extract Text Strings from EXE file

[balzer]

How to extract Text Strings from EXE file?

(strings stored in Stringtables and Messagetables which are primarily used

as text in message boxes, list boxes, combo boxes, tooltips, and

statusbars.)

I tried use ResHacker, but no succcess, when click on string table items,

it show message "the file has a non-standard layout. it has probably been

compressed with an EXE compressor"..

 

[Twayne]

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balzer typed:

> How to extract Text Strings from EXE file?

> (strings stored in Stringtables and Messagetables which are

> primarily used as text in message boxes, list boxes, combo

> boxes, tooltips, and statusbars.)

> I tried use ResHacker, but no succcess, when click on

> string table items, it show message "the file has a

> non-standard layout. it has probably been compressed with

> an EXE compressor"..



You'll need a hex disk editor. Try Google.

 

[VanguardLH]

balzer wrote:



> How to extract Text Strings from EXE file?

> (strings stored in Stringtables and Messagetables which are primarily used

> as text in message boxes, list boxes, combo boxes, tooltips, and

> statusbars.)

> I tried use ResHacker, but no succcess, when click on string table items,

> it show message "the file has a non-standard layout. it has probably been

> compressed with an EXE compressor"..



SysInternals: strings.exe



WordPad (included in Windows): Will read the file but non-ASCII characters

are shown as boxes. Just don't save when using WordPad.



There are lots of free hex editors (they show both hex and text). Google

works. You can also start with searches at softpedia.com and download.com.



If the code has been obfuscated with a "compressor" then it is likely the

data blocks have been aligned so their byte value won't show as ASCII text

characters. You'll just see a bunch of binary values where the text

would've been.