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Changes for v7.11 - v7.12

  • A Reg Organizer icon added to its Explorer context menu command for running an application with tracing.
  • The problem with the application's digital signature has been fixed.
  • The registry cleanup function ignore list update.



Changes for v7.0 - v7.10

  • The Application Uninstaller tool: The new type of applications for Windows 8/8.1/10 (Windows Store applications) is supported.
  • The Startup Applications tool:
  • 1) Support of the new startup locations: Services and Drivers. Reg Organizer allows to to configure the delayed launch of the applications from these locations as for other startup applications.
  • 2) When displaying entries which are calling the third-party code by way of using the rundll32.exe program, the information about the actually called module is shown instead of rundll32.exe.
  • 3) A command for removing the selected entry has been added to the startup items list.
  • Disk Cleanup: If you want to specify the custom file masks to be removed during the disk cleanup (via Main Menu -> Commands -> Settings... -> Disk Cleanup -> Custom Files), now it is not necesary to add every mask separately. Just add them in one line, for example: "*.tmp *.temp".
  • Bugs fixed:
  • 1) If you try to reboot the computer without closing Reg Organizer, a message was shown that latter does not allow to end the session.
  • 2) Registry editor: The unusual registry string values that does not have the the null terminating character, could be displayed with the superfluous, "garbage" characters at the end.



Changes for v7.0 Beta 4 - v7.0

  • The program's user interface has been updated.
  • Startup applications optimization. Reg Organizer may speed up your computer boot time by delaying specific applications which are registered for automatic starting along with the system. These are programs that are not necessary right after the system has loaded.
  • The disk cleanup tool has been completely remastered.
  • Improvements:
  • 1) The tool is now able to find more unneeded files and invalid shortcuts on the disks.
  • 2) It works more quickly.
  • 3) The ability has been added to specify the custom folders and the file masks for cleaning them. (The Clean Folders function from the previous versions was able only to purge the specified folders completely.)
  • The Important Registry Parts tool: You now have the ability to select several entries at once. Also a new command was added to the context menu allowing you to turn all selected items into checked.
  • An option was added to Settings allowing you to disable the splash screen on program start.
  • Bug fixed: Some interface parts of the Startup tools could be displayed incorrectly when working under the Classic Windows interface theme.



Changes for v7.0 Beta 3 - v7.0 Beta 4

  • Changes and improvements to the graphical interface.



Changes for v7.0 Beta 2 - v7.0 Beta 3

  • Some grahpical interface elements have been changed.
  • The Disk Cleanup tool:
  • 1) When adding a custom folder for its cleanup now it is possible to specify that only the files in this folder should be removed excluding the child folders of the added folder.
  • 2) Bug fixed: The folders sizes have not been displayed in the items to remove window.
  • Some user interface icons have been updated.



Changes for v6.60 - v7.0 Beta 2

  • Startup applications optimization. Reg Organizer may speed up your computer boot by delaying the applications which are registered for automatic starting along with the system, however mostly they are not necessary right after the system has loaded.
  • The disk cleanup tool has been completely remastered.
  • Improvements:
  • 1) The tool is now able to find more unneeded files and invalid shortcuts on the disks.
  • 2) Works quicker.
  • 3) The ability has been added to specify the custom folders and the file masks for cleaning them. (The Clean Folders function from the previous versions was able only to purge the specified folders completely.)
  • The Important Registry Parts tool: the ability to select several entries at once. Also a new command was added to the context menu allowing to turn all selected items into checked.
  • An option was added to Settings allowing to disable the splash screen on program start.
  • Change since the 7.0 beta 1 version: a command for showing the Ignore List was added to the Disk Cleanup results window context menu.
  • Bugs fixed (including corrections to version 7.0 beta 1):
  • 1) Some interface parts of the Startup tools could be displayed incorrectly when working under the Classic Windows interface theme.
  • 2) After switching to Express Check from the final step of the Disk Cleanup tool some information could be not displayed.
  • 3) Error when trying to use the Windows Explorer context menu command "Install with tracing in Reg Organizer".
  • 4) Saving the disk cleanup results to the text file does not work.



Changes for v6.55 - v6.60

  • The Startup Applications tool:
  • 1) The percent of users who delayed and disabled a startup application is now shown for each application in the list.
  • 2) The context menu commands which allows you to delay and temporary disable a startup item have been added to the context menu.
  • 3) The removed startup applications for which the automatic launch was recently blocked are displayed now in the interface.
  • 4) A more reliable working of the tool with regard to delaying and disabling the startup applications.
  • Registry Editor:
  • 1) Ability to create and edit the REG_QWORD values. This registry type represents the 64-bit integer values.
  • 2) Bug fixed: When editing the numeric value, the backspace key allowing you to delete the previous character does not work.



Changes for v6.60 Beta 2 - v6.60 Beta 3

  • When updating the program an error with the code 5 might occur.



Changes for v6.60 Beta 1 - v6.60 Beta 2

  • Fixed bugs.



Changes for v6.55 - v6.60 Beta 1

  • The Startup Applications tool:
  • 1) The percent of users who delayed and disabled a startup application is now shown for each application in the list.
  • 2) The context menu commands which allows to delay and temporary disable a startup item have been added to the context menu.
  • 3) The removed startup applications for which the automatic launch was recently blocked are displayed now in the interface.
  • 4) A more reliable work of the tool with regard to delaying and disabling the startup applications.
  • Registry Editor:
  • 1) Ability to create and edit the REG_QWORD values. This registry type represents the 64-bit integer values.
  • 2) Bug fixed: When editing the numeric value the backspace key allowing to delete the previous character does not work.



Changes for v6.50 - v6.55

  • The Application Uninstaller tool:
  • 1) When removing the application traces now, a backup is created in the Undoing Change Center. This makes it easy to recover the deleted application traces if, for example, you removed the program's traces and whereupon decided that you wish to continue using it.
  • 2) Uninstalling applications is faster due to the fact that the system restore point is not created now before the application's traces removal. (The quickly-working Undoing Changes Center is now used instead to provide the ability to rollback the traces removal.)
  • 3) High CPU resources consumption eliminated during the work of the standard uninstaller when removing an application.
  • The Tweaks tool: A tweak was added: "Do not show the Windows lock screen upon system load".
  • The Registry Optimization tool: a problem was fixed after the optimization when the Hidden attribute was taken off from the files where the registry is stored. This led to the fact that the files of the registry become visible in Explorer with the standard settings.
  • Rarely used options have been removed from the program settings.



Changes for v6.55 Beta 2 - v6.55 Beta 3

  • The Registry Optimization tool: a problem fixed after the optimization when the Hidden attribute was taken off from the files where the registry is stored. This led to the fact that the files of the registry become visible in Explorer with the standard settings.



Changes for v6.50 - v6.55 Beta 2

  • Application Uninstaller: High CPU resources consumption eliminated during the work of the standard uninstaller when removing an application.



