Create (accurate) C# IE History (Index.dat) parser

Create (accurate) C# IE History ([login to view URL]) parser and answer questions about why some methods (or tools) return different results than others (I have done lots of background on this - including one WPF application - attached) but keep coming up with different results and don't have time to work on it any more. For example, here are results using 3 different tools: 1. Using MS IHist Interface (see attached WPF project - [login to view URL]) --> 1,192 entries 2. Using Open Source [login to view URL] reader ([login to view URL]) --> 3,352 entries 3. Using nirSoft IEHistory Reader ([login to view URL]) --> 4,031 entries Would like code to be in a single source (*.cs) file with good notes in-line - can use the attached WPF as template (this will eventually be turned into a (.dll that feeds a larger tool). Output should be a List<T> as in the attached example and include the following fields (similar to nirsoft with one possible exception): 1. URL (should be UTF unencoded as in the WPF - IHist example attached) 2. Title 3. Hits 4. Modified Date 5. Expiration Date 6. User 7. SubFolder 8. Low folder** 8. File Position * I thought that the nirsoft tool is reading additional URL(s) from the registry (not in the [login to view URL] file) but reading the details of the [login to view URL] provided with the tool I see that this is not the case. ** The low folder seems to be present only in Windows Vista and later (I.e. Windows 7 and 2008) - I have not researched this, but the tool should be tested in Windows 7 as well as XP to be sure that all history folders - including the Low folder - are being read Good references: - [login to view URL] provided with the nirsoft history reader (see link above) - (general background on [login to view URL]) [login to view URL] - white paper about the [login to view URL] format provided on the 'opensource' solution link above - [login to view URL] General Project Notes: - Will deposit funds in escrow and release upon completion - Project will be 'complete' after review of code - recommend leaving time to make adjustments after review - All rights reserved - programmer should return all sample code, deliver all copies of the source code and delete local copies when project is complete General Code Suggestions: Tool should: 1. Find the version of Windows being used 2. Determine if IE is installed and if so which version of IE is installed (if 5 or greater proceed) 3. Get the user name and machine name and get a handle on the local settings directory (probably using [login to view URL](Environment.SpecialFolder.???) 4 Collect a list of the [login to view URL] folders - including subfolders and 'low' folder (see opensource version of code - which might not work right in this respect) 5. Create a base List<T> to pop the entries into 6. Parse each [login to view URL] file into the List<T> 7. Bind to datagrid