FILE: Create and Compare Snapshots of Any Directory with FileImg.exe

FileImg.exe is an unsupported utility that takes snapshots of the entire contents of any directory on your machine. It displays important information about all files and subdirectories such as version, size, date, and attributes. It also lets you compare two images to determine how the files in a target directory have changed.

For example, you can use FileImg to determine exactly what files were installed or updated by an application. This can be useful when deploying an application to ensure that no system components are being overwritten with older files. You can also use FileImg for troubleshooting problems on two machines. Often there are two similar machines, but only one machine is experiencing problems. By comparing the versions of system files on the two machines, you could determine which system files need to be updated on the problem machine.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
The FI_Tool.Exe file contains the following files:


For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. FileImg.exe is the executable and FI_SRC.exe is the self-extracting file containing the source code. Both the source code and the executable are unsupported.