MD5 Registry

Having a lot of files on your computer in a chaotic layout not only can it put pressure on your system, but it also makes identifying files of interest rather difficult. To help out, MD5 Registry comes with the means to scan specific sources, calculate MD5 checksums and helps you put tags or even identify duplicate entries.

One of the major advantages here is portability. On the one hand, it saves you the effort of going through a setup process to make it work, and thus enabling it to be carried around and used directly from a thumb drive. On the other hand, no changes are made to registry entries, thus keeping the target PC intact.

The visual design is pretty intuitive, causing no accommodation problems whatsoever. There’s a side navigation panel which shows a tree list of all directories you decide to load, while the other pane offers a detailed report of all files inside the selected folder. Column headers also serve as filter options, showing name, size, date modified, comments, MD5 checksum, and path.

Loading a folder needs to be done through the browse dialog since drag and drop is not supported. Note that the application automatically starts to calculate MD5 checksums for all items in the loaded folder, which can take some time. You can cease the scan operation, or simply let it finish, with corresponding values updated in real time.

All checksum values can be saved as a CSV file in case you need a detailed report. File operations make it possible to remove specific items. You can attach comments to any of the scanned files.

The entire operation represents a profile you can save to file for later processing. Moreover, there’s the possibility to scan your computer for similar files based on a specific MD5 checksum value, thus helping sweep out duplicate items.

All things considered, we can state that MD5 Registry is sure to come in handy for cleaning duplicate files and creating detailed reports about custom folders. The visual design allows individuals of all levels of experience to get the hang of things, while portability provides the necessary flexibility.