Introduction

OBFileCompare is a small utility that lets you compare file versions of DLL's, OCX's, EXE's etc., typically between two machines. It was original written to try and track down problems encountered around the time MS released IE5 with DLL versions but has since become quite a nice utility for tracking changes in the Sytem32 directory over time.

The package also comes with a utility called FileFetcher, which is a DHTML page that gathers version numbers from the PC it is executed on and produces a file that can be used by OBFileCompare, which is good if you don't have a network connection to the PC to be analyzed not do you want to install the application.

Version 1.2
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Here are some of the enhancements that have been made in the latest version of OBFileCompare. Any feedback or bug reports please contact me with the details.

• Grid sorting
• MSINFO32.EXE Export File conversion
• New Setup routine(comes with sample data to play with)
• MSINFO launch option
• File Name Search, with search history
• Version Stamp and File Version extraction
• More feedback on progress etc... New toolbar icons File counters etc...
• Faster file reading/writing
• Matching files Filter
• Save results as HTML report
• Some bug fixes