Changes for v6.50 Beta 3 - v6.50

  • A new Startup Applications tool has been added. It accumulates the functionality that was previously in one of the Important Registry Parts sections and also includes the following improvements:
  • 1) Now every one of the most applications automatically started after system load can be delayed by specifying an any period of time after which it will be launched. The delaying of the applications which are not necessary immediately after the system load allows you to accelerate its being brought to a working state; that is, when there is no more latency in the system's user interface.
  • 2) Building the startup applications loading order by using the delaying function.
  • 3) Displaying the system load speed graph.
  • 4) More startup applications now displayed.
  • 5) Protecting the status of the delayed, disabled, and removed startup entries and restoring it in the event the status was changed by the parent program.
  • 6) Easily changing several entries at once, if necessary.
  • 7) A context menu command allowing you to move to the startup entry in the system (for example, open the registry key containing the startup entry).
  • 8) Extracting the startup application’s information from the digital signature, if available for an application.
  • The Tweaks tool:
  • 1) The System Load and Unload Speed-Up quick tune-up group has been supplemented by a new tweak. Enabling it boosts the system load by reducing the startup applications priority on a number of occasions.
  • 2) A tweak was added: "Disable the shutdown button on the Start Screen (Windows 8.1 Update 1 or higher)".
  • If the installer execution tracking agent is enabled, it gets loaded with a 1 minute delay after logging in to the system. (Previously this used to occur immediately after logging in.) This was done to boost the system's moving into the fully working condition by reducing the number of processes executed simultaneously just after the system has loaded.
  • In the Important Registry Parts tool, the most frequently used parts are now located in the beginning of the list.
  • Bug fixed: When changing the size of the Tweaks window, the entry lists within it weren’t resized.



Changes for v6.50 Beta 2 - v6.50 Beta 3

  • If the installer execution tracking agent is enabled it get loaded with the 1 minute delay after logging in to the system (previously this used to occur immediately after logging in). This was done to boost the system's putting into the fully working condition by reducing the number of processes executed simultaneously just after the system has loaded.
  • Bugs fixed in the Startup Applications tool:
  • 1) Some interface parts does not displayed correctly under the Classic Windows theme.
  • 2) After delaying some programs a superfluous window might occur on their loading after logging to the system.



Changes for v6.50 Beta 1 - v6.50 Beta 2

  • The Startup Applications tool:
  • 1) Adding the startup entries.
  • 2) Applications recently added to the startup are displayed in the separate group.
  • 3) The Search Internet context menu command helps to evaluate whether a startup entry which you know nothing about belongs to the malicious software.
  • 4) A context menu command allowing to move to the startup entry in the system (for example, open the registry key containing the startup entry).
  • 5) The startup applications list supports sort by the delay time ascending.
  • The Tweaks tool:
  • 1) The System Load and Unload Speed-Up quick tune-up group has been supplemented by a new tweak. Enabling it boosts the system load by reducing the startup applications priority on a number of occasions.
  • 2) A tweak added: "Disable the shutdown button on the Start Screen (Windows 8.1 Update 1 or higher)".
  • Bugs fixed:
  • 1) Startup Applications tool: For some types of entries it was not possible to perform the removal undoing.
  • 2) When changing the size of the Tweaks window the entry lists within it haven't been resized.



Changes for v6.35 - v6.50 Beta 1

  • Completely renewed the Startup applications tool.



Changes for v6.34 - v6.35

  • The Application Uninstaller tool:
  • 1) The application icons in the tabled view became larger and rendered better (under Windows Vista or higher).
  • 2) Increased accuracy of the application installing with tracing function. In some cases the superfluous registry might have been added to the applications traces.



Changes for v6.33 - v6.34

  • The Installer Execution Tracking Agent has been updated to eliminate the false operations.
  • Bug fixed: In some cases the superfluous folders were added to the applications traces.



Changes for v6.32 - v6.33

  • The Application Uninstaller tool. Bug fixed: In some cases the superfluous registry entries has been added to the applications traces.



Changes for v6.31 - v6.32

  • The Application Uninstaller tool:
  • 1) Improved the accuracy of the installing applications with tracing function, so that the system changes which do not apply to the application being installed will not be registered.
  • 2) Interface improvement: The Notation Conventions window's height was increased which removes the vertical scroll bar.
  • Bug fixed: The column might disappear from the applications list in case of the repeated opening of the Application Uninstaller tool window.



Changes for v6.26 - v6.30

  • When uninstalling applications that may change the browser settings, like various browser toolbars, Reg Organizer shows information about how to return your browser's settings to the initial state.
  • Reg Organizer is now able to determine the name of the application installed with tracing even if it does not register itself in the registry (in the uninstall keys). For example, such situation may take place for portable applications. Earlier, by default such applications were assigned the "Installed Application" name.
  • The Installer Execution Tracking Agent has been improved.
  • Registry editor and search functions interface improvements.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • When running under the 64-bit system, in the Startup Items function of the Important Registry Parts tool it was not possible to view the properties or launch the entry if it has been located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.
  • When running under the 64-bit system, when running the application's tracing using the Explorer context menu the program to be traced have not been launched automatically if located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.
  • The "Access violation..." error message might appeat after right clicking on the Startup Items section entry of the Important Registry Parts tool.
  • The portable version: After reboot initialized by the Registry Optimization tool, the program's settings might have not been saved.
  • The portable version: The "Shut down the computer after the optimization" option does not work properly in the Registry optimization tool.



Changes for v6.26 - v6.30 Beta 1

  • Application Uninstaller:
  • 1) When uninstalling applications that may change the browser settings, like various browser toolbars, Reg Organizer shows information about how to return your browser's settings to the initial state.
  • 2) Reg Organizer is now able to determine the name of the application installed with tracing even if it does not register itself in the registry (in the uninstall keys). For example, such situation may take place for portable applications. Earlier, by default such applications were assigned the "Installed Application" name.
  • 3) The Installer Execution Tracking Agent has been improved.
  • Registry editor and search functions interface improvements.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) When running under the 64-bit system, in the Startup Items function of the Important Registry Parts tool it was not possible to view the properties or launch the entry if it has been located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.
  • 2) When running under the 64-bit system, when running the application's tracing using the Explorer context menu the program to be traced have not been launched automatically if located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.
  • 3) The "Access violation..." error message might appeat after right clicking on the Startup Items section entry of the Important Registry Parts tool.



Changes for v6.11 - v6.20

  • Application Uninstaller:
  • 1) The Applications list menu now features a command to export the list of installed programs to an HTML file.
  • 2) If an application for which installation was traced is removed without Reg Organizer participation (for instance, using its own uninstall tool) the traces data is not erased. You can use it later to clean the system from the uninstalled application leftovers.
  • Registry Editor:
  • 1) The Favorites from Regedit.exe, the standard registry editing tool, is automatically imported to Reg Organizer.
  • 2) Ability to edit the registry keys access rights. A "Permissions..."command was added to the registry key context menu in the registry editor.
  • A right click on every tree-like list in the program now results in selecting the item (not only summoning its context menu).



