Case study

re-sysinternals-suite: rebuilding Sysinternals strings.exe

re-sysinternals-suite records an educational rebuild of the Sysinternals strings.exe executable. Its first episode contains C++ source, comments on the implementation, a Windows XP build patch and a link to a video walkthrough of the reverse-engineering process. The repository documents one rebuilt utility.

Targets: Binary
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08

Stars: 48
Last commit: 2023-08-23
Language: C++
License (GitHub): Unlicense

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The Windows XP patch targets Visual Studio 2017 v141 build tools.
Scope: The repository documents one rebuilt Sysinternals utility.
License: The Unlicense.

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BibTeX

@misc{re-sysinternals-strings-case,
  title = {{re-sysinternals-suite: rebuilding Sysinternals strings.exe}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/cristeigabriela/re-sysinternals-suite}},
  url = {https://github.com/cristeigabriela/re-sysinternals-suite},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/re-sysinternals-strings-case/}}
}

Plain text

re-sysinternals-suite: rebuilding Sysinternals strings.exe. https://github.com/cristeigabriela/re-sysinternals-suite (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/re-sysinternals-strings-case/

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e01_strings/README.md GitHub · cristeigabriela/re-sysinternals-suite · Revision 4a4f21e
README.md GitHub · cristeigabriela/re-sysinternals-suite · Revision 4a4f21e