GUIDGEN
is a simple command line tool generating
Globally Unique Identifiers.
You can download it by clicking on the link above. Extract the
exe file from the downloaded zip file into any directory that
lies in the path specified by your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. To run
the program, open the DOS window and type
GUIDGEN
[optional path-filename]
. Generated GUID appears typed on the console and pasted
on the clipboard in the form required by Windows registry and
if filname is given, it is also appended to the end of the file
in the form of C++ initializer for variables of type GUID, IID
and CLSID. Part of the GUID is generated from UTC time and part remains constant for given processor and copy of Windows OS. The program is intended for people using in their work cheap development tools (as for example Borland's free C++ compiler) that do not come equipped with this facility.