How do I set the version information for an existing exe dll

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As part of our build process I need to set the version information for all of our compiled binaries  Some of the binaries already have version information  added at compile time  and some do not    I want to be able to apply the following information    Company Name  Copyright Notice Product Name  Product Description File Version  Product Version   All of these attributes are specified by the build script and must be applied after compilation  These are standard binaries  not assemblies  compiled with C   Builder 2007   How can I do this

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There is this tool ChangeVersion  1   List of features  from the website          command line interface   support for  EXE   DLL and  RES files   update FileVersion and ProductVersion based on a version mask   add change remove version key strings   adjust file flags  debug  special  private etc    update project files    bdsproj    bpr    bpk    dproj     add change main application icon   use ini file with configuration   Windows Vista support  needs elevation    easy to integrate into a continuous build environment      Full Disclosure  I know the guy who wrote this tool  I used to work with him   But this also means that I know he makes quality software        1  the link is dead  There seems to be mirrored version at download cnet com

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Or you could check out the freeware StampVer for Win32 exe dll files  It will only change the file and product versions though if they have a version resource already  It cannot add a version resource if one doesn   t exist

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While it s not a batch process  Visual Studio can also add edit file resources     Just use File- Open- File on the  EXE or  DLL   This is handy for fixing version information post-build  or adding it to files that don t have these resources to begin with

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I m doing it with no additional tool  I have just added the following files to my Win32 app project   One header file which defines some constants than we can reuse on our resource file and even on the program code  We only need to maintain one file  Thanks to the Qt team that showed me how to do it on a Qt project  it now also works on my Win32 app   ---- version h ----   ifndef VERSION H  define VERSION H   define VER FILEVERSION             0 3 0 0  define VER FILEVERSION STR          0 3 0 0 0    define VER PRODUCTVERSION          0 3 0 0  define VER PRODUCTVERSION STR       0 3 0 0 0    define VER COMPANYNAME STR          IPanera   define VER FILEDESCRIPTION STR      Localiza archivos duplicados   define VER INTERNALNAME STR         MyProject   define VER LEGALCOPYRIGHT STR       Copyright 2016 ipanera gmail com   define VER LEGALTRADEMARKS1 STR     All Rights Reserved   define VER LEGALTRADEMARKS2 STR    VER LEGALTRADEMARKS1 STR  define VER ORIGINALFILENAME STR     MyProject exe   define VER PRODUCTNAME STR          My project    define VER COMPANYDOMAIN STR        www myurl com    endif    VERSION H   ---- MyProjectVersion rc ----   include  lt windows h gt   include  version h   VS VERSION INFO VERSIONINFO FILEVERSION     VER FILEVERSION PRODUCTVERSION  VER PRODUCTVERSION BEGIN     BLOCK  StringFileInfo      BEGIN         BLOCK  040904E4          BEGIN             VALUE  CompanyName          VER COMPANYNAME STR             VALUE  FileDescription      VER FILEDESCRIPTION STR             VALUE  FileVersion          VER FILEVERSION STR             VALUE  InternalName         VER INTERNALNAME STR             VALUE  LegalCopyright       VER LEGALCOPYRIGHT STR             VALUE  LegalTrademarks1     VER LEGALTRADEMARKS1 STR             VALUE  LegalTrademarks2     VER LEGALTRADEMARKS2 STR             VALUE  OriginalFilename     VER ORIGINALFILENAME STR             VALUE  ProductName          VER PRODUCTNAME STR             VALUE  ProductVersion       VER PRODUCTVERSION STR         END     END      BLOCK  VarFileInfo      BEGIN         VALUE  Translation   0x409  1252     END END

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This is the best tool I ve seen for the job  allows full control over all file resources  VersionInfo included   See  ResourceEditor by Anders Melander

