UUID Generator is a small program for generating UUIDs. A Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) is an identifier standard used in software construction, standardized by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) as part of the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE).
Note: Official website is offline -- linking to Softpedia download.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch UUIDGen.exe. |
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Details with sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Format
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@JohnTHaller: is that feature documented anywhere? Besides here, of course... :)
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Mixture: Windows' CoCreateGuid API, which all of these use, always uses a 4 in the 3 number group. This denotes the version of the GUID generation algorithm. Everything that uses the current Windows API for it will purposely receive a GUID with a 4 there by design. There are 5,316,911,983,139,663,491,615,228,241,121,400,000 possible combinations under the current design, so there is no worry about this being a 4.
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I have noticed a problem with both GUIDGenerator and UUID Generator. The first character of the third group is always 4 in GUIDGenerator 1.01 and the first character in the third group is always 4 in UUID Generator 0.1.5.150. This definitely reduces the bit strength of the UUID generated by both apps. Therefore, I programmed a LibreOffice Calc template to correctly generate full strength UUIDs.
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RickC: thanks for the suggestion
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I know... really old topic. However, if you want new GUIDs then, using AutoHotkey, you can create a new GUID in just 2 lines (with a 3rd line to display it):
TypeLib := ComObjCreate("Scriptlet.TypeLib")
NewGUID := TypeLib.Guid
MsgBox %NewGUID%
Hope this helps...
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Emka: thanks, updated
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links must be adjusted
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I have been using GUIDGenerator 1.01 for several years. This portable app is smaller than UUID Generator 0.1.1.110
Thanks. Much appreciated info. :)
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