I have updated the BatchResourceUpdater program to fix a few bugs but mainly to integrate the latest copy of my PE file editing library. This is the same exact library now that Windows 7 Boot Updater uses in the next version, and it is released into the public domain! The only difference in the code is a single #define statement that is put into the BatchResourceUpdater!

Besides releasing a great piece of code, the BatchResourceUpdater program is now smaller, faster, and more reliable than before!

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During the development of the Windows 7 Boot Updater many smaller projects / programs were made. Some of these programs are released below, and many include their source.

• BS7 File Format: the format used for the Windows 7 boot skin files
• video2png: converts video files to many PNG files
• mng2png: converts a MNG file to many PNG files
• bmzip: bootmgr decompressor / compressor
• BootRes: breaks up or puts together the activity.bmp file in bootres.dll
• reCAPTCHA.NET: a reCAPTCHA control for desktop .NET programs (not ASP.NET)
• signer: tool to work with custom certificates and self-signing programs
• xml-compact: compacts…

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A collection of tools that I developed while customizing the install of Windows 7 for the Lego Tivo. Most of these tools are fairly simple and straight-forward, however they save a lot of time when trying to perfect the install CD. Some are useful outside of this and could be used in a number of cases.

All of these are put into the public domain and come with no warranty. I would appreciate it if you gave me credit however.

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This utility has been superseded by bcopy, a much better program that accomplishes the same task.

Replaces a file even if you aren't allowed to. The new file will be set to have the privileges and owner of the old file. This is roughly equivalent to "ICACLS /save", TAKEOWN, "ICACLS /grant F", COPY, "ICACLS /setowner", "ICACLS /restore". You must have administrator privileges to replace protected files and you may need to elevate.

This is a very tiny Java program (total of 122 lines of code), but it is pretty useful. I have been working on it off and on throughout a couple years, adding new features and tweaks as I used the program and wanted it to change. It counts It the total number of bytes (or characters), total number of lines, and also total number of lines excluding blank lines and comments. Below I have included both the source code and the compiled version. It requires Java 1.5 because of my use of generics. You could easily modify the source code …

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