Messenger Reviver Changelog

What's new in Messenger Reviver 2.4.8.9

Jul 8, 2016
  • Support for Windows 10 14383

New in Messenger Reviver 2.4.5 (Oct 4, 2015)

  • Fix for Windows 10 32-bit versions
  • Support for Windows 10 10162
  • Better Windows 10 detection
  • Better handling of pending reboots

New in Messenger Reviver 2.4.4 (Jul 30, 2015)

  • Fix for Windows 10 (10240) and the 8004882a error, workaround no longer needed

New in Messenger Reviver 2.4.3 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Fixes for installing Messenger 2012 on 64-bit Vista and full Windows Server 2008 support

New in Messenger Reviver 2.4.2 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Windows Vista support for installing/reviving Windows Live Messenger 2012 and the other 2012 Essentials

New in Messenger Reviver 2.4.1 (Mar 13, 2015)

  • Automatically brings up upgrade window if you don’t have 2012 installed
  • Installation of versions other than 2012 is disabled by default

New in Messenger Reviver 2.4.0 (Dec 22, 2014)

  • Patches Windows Live Messenger 2011 to use the correct Messenger servers
  • Patches Windows Messenger (all versions) to use the correct Messenger servers
  • New support for Windows Messenger 4.7.3000 (Windows XP SP2) and Windows Messenger 5.1.0715
  • Bug when detecting if Live Messenger 2008 has been re-revived fixed
  • Automatically enables TLS support (as now required for Messenger) if it has been turned off

New in Messenger Reviver 2.3.5 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • Patches Windows Live Messenger 2008 and Windows Live Messenger 2009 to force them to use the correct Messenger servers
  • Fixed a bug when upgrading to Messenger 2012 on Windows Server when the .NET Framework 3.x isn’t installed

New in Messenger Reviver 2.3.0 (Nov 14, 2014)

  • Fixes both Windows Live Messenger 2008 and Windows Live Messenger 2009 (solves error code 85ae0010 sign in issue)

New in Messenger Reviver 2.2.5 (Apr 17, 2014)

  • Support for new Messenger 2012 16.4.3528.0331

New in Messenger Reviver 2.2.2 (Jul 22, 2013)

  • Support for new Messenger 2012 16.4.3508.0205

New in Messenger Reviver 2.2.1 (Jul 22, 2013)

  • Changes to the detection of Messenger to allow weird modified Program
  • Files folder configurations on 64-bit Windows
  • Fixed a rare crash that would happen on new Messenger installs on XP

New in Messenger Reviver 2.2.0 (Jul 22, 2013)

  • Now scans all running applications for Messenger file in use
  • Also supports patching the file and rebooting for the change to take effect
  • Added some code to avoid broken Windows Installers

New in Messenger Reviver 2.1.0 (Apr 26, 2013)

  • Added support for Windows Live Messenger 2008 (8.5.1302.1018), now more aggressive in shutting down services that might hold on to the file, hopefully should resolve some of the “waiting” issues