Easy Tool to Get Your Rom Hahes

[OldSchoolGuy]

Hey guys/gals. One of the obstacles that gave me issues when I first started to convert all of my PS1 roms to .PBP format was the fact that scraping was going to be a hassle. I had to get the SHA1 hashes for all of the new files, and get them in lowercase, before I could edit the Hash.csv file and point Selph's Scraper at it.

What started out as a small project in Powershell, turned into a full-on mini application. What I ended up with was something quite nice that I believe could save a ton of people a crap-load of time and effort if they use Windows to work with file hashes for the roms on their retropie. If you have need of a Rom-Hashing program to spit out hashes in lowercase and recurse folders with filters for any file extensions you like, then feel free to try it out and share it with anyone who might need it. I know it has been really great for me since I made it. You can download it from this link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1saYP91JHvkgK8By60BRChSMakSxj3Sno/view?usp=sharing

The code isn't perfect, as I know some programmers might grump at it, but it's my first one, so be nice ;) She doesn't have to be pretty, but she runs like a dream.

On a technical note, scripts won't run without special permissions right off the bat in Powershell. I found that, if you are already logged into Windows with an account that has Administrative priviliges, you can enable running of scripts simply be going to the start menu and then finding the shortcut for powershell, right click it and then choose "run as administrator". When the window opens, type "exit" to quit the session. Once you do this little routine once, you can simply right click any .PS1 script anywhere on your computer and then choose "run with powershell" to run the script. You can run scripts freely until you log off or reboot the computer. Enjoy, and if there are any other features you would like to see in the program, I am open to suggestions.

Cheers. :)