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Registry Finder Changelog

What's new in Registry Finder 2.59.0.0

Apr 29, 2024
  • Added the Name property of the favorite items. Suggested by Mehdi Alimadadi
  • Added ability to load/unload hive through the command line. Suggested by Richard Birch
  • Added the "Reset to Defaults" command in the columns context menu
  • Fixed what the Copy command in the Registry list view did not copy column names. Reported by Pavel Novikov
  • Fixed dark background of the unpinned History tab in the light theme.

New in Registry Finder 2.58.1.0 (Dec 18, 2023)

  • Fixed selection not updated after sorting items in the registry list (the selection visually remained in the same positions, i.e. other items were selected). Reported by amshevch
  • Fixed encoding problem in favorites (characters what cannot be encoded in the ANSI code page for non-unicode programs might look unreadable). Reported by Vladimir Sekushin
  • Fixed what changes in the Edit Favorite dialog were not saved. Reported by Vladimir Sekushin

New in Registry Finder 2.58.0.0 (Oct 8, 2023)

  • Added ability to create registry value of arbitrary type. Suggested by «G~Lí†çh»
  • The Change Type command is available on the default value even if no value is set.
  • Added Refresh command to the registry list view context menu. Suggested by Mehdi Alimadadi
  • Added support for navigation to key in Power Toys Run when Registry Finder replaces regedit. Reported by SolarTheory
  • Added support for renaming of registry keys in offline registry. Reported by Bluebell
  • Fixed what the Change Type|Binary command did nothing. Reported by «G~Lí†çh»
  • Fixed crash on making registry changes if the undo history was incorrectly edited or corrupted.
  • Fixed incorrect value in the Date Modified column in the right pane in Registry tab in Windows 7/8 compatibility mode. Reported by amshevch
  • Fixed what when a Find Results window was reused for subsequent search, the tab title contained text from the initial search. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed what inaccessible keys did not have the stop sign image in the right pane. Reported by KLASS

New in Registry Finder 2.56.0.0 (Feb 14, 2023)

  • Dark mode: fixed light tabs in the key properties dialog.
  • Dark mode: fixed light background in the Find Results and the Favorites windows.
  • Dark mode: fixed light background in the Properties dialog. Reported by Tao Zhiyu
  • Fixed what the Select Language dialog may not get closed by the OK button. Reported by Tao Zhiyu
  • Fixed what the Export command silently fails to display the select file dialog box under Windows Restore Environment (WinRE). Reported by anonymous
  • Fixed incorrect path displayed in the Key column when searching offline registry. Reported by Steve Slocombe
  • Fixed crash after setting filter in the Favorites window
  • Fixed crash editing properties of a Favorite
  • Fixed possible crash searching with regular expressions (#2)

New in Registry Finder 2.55.0.0 (Nov 6, 2022)

  • offreg.dll is included into setup and portable distribution archives.
  • The number of search results is limited to 1000 by default.
  • Speed up sorting the favorites list with very large number of items.
  • Speed up opening keys with very large number of subkeys (tens of thousands).
  • Speed up opening keys containing vary large values.
  • Better look of built-in medium and large toolbar images in light mode.
  • Better look of toolbar in dark mode.
  • Fixed what when a key deletion is initiated from the right pane, the key did not get deleted from the left pane until manual refresh.
  • Fixed what pasted keys did not appear in the right pane until manual refresh. Reported by amshevch.
  • Fixed possible crash when the File | Clear Undo History on Exit option is set.
  • Fixed possible crash when files in undo history are deleted manually while Registry Finder is running.

New in Registry Finder 2.54.0.0 (Aug 2, 2022)

