Registry First Aid scans the registry for orphan file/folder references, invalid font references, obsolete Start Menu items, invalid fonts, shared DLLs, application paths and more...
Version 8.2.0 (Download)
- New in version 8.2.0
- + show number of avaialable suggested corrections if one or more found for each error entry;
- + icon for shortcut folder in Start Menu;
- + icon added to "open in RegEdit" menu for Registry Manage;
- + option to restore default Excluded Paths to Scan for Corrections in settings;
- + new dialog to enter or edit excluded registry keys;
- + show number of excluded items near every category in Excluded Registry Keys;
- + show affected category excluded lists in confirmation dialog on adding excluded entries from the list of found errors;
- + quick jump to an entry in the list of found errors on starting type key name/value/invalid string;
- - RFA agent bug fixed - it may appear that the last registry scan date is not correct;
- + Registry Manage "Open with.." plugin: read module descriptions from resource strings;
- - Registry Manage bug fixed - only BHO plugins with not empty ProdID were listed;
- + Registry Manage: quick jump to an entry in the list of found errors on typing item name;
- - Registry Manage: some long strings were truncated in the list;
- + Registry Manage: plugin BHO - read wow6432node key;
- + Restore Full Backups: option to select and delete several backups at once;
- + Restore Full Backup: show backup folder size under the backup list;
- New in version 8.1.0
- - fixed bug: on some computers RFA raised error when compressing the registry;
- - fixed bug: last registry scan date was not remembered if no search for correction was done;
- + setup will now detect previous major version installed and ask if user wants to uninstall it;
- - fixed bug: "Restore from .reg files" window did not load it's size and position from common settings;
- - fixed bug: "Legend" window did incorrectly show "search" image at the "safe" risk level item;
- - fixed bug: Platinum features were not shown in registered standard version and cannot be enabled from the Advanced Settings;
- - fixed bug: RFA did not update window caption after changing interface language;
- - fixed some inteface font problems under 120 dpi screen resolution (large fonts);
- + decreased size of RFA installation file;
- + Registry Search feature now has list of excluded registry keys under the Advanced Settings;
- + Excluded Registry Keys settings now have new selection list for excluded categories - with pictures;
- * some language translations are updated;
- * some help topics are updated;
- * Legend window is now more clear - it draws error category items in bold.
- - some minor bugs fixed;
- New in version 8.0.1
- - fixed bug: under some Windows 32-bit XP SP3 RFA found several thousands false errors under Invalid File Associations and ActiveX/COM categories and was unable to "fix" them;
- + now all windows have the same position and sizes, except for settings dialog (this behavior can be changed by adding EqualFormBounds=0 string into RFA.ini);
- + if a registry string value has incorrect size stored in the registry, RFA now shows size it will be corrected to;
- - correction pop-up menu displayed incorrect icon for "modify" correction under some error categories;
- + double-click over a registry entry now will open RegEdit.exe;
- + icons for found entries under Registry Search feature when view mode is set to "view by error level";
- - incorrect number of total entries in status bar after fixing;
- * settings dialog cannot be closed and "edit task" button cannot be clicked twice while scheduler task properties dialog is opened;
- - several minor bugs were fixed.
- New in version 8.0.0
- + Windows 64 bit support;
- + full unicode support;
- * new interface;
- * new enhanced registry scan engine;
- * speed of registry snapshot comparison is much increased;
- * default excluded registry keys are now internal - only user exclusions will be shown in the settings dialog;
- * settings now are stored in one file instead of several registry user hives;
- + user exclusions now may be easily backuped/copied to other computers;
- * Registry Editor 5.00 format is used for .reg backup files;
- + support of both Registry Editor 4 (Windows 9x/NT/2000) and Registry Editor 5 (XP/Vista/7) formats in registry restore and snapshot comparison;
- + preventing from running 32-bit version under WOW64 on 64-bit systems;
- + Copy to Clipboard Registry Path function added to the pop-up menus;