Last date a program was run

[Andy]

In message <[email protected]>, glee <[email protected]>

writes:

[]

Exactly... on both counts. Backing up the Registry will help nothing

if after removing Visual C++, he discovers he needs it. Much more than

the Registry is involved. Likewise there is no easy way to check what

programs are relying on Visual C++, and on machines with more than one

version, even determining which programs use which versions.

Andy seems to have just enough info to be dangerous.

ISTR encountering something that _would_ do a sort of "reverse

dependency lookup"; it checked every file (possibly only every

executable) on the HD. Obviously it was phenomenally slow, especially as

in this case I bet VC++ is _lots_ of files, and you'd have to run it

with each one. (Unless you could point it at a folder - it's so long

since I saw it I can't remember. But it would be _very_ slow, whether

you could do it manually or a whole folder at once.)

--

J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf



"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good,

you'll have to atram them down people's throats." - Howard Aiken

Whatis ISTR ?

 

[John Smith]

Could you clarify what you said ?

< http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/52f3sw5c(v=vs.100).aspx >

 

[glee]

In message <[email protected]>,
Andy

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:



For example, I have Microsoft Visual C 2010 x86 Redistributable

and would like to know if it is being used at all.

[Somebody here is using posting software that is adding a blank line
between every line quoted. Could you have a look and see if this
"feature" can be turned off?]

It seems to be originating from Andy's posts.
Andy, do you see this, too, when reviewing posts? The extra added
blank lines between every quoted line?? There may be an option to
disable the extra line feeds, but I don't know what software you're
using for news posts. Let me illustrate what it looks like:
snip

He's not using a news reader or NNTP.... that's the problem. He appears
to be using Google Groups.

 

[John Smith]

Whatis ISTR ?

Look at all the app samples that need Visual Studio 2010

Office, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, COM, LINQ,
WCF, REST, GDI+, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, SharePoint,
Silverlight and other products.

You can also explore the Official Visual Studio C#, VB.NET, and 101 LINQ samples.

< http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio >

 

[JJ]

Sorry I missed the original post, but give this one a try.

Didier Stevens
UserAssist

The UserAssist utility displays a table of programs executed on a
Windows machine, complete with running count and last execution date
and time.

Windows Explorer maintains this information in the UserAssist registry
entries. My program allows you to display and manipulate these
entries.

http://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/userassist/

This apply only to programs that was run via shell library. Some programs
use the kernel library to directly run another program. The shell library
itself uses the kernel library, but it tracks program/shortcut/document
executions.

 

[Andy]

This apply only to programs that was run via shell library. Some programs

use the kernel library to directly run another program. The shell library

itself uses the kernel library, but it tracks program/shortcut/document

executions.

Informative info.

It's still an excellent resource.

Programs run from cmd.exe or command.com in NT systems can't be tracked either.

 

[Andy]

I seem to remember... but it could've been written out quicker than

explaining it... IMO,errr, in my opinion.

Thanks.

P.P.P.P.P. Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance

 

[JJ]

Informative info.

It's still an excellent resource.

Programs run from cmd.exe or command.com in NT systems can't be
tracked either.

I do track my files by relying on the Last File Accessed date. Although
this means that a file has been read, not executed. AFAIK, since Vista,
this feature is disabled by default, but it's still there and can be
enabled again manually. That feature does slows down the overall file
access since it's a per-volume setting. It affects all file types and not
just EXEs.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: []
[Somebody here is using posting software that is adding a blank line
between every line quoted. Could you have a look and see if this
"feature" can be turned off?]



It seems to be originating from Andy's posts.
Andy, do you see this, too, when reviewing posts? The extra added
blank lines between every quoted line?? There may be an option to
disable the extra line feeds, but I don't know what software you're
using for news posts. Let me illustrate what it looks like:
snip

He's not using a news reader or NNTP.... that's the problem. He appears
to be using Google Groups.

I see.
I wonder if that is some inherent characteristic of using Google Groups.

It seems to be, as I've noticed it in posts from another googler on
another 'group. I think they've made several changes to their interface
in the last few days, as I've also had two different cases of getting
email copies of posts; I mentioned it to one of them, and he said he saw
he'd accidentally ticked the Cc: box. Since it has happened with two
people, I suspect they've done something that makes it easy to
unintentionally do that. (As well as the blank lines problem.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Anybody who thinks there can be unlimited growth in a static, limited
environment, is either mad or an economist. - Sir David Attenborough, in
Radio Times 10-16 November 2012

 

[philo]

It only tracks back 30 days.
So if it was used it 31 days ago, you are outta luck.

A great many programs will not be listed there at all.

Andy

Not true, I have listings going back for many years