ResourceExtractorDotNet is a command-line tool for extracting embedded resources from a .NET assembly and writing them to disk. For embedded resources which are compiled .NET resources, the files will be extracted as .resx (XML format resource) files. Any other resources (e.g. JPEG images, WAV audio) will be extracted as raw binaries.
ResourceExtractorDotNet.exe <assembly> <output directory>
ResourceExtractorDotNet requires two command-line parameters.
The first parameter is the .NET assembly to extract the embedded resources from. Wildcards are currently not supported.
The second parameter is the output directory to extract the embedded resources to.
Both parameters are required.
For example, the following invocation will
attempt to extract embedded resources from the assembly TestAssembly.dll into
the directory .\resources:
ResourceExtractorDotNet.exe TestAssembly.dll .\resources
If the directory .\resources does not exist, it will be automatically created.
If the directory .\resources already exists, any existing files in the
directory will be overwritten without warning.
For example, if the .NET assembly TestAssembly.dll contained the following
embedded resources:
Audio.wavImage.jpgStrings.resources
Then the output would be:
.\resources\Audio.wav.\resources\Image.jpg.\resources\Strings.resx(NOTE: The compiled .NET resource was extracted as a XML-format resource file.)
This tool was developed using the Atom text editor and
Microsoft Build Tools 2015 on
Windows 10. After installing the tools, open a Developer Command Prompt,
change directory to the source location and invoke MSBuild. Assuming the tool
successfully builds, the binary will be written to
.\build\bin\ResourceExtractorDotNet.exe.
To help in troubleshooting, tracing can be enabled via the application config
file (ResourceExtractorDotNet.exe.config). Open the config file in a text
editor and uncomment the <listeners/> to enable additional logging to the
console or to a text file.