WifiHistoryView Changelog

What's new in WifiHistoryView 1.65

Feb 8, 2024
  • Added 'Connect Duration' column, which displays the total time that the network was connected (Only for 'Disconnected' events)
  • Added 'Sort By' toolbar button

New in WifiHistoryView 1.64 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • Added milliseconds to the 'Event Time' column.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.63 (Jul 27, 2022)

  • Added /Columns command-line option, which allows you to set the columns to display or the columns to export from command-line, for example:
  • WifiHistoryView.exe /Columns "Event Time,Event Type,Network Adapter Name,SSID,Disconnect Reason"

New in WifiHistoryView 1.62 (Mar 26, 2022)

  • 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 WifiHistoryView 1.61 (Aug 26, 2021)

  • 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 WifiHistoryView 1.60 (Jul 13, 2021)

  • Added option to specify user name and password to connect a
  • remote computer (In the 'Advanced Options' window).
  • Fixed to display error on status bar when WifiHistoryView fails
  • to access the event log.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.57 (May 15, 2021)

  • Fixed some high DPI mode issues (Toolbar, Properties Window).

New in WifiHistoryView 1.56 (Jun 10, 2020)

  • Added 'Event Log Filename' column, which displays the event log filename if the event was loaded from archive log files.
  • Fixed the /cfg command-line option to load the .cfg file from the current directory if full path is not specified.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.55 (Apr 6, 2020)

  • Added options to filter the wifi history information by Event Type: Show Connected, Show Disconnected, Show Failed To Connect, Show Network Association.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.52 (Feb 7, 2020)

  • Added option to choose another font (name and size) to display in the main window.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.50 (Sep 9, 2018)

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

New in WifiHistoryView 1.48 (Feb 24, 2018)

  • Added 'Select All' and 'Deselect All' to the 'Column Settings' window.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.47 (Dec 15, 2017)

  • Added new options to the 'Quick Filter' feature.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.46 (Oct 18, 2017)

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

New in WifiHistoryView 1.45 (May 9, 2017)

  • WifiHistoryView now reads archive log files when connecting a remote computer.
  • Added 'Read archive log files' option in 'Advanced Options' window (You can turn it off if you don't want to read archive files).
  • Added option to read the log files from shadow copy (Requires to run WifiHistoryView as administrator). In shadow copies you might find older log records that don't exist in your current log files.
  • Fixed bug: 'Copy Selected Items' worked improperly when setting the 'Unicode/Ascii Save Mode' to 'Always UTF-8'.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.40 (Apr 17, 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 toolbar and WifiHistoryView will instantly filter the wifi history items, showing only lines that contain the string you typed.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.36 (Jan 6, 2017)

  • Added option to set the AutoBackup/Retention mode of the wifi history log file (In 'Event Log Options' window - F8). You can set the AutoBackup/Retention mode to 'Archive the log when full' if you want to keep all Wifi history without limitation ( By default, old events are deleted when the event log is full)

New in WifiHistoryView 1.35 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • WifiHistoryView now reads archive log files ( Archive-Microsoft-Windows-WLAN-AutoConfig%4Operational*.evtx ). Be aware that archive log files are created only if the configuration of Microsoft-Windows-WLAN-AutoConfig/Operational log is 'Archive the log when full'. Also, in order to read the archive files, you have to run WifiHistoryView as administrator.
  • You can now specify wildcard to load mutiple archive files when the data source is 'external file'.
  • Added 'Run As Administrator' option (Ctrl+F11).

New in WifiHistoryView 1.30 (Oct 28, 2016)

  • Added 'Process ID' and 'Thread ID' columns

New in WifiHistoryView 1.25 (Oct 11, 2016)

  • Added option to connect multiple remote computers (comma-delimited list) in 'Advanced Options' window.
  • Added 'Computer Name' column.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.20 (Sep 13, 2016)

  • Added option to connect a remote computer (In 'Advanced Options' window - F9)

New in WifiHistoryView 1.15 (Aug 22, 2016)

  • Added 'Event Log Options' (F8), which allows you to enabled/disable the event log that records the Wifi history (Microsoft-Windows-WLAN-AutoConfig/Operational) and modify the maximum size of the log file. This feature requires elevation.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.10 (Aug 3, 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 WifiHistoryView 1.06 (Mar 17, 2016)

  • When loading an external file, the filename is now displayed in the window title.

New in WifiHistoryView 1.05 (Mar 17, 2016)

  • Added 'Connection Mode' column.