The Resource Directory String area consists of Unicode strings, which are word aligned. These strings are stored together after the last Resource Directory Entry and before the first Resource Data Entry. This minimizes the impact of these variable length strings on the alignment of the fixed-size directory entries. Each Resource Directory String has the following format:
| Offset | Size | Field | Description |
| 0 | 2 | Length | Size of string, not including length field itself. |
| 2 | variable | Unicode String | Variable-length Unicode string data, word aligned. |