Changes for v6.10 - v6.11

  • Documentation update and bug fixes.



Changes for v6.10 Beta 2 - v6.10

  • The Important Registry Parts tool has been joined by the new section Recently Used Files. It shows the files a user has selected in the standard Windows Open and Save file dialogs. With this function you can completely wipe out all drop-down file lists of all Open and Save file dialogs you were working with.
  • The registry cleanup function now features the new section Recently Used files. It allows you to automatically check the above mentioned elements and remove erroneous ones. As the result, drop-down lists of standard Windows Open and Save file dialogs will contain only existing files.
  • The Application Uninstaller function:
  • 1) Added the ability to perform delayed removal of the program traces. Now when you uninstall an application, you can reboot the system if the standard uninstaller requires it and then remove all traces of the app from the system.
  • 2) Added the ability to quickly add an item to the ignore list directly from the window that shows the traces associated with an application.
  • 3) The uninstall scenarios which need reboot are not supported. You may reboot the system during the application's uninstall, if necessary. On Windows load return to the Application Uninstaller tool of the Reg Organizer utility and it will proceed to the cleanup of traces left by the uninstalled application.
  • Registry Editor: The ability to remove multiple selected registry values at once.
  • Bug fixed: Sometimes after fixing the invalid entries in the registry cleanup function the undoing changes center record might have not been created.



Changes for v6.10 Beta 1 - v6.10 Beta 2

  • The Application Uninstaller tool now supports the uninstall scenarios which need reboot. You may reboot the system during the application's uninstall, if necessary. On Windows load return to the Application Uninstaller tool of the Reg Organizer utility and it will proceed to the cleanup of traces left by the uninstalled application.
  • Optimized code of working with the Application Uninstaller tool ignore list.
  • Registry Editor: The ability to remove multiple selected registry values at once.
  • Bug fixed: Sometimes after fixing the invalid entries in the registry cleanup function the undoing changes center record might have not been created.



Changes for v6.02 - v6.10 Beta 1

  • The Important Registry Parts tool has been joined by the new section Recently Used Files. It shows the files a user has selected in the standard Windows Open and Save file dialogs. With this function you can completely wipe out all drop-down file lists of all Open and Save file dialogs you were working with.
  • The registry cleanup function now features the new section Recently Used files. It allows you to automatically check the above mentioned elements and remove erroneous ones. As the result, drop-down lists of standard Windows Open and Save file dialogs will contain only existing files.
  • The Application Uninstaller function:
  • 1) The ability to perform delayed removal of the program traces. Now when you uninstall an application you can reboot the system if the standard uninstaller requires it and then remove all traces of the app from the system.
  • 2) Quick adding of an item to the ignore list directly from the window that shows the traces associated with an application.



Changes for v6.0 - v6.01

  • Bugs fixed.



Changes for v5.46 - v6.0



Changes for v6.0 Beta 1 - v6.0 Beta 2

  • Disk Cleanup tool:
  • By default, the program deletes shortcuts pointing to files that do not exist. However, you can enable the repair of such files instead of deletion (that’s the way these files were handled in the previous versions).
  • When a file is deleted, the program creates a record in the Undoing Changes Center.
  • Registry Editor, enhanced usability:
  • Toolbar is nestled than before: The Registry File button has been removed because it’s rarely used, and its commands can now be found on context menus.
  • You can switch between the main window controls by pressing the Tab key on the keyboard, without using the mouse.
  • Registry settings are sorted alphabetically as in the standard registry editor (regedit.exe).
  • The behaviour of the registry editor key entering field has been improved when manually typing the key.
  • The adding to the Favorites window has been updated.
  • A new tweak has been added: "Hide Recycle Bin from Desktop".
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Tweaks: The "System Load and Unload Speed-Up" option used to disable itself on some systems after being enabled.
  • The Install an Application command did not work when using the Installer Execution Tracking Agent. This command is called from the context menu of the Agent in the system tray.
  • The program could hang if the user added too many items to the ignore list of the Registry Cleanup or Disk Cleaner.
  • Visual bug: A small blue box used to appear in the lower right corner of the main window (on the status bar).
  • Fixed bug: The program has an option for moving the unwanted files to a specified folder. We discovered that the program did not exclude that folder from scanning when the option was enabled. As a result, the program used to scan that folder and find previously processed files again.



Changes for v5.46 - v6.0 Beta 1

  • * Tweaks - the tool which is intended for changing the hidden and hard-to-get-to options of the operating system - has been revamped. Here are some changes:
  • 1) Quick tune-up groups have been added. With their help, it is possible to optimize the specific aspects of the operating system functioning with a few mouse clicks. For example, when working with the Internet or system, load and unload time can be optimized.
  • 2) The number of tweaks available in the program for manual changing by the user was increased.
  • 3) For more experienced users, an option was added to create their own tweaks and share them with other users. Also the created tweaks can be exported so that Reg Organizer won’t be needed to open them. Any registry editing tool will do, for example, the standard regedit.exe from the operating system.
  • 4) Safer working with the tweaks: any changing can be easily undone. A button for opening the Undoing Changes Center has been added to the right lower corner of the Tweaks tool window.
  • 5) Windows 8 support (the rest of the tools of Reg Organizer supported it before as well).
  • * The Registry Editor tool:
  • 1) The ability to start the registry editor quickly, directly from Windows, even if Reg Organizer is not open. To do this, you just enter the alias “rrr” in the Run window (it appears when pressing the Win + R keys combination in Windows), in the search field of the Start Menu, or the Start screen of Windows 8. This will result in opening the registry editor of Reg Organizer. The confirmation window of the User Account Control (UAC) feature of Windows won’t be displayed.
  • 2) When creating a registry value, the focus by default will be set to its name. When editing, it will be set to the value's data.
  • 3) In the input field of the search string, a hint will be displayed with information about where the search will be performed (in the entire Registry or separate key), in accordance with the current settings.
  • * The Undoing Changes Center is an updated feature allowing you to rollback changes made to the system registry using Reg Organizer.
  • 1) The changes made to the system registry while using the registry tool of Reg Organizer can be cancelled. For example, if you’ve accidentally deleted an important key during the registry editing, it can be easily restored.
  • 2) For each backup, you can see what registry items are affected by it.
  • 3) Automatic deletion of obsolete backups.
  • 4) The ability to rename backups. With this function, it is possible to specify any keywords in the backup's name allowing you to easily distinguish one backup from another.
  • * The Express Check function now works faster.
  • * Usability improvement: The Important Registry Parts tool's sections are now sorted so that the most popular ones are shown first.