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There are multiple tools  mentioned by many great answers  I m going to pick one   Resource Hacker  I downloaded latest version  5 1 7  from  AngusJ   Resource Hacker  All the needed information can be found on that page  command line options  scripts        In the following walkthrough I m going to operate on 2 executables  lab rats  which  for obvious reasons  I ve copied in my cwd    ResourceHacker exe  I thought it would be interesting to operate on itself cmake exe  random executable with no Version Info set  part of v3 6 3 installation on my machine    Before going further  I want to mention that ResourceHacker has a funny terminal output  and the the following copy   paste fragments might generate a bit of confusion   1  Setup  This is more like a preliminary step  to get acquainted with the environment  to show there s no funky business going on          e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 gt  sopr bat     Set shorter prompt to better fit when pasted in StackOverflow  or other  pages       prompt  gt  dir  Volume in drive E is Work  Volume Serial Number is 3655-6FED   Directory of e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  2019-01-28  20 09     lt DIR gt             2019-01-28  20 09     lt DIR gt              2016-11-03  09 17         5 413 376 cmake exe 2019-01-03  02 06         5 479 424 ResourceHacker exe 2019-01-28  20 30               496 ResourceHacker ini                3 File s      10 893 296 bytes                2 Dir s   103 723 261 952 bytes free   prompt  gt  set PATH  PATH  c  Install x64 CMake CMake 3 6 3 bin   prompt  gt    cmake --help  gt nul 2 gt  amp 1   prompt  gt  echo  errorlevel  0   prompt  gt    ResourceHacker exe -help   prompt  gt                                      Resource Hacker Command Line Help                                      -help               displays these abbreviated help instructions  -help commandline   displays help for single commandline instructions -help script        displays help for script file instructions       prompt  gt  echo  errorlevel  0    As seen  the executables are OK  they run fine  and here s how their Details  that we care about  look like     2  Resources  Resource files are text files that contain resources  A resource  simplified  has    Name Type Value   For more details check  MS Docs   About Resource Files  There are many tools  mentioned in existing answers  that facilitate resource file editing like    VStudio creates a default one when starting a new project One can create such a file manually But  since it s about Resource Hacker  and    It is able to extract resources from an existing executable It has resources embedded in it  as shown in the previous picture    I m going to use it for this step  -action extract    Next  In order for a resource to be embedded into an  exe   dll       it must be compiled to a binary form  which fits into the PE format  Again  there are lots of tools who can achieve this  but as you probably guessed I m going to stick to Resource Hacker  -action compile      prompt  gt     Extract the resources into a file  prompt  gt    ResourceHacker exe -open   ResourceHacker exe -save   sample rc -action extract -mask VersionInfo   -log con   prompt  gt    28 Jan 2019  20 58 03   Current Directory  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  Commandline    ResourceHacker exe  -open   ResourceHacker exe -save   sample rc -action extract -mask VersionInfo   -log con  Open      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 ResourceHacker exe Save      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample rc   Success    prompt  gt     Modify the resource file and set our own values  prompt  gt   prompt  gt     Compile the resource file  prompt  gt    ResourceHacker exe -open   sample rc -save   sample res -action compile -log con   prompt  gt    28 Jan 2019  20 59 51   Current Directory  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  Commandline    ResourceHacker exe  -open   sample rc -save   sample res -action compile -log con  Open      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample rc Save      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample res  Compiling  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample rc Success    prompt  gt  dir  b cmake exe ResourceHacker exe ResourceHacker ini sample rc sample res    In your case saving and editing the resource file won t be necessary  as the file will already be present  I just did it for demonstrating purposes  Below it s the resource file after being modified  and thus before being compiled    sample rc   1 VERSIONINFO FILEVERSION 3 1 4 1592 PRODUCTVERSION 2 7 1 8 FILEOS 0x4 FILETYPE 0x1   BLOCK  StringFileInfo        BLOCK  040904E4                VALUE  CompanyName    Cristi Fati 0          VALUE  FileDescription    20190128 - SO q000284258 demo 0          VALUE  FileVersion    3 1 4 1592 0          VALUE  ProductName    Colonel Panic 0          VALUE  InternalName    100 0          VALUE  LegalCopyright     c  Cristi Fati 1999-2999 0          VALUE  OriginalFilename    ResHack 0          VALUE  ProductVersion    2 7 1 8 0           BLOCK  VarFileInfo        VALUE  Translation   0x0409 0x04E4         3  Embed  This will also be performed by Resource Hacker  -action addoverwrite   Since the  exes are already copied I m going to edit their resources in place     prompt  gt    ResourceHacker exe -open   cmake exe -save   cmake exe -res   sample res -action addoverwrite -mask VersionInfo   -log con   prompt  gt    28 Jan 2019  21 17 19   Current Directory  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  Commandline    ResourceHacker exe  -open   cmake exe -save   cmake exe -res   sample res -action addoverwrite -mask VersionInfo   -log con  Open      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 cmake exe Save      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 cmake exe Resource  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample res    Added  VERSIONINFO 1 1033  Success    prompt  gt  copy ResourceHacker exe ResourceHackerTemp exe         1 file s  copied    prompt  gt    ResourceHackerTemp exe -open   ResourceHacker exe -save   ResourceHacker exe -res   sample res -action addoverwrite -mask VersionInfo   -log con   prompt  gt    28 Jan 2019  21 19 29   Current Directory  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  Commandline    ResourceHackerTemp exe  -open   ResourceHacker exe -save   ResourceHacker exe -res   sample res -action addoverwrite -mask VersionInfo   -log con  Open      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 ResourceHacker exe Save      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 ResourceHacker exe Resource  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample res    Modified  VERSIONINFO 1 1033  Success    prompt  gt  del  f  q ResourceHackerTemp     prompt  gt  dir  Volume in drive E is Work  Volume Serial Number is 3655-6FED   Directory of e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  2019-01-28  21 20     lt DIR gt             2019-01-28  21 20     lt DIR gt              2016-11-03  09 17         5 414 400 cmake exe 2019-01-03  02 06         5 479 424 ResourceHacker exe 2019-01-28  21 17               551 ResourceHacker ini 2019-01-28  20 05             1 156 sample rc 2019-01-28  20 59               792 sample res                5 File s      10 896 323 bytes                2 Dir s   103 723 253 760 bytes free    As seen  I had to d a little trick  gainarie  as I can t  at least I don t think I can  modify the  exe while in use   4  Test  This is an optional phase  to make sure that    The executables still work  they weren t messed up in the process  The resources have been added   updated     prompt  gt    cmake --help  gt nul 2 gt  amp 1   prompt  gt  echo  errorlevel  0   prompt  gt    ResourceHacker exe -help   prompt  gt                                      Resource Hacker Command Line Help                                      -help               displays these abbreviated help instructions  -help commandline   displays help for single commandline instructions -help script        displays help for script file instructions       prompt  gt  echo  errorlevel  0    And their Details

