SPVerify.exe is a command-line tools that lists the files that copied to your computer's disk when you install
a service pack or hotfix. SPVerify.exe generates an XML (Extensible Markup Language)
log that contains the new and replaced files.
To install the SPVerify tool, download SPVerify.msi.
When you type "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SPVerify\spverify.exe" /?, you receive:
Microsoft Windows SpVerify - Version 1.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved. Command line format: SpVerify.exeNOTE: You can use SPVerify.exe with any Windows 2000 and greater service pack or hotfix that uses Update.exe version 5.2.0.0, or later.... Valid parameters: -p : package installation directory (extracted) -c : self extracting cabinet path -o : XML output file name (default = spverify.xml) -f : force cabinet extraction -l : output information level: warning, full or version -h,-? : print this help message Only one of the -p and -c parameters can be specified.
Examples.
If you extracted Windows 2000 SP4 to C:\Sp4\I386, run:"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SPVerify\spverify.exe" /p c:\sp4\i386 /l full
To generate a warning report on the network download of Windows 2000 SP4:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SPVerify\spverify.exe" /c w2ksp4.exe
To generate a full report on hotix 810585:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SPVerify\spverify.exe" /c q810585_w2k_sp4_X86_en.exe /l full
NOTE: If you are not sure if reinstalling a package will fix a problem, running SPVerify can help you determine what files will be replaced and added.