  • Added ability to quickly switch between a registry key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER when the key exists under both. Suggested by joebothed
  • Added the Security tab in the Properties dialog for offline registry. Suggested by amshevch
  • Added resizing ability to the Edit Multi-String dialog. Suggested by «G~Lí†çh»
  • Visitation history is saved across sessions.
  • Fixed error "The access control list (ACL) structure is invalid. (1336)" when changing key owner recursively if Registry Finder is running as administrator.
  • Fixed error "Not all privileges or groups referenced are assigned to the caller." when changing key owner recursively if Registry Finder is running as not administrator.
  • Fixed possible crash searching with regular expressions.
  • Fixed possible crash working with two offline registries.
  • Fixed crash exiting Registry Finder when the File|Clear Undo History on Exit option is set and the Favorites tab is active.
  • Fixed crash when the Find dialog is invoked from context menu and key's path contains comma or semicolon.
  • Fixed incorrect highlighting of search results when the system scale factor is greater than 100%. Reported by Alexey Volkov
  • Fixed incorrect scrolling on large data in the Edit Binary dialog. Reported by «G~Lí†çh»
  • Fixed what when running with the --navigate command line parameter, corresponding tab was not activated.
  • Fixed incorrect functionality of --reopenLocal=false command line parameter: all registry tabs were not restored, not only local registry tabs.
  • Fixed incorrect text of items in drop-down list of Navigate Backward/Forward buttons when menu had more than 32 items.
  • Fixed what active key in the registry tree after opening tab may not be visible.
  • Fixed what the Go To command may open wrong window.
  • Fixed crash invoking the key properties dialog from the Find Results window
  • Fixed wrong number conversion in the Edit DWORD dialog when switching from Hex to Decimal format. Reported by Ranzo Reljkov
  • Fixed hang when Registry Finder is launching as replacement of regedit with certain command line parameters. Reported by Motias

New in Registry Finder 2.53.0.0 (Feb 3, 2022)

  • Improvement: Find Results tab title displays the searched text to simplify tab identification.
  • Fixed wrong selection and caret movement when switching between Unicode and None in the Edit Binary dialog. Reported by «G~Lí†çh»
  • Fixed wrong handling of REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN value in the Edit DWORD dialog. Reported by «G~Lí†çh»
  • Fixed crash on application startup on XP/Vista.
  • Fixed errors importing reg file containing comments. Reported by Jay S
  • Fixed crash when copying and pasting binary data in the Edit Binary dialog on x64.
  • Fixed crash in the Resources dialog for certain types of REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR values on x64.

New in Registry Finder 2.52.0.0 (Oct 24, 2021)

  • Added ability to change the type of a value. Suggested by «G~Lí†çh»
  • User interface stays responsive while connecting to remote registry. Suggested by Pavel Novikov
  • Fixed: When Registry Finder replaces regedit and third-party program tries to open regedit to a given key, Registry Finder ignores the key. Reported by Gary Shapiro
  • Fixed: Searching in search results may not find all matches. Reported by amshevch
  • Fixed: When searching in find results, the date range was ignored. Reported by amshevch
  • Fixed: Navigation to list items by typing starting characters did not work

New in Registry Finder 2.51.0.0 (Aug 8, 2021)

  • Added ability to replace Windows' built-in registry editor.
  • Added options to clear search and undo histories on exit. Suggested by Vladimir Grushevoi
  • Added --findDialog parameter to open the Find dialog on startup. Suggested by Jason Hood
  • Fixed: When order of columns is changed then sorting by a column may result in sorting by another column.
  • Fixed: Crash on early versions of Windows 10 when clearing the undo history. Reported by Arseny Timonin.
  • Fixed: Edit Binary dialog: Wrong selection and caret movement when switching between ASCII and Unicode.

New in Registry Finder 2.50.1.0 (Jun 12, 2021)

  • Fixed: Edit Binary dialog: when the Unicode checkbox is set, mouse click in the text area moves caret to wrong position. Reported by G~Lí†çh

New in Registry Finder 2.49.0.0 (Mar 8, 2021)

  • Added ability to remove items from search results. Suggested by Tom Cook
  • Added ability to restart Registry Finder as administrator. Suggested by Arseny Timonin
  • Added visual indicator that Registry Finder is running as administrator.
  • Improved search speed when there are a lot of results (couple of thousands).
  • Fixed: Exclusion of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001 did not work. Reported by Nuno Gil
  • Fixed incorrect white background of tree view in the Favorites window in some themes. Reported by G~Lí†çh
  • Fixed crash when Ctrl+Shift+Digit is pressed before loading of favorites is complete. Reported by Arseny Timonin
  • Fixed crash importing Resplendence Registrar Manager bookmark file containing items with an empty or malformed key name.
  • Fixed crash importing .reg file if the file size is a multiple of 4096.
  • Fixed crash in update when the Download folder is not set.
  • Fixed crash invoking erroneously enabled New Symbolic Link command for the Registry root item.
  • Fixed possible crash canceling download of language file.
  • Fixed crash when blanks-only name was specified in the Connect Remote Registry dialog.
  • Fixed possible crash using the --import command line parameter.

