The Filever.exe tool is included in the Support.cab file on Microsoft Windows operating system CDs. This .cab file is located in the following folder on these CDs:
drive:\Support\Tools
Note drive is the letter of the CD drive.
To extract the Filever.exe tool, locate the Support.cab file by using Windows Explorer, right-click
Filever.exe, and then click
Extract. The copy of the Filever.exe tool that is included with 32-bit versions of Windows is a 32-bit program. The copy of the Filever.exe tool that is included with x64-based versions of Windows is a 64-bit program. The 32-bit version of the Filever.exe tool runs on an x64-based version of Windows. However, the 64-bit version of the Filever.exe tool does not run on a 32-bit version of Windows.
To download the Filever.exe tool, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Command-line switches
The Filever.exe tool uses the following syntax:
filever [/S] [/V] [/E] [/X] [/B] [/A] [/D] [[drive:][path][file_name]]
This tool supports the following command-line switches:
- /S Displays files in the specified directory and all subdirectories.
- /V Lists verbose version information if available.
- /E Lists only executable files.
- /X Displays short names that are generated for non-8dot3 file names.
- /B Uses bare format (no directory listing).
- /A Prevents the Filever.exe tool from displaying file attributes.
- /D Prevents the Filever.exe tool from displaying the file date and time.
You can direct the output of the Filever.exe tool to a file by using the right angle bracket character (>). For example, to direct output to a file that is named Filelist.txt, type a command that is similar to the following:
filever.exe *.* /B >filelist.txt
Output
The following example shows the output that is generated when you type
filever *.* /B
in a folder that contains the Kbdhept.dll file:
-rash W32i64 DLL - 5.2.3790.0 shp 9,728 03-25-2003 c:\windows\kbdhept.dll
This output is generated in sections. The following table shows these sections together with the sample Filever.exe output.
| Attributes | Header | Type | Language | Version | Shipping
type | Size | Date | Location |
| -rash | W32i64 | DLL | - | 5.2.3790.0 | shp | 9,728 | 03-25-2003 | c:\windows\kbdhept.dll |
The following list describes the sections that appear in the Filever.exe tool output:
Examples
The following examples show the Filever.exe tool output for Windows files on various hardware platforms.
The following output is generated from the 32-bit version of the Filever.exe tool for an x64-based file:
--a-- W32 APP ENU 5.2.3790.1830 shp 88,064 03-24-2005 c:\windows\notepad.exe
The following output is generated from the 64-bit version of the Filever.exe tool for an x64 file:
--a-- Wx64 APP ENU 5.2.3790.1830 shp 22,016 03-24-2005 C:\windows\rsdiag.exe
The following output is generated for a folder:
d---- - - - - - 0 08-31-2005 [c:\Windows\inf]
A folder is platform-independent. Therefore, the same output is generated from each version of the Filever.exe tool.
The following output is generated for a text-based file:
-ra-- - - - - - 7,895 08-23-2001 c:\Windows\inf\1394.inf
A text-based file is platform-independent. Therefore, the same output is generated from each version of the Filever.exe tool. Additionally, this particular file has the
read-only attribute and the
archive attribute set.
The following output is generated for a file from an Itanium-based system:
-rash W32i64 DLL - 5.2.3790.0 shp 9,728 03-25-2003 c:\x64ver\kbdhept.dll
This particular file has the
read-only,
archive,
system, and
hidden attributes set.
The following output is generated for a 16-bit Windows file:
--a-- W16 DLL ENU 1.7.0.0 shp 94,784 03-24-2005 c:\x64ver\twain.dll
The following output is generated for an MS-DOS file:
--a-- DOS - - - - 39,274 8/23/2001 c:\windows\system32\mem.exe