Mike Swanson
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Drive 3 yielded the biggest finds in the project so far.
VHDX mount + scan (D:\WIN7-Orders\Darv-2\VWP1.VHDX, 117 GB Hyper-V disk):
- Mounted read-only as F:, scanned in 85s, dismounted
- NOT Darv's dev box - it's the office "owner" admin workstation
- No newer source code found inside, but:
- Vwp11.mdb (2023-07-27, 369 MB) - NEWEST DB snapshot anywhere
- Vwp.mdb (2022-12-23, 769 MB) - on Desktop\Darv VWP
- Orders Versions/ desktop folder with 2 EXEs + 7 shortcuts
- The .lnk shortcuts all pointed to G:\VWP2\Orders*.exe - the
"Aha!" that revealed where Darv's iteration happened
- Saved to source-code/from-VHDX-VWP1/
The VWP2 grab (D:\97-Server-G-Drive\g$ 2024-04-10\VWP2\):
- This is Darv's actual iteration workspace on the production
Orders server (G: drive)
- 16.36 GB total, 1,061 files. Grabbed 886 files (~893 MB) filtered to
*.exe, *.rpt, *.ocx, and VB6 source extensions:
- 64 Orders*.exe versions - complete iteration history (includes the
production Orders_10A.exe + Orders_10Z.exe variant + dozens more
with Darv's "iterate-and-rename" naming pattern)
- 820 Crystal Reports (.rpt)
- 2 .ocx supporting controls
- Skipped 23 historical .mdb backups (15.8 GB) - we already have
newer snapshots from 000_ASource and VHDX
- Skipped 6 large subfolders (HOLD, HHOLD, Pay_2021_0325, GWAC,
20220205, 20211010 RPT) - mostly more MDBs
- Saved to source-code/from-VWP2-97server/
What we learned about the 4-year gap:
- No source code newer than 2020-06-09 ORDERS_C.vbp baseline found
on any of the three rotation drives
- The 64 EXE versions in VWP2 go through 2022 - Darv was iterating
and rebuilding compiled output but not updating his .vbp source
control. This is consistent with his "rename and try" workflow
- The production exe (Orders_10A.exe) is in this batch - now we can
use VB Decompiler Pro on it without needing the original drive
Helper scripts:
- scan_vhdx.ps1 - fast PowerShell scan of a mounted VHDX for source/DB
- find_vwp2.py - cross-CSV search for the VWP2 path
- vwp2_summary.py - size+type breakdown of the VWP2 folder
- debug_vwp2.py - one-off debug helper
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
VWP Orders — Source Code Recovery from D: Backup Drive
Recovered: 2026-05-16
Source drive: D:\ (label Backup, 8 TB, 5.3 TB used) — one of several VWP backup drives in Mike's possession
Provenance CSV: ../WizTree_20260516172207.csv (393 MB raw export, gitignored)
Analysis CSVs: ../source-analysis/D-drive-2026-05-16/ (per-category, per-keyword)
What's in here
Full-Project/ — Darv's "Full" project tree
- Source:
D:\Office-Estimates\Darv\Full\Project\ - Filtered to extensions:
.vbp .vbg .vbw .frm .frx .bas .cls .ctl .ctx .res .rpt .ini .cfg .sql .qry .txt .md .doc .docx .pdf - Master copy (most files, older snapshot)
- Latest
ORDERS_C.vbpdate: 2019-11-05
Kingston-Project/ — Darv's Kingston USB project tree
- Source:
D:\Office-Estimates\Darv\Kingston\Project\ - Filtered (same extension list)
- Newer ORDERS_C.vbp (2020-06-09) but fewer files — likely his current working snapshot from the USB stick
- The "Kingston" naming refers to the Kingston-branded USB drive Darv used
Source/ — Darv\Source\ wholesale
- Source:
D:\Office-Estimates\Darv\Source\(555 MB, 169 files) - Contains a
History\Package\andHistory\Package2\(InstallShield packages?) - Has older files dating back to 1997 (
C4dll1210.dll), 2002-2012 various - Likely a personal scratch / archive area, not the live source
SOURCE-HOLD/ — Darv\SOURCE HOLD\ wholesale
- Source:
D:\Office-Estimates\Darv\SOURCE HOLD\(2 files only, < 1 MB) - Named "HOLD" suggests intentional snapshot
000_ASource/ — Darv's "active source" folder (from drive 2)
- Source:
D:\Office-Estimates\Darv\000_ASource\(drive 2, labelBackup, 12 TB) - 12 files, ~768 MB (mostly the
Vwp.mdbwhich is gitignored — only ~4 MB of source/config goes to git) TEST_VWP.vbpdated 2021-08-16 — the only .vbp on either drive newer than the 2020-06-09 ORDERS_C.vbp baseline. Likely an experimental scaffold (only 810 bytes).frmLotInfo*.frmvariants dated 2020-10 to 2021-08 — Darv was iterating on a form. TheJJandZand5JJand5Zsuffixes are his variant-marker convention.Vwp.mdbdated 2022-10-19 (764 MB) — newest database snapshot anywhere, two years more recent than what the prior session had. Gitignored; on local disk only. Useful for schema-evolution analysis.MSSCCPRJ.SCCfile — Microsoft Source Code Control project file. Confirms Darv was using Visual SourceSafe. There may be a SourceSafe repository (srcsafe.ini) on a later drive that contains full version history. Worth grepping for*.scc / srcsafe.inion subsequent scans.
