FileWalker

FileWalker is a command-line utility for Windows designed to search for files within the filesystem and perform various operations on the search results.

Parameters

• fileName: The name of the file to search for. This can include wildcards (e.g., *.log, document?.docx).
• rootPath: The starting directory for the search. You can provide a specific path (e.g., D:\Users\MyUser\Documents) or use * to search all logical drives on the system (excluding the C: drive).
• <path_to_file_list.txt>: (Command-line argument) When starting the application, you can provide a single argument which is the path to a text file. Each line in this file should be a full path to a file. The application will then attempt to delete every file listed.

Process

1. Launch the application: Run FileWalker.exe.
2. Provide Search Criteria:
   • The application will first prompt you for the fileName.
   • Next, it will ask for the rootPath.
3. Search: The application searches for files matching the fileName starting from the rootPath. The results are saved to a file named files_HHmmss.txt in the application's directory.
4. Perform Operations: Once the search is complete, a list of commands will be displayed, allowing you to perform actions on the list of found files.

Available Commands

After a search is completed, you can use the following commands:

• n or no: Clears the current search results and starts a new search.
• delete: Deletes all the files found in the search. A confirmation prompt will appear.
• show: Displays the full path of all found files directly in the console.
• file: Opens the generated text file (e.g., files_143055.txt) that contains the list of found file paths.
• hash: Calculates and displays the MD5 and SHA256 hashes for each file found. The results are also appended to a Hash.txt file in the respective file's directory.
• creationtime now: Sets the creation and last modified time of all found files to the current system time.
• creationtime dt:<datetime>: Sets the creation and last modified time of all found files to a specific date and time. The expected format is yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.
• creationtime modifiedtime: Sets the creation time of all found files to match their last modified time.
• execute all: Attempts to launch/execute every file found in the search.

Deleting Files from a List

You can also use FileWalker to delete a predefined list of files by passing a text file's path as a command-line argument.

FileWalker.exe C:\path\to\your\filelist.txt

The application will read every file path from filelist.txt and ask for a final confirmation before deleting them.