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S. Swaroop
S. Swaroop

Reputation: 431

How to detect Console or Windows Application?

I am trying to write a icon changing program like resource hacker. I am able to change icons of windows programs but not console programs and I think thats quite obvious. So I want to write a code in my program that will check if the argument exe file is a console program or windows program before it tries to change the icons.

So how do I check if an exe file is a console program or windows program. I am writing program in C using visual studio.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1451

Answers (1)

Eregrith
Eregrith

Reputation: 4366

The Subsystem value inside the Portable Executable header of the file will give you the info:

WINDOWS_CUI  3 Runs in the Windows character subsystem (a console app)

Upvotes: 2

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