MD5 Calculator

Specifically designed for Windows 8 and 8.1, MD5 Calculator for Windows 8 is a straightforward app that gives you the possibility to calculate the MD5 signatures of any two files, no matter what extension they have, as well as to compare the MD5 hash of two files.

This comes in handy for checking integrity to figure out if two files are identical or different. For example, you can find out if a file was successfully downloaded from the web or remained incomplete.

MD5 Calculator for Windows 8 can be seamlessly downloaded and installed from the Windows Apps Store. It gets launched in full screen mode and adopts the Metro look with a dark background along with large and flat buttons, optimized for PCs and tablets running Windows 8 or 8.1.

With the help of the file browser, you can explore disk directories to find and open the file you want to calculate the MD5 signature for. It's instantly computer and displayed in this window after pressing a button, and it can be selected and copied to the Clipboard.

If you want to compare two files by their checksums, all you have to do is type or paste another MD5 alphanumerical value in the dedicated box and press a button to find out if the two hashes match or are different. There are no options implemented for printing or saving information to file.

It remained stable throughout its entire runtime in our tests, without freezing, crashing or prompting error dialogs. As we expected, it didn't put a strain on the computer's performance, thanks to the fact that it needed a low amount of CPU and RAM to work properly. Thanks to its intuitive options, MD5 Calculator for Windows 8 can be easily used.