What's New in OneDriveExplorer

It's been about a year and a half since the initial release of OneDriveExplorer. With this being a major release, I thought I'd write about some of the updates and improvements. I've been working hard in my spare time to add in data as it is discovered and to give the best user experience possible. With that said, lets look at some of the improvements and features with this release.

Updated dat parser

The way OnedDriveExplorer initially would parse information out of the dat file was with regex. With the limited dataset, at the time, this was the best viable option. The problem with this approach is that it made it difficult to reliably extract more data. After analyzing 300+ OneDrive installs, the structures in the data file became better understood. OneDriveExplore is now able to "walk" the dat file from beginning to end without the need for regex making it more reliable and able to extract more data.

SQLite parsing

Although not entirely new, it appears OneDrive is moving away from the proprietary dat file to SQLite. OneDriveExplorer is able to parse these new SQLite files and there have already been instances where the dat file has been removed from the settings folder. So rest assure, OneDriveExplorer has your back.

Updated GUI and Status Column

The GUI now has a three pane view, much like Windows File Explorer. The left pane features a folder navigation view. The center pane shows files and folders in the selected folder along with the status, date modified and file size. The right pane gives you more details about the file or folder selected. A thing to note about the status column. There may be times a number appears in the column. This is the status number form the raw data. If visible, the status meaning is not entirely understood.

Another slight change is the search function. Instead of highlighting the matches found, they are now populated in the center pane.

The latest release of OneDriveExplorer can be found here.