What's new in WirelessKeyView 2.23
Nov 20, 2023
- Fixed the external drive feature to work properly on Windows 11 22H2.
- 'Copy QR Code' option - Added white space around the QR Code.
New in WirelessKeyView 2.22 (Mar 29, 2021)
- Added 'Copy QR Code' option (Under the Edit menu), which allows you to copy the QR Code image of the selected wireless network to the clipboard. This option is enabled when the 'Display QR Code' option is turned on.
New in WirelessKeyView 2.21 (Jan 3, 2021)
- Fixed to display the key type of WPA3 items as WPA3-SAE.
New in WirelessKeyView 2.20 (Oct 3, 2020)
- Added 'Display QR Code' option (View -> Display QR Code or simply press F2): When it's turned on, QR Code of the selected wireless key is displayed on the lower pane of the WirelessKeyView.
- You can use it with QR Code Reader app on your smartphone to instantly connect your smartphone to the desired Wifi network.
New in WirelessKeyView 2.11 (Nov 29, 2019)
- When loading the wireless passwords from remote computer, the computer name is now displayed in the window title.
- The download zip files are now password-protected.
New in WirelessKeyView 2.10 (Nov 24, 2019)
- Added 'Open Folder In Explorer' option, which opens the folder (In Windows Explorer) where the wireless key is stored.
New in WirelessKeyView 2.06 (Nov 22, 2018)
- Added 'Save All Items' and 'Export All Items' options.
New in WirelessKeyView 2.05 (Nov 10, 2016)
- Added command-line options to modify the settings of 'Advanced Options' window, for example: WirelessKeyView.exe /LoadFrom 2 /ExternalWinDir "J:Windows" /WlansvcFolder "J:ProgramDataMicrosoftWlansvcProfiles" /scomma "c:tempwk1.csv"
New in WirelessKeyView 2.00 (Aug 9, 2016)
- Added support for decrypting wireless keys from external drive of any version of Windows, starting from Windows XP and up to Windows 10. ('Advanced Options' window - F9)
- Added 'Advanced external drive settings' option, which allows you to choose the Windows protect folder and the Registry hives folder.
- WirelessKeyView now supports 2 methods for decrypting the wireless keys of the current running system. If from some reason the default method doesn't work on your system, you can choose the other one.
- Added option to view the wireless network of remote computer on your network (In 'Advanced Options' window). It only works if you have full admin access to the remote computer (Including admin shares) and the remote computer has Windows Vista or later. (XP is not supported)
New in WirelessKeyView 1.76 (Apr 6, 2016)
- Added 'Open Filename In Notepad' option (For Windows Vista or later).
New in WirelessKeyView 1.75 (Mar 16, 2016)
- Added 'Filename' column (For Windows Vista or later).
- Added 'Show Time In GMT' option.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.72 (Nov 12, 2015)
- Fix bug: WirelessKeyView failed to import keys if the key or network name contained '&' or some other characters
New in WirelessKeyView 1.71 (Aug 23, 2015)
- 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.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.70 (Feb 17, 2014)
- WPA2-PSK keys are now detected properly on Windows XP (In previous versions WirelessKeyView displayed them as WPA-PSK keys)
- The 'Last Modified' column is now also active on Windows XP.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.68 (Sep 9, 2013)
- Fixed a bug in the 32-bit build without command-line support: On Windows 7/8/Vista/2008: WirelessKeyView created a new process of WirelessKeyView again and again
New in WirelessKeyView 1.67 (Jul 16, 2013)
- Added new build of WirelessKeyView without command-line support. In this version, you cannot extract wireless key data without displaying the user interface (Which means that /stab, /shtml and other export command-line options will not work in this build). The advantage of this build: There is a chance that this build will trigger less Antivirus alerts, simply because it cannot be used by hackers to grab wireless keys stealthily. This build is also compiled with different compiler options.