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There are multiple tools  mentioned by many great answers  I m going to pick one   Resource Hacker  I downloaded latest version  5 1 7  from  AngusJ   Resource Hacker  All the needed information can be found on that page  command line options  scripts        In the following walkthrough I m going to operate on 2 executables  lab rats  which  for obvious reasons  I ve copied in my cwd    ResourceHacker exe  I thought it would be interesting to operate on itself cmake exe  random executable with no Version Info set  part of v3 6 3 installation on my machine    Before going further  I want to mention that ResourceHacker has a funny terminal output  and the the following copy   paste fragments might generate a bit of confusion   1  Setup  This is more like a preliminary step  to get acquainted with the environment  to show there s no funky business going on          e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 gt  sopr bat     Set shorter prompt to better fit when pasted in StackOverflow  or other  pages       prompt  gt  dir  Volume in drive E is Work  Volume Serial Number is 3655-6FED   Directory of e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  2019-01-28  20 09     lt DIR gt             2019-01-28  20 09     lt DIR gt              2016-11-03  09 17         5 413 376 cmake exe 2019-01-03  02 06         5 479 424 ResourceHacker exe 2019-01-28  20 30               496 ResourceHacker ini                3 File s      10 893 296 bytes                2 Dir s   103 723 261 952 bytes free   prompt  gt  set PATH  PATH  c  Install x64 CMake CMake 3 6 3 bin   prompt  gt    cmake --help  gt nul 2 gt  amp 1   prompt  gt  echo  errorlevel  0   prompt  gt    ResourceHacker exe -help   prompt  gt                                      Resource Hacker Command Line Help                                      -help               displays these abbreviated help instructions  -help commandline   displays help for single commandline instructions -help script        displays help for script file instructions       prompt  gt  echo  errorlevel  0    As seen  the executables are OK  they run fine  and here s how their Details  that we care about  look like     2  Resources  Resource files are text files that contain resources  A resource  simplified  has    Name Type Value   For more details check  MS Docs   About Resource Files  There are many tools  mentioned in existing answers  that facilitate resource file editing like    VStudio creates a default one when starting a new project One can create such a file manually But  since it s about Resource Hacker  and    It is able to extract resources from an existing executable It has resources embedded in it  as shown in the previous picture    I m going to use it for this step  -action extract    Next  In order for a resource to be embedded into an  exe   dll       it must be compiled to a binary form  which fits into the PE format  Again  there are lots of tools who can achieve this  but as you probably guessed I m going to stick to Resource Hacker  -action compile      prompt  gt     Extract the resources into a file  prompt  gt    ResourceHacker exe -open   ResourceHacker exe -save   sample rc -action extract -mask VersionInfo   -log con   prompt  gt    28 Jan 2019  20 58 03   Current Directory  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  Commandline    ResourceHacker exe  -open   ResourceHacker exe -save   sample rc -action extract -mask VersionInfo   -log con  Open      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 ResourceHacker exe Save      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample rc   Success    prompt  gt     Modify the resource file and set our own values  prompt  gt   prompt  gt     Compile the resource file  prompt  gt    ResourceHacker exe -open   sample rc -save   sample res -action compile -log con   prompt  gt    28 Jan 2019  20 59 51   Current Directory  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  Commandline    ResourceHacker exe  -open   sample rc -save   sample res -action compile -log con  Open      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample rc Save      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample res  Compiling  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample rc Success    prompt  gt  dir  b cmake exe ResourceHacker exe ResourceHacker ini sample rc sample res    In your case saving and editing the resource file won t be necessary  as the file will already be present  I just did it for demonstrating purposes  Below it s the resource file after being modified  and thus before being compiled    sample rc   1 VERSIONINFO FILEVERSION 3 1 4 1592 PRODUCTVERSION 2 7 1 8 FILEOS 0x4 FILETYPE 0x1   BLOCK  StringFileInfo        BLOCK  040904E4                VALUE  CompanyName    Cristi Fati 0          VALUE  FileDescription    20190128 - SO q000284258 demo 0          VALUE  FileVersion    3 1 4 1592 0          VALUE  ProductName    Colonel Panic 0          VALUE  InternalName    100 0          VALUE  LegalCopyright     c  Cristi Fati 1999-2999 0          VALUE  OriginalFilename    ResHack 0          VALUE  ProductVersion    2 7 1 8 0           BLOCK  VarFileInfo        VALUE  Translation   0x0409 0x04E4         3  Embed  This will also be performed by Resource Hacker  -action addoverwrite   Since the  exes are already copied I m going to edit their resources in place     prompt  gt    ResourceHacker exe -open   cmake exe -save   cmake exe -res   sample res -action addoverwrite -mask VersionInfo   -log con   prompt  gt    28 Jan 2019  21 17 19   Current Directory  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  Commandline    ResourceHacker exe  -open   cmake exe -save   cmake exe -res   sample res -action addoverwrite -mask VersionInfo   -log con  Open      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 cmake exe Save      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 cmake exe Resource  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample res    Added  VERSIONINFO 1 1033  Success    prompt  gt  copy ResourceHacker exe ResourceHackerTemp exe         1 file s  copied    prompt  gt    ResourceHackerTemp exe -open   ResourceHacker exe -save   ResourceHacker exe -res   sample res -action addoverwrite -mask VersionInfo   -log con   prompt  gt    28 Jan 2019  21 19 29   Current Directory  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  Commandline    ResourceHackerTemp exe  -open   ResourceHacker exe -save   ResourceHacker exe -res   sample res -action addoverwrite -mask VersionInfo   -log con  Open      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 ResourceHacker exe Save      e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 ResourceHacker exe Resource  e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258 sample res    Modified  VERSIONINFO 1 1033  Success    prompt  gt  del  f  q ResourceHackerTemp     prompt  gt  dir  Volume in drive E is Work  Volume Serial Number is 3655-6FED   Directory of e  Work Dev StackOverflow q000284258  2019-01-28  21 20     lt DIR gt             2019-01-28  21 20     lt DIR gt              2016-11-03  09 17         5 414 400 cmake exe 2019-01-03  02 06         5 479 424 ResourceHacker exe 2019-01-28  21 17               551 ResourceHacker ini 2019-01-28  20 05             1 156 sample rc 2019-01-28  20 59               792 sample res                5 File s      10 896 323 bytes                2 Dir s   103 723 253 760 bytes free    As seen  I had to d a little trick  gainarie  as I can t  at least I don t think I can  modify the  exe while in use   4  Test  This is an optional phase  to make sure that    The executables still work  they weren t messed up in the process  The resources have been added   updated     prompt  gt    cmake --help  gt nul 2 gt  amp 1   prompt  gt  echo  errorlevel  0   prompt  gt    ResourceHacker exe -help   prompt  gt                                      Resource Hacker Command Line Help                                      -help               displays these abbreviated help instructions  -help commandline   displays help for single commandline instructions -help script        displays help for script file instructions       prompt  gt  echo  errorlevel  0    And their Details