Changes for v5.46 Beta 1 - v5.46 Beta 2

  • The registry cleanup ignore list has been updated.
  • Bug fixed: the program could hang during the registry cleanup on some system when checking the Documents Types And Other Properties registry part.



Changes for v5.45 - v5.46 Beta 1

  • Minor internal changes aimed at improving the product quality.



Changes for v5.45 Beta 2 - v5.45 Beta 3

  • Fixed bugs.



Changes for v5.45 Beta 1 - v5.45 Beta 2

  • Application Uninstaller tool: the System Restore Point creation during the uninstall now may be disabled in the program' s Settings.
  • Fixed bugs.



Changes for v5.40 - v5.45 Beta 1

  • Increased usability:
  • 1) Registry editor: When saving a key to a file, the default file name which corresponds to the name of the key is offered.
  • 2) Dynamic resizing of the elements in the program's windows. In the earlier versions, the size of the elements changed only after a user released the mouse button. Now elements change their size dynamically as if moving the mouse cursor with the button pressed.
  • Application Uninstaller tool:
  • 1) Application traces searching algorithm has been improved. Now when uninstalling an application via Reg Organizer, it detects more data left by the uninstalled application in the system.
  • 2) An ability to install updates to the applications installed with tracing.
  • 3) Now you can install applications with tracing directly from the Windows Explorer's context menu.
  • 4) The support for simultaneous removal of two or more applications has been added. The list of applications in the Application Uninstaller tool window now supports multiple selection.
  • 5) While an application is being uninstalled with its built-in uninstall tool, an ability to start searching for the application's traces without waiting for the uninstall process to finish has been added. This works best when the default uninstaller of a program works incorrectly or halts.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • 1) Fixed the error "Failed to get data for" in the Registry Cleanup tool while checking the "Shell Commands" registry part.
  • 2) Registry editor: Column sorting didn't work for the tabs of reg-files.
  • 3) The "Shared Libraries" section of the Manual Registry Cleanup tool could display a negative number in the "Hist Applications" column. This could happen if the number was too big, for example, 2147483648.
  • 4) Portable version: The program could leave two empty folders in the data folders of the system.
  • 5) If the option "Restore registry location of the previous session" was turned off, that necessary registry path didn't open if a user switched to it from the Registry Cleanup or Application Uninstaller tools.



Changes for v5.30 - v5.40

  • What's new:
  • Application Uninstaller tool:
  • 1) Now you can perform complete uninstallation of the unnecessary programs from your system, even if they were installed without tracing changes. Upon uninstalling, a search for information left by this program is performed and you are asked then if you want to remove these data too.
  • 2) In the main window of the Application Uninstaller tool the number of traces left by the selected application in the system is shown now with an ability to see the detailed information.
  • 3) Ability to rename the installed applications. The new name will be displayed only within Reg Organizer. Thus you may give a brief comment to any of the installed applications.
  • 4) Quick navigation to the registry keys and folders directly from the application system traces window.
  • 5) When you select the installer file using the button in the application installation with tracing window, the path where this file is located will be remembered. Later when choosing a new file this folder will be opened by default.
  • 6) When viewing the traced application uninstall results the window now can be maximized to the full screen.
  • The program may automatically turn the PC off after the registry optimization.
  • The installer execution tracking program has been updated. (It is disabled by default.)
  • Bugs fixed:
  • 1) Application Uninstaller tool: Some programs installed with Windows Installer could not be uninstalled.
  • 2) Under 64-bit system when choosing the command to show the registry key related to the application, the standard registry editing tool was shown, but the registry key opened by default was different from one that should be displayed.



Changes for v5.40 Beta 3 - v5.40 Beta 4

  • Fixed bugs.



Changes for v5.40 Beta 2 - v5.40 Beta 3

  • The error "Abnormal program termination" when closing the program and some other bugs have been fixed.



Changes for v5.40 Beta 1 - v5.40 Beta 2

  • The program may automatically turn the PC off after the registry optimization.
  • The installer execution tracking program has been updated (it is disabled by default).
  • Fixed bugs.



Changes for v5.30 - v5.40 Beta 1

  • What's new:
  • Application Uninstaller tool:
  • 1) Now you can perform complete uninstallation of the unnecessary programs from your system, even if they were installed without tracing changes. Upon uninstalling, a search for information left by this program is performed and you are asked then if you want to remove these data too.
  • 2) In the main window of the Application Uninstaller tool the number of traces left by the selected application in the system is shown now with an ability to see the detailed information.
  • 3) Ability to rename the installed applications. The new name will be displayed only within Full Uninstall. Thus you may give a brief comment to any of the installed applications.
  • 4) Quick navigation to the registry keys and folders directly from the application system traces window.
  • 5) When you select the installer file using the button in the application installation with tracing window, the path where this file is located will be remembered. Later when choosing a new file this folder will be opened by default.
  • 6) When viewing the traced application uninstall results the window now can be maximized to the full screen.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • 1) Application Uninstaller tool: Some programs installed with Windows Installer could not be uninstalled.
  • 2) Under 64-bit system when choosing the command to show the registry key related to the application, the standard registry editing tool was shown, but the registry key opened by default was different from one that should be displayed.



Changes for v5.30 Beta 4 - v5.30

  • What's new:
  • When opening a reg file in the registry editor, the program now shows not only keys and values which will be added to the registry after importing this file, but also ones which will be removed. (Besides the ability to add data to the registry, reg files support the rarely used feature - removing data.)
  • Some usability improvements in the registry editor.
  • Registry Editor tool changes:
  • 1) Two variants for representing search results: in a separate tab or integrated into the registry editor.
  • 2) Registry search result tab now has a button to close it.
  • 3) After a registry search, if the width of the search result columns was changed, it is saved and restored in all subsequent search results.
  • 4) Registry search logic has been improved.
  • An option to turn off backups has been added in the settings window, the General section.
  • The logic of the System Express Check on Reg Organizer startup has been changed.
  • By default, the backup records are now sorted by date in the Backups window.
  • The ignore list of the Registry Cleanup tool has been updated.
  • Now the registry search feature is built into the Registry Editor. To run a search, just enter a string into the search field at the top of the registry editor, and then click the Start Search button. Additional search options are available in the drop-down menu of this button.
  • The program supports automatic update.
  • Registry Snapshots tool:
  • 1) The Remove All Snapshots command is added to the context menu.
  • 2) Snapshots are compared by their creation date, rather than the order they were selected. This means an older snapshot is compared with a newer one.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) Application Uninstaller: Zero-length binary registry values were not displayed when the user would review changes made to the system by the installed application.
  • 2) In the Startup Items section of Important Registry Parts, an error occurred when the user would select an item which is associated with a relative path with a command line parameter. The error would display the error message that the system could not find the specified path.
  • 3) Some elements of the registry search match editing window could be placed wrong if the window was resized.
  • 4) If you open the Applications Uninstaller tool, enter some text in the search field, close the window and reopen it again, this causes an error message.
  • 5) Some elements of the Classic Windows theme were displayed incorrectly.
  • 6) Fixed problem with freezing the program when searching the registry.
  • 7) An error message "Error working with the strings storage file!" might occur when closing the program.
  • 8) If you press and hold the F5 key (Update data command) in the registry editor, the error "Access violation" might occur.
  • 9) The registry replace feature of the registry editor does not work for the values of the type REG_BINARY, if the search string was found in the value name.



