ESEDatabaseView Changelog

What's new in ESEDatabaseView 1.74

Aug 12, 2023
  • Fixed issue: When copying data to the clipboard or exporting to tab-delimited file, every line contained an empty field in the end of the line.
  • Fixed the export to tab-delimited file to work properly when a column value contains CR LF characters.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.73 (Jun 14, 2023)

  • Added 'Full Screen' mode (View -> Full Screen or F11 key).

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.72 (Feb 24, 2023)

  • Added 'Sort By' toolbar button.
  • Added 'Open Recent File' toolbar button.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.70 (Jun 23, 2022)

  • You can now set your own icon to display near every item instead of the default icon, by changing the ItemIcon line in the ESEDatabaseView.cfg file.
  • You can load icon from .ico file, .exe file, or .dll file. for .exe and .dll files, you can specify the icon index (positive number) or the icon ID (negative number)

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.69 (Jun 4, 2022)

  • Fixed bug with the 'Auto Detect 64-bit Date/Time Value' option: Some numeric values detected as date/time values.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.68 (Mar 2, 2022)

  • Added /Columns command-line option, which allows you to specify the fields to export from command-line.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.67 (Feb 9, 2022)

  • When you move the mouse over the column header, you can now see the field type and field ID in the bottom status bar.
  • Added /SaveDirect command-line option for using with the other save command-line options (/scomma, /stab, /sxml, and so on...), which allows you to export the database table directly to a file, instead of accumulating all data in memory and then save them to file in the end. It's recommended to use this option if you export a very large table.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.66 (May 23, 2021)

  • Updated to work properly in high DPI mode.
  • 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.
  • Added option to change the sorting column from the menu (View -> Sort By). Like the column header click sorting, if you click again the same sorting menu item, it'll switch between ascending and descending order. Also, if you hold down the shift key while choosing the sort menu item, you'll get a secondary sorting.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.65 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • Added 'Copy Clicked Cell' option to the right-click context menu, which copies to the clipboard the text of cell that you right-clicked with the mouse.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.63 (Jul 17, 2019)

  • Fixed to display GUID columns. (In previous versions, the code to display GUID columns was missing and the GUID columns remained empty)

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.62 (Oct 29, 2018)

  • Fixed to sort date/time columns properly.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.61 (Mar 16, 2018)

  • Added 'Run As Administrator' option (Ctrl+F11).

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.60 (Jan 28, 2018)

  • Fixed bug: On some tables ESEDatabaseView failed to read properly some of the fields.
  • Added 'Detect Ascii Strings In Binary Data' option. When it's turned on, ESEDatabaseView displays binary data as string if it detects that the binary data is Ascii string. This option is useful for cookies names and values (CookieEntryEx_XX tables) in the database of MS-Edge browser (WebCacheV01.dat).
  • Added 'Put Icon On Tray' option.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.54 (Jul 24, 2017)

  • Added new quick filter options: 'Find records with all words (space-delimited list)' and 'Find records with all strings (comma-delimited list)'
  • Added new quick filter combo-box: 'Show only items match the filter' and 'Hide items that match the filter'.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.53 (Jun 10, 2017)

  • Added 'Open spartan.edb Database' which automatically opens the spartan.edb database of IE11. This file stores the Favorites of IE11 and the full path of this file is %LOCALAPPDATA%PackagesMicrosoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbweACMicrosoftEdgeUserDefaultDataStoreDatanouser1120712-0049DBStorespartan.edb)
  • Made the display of binary data a little faster.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.52 (May 16, 2017)

  • Added 'Detect UTF-16 Strings In Binary Data'. When it's turned on, ESEDatabaseView displays binary data as string if it detects that the binary data is UTF-16 string. (e.g: 'Key' field in MSysLocales table)
  • Fixed bug: 'Copy Selected Items' worked improperly when setting the 'Unicode/Ascii Save Mode' to 'Always UTF-8'.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.51 (May 2, 2017)

  • Fixed the 'Show Binary URL As String' feature to work properly when the URL string starts in different position.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.50 (Mar 30, 2017)

  • 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 tables combo-box and ESEDatabaseView will instantly filter the ESE database records, showing only lines that contain the string you typed.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.43 (Jan 2, 2017)

  • Added 'Save All Items' (Shift+Ctrl+S).

