How to…
TOC
- How to add files/open MD5 files?
- How to add only specific types of files while adding folders?
- How to calculate MD5 hashes of files?
- How to understand states of md5 items?
- How to recheck N/A md5 items to see if they are available now?
- How to verify files?
- How to save New md5 items?
- How to discard New md5 items?
- How to update Failed md5 items?
- How to discard Failed md5 items?
- How to remove saved md5 items from .md5 files?
- How to save md5 items per folders?
- How to save/create MD5 file for each file?
- How to save md5 items to one .md5 file?
How to add files/open MD5 files? ^TOC
- Use Add command (menu item or toolbar button)
- Or drag-and-drop files/folders to main window
- Or use paths as command line parameters to launch Md5Checker
- Md5Checker can be integrated with the Shell, check out the Options > Integration.
How to include only specific types of files while adding folders? ^TOC
- In Options dialog, fill out the Add folders options
- Or fill out these settings in the Open File dialog upon adding
How to calculate MD5 hashes of files? ^TOC
- Add files you want to calculate their MD5 hashes
- Use Start command (menu item or toolbar button)
- Waiting until all Unknown md5 items get checked
How to understand states of md5 items? ^TOC
- Not available (N/A): Invalid file path, file is missing or inaccessible
- Unknown: Current MD5 hash of file has not been calculated
- New: File only has current MD5 hash
- Failed: Current MD5 hash of file is different than saved MD5 hash
- Passed: Current MD5 hash of file is equal to saved MD5 hash
How to recheck N/A md5 items to see if they are available now? ^TOC
Just check files again, every N/A md5 item will be rechecked
How to verify files? ^TOC
Add the .md5 file which includes all md5 items of files you want to verify, these md5 items will be loaded and verified
How to save New md5 items? ^TOC
Just use Save/Save To command
How to discard New md5 items? ^TOC
- Just exit Md5Checker
- Or remove them before saving
How to update Failed md5 items? ^TOC
Just use Save/Save To command
How to discard Failed md5 items? ^TOC
- Just exist Md5Checker
- Or remove them before saving
How to remove saved md5 items from .md5 files? ^TOC
- Load md5 items from existing .md5 files
- Select md5 items you want to remove
- Use Discarded command (menu item) to make them discarded
- Save
Note: If you loaded md5 items from file A, discard them and save the result into file B, md5 items in file A will not be removed
How to save md5 items per folders? ^TOC
Just use Save command
How to save/create MD5 file for each file? ^TOC
Just use Save Each command
How to save md5 items to one .md5 file? ^TOC
Just use Save To command
It is useful for: There are inaccessible target folders for Save command; Save MD5 hashes of files under multiple sub-folders into a parent folder, and you can check all of them by one double click next time
13 Responses to “How to…”
How can I get current md5 only on the selected items? For example, I added a few files in a video archive and I want to add them in the *.md5 file but I do not want to check the entire video archive with each update
By otkin on Nov 23, 2007
Hi otkin,
On CURRENT version, you can do it like this:
1. Add the entire folder into Md5Checker without auto starting [1]
2. Sort by Saved MD5 (So you can select all items with Saved MD5 easily)
3. Select all items with Saved MD5
4. Remove selected items
5. Then you start checking
6. After checking done, press Save
(Their MD5s will be added into the existing MD5 file, old content of the MD5 file will not be erased)
Or:
1. Drag-and-drop only new files into Md5Checker
2. After their MD5s get calculated, press Save
[1] You can change the ‘Auto start checking’ option in the Options dialog, the Open dialog, or the Add Options dialog.
If this did not answer you question, please follow up, thanks!
By admin on Nov 23, 2007
Is there any way to open a previously saved MD5 file besides dragging and dropping it into the application? For instance, an Open option in the File Menu.
By Ben on Dec 14, 2007
Oh, it was combined into the Edit > Add command because these two commands are little overlapped.
You can also associate Md5Checker with MD5 files in the Options dialog, and then double click MD5 files in the Explorer.
By admin on Dec 14, 2007
How do you use the 9x version from the command line? I was hoping to use Md5Checker in a bat file, but no matter what I put after it on the command line, it simply opens the program window.
By Rekrul on Dec 24, 2007
Hi Rekrul,
Try Md5Checker9x.exe “path1″ “path2″ …
Maybe it is a bug. Let me try it when I back home, I do not have 9x environment now. I will give you feedback tomorrow.
By admin on Dec 24, 2007
Hello Rekrul,
Are you expecting the command-line only output? Md5Checker is a Windows GUI program and it always has a program window.
Why don’t you tell me the objective of your bat file, maybe I can implement it in the GUI way
By admin on Dec 24, 2007
Thanks, but I was hoping that it could be completely controlled via the command line, even if it opened the GUI window (temporarily) for displaying the output. For example, WinRar can be used as a GUI program, or you can issue all the commands on the command line and it will open the GUI window to display the progress updates, then close it when done.
As for the BAT file, well…
I only mentioned a BAT file because it was the easiest way to explain it. What I really wanted to do is to control it via Total Commander (www.ghisler.com) which lets you create toolbar buttons to send commands to the command line. So I would create a button that would send it the currently selected directory and then it would recursively generate checksums for all the files, write them to a file and exit.
There’s no need to knock yourself out over this. I’ve set it up to do the above with a command line program called Fsum (www.slavasoft.com), which works fine. My friend just recommended MD5Checker as being faster so I was going to try it.
Thanks anyway.
By Rekrul on Jan 2, 2008
Thanks Rekrul,
I will add more command line switches in the next version. Maybe they will meet your requirement.
By admin on Jan 3, 2008
Any chance to translate the program?
Thanks.
By Mauro on Feb 19, 2008
Here are some ideas on the GUI program with command line switches.
Could be used for when creating MD5 file(s) for auto building process with software development, or removing the step of having to click ’save’ when using the “Shell context menu”.
Currently have…
“Auto start checking.”
Add the following
“Auto save and close.”
Rum command line:
MD5Checker “D:\Build\Project A” “D:\Build\Project B”
MD5Checker would then do the following in auto
mode:
1) GUI opens and created MD5 values
2) GUI then saves values if no MD5 file exists (may need option to set ’save’ and ’save each’)
3a) If non Passed then GUI stays open (This is the situation where a MD5 files is already exists)
OR
3b) GUI closes down
By Chris S on Feb 22, 2008
Is there any way to save the results of a scan (i.e. a list of all the individual categories - failures first, then unknowns, and so on) to a text file?
By Michael H on Jun 4, 2008
Is there any way to keep the GUI from shrinking back to the small default window after re-launching app?
By Mike on Jul 23, 2008