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2025 5

  1. New network scanner for Windows 11/10/7/Vista/XP
  2. Updates history viewer for Windows 11
  3. Set display scaling from command-line on Windows 11/10 with MultiMonitorTool
  4. Watch devices connect to your network with the DHCPLogView tool
  5. New tool that shows Bluetooth Low Energy devices on Windows 11 and Windows 10

2023 2

  1. Export Wifi information elements to .pcap file.
  2. Favorites list in NirLauncher package

2022 10

  1. View the battery history of your laptop with the BatteryHistoryView tool
  2. Application resources usage on Windows 10 and Windows 11 (From SRUDB.dat database)
  3. Search long file names and paths with the SearchMyFiles tool
  4. New wireless network diagnostics tool
  5. Extract passwords from external disk with ExtPassword! tool
  6. Windows Defender Detected Threats Log
  7. Custom context menu in Wireless Network Watcher
  8. Extract passwords and account information of Windows 11/10 Mail App.
  9. New password recovery tool for Microsoft Outlook
  10. Recover DPAPI-encrypted passwords created under Microsoft account from external drive

2021 13

  1. Search empty folders on Windows with the SearchMyFiles tool.
  2. command-line version of SoundVolumeView tool
  3. IP Neighbor Table
  4. Ping to different computer groups with PingInfoView tool
  5. Run a program on remote computer with the AdvancedRun tool
  6. Tracing DNS queries on Windows 10
  7. Run a software as ‘Network Service’ or ‘Local Service’ with the AdvancedRun tool
  8. View TCP connections problems
  9. View the history of plugged USB drives on Windows 10
  10. New “Manage Wireless Networks” tool
  11. Bookmarks viewer for Chrome and Firefox
  12. Export to vCard file and vCard QR Code in OutlookAddressBookView tool
  13. Create QR Code on Windows

2020 19

  1. Connect your smartphone to wireless network with QR Code displayed by WirelessKeyView tool
  2. Open .etl log files of Windows 10 Update with FullEventLogView tool
  3. New date/time fields in USBDeview tool: Install Time, First Install Time, Connect Time, Disconnect Time
  4. Open location of .jpg file in Google Maps
  5. New ‘Copy Clicked Cell’ option
  6. Windows 10 security questions viewer
  7. Set default audio device of specific application from command line on Windows 10
  8. View Firefox images (gif, png, jpg ) and text-based files (HTML, CSS, JSON, JavaScript)
  9. Change view mode of Explorer folders with ShellBagsView
  10. Image/text Cache preview for Chromium based web browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera, and others…)
  11. View Windows Defender threats on local and remote computer
  12. View file properties from Windows Explorer with the PropertySystemView tool
  13. View the list of Windows 10 apps with InstalledAppView
  14. Run a program as TrustedInstaller with AdvancedRun tool
  15. Tools update for the new encryption of Chrome / Chromium version 80
  16. View and modify file properties with PropertySystemView tool
  17. Advanced run options from Explorer context menu
  18. View Chrome and Firefox downloads with BrowserDownloadsView
  19. Create shortcut to connect specific access point with WifiInfoView

2019 12

  1. Delete history records of Chrome and Firefox with BrowsingHistoryView
  2. Detect power outage time with wireless access points in your area
  3. Create a shortcut to stop or disable-enable a USB device
  4. Search files on your Smartphone or tablet from Windows
  5. Connect to specific access point with WifiInfoView
  6. Installed Windows update list on local computer, external drive, and remote computer
  7. Create shortcut to mute, unmute, or change sound volume of audio devices and applications
  8. Scan only unread outlook attachments in OutlookAttachView
  9. Set the ‘Last Saved’ and ‘Content Created’ date fields of Word/Excel documents in BulkFileChanger
  10. TCP Pings in PingInfoView Tool
  11. New command-line tool to extract values from tab-delimited and comma-delimited data
  12. nirsoft.net is 15 Years Old, and you get a new Pre-release Web page.

2018 3

  1. Result of NirSoft Easter Egg challenge
  2. NirSoft Easter Egg challenge: Find 10+ new tools hidden in NirSoft Web site
  3. Easter eggs in NirSoft tools ?!