Changes for v5.30 Beta 3 - v5.30 Beta 4

  • When opening a reg file in the registry editor, the program now shows not only keys and values which will be added to the registry after importing this file, but also ones which will be removed. (Besides the ability to add data to the registry, reg files support the rarely used feature - removing data.)
  • A new portable edition has been added. Download Reg Organizer portable
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) An error message "Error working with the strings storage file!" might occur when closing the program.
  • 2) If you press and hold the F5 key (Update data command) in the registry editor, the error "Access violation" might occur.
  • 3) The registry replace feature of the registry editor does not work for the values of the type REG_BINARY, if the search string was found in the value name.
  • Some usability improvements in the registry editor.



Changes for v5.30 Beta 2 - v5.30 Beta 3

  • Fixed problem with freezing the program when searching the registry.



Changes for v5.30 Beta 1 - v5.30 Beta 2

  • *Registry Editor tool changes:
  • 1) Two variants of representing search results: in a separated tab or integrated to the registry editor.
  • 2) Registry search result tab now has a button to close it.
  • 3) After a registry search, if the width of search result columns was changed, it is saved and restored in all subsequent search results.
  • 4) Registry search logics has been improved.
  • * An option to turn off backups has been added in the settings window, the General section.
  • * The logic of the System Express Check on Reg Organizer startup has been changed.
  • * By default, the backup records are now sorted by date in the Backups window
  • * The ignore list of Registry Cleanup tool has been updated.
  • * Fixed bugs:
  • 1) Some elements of the registry search match editing window could be placed wrong if the window was resized.
  • 2) If open the Applications Uninstaller tool, enter some text in the search field, close the window and reopen it again causes an error message.
  • 3) Some elements of the Classic Windows theme were displayed incorrectly.



Changes for v5.21 - v5.30 Beta 1

  • What's new:
  • Now the registry search feature is built into the Registry Editor. To run a search, just enter a string into the search field at the top of the registry editor, and then click the Start Search. Additional search options are available in the drop-down menu of this button.
  • The program supports automatic update.
  • Registry Snapshots tool:
  • 1) The Remove All Snapshots command is added to the context menu.
  • 2) Snapshots are compared by their creation date, rather than the order they were selected. This means an older snapshot is compared with a newer one.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) Application Uninstaller: zero-length binary registry values were not displayed when the user would review changes made to the system by the installed application.
  • 2) In the Startup Items section of Important Registry Parts, an error occurred when the user would select an item which is associated with a relative path with a command line parameter. The error would display error message that the system cannot find the specified path.



Changes for v5.20 - v5.21

  • What's new:
  • The Application Uninstaller tool now supports tracing changes even after closing the program. With this feature, you can install with tracing applications that require a reboot during installation.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) The installer execution tracing agent used to be disabled if reinstalling the program.
  • 2) The error "Invalid data type for 'InstallDate'" might occur when using the Application Uninstaller or Registry Cleanup tool.



Changes for v5.15 - v5.20

  • What's new:
  • A tool for complete application removal from the system has been improved. Now all installed applications are displayed in one list regardless of how they were installed: with or without tracking of changes during the installation process. The former one allows you to uninstall an application completely if you want.
  • In the Application Uninstaller tool you can install a new application in silent mode without prompting during the installation. This will save time if you are reinstalling an application you know well.
  • A new tool: Registry snapshots. The tool creates and compares different states of the registry saved at different times. In previous versions, this functionality was a part of the Application Uninstaller tool.
  • An option to enable a special agent program that monitors and fixes the moment when an application was run and suggests tracking all changes made to the system since that time. This guarantees correct and complete uninstalling of an application, if such need arises.
  • Information about the current state of the operation has been added to the top of disk and registry cleanup windows.
  • Registry Editor: The “Add to Favorites” button has been removed from the main window. Instead, this command has been transferred to the Favorites menu to provide a better user experience as all related commands are now in the same place.
  • Changes in Express Check tool logics. Now, if the Express Check was active when you exit the program, it remains turned on, and on the next run of Reg Organizer, the state of the “Execute Express Check at Reg Organizer startup” isn’t considered.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) In some cases unnecessary files were not deleted by the Disk Cleaner tool.
  • 2) Registry Editor: REG_DWORD parameters containing very big numbers could be displayed incorrectly as negative numbers even if they were actually positive.
  • 3) Upon switching from the Search and Replace tool back to the Registry Editor after making changes or replacements in parameter names or values, you could see old unchanged values.
  • 4) Some labels in certain sections of the settings window were not displayed.



Changes for v5.20 Beta 2 - v5.20 RC 1

  • The Application Uninstaller tool: For more programs in the list now the program's own icon is shown instead of the standard image.



Changes for v5.15 - v5.20 Beta 1

  • A tool for complete application removal from the system has been improved. Now all installed applications are displayed in one list regardless of how they were installed: with or without tracking of changes during the installation process. The former one allows you to uninstall an application completely if you want.
  • A new tool: Registry snapshots. The tool creates and compares different states of the registry saved at different times. In previous versions, this functionality was a part of the Application Uninstaller tool.
  • An option to enable a special agent program that monitors and fixes the moment when an application was run and suggests tracking all changes made to the system since that time. This guarantees correct and complete uninstalling of an application, if such need arises.
  • Information about the current state of the operation has been added to the top of disk and registry cleanup windows.
  • Registry Editor: The “Add to Favorites” button has been removed from the main window. Instead, this command has been transferred to the Favorites menu to provide a better user experience as all related commands are now in the same place.
  • Changes in Express Check tool logics. Now, if the Express Check was active when you exit the program, it remains turned on, and on the next run of Reg Organizer, the state of the “Execute Express Check at Reg Organizer startup” isn’t considered.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) In some cases unnecessary files were not deleted by the Disk Cleaner tool.
  • 2) Registry Editor: REG_DWORD parameters containing very big numbers could be displayed incorrectly as negative numbers even if they were actually positive.
  • 3) Upon switching from the Search and Replace tool back to the Registry Editor after making changes or replacements in parameter names or values, you could see old unchanged values.
  • 4) Some labels in certain sections of the settings window were not displayed.