from-VWP2-97server/ — Darv's iteration workspace (from drive 3)
- Source:
D:\97-Server-G-Drive\g$ 2024-04-10 21;13;45\VWP2\(drive 3 snapshot of the production Orders serverG:drive) - 886 files, ~893 MB committed — filtered to *.exe, *.rpt, *.ocx, plus VB6 source extensions (none found)
- 64 Orders*.exe versions — Darv's complete iteration history. Filenames follow his "iterate-and-rename" pattern:
Orders_10A.exe(the production EXE),Orders_10Z.exe,Orders22.exe,Orders24.exe,XXOrders_08.exe,XOrdersXX.exe, etc. Spans 2021-2022+ build dates. - 820 .rpt Crystal Reports — current and historical report templates
- Skipped: 23 historical Vwp.mdb backups (~15.8 GB) and 6 subfolders (HOLD, HHOLD, Pay_2021_0325, GWAC, 20220205, 20211010 RPT — mostly more MDBs). We already have 2022-10, 2022-12, and 2023-07 MDB snapshots from other locations.
from-VHDX-VWP1/ — Office admin "owner" workstation (from drive 3, mounted VHDX)
- Source:
D:\WIN7-Orders\Darv-2\VWP1.VHDX(117 GB Hyper-V disk, 2023-09-01) - VHDX was mounted read-only as F: drive on 2026-05-16, scanned, then dismounted
- NOT Darv's dev machine — this is the "owner" user's accounting/admin workstation that used the Orders app
Orders-Versions/— Desktop folder with 2 EXEs (Orders22.exe Nov 2021, Orders24.exe Mar 2022) and 7.lnkshortcuts ALL pointing toG:\VWP2\Orders*.exe— confirms G:\VWP2\ on 97-Server was the live shared locationdatabase-snapshots/Vwp11_2023-07-27.mdb(369 MB, gitignored) — newest DB snapshot anywhere (9 months newer than 000_ASource's 2022-10 copy)database-snapshots/Vwp_2022-12-23_from-Desktop.mdb(769 MB, gitignored) — December 2022 snapshotmisc/VWP1202Fix.zip+.log— undated fix package from 2017
VMs/ — VirtualBox disk images (gitignored)
VWIN7-DW.vdi(8.3 GB) — Darv's actual Windows 7 Dev workstation- Source:
D:\Office-Estimates\Darv\VirtualBox\VWIN7 DW.vdi - Boot this to get his full dev environment with VB6 IDE, paths, dependencies intact
- Source:
XP-for-ORDERS_copy.vdi(2.8 GB) — XP runtime for compiled Orders- Source:
D:\Office-Estimates\Darv\VM_VDI\XP for ORDERS_copy.vdi - Useful for runtime testing of the compiled Orders_10A.exe
- Source:
Three VB6 project variants identified
| Project | Purpose | Latest .vbp | Location pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
ORDERS_C.vbp |
Main Orders application | 2020-06-09 (Kingston) | Project\VWP_Current\ |
ORDERS_Cx.vbp |
Variant (possibly experimental) | 2018-12-11 | Project\VWP_Current\ |
ORDERS_I.vbp |
Invoicing module | 2019-03-21 | Project\VWP_Inv\ |
Also VWP_Current_0317/ and VWP_Update/ folders exist — likely interim dev branches.
What was intentionally NOT copied
| Class | Why skipped |
|---|---|
Recovery\Darv\ (78 GB) |
Older copy of master Darv folder — same source, older snapshots |
Estimating Archive 2024-04-23 01;46;22\Darv\ (135 GB) |
Bit-for-bit duplicate of master Darv per WizTree size/file count |
635 .mdb Access DB backups (195 GB total) |
Live VWP.mdb already in source-analysis/; historical schema snapshots can be revisited on demand |
| 14 OVA exports of VMs (58 GB) | Largely duplicates of the two VDIs we grabbed; OVAs are portable but less efficient for running |
Darv\Full\Program Files\ (large) |
Darv's installed dev tools — the VWIN7-DW.vdi already contains his complete installed environment |
Darv\HD2 Info\Darv\ (6.25 GB) |
Secondary HD info, lower priority |
97-Server-G-Drive\Users\Darv\ (7 GB) |
Older server snapshot, superseded by Office-Estimates\Darv\ |
VWP-ADSVR\Users\Darv\ (24 GB) |
AD server profile — the live copy (with the lone frmPayroll.frm) was already analyzed in 2026-04-27 session |
Open question — the 4-year gap
Latest .vbp modification on D:\ is 2020-06-09. The production Orders_10A.exe was live in April 2024. Either:
- Darv stopped maintaining source after 2020 and made later changes some other way (unlikely)
- Newer source exists on other backup drives — re-run this scan on the next drives Mike connects, filter for
.vbpmtime > 2020-06-09 - The 2020 source IS substantially the production code — minor or no functional changes since
Once additional WizTree CSVs are dropped in source-analysis/, re-run analyze_wiztree.py <csv> <out> to cross-reference.
Tools
../source-analysis/analyze_wiztree.py— re-runnable WizTree CSV analyzer../source-analysis/size_candidates.py— folder-size triage script