Reg Organizer

What's new in this version:

Reg Organizer 9.50
- The main screen displays optional driver updates from the Windows Update service that are available for installation
- In the notification section (under the bell icon), you can now find news from the official program blog and educational articles
- Applications tool: Improvements to the applications traces lookup algorithm
- Tooltips, which appear in different parts of the program to help users learn how to use it most effectively, have been improved. A close button and a button to respond to program requests directly within the tooltip have been added.

Fixed:
- Applications Tool: Some programs ended up in the System and Service section incorrectly
- Applications Tool: Icons of some applications were not displayed
- Applications Tool: If you move an application from the "System and Service" folder to the top (root) level, it does not stay there after you restart Reg Organizer


Reg Organizer 9.45
- Applications Tool: The Modify command is now available in the context menu for certain applications, allowing you to add or remove application components
- Automatic Reg Organizer update
- Improvement of certain visual elements, such as displaying cleanup part titles in two lines on the main screen within the Privacy section to prevent them from being truncated
- Undo Changes Center: It is possible to resize the internal parts of the window

Fixed:
- If the background cleanup is enabled, the Reg Organizer window could appear without information about the cleanup performed
- the program could fail to unload from memory after using the rarely used programs search function
- If you press Enter in the program renaming window in the Applications tool, its deletion would start spontaneously
- When exiting the bulk startup applications changing mode, the service icons disappeared from the applications’ list
- When counting the number of deleted applications whose traces were found in the system, user excluded items were also taken into account
- Main window flickering when resizing under the dark theme
- Applications Tool: Some applications installed using the Windows Installer technology could not be uninstalled


Reg Organizer 9.41
- The cookies, cache, and browsing history cleanup of the Opera browser has been updated to match the latest changes in the browser itself


Reg Organizer 9.40
- New feature: Scheduled (background) cleaning. If enabled, the program can run periodically in the background and report when it is possible to free some disk space
- The Maximum cleanup mode of the System Cleanup tool now finds more unnecessary files. This is made possible by automatically adjusting the cleanup locations settings to free up the maximum amount of space when this mode is activated. In the previous version, the same cleanup locations settings were used for both the normal and Maximum cleanup modes, with the only difference being the set of cleanup locations they targeted
- Added an option to increase the safety of System Cleanup: "Remove only files older than 24 hours from the temporary folder"
- The Obsolete Downloads location scan has been speeded up
- While performing the background tasks the tray icon is animated
- Improved the update checking mechanism for Autorun Organizer itself

Fixed:
- The cleanup block on the Express Check screen could hang
- Disabled startup applications were not excluded from optimization recommendations
- Sometimes, right after running the cleanup, the Express Check would show that the cleanup is still recommended
- The program failed to close Yandex Browser before deleting its cache or other cache or other data during system cleaning
- Fixed white flickering in the Dark theme when switching to the final cleanup screen
- In the registry editor, above the list of search results, a black rectangle could appear


Reg Organizer 9.31
- Fixed: When selecting the "Trace with Reg Organizer" command from the context menu of an application's setup file from any folder in Windows, the setup does not start automatically during the trace


Reg Organizer 9.30
Applications tool:
- Uninstalling multiple applications at once is now faster. If you choose to uninstall multiple applications at once, you only have to go through the uninstall screens once, rather than repeating the same steps for each application you want to uninstall.

These options became available for some applications during uninstall:
- Speed Up the Standard Uninstaller by Hiding Unnecessary Windows.
- Standard Uninstaller Only. No Traces Lookup.
- Forced Uninstall: No Standard Uninstaller
- When uninstalling applications, an extra screen has been removed that suggested searching for their traces in the system. Now the search starts automatically when the standard uninstaller finishes, and you will shortly see the number of application traces found in the system.
- A search field to find the item you are interested in was added to the cleanup location's items browsing window
- Alphabetical sorting when you click the list columns in the System Cleanup and Private Data Cleanup settings sections

Fixed:
- Installing applications with tracing could hang or fail immediately after launch (due to the influence of drivers of certain applications)
- When reopening the application installation with the tracing window, the button at the bottom had the wrong text ("Finish" instead of "Forward")
- When you uninstall an application using the Applications tool, you may receive an unnecessary duplicate notification that the application has been deleted
- Applications tool: When filtering applications using the search box, some items were missing from the list
- When renaming a key in the registry editor, it was copied instead
- Startup Applications tool: It was impossible to remove RunOnceEx type items


Reg Organizer 9.21
- Fixed: The system load time measurement function did not work, as well as other functions that work in the background


Reg Organizer 9.20
- Added the ability to clean up the Firefox browser
- Improved cleaning for Chrome, Edge and Yandex browsers. Added the ability to free additional space by deleting setup metrics temporary files to the Private Data Cleanup tool.
- Notification Center: A single location in the program where it collects notifications. Now you can see the information messages, tips, and hints from the program whenever you want, not just when they appear.

Startup Applications tool:
- Ability to change the startup type (automatic or manual) for autorun applications of type Service
- Improved descriptions of autorun applications of types Service and Driver

Applications tool:
- The popularity of the programs is now displayed
- A more correct display of checkmarks under the dark theme.
Usability improvement: Wherever possible, modal (which require a button to be pressed) information windows have been replaced with windows that appear in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, disappear automatically and require no user action.

