AlternateStreamView Changelog

What's new in AlternateStreamView 1.58

Jan 27, 2023
  • Updated to stop the file system scan when you press the Esc key.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.57 (Oct 5, 2022)

  • Updated to work properly in high DPI mode.
  • When the main window of AlternateStreamView is large, the status bar section that shows the path while scanning is also enlarged

New in AlternateStreamView 1.56 (Jun 30, 2019)

  • Added /RunAsAdmin command-line option for running AlternateStreamView as administrator.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.55 (Oct 1, 2018)

  • Fixed bug: AlternateStreamView failed to remember the last size/position of the main window if it was not located in the primary monitor.
  • You can now send the data to stdout by specifying empty string as filename, for example:
  • AlternateStreamView.exe /scomma ""

New in AlternateStreamView 1.54 (Oct 22, 2017)

  • Added 'Keep The Original Attributes On Stream Delete' option (Under the Options menu). By default, when a stream is deleted, the system set the Archive attribute to the file. If this option is turned on, AlternateStreamView will keep the original attributes of the file without any change.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.53 (Aug 24, 2017)

  • Fixed bug: Scanning from command-line failed to work properly.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.52 (Feb 7, 2017)

  • Added 'Entry Modified' column (Windows Vista or later).
  • Fixed bug: When pressing Delete key inside the text-box of the Find window, AlternateStreamView asked you if you want to delete the selected item instead of deleting a character inside the find text-box.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.51 (Apr 14, 2015)

  • Added 'Run As Administrator' option (Ctrl+F11), which allows you to easily run AlternateStreamView as administrator on Windows Vista/7/8/2008.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.50 (Oct 15, 2014)

  • Added new columns: 'File Modified Time', 'File Created Time', 'File Attributes'.
  • Fixed bug: for some files, the Extension column displayed incorrect extension.
  • Fixed to display the correct icon for folders.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.45 (Aug 16, 2014)

  • Added /filename command-line option, which allows you to open AlternateStreamView with a single filename.
  • Added 'Explorer Context Menu' option. When it's turned on, 'AlternateStreamView' item is added to the context menu of Windows Explorer, and allows you to check the alternate streams of a single file.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.40 (Sep 29, 2013)

  • Added 'Open Folder In Explorer' option.
  • Added 64-bit build.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.36 (Jun 5, 2013)

  • You can now specify environment variables inside the scan folder (For example: %localappdata%, %appdata%)

New in AlternateStreamView 1.35 (Oct 29, 2012)

  • Fixed bug: When searching with woldcard that is not *.*, AlternateStreamView failed to scan the subfolders.
  • Fixed issue: The properties and the other windows opened in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.32 (Nov 11, 2011)

  • Added 'Extension' column, which allows you to easily sort the streams list by the extension of the filename.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.31 (Apr 26, 2011)

  • Fixed bug: AlternateStreamView crashed when trying to delete alternate stream with long filename

New in AlternateStreamView 1.30 (Mar 7, 2011)

  • Added 'Files Wildcard' option, which allows you to scan only the files with specific name/extension.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.25 (Jan 5, 2011)

  • Added 'Open Selected Stream With...' option.
  • Fixed bug: AlternateStreamView failed to locate 2 dots stream names (for example - F:\MyFolder\..:stream1)
  • Fixed issue: AlternateStreamView failed to locate alternate streams on remote network drive.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.20 (Jan 3, 2011)

  • Fixed bug: AlternateStreamView didn't display alternate streams attached to the root folder of the search.
  • 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 AlternateStreamView 1.15 (Jul 15, 2010)

  • Added command-line support.
  • Fixed issue: Removed the wrong encoding from the xml string, which caused problems to some xml viewers.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.12 (Dec 11, 2009)

  • Fixed the problem with icons on Windows 7/x64 systems.

New in AlternateStreamView 1.11 (Aug 31, 2009)

  • Added 'Explorer Copy' option - copy selected files and then paste them into Explorer window

New in AlternateStreamView 1.10 (Aug 31, 2009)

  • Added support for choosing the folder depth of subfolders scanning

New in AlternateStreamView 1.05 (Feb 16, 2009)

  • Fixed bug: In Windows Vista, NTFS junction point to 'Application Data' folder created a recursive scan. In this version, AlternateStreamView automatically skip junction points.
  • Fixed bug: AlternateStreamView failed to delete streams of read-only files.
  • Fixed bug: AlternateStreamView allowed to close the main window during scan.