January 28th, 2012· 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;
April 11th, 2011· 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.
March 11th, 2011· 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";
· sometimes 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.
March 11th, 2011· Windows 32 & 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 menu;
October 21st, 2009· improved Windows 7 compatibility;
· fixed bug with not removing empty folders remained in backup folder after full registry restore;
· updates in language files;
August 18th, 2009· added new excluded keys into the default list;
· language files were updated.
· "Search for Keywords" feature now scans HKEY_USERS instead of HKEY_CURRENT_USER key, (HKEY_USERS key includes HKEY_CURRENT_USER as a subkey with name like S-1-5-21-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-1xxx and all other currently logged in users);
· new option to hide/show read-only keys in "Search for Keywords" feature independed from "Scan for Registry Errors" feature;
· "Save found keys into a text file" was not working in "Search for Keywords" feature;
· if no errors were found the Error Category checkboxes were locked until user click "Back" to return to the home page;
· fixed freeze while RFA corrects errors under ClassesHTTP and ClassesHTTPS keys;
· some minor problems fixed;
November 26th, 2008· new interface;
· new enhanced fast and smart registry scanning algorithm;
· detecting new errors: mismatch of string lengths stored in the registry;
· detecting new error category: bad ActiveX/COM registrations;
· new option to ignore "no permission to modify" registry entries
· that Vista has many;
· in addition to system registry backup Registry First Aid
· now creates separate backup of every registry file;
· easy managing and restoring registry backup files;
· enhanced registry compression/defragmentation;
· show summary compression size and ratio;
· store and show statistics about found/corrected problems, registry
· defragmentation sizes, last searches, stored registry snapshots,
· available plug-ins for Registry Management (Platinum version only),
· full registry backups and small .reg backup files created;
· new view added: view all found errors at one screen;
· when "View by filter" is selected, filter options will not cover
· list of errors - they will be opened in separate window;
· error category buttons now can be placed horizontally or vertically -
· switch by a double-click on any button;
November 24th, 2007· Standard version now can be upgraded to Platinum version;
· Platinum version: explore previously created registry snapshots, export any registry key from snapshots into .reg files;
· Agent settings are moved to special page at settings dialog;
· fixed bug not saving settings before registry compression
November 22nd, 2007· Standard version now can be upgraded to Platinum version;
· Platinum version: explore previously created registry snapshots, export any registry key from snapshots into .reg files;
· Agent settings are moved to special page at settings dialog;
· bug not saving settings before registry compression;
March 31st, 2007Vista compatibility:
· support running in a least privileged environment;
· support of Vista registry;
· display snapshot descriptions in registry snapshot lists;
· new and improved algorithms giving more thorough searches,
· faster working, and greater reliability;
· filtering and sorting found registry entries;
· * option to scan for errors all user registry hives is available under
· full administrator only;
August 19th, 2006· "Home" button is added to the all pages;
· few bug fixes;
· updated language files are included to the setup;
July 21st, 2006· "Home" button is added to the all pages;
· few bug fixes;
· updated language files are included to the setup
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