# Use cases and examples

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## [About the Use cases and examples category](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/about-the-use-cases-and-examples-category/17)

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**Author:** [@Geoffrey](https://community.hex-rays.com/u/Geoffrey)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/about-the-use-cases-and-examples-category/17 "2024-11-26T10:26:48Z")

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Welcome to the hub for discussing IDA examples, including IDAPython scripts and C++ SDK samples, such as plugins, loaders, and more. This is a perfect place to ask questions about adapting these examples to suit your uni…

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## [Trick if you are using IDA in a virtual machine](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/trick-if-you-are-using-ida-in-a-virtual-machine/531)

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**Author:** [@Harding](https://community.hex-rays.com/u/Harding)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/trick-if-you-are-using-ida-in-a-virtual-machine/531 "2025-10-15T08:49:01Z")

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I use IDA Pro in a virtual machine and I use a little trick to update plugins without messing with the guest machine: I mount a directory inside the virtual machine as read-only from the host. I call this Z:\\readonly I…

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## [The idapin90.zip does not exist?](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/the-idapin90-zip-does-not-exist/71)

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**Author:** [@b1gcat](https://community.hex-rays.com/u/b1gcat)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/the-idapin90-zip-does-not-exist/71 "2025-02-07T04:10:35Z")

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i wanna compile pin as the follow link says: (\*) Where '$(IDAMAJMIN)' is the IDA version major/minor. E.g., for IDA 7.6, the final URL would be: https://hex-rays.com/hubfs/freefile/idapin76.zip but there is no idapin…

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## [How to automate structure creation with IDAPython?](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/how-to-automate-structure-creation-with-idapython/37)

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**Author:** [@teresa\_hexrays](https://community.hex-rays.com/u/teresa_hexrays)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/how-to-automate-structure-creation-with-idapython/37 "2025-01-24T14:21:33Z")

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Manually creating structures in IDA Pro can be time-consuming, but some of you were wondering how to automate this process with updated IDA 9.0 endpoints for Types and how to port removed functions when ida\_struct and id…