https://github.com/smx-smx/wcpex

A tool to extract Windows Manifest files that can be found in the WinSxS folder
https://github.com/smx-smx/wcpex

binary delta extraction manifest-files tool wcp windows winsxs

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A tool to extract Windows Manifest files that can be found in the WinSxS folder

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/smx-smx/wcpex
• Owner: smx-smx
• License: zlib
• Created: 2017-09-17T12:52:43.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-16T22:33:41.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-27T16:56:03.344Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: binary, delta, extraction, manifest-files, tool, wcp, windows, winsxs
• Language: C
• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 21
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 5
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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# wcpex

A tool to extract Windows Manifest files that can be found in the WinSxS folder

Compiles in Visual Studio 2022 with cl.exe

Compiling instructions:

* Run x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022

* copy wcpex.c to c:\temp\manifest

* cd C:\TEMP\manifest

* "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.34.31933\bin\Hostx64\x64\cl.exe" "C:\TEMP\manifest\wcpex.c"

Requires a wcp.dll from the servicing stack in the search path or the same directory as the wcpex.exe

* cd c:\windows\winsxs

* dir /s wcp.dll

* copy the latest version to the folder of your choice

* copy "c:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.2300_none_7e14edbc7c88b7d5\wcp.dll" c:\temp\manifest