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There is Resource Tuner Console from Heaventools Software      Resource Tuner Console is a command-line tool that enables developers to automate editing of different resource types in large numbers of Windows 32- and 64-bit executable files    See specifically the Changing Version Variables And Updating The Version Information page for greater details

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verpatch is good  but doesn t handle unicode characters    try ResourceLib

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the above answer  from  DannyBeckett helped me a lot   I put the following in a batch file  amp  I place it in the same folder where ResourceHacker exe  amp  the EXE I work on is located  amp  it works excellent   you may edit it to fit your needs        echo off      start1     set  p newVersion Enter version number                if   newVersion         goto start1      start2     set  p file Enter EXE name  for  program exe  enter  program        if   file         goto start2     for  f  tokens 1-4 delims      a in   echo  newVersion    do  set ResVersion   a   b   c   d            echo VS VERSION INFO VERSIONINFO     echo     FILEVERSION     ResVersion      echo     PRODUCTVERSION  ResVersion      echo       echo     BLOCK  StringFileInfo      echo           echo         BLOCK  040904b0      echo               echo             VALUE  CompanyName           MyCompany 0      echo             VALUE  FileDescription       TestFile 0      echo             VALUE  FileVersion            newVersion  0      echo             VALUE  LegalCopyright        COPYRIGHT    2019 MyCompany 0      echo             VALUE  OriginalFilename       file  exe 0      echo             VALUE  ProductName           Test 0      echo             VALUE  ProductVersion         newVersion  0      echo               echo           echo     BLOCK  VarFileInfo      echo           echo         VALUE  Translation   0x409  1200     echo           echo          gt Resources rc      amp  amp       echo setting Resources rc     ResourceHacker exe -open resources rc -save resources res -action compile -log CONSOLE     ResourceHacker -open   file  exe  -save   file Res exe  -action addoverwrite -resource  resources res   -log CONSOLE     ResourceHacker exe -open   file Res exe  -save   file Ico exe  -action addskip -res   file  ico  -mask ICONGROUP MAINICON  -log CONSOLE     xCopy  y  f   file Ico exe    file  exe      echo      echo      echo your compiled file  file  exe is ready     pause    as a side note i used resource hacker also to compile the res file  not GoRC