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.42 (Aug 27, 2016)

  • Fixed bug: ESEDatabaseView crashed when using the find option while the last item was selected.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.41 (May 20, 2016)

  • Added 'Align Numeric Columns To Right' option.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.40 (May 20, 2016)

  • Fixed bug: On some databases/tables (like Recipient table in store.vol or tbUpdateLocalizedProps table in DataStore.edb) ESEDatabaseView omitted the first 4 characters of a string.
  • Added 'Select All' and 'Deselect All' buttons to the 'Choose Column' window.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.37 (Apr 4, 2016)

  • You can now choose the desired encoding (ANSI, UTF-8, UTF-16) to save the csv/xml/text/html files. (Under the Options menu)

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.36 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • Added 'New ESEDatabaseView Instance' under the File menu, for opening a new window of ESEDatabaseView.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.35 (Dec 3, 2015)

  • When 'Auto Detect 64-bit Date/Time Value' option is turned on, ESEDatabaseView now detects the Modified field of tbFiles table inside DataStore.edb
  • The properties window is now resizable.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.33 (Sep 28, 2015)

  • Fixed issue: ESEDatabaseView failed to display dates earlier than 01/01/1986.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.32 (Aug 6, 2015)

  • Added 'Show Binary URL As String'. When it's turned on, the Urls field of tbFiles table inside DataStore.edb is displayed as string.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.31 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • Fixed the 'Open Locked IE10/IE11 Database' option to work with the latest build of Windows 10/IE11.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.30 (May 7, 2015)

  • Added option to export to JSON file.
  • Fixed bug: ESEDatabaseView failed to load records on some tables/databases.
  • Fixed bug: ESEDatabaseView crashed when trying to load a very large binary value.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.25 (Feb 21, 2015)

  • Fixed bug: ESEDatabaseView displayed incorrect values in date/time fields.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.24 (Jan 25, 2015)

  • Fixed bug: ESEDatabaseView failed to remember the last size/position of the main window if it was not located in the primary monitor.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.23 (Jun 30, 2014)

  • You can now specify an empty string ("") in order to send the data to stdout, for example: ESEDatabaseView.exe /table "c:\temp\contacts.edb" "SimpleContact-v081111-0122-1303" /scomma ""

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.22 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • Added 'Copy Sorted Column Data' option, which copies to the clipboard the text of all selected items, but only the column that is currently sorted.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.21 (May 12, 2014)

  • Fixed to find the correct item when typing the string you want to search into the main List View

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.20 (Mar 25, 2014)

  • Added option to export all tables from command-line (Each table in a separated file), for example: ESEDatabaseView.exe /table "C:\temp\WebCacheV01.dat" * /scomma "C:\Temp\export\webcache_*.csv"

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.18 (Jan 18, 2014)

  • Fixed to display local date/time values according to daylight saving time settings.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.17 (Jan 18, 2014)

  • Added 'Open SoftwareDistribution Database' option, which opens the database file containing information about installed Winodws updates (C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb)

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.16 (Nov 9, 2013)

  • Added 'Clear Recent Files List' option

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.15 (Jun 21, 2013)

  • Added 'Open Recent File' menu, which allows you to easily open the last 10 database files that you previously opened.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.10 (May 14, 2013)

  • Added 'Open Locked IE10 Database' option, which copies the locked database file of Internet Explorer 10 (WebCacheV01.dat or WebCacheV24.dat) into a temporary filename, and then opens the temporary filename in ESEDatabaseView. You can use this option to easily view the cache/history/cookies information stored by IE10.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.07 (Apr 29, 2013)

  • Fixed the flickering appeared while scrolling the database records

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.06 (Apr 4, 2013)

  • Added 'Convert Date/Time From GMT To Local Time' option.

New in ESEDatabaseView 1.05 (Mar 15, 2013)

  • Added command-line support