change icon of exe files

[eyeball]

hi all,

can anybody tell me how to change the icon in a .exe file please?

i tried using res hacker to edit zsnes.exe and replaced the icons, but the .exe stopped working, surely there must be a way to do this. can anyone help please?

thanks

[SiMoNsAyS]

reshacker should be the best option but there are alternatives like "restorator 2005" which is definetly what you're looking for

[eyeball]

ok, so lets say i use res hacker, i open the exe file and select the icon i want to change, i then right click the icon and select "replace resource" and then save. but this gives me a non-working exe file, what am i doing wrong?

thank you

[Kelsenellenelvian]

What exe file are you trying to change it might have been compressed. I will give you a hand at this.

[eyeball]

i was trying the zsnes exe file, (you know the snes emulator)

if you could help me that would be great

thank you

[Dutchdre]

I've downloaded ZSNES v1.42 and scanned with PEiD v0.93

The exe file is encrypted with:

UPX 0.89.6 - 1.02 / 1.05 - 1.24 -> Markus & Laszlo

[eyeball]

I've downloaded ZSNES v1.42 and scanned with PEiD v0.93

The exe file is encrypted with:

UPX 0.89.6 - 1.02 / 1.05 - 1.24 -> Markus & Laszlo

thank you

is there a way to get around this? or does it mean its impossible?

thank you

[Scubar]

you can use UPX to decompress it.

download upx Here. place zsnesw.exe and upx.exe in the root of C: as its easier to explain then just goto start > run and type C:\upx.exe -d zsnesw.exe

and voila it will be unpacked to 2.97MB.

Edited November 29, 2005 by ScubaSteve

[eyeball]

thanks ScubaSteve! ill give that a go later on

thanks for your help