Utilities & various other software developed at dennisbabkin.com

OpenRegedit - open specific version of RegEdit: 32-bit or 64-bit.
RunAsUser - run program under specific Windows user account.
ScramblePwd - scramble plaintext passwords for supported utilities.
ShutdownWithUpdates - install pre-downloaded updates & shutdown.
WERSetup - "Windows Error Reporting" setup & configuration utility.
Command No Window - run command line scripts without displaying a command line window.
TimeZoneSetter - manually adjust time zones and daylight saving information.
FtpsTransfer - transfer website and database files to and from a web server using encrypted connection.
KbdKeyInfo - view scan codes and virtual key codes for keys on your keyboard.
Visual Studio Solution Cleaner - clean up and reset Visual Studio solution files.
CPUID Instruction Viewer - view information about the processor returned by the CPUID instruction.
WinAPI Search - utility to search for Win32 functions & error codes.

OpenRegedit

Icon Utility that allows to open 32-bit or 64-bit versions of the Registry Editor on a 64-bit version of the operating system. The tool also allows to open any number of instances of the Registry Editor.

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Version

1.0.0.0

Compatibility

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10

Manual

Included in the download package. Check INFO file.

Pricing

Totally free. Customization available.

Adware Free

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OpenRegedit: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 & Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

RunAsUser & ScramblePwd

Icon Two utilities: RunAsUser that allows to run another program under a different Windows user account than the one running this tool. And ScramblePwd that can be used to scramble passwords for RunAsUser & other utilities.

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Version

1.0.1.0

Compatibility

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10

Manual

Included in the download package. Check INFO file.

Pricing

Totally free. Customization available.

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RunAsUser & ScramblePwd: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 & Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

ShutdownWithUpdates

Icon Command line utility that initiates installation of pre-downloaded updates on the Windows system & reboots, or shuts it down. Optionally allows to specify a boot into advanced boot options menu in Windows 8. Note that if Windows updates were not downloaded prior to calling this utility, the OS will simply perform a power operation similar to the Microsoft's shutdown tool.

To provide transparency for the enterprise & corporate users, this project is provided as an Open Source.

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Version

1.2.1.0

Compatibility

Windows Vista/7/8
Windows Server 2008/R2/2012/R2

On Windows 10 & Server 2016 updates are installed unconditionally.

Manual

Included in the download package. Check INFO file.

Pricing

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ShutdownWithUpdates: Windows Vista/7/8 & Server 2008/R2/2012/R2

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"Windows Error Reporting" Setup Utility - WERSetup

Icon "Windows Error Reporting" (or WER) is a feature that was introduced in Windows Vista SP1 that allows to collect crash reports if a program crashes. Such reports greatly facilitate debugging of the issue that caused the crash. Click here for more information on WER.

By default WER is disabled. This GUI utility simplifies the process of configuring WER to collect crash reports (also known as crash dumps, or minidumps) for crashing programs. The utility simply provides a graphic user interface to set up the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps

This utility can be helpful for developers of a crashing application. For instance, a developer can instruct the end-users experiencing crashes in their application to download and run this tool to configure Windows to collect crash dumps. After that the end-users can simply upload to the developers of the crashing application the minidump (.dmp) files that will be generated by Windows after each crash. Information provided in crash dump files can be indispensable for developers to debug the issue.

Note again, that this utility does not collect crash dumps itself. It simply helps end-users to set up WER for crash dump collection.

For details on setting up this tool check the manual in the INFO file provided in the download package. For more technical details on system registry settings that this tool works with check this document.

SECURITY NOTE TO END-USERS: Since crash dump files contain the snapshot of memory of the crashed program, there is NO guarantee that generated dump file will not contain your private or sensitive information. Such information may be a part of the dump file if crash happened when the application was working with sensitive data. Exercise security precautions when sending out crash dump files!

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Version

1.0.0.0

Compatibility

Windows Vista/7/8/10
Windows Server 2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

Manual

Included in the download package. Check INFO file.

Pricing

Totally free.

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WERSetup: Windows Vista/7/8/10 & Server 2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

Command No Window Utility

Icon Utility that allows to run command line programs and scripts without displaying the command line, or console window. (This utility by itself will not display any UI if it was run with command line arguments.) Such can be helpful when running commands on schedule without distracting the work of a logged in user at the time when the schedule is triggered to run.

This utility can run Windows executable programs, DOS batch files (text files with .bat or .cmd extensions), as well as PowerShell scripts (text files with .ps1 extension.)

If receiving the output from running a command is required, make sure to enable Windows Event Logging via the VerboseLog registry value, described in the included manual.

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Version

1.0.0.0

Compatibility

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Windows Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

Manual

Included in the download package. Check INFO file.

Pricing

Totally free. Customization available.

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Command No Window Utility: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 & Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

Time Zones & Daylight Saving Configuration Utility

Icon TimeZoneSetter is a small utility that allows to adjust time zones information on a Windows computer. It is primarily intended to be used on operating systems that no longer receive Windows updates or have updates disabled. (Note that on any current operating system that is set up to receive Windows updates, your time zone information will be maintained automatically.)

