How to make a checksum in Windows

There are lots of reasons you might want to make a checksum of a file, and there are lots of ways to make those checksums. We aren't going to talk about any of that here, but just show you the easiest and fastest way to make a checksum in Windows.

[hossamhossameldin]

thanks a lot for your illustration

certutil -hashfile <<file name>> md5

[ashleighcrichton]

If i have a checksum how do i find the associated file on my pc? (to release file from quarantine)