Thread: Any tool to see .exe file source code ?

Hi guys

I am total noob in programming, so if my "problem" requires some higher knowledge, than just say me to forget about it

What I need is some simple tool ( if such exists ) that could allow me to see .exe file source code, and add/change something in that file. I don't need it for changing some software functions, I need it for adding a link in the file.

Is that possible ?

There is no such tool. The source code is lost. The only alternative is using a hex editor and a debugger to poke around the exe. Plus you will need to be quite skilled to use these tools.

I used a program called "resource hacker" many years ago to change some attributes of .exes, it could help you if the link you want to change is not embedded deep in the exe itself.

OK, I'll try to find that one.

If someone has something to add, be free to do that I need this hard

Bozo, do you have that resource hacker tool ?

Well.. There are a lot of disembler that can be used to get the code in Assembler.
There is also some tools that translates the code to C++ and to Visual Basic if I don't remember it totally wrong.

Try look for these things at astalavisa(dot)box(dot)sk or neworder(dot)box(dot)sk

If you're a total newb to programming, then you should just let it go.

A Windows executable is difficult to reverse engineer back into source code for any respectable progammer; beginners will not succeed without a lot of learning.

I would still suggest poking around the exe with a debugger like OllyDBG. Sure you won't understand the assembly, but you can still follow parts of it, and hey, you may be able to understand the part you need. You should be able to find some quick tutorials online as to what the main functions/commands are. Try checking http://www.osix.net/modules/article/topic.php?id=22, there are a few good articles on assembly for newbies - look up articles by sefo, he's good and fun to read

Uh, I am almost there.

I've found a part I want to replace, but have one problem. My link has 4 more HEX characters than one before, and I can't find how to just add that. I can replace other characters, but I would screw something else then probably. I just need to add it, but don't know how. Keyboard space doesn't work when I work in resource tracker

h&&p://www.remotesoft.com/salamander/index.html

doesnt work for all programming languages.

Woah - $1099 per license for a .net decompiler? O_O