Fixed:
- Startup Applications tool: The state of the "Do not Notify Me about Adding to the Startup" checkbox might have been reset on it own after some time
- Startup Applications tool: Canceling the delayed state for a service did not work if it was delayed not through Reg Organizer
- Incorrect colors in the System Cleanup and Private Data Cleanup tools under the Windows 7 Classic theme
- If you switch from Express Check to another tool, maximize the program to full screen, minimize to the taskbar and then click on it, the program is restored in a non-maximized state
- Portable version: If there is no Internet connection, the cleanup parts of the System Cleanup tool and the Private Data Cleanup tool may not be displayed
- Applications tool: After updating with F5, some superfluous non-removable application entries were added to the list


Reg Organizer 9.11
- The System Cleanup tool: Chrome, Edge and Yandex browser cleanup has been improved


Reg Organizer 9.10
The System Cleanup and Private Data Cleanup tools have been redesigned. Some improvements:
- You may configure some cleanup locations by clicking the button directly on the corresponding item in the list Previously to do this, it was necessary to go to the settings window.
- Optimization for high resolution monitors: The list of cleanup locations now fills the window's space both in width and height
- You can view cleanup locations for which the additional explanation is available by clicking the question mark icon
- Some icons have been redrawn to support the dark theme better
- New cleanup locations added: Additional Web Cache and cleaning the cache of the 4 new applications
- The "System Activity Logs", "Program Crash Dumps" and "Program Error Reports" cleanup locations find more data
- The Private Data Cleanup tool has been switched to multithreaded scanning and has been accelerated. Scanning is now 2-3 times faster
- New tweaks added: "Microsoft Edge: Don't show the page restore request after the browser crash" and "Applications’ scrollbar width"
- Applications tool: Improvements to the applications traces lookup algorithm
- You may enable the main window's title system look that depends on the theme color by creating in the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREChemTable SoftwareReg OrganizerSettingsEx the integer value SystemTitle equal to 1.

Fixed:
- The Reg Organizer command did not appear in the Explorer context menu under Windows 11 Insider Preview, Dev channel
- Application installed with tracing did not appear in the installed apps list if they cannot not be uninstalled with the standard uninstaller
- The Previous System Restore Points cleanup location was not cleaned
- The "Always show this screen at program startup" switch in the Express Check and other switches across the program might not work the proper way
- When you pressed the minimize and maximize system buttons in the upper right main window corner, the color was different from the system buttons' color


Reg Organizer 9.01
- Fixed bug: When cleaning the Opera browser, Reg Organizer did not check that it has been closed
- Documentation has been updated


Reg Organizer 9.0
- The Express Check screen now shows the installed applications, which can be updated

Usability improvements:
- The single button located in the upper left section of the main window always allows you to return to the previous tool
- The version number is always displayed in the main window title (useful when contacting technical support)
- If an update is available, a note about it is shown directly in the main window header next to the version (not available under Windows 7-8.1 or in the dark theme)
- The path to the frequently used settings window has been shortened: A button to go directly to it has been added at the top of the main window (along with the other commands)
- For switches, the enabled state is now displayed on the right, not the left to match similar switches in the Windows interface
- High DPI monitors optimization. Larger interface icons are now used in the systems where the higher system fonts scale is set. This helps to keep the interface proportional. Applies to the status bar and other places across the program
- Startup Applications tool: For applications that can be optimized a context menu command has been added to exclude them from the optimization recommendation
- Some enhancements to the applications uninstalling window's interface
- Increased accessibility: The buttons are correctly recognized by the screen readers programs like JAWS. (It's still a lot of work yet for the full screen readers compatibility as it is very far from perfect as of now.
- Dark theme minor visual improvements

Fixed:
- Applications tool: Reg Organizer could hang when pressing the Uninstall Application button or selecting the Install with tracing command
- Incorrect colors in some windows under the Classic Windows 7 theme
- The Private Data Cleanup tool showed that 1 item was found for some of the parts to be cleaned even though there actually were none
- Under the dark theme, some auxiliary windows were displayed in colors matching the light theme
- The Windows Script Host error could occur when using the application uninstall with reboot function
- Some buttons did not change color when pressed
- Visual artifacts on the edges of horizontal and vertical interface lines under the dark theme
- Windows Vista is no longer supported


Reg Organizer 8.91
- Applications' traces lookup algorithm changes. It is used during the applications' complete removal
- The system cleanup ignore list has been updated
- Social sharing blocks have been updated (not available for all languages)
- The cleanup functions now support Chromium based browser editions installed via MSI packages
- The built-in updater has been improved


Reg Organizer 8.90
- The cleanup functions now support Chromium based browser editions installed via MSI packages
- The built-in updater has been improved


Reg Organizer 8.87
- Bug fixes and improvements


Reg Organizer 8.86
- Applications' traces lookup algorithm improvements


Reg Organizer 8.85
- The Abnormal program termination error has been fixed when running the System Cleanup scan
- Fixed a program crash that sometimes occurred when opening the Applications tool


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.