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Decoding Win8 binary encoded xml for UI dlls
Hi there. I'm sure there are very few places where this question might find an answer, but this is probably one of them.
Does anyone know what encoding MS used for their UI dlls and how to decode them?
In preview releases of Win8, some UI elements like the Charms Bar were controlled by plain text xml files stored in various dlls. However, now they are no longer readable, probably binary encoded for faster processing and to stop low level hackers from messing with them
Here is an example, this was in authUI-dll and is the last plain text xml in this dll
Code:<duixml> <ShutdownUI resid="main" id="atom(ShutdownMain)" layout="filllayout()" sheet="ShutdownUIStyle" > <ChoiceMenu id="atom(ShutdownChoices)" layout="borderlayout()" active="mouse|keyboard|pointer" > <ItemList id="atom(ChoiceList)" layout="verticalflowlayout(0,3,3,0)" active="mouse|pointer" behaviors="DUI70::ScrubBehavior()" /> </ChoiceMenu> +++++ SNIP ++++++
Code:duib....$...`.......................<...7......€€..€.€...€.€.€.."€...€...€...€..........A....€...€.€.€...€.. ..€.€...€?€P..€.€.€.€...€&€.€...€?€.....€.€.€...€...€...€...€.......€.....€q..€.€...€.€.€*€.€...€?€.€&€.€.....€`.. €.€...€.€.€...€...€'€.€..!..€.€...€ .!.!..€"..€#.!..€.€$..€ .!.!..€%..€#.!..€.€&..€ .!.!..€'..€#.!..€.€(..€ .!.!..€)..€#.!..€.€*..€ .!.!..€+..€#....€.......€...€ ..€.€...€,....€.€..A.-..€...€/.!€0..€1....€.€2...-..€3 ....€...€...€.€..!....€4.%€5....€...€.€..!..€$€6.#€7....€...€.€.....€#€8....€!.!.9...:..€....%€5....€.€ ....€#€;....€...€.€.....€#€<....€...€.€.....€.€=....€...€...€...€0...>...............t...Œ...¦...¾...Ò...ü .......(...n...„...¢...Ê...Ü...ú...............>...V...l...v...–...¤...Ì...ð...........&...F...v...˜...°...Ì....... B...^...Ž...ª...Ú...ö...&...B...º...Ö...â...î...".......H...t...Ô...Þ...ê.......H...Z...r...¢...Î...m.a.i.n... p.a.n.e...r.e.s.s.t.r.(.8.7.1.7.,. .l.i.b.r.a.r.y.(.W.i.n.d.o.w.s...U.I...I.m.m.e.r.s.i.v.e...d.l.l.).) ...A.t.o.m.(.P.o.p.u.p.)...f.i.l.l.l.a.y.o.u.t.(.)...D.i.a.l.o.g.S.t.y.l.e...b.e.h.a.v.i.o.r.s...P.V.L.: .:.A.n.i.m.a.t.i.o.n.T.r.a.p.(.)...D.i.a.l.o.g.R.o.o.t...B.a.c.k.B.u.t.t.o.n...m.o.u.s.e.|.p.o.i.n.t.e.r.| .k.e.y.b.o.a.r.d.|.n.o.s.y.n.c.f.o.c.u.s...p.u.s.h.b.u.t.t.o.n...A.t.o.m.(.U.p.B.u.t.t.o.n.)...A.t.o.m.(.D.i.
However, i tried decoding those files as Fast Infoset and EXI formats, but that didn't work.
So, does someone knows how to decode those files? There are probably many more encodings to try, but i'm far from knowing them all. Unfortunately, I consider myself one of those "low level hackers" i mentioned above.
BTW : sorry for the "-" instead of "." in the dll names, but the forum engine thinks i'm trying to post links and refuses my posts if i leave a dot.
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