- Changed the name in the version resource from WirelessKeyView to WKV. Strangely, this change reduces the Antivirus alerts dramatically, at least for now.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.66 (May 17, 2013)
- Added 'Last Modified' column (Works only on Windows Vista/7/8)
New in WirelessKeyView 1.65 (Apr 19, 2013)
- Added 'Show SSIDs Without Key' option.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.61 (Apr 1, 2013)
- In order to avoid from deletion by mistake, the delete menu item is now separated from the others. Also, the default answer for the delete question is No.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.60 (Oct 30, 2012)
- WirelessKeyView now uses a new method to grab the wireless keys on Windows 7/8/2008: Instead of code injection, WirelessKeyView creates a child process that extracts the wireless keys. This means that you can use the 32-bit build of WirelessKeyView under Windows 7/8/2008 64-bit
New in WirelessKeyView 1.56 (Sep 22, 2012)
- Fixed issue: The properties and the 'Advanced Options' windows opened in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.55 (Jul 30, 2012)
- Added /export and /import command-line options, which allows you to export/import wireless keys from command-line.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.50 (Apr 30, 2012)
- Added export and import feature. You can now select one or more wireless keys, export them into a file (with File -> Export Selected Items or Ctrl+E) and then import these keys into another computer (With File -> Import Keys From Export File or Ctrl+I). Be aware that the import feature only works with Windows XP/SP3 or later (including Windows 2008/7/Vista). The export feature works on every system starting from Windows XP/SP1. Read the 'Export And Import Wireless Keys' section for more information about this new feature.
- Added 3 new columns, only for Windows 7/2008/Vista: Authentication, Encryption, Connection Type (ESS for infrastructure network, IBSS for ad-hoc network).
New in WirelessKeyView 1.36 (Sep 13, 2011)
- Fixed bug on Windows 7/2008/Vista: WirelessKeyView truncated the key after 32 characters.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.35 (Apr 20, 2011)
- 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 '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 WirelessKeyView 1.34 (May 3, 2010)
- Fixed bug: pressing the delete key in the find window deleted an item in the main window
New in WirelessKeyView 1.33 (May 3, 2010)
- When loading WirelessKeyView under Windows 7 in the first time, the 'Code Inject' mode is now turned on by default
New in WirelessKeyView 1.32 (Jan 22, 2010)
- Added /codeinject command-line option
New in WirelessKeyView 1.31 (Dec 1, 2009)
- Fixed a crash problem with Application Compatibility Engine on Windows 7/Vista (only when 'Use code injection method' is turned on).
New in WirelessKeyView 1.30 (Nov 11, 2009)
- Added 'Use code injection method' option in the Advanced Options window, as a workaround for using this utility on Windows 7.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.28 (Oct 13, 2009)
- Added sorting command-line options.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.27 (Jun 24, 2009)
- Fixed bug: In Vista, WPA-PSK keys in Ascii form displayed additional space character
New in WirelessKeyView 1.26 (Mar 18, 2009)
- Fixed bug: In Vista, if WPA-PSK key contained 32 characters, the key was not displayed in Ascii form
New in WirelessKeyView 1.25 (Mar 9, 2009)
- New and safer method to extract the wireless keys of the local machine: In previous versions, WirelessKeyView injected code into lsass.exe in order to grab the wireless keys from the system. In rare cases, this technique caused a crash inside lsass.exe process. Starting from this version, WirelessKeyView uses a new method that extract the wireless keys without any code injection.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.20 (Dec 15, 2008)
- WirelessKeyView now allows you to extract the wireless keys from external instance of Windows XP. (In Advanced Options)
New in WirelessKeyView 1.18 (Dec 15, 2008)
- You can now send the information to stdout by specifying an empty filename ("") in the command-line. (For example: WirelessKeyView.exe /stab "" >> c:/temp/keys.txt)
New in WirelessKeyView 1.17 (Jun 29, 2008)
- Fixed bug: WirelessKeyView failed to find the adapter name
- Fixed bug: Bad color in HTML report
- Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the user switched to another application and then returned back to WirelessKeyView.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.16 (Mar 13, 2008)
- Added support for saving as comma-delimited file
New in WirelessKeyView 1.15 (Nov 18, 2007)
- Added support for deleting the wireless keys of old network adapters
New in WirelessKeyView 1.13 (Nov 2, 2007)
- Under Vista, this utility now runs as admin automatically. You don't have to explicitly choose the "Run As Administrator" option.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.12 (Oct 29, 2007)
- The configuration is now saved to a file instead of the Registry
New in WirelessKeyView 1.11 (Sep 19, 2007)
- Fixed 'Access Violation' problem under some wireless cards.
New in WirelessKeyView 1.10 (Apr 10, 2007)
- Added support for Windows Vista. (both 32-bit and x64 versions)