New in Registry Finder 2.48.0.0 (Nov 25, 2020)

  • Ability to assign shortcuts to favorite items
  • Added ability to create a new favorite item from the Favorites window
  • Offline Registry recognizes the NTUSER.DAT file
  • Fixed white status bar in dark mode
  • Fixed background and text color of combo drop-down lists in dark mode
  • Fixed background and text color of the Links control in the Edit Favorite dialog in dark mode
  • Fixed short freeze after each modification of registry when the undo history contains a large number of items. Reported by Crend King
  • Fixed the Export command on Windows XP. Reported by Harald Welkovics
  • Fixed appearance of phantom value in the Registry list view after Undo under certain conditions (2). Reported by Luka L
  • Fixed possible crash undoing the create value operation
  • Fixed undo of the create key operation may not delete created key

New in Registry Finder 2.47.0.0 (Sep 12, 2020)

  • Fixed: After creating a favorite item, the new item is displayed in the Favorites window even if it doesn't match the search text. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed: Changing toolbar buttons size while toolbar is hidden causes it to show in unusable state. Reported by G~Lí†çh
  • Fixed: Data types selection in the Find dialog is not restored after restarting Registry Finder. Reported by lyj6td+5lxziabegchmo
  • Fixed: When exporting keys or values, specifying existing file name may overwrite the file without confirmation. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed: After modifying registry value (through dialog or undo/redo), view didn't get updated. (Regression in 2.46.) Reported by Cat Schneider
  • Fixed phantom value in the Registry list view after Undo under certain conditions. Reported by Luka L
  • Fixed white background in the Edit Binary dialog in dark mode
  • Fixed visual artefacts in lists after changing column width when grid lines are on. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed crash using offline registry when one of its registry file cannot be loaded.
  • Fixed crash importing regedit favorites when encountered an incorrect item.
  • Fixed broken functionality of the Properties/Security tab (regression in 2.46). Reported by Stefan Waldmann
  • Other cosmetic UI fixes.

New in Registry Finder 2.46.0.0 (Aug 15, 2020)

  • Added support for symbolic links
  • In dark mode, grid lines color is changed from white to gray. Suggested by Jari Karjalainen.
  • Fixed black background of match highlights in the Find Results window.
  • Fixed visual artefacts in lists after changing column width.
  • Fixed crash on startup if updated from 2.6 or earlier version.
  • Fixed crash opening Offline Registry, if offreg.dll is missing or failed to load.
  • Fixed several other minor bugs.

New in Registry Finder 2.45.2.0 (Jun 7, 2020)

  • Ability to turn off dark theme when Windows dark mode is on.
  • Can run on Windows XP again. Reported by Antony Smith

New in Registry Finder 2.45.1.0 (Jun 6, 2020)

  • Dark theme was not available on Windows update 2004. Reported by klepp0906

New in Registry Finder 2.45.0.0 (Jun 4, 2020)

  • Added support for dark theme

New in Registry Finder 2.44.0.0 (Apr 10, 2020)

  • Feature: Offline Registry. An ability to work with set of offline registry hives as a whole registry. Suggested by clsven
  • Improvement: Faster opening of the Favorites window with very large number of favorite items
  • Improvement: Ability to open favorite item in a new tab (Go To in New Tab command in the Favorites window). Suggested by klepp0906
  • Fixed: It was unable to change a key favorite to a value favorite. Reported by Kenan nkesti
  • Fixed: Unable to move favorite items to a subcategory. Reported by klepp0906
  • Fixed possible error "RenamingToSelfException" performing the Replace operation in the Find Results window. Reported by Anton
  • Fixed freezing UI for several seconds when navigating to a key containing large data. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed several scenarios that may lead to crash

New in Registry Finder 2.43.0.0 (Feb 24, 2020)

