PDB Reader PRO

📌 Overview

PDB Reader PRO is a professional Windows desktop tool built with C# WinForms for analyzing .pdb files and extracting embedded readable data such as:

• PNG image links
• JSON metadata links
• PKG download links
• Content IDs / Game IDs
• Readable text strings

The application supports automatic extraction, image preview, context menu integration, and file association for .pdb files.

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✨ Features

✅ File Features

• Open .pdb files directly
• Double-click .pdb support
• Right-click context menu integration
• Automatic extraction after opening file
• Binary string extraction

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✅ Extracted Data

The tool automatically detects and extracts:

• .png
• .json
• .pkg
• Content IDs
• URLs
• Readable ASCII text

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✅ UI Features

• Professional light UI
• Embedded application icon
• Image preview panel
• Search box
• DataGrid table viewer
• Details viewer
• Fixed professional layout
• No maximize button

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✅ Export Features

Export extracted data to:

• TXT
• JSON

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📂 Included Files

File	Description
PdbReaderGUI_PRO.exe	Main application
register_pdb.reg	Register .pdb extension with the tool
remove_register_pdb.reg	Remove .pdb file association
add_context_menu.reg	Add right-click context menu
remove_context_menu.reg	Remove right-click context menu

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🖼 Preview

Main Interface

• Left panel:

  • Image preview
  • File details

• Right panel:

  • Extracted table data

• Top toolbar:

  • Browse
  • Save TXT
  • Save JSON
  • Clear

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🚀 How It Works

The application:

1. Reads .pdb file as raw binary

2. Extracts readable strings

3. Uses Regex pattern matching

4. Detects:

   • PNG URLs
   • JSON URLs
   • PKG URLs
   • Content IDs

5. Displays results automatically

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📂 Supported Extensions

Type	Supported
PDB	✅
PNG	✅
JSON	✅
PKG	✅

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🔍 Search System

The built-in search system allows searching inside:

• URLs
• Content IDs
• JSON links
• PKG links

Press Enter after typing.

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💾 Export Example

TXT Export

====================================
Name / Content ID: JP0741-CUSA25180_00-JINKIT...
PNG: https://image.api.playstation.com/...
JSON: http://gs2.ww.prod.dl.playstation.net/...
PKG: /JP0741-CUSA25180_00-JINKIT.pkg

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JSON Export

[
  {
    "Name": "JP0741-CUSA25180_00-JINKIT",
    "PNG": "https://image.api.playstation.com/...",
    "JSON": "http://gs2.ww.prod.dl.playstation.net/...",
    "PKG": "/JP0741-CUSA25180_00-JINKIT.pkg"
  }
]

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⚙️ Requirements

• Windows 10 / 11
• .NET 8 Runtime
• Internet connection for image preview

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📦 Build

Run

dotnet run

Publish EXE

dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true

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🔗 Windows Integration

Register .pdb Files

Run:

register_pdb.reg

This enables:

• Double-click .pdb support
• Open directly with PDB Reader PRO

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Remove .pdb Association

Run:

remove_register_pdb.reg

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Add Right-Click Context Menu

Run:

add_context_menu.reg

Adds:

Open with PDB Reader PRO

to the Windows context menu.

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Remove Context Menu

Run:

remove_context_menu.reg

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🛠 Technologies Used

• C#
• .NET 8 WinForms
• Regex
• DataGridView
• System.Text.Json
• WebClient
• Windows Registry

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📌 Future Updates

Planned features:

• Drag & Drop support
• Dark Mode
• Multi-file extraction
• Excel export
• Faster async image loading
• Modern UI redesign
• Offline image cache

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👨‍💻 Author

PDB Reader PRO was created for advanced file analysis and reverse engineering workflows.

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📄 License

Free for educational and research purposes.