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rcedit is relative new and works well from the command line  https   github com atom rcedit    rcedit  path-to-exe-or-dll  --set-version-string  Comments   This is an exe    rcedit  path-to-exe-or-dll  --set-file-version  10 7    rcedit  path-to-exe-or-dll  --set-product-version  10 7    There s also an NPM module which wraps it from JavaScript and a Grunt task in case you re using Grunt

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This is the best tool I ve seen for the job  allows full control over all file resources  VersionInfo included   See  ResourceEditor by Anders Melander

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What about something like this   verpatch  va foodll dll  VERSION   FILEDESCR   COMPINFO   PRODINFO   BUILDINFO    Available here with full sources

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You can actually try downloading FVIE from Download Link and try editing the information for any  exe file     OR   You can download StampVer     Win32 Version Resource Stamping from Download Link  which is really usefull for windows  exe files    OR   You could use a command tool called RCEDIT  Download from Github Source link and then build using Visual Studio 2015 and then you have specific commands to change the version of  exe files  See Docs link for various available commands

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the above answer  from  DannyBeckett helped me a lot   I put the following in a batch file  amp  I place it in the same folder where ResourceHacker exe  amp  the EXE I work on is located  amp  it works excellent   you may edit it to fit your needs        echo off      start1     set  p newVersion Enter version number                if   newVersion         goto start1      start2     set  p file Enter EXE name  for  program exe  enter  program        if   file         goto start2     for  f  tokens 1-4 delims      a in   echo  newVersion    do  set ResVersion   a   b   c   d            echo VS VERSION INFO VERSIONINFO     echo     FILEVERSION     ResVersion      echo     PRODUCTVERSION  ResVersion      echo       echo     BLOCK  StringFileInfo      echo           echo         BLOCK  040904b0      echo               echo             VALUE  CompanyName           MyCompany 0      echo             VALUE  FileDescription       TestFile 0      echo             VALUE  FileVersion            newVersion  0      echo             VALUE  LegalCopyright        COPYRIGHT    2019 MyCompany 0      echo             VALUE  OriginalFilename       file  exe 0      echo             VALUE  ProductName           Test 0      echo             VALUE  ProductVersion         newVersion  0      echo               echo           echo     BLOCK  VarFileInfo      echo           echo         VALUE  Translation   0x409  1200     echo           echo          gt Resources rc      amp  amp       echo setting Resources rc     ResourceHacker exe -open resources rc -save resources res -action compile -log CONSOLE     ResourceHacker -open   file  exe  -save   file Res exe  -action addoverwrite -resource  resources res   -log CONSOLE     ResourceHacker exe -open   file Res exe  -save   file Ico exe  -action addskip -res   file  ico  -mask ICONGROUP MAINICON  -log CONSOLE     xCopy  y  f   file Ico exe    file  exe      echo      echo      echo your compiled file  file  exe is ready     pause    as a side note i used resource hacker also to compile the res file  not GoRC

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There is Resource Tuner Console from Heaventools Software      Resource Tuner Console is a command-line tool that enables developers to automate editing of different resource types in large numbers of Windows 32- and 64-bit executable files    See specifically the Changing Version Variables And Updating The Version Information page for greater details

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verpatch is good  but doesn t handle unicode characters    try ResourceLib

