11 bundled tools

11 — Bundled Tools

The shipped tools\ payloads, the tool-launcher service, Easy Mode downloads, and the Tools\ source projects. Related: 02 — Projects & Solution · 10 — Game Scanning

Shipped payloads (SimpleLauncher\tools\)

Every tool ships x64 + ARM64 variants (X.exe + X_arm64.exe) unless noted. All are launched through ExternalToolLauncherService (below).

Folder	Executables	Purpose
SevenZip	7za.exe, 7za_arm64.exe	Fallback 7z extraction (SharpCompress failure path)
CHDMounter	CHDMounter.exe, _arm64.exe (+ README)	Mounts CHD files as virtual drives for emulators without native CHD support
SimpleXisoDrive	SimpleXisoDrive.exe, _arm64.exe	Mounts XISO images (Dokan)
SimpleZipDrive	SimpleZipDrive.exe, _arm64.exe (+ ReadMe)	Mounts ZIP archives (Dokan)
BatchConvertToCHD	BatchConvertToCHD.exe, _arm64.exe, chdman.exe, chdman_arm64.exe, 7za	Convert to CHD; chdman is also used by DiscConverter for CHD→ISO/CUE extraction
BatchConvertToRVZ	BatchConvertToRVZ.exe, _arm64.exe, DolphinTool.exe, _arm64.exe, 7za	Convert to RVZ; DolphinTool is used by DiscConverter.ConvertToIsoAsync
BatchConvertIsoToXiso	BatchConvertIsoToXiso.exe, _arm64.exe, bchunk.exe, extract-xiso.exe, 7za	ISO ↔ XISO conversion
BatchConvertToCompressedFile	BatchConvertToCompressedFile.exe, _arm64.exe, 7z dlls	Convert to 7z/zip
CreateBatchFilesForPS3Games	.exe, _arm64.exe	PS3 game launcher batch files
CreateBatchFilesForScummVMGames	.exe, _arm64.exe	ScummVM game launchers
CreateBatchFilesForWindowsGames	.exe, _arm64.exe	Windows game launchers
CreateBatchFilesForXbox360XBLAGames	.exe, _arm64.exe	Xbox 360 XBLA launchers
PSXPackager	psxpackager.exe (x64 only)	PS1 disc packaging; used by DiscConverter.ConvertPbpToCueBinAsync
RAHasher	RAHasher.exe	RetroAchievements complex-system hashing
FindRomCover	x64/arm64 subfolders	Cover-art finder tool
RetroGameCoverDownloader	.exe, _arm64.exe	Bulk retro cover downloads
RomValidator	.exe, _arm64.exe, 7z dlls	ROM validation against No-Intro DAT files

Tool launcher (ExternalToolLauncherService)

SimpleLauncher.Core\Services\ExternalToolLauncher\ExternalToolLauncherService.cs

• Arch-aware resolution: tools under tools\{Tool}\x64\ / arm64\ subfolders or _arm64.exe suffixes, matching the running architecture.
• PE validation: bundled executables are checked for a valid MZ/PE signature before launch.
• Public methods (each shows a "not found" / "canceled" / error box on failure):
  • CreateBatchFilesForXbox360XblaGamesAsync, CreateBatchFilesForWindowsGamesAsync, CreateBatchFilesForPs3GamesAsync, CreateBatchFilesForScummVmGamesAsync
  • BatchConvertIsoToXisoAsync, BatchConvertToChdAsync, BatchConvertToRvzAsync, BatchConvertToCompressedFileAsync
  • FindRomCoverLaunchAsync, RetroGameCoverDownloaderAsync, RomValidatorAsync
• UAC cancel (error 1223) is handled with a "canceled" message.

Easy Mode downloads

EasyModeManager (Core Services\EasyMode\) + EasyModeWindow (app) drive the guided setup: a system manifest lists, per system, the recommended emulator, RetroArch core, and image-pack download links (fetched from Urls:EasyModeApi). Downloads run through DownloadManager with progress, retry, and cache (EasyModeCacheDur* keys). See 03 — Quickstart.

Tools\ source projects (in this repo)

Project	Purpose
Tools\Mame.DatCreator	WPF tool that builds mame.dat (MessagePack) from MAME -listxml + software lists
Tools\RetroAchievements.DataFetcher	CLI tool that fetches the RA game database into RetroAchievements.dat
Tools\XmlToBinaryConverter	WPF tool that converts history.xml ↔ history.dat (MessagePack)

These are development-time tools — they are not part of the shipped app payload.

Related docs

• 06 — Systems & Launch (how tools are invoked at launch)
• 12 — Data Formats (mame.dat, history.dat)
• 02 — Projects & Solution