HashMyFiles Changelog

What's new in HashMyFiles 2.44

Jul 28, 2023
  • You can now send the hash data to stdout by specifying an empty string as the filename.

New in HashMyFiles 2.43 (Dec 2, 2021)

  • Added /cfg command-line option to start HashMyFiles with the specified config file.

New in HashMyFiles 2.42 (Sep 15, 2021)

  • Added 'Drag & Drop / Explorer Paste Folder Mode' option, which controls how folder is added when dragging a folder from Windows Explorer or pasting a folder from Windows Explorer.
  • There are 2 option to choose: 'Add only files from the base folder' (The default option) or 'Add files from the base folder and all its subfolders'.
  • 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.

New in HashMyFiles 2.41 (Jul 8, 2021)

  • Fixed bug: The 'Open In VirusTotal Web Site' string of the Explorer menu was not loaded from the translation file.

New in HashMyFiles 2.40 (Jun 4, 2021)

  • The process of hashing very large files is now faster than previous versions.
  • Fixed to display hashes for zero-length files.

New in HashMyFiles 2.38 (Mar 1, 2021)

  • Updated the 'Open In VirusTotal Web site' option to work with SHA1 and MD5 hashes.

New in HashMyFiles 2.37 (Oct 1, 2020)

  • Added option to choose another font (name and size) to display in the main window (Options -> Select Another Font).

New in HashMyFiles 2.36 (Aug 21, 2019)

  • Fixed another problem when hashing multiple files from the Explorer context menu.

New in HashMyFiles 2.35 (May 15, 2019)

  • Fixed again the 'Open In VirusTotal Web site' option, because the link on 2.33 didn't work for some users. Also, HashMyFiles displays an error message if you try to use this option while SHA256 is turned off, because VirusTotal doesn't support MD5 hashes anymore.
  • Added 'Copy SHA384' and 'Copy SHA512' options.
  • Fixed problem when hashing multiple files from the Explorer context menu.

New in HashMyFiles 2.33 (Apr 18, 2019)

  • Added HashMyFiles icon to the Explorer context menu.
  • Fixed the 'Open In VirusTotal Web site' option to open a link that allows you to reanalyze the file.

New in HashMyFiles 2.31 (Aug 6, 2018)

  • You can now resize the properties window, and the last size/position of this window is saved in the .cfg file.

New in HashMyFiles 2.30 (May 18, 2018)

  • The Copy MD5/SHA1/SHA256 options now work with multiple selected items.

New in HashMyFiles 2.25 (Dec 28, 2017)

  • Added command-line options to turn on/off specific hash types, for example:
  • HashMyFiles.exe /MD5 1 /SHA1 1 /SHA256 0

New in HashMyFiles 2.24 (Nov 21, 2017)

  • Added 'Open Folder In Explorer' option.

New in HashMyFiles 2.23 (May 3, 2017)

  • Fixed the 'Mark Hash In Clipboard' option to work with unlimited amount of hashes (In previous versions it was limited to 255 characters)

New in HashMyFiles 2.22 (Feb 23, 2017)

  • Added 'Entry Modified Time' column (Available only on Windows Vista or later with NTFS file system).

New in HashMyFiles 2.21 (Dec 19, 2016)

  • Fixed bug: HashMyFiles created a csv file without header when using /SaveDirect command-line option with 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option turned on.

New in HashMyFiles 2.20 (Sep 21, 2016)

  • Fixed the 'Open In VirusTotal Web site' option to work properly when 'Show Hashes In Uppercase' option is turned on.

New in HashMyFiles 2.19 (Jul 21, 2016)

  • Added new information to 'File Attributes' column: 'I' for 'Not Content Indexed', 'E' for encrypted file, 'X' for 'No Scrub File', and 'V' for 'Integrity Attribute'.

New in HashMyFiles 2.18 (Mar 23, 2016)

  • Fixed bug: The 'Run As Administrator' option failed to work on some systems

New in HashMyFiles 2.17 (Oct 5, 2015)

  • Fixed bug: the extension column displayed a wrong value when the folder name had a dot character.
  • Increased the size of bottom status bar to display long paths.

New in HashMyFiles 2.16 (Aug 31, 2015)

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

New in HashMyFiles 2.15 (Jul 21, 2015)

  • 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 hashes directly to a file, instead of accumulating all hashes in memory and then save them to file in the end.

New in HashMyFiles 2.11 (May 25, 2015)

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

New in HashMyFiles 2.10 (Dec 13, 2014)

  • Added accelerator key to 'Open In VirusTotal Web Site' option. (Ctrl+R)
  • Fixed the 'Open In VirusTotal Web Site' option to work properly with MD5 hash when there is no SHA256 hash.
  • Fixed bug: HashMyFiles failed to remember the last size/position of the main window if it was not located in the primary monitor.

