Windows registry cleaner - Registry Healer version history
Registry Healer version history
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(+) a feature is added
(*) a feature is improved/changed
(-) a bug is fixed
New in version 4.5.0
+ Vista compatibility:
support running in a least privileged environment;
support of Vista registry;
+ option to use third-party tools for full registry backups;
* default list of excluded registry keys is updated;
New in version 4.4.1
- bug "I/O Error" on finish scan under Windows 98;
* default excluded registry keys are updated;
* some language files are updated;
New in version 4.4.0
+ detecting new registry errors - invalid registered file types;
+ option to scan only the current user registry file (HKEY_CURRENT_USER) or all available user files (HKEY_USERS);
+ limit registry scan by number of found errors;
* no program restart required after entering registration key;
* minor interface changes/corrections;
+ automatic creation of restore points/full registry backups on Windows XP/2000/2003;
+ using task scheduler to start registry scan on a schedule;
New in version 4.3.0
- removing Start Menu -> Backup folder, if not empty on uninstall;
+ find and fix new registry errors: Invalid Known DLLs;
+ new excluded registry keys compatible with XP SP2;
+ automatically start registry scan using the "/autostart" command-line parameter;
+ new icons in the Advanced Settings dialog;
+ new look of Excluded Registry Keys lists;
+ adding/viewing comments on every item in the Excluded Registry Keys lists;
+ now it is possible to temporary select/deselect items in the Excluded Registry Strings, Paths to Scan for Corrections, Excluded Paths lists;
+ search the Internet for a registry key info using the "Find More Info About Selected Registry Key" pop-up menu item;
+ all actions with found registry errors are moved from the "Advanced" menu to the "Items" main menu;
+ every option in the Advanced Settings dialog has a pop-up help topic;
+ help file is updated;
+ automatically restart the program after entering a registration key;
New in version 4.2.0
+ option to change the time of full registry backups;
+ disable screensaver while scan is running;
+ option to show/hide splash window while scanning;
+ Appearance settings page;
+ option to hide progressbar on registry scan;
+ option to hide progressbar on disks scan;
+ option to hide enumeration of scanned registry keys;
+ option to hide enumeration of scanned directories;
+ option to freeze the found entries list while scanning the registry;
- main window "hungs" on creation restore point under Windows XP SP1;
New in version 4.1.0
+ "Set correction for highlighted items to.." menu item;
+ new invalid entry correction - "Cut invalid substring";
- replacing REG_EXPAND_SZ value by REG_SZ in some cases;
+ select the Registry hives to scan for under the Invalid Paths & Empty Keys error categories;
+ new advanced settings page;
+ list of excluded registry strings;
+ list of folders excluded from disk search for corrections;
+ pop-up help file on first run;
* searching for file matches on hard drives is now much faster;
+ "Compact Registry" shortcut for Win98-ME;
+ compacting the registry from main menu command;
- fixed problem with "send bugreport" - sysrep.exe would not run .ini file;
- bug with correcting registry without backup.reg files;
New in version 4.0.1
+ open backup folder on uninstall if there are any files;
- bug with saving @="" instead of empty key;
- bug with Pause/Stop main menu items;
* standard font in all dialogs;
New in version 4.0.0
new icons;
new more safe invalid paths detection algorithm;
checking Auto Run entries for invalid paths;
checking the registry for unused software entries;
new "Pick for correction" menu: Highlighted|All entries -> Pick|Unpick|Invert;
adding multiple selected entries into excluded lists;
many internal enhancements;
New in version 3.4.2
option to hide the dialogs "Excluded drives" and "Folders where to search for corrections" in Expert mode;
"Yes", "No", "Cancel" and "Help" button captions are now translatable into other languages;
creating full registry backup before the registry scan is now optional;
the new "Invert selection" menu command;
sort alphabetically the excluded drives and search paths lists;
New in version 3.4.1
scan progressbar at the bottom;
help window before full registry restore;
checking for another program instance running;
checking for write permission in backup folder;
new backup file name format: prefix_yyyy_mm_dd_hhmmss.reg;
connection to Internet using default system settings/proxy;
full support REG_MULTI_SZ registry data;
New in version 3.4
Registry Healer control panel applet;
changing treee view colors and color schemes;
hiding "Empty keys" option in Easy mode;
small bug with modifying a parameter in a root hive - was fixed;
creating/restore full registry backups (98/ME/2000/XP);
option to compact the registry in Windows 98/ME;
scan progress percentages in taskbar;
New in version 3.3.2
saving the list of found invalid entries as text file;
printing list of found invalid entries;
New in version 3.3
finding and correction invalid shared DLLs;
a long registry values bug was fixed;
New in version 3.2
finding and correction Obsolete Start Menu items;
finding and correction Invalid Application Paths;
finding and correction Invalid Registered Help Files;
some interface enhancements;
New in version 3.1
full support Windows XP themes;
finding and deletion empty registry keys;
finding and correction invalid font entries;
color highligthing of invalid registry parameters and values;
list of excluded invalid path entries;
list of excluded empty entries;
list of excluded font entries;
supporting NT/2000/XP/2003 read-only permissions on registry keys;
picking only selected entries for correction;
New in version 3.0
new smart registry analyzing algorithm;
correction of compound entries like 'c:\program files\IsUninst.exe /f "%1" "%2" "%3" "%4"' or 'C:\WINDOWS\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection Remove_DivX 132';
new program innterface;
two program modes: the Expert Mode with closely registry correction control and the Easy Mode with simple one-mouse-click control and with default the most safe settings;
pause option while scanning registry or hard drives;
New in version 2.3.2
bug with cleaning registry keys that are followed by "\1" or "\2" or any other parameter (for ex. "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VBSCRIPT.DLL\1") was fixed. Users of Windows ME should use the latest version to avoid loss of WinME help reference from the registry.
New in version 2.3.1
automatically detecting avaiable languages (.lng files in the program home folder);
store path to the last used backup folder;
checking for duplicated folders in search list;
New in version 2.3
help system has been enhanced;
the new quick open folder toolbutton;
on Win9x the "Last modified" column is hidden (registry timestamps are supported only on NT4/2000);
backup files naming like current date with path to temporary directory;
New in version 2.2
some minor changes;
a few bugs were fixed.
New in version 2.1
new more intellectual scanning algorithm;
main menu is added and some interface changes (so it is possible to use only keyboard with the program);
bug when closing RegHealer while it scans registry was fixed;
New in version 2.0
open folder where an invalid registry key point to;
open Windows RegEdit at invalid registry entry;
select drives and paths where to search for moved files/folders referenced from registry;
choose which found file match will be used for correction of each invalid registry entry;
create undo files in RegEdit4 format, so you always can restore Windows registry to it's state before changes.
Below the version 2.0 Registry Healer had the name Registry Tuner Paths Analyzer.