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There is this tool ChangeVersion  1   List of features  from the website          command line interface   support for  EXE   DLL and  RES files   update FileVersion and ProductVersion based on a version mask   add change remove version key strings   adjust file flags  debug  special  private etc    update project files    bdsproj    bpr    bpk    dproj     add change main application icon   use ini file with configuration   Windows Vista support  needs elevation    easy to integrate into a continuous build environment      Full Disclosure  I know the guy who wrote this tool  I used to work with him   But this also means that I know he makes quality software        1  the link is dead  There seems to be mirrored version at download cnet com

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Or you could check out the freeware StampVer for Win32 exe dll files  It will only change the file and product versions though if they have a version resource already  It cannot add a version resource if one doesn   t exist

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A little late to the party  but since I was looking for it  and I might need to find it again sometime   here s what I did to include version  company name  etc  into my C   DLL under VS2013 Express    Created and edited a dllproj rc file  as indicated previously  Added the line  rc exe dllproj rc  as a pre-build step in the DLL project  Added dllproj res to the resource folder for the project    Hope this helps

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There is this tool ChangeVersion  1   List of features  from the website          command line interface   support for  EXE   DLL and  RES files   update FileVersion and ProductVersion based on a version mask   add change remove version key strings   adjust file flags  debug  special  private etc    update project files    bdsproj    bpr    bpk    dproj     add change main application icon   use ini file with configuration   Windows Vista support  needs elevation    easy to integrate into a continuous build environment      Full Disclosure  I know the guy who wrote this tool  I used to work with him   But this also means that I know he makes quality software        1  the link is dead  There seems to be mirrored version at download cnet com

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I m doing it with no additional tool  I have just added the following files to my Win32 app project   One header file which defines some constants than we can reuse on our resource file and even on the program code  We only need to maintain one file  Thanks to the Qt team that showed me how to do it on a Qt project  it now also works on my Win32 app   ---- version h ----   ifndef VERSION H  define VERSION H   define VER FILEVERSION             0 3 0 0  define VER FILEVERSION STR          0 3 0 0 0    define VER PRODUCTVERSION          0 3 0 0  define VER PRODUCTVERSION STR       0 3 0 0 0    define VER COMPANYNAME STR          IPanera   define VER FILEDESCRIPTION STR      Localiza archivos duplicados   define VER INTERNALNAME STR         MyProject   define VER LEGALCOPYRIGHT STR       Copyright 2016 ipanera gmail com   define VER LEGALTRADEMARKS1 STR     All Rights Reserved   define VER LEGALTRADEMARKS2 STR    VER LEGALTRADEMARKS1 STR  define VER ORIGINALFILENAME STR     MyProject exe   define VER PRODUCTNAME STR          My project    define VER COMPANYDOMAIN STR        www myurl com    endif    VERSION H   ---- MyProjectVersion rc ----   include  lt windows h gt   include  version h   VS VERSION INFO VERSIONINFO FILEVERSION     VER FILEVERSION PRODUCTVERSION  VER PRODUCTVERSION BEGIN     BLOCK  StringFileInfo      BEGIN         BLOCK  040904E4          BEGIN             VALUE  CompanyName          VER COMPANYNAME STR             VALUE  FileDescription      VER FILEDESCRIPTION STR             VALUE  FileVersion          VER FILEVERSION STR             VALUE  InternalName         VER INTERNALNAME STR             VALUE  LegalCopyright       VER LEGALCOPYRIGHT STR             VALUE  LegalTrademarks1     VER LEGALTRADEMARKS1 STR             VALUE  LegalTrademarks2     VER LEGALTRADEMARKS2 STR             VALUE  OriginalFilename     VER ORIGINALFILENAME STR             VALUE  ProductName          VER PRODUCTNAME STR             VALUE  ProductVersion       VER PRODUCTVERSION STR         END     END      BLOCK  VarFileInfo      BEGIN         VALUE  Translation   0x409  1252     END END

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What about something like this   verpatch  va foodll dll  VERSION   FILEDESCR   COMPINFO   PRODINFO   BUILDINFO    Available here with full sources

