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Downloads:

3,490

Downloads of v 1.7.202103022:

609

Last Update:

22 Mar 2021

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • James Brown

Tags:

development debug window properties

WinSpy++

This is not the latest version of WinSpy++ available.

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1.7.202103022 | Updated: 22 Mar 2021

Downloads:

3,490

Downloads of v 1.7.202103022:

609

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • James Brown

WinSpy++ 1.7.202103022

This is not the latest version of WinSpy++ available.

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by James Brown. The inclusion of James Brown trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify James Brown goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install WinSpy++, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade WinSpy++, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall WinSpy++, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade winspy -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.7.202103022'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade winspy -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.7.202103022'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install winspy
  win_chocolatey:
    name: winspy
    version: '1.7.202103022'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'winspy' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '1.7.202103022'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller winspy
{
    Name     = "winspy"
    Version  = "1.7.202103022"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'winspy':
  ensure   => '1.7.202103022',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator virtualex on 01 Apr 2021.

Description

WinSpy++ is a handy programmer's utility which can be used to select and view the properties of any window in the system. WinSpy is based around the Spy++ utility that ships with Microsoft Visual Studio.

WinSpy++ can obtain the following window properties:

  • Window Class and Name.
  • Window procedure address.
  • All window styles and extended styles.
  • Window properties (set using the SetProp API call).
  • Complete Child and Sibling window relationships.
  • Scrollbar positional information.
  • Full window Class information.

Package Parameters

The following package parameters can be set:

  • /NOSTART - Do not add a start menu item
  • /DesktopIcon - Add a desktop shorcut

To pass parameters, use --params "''" (e.g. choco install packageID [other options] --params="'/ITEM:value /ITEM2:value2 /FLAG_BOOLEAN'").
To have choco remember parameters on upgrade, be sure to set choco feature enable -n=useRememberedArgumentsForUpgrades.


legal\LICENSE.txt
From: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/strobejb/winspy/master/LICENCE.TXT

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Copyright (C) 2012 James Brown

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.
legal\VERIFICATION.txt
VERIFICATION

Verification is intended to assist the Chocolatey moderators and community
in verifying that this package's contents are trustworthy.

Package can be verified like this:

1. Go to

   x32: https://www.catch22.net/assets/files/software/WinSpy17.zip

   to download the zip.

Alternatively, if you have AU installed run this to get the checksum:
    
    Get-RemoteChecksum https://www.catch22.net/assets/files/software/WinSpy17.zip

2. You can use one of the following methods to obtain the SHA256 checksum:
   - Use powershell function 'Get-FileHash'
   - Use Chocolatey utility 'checksum.exe'

   checksum32: 1976ADFC3918871D82C08DCD41C2B32A2359C2A375ACDE27087F60A806811D29
tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$toolsDir              = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$exePath               = Join-Path $toolsDir "WinSpy.exe"
$pp                    = Get-PackageParameters
$shortcutName          = 'WinSpy++.lnk'

$packageArgs = @{
  FileFullPath64 = Join-Path $toolsDir 'WinSpy17.zip'
  Destination    = $toolsDir
  PackageName    = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
}

Get-ChocolateyUnzip @packageArgs

Set-Content -Path ("$exePath.gui") -Value $null

if ($pp['desktopicon']) {
	$desktopicon = (Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")) $shortcutName)
	Write-Host -ForegroundColor green 'Adding ' $desktopicon
	Install-ChocolateyShortcut -ShortcutFilePath $desktopicon -TargetPath $exePath
}

if (!$pp['nostart']) {
	$starticon = (Join-Path ([environment]::GetFolderPath([environment+specialfolder]::Programs)) $shortcutName)
	Write-Host -ForegroundColor green 'Adding ' $starticon
	Install-ChocolateyShortcut -ShortcutFilePath $starticon -TargetPath $exePath
}
tools\chocolateyuninstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';
$shortcutName          = 'WinSpy++.lnk'
$desktopicon           = (Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")) $shortcutName)
$starticon             = (Join-Path ([environment]::GetFolderPath([environment+specialfolder]::Programs)) $shortcutName)


if (Test-Path $desktopicon) {
	Remove-Item $desktopicon
	Write-Host -ForegroundColor green 'Removed ' $desktopicon
} else {
	Write-Host -ForegroundColor yellow 'Did not find ' $desktopicon 'to remove'
}

if (Test-Path $starticon) {
	Remove-Item $starticon
	Write-Host -ForegroundColor green 'Removed ' $starticon
} else {
	Write-Host -ForegroundColor yellow 'Did not find ' $starticon 'to remove'
}
tools\WinSpy17.zip
md5: 59AB960490E739F215803E2469EC880F | sha1: E1414E233267025E9B384C4B02A5DADA7CC8098E | sha256: 1976ADFC3918871D82C08DCD41C2B32A2359C2A375ACDE27087F60A806811D29 | sha512: 079F6A6A0328363851DF16E4DF9967BED9272E7E2DDA873BCD548309C2AA3FB79235C2466ADC9B05D91672894F7F9D3EACE7F6443CDBF5C84F75988C8B6BF3C0

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
WinSpy++ 1.7.202103022 609 Monday, March 22, 2021 Approved
WinSpy++ 1.7 2131 Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Approved

This package has no dependencies.

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