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What's new in this version:

Reg Organizer 8.82
- Applications' traces lookup algorithm improvements that is used in the complete applications removal function


Reg Organizer 8.81
Applications tool:
- Applications' traces lookup algorithm improvements that is used in the complete applications removal function
- Minor installer improvements


Reg Organizer 8.80
Applications tool:
- Added the new function "Removal tools from the developers". The developers of some applications are providing a special utility for the complete removal of the applications from the system. This function allows you to download such a utility (if one is available for the application) and accomplish complete removal of the application with it.
- The applications installing with tracing function algorithm has been improved
- Registry editor usability improvements

Fixed:
- In the removed applications traces window the context menu command for opening the registry key did not work
- Enabling the "Windows context menu commands" option sometimes led to the restart of the Explorer process (explorer.exe)


Reg Organizer 8.76
- Registry Editor: A new "Paste and Go" command has been added to the registry path field's context menu.

Applications tool:
- Getting the application's traces before uninstalling as well as determining the sizes of the installed applications has been accelerated
- The applications installing with tracing function bugs fixed


Reg Organizer 8.75
- Tested for the Windows 11 preview version compatibility
- An ability to choose any of the program's unofficial translations has been added to Settings
- Bug fixed: The option Obsolete Tools -> Enable the Classic Registry Cleanup tool has been removed from the settings

The Applications tool:
- It is now possible to launch applications from the list as well as open their installation folders. The corresponding commands have been added to the context menu.
- A command to open the uninstall registry key has been added to the application's context menu
- More accurate application sizes are now displayed. When calculating the application's size, the data files it has created are also considered.
- Improved the multiple applications handling support. If you mark an application in the list, a floating panel appears that displays how many applications are marked and helps you to start removing or updating them with one click.
- A new "Refresh Window Data" command has been added to the Settings and Commands menu
- The applications' traces lookup algorithm has been improved
- It is shown on the final application's uninstall step how much space has been freed
- Usability improvements
- Bug fixed: When viewing some backups in the Undo Changes Center window, the list of files included in the backup was not complete

Registry Editor:
- The ability to remove the blocked registry keys was added..
- User interface improvements: The window's available space for the data output has been increased


Reg Organizer 8.70
- Redesigned and improved system load time measurement function in the Startup Applications tool
- Recycle Bin cleaning ability has been added to Private Data Cleanup tool. If cleanup is enabled, you may specify the maximum duration of the files in Recycle Bin, after which they should be removed from there
- When cleaning Obsolete Downloads, deletions are moved to the Recycle Bin
- Registry Editor: When using the Search the Entire Registry command the data is searched in all root keys, not only HKLM and HKU (despite other root keys being derived from these two)
- You can manage all the background tasks of the application, as well as autorun of the Reg Organizer itself, through the new Background Tasks settings section
- A new "Background Functions..." command has been added to the tray icon menu
- The applications' traces lookup algorithm has been improved
- Improved safety of the Maximum Cleanup Mode when using the System Cleanup tool
- Usability improvements

Fixed:
- When clicking on the button next to the Optimizations caption in Express Check, the incorrect interface section might open
- Startup Applications tool: The list could contain invalid services entries, which cannot be removed
- Startup Applications tool: When the notification about a suspicious startup entry appeared, clicking the Disable at Startup button in the notification did not work
- When viewing some backups in the Undo Changes Center window, the list of files included in the backup was not complete
- The Obsolete Downloads location in the cleanup tools was always unavailable for enabling


Reg Organizer 8.60
- Dark interface theme is supported
- The new "Re-Show the Interface Hints" command in the HELP submenu of the Main Menu

Startup Applications tool:
- Smart disabling support. A startup item disabled this way does not disappear from the system, but only stops starting automatically (available under Windows 10 and 8.1)
- Ability to uninstall the program that the startup item belongs to. This applies only for items associated with the programs registered in the corresponding registry keys
- For the startup items associated with the registered applications the context menu command is now available allowing you to view the application to which this startup item belongs to
- Now the startup item can be deleted either in the usual way or with the protection from its reappearance in the system. To delete the item the second way, the corresponding command is added to the item's context menu
- Support for the Windows 10 and 8.1 services running in protected launch mode. Such services cannot be modified, which is now reflected in the user interface
- For some types of startup items such as Task Scheduler entries, these new context menu commands have been added: "Prevent Changing the Delay Time" (for the delayed items) and "Prevent Re-Enabling" (for the disabled ones)
- Usability improvements


Reg Organizer 8.57
- Bug fixed: The icons does not displayed for some programs in the Applications tool's list
- Portable version's updater changes


Reg Organizer 8.56
- All data is now downloaded over a secure protocol (https)
- Bug fixed: The state of the option "Check for the installed applications updates" could not be saved after the program restart


Reg Organizer 8.55
- Reworked the ability to go back to the previous program's tool by the Back button

Applications tool:
- The minimal size for which by default the application is considered large has been increased to 200 Mb
- The applications installing with tracing function improvements
- Visual interface changes (the search field and menu button icons in some tools)

Bugs fixed:
- The access violation error message could occur on the Express Check screen
- Some elements colors haven't corresponded the scheme in case of using the Classic Windows 7 theme


Reg Organizer 8.52
- The algorithm of searching for traces of the application being uninstalled is improved


