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Khalil Pokari
Khalil Pokari

Reputation: 171

Windows Phone 8 Decompile Appx From Binary

I lost my source code for a Win phone 8 app. I have the binary (appx) archive. My question is : is there any way to decompile my binary to get the source code ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1957

Answers (2)

A-Sharabiani
A-Sharabiani

Reputation: 19377

You can also use: makeappx unpack /p {path to the appx} /d {output dir} in command line to extract the files from the appx then decompile the .dll

Upvotes: 0

pleasereset
pleasereset

Reputation: 240

Yes, you can rename your "binary" myfile.appx.zip and unzip it with your favorite tool. There you should have your assemblies (.exe, .dll), and using a tool like Telerik's JustDecompile you can decompile the code.

It won't be 1:1 because you will see all the work the compiler has done for you (auto-properties, async/await, ...) but you should be able to extract the core of what you've done.

The only things that can't be recovered (as far as I know) are your XAML files.

Upvotes: 1

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