It is frequently used to localize software by editing "String Tables" and "Dialogs" to translate menus and alerts into different languages.

It addressed a notorious bug where the internal hex editor would crash when opening binary resources larger than 100 MB .

Resource Hacker is a "Swiss Army Knife" for three primary groups:

Build 360 of version 5.1.8 is often cited as the final version to maintain support for Windows XP. 3. Common Use Cases