Changes for v5.14 - v5.15

  • What's new:
  • System Express Check is now performed on each Reg Organizer startup (if the corresponding option isn't disabled in the System Express Check window).
  • The safety of the Automatic Registry Cleanup function has been increased.
  • Installer improvement: Now you don't have to close the program before installing the new version; it closes automatically. Updating Reg Organizer is now even easier than before!
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) Double-clicking an invalid entry in the Automatic Registry Cleanup results window might not open that record in the registry editor.
  • 2) The Manual Registry Cleanup tool might display senseless strings like "Label1", "Label2", etc. on the "Details" panel while forming a list of items for the "Shared libraries" registry part.



Changes for v5.12 - v5.14

  • What's new:
  • System Express Check is now performed on each Reg Organizer startup (if the corresponding option isn't disabled in the System Express Check window).
  • The safety of the Automatic Registry Cleanup function has been increased.
  • Installer improvement: Now you don't have to close the program before installing the new version; it closes automatically. Updating Reg Organizer is now even easier than before!
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) Double-clicking an invalid entry in the Automatic Registry Cleanup results window might not open that record in the registry editor.
  • 2) The Manual Registry Cleanup tool might display senseless strings like "Label1", "Label2", etc. on the "Details" panel while forming a list of items for the "Shared libraries" registry part.



Changes for v5.12 Beta - v5.12

  • What's new:
  • System Express Check is now performed on each Reg Organizer startup,´if the corresponding option isn't disabled in the System Express Check window.
  • The safety of the Automatic Registry Cleanup function has been increased.
  • An installer improvement: Now you don't have to close the program before installing the new version; it closes automatically.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) Double-clicking an invalid entry in the Automatic Registry Cleanup results window might not open that record in the registry editor.
  • 2) The Manual Registry Cleanup tool might display senseless stringslike "Label1", "Label2", etc. on the "Details" panel while forming a list of items for the "Shared libraries" registry part.



Changes for v5.11 - v5.12 Beta

  • What's new:
  • System Express Check is now performed on each Reg Organizer startup (if the corresponding option isn't disabled in the System Express Check window).
  • The safety of the Automatic Registry Cleanup function has been increased.
  • An installer improvement: now you don't have to close the program before installing the new version, it closes automatically. Updating Reg Organizer has become even easier than before!
  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) Double-clicking a invalid entry in the Automatic Registry Cleanup results window might not open that record in the registry editor.
  • 2) The Manual Registry Cleanup tool might display senseless strings like "Label1", "Label2" etc on the "Details" panel while forming a list of items for the "Shared libraries" registry part.



Changes for v5.10 - v5.11

  • Fixed bugs:
  • 1) Registry Editor: An error "Access violation ..." could occur when viewing the keys that contain REG_MULTI_SZ type values of zero size.
  • 2) The Application Uninstaller tool might not track changes in the file system on some computers.



Changes for v5.10 Beta 4 - v5.10

  • Registry Search tool:
  • 1) The search field is placed on top of the window. Now it’s easier to run a repeat search or replacement as there is no need to switch between tabs to enter a new query into the search field.
  • 2) Added a feature that enables searching text strings in binary parameters (such as REG_BINARY).
  • 3) The search results table supports sorting of items.
  • 4) Added a new button labeled "Check all" that allows the user to include all types of registry values in a scanning range with a single mouse click.
  • 5) The number of columns in the search and replace results table has been optimized. Now the "After Replacement" column is displayed only if the replacement took place.
  • Registry Editor:
  • 1) Keys and parameters of the registry, that have been added to Favorites, are now displayed in the drop-down list right in the registry editor window, rather than in a separate window. It simplifies work with Favorites.
  • 2) In Favorites, users can see a comment about a key (if available), rather than a key name. For example, if you add the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Uninstall, you can enter a comment “Information on installed applications”, and the key will be displayed with this phrase in Favorites.
  • 3) When viewing registry binary values (of REG_BINARY type), the program displays string characters contained in the parameter. There are three modes to display characters: 2 characters display modes for Unicode, and one shows them in ANSI.
  • 4) When very large keys are opened, the program displays the window informing the user that the operation takes some time, and it’s necessary to wait.
  • 5) If you select the “Expand Key” command of the context menu, the tree is expanded to a certain limit. Earlier, this command would take too long on large registry keys, causing a computer to lock up.
  • The express system check has been improved.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • 1) When the Registry Optimization tool was used while themes on Windows Vista and higher were disabled, an error message "TaskDialog requires themes to be enabled" would appear.
  • 2) Comments about registry keys made by the user could get deleted on their own.



Changes for v5.10 Beta 3 - v5.10 Beta 4

  • Changes to the algorithm of registry and file system state determination in the Express Check function.



Changes for v5.10 Beta 2 - v5.10 Beta 3

  • This version has minor interface improvements and fixing of bugs.



Changes for v5.10 Beta 1 - v5.10 Beta 2

  • Changes:
  • Registry Editor:
  • 1) When viewing registry binary values (of REG_BINARY type), the program displays string characters contained in the parameter. There are three modes to display characters: 2 characters display modes for Unicode, and one shows them in ANSI.
  • 2) When very large keys are opened, the program displays the window informing the user that the operation takes some time, and it’s necessary to wait.
  • Search and Replace Tool:
  • 1) Added a new button labeled "Check all" that allows the user to include all types of registry values in a scanning range with a single mouse click.
  • 2) The number of columns in the search and replace results table has been optimized. Now the "After Replacement" column is displayed only if the replacement took place.



Changes for v5.0 - v5.10 Beta 1

  • Changes:
  • Registry Search tool:
  • 1) The search field is placed on top of the window. Now it’s easier to run a repeat search or replacement as there is no need to switch between tabs to enter a new query into the search field.
  • 2) Added a feature that enables searching text strings in binary parameters (such as REG_BINARY).
  • 3) The search results table supports sorting of items.
  • Registry Editor:
  • 1) Keys and parameters of the registry, that have been added to Favorites, are now displayed in the drop-down list right in the registry editor window, rather than in a separate window. It simplifies work with Favorites.
  • 2) In Favorites, users can see a comment about a key (if available), rather than a key name. For example, if you add the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Uninstall, you can enter a comment “Information on installed applications”, and the key will be displayed with this phrase in Favorites.
  • 3) When viewing a binary value (for example, of a REG_BINARY type), the KOI-8 and Unicode strings presented in the value are displayed.
  • 4) If you select the “Expand Key” command of the context menu, the tree is expanded to a certain limit. Earlier, this command would take too long on large registry keys, causing a computer to lock up.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • 1) When the Registry Optimization tool was used while themes on Windows Vista and higher were disabled, an error message "TaskDialog requires themes to be enabled" would appear.
  • 2) Comments about registry keys made by the user could get deleted on their own.