  • Ability to change toolbar buttons size (please use one of the custom icon sets).
  • Improvement: The address bar does not get disabled when the Favorites window is activate. Suggested by KLASS
  • Improvement: When a favorite item is highlighted in the Favorites menu, status bar displays the favorite's description. Suggested by Jim Dorf
  • Fixed: If path in a favorite item used short form such as HKLM or HKCU, then the corresponding item in the Registry window was not marked as favorite. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed disappeared Favorites/Import from File menu item. Reported by Kenan �nkesti
  • Fixed: Creating a key from the address bar also creates subkey named New key #1. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed: The "Move to Category" command on multiple favorite items moved not all items. Reported by KLASS

New in Registry Finder 2.42.0.0 (Jan 7, 2020)

  • Improvement: Address bar accepts entire line with a key path from a .reg file. Comment indicator (leading ;), remove indicator (leading -) and line feed are ignored. Suggested by Mehdi Alimadadi
  • Improvement: Faster opening of the Favorites window with very large number of favorite items. Requested by KLASS
  • Fixed possible hang after opening the Favorites window. Reported by KLASS

New in Registry Finder 2.41.1.0 (Dec 30, 2019)

  • Fixed possible crash or incorrect displaying of items in the list of the Registry window after deleting keys or values (regression in 2.41)
  • Fixed crash when selecting key in the tree, if some key value has a long name (exceeding 260 characters) (regression in 2.41)

New in Registry Finder 2.41.0.0 (Dec 29, 2019)

  • Faster opening of keys with large number of subkeys, e.g. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
  • Added the Remove from Favorites command
  • Keys are sorted the same way as in RegEdit (most noticeably, '{' goes before digits and letters.). Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed: Search in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT may not find some items. Reported by crendking
  • Fixed: After creating a key that already were in Favorites, the key's icon did contain the favorite mark. Reported by KLASS

New in Registry Finder 2.40.0.0 (Dec 14, 2019)

  • Feature: Search exclusions (ability to exclude keys from search)
  • Feature: Clearing the search history (ability to delete items from combo boxes in the Find dialog)

New in Registry Finder 2.39.0.0 (Nov 3, 2019)

  • Improvement: When a favorite item refers to a default value, the value name is displayed as "(Default)" instead of an empty string (applied to the Favorites window and the Edit Favorite dialog). Suggested by KLASS
  • Improvement: Sorting items by column click in the Favorites window. Suggested by Kenan �nkesti
  • Improvement: When exporting search results as text, items are going in the same order as in UI.
  • Fixed: Truncation of binary data when importing from .reg file (2). Reported by Matthias Gerhard
  • Fixed: The search may got stuck with high CPU usage. Reported by Gary Shapiro
  • Fixed: The Size column in the Find Results window may display wrong value
  • Fixed: Possible crash while typing in the address
  • Fixed: Double file extension (.reg.reg) when exporting items

New in Registry Finder 2.38.1.0 (Aug 12, 2019)

  • Fixed failure to apply language file (regression in 2.38)

New in Registry Finder 2.38.0.0 (Aug 10, 2019)

  • Improved the search speed. Thanks to Alexander Miloslavky for the implementation ideas, and KLASS for preliminary testing.
  • In the Edit Favorite dialog, links are highlighted. Ctrl+Click opens the link in browser. Suggested by KLASS
  • Fixed potential crash caused by incorrect editing the config file
  • Fixed opening a favorite's link from the context menu. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed wrong extension of target file name, when exporting a key or parameter containing dot ('.') in the name. Reported by Harald Welkovics

New in Registry Finder 2.37.1.0 (Jun 22, 2019)

  • Fixed crash when closing Registry Finder while the Find Results window is opened and the Favorites window is not (introduced in 2.37).

New in Registry Finder 2.37.0.0 (Jun 22, 2019)

  • Added toolbar button and context menu item to open favorite's link in browser.
  • Reopening the Favorites window on startup if it was opened last time. Suggested by KLASS
  • The custom icon set applies not only to toolbar images, but also to images in the main and context menus and tabs. Suggested by Martin
  • Added the CommandLine.txt with the command line options description. Suggested by Harald Welkovics
  • Fixed the number of columns in the Edit Binary Value dialog. It was 5, 9, 13, etc instead of 4, 8, 12 etc. Reported by ranzo.reljkov
  • Fixed: Pressing ESC may not cancel the search.

