rcedit

Command line tool to edit resources of exe file on Windows

Building

• Make sure you have gyp is configured in your system. If not, clone gyp from https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp
• Clone the repository
• Run gyp rcedit.gyp --depth .
• Build rcedit.sln with Visual Studio

Docs

Set version string:

$ rcedit "path-to-exe-or-dll" --set-version-string "Comments" "This is an exe"

Set file version:

$ rcedit "path-to-exe-or-dll" --set-file-version "10.7"

Set product version:

$ rcedit "path-to-exe-or-dll" --set-product-version "10.7"

Set icon:

$ rcedit "path-to-exe-or-dll" --set-icon "path-to-ico"

Set resource string:

$ rcedit "path-to-exe-or-dll" --set-resource-string id_number "new string value"

Set requestedExecutionLevel (asInvoker|highestAvailable|requireAdministrator) in the manifest:

$ rcedit "path-to-exe-or-dll" --set-requested-execution-level "requireAdministrator"

And you can change multiple things in one command:

$ rcedit "path-to-exe-or-dll" --set-icon "path-to-ico" --set-file-version "10.7"