OpenedFilesView Changelog

What's new in OpenedFilesView 1.90

Aug 28, 2023
  • Fixed the /filefilter and /wildcardfilter command-line options to work properly with long filenames when the 'Convert To Long Path Names' option is turned on.
  • Fixed security issue: The driver of OpenedFilesView allowed access for non-admin users.
  • Be aware: Because the updated driver is signed with a newer code signing certificate, OpenedFilesView stopped working on Windows Vista 64-bit, and maybe on other systems too.
  • If this version doesn't work on your system, you can download the version 1.87 of OpenedFilesView

New in OpenedFilesView 1.87 (Oct 28, 2022)

  • Added OpenedFilesView icon to the Explorer context menu.
  • Fixed a bug that caused a small token handles leak.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.86 (Sep 11, 2018)

  • Fixed OpenedFilesView to send the data to stdout when specifying an empty string (e.g: OpenedFilesView.exe /scomma "" ).

New in OpenedFilesView 1.85 (Mar 6, 2018)

  • Added new option: 'Copy Locked Files To Another Folder' (F7), which allows you to copy locked files that cannot be copied with Windows Explorer. Be aware that this feature doesn't work if the file is opened by 'System Process'.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.81 (Mar 6, 2018)

  • Added 'Align Numeric Columns To Right' option.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.80 (Dec 18, 2017)

  • OpenedFilesView is now a Unicode application so it can display and save filenames with any character (Until now non-ANSI characters were displayed as '?').
  • You can now choose the desired encoding (ANSI, UTF-8, UTF-16) to save the csv/xml/text/html files (Options -> Save File Encoding)
  • Added 'Quick Filter' feature (View -> Use Quick Filter or Ctrl+Q). When it's turned on, you can type a string in the text-box added under the toolbar and OpenedFilesView will instantly filter the files list, showing only items that contain the string you typed

New in OpenedFilesView 1.70 (Jul 14, 2016)

  • Added 'Close Processes Of Selected Files'. As opposed to the 'Kill Processes Of Selected Files' option that brutally kills the process, this option sends a request to the application to close itself as soon as possible (using WM_QUERYENDSESSION and WM_ENDSESSION Windows messages).
  • Added closeprocess and killprocess commands to the /closefile and /closefolder command-line options, which allow you to close/kill the process instead of closing the file handle, for example: OpenedFilesView.exe /closefile closeprocess "c:myfile.txt"
  • Added 'Elevated Process' column.
  • Added new information to 'Attributes' column: 'T' for 'Temporary File', 'I' for 'Not Content Indexed', 'E' for encrypted file, 'X' for 'No Scrub File', and 'V' for 'Integrity Attribute'.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.65 (May 10, 2016)

  • Added 'Process User' column.
  • Added 'Save All Items' option.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.61 (Oct 23, 2015)

  • Explorer context menu inside OpenedFilesView: When you right-click on a single item while holding down the shift key, OpenedFilesView now displays the context menu of Windows Explorer, instead of the OpenedFilesView context menu.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.60 (Mar 10, 2015)

  • Fixed bug: OpenedFilesView failed to remember the last size/position of the main window if it was not located in the primary monitor.
  • Finally, fixed the error 100005 problem occurs in some systems.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.58 (Oct 25, 2014)

  • Added a small fix that hopefully will solve the error 100005 problem occurs in some systems.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.57 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Added secondary sorting support: You can now get a secondary sorting, by holding down the shift key while clicking the column header. Be aware that you only have to hold down the shift key when clicking the second/third/fourth column. To sort the first column you should not hold down the Shift key.
  • Fixed to display local date/time values according to daylight saving time settings.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.56 (Jun 17, 2014)

  • Added /wildcardfilter command-line option, for example: OpenedFilesView.exe /wildcardfilter *.dat

New in OpenedFilesView 1.55 (Mar 3, 2014)

  • The 64-bit version of OpenedFilesView is now provided with a signed driver, so there is no need for driver signing test mode anymore

New in OpenedFilesView 1.52 (Jul 11, 2011)

  • Added 'Open File Folder' option (F8), which opens the folder of selected file in Windows Explorer.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.51 (May 11, 2011)

  • Added 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's turned on, the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to make it easier to read a single line.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.50 (Jan 24, 2011)

  • Added 'Mark Files With Position Change' - When it's turned on, files with position change are marked in green color.
  • Added '% Position' column - Displays the position of the file in % , relative to the current file size.
  • Fixed bug: OpenedFilesView failed to close network files from command-line.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.47 (Nov 10, 2010)

  • Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.46 (Nov 13, 2009)

  • filefilter now allows you to specify a filename without a path. For example, if you run OpenedFilesView with '/filefilter index.dat', all opened index.dat filenames will be displayed.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.45 (Sep 15, 2009)

  • Added command-line option for sorting the list in the save command-line options.
  • When saving from command-line, OpenedFilesView now only save the items according to the options selected in the last time that you used it. For example: if the 'Show Opened Directories' options is unchecked, opened directories won't be saved into the file.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.41 (Aug 31, 2009)

  • Added 'Explorer Copy' option - You can selected one or more files, choose 'Explorer Copy', and then paste them into Explorer window.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.40 (Jun 30, 2009)

  • Added 'Put Icon In Tray' option

New in OpenedFilesView 1.35 (Jun 30, 2009)

  • Added /processfilter command-line option.
  • Added drag And drop icon in the toolbar that allows to to easily view only the opened files of the desired application simply by dragging the target icon from the OpenedFilesView toolbar into the application.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.30 (Jan 2, 2009)

  • New option: Bring process to front.
  • Added more accelerator keys.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.26 (Oct 4, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: Extension column displayed wrong value when folder name contained a dot character.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.25 (Sep 29, 2008)

  • New option: Hide System Process Files.
  • New option: Hide Svchost Files.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.22 (Sep 12, 2008)

  • Added error message when OpenedFilesView fails to load the opened files list.
  • You can now send the information to stdout by specifying an empty filename ("") in the command-line. (For example: openedfilesview.exe /stab "" >> c: empof.txt)

New in OpenedFilesView 1.21 (Sep 12, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: When using command-line options, the opened files of OpenedFilesView itself were added into the list.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.20 (Aug 19, 2008)

  • New option: Mark Modified Filenames (Mark filenames that their date/time or file size was changed since the previous snapshot)

New in OpenedFilesView 1.18 (Jul 8, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: The dates displayed in system locale, instead of user locale

New in OpenedFilesView 1.17 (Jun 24, 2008)

  • Added new option: Convert short-path names to long-path names.

New in OpenedFilesView 1.16 (May 28, 2008)

  • Added file extension column, so you can sort the opened files list by file extension

New in OpenedFilesView 1.15 (May 19, 2008)

  • Added support for saving as comma-delimited text file.
  • Fixed bug: AutoRefresh sub-menu selection wasn't displayed.
  • Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the user switched to another application and then returned back to OpenedFilesView

New in OpenedFilesView 1.12 (Nov 24, 2007)

  • On Vista, OpenedFilesView now automatically requires to run as administrator (When User Account Control is turned on)

New in OpenedFilesView 1.11 (Nov 12, 2007)

  • Fixed bug: OpenedFilesView displayed wrong files when running it from context menu on a folder

New in OpenedFilesView 1.02 (Jul 15, 2006)

  • A tooltip is displayed when a string in a column is longer than the column length