ResThief

ResThief is a small software application developed specifically for helping you extract all resources from binary files. It is compatible with Windows 9x (95, 98, and ME), XP (2000 and NT), Vista, and 7. You can make use of its extraction capabilities in order to save pictures, icons, sound files, and videos on the disk.

Advantages brought by portable tools

This is a portable program. You can open the utility by simply running the executable file because there’s no setup included in the process. In addition, you can get rid of it by deleting the files that you have downloaded from the Internet.
It does not store entries in your Windows registry and leave other setup files in your system. It actually saves the configuration files on the target computer. You may store it on USB flash drives and run it without administrative privileges.

Clean feature lineup

ResThief reveals a minimalistic layout that allows you to set up the dedicated parameters with ease. Although a help manual is not available, you can venture into decoding the program’s functions on your own because they look very easy to work with. You can only consult a ‘ReadMe’ plain text file that includes succinct descriptions about the application’s features.

How it works

ResThief offers you the possibility to import the files that you want to process using only the drag-and-drop support. The utility works with various resources of Win32 executable files, such as EXE, DLL, CPL, and OCX.
As soon as you drop a target file in the working environment, the application automatically examines its content and saves the binary files in the same location where it is stored. It automatically creates a directory for each file and saves the resources found in it.
Tests have shown that ResThief executes tasks very quickly and without errors. It remains light on system resources so the overall performance of the computer is not affected.

Final remarks

All in all, ResThief provides a simple and efficient software solution for helping you grab and save resources from binary files, and can be configured by rookies and professionals alike.