can i hex edit a dll in autoit?

[damian666]

i got the sp3 from msdn, and it install fine and all...

but my themes wont work, so i have to replace the uxtheme file, which i can do by a modified version ofcourse, but i want to be able to patch it myself on every OS, i will install in a few weeks.

and because i like autoit very much, i want to do it in autoit, but dont know how to begin, or if its even possible?

anyone have a idea?

Damian666

[Zedna]

Look here

EDIT: Original posts has been deleted (by Larry) so here are my old original scripts

APIFileReadWrite.au3

PATCH.AU3

POKUS.TXT

Edited April 25, 2008 by Zedna

[damian666]

thanx zedna, but those links are dead man

any way i can get that hex editor?

thanx man

Damian666

[damian666]

oh, forget it man, cross posts

thanx

damian666

[damian666]

i cant read your language man, any change that you can supply me with a english translation?

damian666

[weaponx]

Just download the frickin Uxtheme patcher...

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enh...tiPatcher.shtml

[damian666]

yeah right, dont you think i didnt try that?

sp3 uxtheme is not yet supported man...

damian666

[weaponx]

yeah right, dont you think i didnt try that?

sp3 uxtheme is not yet supported man...

damian666

You can easily get one dll working and use FileInstall() to integrate it into your script.

[damian666]

yes, i agree, but what if its different on other languages?

i cant replace a dutch version with a english version man.

thats why i need a way to patch it on script runtime...

damian666

edit: and its a messy solution to include all language versions man.

i am looking for a clean solution.

Edited April 25, 2008 by damian666

[weaponx]

yes, i agree, but what if its different on other languages?

i cant replace a dutch version with a english version man.

thats why i need a way to patch it on script runtime...

damian666

edit: and its a messy solution to include all language versions man.

i am looking for a clean solution.

Let me ask you this, if the file is different across languages, how can you expect to modify it the same way? You will have to supply code to account for all differing versions, no?

[damian666]

because i think that the hex patch is the same in all, but you are right...

i dont know that yet.

but i rather supply all the code, then the files itself.

that will result in a smaller file.

and its just the way i want it to be man

but thanx anyway man.

damian666

[weaponx]

This Neowin forum seems to be discussing the same topic:

http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16025

Another link:

http://www.flishfun.com/blog/technology/wi...rtm-uxthemedll/

Edited April 25, 2008 by weaponx

[damian666]

cool, i will take a look man.

thanx

damian666

[damian666]

to bad, they only talk about replacing it with a pre hacked file.

thats not what i want, but thanx man.

damian666

[weaponx]

to bad, they only talk about replacing it with a pre hacked file.

thats not what i want, but thanx man.

damian666

Do you have an example of the modifications that need to be done?

[damian666]

as far as i know i have to replace "81 EC 88 00 00 00 A1 18"

with "33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00"

[SmOke_N]

as far as i know i have to replace "81 EC 88 00 00 00 A1 18"

with "33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00"

Why not just write to the file through binary then... psuedo code

$hFile = FileOpen(File, 16+2)
$var = FileRead(File)
$strbin = StringToBinary($var)
$strrep = StringReplace($strbin, "81EC88000000A118", "33F68BC6C9C20800")
$binstr = BinaryToString($strrep)
FileWrite(File, $binstr)
FileClose($hFile)

Edited April 25, 2008 by SmOke_N

[weaponx]

I'm not sure whats happening...I made a copy of my original uxtheme.dll file and used XVI32 (hex editor) to search for the original hex string, which was found at address 1BB6C. I run the script and afterwards the modified string can not be found. Jumping to that address shows the original string still intact.

Here is the code I used:

$infile = "uxtheme.ubk"
$outfile = "test.dll"

;Open original file read only
$hIn = FileOpen($infile, 16)

;Read in contents
$var = FileRead($hIn)

;Close handle to original file
FileClose($hIn)

;Convert to binary code
$strbin = StringToBinary($var)

;Perform replacement
$strrep = StringReplace($strbin, "81EC88000000A118", "33F68BC6C9C20800")

If @ERROR Then
    MsgBox(0,"","Match not found")
Else
    ;Convert binary back to string
    $binstr = BinaryToString($strrep)

    ;Open handle to output file
    $hOut = FileOpen($outfile, 16+2)

    ;Write to output file
    FileWrite($hOut , $binstr)

    ;Close handle to output file
    FileClose($hOut)
EndIf

Edited April 25, 2008 by weaponx

[SkinnyWhiteGuy]

I don't think you need SringToBinary() in there, because you read in the data in Binary form to start with, so there's not a string to convert to binary, it should already be there.

[damian666]

hmm, i will try those...

thanx guys, i will let you know.

damian666