Binary File Editor For Windows
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Are there some hex editors for Windows? Preferably open source or free since I don't need a hex editor all that often..
Things I do need is the ability to search in different types (text, raw hex, little endian short, big endian short, etc.) and viewing by type (same as searching types) starting at the selected byte. It would be nice to be able to create structs on the fly, so I can view binary blobs in the file. Binary file comparison is also a must, hopefully it would be smart and enable block detection.
I do know about the list on Wikipedia, but I don't really have time to try the 60 or hex editors, and I was wondering what other people use.
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GaffPersonally, I use HxD (Free but not open source). Particular features of note include the ability to open very very large files, and you can modify raw disk data and open and edit data in RAM.
ChenmunkaUltraEdit has a hex editor mode:
For an old school DOS style display, ZTreeWin:
(neither are free / open source).
GaffXVI32 is a freeware hex editor running under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
Cygnus Hex Editor is a powerful file editor for Microsoft Windows. Unlike text editors, which are designed to edit files that contain text data, hex editors allow you to edit files that contain any type of data.
Free Hex Editor Neo is award-winning large files optimized freeware editor for everyone who works with ASCII, hex, decimal, float, double and binary data.
HxD is a carefully designed and fast hex editor which, additionally to raw disk editing and modifying of main memory (RAM), handles files of any size.
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GaffNotepad++ with a hex editor plugin. I was already using the text editor, so this makes for one less application installed.
GaffSince I can hexedit in Vim as well, I tend to say .. Vim!
(Though I usually use HxD.)
Peter MortensenBinary Editor For Windows
Winhex is a decent tool for that.
This is a Stack Overflow version of the same question. There are a few more options so you can pick from the several recommended there if you do not like Winhex.
If you want a hex editor that works from the command line, I like Hexciting.
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Is there a way in Windows to edit a binary file, from the command line? i.e. a way that could be written into a batch file?
I want to be able to edit a single byte, at a known position, in an existing file.
This existing question[1] is solved, but that's a Linux solution. I'm looking for something similar for Windows.
Background
There's a bug in GTA 1 when downloaded from Steam whereby the save-game data file gets corrupted on exit. As a result, the game can be played fine the first time but subsequently crashes. It turns out this can be fixed by changing the 5th byte in the file (i.e. the byte at address 0x04) from x00 to x06[2].
I can do this in Python easily, e.g.:
Ideally though I'd rather do this in a batch job that does the following:
- fixes the data file
- launches GTA
I could make something that works for me (using Python), but that wouldn't help random other people who don't have Python (yes I know it's easy to get & install, but still). Similarly, there is a freeware available that claims to do just this, but I don't want to run a random .exe on my PC, and I don't think anyone else should either. For that reason, I'd like to present a batch file, that people can inspect, and - if they're happy with what it does - run for themselves.
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Thanks for you help!
[1] CLI: Write byte at address (hexedit/modify binary from the command line)
[2] http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1597746
[edit] Fixed up the Python script, as I found it didn't work as-is (file.read() returns an immutable object, so you can't just update one of the values).
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I think PowerShell is a perfect tool for this task. It's available for XP or higher and is automatically shipped since Windows 7:
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Just create a *.ps file with this content:
Note that one has to enable unsigned PowerShell scripts:
Start PowerShell as an administrator
Run this command:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
You could also use VBScript but the script will be somewhat longer because it wasn't designed for reading binary files (you have to use ADODB.Stream objects).
Here is a compilation of helper functions: http://www.motobit.com/tips/detpg_read-write-binary-files/
ComFreek
ComFreekWhat about splitting the original file into three, then merging with your substitute byte in the middle? Split the binary into three pieces (start -> target-1 / target / target+1 -> end) then use COPY to merge the beginning and end chunks with your new byte in the middle.
I've never been able to get DOS (or any Windows Command Prompt) to split a file natively, but the free SPLITS.EXE utility is very good and could be included in your solution. COPY is of course a native command.
I can't find a link to that utility right now, but googling for 'free dos file split utility' yields many hits..