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Get-ForensicWindowsSearchHistory

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NAME Get-ForensicWindowsSearchHistory



SYNOPSIS

Gets the search terms that have been searched for using the Windows Search feature.





SYNTAX

Get-ForensicWindowsSearchHistory [-VolumeName <String>] [<CommonParameters>]



Get-ForensicWindowsSearchHistory -HivePath <String> [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Get-ForensicWindowsSearchHistory cmdlet parses a user's NTUSER.DAT file to derive the terms that have been

searched for using the Windows Search feature.



Except as noted, the cmdlets in the PowerForensics module require the permissions of a member of the

Administrators group on the computer. To run them, start Windows PowerShell with the 'Run as administrator' option.





PARAMETERS

-VolumeName [<String>]

Specifies the name of the volume or logical partition.



Enter the volume name in one of the following formats: \\\\.\\C:, C:, or C.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-HivePath <String>

Registry hive to parse.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS

None





OUTPUTS

System.String







-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



[ADMIN]: PS C:\\>Get-ForensicWindowsSearchHistory -VolumeName C:



This command gets the URLs typed into Internet Explorer from all user's NTUSER.DAT hives on the C: logical volume.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



[ADMIN]: PS C:\\>Get-ForensicWindowsSearchHistory -HivePath C:\\Users\\Public\\NTUSER.DAT



This command gets the URLs typed into Internet Explorer from the C:\\Users\\Public\\NTUSER.DAT hive.



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