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  "description_en": "Windows Live Mail 2012 research reconstructs the Japanese edition's UI layout, resource and message-store formats from an owned installation. The author used REA for PE resource inventory, Ghidra for DLL loader analysis and Python decoders to document UIB layouts, RLE images, ribbon definitions and ESE read status. The rebuilt mail app remains private; the repository publishes tools, specifications and findings.",
  "description_zh": "该研究从合法持有的安装文件中还原日文版 Windows Live Mail 2012 的界面布局、资源及邮件存储格式。作者用 REA 清点 PE 资源，以 Ghidra 分析 DLL 加载函数，再编写 Python 解码器整理 UIB 布局、RLE 图片、功能区定义与 ESE 已读状态。仓库公开工具、规格和研究记录；重建的邮件应用仅供私人使用。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/wlm2012-research-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wlm2012-research-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
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  "name": "Windows Live Mail 2012: UI and resource format reconstruction",
  "name_zh": "Windows Live Mail 2012：界面与资源格式重建",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "community-reported-mixed-workflow",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
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  "requirements": [
    "The tools use a locally owned Windows Live Mail 2012 installation; target files are placed under targets/Windows Live/.",
    "Python 3 is required; the ESE reader additionally needs dissect.esedb.",
    "The rebuilt mail application is not distributed.",
    "MIT license for the authored tools and documentation."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "工具需要用户自行持有的 Windows Live Mail 2012 安装文件，并将目标文件放在 targets/Windows Live/。",
    "需要 Python 3；读取 ESE 还需 dissect.esedb。",
    "重建的邮件应用未公开分发。",
    "自编工具和文档采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "app",
    "binary"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/hinatamaxxx/wlm2012-research",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}