PBO Manager

A tool to open, pack and unpack ArmA PBO files.

Key features

• Can pack/unpack PBO files.
• Can preview files inside a PBO.
• Can open mangled (by Mikero's tools) PBO.
• Integrates with Windows Explorer / immersive menu.
• Supports PBO metadata provisioning through pbo.json or $PBOPREFIX$ files.

Screenshots

Context menu integration

Windows 11 immersive menu integration

Installation

🔹 The application requires Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2015-2019 to run. Othervise, the application will complain regarding the vcruntime140.dll.

Windows 10

Installer

1. Download the installer from the Releases section.
2. Run the installer.

Manual instllation

1. Download the binaries from the Releases section.
2. Run the pbom.exe
3. Optionally, to get the Windows Explorer integration, register the dll:

    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Where\The\App\Is\pboe.dll
   

   To unregister the dll later, use:

   C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe /u C:\Where\The\App\Is\pboe.dll
   

   Normally no admin permissions should be required for the registration.

Windows 11

The Windows 10 installation instructions are still valid for Windows 11, although the MSIX package is the suggested method of installation. The Windows 11 immersive menu integration won't function otherwise. 📌

Building from source

1. Set the env variables:

   Variable	Description	Example
   Qt6_ROOT	Where QT is located. Needed for CMAKE to build.	G:\Qt\6.3.3\msvc2019_64

2. Run the script:

   # powershell
   git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:winseros/pboman3.git
   cmake -S <path_to_source_code> -B <path_to_build_files>
   cmake --build <path_to_build_files>
   

Also, see how CI builds.

Open in IDE

1. Set the env variabls:

   Variable	Description	Example
   Qt6_ROOT	Where QT is located. Needed for CMAKE to build.	G:\Qt\6.3.0\msvc2019_64
   PATH	Where QT binaries are located. Needed for the IDE to run/debug.	G:\Qt\6.3.0\msvc2019_64\bin
   PATH	Where OpenSSL binaries are located. Needed for IDE to run/debug.	G:\Qt\Tools\OpenSSL\Win_x64\bin

2. Open the the root folder in IDE