InstalledCodec - Disable/enable codec drivers and DirectShow filters installed on your system

InstalledCodec v1.01
Copyright (c) 2007 - 2008 Nir Sofer
Web site: http://www.nirsoft.net

Description

InstalledCodec is a small utility displays the list of all Codec drivers and DirectShow filters currently installed on your system. For each component the following information is displayed: Display Name, Type, Disabled Status, Installed/Modified Time, Description, Company Name, Filename, and more...
It allows you to easily disable or enable any Codec/DirectShow component or export the list into text/xml/html file.

Versions History

Version 1.01 - Added support for saving as comma-delimited text file.
Version 1.00 - First release.

System Requirements

This utility works with Windows 2000,XP,2003, and Vista.
For older versions of Windows (Windows 98/ME), you can use the old version of this utility - MMCompView

Locations In the Registry

InstalledCodec extract the information from 2 places in the Registry:

The Codec drivers list is loaded from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32
The DirectShow filters list is loaded from HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{083863F1-70DE-11d0-BD40-00A0C911CE86}\Instance

Using InstalledCodec

InstalledCodec doesn't require any installation process or additional DLL files. Just copy the executable file (InstalledCodec.exe) to any folder you like, and run it.
The main window of InstalledCodec displays the list of all Codec drivers and DirectShow filters. You can easily select one or more components, and then disable or enable them, export the information into text/xml/html file, or copy the information to the clipboard, and then paste it to Excel or OpenOffice spreadsheet.

Disable/Enable Codec drivers and DirectShow filters

If you install multiple Codec packages and other multimedia software on the same computer, you might find out that some multimedia files are not played properly as before. This problem is occurred if Windows Media Player (or any other player) uses the codec or filter of the newly installed multimedia software. If you install a new Codec package and something goes wrong, you can try to fix the problem disabling the newly installed components. To easily find out the newly installed components, try to click the 'Installed/Modfied Time' column, the components list will be sorted by installation time, and then you'll find most of the newly installed Codec or DirectShow filters in the end of the list.

Command-Line Options

/stext <Filename>	Save the list of all Codec drivers and filters into a regular text file.
/stab <Filename>	Save the list of all Codec drivers and filters into a tab-delimited text file.
/scomma <Filename>	Save the list of all Codec drivers and filters into a comma-delimited text file.
/stabular <Filename>	Save the list of all Codec drivers and filters into a tabular text file.
/shtml <Filename>	Save the list of all Codec drivers and filters into HTML file (Horizontal).
/sverhtml <Filename>	Save the list of all Codec drivers and filters into HTML file (Vertical).
/sxml <Filename>	Save the list of all Codec drivers and filters to XML file.

Translating InstalledCodec to other languages

In order to translate InstalledCodec to other language, follow the instructions below:

Run InstalledCodec with /savelangfile parameter:
InstalledCodec.exe /savelangfile
A file named InstalledCodec_lng.ini will be created in the folder of InstalledCodec utility.
Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.
Translate all string entries to the desired language. Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to your Web site. (TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information, it'll be used in the 'About' window.
After you finish the translation, Run InstalledCodec, and all translated strings will be loaded from the language file.
If you want to run InstalledCodec without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to another folder.

License

This utility is released as freeware. You are allowed to freely distribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM, Internet, or in any other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this. If you distribute this utility, you must include all files in the distribution package, without any modification !

Disclaimer

The software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any other reason.

Feedback

If you have any problem, suggestion, comment, or you found a bug in my utility, you can send a message to nirsofer@yahoo.com

Download InstalledCodec

InstalledCodec is also available in other languages. In order to change the language of InstalledCodec, download the appropriate language zip file, extract the 'InstalledCodec_lng.ini', and put it in the same folder that you Installed InstalledCodec utility.

Language Translated By
German Latino
Simplified Chinese renda
Turkish Kenan Balamir
Russian solokot
Traditional Chinese khiav
French Poemes
Italian Fabio Mastroianni
Italian bovirus
Valencian vjatv
Swedish Leif Larsson
Spanish fmartinezbello
Hungarian SzalayZ
Thai Prasit Kaephukhieo
Galician Xosé Antón Vicente Rodríguez