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If you constantly work with NirSoft utilities, you probably already know that most of these utilities allows you to save the data into text, csv, html, or xml file from command-line, without displaying any user interface.

However, until now there was one drawback in this feature: The data was always saved in the original order, without any sorting.
So I finally started to add the command-line sorting feature into my utilities. I already added this sorting feature to the following 7 utilities, and I’ll gradually add it also to the others:  IECacheView, MozillaCacheView, CurrPorts, LiveContactsView, MyLastSearch, SearchMyFiles, and OpenedFilesView.

Here’s a few points about using this sorting feature:

• For every utility that this feature is added, the data that you save from command-line will be sorted according to the last sorting that you chose from the user interface, by clicking the column header. If from some reason you still want to save the data without any sorting, like in the previous versions, you can still do that by using /nosort option, for example:
  IECacheView.exe /shtml c:\temp\iec.html /nosort
• If you want to sort the saved data by another column, you can use the /sort command-line option. This option can accept a number as column index (0 for the first column, 1 for the second one, and so on) or the field name as appeared in the column header.
• For example, if you want to sort by the first column (in the current columns order):
  IECacheView.exe /shtml c:\temp\iec.html /sort 0
• If you want to sort in descending order, you should add ‘~’ character as prefix.  For example, to sort the third column in descending order:
  IECacheView.exe /shtml c:\temp\iec.html /sort ~2
• You can also sort by more than one column, simply by specifying multiple /sort parameters. For example: to sort by the second column, and then by the first column in descending order:
  IECacheView.exe /shtml c:\temp\iec.html /sort 1 /sort ~0
• If you choose the specify the sorting column by its name, you must put it in quotes if the caption contains one or more space characters. For example, to sort by Content Type in IECacheView:
  IECacheView.exe /shtml c:\temp\iec.html /sort “Content Type”
• If you want to sort in descending order, the ‘~’ prefix must be inside the quotes, for example:
  IECacheView.exe /shtml c:\temp\iec.html /sort “~Content Type”
• You don’t have the type the exact column name. Even if you write a partial name of the column, my utilities will locate the right column. For example, if you want to sort by the ‘Last Modified’ column, you can specify only ‘Modified’ as column name:
  IECacheView.exe /shtml c:\temp\iec.html /sort “Modified”

Notice: In all examples  specified above, I used IECacheView utility to demonstrate the command-line sorting feature.  However, you can use this feature in the same manner for all utilities that I add the sorting option.

The new version of BlueScreenView (v1.10)  provides a few command-line options that allows you to choose the desired MiniDump folder and to save the MiniDump crashes list into  text/html/xml/csv file, without displaying any user interface.

Here’s the list of all changes in version 1.10:

• Added accelerator keys for allowing you to toggle between modes more easily.
• Added command-line options for saving the crash dumps list to text/csv/html/xml file.
• Added command-line option for opening BlueScreenView with the desired MiniDump folder.
• Fixed focus problems when opening the ‘Advanced Options’ window.
• Added ‘default’ button to the ‘Advanced Options’ window.

• Added ‘processor’ column – 32-bit or x64.

This new version of BlueScreenView is available in this page.

I created a new Web site which provides general information about file extensions and which software can open or use them: http://extension.nirsoft.net.
Currently, this Web site is based on extension information sent from my FileTypesMan utility by me and by some other users. It’s possible that in the future, I’ll also  enable the visitors  of extension.nirsoft.net Web site to add their own extension description and remarks.

extension.nirsoft.net Web site

I also added a new option for both FileTypesMan utility and ShellMenuView utilities that allows you to easily open your Web browser in the right file extension page.

If you want to help this extension database to grow, you are welcomed to  add extension information stored in your own computer into http://extension.nirsoft.net Web site, by using the ‘Send Report To extension.nirsoft.net’ option.  Full instructions about how to do it are available in the main page of extension.nirsoft.net Web site.

Also, be aware that this ‘Send Report’ option only send general information about the extension and which program opens it on your computer. It doesn’t send any personal or private information that might reveal your identity.

WirelessNetView, a utility that show all wireless networks currently detected by your wireless adapter, now provide a ‘Very High’ update rate.

This feature can be useful if you move with your laptop from one location to another (by foot or with a vehicle) and you want to locate any wireless network in your path.  It can also be useful if you have a wireless adapter plugged to a USB cable and you want to put it in a location with the best signal quality.

WirelessNetView now also allows you to save the current detected networks list into text/html/xml/csv file, by using the right command-line options, and without displaying any user interface.

The new version of WirelessNetView is available here.

The new version of BlueScreenView, version 1.05, now also support the MiniDump Files created by x64 version of Windows.
The executable file of BlueScreenView is still created as 32-bit application, but it can read and analyze the crash MiniDump Files of both both 32-bit and x64 systems.

Many people ask me if there is any package with all NirSoft utilities and a launcher application to easily find and run the desired utility.
So now there is something in development:
NirLauncher (The name might be changed later) is a utility that will be packed with dozens of NirSoft utilities and will display them in the main window, separated by different categories, like ‘Password Recovery Tools’, ‘Network Tools’, ‘Web Browser Tools’, and so on.

It’ll allow you to easy run a utility, run the utility with command-line parameters, open the help file, browser into the Web page of the utility, and so on.
It’s also possible that NirLauncher will allow other developers to provide their utilities as additional package for NirLauncher.

I hope that the first Beta of NirSoft Launcher will be available to download in the incoming weeks.
For now, you can enjoy the first screenshots of NirLauncher:

WinFontsView is a new utility that enumerates all fonts installed on your system, and displays them in one simple table.
For each font, WinFontsView draws 5 samples of the font in different sizes, in order to allow you to easily find and choose the desired font that you need. WinFontsView also allows you to view the fonts as Bold, as Italic or with underline, as well as it allows you to export the fonts list into html file.

For more infromation about WinFontsView, click here.

WinFontsView Screenshot

BlueScreenView is a new utility that allows you to watch the details of all ‘Blue Screen of Death’ crashes that occurred in your system.

It automatically scans all your minidump files created during ‘blue screen of death’ crashes, and displays the information about all crashes in one table. For each crash, BlueScreenView displays the minidump filename, the date/time of the crash, the basic crash information displayed in the blue screen (Bug Check Code and 4 parameters), and the details of the driver or module that possibly caused the crash (filename, product name, file description, and file version).
BlueScreenView also displays the list of all drivers loaded during the crash, as well as it allows you to view a blue screen window which is very similar to the one that Windows displayed during the crash.

For more information about this utility, go to BlueScreenView Web page.

MetarWeather utility has a new feature that allows you to watch the latest METAR weather reports from Google Earth map.
In order to use this feature, simply selected the desired METAR report lines, go to ‘Save Selected Items’ (Ctrl+S), choose the KML in the file type combo-box, and save the file. After that, you can open the saved .kml file in Google Earth, and watch the METAR reports on earth map.

Here’s a sample result of METAR reports in Google Earth:

LiveContactsView is a new utility that allows you to easily view all your contacts stored by
Windows Live messenger, inside the contacts.edb database.
Like in all NirSoft utilities, you can select the desired contacts and export them into text,csv,html, and xml file, or you can copy them to the clipboard and paste into a spreadsheet application.

LiveContactsView is available to download from here.