OPENING A FILE

To open a file for browsing or editing resources, click the toolbutton to the left or click File > Open [CTRL+O]. The dropdown menu next to the toolbutton gives you quick access to recently open files.

It is recommended to perform all file operations with copies of the originals and then only after you have moved the copies to a separate directory other than the parent or home directory of the executable.
The benefits are obvious and the not so obvious ones are OLE embedded executables then can still call some of their other DLLs or methods from DLLs in the parent directory.

Tip: If you type in the name of a folder (expecting to see folder contents) in the Open dialog, Resource Tuner would try to open folder as a file; add a backslash (i.e. "\") to the folder name to avoid this.

You can open a file from the command line.
Usage:  restuner.exe <filename>

Resource Tuner provides three functions that are automatically performed when opening a file: unpacking files compressed with UPX using the Plug-In subsystem, error checking, and precompiling resources.

IF OPENING A FILE PRODUCES AN ERROR

If opening a file produces an error, that file is most likely damaged, packed or compressed. To continue working with this file requires a more powerful tool, such as Heaventools PE Explorer.

For more information about PE Explorer visit our home page:   http://www.heaventools.com.