New in HashMyFiles 2.05 (Oct 25, 2014)

  • Added option to add 'Open In VirusTotal Web Site' to the context menu of Windows explorer. When right-clicking on a file in Windows Explorer and choosing 'Open In VirusTotal Web Site', HashMyFiles calculates the hash of this file and then opens it in VirusTotal Web site.
  • Added /virustotal command-line option, which calculates the hash of the specified file and then opens it in VirusTotal Web site.

New in HashMyFiles 2.03 (Sep 15, 2014)

  • Fixed HashMyFiles to handle daylight saving time properly, like Explorer on Windows 7.

New in HashMyFiles 2.02 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • Added 'Copy SHA256' option (F11)

New in HashMyFiles 2.01 (Jul 26, 2013)

  • If SHA256 hash is not active, 'Open In VirusTotal Web site' option now works with MD5 hashes

New in HashMyFiles 2.00 (Jul 13, 2013)

  • Added 'Open In VirusTotal Web site' option. (Works only when SHA256 hash is active)
  • If you have a software file that other people already submitted to VirusTotal, this option will open a Web page in VirusTotal Web site with the Antivirus scanning result.

New in HashMyFiles 1.97 (Jun 21, 2013)

  • You can now use environment strings in the 'Add Folder' and 'Add By Wildcard' options (For example: %AppData%\*.* )
  • Added 64-bit build.

New in HashMyFiles 1.96 (Jun 6, 2013)

  • Fixed bug: HashMyFiles displayed hashes for empty files, and marked them as identical to the string in the clipboard.
  • Fixed the flickering while scrolling the hash list.

New in HashMyFiles 1.95 (Feb 23, 2013)

  • When selecting one or more files located on a remote network and choosing 'Move To Recycle Bin', HashMyFiles now asks you whether you want to delete the files, because remote network files cannot be sent to Recycle Bin.
  • When HashMyFiles asks you whether to delete files or move them to Recycle Bin, the default answer is now set to 'No'.
  • Accelerator keys change: Del key is now used for 'Remove Selected Files' option.
  • 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.
  • Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option, which allows you to automatically resize the columns according to the row values and column headers.

New in HashMyFiles 1.90 (Jun 23, 2012)

  • Fixed bug: HashMyFiles failed to detect identical files properly if the user unchecked the MD5, SHA1, and CRC32 hash types.

New in HashMyFiles 1.89 (Jun 11, 2012)

  • Fixed bug: HashMyFiles didn't display any hash if the user unchecked the MD5, SHA1, and CRC32 hash types.

New in HashMyFiles 1.88 (Feb 27, 2012)

  • Fixed the 'Mark Hash In Clipboard' option to work with CRC32

New in HashMyFiles 1.87 (Feb 15, 2012)

  • Fixed bug: The 'Mark Hash In Clipboard' option failed to work with the SHA-256, SHA-512, and SHA-384 hashes.

New in HashMyFiles 1.86 (Feb 6, 2012)

  • Fixed bug: HashMyFiles failed to display the size and date/time information for a filename that begins with dot character.

New in HashMyFiles 1.85 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Added support for SHA-384 hashes. (Supported on Windows XP/SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008)

New in HashMyFiles 1.81 (Dec 19, 2011)

  • Added 'CRC32 Display Mode' - Hexadecimal or Decimal.

New in HashMyFiles 1.80 (Nov 30, 2011)

  • Added support for SHA-256 and SHA-512 hashes. These hashes are supported on Windows XP/SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008

New in HashMyFiles 1.72 (Oct 4, 2011)

  • You can now drag one or more files from the window of HashMyFiles into Explorer window or other application.

New in HashMyFiles 1.71 (Apr 26, 2011)

  • Added 'Remove Selected Files' (Ctrl+R), which remove the selected files from the list of hashes.

New in HashMyFiles 1.70 (Dec 16, 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 HashMyFiles 1.68 (Jun 23, 2010)

  • Added 'Copy CRC32' to the context menu.

New in HashMyFiles 1.67 (May 3, 2010)

  • Added 'Copy CRC32' option.

New in HashMyFiles 1.66 (Dec 24, 2009)

  • In 'Add By Wildcard' window, the browse button now works properly.

New in HashMyFiles 1.65 (Dec 21, 2009)

  • Added 'Add By Wildcard' option (F6), which allows you to add multiple files by specifying wildcard and subfolder depth.
  • Added /wildcard command-line option for using the new 'Add By Wildcard' option from command-line.

