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naaoumii
naaoumii

Reputation:

Extract VB.NET code from exe file

I made a program using VB and I lost the source code but I have the exe file. How can I extract the code from the exe file?

Upvotes: 11

Views: 49811

Answers (6)

merkuro
merkuro

Reputation: 6177

Since you tagged your question vb.net you might be able to retrieve quite some portions of your code using a .NET disassembler. For example try Lutz Roeder's .Net Reflector or MS ildasm which comes with the .NET compiler.

Upvotes: 3

Steven
Steven

Reputation: 19455

Trey VB Decompiler and see if that works.

Upvotes: 0

Binary Worrier
Binary Worrier

Reputation: 51739

Have you tried Salamander, or one of the many other .net decompilers?

Upvotes: 0

Rad
Rad

Reputation: 8389

If it's VB.NET you can use the RedGate Reflector tool and the FileDisassemler plugin to generate the source code. That is if the exe was not obfuscated

Upvotes: 4

stevehipwell
stevehipwell

Reputation: 57568

Use Reflector (assuming .NET) to dissassemble the exe back into code. You will need to create your own class structure, but you can recover the code as any of the supported CLR languages.

Upvotes: 1

Jakob Christensen
Jakob Christensen

Reputation: 14956

Assuming your exe is a .NET assembly (you tagged the question as VB.NET), you can reverse engineer your exe using tools such as Reflector.

Upvotes: 15

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