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You can actually try downloading FVIE from Download Link and try editing the information for any  exe file     OR   You can download StampVer     Win32 Version Resource Stamping from Download Link  which is really usefull for windows  exe files    OR   You could use a command tool called RCEDIT  Download from Github Source link and then build using Visual Studio 2015 and then you have specific commands to change the version of  exe files  See Docs link for various available commands

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Unlike many of the other answers  this solution uses completely free software   Firstly  create a file called Resources rc like this   VS VERSION INFO VERSIONINFO     FILEVERSION    1 0 0 0     PRODUCTVERSION 1 0 0 0       BLOCK  StringFileInfo                BLOCK  040904b0                        VALUE  CompanyName           ACME Inc  0              VALUE  FileDescription       MyProg 0              VALUE  FileVersion           1 0 0 0 0              VALUE  LegalCopyright           2013 ACME Inc  All Rights Reserved 0              VALUE  OriginalFilename      MyProg exe 0              VALUE  ProductName           My Program 0              VALUE  ProductVersion        1 0 0 0 0                      BLOCK  VarFileInfo                VALUE  Translation   0x409  1200           Next  use GoRC to compile it to a  res file using   GoRC  fo Resources res Resources rc    see my comment below for a mirror of GoRC exe   Then use Resource Hacker in CLI mode to add it to an existing  exe   ResHacker -add MyProg exe  MyProg exe  Resources res      That s it

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A little late to the party  but since I was looking for it  and I might need to find it again sometime   here s what I did to include version  company name  etc  into my C   DLL under VS2013 Express    Created and edited a dllproj rc file  as indicated previously  Added the line  rc exe dllproj rc  as a pre-build step in the DLL project  Added dllproj res to the resource folder for the project    Hope this helps

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There is this tool ChangeVersion  1   List of features  from the website          command line interface   support for  EXE   DLL and  RES files   update FileVersion and ProductVersion based on a version mask   add change remove version key strings   adjust file flags  debug  special  private etc    update project files    bdsproj    bpr    bpk    dproj     add change main application icon   use ini file with configuration   Windows Vista support  needs elevation    easy to integrate into a continuous build environment      Full Disclosure  I know the guy who wrote this tool  I used to work with him   But this also means that I know he makes quality software        1  the link is dead  There seems to be mirrored version at download cnet com

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rcedit is relative new and works well from the command line  https   github com atom rcedit    rcedit  path-to-exe-or-dll  --set-version-string  Comments   This is an exe    rcedit  path-to-exe-or-dll  --set-file-version  10 7    rcedit  path-to-exe-or-dll  --set-product-version  10 7    There s also an NPM module which wraps it from JavaScript and a Grunt task in case you re using Grunt

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Unlike many of the other answers  this solution uses completely free software   Firstly  create a file called Resources rc like this   VS VERSION INFO VERSIONINFO     FILEVERSION    1 0 0 0     PRODUCTVERSION 1 0 0 0       BLOCK  StringFileInfo                BLOCK  040904b0                        VALUE  CompanyName           ACME Inc  0              VALUE  FileDescription       MyProg 0              VALUE  FileVersion           1 0 0 0 0              VALUE  LegalCopyright           2013 ACME Inc  All Rights Reserved 0              VALUE  OriginalFilename      MyProg exe 0              VALUE  ProductName           My Program 0              VALUE  ProductVersion        1 0 0 0 0                      BLOCK  VarFileInfo                VALUE  Translation   0x409  1200           Next  use GoRC to compile it to a  res file using   GoRC  fo Resources res Resources rc    see my comment below for a mirror of GoRC exe   Then use Resource Hacker in CLI mode to add it to an existing  exe   ResHacker -add MyProg exe  MyProg exe  Resources res      That s it

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While it s not a batch process  Visual Studio can also add edit file resources     Just use File- Open- File on the  EXE or  DLL   This is handy for fixing version information post-build  or adding it to files that don t have these resources to begin with

[windows] How do I set the version information for an existing .exe, .dll?

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