Command line tool to edit resources of exe file on Windows.

Prebuilt binaries can be found in the GitHub releases.

To build you need CMake 3.15+ and Visual Studio 2015 or above.

1. Clone the repository
2. Create a build directory: cmake -E make_directory build
3. Change to the build directory: cd build
4. Make the CMake project: cmake ..
5. Build: cmake --build .

Show help:

$ rcedit -h

Set version string:

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

Use this option to change any supported properties, as described in the MSDN documentation here

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 requested execution level (asInvoker | highestAvailable | requireAdministrator) in the manifest:

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

Set application manifest:

$ rcedit "path-to-exe-or-dll" --application-manifest ./path/to/manifest/file

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"

Get version string:

$ rcedit "path-to-exe-or-dll" --get-version-string "property"

Use the same properties as --set-version-string. Use "FileVersion" to get the results of --set-file-version and "ProductVersion" to get the results of --get-product-version.

Get resource string:

$ rcedit "path-to-exe-or-dll" --get-resource-string id_number

Set language ID and code page:

$ rcedit "path-to-exe-or-dll" --set-language-and-codepage 1033 1252

This option allows specifying the language ID and code page for version information. It can help with displaying special characters like copyright symbols (©) and registered trademark symbols (®) correctly.

Common values:

• 1033 - English (United States)
• 1252 - Windows ANSI Latin 1
• 1200 - Unicode (UTF-16)
• 65001 - Unicode (UTF-8)