2017 8

  1. New tool that allows you view and modify the settings of your monitor
  2. New tool that shows the list of all software packages installed on your system with Windows Installer
  3. New tool that displays system counters for every network interface on your system
  4. New tool that compares snapshots of Windows Registry
  5. New utility that shows network usage information collected by Windows 8 and Windows 10
  6. New uninstall tool for Windows
  7. New DPAPI decryption tool
  8. New utility that shows all loaded DLLs on your system

2016 12

  1. New utility that displays extensive information about all windows currently opened on your system.
  2. New tool that shows encrypted data stored inside the Registry of Windows
  3. New utility that decrypts the Credentials files of Windows
  4. New tool that decrypts Windows Vault passwords
  5. New event log utilities for Windows 10/8/7/Vista
  6. Recovering previous/old passwords using NirSoft password recovery tools and shadow copies of Windows.
  7. Find and recover deleted files and previous versions of existing files from Windows shadow copies
  8. New tool that displays shadow copies on your system
  9. New utility to easily start a wifi hotspot on Windows 10/8/7
  10. New utility that displays the details of all Web browser addons/plugins installed in your system
  11. New tool that lists all files opened by other computers on your network
  12. New tool that shows the history of connections to wireless networks on your computer

2015 9

  1. New utility that displays the details of all MMC snap-ins installed on your system
  2. Antivirus statistics and scores according to false positives of NirSoft tools
  3. New utility that runs a program with different settings you choose.
  4. New utility that shows all tasks from the Task Scheduler of Windows Vista/7/8/10
  5. New utility that displays the result of WMI queries in a simple table
  6. New utility that displays the AntiVirus/AntiSpyware/Firewall programs registered with the security center of Windows
  7. New utility that displays firmware tables
  8. New utility that shows general information and statistics about current wireless connection
  9. New utility that lists the programs you previously executed on your system

2014 10

  1. New utility that displays the files you previously opened with the standard open/save dialog-box of Windows
  2. Command-line options removed from the official release of my password-recovery tools
  3. New utility that displays the list of all Skype contacts stored in the local database file of Skype
  4. New utility that updates the modified time of folders according the latest modified time of the files stored in it
  5. New utility that shows information about wireless access points and the wifi clients connected to them
  6. New type of Outlook reports added to OutlookStatView
  7. New utility that collects wireless networks information and their location for… Android !?
  8. New utility that lists all device drivers that are currently installed on your system
  9. New utility that displays images stored in the cache of your Web browser
  10. New utility that displays all major debugging events of attached program

2013 19

  1. New utility that shows the Facebook images stored in the cache of your Web browser
  2. New utility that shows EXIF information of .jpg images stored in the cache of your Web browser
  3. New utility that lists computers and devices connected to your network
  4. New utility to quickly set the DNS servers of your Internet connection
  5. New utility that creates a log of connected/disconnected computers on your network
  6. New utility to control the sound volume on Windows Vista/7/8/2008
  7. New utility that shows the list of all event log sources installed on your system
  8. New utility that calculates the network latency of every TCP connection
  9. nirsoft.net moved to a new data center
  10. New utility for Windows Vista/7/8/2008 that displays the logon/logoff times
  11. New utility for Windows that shows the dates/times that the computer was turned on
  12. New DNS Sniffer utility
  13. WebBrowserPassView now extracts the passwords from Internet Explorer 10.0
  14. Improved solution for reading the history of Internet Explorer 10
  15. New utility that displays TCP connections log
  16. New utility to select the default Internet connection and to view Internet/network connection information
  17. New utility that displays the information stored by the ‘Jump Lists’ feature of Windows 7 and Windows 8
  18. New utility that displays the details of all network adapters/interfaces installed on your system
  19. New utility that displays the content of .edb database file

2012 18

  1. A few words about the cache / history on Internet Explorer 10
  2. Support for the IP country/city database of MaxMind
  3. New utility that shows general computer activity
  4. Amazing difference between Antivirus false alerts on 32-bit and 64-bit builds of exactly the same tool
  5. New utility to view, disable, and enable the installed Winsock service providers
  6. New Wi-Fi information viewer for Windows 7/Vista/2008/8
  7. New Web browser history viewer
  8. New utility to handle multiple monitors
  9. New folder/drive monitoring tool
  10. Download RTMP video/audio streams with combination of RTMPDumpHelper and RTMPDump toolkit
  11. New version of SysExporter can grab data from Windows 7 Explorer
  12. New address book viewer for Outlook
  13. New network scanner utility based on NetBIOS protocol
  14. VideoCacheView now supports the split video files of YouTube Web site.
  15. Export and import wireless network keys with the new version of WirelessKeyView
  16. New utility that shows exif information stored in .jpg files
  17. New utility that creates a log of Bluetooth devices detected on your area
  18. Create folders size report with summary mode of SearchMyFiles