Changes for v5.0 Beta 6 - v5.0 RC 1

  • Changes:
  • When closing the Automatic Registry Cleanup or Disk Cleaner results window without saving changes the program prompts to save them.
  • The Reg Organizer help has been updated.
  • Following user requests, we have implemented again the ability to add items to Automatic Registry Cleanup and Disk Cleaner Ignore List directly from Settings (this feature was removed earlier).
  • Bugs fixed:
  • The Windows Explorer context menu command for removing data of a reg file using Reg Organizer did not work.
  • The context menu command for removing entries from the results list of Search and Replace tool did no work.
  • Minor visual bugs.



Changes for v5.0 Beta 5 - v5.0 Beta 6

  • Improvements in the registry optimization tool. Now the system enters a special protected mode prior to optimization: The screen goes dark and you cannot use other applications while registry compression and defragmentation are in progress. This makes the optimization process more secure.
  • Bug fixed: the "Save List As..." command of the results list context menu of the Search and Replace tool does not work.



Changes for v5.0 Beta 4 - v5.0 Beta 5

  • Changes:
  • The program supports the Windows 7 operating system.
  • Progress is now displayed when preparing data to show on the "File Extensions" part of the Manual Registry Cleanup function.
  • On choosing the "Show This Item in Registry Editor" command in the results list of the Automatic Registry Cleanup function, the registry item being displayed opens in a new copy of Reg Organizer, instead of switching to the registry editor in the same copy, as was done in the previous version.
  • Ignore lists of Automatic Registry Cleanup and Disk Cleanup: Logic improved, and the ability to add files to the Ignore List from the Disk Cleanup results was added.



Changes for v5.0 Beta 3 - v5.0 Beta 4

  • Changes:
  • The program supports the Windows 7 operating system.
  • The progress now displayed when preparing data to show on the "File Extensions" part of the Manual Registry Cleanup function.
  • On choosing the "Show This Item in Registry Editor" command in the results list of the Automatic Registry Cleanup function, the registry item being displayed opens in a new copy of Reg Organizer, instead of switching to the registry editor in the same copy, as happened in the previous version.
  • Ignore lists of Automatic Registry Cleanup and Disk Cleanup: logic improved, the ability to add files to Ignore List from the Disk Cleanup results added.
  • Bugs fixed.



Changes for v4.23 - v4.25

  • Interface improvements.
  • The digital signature was added to the Reg Organizer setup package. This will help to ensure that the copy of the program is genuine.



Changes for v4.23 Beta 1 - v4.23

  • Minor fixes and improvements in the Manual Registry Cleanup mode.
  • The extensions of some files with Reg Organizer data have been changed because some "aggressive" disk cleanup programs used to delete these files. This resulted in the "Error in CRC module" error at Reg Organizer startup forcing users to reinstall the program.
  • This bug has been fixed: Sometimes after an attempt to delete files on the Startup Applications tab in the Manual Registry Cleanup mode, they were not actually deleted.



Changes for v4.22 - v4.23 Beta 1

  • Minor fixes and improvements in the Manual Registry Cleanup mode.
  • The extensions of some files with Reg Organizer data have been changed because some "aggressive" disk cleanup programs used to delete these files. This resulted in the "Error in CRC module" error at Reg Organizer startup forcing users to reinstall the program.
  • This bug has been fixed: Sometimes after an attempt to delete files on the Startup Applications tab in the Manual Registry Cleanup mode, they were not actually deleted.



Changes for v4.22 Beta 4 - v4.22

  • Added ability to export the registry key to a file without subkeys.
  • Added ability to import binary registry files.
  • Now Reg Organizer allows you to export registry keys or the entire registry to reg files both in the modern format with Unicode encoding and in the old Windows 98/NT4 format with ANSI encoding.
  • During the registry files import and export, operation progress is now displayed.
  • While saving the registry search results to a file, the program also adds information about the search string and the number of matches to it.
  • Column widths in all main tables showing data are automatically adjusted when changing the table size.
  • The Automatic Registry Cleanup feature does not show entries which cannot be removed and repaired (due to the insufficient privileges of the user in the system).
  • Better performance on system data changing operations. These include modifying and deleting the registry data, deleting files, using Application Uninstall mode, and some other operations.
  • Disk Cleanup mode:
  • Searching for invalid files is now faster.
  • The Disk Cleanup mode Ignore List now supports the Clean Folders feature. Now the program looks up the Ignore List while preparing for deleting objects and does not delete ones that match the Ignore List.
  • The Disk Cleanup mode context menu now has a command for saving found objects to a text file.
  • Interface improvements:
  • The Disk Cleanup results view has been optimized. The number of columns in the results table has been reduced for easier reading.
  • The Registry Editing mode context menu has been optimized: Commands that are not available at the moment are no longer displayed. Also when right- clicking on the key, the menu contains only the commands related to the key, not the value, and vice versa.
  • Changes in the program main menu: The "Selection" submenu (available when using the Manual Registry Cleanup mode) allows you to quickly mark several entries at once. Rarely used commands have been removed from the "Commands" submenu. The "Search" submenu has been removed from the main menu as it was rarely used.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • When a file mask was disabled in the Settings of the Disk Cleanup mode, the program still searched for unnecessary files using this mask.
  • Some computers running under Windows Vista could freeze during a search through the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT registry key.
  • The "Access violation..." error message after a right click on any item on the "Shell Folders" tab in the Manual Registry Cleanup mode.
  • An attempt to delete the default key values in the Registry Editing mode did not result in actual deletion.
  • After renaming any log file in the Application Uninstall mode, the program could fail to show some of the registry keys associated with this log file when viewing it.
  • After renaming a value or key in the Registry Editing mode, the old (before renaming) name of the value or the key could be displayed in the main menu and in the context menu of the mode.
  • The size of very large files could be displayed incorrectly (as a negative number) in the "Size, bytes" column of the list with the results of the Disk Cleanup mode.
  • When trying to remove unnecessary files using the Disk Cleanup mode under Windows Vista, some of them could remain unremoved.
  • After removing a program from the "Software" tab of the Manual Registry Cleanup Mode, the useless empty key related to the deleted application could remain unremoved.
  • Incorrect items sorted by size in the Disk Cleanup results table could occur, if one contains files of a very large size.
  • When copying and renaming the registry keys containing values of REG_MILTI_SZ and some other types that rarely occurred in the registry, the type of these values might be erroneously changed to REG_NONE.
  • Removing some items from the New File Menu tab in the Manual Registry Cleanup mode could result not only in this item being removed from the menu, but also in unregistering the file association of the corresponding file type in the system.
  • Sometimes it was impossible to remove unnecessary files found with the Disk Cleanup feature.
  • During the recovery of log files in the software removal mode, the registry parameters of the REG_MULTI_SZ and REG_EXPAND_SZ types containing characters from national alphabets could be processed incorrectly.



Changes for v4.22 Beta 3 - v4.22 Beta 4

  • Added ability to import binary registry files.
  • During the registry files import and export the operation progress is now displayed.