This utility allows to do the following:

Set the current time zone.
Adjust a time zone offset (or "bias") in minutes from the GMT, or Greenwich Mean Time.
Adjust daylight saving parameters for a time zone, such as when the daylight saving begins and ends.
Adjust "dynamic" daylight saving parameters, supported on Windows Vista and later operating systems, that are specific for each year.
Create a backup of your time zones information, and restore it back.

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Version

1.0.0.0

Compatibility

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Windows Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

Manual

Included in the download package. Check INFO file.

Pricing

Totally free. Customization available.

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TimeZoneSetter: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 & Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

Application For Secure Site Files & Database Transfer - FtpsTransfer

Icon Command line utility that allows to trasfer website and database files in one call using secure/encrypted SFTP or FTP(S) connection. It can be also used for automated website backups on to a Windows computer.

The tool supports saving & restoring of Unix/Linux file names on a Windows platform. For example: case sensitive file & directory names, as well as file names with characters that will be special, or illegal in Windows.

Additionally the tool supports using a scrambled authentication password, so that it is not exposed in a batch file or in a command line call.

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Version

1.2.3.0

Compatibility - FTP Client

Windows Vista/7/8/10
Windows Server 2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

Requires: Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Compatibility - FTP Server

Unix/Linux, Windows/DOS (IIS)

Manual

Included in the download package. Check INFO file.

Pricing

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FtpsTransfer: Windows Vista/7/8/10 & Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

KbdKeyInfo

Icon Keyboard Key Info is a small tool that allows you to view keyboard scan codes and virtual key codes for your particular keyboard by pressing keys on it.

This utility does not require installation and can be run from any location on the disk.

Screenshots

Version

1.0.0.0

Compatibility

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Windows Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

Manual

Included in the download package. Check INFO file.

Pricing

Totally free. Customization available.

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KbdKeyInfo: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 & Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

Visual Studio Solution Cleaner

Icon This small utility can be handy for developers who use Microsoft Visual Studio. It can do the following:

- Before archiving a Visual Studio C++ or C# solution, sharing it, or uploading it to a Git repository a developer may want to clean, or shrink the solution folder in size.

- Quite often C++ or C# projects may become corrupted, IntelliSense may stop working, or Class Views become unresponsive. And simply invoking Build -> Clean Solution command from within the Visual Studio, in most cases, will not perform a thorough cleanup.

This tool will do all that for you. Check included manual for additional details.

WARNING: Keep in mind that this utility will place files in provided solution into your Recycle Bin. Please make a backup before using it!

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Version

1.5.0.0

Compatibility

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Windows Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

Manual

Included in the download package. Check INFO file.

Pricing

Totally free. Customization available.

Adware Free

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Visual Studio Solution Cleaner: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 & Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

CPUID Instruction Viewer

Icon CPUID Instruction Viewer is a small utility designed to help developers view technical information returned by the CPUID instruction from the x86 and x86-64 instruction sets. The CPUID instruction returns results about the capabilities and features supported by the processor that this utility is running on. Such results are intended to be viewed along with the accompanying Intel or AMD technical documentation.

This utility does not require installation and can be run from any location on the disk.

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Version

1.0.0.2

Compatibility

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Windows Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

Manual

Included in the utility. Go to Help menu for details.

Pricing

Totally free. Customization available.

Adware Free

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CPUID Instruction Viewer: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 & Server 2003/R2/2008/R2/2012/R2/2016

WinAPI Search

Icon WinAPI Search app was designed primarily for Windows developers, researchers and malware reverse engineers. Its original goal was to provide a utility to search for Win32 functions by name, but this app later grew to include additional functionality.

The following features are supported:

Search a single or multiple binary PE files by Win32 function name.
Support for Regular Expressions in search strings.
Search for specifc PE files using the following filters:

Bitness: 32-bit, 64-bit.
Search only in export table, import table, or "delay load" import table of the PE headers.
Ability to differentiate between C and C++ functions, as well as among ordinal function names and export table forwarded functions.
Support for API-Sets or Windows "umbrella" libraries.
Search by certain PE header subsystem, such as: boot application, console application, GUI application, native application, EFI driver, EFI ROM, Win9x, POSIX or OS/2 subsystem, Windows CE or XBox subsystem, etc.
Search by certain PE header characteristics, such as: use of ASLR, App Container, Control Flow Guard, Data Execution Prevention, support for Large Address Awareness, manifest isolation, no binding, no SEH, Terminal Server Awareness, buffer overrun checks, code integrity signature checks, and more.
Search by presence of certain PE header directories, such as: .NET & COM runtime discriptor, base relocation table, bound import directory, debug directory, delay-load import table, exception directory, export directory, import directory, import address table (IAT), load configuration directory, security directory, thread local storage (TLS), resources directory (with specific resource types) and more.
Search by a compilation timestamp date range.

Search for PE files that import a certain module (DLL) by its name.
Search for Win32 and HRESULT error codes using their numerical values.
Search for Win32 and HRESULT errors by their message text.
Ability to undecorate (or demangle) Microsoft-specific symbol names.
For each API it can retrieve the following:

Linear file offset, as well as the mapped offset of the function.
What physical module (or file on disk) the function resolves to.
Distinguish whether the symbol refers to an executable function or to a global variable.
Other details about the PE file that were given above.