2011 37

  1. New password security scanner tool
  2. New USB information utility
  3. New HTTP sniffer utility
  4. New utility to view/extract files from the cache of Safari Web browser
  5. New history viewer utility for Safari Web browser
  6. New utility for capturing still images from your WebCam every xx seconds
  7. New cookies sniffer/viewer utility
  8. New utility that captures Web site files downloaded by your Web browser
  9. New CSV/Tab-Delimited file viewer and converter
  10. New utility that shows network traffic statistics of your network adapter
  11. New crash reporting utility for Windows
  12. New utility that turns on computers on your network with Wake-on-LAN packet
  13. New utility that shows the hosting/owner information of a domain
  14. New utility to compare comma-delimited (csv) or tab-delimited files created by other Nirsoft tools
  15. New utility that shows information about all threads in a process
  16. New utility to customize the Explorer toolbar of Windows 7
  17. New utility that shows who is connected to your wireless network
  18. New utility that displays battery information on laptops and netbooks
  19. 3 new NirCmd commands to control the sound volume on Windows 7/Vista/2008 from command-line
  20. Third Beta of Volumouse 2 – ‘Custom Key Combination’ Feature
  21. IPNetInfo now allows you to get information about IPv6 addresses
  22. BluetoothView now allows you to create a log file with Bluetooth activity
  23. How to Recover a lost password of your Gmail account
  24. How to Recover a lost password of your facebook account
  25. First version of WhatIsHang is here
  26. First Beta of Volumouse 2.00 is available to download
  27. New browsing history viewer for Chrome Web browser
  28. New cookies viewer utility for Google Chrome Web browser
  29. New utility to recover lost Web site password
  30. How to control the volume level of specific application from command-line, on Windows 7/2008/Vista
  31. New utility that shows the details of Firefox downloads
  32. New utility to view/change/delete drive letter assignments
  33. New console versions for WirelessKeyView and AlternateStreamView utilities
  34. New versions of MozillaCacheView and VideoCacheview can read the cache of Firefox 4 Beta
  35. OutlookAttachView now allows you to search Outlook attachments only in the selected folders
  36. Internationalized domain names (IDN) are now supported in WhoisThisDomain and DNSDataView utilities
  37. Happy New Year To All NirSoft Users !

2010 30

  1. New utility that reveals the passwords stored behind the bullets on Windows 7/Vista/2008
  2. How to watch Windows events at the moment they are created with Auto Refresh feature of MyEventViewer
  3. How to capture data and passwords of unsecured wireless networks with SniffPass and SmartSniff
  4. 7 new commands added to version 2.45 of NirCmd
  5. How to use SmartSniff to view general TCP connections activity
  6. New release of VideoCacheView to solve random hang problems.
  7. Partial editing feature in NirLauncher package
  8. Extract Registry values from offline Registry file with RegFileExport
  9. How to configure Windows to create MiniDump files on BSOD
  10. Latest updates in NirSoft utilities
  11. New utility that grabs URL from opened Web page of Internet Explorer
  12. Recover L2TP,PPTP,PPPOE,DNS password from the router Web interface
  13. VideoCacheView is updated to work with downloaded temporary .flv (flash) files of Firefox 3.6.4
  14. Creating current temperature map with MetarWeather and Google Earth
  15. How to recover lost ADSL password or other ISP password
  16. New password recovery tool for router files
  17. New utility to change the time/date/attributes of multiple files
  18. New editor for AutoComplete file (.nk2) of Outlook
  19. Weird and funny stories for April Fools’ Day
  20. Capture with Microsoft Network Monitor 3 in SmartSniff and SniffPass utilities
  21. New GUI alternative to the route utility of Windows
  22. View the passwords stored by Opera Web browser with OperaPassView
  23. Translation packs are now available in NirLauncher download page
  24. View the list of installed IFilter components of Windows search
  25. View the application crashes occurs on your system with AppCrashView
  26. New utility to disable/enable items in New submenu of Explorer
  27. 2 disk related utilities added to NirSoft
  28. OpenedFilesView on x64 system – when driver signing test mode is turned on
  29. New utility that displays the content of .pf (Prefetch) files
  30. NirLauncher package now has a Web site – http://launcher.nirsoft.net/

