatino Shrugs O well....

1. Download UPX (Win32 console version)
2. Extract "/upx203w/upx.exe" from inside the downloaded archive using WinRAR to anywhere (remember where, you will need the path later).
3. Start > Run > cmd
4. cd "<path where you extracted upx.exe>"
5. upx.exe -d "<path to the compressed exe>"

The file should now be decompressed and you can edit it in Resource Hacker.

in cmd do I type in:
cd "<C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\upx.exe>"

Or do i take something off?

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Originally posted by Chocolatino
in cmd do I type in:
cd "<C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\upx.exe>"

Or do i take something off?

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should be:
cd "C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop"

(also remove the < and > from step 5)