How can I use minhook in my project without vcpkg downloading (it's not working for me)?

[Feluxa]

What should I add in my project?

[KnIfER]

By dragging the source code into your visual studio project. It's very easy use integrate minhook into your project. Because this is a small (but mighty) library.

But notice the difference while building 32/64 dlls. you need to exclude certain files according to your target platform.

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I'm using this library with GH-injector to make my chrome extension popup window bigger.

I even find a way to iterate very fast —— just write some hook logic use Minhook, press F5 in visual studio, and let AutoHotKey to automatically launch the browser and perform injection.

The GH-injector is awesome and easy to use. You can use their GUI , and from the GUI u can learn how to write an injection command . I then use AutoHotKey to run that command .

I can't find the manual of GH-injector, thus why I asked a question in their issues. but someone closed the entire issue region yesterday. Maybe they need some help?

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There's another tool Frida . It's different. It use javascript to inspect
and modify android/windows application at runtime. Maybe it can intercept not only system call but also app functions.

[m417z]

@KnIfER shameless self-promotion: If you like playing with the tools you mentioned, you'll also like Windhawk, which provides a convenient platform for developing and sharing Windows mods. It comes with global injection, hooking APIs, and other facilities such as symbol downloading and enumeration out of the box.

Here's a simple example of a mod that hooks a single function:
https://windhawk.net/mods/no-focus-rectangle

The implementation is basically this:

BOOL(*pOriginalDrawFocusRect)(
    HDC hDC,
    const RECT *lprc
);

BOOL DrawFocusRectHook(
    HDC hDC,
    const RECT *lprc
) {
    return TRUE; // Returning TRUE because returning FALSE would indicate that the function has failed.
}

BOOL Wh_ModInit() {
    HMODULE hUser32 = GetModuleHandle(L"user32.dll");
    void* origFunc = (void*)GetProcAddress(hUser32, "DrawFocusRect");
    Wh_SetFunctionHook(origFunc, (void*)DrawFocusRectHook, (void**)&pOriginalDrawFocusRect);

    return TRUE;
}