Recover a whole shelf of programs from one script.

1 · Recover one program

The basic call. Add /dism alongside /vbp to get the disassembly variant instead.

rem Windows batch file
cd /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\VB Source Code Recovery"
VBSourceCodeRecovery.exe "C:\Legacy\Inventory.exe" /out "C:\Recovered\Inventory" /vbp
if errorlevel 1 echo Recovery failed - see C:\Recovered\Inventory\decompile.log

2 · Every EXE in a folder, one project each

The classic shelf-clearing loop. %%~nf is the file name without its extension, so Payroll.exe lands in C:\Recovered\Payroll.

rem recover-all.bat
@echo off
cd /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\VB Source Code Recovery"
for %%f in ("C:\Legacy\*.exe" "C:\Legacy\*.dll" "C:\Legacy\*.ocx") do (
  echo Recovering %%~nxf ...
  VBSourceCodeRecovery.exe "%%f" /out "C:\Recovered\%%~nf" /vbp
  if errorlevel 1 echo   FAILED: %%~nxf >> "C:\Recovered\failures.txt"
)
echo Done. Failures, if any, are listed in C:\Recovered\failures.txt

3 · PowerShell with a summary table

Reads the exit code and the last log line for each file and prints a table at the end — handy when the shelf has hundreds of programs.

# recover-all.ps1
$exe  = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VB Source Code Recovery\VBSourceCodeRecovery.exe'
$src  = 'C:\Legacy'
$dest = 'C:\Recovered'
Set-Location (Split-Path $exe)
$results = foreach ($f in Get-ChildItem $src -Include *.exe,*.dll,*.ocx -Recurse) {
  $out = Join-Path $dest $f.BaseName
  $p = Start-Process -FilePath $exe -ArgumentList "`"$($f.FullName)`" /out `"$out`" /vbp" -Wait -PassThru -WindowStyle Hidden
  $last = if (Test-Path "$out\decompile.log") { Get-Content "$out\decompile.log" -Tail 1 } else { '' }
  [pscustomobject]@{ File = $f.Name; Exit = $p.ExitCode; Result = $last }
}
$results | Format-Table -AutoSize
$results | Export-Csv "$dest\summary.csv" -NoTypeInformation

4 · A .NET assembly to a Visual Studio solution

VBSourceCodeRecovery.exe "C:\Libs\ReportEngine.dll" /out "C:\Recovered\ReportEngine" /solution
rem C:\Recovered\ReportEngine\ReportEngine.sln  +  a C# project  +  a VB.NET project

5 · Compare two engines on a VB3 program

The built-in engine and DoDi's classic decompiler side by side, each in its own folder.

VBSourceCodeRecovery.exe "C:\Legacy\Ledger16.exe" /out "C:\Recovered\Ledger16-native" /vbp
VBSourceCodeRecovery.exe "C:\Legacy\Ledger16.exe" /out "C:\Recovered\Ledger16-dodi" /vbp /dodi

6 · Analyse only, no project

With no generate switch the file is decompiled into its dump folder and nothing else is written — useful to triage a folder before deciding what to rebuild. The File Report tells you what built each program.

VBSourceCodeRecovery.exe "C:\Legacy\Unknown.exe"
type "dump\Unknown.exe\FileReport.txt"