Changes for v4.22 Beta 2 - v4.22 Beta 3

  • Now Reg Organizer allows you to export registry keys or the entire registry to reg files both in the modern format with Unicode encoding and in the old Windows 98/NT4 format with ANSI encoding.
  • Added ability to export the registry key to a file without subkeys.
  • Column widths in all main tables showing data are automatically adjusted when changing the table size.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Removing some items from the New File Menu tab in the Manual Registry Cleanup mode could result not only in this item being removed from the menu, but also in unregistering the file association of the corresponding file type in the system.
  • Sometimes it was impossible to remove unnecessary files found with the Disk Cleanup feature.
  • During the recovery of log files in the software removal mode, the registry parameters of the REG_MULTI_SZ and REG_EXPAND_SZ types containing characters from national alphabets could be processed incorrectly.



Changes for v4.22 Beta 1 - v4.22 Beta 2

  • The Disk Cleanup results view has been optimized, the number of columns in the results table has been reduced for easier reading.
  • The Registry Editing Mode context menu bas been simplified. When right clicking on the key the menu contains only the commands related to the key, not the value, and vice versa.
  • The Automatic Registry Cleanup feature does not show entries which cannot be removed and repaired due to the insufficient privileges of the user in the system.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • After removing a program from the "Software" tab of the Manual Registry Cleanup Mode the useless empty key related to the deleted application could remain unremoved.
  • Incorrect items sort by size in the Disk Cleanup results table could occur if one contains files of the very large size.
  • When copying and renaming the registry keys containing values of REG_MILTI_SZ and some other types rarely occurred in the registry the type of these values might be erroneously changed to REG_NONE.



Changes for v4.21 - v4.22 Beta 1

  • Better performance on system data changing operations. These include modifying and deleting the registry data, deleting files, using Application Uninstall mode and some other operations.
  • Disk Cleanup mode:
  • Searching for invalid files is now faster.
  • The Disk Cleanup mode Ignore List now supports the Clean Folders feature. Now the program looks up the Ignore List while preparing for deleting objects and does not delete ones that matching the Ignore List.
  • Interface improvements:
  • The Registry Editing mode context menu has been optimized: commands that are not available at the moment are no longer displayed.
  • The Disk Cleanup mode context menu now has a command for saving found objects to a text file.
  • Changes in the program main menu: the "Selection" submenu available when using the Manual Registry Cleanup mode allows to quickly mark several entries at once. Rarely used commands have been removed from the "Commands" submenu. The "Search" submenu has been removed from the main menu as it was rarely used.
  • While saving the registry search results to a file, the program also adds information about the search string and the number of matches to it.
  • Fixed bugs:
  • When some file mask was disabled in the Settings of the Disk Cleanup mode, the program still searched for unnecessary files using this mask.
  • Some computers running under Windows Vista could freeze during a search through the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT registry key.
  • The "Access violation..." error message after a right click on any item on the "Shell Folders" tab in the Manual Registry Cleanup mode.
  • An attempt to delete the default key values in the Registry Editing mode did not result in actual deletion.
  • After renaming any log file in the Application Uninstall mode, the program could fail to show some of the registry keys associated with this log file when viewing it.
  • After renaming a value or key in the Registry Editing mode, the old (before renaming) name of the value or the key could be displayed in the main menu and in the context menu of the mode.
  • The size of very large files could be displayed incorrectly (as a negative number) in the "Size, bytes" column of the list with the results of the Disk Cleanup mode.
  • When trying to remove the unnecessary files using the Disk Cleanup mode under Windows Vista, some of them could remain unremoved.



Changes for v4.21 Beta 2 - v4.21

  • The Registry Search Mode algorithm was strongly improved. Now the is performed much faster than in the previous version.
  • Now the operations related to making changes to the Registry (creating, deleting, or modifying keys and values) are performed faster. Some other operations, such as deleting a large number of unnecessary files in the disk cleanup feature and removing an application from the system using the Applications Uninstall mode, are also performed faster.
  • The Automatic Registry Cleanup feature can now check objects in folders to which access is denied. The Automatic Registry Cleanup feature now works correctly.
  • Optimized interface of the Automatic Registry Cleanup results tab.



Changes for v4.10 - v4.20

  • Disk Cleanup mode:
  • Now you can clear temporary folders (the so-called "Clean folders"). All files, regardless of their types, will be deleted from the specified folders.
  • Faster disk scan.
  • Manual Registry Cleanup mode:
  • An "IE Context Menu" tab has been added. It shows items from the Internet Explorer context menu. You can remove unnecessary items.
  • The algorithms of tabs showing the items on the New File and Open With... operating system menus have been more clearly defined and revised (in the previous version the content of these tabs could be somewhat different from the corresponding menus of the operating system).
  • Improvements in the Registry Search and Replace mode:
  • The find and replace feature now supports Registry entry values of the REG_MULTI_SZ type (a multi-line string).
  • To make them more visual, coincidences in strings are highlighted in bold in the table with search results.
  • If you find and then replace matches, Reg Organizer shows the number of replaced matches. (Only the number of found matches was previously shown, and it could have been different from the number of replaced matches when Reg Organizer could not replace some matches.)
  • Applications Uninstall mode:
  • A more visual representation of the application uninstall report is provided. Now both successfully completed stages of application removal and those that had errors are graphically highlighted.
  • The removing log file button was moved from the Application Uninstallation window to the toolbar of the Logged Applications tab.
  • Registry Editing mode:
  • When opening keys from Favorites, they are automatically expanded.
  • When selecting a key from the drop-down list containing the previously displayed keys, the program automatically opens the selected key. (Previously it was only displayed in the key input field.)
  • When quickly scrolling through the tables of data, the content does not flicker any more.
  • Reg Organizer restores the width of all table columns in the main window.
  • The documentation has been updated.
  • Fixed bugs including below:
  • The memory leak has been fixed and, as a result, there is no performance degradation when you open the "New File Menu" tab in the Manual Registry Cleanup mode.
  • Registry Search and Replace mode:
  • After you remove Registry entries, the total number of entries is now refreshed.
  • When saving the Registry search results to a text file, unnecessary (service) characters are no longer present in the strings containing the matches.
  • When editing entries of the DWORD type, the new value of the edited entry is now displayed in the "After Replacement" column.
  • If the "Whole words only" option was enabled, search strings located in the middle of a sentence were skipped and were not included in search results.
  • For automatic replacement in the registry, the value of an entry was not modified, but only its name was modified when the string for replacement was found both in the name and in the value of one entry.
  • In Applications Uninstall mode, when viewing file system changes the installed application made, the names of the modified, created, and deleted files were duplicated.
  • The "Skip hidden files and folders" and "Skip system files and folders" options in the Disk Cleanup settings were always considered disabled, even if they were selected.



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