Reg Organizer 8.50
- The program has been moved to the 64-bit architecture (the previous program versions were 32-bit, but 64-bit Windows was fully supported). This gives a speed increase of up to 20% on specific operations, such as working with the system registry (if your Windows is 64-bit too).
- Support the cleaning of the new Microsoft Edge based on Chromium
- You no longer need to manually run Reg Organizer to completely remove an unnecessary application from the system. Just run the applications' uninstallers in any convenient way, for example, through the Start menu, Apps and Features section of Windows, or manually launch the application's uninstaller from its folder. To start using this feature, enable it via the program's settings.
- Some interface colors have been changed
- Windows shell context menu commands integration has been rewritten and improved. You may use them to install the application with tracing or to perform the complete uninstall directly from the folder's context menu of the Windows shell.
- Improved look of the new startup items notifications
- Earlier when installing a new version of Reg Organizer if the file could not be replaced, the error message "DeleteFile failed - code 5" used to be displayed. Now you will be prompted to restart the system in order to complete the update instead.
- Bug fixed: While installing the applications updates Reg Organizer could request to enter the license key despite the fact that it was already entered
- Windows XP is no longer supported

Applications tool:
- When running the programs' standard uninstaller, the quiet uninstall mode is activated, if it is supported. In quiet uninstall mode, asking the questions by the uninstaller is disabled
- Installing application with tracing function improvements
- The tool's window look has been refreshed


Reg Organizer 8.44
- Change log not available for this version


Reg Organizer 8.43
- The priority level which delayed programs of the Startup Applications tool are launched with has been changed from THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL to THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL. This is better suited for interactive (unlike background) programs


Reg Organizer 8.42
- Bug fixed: Startup Applications tool: When excluding the item from the optimization recommendation the exclusion does not happen if the item is not displaying in the list


Reg Organizer 8.41
Fixed bug:
- The checkboxes states of the Custom Files settings tab items did not saved
- The program could close after clicking on the REG_BINARY value in the registry editor and choosing the "Show characters in the binary value" command


Reg Organizer 8.40
- The Opera browser cleaning added
- Cleaning of Chrome and Yandex has been complemented and enhanced. For example, GPUCache and ShaderCache data cleaning has been added
- Applications Tool: The Universal Windows Platform applications list generation was accelerated by two and a half times. To view them, expand the folder titled "Windows 10 Apps"
- A new setting "Skip the User Account Control warning" added. When enabled, you will be able to launch Reg Organizer using the Desktop shortcut without the User Account Control warning
- The progress is displayed directly on the Taskbar during the long operations
- The new compiler is used. The program's size is reduced
- Fixed bug in the Applications tool: The Universal Windows Platform apps' sizes were not displayed
- Cleaning of the Chrome Cookies and Sites Data section of the Private Data Cleanup could leave some entries not removed


Reg Organizer 8.30
- Checking for the installed programs updates. Straightforward one-click updating of them
- A new private data cleanup part named Files Downloads Links is added. In some cases, for the files downloaded from the Internet also the download link is being stored in the file system. When cleaning up this part, these download links are removed, but the files themselves remain on the disk
- A new registry tweak"Create regular registry backups. Disabled by default for space saving starting from Windows 10 build 1803". Enabling this option will return the regular registry backups creation by the system. Backups will be stored in the folderC:WindowsSystem32configRegBack
- Startup Applications toolA button to delete a startup application has been renamed to Remove and Disable to emphasize that not only removal will be done, but also adding this application to the startup will be prevented in the future
- Because of the addition of the installed applications updates function the Uninstaller tool has been renamed to Applications
- General increasing usability


Reg Organizer 8.28
- The cookies and the data of the popular sites such as Google, Yandex and others are not removed during the private data cleanup.
- Increased the safeness of the cleanup function when dealing with the browser extensions


Reg Organizer 8.27
- Private Data Cleanup tool: A more thorough cleaning of the voice telephony applications private data (downloaded files, image thumbnails).
- Bug fixed: The Registry Optimization function had failed to work if it was executed right after using the System Cleanup tool. This problem used to occur under the 32-bit Windows only.
- Bug fixed: Applications Uninstaller tool: Right-click on the folder in the applications list did not lead to showing the context menu.


Reg Organizer 8.26
- Installer improvement. Added the ability (by setting a corresponding flag option at the uninstall) to remove all Reg Organizer's data and settings from the system when uninstalling it.
- The Startup Processes tool bug fixed: In some cases under the 64-bit operating system the shortcuts pointing to the file in the Program Files folder could be incorrectly recognized as invalid.


Reg Organizer 8.25
- Applications Uninstaller: Added the ability to show those of your applications that you use rarely. In the settings it is easy to change the number of days after which an application should be considered rarely used in case it is not launched at least once (60 by default).
- In the system and private data cleanup tools in the found items displaying window a command has been added for showing an item in the folder or opening in the registry editor (depending on the item type).
- If you disabled an option to open Express Check at program startup, it will not be enabled automatically if switching to this tool.

Bugs fixed:
- System cleanup tool: Fixed hanging up during the Windows Updates Unused Files location location cleanup. Sometimes cleaning up this location can still take much time, up to about 10 minutes.
- Startup Applications tool: In some cases the in was not possible to remove the invalied entry.
- Applications Uninstaller: If to open the application install with tracing window and then immediately press the Close button or click the cross at the window corner the window had closed with the noticeable delay.