How to See a List of Your Recently Opened Files in Windows
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Whether you need to check what files were recently opened on your computer
for backup reasons or if you want to see what someone else was opening on
your computer, the OSFV tool comes in handy. Today we will discuss what the
tool is and how you can use it to see what files were recently opened in
Windows.
What is Open Save Files View?
Open Save Files View, which we will refer to as OSFV from now on, is another
great Nirsoft utility program. It accesses two registry keys
(OpenSavePidlMRU and OpenSaveMRU) which allow it to display a comprehensive
list of all the files that you have opened with Windows.
The program will display several bits of information regarding each file
including:
1. The name of the file
2. The type of file (file extension)
3. The order that they were opened in
4. The time that the last file of any given format was opened
5. The time and date of creation and modification
6. The size of the file
7. Any information related to the file’s attributes
This program works on either 32-bit or 64-bit Windows.
Downloading the Program
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/open_save_files_view.html
If using a mouse, access the link shown above and
Simply scroll to the bottom of the page and download the 32-bit or 64-bit
version of the program based on your operating system.
If using a screenreader:
1. Access the link shown aabove.
2. Access the “links list mode” of your screenreader.
3. Press the letter d until reaching either
Download OpenSaveFilesView for x64 systems
Download OpenSaveFilesView (32-bit)
4. Press enter on your download choice.
5. To save the file, press alt plus the letter s. The file will probably
be saved in the downloads folder.
6. To run the program, press alt plus the letter r.
Then follow the on screen directions.
Once you have downloaded the program, let’s create a folder on the desktop
called OSFV, and extract the files from the zip folder into this folder.
Creating a folder on the desktop:
1. Using a mouse, click an an empty place on the desktop.b. Click the
right mouse button.
c. Click “new.”
d. Click on “folder.”
e. Type in OSFV and click okay.
2. Using a screenreader:
a. Move to the wisktop by pressing windows key plus the letter m.
b. Press control plus space bar until hearing “not selected.”
c. Press the application key or shift plus f10.
d. Press the letter w until reacning “new” and hit enter.
e. Hit enter again since the default is new folder.
f. Type in OSFV and hit enter.
Now extract the files from the compressed zipped file into the new OSFV
folder.
Using OSFV
When you have successfully extracted the files, all you need to do is
1. Go into the OSFV folder.
2. Press enter or double click on the “OpenSaveFilesView.exe” and wait for
the program to load.
A list of all recent files will appear showing date and time they were
accessed.
I found that the other things mentioned in this article that can be done I
could not achieve with jaws Window-eyes, System access or NVDA. However,
that does not mean a smarter screenreader wizared user could not get to the
same places as the mouser.
Below is the list of available menues and what is contained under each.
Each menu heading is marked with an asterisk.
There are five menues available. These include:
*file
Save selected items
Properties
Exit
*edit alt plus e
Find (control plus f)
Copy (control plus c)
Select all (control plus a)
Deselce all (control plus d)
*view alt plus v
Show grid lines (g)
Show tool tips (t)
Mark odd/even rows (o)
Html all items (h)
Html report selected items (e)
Choose columns (n)
Auto size columns (control plus +)
Refresh (f5)
*options alt [plus o
Get file data from remote network (R
Show time in gmt (g)
*Help alt plus h
about
Now on with the rest of the article.
Now you may be wondering what else you can do. Truthfully, there is not much
you can with this utility other than view the recently accessed files,
information related to them, and export a copy of the information you
gather.
Viewing Recently Opened Documents
Let’s say for example, you caught someone on your computer and they claim
that they were just using the Internet but you don’t believe them. When they
are gone, you can run this utility and check the most recently accessed
files.
Begin by clicking on the column that says “Open Time” twice so that the
arrow is pointing down. You will see the files listed by which ones were
opened most recently.
Description: Description: OSFV 4
As you can see in the image above, the most recently accessed files were
three image files, a text file, a word document, and a flash video file.
Evidence of File Modification
Now let’s say, for example, you want to prove to someone that you haven’t
modified any files recently. You can start by clicking on the “File Modified
Time” column till the arrow is facing down like before.
Description: Description: OSFV 5
As you can see in this image, four files are listed as recently modified. If
you want to prove to someone that the .tif file and the first word document
were not modified, you can hold the “Ctrl” button and select the files.
Let’s also say you want to show that the FLV file was recently accessed.
Just follow the same process till you have your three files selected.
Description: Description: OSFV 6
Now that you have selected the files, click on the save button as shown in
the image above. Once the save dialog box pops up, select a save location
and give the text document a name. For this example, we will call it
“Evidence.” Note that the default save location is the same folder where the
application is.
Description: Description: OSFV 7
Now let’s open the document to see the details of our evidence. Navigate to
the file and double click it.
Description: Description: OSFV 8
Note that each document has a full list of details associated with it.
Language Options
Open Save Files View is also available in four additional languages:
Dutch,
German,
Greek, and
Russian.
In order to install the languages simply click on the link for the language
you want to download the zip file. Extract the “opensavefilesview_lng.ini”
file and move it to the installation folder of the program. In this case,
the folder we will move it to is “OSFV” on the desktop.
Description: Description: OSFV 9
Once you have done that, you can run the Open Save Files View program again
and you will see the program in the selected language. In this case, it is
in Dutch.
Description: Description: OSFV 10
In order to remove the language pack and go back to the default English,
simply delete the language file from the Open Save Files View folder with
the executable and relaunch the program.
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