| Task | PE Explorer (v1, 32-bit) | PE Explorer (v2, 64-bit native) | |------|--------------------------|----------------------------------| | Load ntoskrnl.exe (35 MB) | 11.2 seconds | 3.4 seconds | | Parse imports on chrome.dll (2500+ imports) | 8 seconds | 1.1 seconds | | Rebuild resources on a 64-bit MUI DLL | Crashed (out of memory) | Completed in 0.7 seconds | | Scan entire System32 directory (2,300 files) | Unstable after 400 files | Completed in 47 seconds |
Version 2 introduces . Many 64-bit Windows DLLs (like api-ms-win-core-* ) forward exports to other DLLs. PE Explorer now visually traces:
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