Add “Open with Resource Hacker” Option in EXE, DLL, CPL, OCX and SCR Files Context Menu

If you are a regular visitor of this site, then you might be aware of various Resource Hacker tutorials which we post time to time. Resource Hacker is a tool to edit Windows files to change look-n-feel of Windows interface.

You can check our "All About Resource Hacker" tutorial to know better about this tool.

You can edit EXE, DLL, CPL and many other system files with this tool. If you use it frequently, then here is an interesting tip for you.

Today one of our visitor "Kishan Bagaria" posted a very interesting trick which can add "Open with Resource Hacker" option in EXE, DLL, CPL, OCX and SCR files context menu.

In other words, you just need to merge a small registry file and whenever you'll right-click on any above mentioned files, you'll get an extra option "Open with Resource Hacker" in the list:

Just download following ZIP file, extract it and run the extracted REG file. It'll ask for confirmation, accept it:

Add Open with Resource Hacker Option

That's it. Now you'll get the option in EXE, DLL, CPL, OCX and SCR files context menu.

If you want to remove the option in future, then you can use following file in same way:

Remove Open with Resource Hacker Option

All credit goes to "Kishan Bagaria" for this nice tip...

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15 Comments

netbox

How about in filetypes like .msstyle bro?
can u add it in this reg file.. Thank you!!
Ron

This is going to be so helpful to so many people. wow
and the option to remove is pretty nice.
The time saved from this regfile is invaluable.
Kudos to you Vishal and also to Kishan
Kishan Bagaria

@netbox

You have to open the "Add Open With Resource Hacker Command.reg" file with notepad. Then add the following line at the end of the file:-

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\msstylesfile\shell\Open with Resource Hacker\Command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Resourse Hacker\\ResHacker.exe %1"
Ron

If you copy and paste from Kishan's comment make sure you check the quotation marks. I pasted '' instead of " so you will definitely not get desired results.

It was an issue for me, maybe not everyone just something to check before saving. I use Firefox 3.0.3 and run vista home premium, maybe i have a config that changes them somehow, who knows.
Kishan Bagaria

@netbox

You have to open the “Add Open With Resource Hacker Command.reg” file with notepad. Then add the following line at the end of the file:-

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\msstylesfile\shell\Open with Resource Hacker\]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\msstylesfile\shell\Open with Resource Hacker\Command]
@=”C:\\Program Files\\Resourse Hacker\\ResHacker.exe %1″
Hari Maurya

WoW...Nice trick Thanks Kishan Bagaria...and Vishal
netbox

@Vishal and to Kishan:

Thank you very much..
Kishan Bagaria

Hi Everyone,

I have found out two codes which can edit any web site in real time but for fake just for fun.
You can bookmark it or type it in the address bar of the browser.
To on fake website editing type this:-
javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0
To off fake website editing type this:-
javascript:document.body.contentEditable='false'; document.designMode='off'; void 0

Kishan Bagaria
Lubana

Hey ! Hi Kishan & Vishal
Though This is a very nice and perfect but m having a prob with this
when i select the option from the context menu "Open With Resource Hacker "
that "Open With " window opens and then i have to browse and select the resource hack.exe file wherever its located and then it opens....... m not able to check the box of "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" in the "open with" window because its like faded off.....
please help me
thanks
KB & VG
Lubana

Cant it be like this it opens directly without the "Open With" window ????