New in HashMyFiles 1.61 (Dec 11, 2009)

  • Fixed bug: Export to .csv files did'nt work well if one of the values contained comma characters

New in HashMyFiles 1.60 (Nov 30, 2009)

  • Added 'File Attributes' column.
  • Added 'Show Time in GMT' option.
  • Added 'Move To Recycle Bin' option.
  • Fixed missing icons problem in Windows7/x64.

New in HashMyFiles 1.55 (Nov 15, 2009)

  • Added 'Delete Selected Files' option, which allows you to easily delete duplicated files.

New in HashMyFiles 1.52 (Sep 30, 2009)

  • Added sorting command-line options.

New in HashMyFiles 1.51 (Sep 3, 2009)

  • Fixed bug: Modified Time and Created Time displayed the same date/time.

New in HashMyFiles 1.50 (Aug 31, 2009)

  • Added 'Explorer Paste' option, which allows you to paste a list of files that copied from Explorer window or from any other software that copy files to the clipboard, including some utilities of NirSoft, like SearchMyFiles, IECacheView, and RegDllView. (by using the 'Explorer Copy' option)

New in HashMyFiles 1.47 (Jul 6, 2009)

  • Fixed bug: Save command-line options failed to work in the last relea

New in HashMyFiles 1.46 (Jun 30, 2009)

  • Fixed issue: When HashMyFiles window is hidden and there is an icon in the taskbar, running HashMyFiles again will open the existing instance of HashMyFiles, instead of creating another one.

New in HashMyFiles 1.45 (Jun 15, 2009)

  • Added 'Put Icon In Tray' option.

New in HashMyFiles 1.43 (Jan 7, 2009)

  • When you specify empty string ("") in the /folder command-line option, HashMyFiles will now use the current folder

New in HashMyFiles 1.42 (Oct 24, 2008)

  • Added AutoComplete to select folder dialog-box

New in HashMyFiles 1.41 (Oct 2, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: 'Mark Hash In Clipboard' option marked all hashes when one or more hash types were deselected

New in HashMyFiles 1.40 (Sep 20, 2008)

  • Added 'Hash Types' sub-menu under options. Allows you to select which types of hashes you want to calculate

New in HashMyFiles 1.37 (Sep 6, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: When dragging a file into HashMyFiles window while it's already processed by HashMyFiles, the file was added multiple times

New in HashMyFiles 1.36 (Jul 19, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: When 'Add files in subfolders' was selected, only sub-folders files were added

New in HashMyFiles 1.35 (Jul 16, 2008)

  • Added 'Select Folder' dialog-box.
  • Added new option: 'Add files in subfolders'.
  • Added /folders command-line option
  • Added file extension column.
  • 'Select Process' dialog-box is now resizable.

New in HashMyFiles 1.28 (Apr 16, 2008)

  • Display single file progress information (in percent) while hashing large files

New in HashMyFiles 1.27 (Mar 2, 2008)

  • Added new file type in save - comma-delimited file (.csv)
  • Added new command-line option - /scomma

New in HashMyFiles 1.26 (Feb 15, 2008)

  • 'Mark Identical Hashes' option - now also works with saved HTML files and HTML reports

New in HashMyFiles 1.25 (Feb 5, 2008)

  • Add new column: 'Identical' - When there are 2 or more identical hashes, this column is filled with a number (1 for the first identical hashes, 2 for the second, and so on...)
  • Add 'Mark Identical Hashes' option - Mark identical hashes with up to 8 different colors

New in HashMyFiles 1.20 (Jan 28, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: When using 'Add Process Files' option, the filenames displayed in short path format.

New in HashMyFiles 1.19 (Jan 23, 2008)

  • New command-line option: /files (support for loading multiple files)

New in HashMyFiles 1.18 (Jan 5, 2008)

  • Fixed bug in Unicode version: wrong characters added to clipboard copy option

New in HashMyFiles 1.17 (Jan 3, 2008)

  • Added 'Mark Hash In Clipboard' option. If this options is selected, the hash that you copy to the clipboard is compared to the MD5/SHA1 hashes that are currently displayed in HashMyFiles. If there is a match, the hash line is marked in green color.

New in HashMyFiles 1.16 (Dec 27, 2007)

  • Added 'FF FE' characters in the beginning of the saved Unicode files (Unicode version only).

New in HashMyFiles 1.10 (Dec 5, 2007)

  • Explorer Context Menu - If an instance of HashMyFiles is already running, the selected files will be added to the existing instance, instead of creating a new one.
  • File icons are now displayed according to the file type.
  • New option: Always On Top.
  • Added 'Stop' menu item while calculating the hashes.
  • Added CRC32 calculations.
  • Added new columns: Modified Time, Created Time, and File Size