2009 81

  1. Find duplicate files in your system with SearchMyFiles utility
  2. Popularity field is now updated in extensions Web site
  3. New summary page for USB speed tests Web site
  4. 10 new utilities planned for 2010
  5. Third Beta of NirLauncher package is available to download
  6. Very weird problem on Windows Vista and Windows 7
  7. Major update for the file searching utility – SearchMyFiles
  8. Utilities updates in the last week
  9. Second Beta of NirLauncher package is available to download
  10. New Device Manager utility from NirSoft
  11. How to connect a remote Windows 7/Vista/XP computer with NirSoft utilities
  12. NirSoft was down for more than an hour
  13. NirLauncher release in Web site traffic statistics
  14. Beta version of NirLauncher package is available to download
  15. 8 things you should know before moving to x64 version of Windows
  16. How to extract missing system files from the DVD of Windows 7/Vista.
  17. Sorting the data saved from command-line
  18. Command-Line options added for the Blue Screen viewer utility
  19. New file-extensions information Web site: extension.nirsoft.net
  20. msn-block.com scam goes international
  21. WirelessNetView now provides ‘Very High’ update rate
  22. BlueScreenView now also support 64-bit MiniDump Files
  23. NirSoft Launcher is in development process
  24. View all fonts installed in Windows.
  25. Allopass continue to support msnpass.info and msn-blocked.com scam Web sites.
  26. Getting information about BSODs that occurred in your system
  27. Watching current METAR weather reports in Google earth
  28. MessenPass with alerts in only 2 Antivirus programs out of 41 – is it possible ?
  29. msnpass.info is active again with a new screenshot
  30. Instead of messenger password, find who loves you !
  31. msn-blocked.com and msnpass.info scams moved to a new hosting and Allopass returned a ridiculous response.
  32. View and export the contacts.edb of Windows Live Messenger
  33. MessenPass false positives increased to 17
  34. Only 10 false positives in the new MessenPass release, for now.
  35. Troubles caused by false positives of McAfee
  36. MsnPass.Info and msn-blocked.com Scam Update
  37. MsnPass.Info Scam is extending…
  38. MsnPass.Info Scam Report
  39. 128 GB flash drive from Kingston
  40. Compare the speed of USB flash drives
  41. Adding new applications to Windows startup
  42. New MAC Address lookup tool – MACAddressView
  43. Whois utility now displays ‘Expires On’, ‘Created On’, and ‘Last Updated On’ columns
  44. New DLL Information site for Windows 7
  45. Utilities update for Windows 7 and x64 systems.
  46. Update for dll register/unregister utility – RegDllView
  47. Improved online help and chm file for NirCmd
  48. OutlookStatView shows the computer/IP address of email sender.
  49. SmartSniff shows the calculated speed of each TCP connection.
  50. Antivirus companies cause a big headache to small developers.
  51. Adding country name into traceroute output
  52. New utility that shows general Outlook statistics
  53. Utilities update in last week
  54. Convert HTML report to image file (png/jpg/gif)
  55. Utilities update in the last week
  56. Easily save flash videos currently opened in your Web browser
  57. Utilities update in the last week
  58. Location of special folders in Windows
  59. WHOIS Servers List
  60. New utility to test your download speed.
  61. Disable/delete programs running at Windows startup with WhatInStartup utility
  62. Utilities update for this week
  63. Cause your computer to speak – from command-line.
  64. Latest Utilities Update
  65. New password recovery package with install/uninstall support
  66. Important fixed bugs for Outlook .NK2 viewer
  67. Latest utilities updates in NirSoft
  68. Extracting multiple attachments from Outlook with OutlookAttachView
  69. Utilities updates for this week
  70. Utilities updates for this week
  71. Alternative to “Search For Files And Folders” of Windows.
  72. USBDeview now supports USB ID’s list file (usb.ids)
  73. Latest Utilities Update
  74. Finding alternate data streams with AlternateStreamView
  75. Latest Utilities Update
  76. Utilities Update for 02/02/2009
  77. Utilities update for 25/01/2009
  78. New virus identifies itself as a free software from IKEA
  79. NirSoft utilities on Windows 7 Beta
  80. First utilities update for 2009
  81. nirsoft.net statistics: Almost 30% of visitors use Firefox Web browser.

2008 25

  1. Virus for Christmas ?
  2. Running operating system inside a Virtual PC with specific date/time
  3. Recover wireless network keys from external drive
  4. Dialupass 3 (Beta) is available to download
  5. View LSA secrets of external drive
  6. Major IP Addresses Blocks By Country
  7. Saved Password Locations
  8. Recover IE7 passwords from external drive
  9. New On-Screen Indicator Features
  10. New utilities
  11. Latest Utilities Changes
  12. New utilities are coming soon
  13. nirsoft.net in a new server
  14. nirsoft.net was down for several hours
  15. Recover Windows Credentials passwords from external drive.
  16. Printing data in NirSoft utilities
  17. Extract files from IE cache with directory structure
  18. Windows search puppy goes to sleep
  19. Cache viewer for Chrome Web browser
  20. Bug in IE8 transition effect
  21. Current AVG False Positives
  22. OpenedFilesView – Hide system files
  23. WebVideoCap now captures Silverlight video streams
  24. CurrPorts – address and port in the same column
  25. New indicator type in Volumouse – On Screen Display