There are many system files and folders created by Windows at various places. Many of these are strange looking and we don’t know what they are doing in the system. But here is a quick info that allows us to analyze various system files created by Windows.

If the files like Thumbs.db and Index.dat have always confused you then this post is surely for you. Windows File Analyzer is portable file analysis software that can analyze all those system files that are confusing you.

Not only the above listed files, it can easily analyze index.dat, prefetch, thumbs.db , shortcuts and recycle bins on every drive and give you the related information.

This Windows File Analyzer software will analyze the system files and report the results back in a table.  Say if you are analyzing Thumbs.db, then the table will show the thumbnails of the pictures.

The advantage of this tool is that it doesn’t require installation, is portable, works on all Windows Operating System and the reports can be saved for further inspection.