New in Registry Finder 2.36.0.0 (Jun 10, 2019)

  • When exporting a single value, the initial file name in the save dialog is set equal to the value name. Suggested by KLASS
  • Now the Navigate Backward/Forward commands are work in the Favorites window as well. Suggested by KLASS
  • Fixed: In the Favorites window, the Export for Deletion command does nothing and should be disabled. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed: In the Favorites window, the Delete command should be enabled. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed: When the Registry node is selected, the right pane should list the root keys. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed: When the deletion of a value causes an error, no operation should be added to the undo history. Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed not working keys in some places (e.g. Enter in the address bar, Enter in the right pane of the Registry window, Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V in the search field of the Favorites window). Reported by KLASS
  • Fixed: In the Navigate Backward/Forward drop-down lists the Registry node was displayed as an empty line.

New in Registry Finder 2.35.0.0 (May 20, 2019)

  • Feature: Ability to search favorites with specific substring in any field: key, value, description, etc.
  • Feature: Ability to show favorite items from subcategories
  • Improvement: Status bar in the Favorites window shows number of keys, values and selected items
  • Fixed: Truncation of binary data when importing from .reg file. Reported by Stefan Waldmann
  • Fixed: It was required to reopen Favorites window in order for the font changes to take effect.
  • Fixed: In the Find dialog, folding and unfolding controls by one of the "+" buttons incorrectly enabled some disabled controls.

New in Registry Finder 2.34.1.0 (Apr 8, 2019)

  • Fixed possible hang up after deleting a favorites category.
  • Fixed possible crash after the Modify or Replace command in the Find Results window. Reported by Yozakura-Hage
  • bugfix: If a key or value is in favorites, its icon may not contain the favorites mark. Reported by KLASS
  • bugfix: Fixed: Invoking the Favorites/Import from File command and canceling file selection dialog causes the subsequent invocation of the command does nothing. Reported by KLASS

New in Registry Finder 2.33.1.0 (Mar 4, 2019)

  • v2.33 failed to start on fresh installation. To work properly, it required the UndoHistory folder from a previous version.

New in Registry Finder 2.33 (Mar 3, 2019)

  • Improvement: Reworked Favorites (separate window, hierarchical categories, ability to set color and description per favorite and more). Suggested by tudr74
  • Improvement: Address bar accepts keys with the "Computer" prefix (easies copy/paste from regedit's address bar). Suggested by Ozgun Oztekin
  • Fixed crash in some circumstances.

New in Registry Finder 2.32.1 (Dec 10, 2018)

  • Fixed broken search in 'Entire Registry' (regression in 2.32). Thanks to Louis Moerman for quick report.

New in Registry Finder 2.31 (Oct 26, 2018)

  • Ability to search by data size.

New in Registry Finder 2.30 (Oct 9, 2018)

  • A search criteria can specify time, not only date. Proposed by Ludwig W.
  • Ability to specify multiple search keys (keys are separated with ';' (semicolon))
  • Fixed incorrect search results in some conditions
  • Fixed possible crash on closing Registry Finder

New in Registry Finder 2.29 (Sep 3, 2018)

  • Improved the search speed on Windows 10 update 1803.
  • Hidden keys are displayed with a special symbol (•). Suggested by klepp0906
  • Fixed crash after copying in the address bar a path to a key that you do not have permissions to read.
  • Fixed crash invoking Clear History command when there are no Registry windows opened.
  • Fixed wrong order of tabs when switching by Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab. Reported by Pavel Novikov
  • Fixed crash after editing registry in some circumstances.
  • Fixed freezing UI after activating a key when the key contains thousands of subkeys.

New in Registry Finder 2.28 (Jul 17, 2018)

  • Increased the search speed.
  • Added support of autocompletion in the address bar.
  • Added ability to create a key from the address bar.
  • Pressing Enter on a key in the right pane opens that key.
  • Pressing Del in the History window invokes the Delete command.
  • Multiple selection in the History window. Suggested by Harald Welkovics.
  • Added the New Data column in the History window. Suggested by Harald Welkovics.
  • The close button on the right of the address bar, that is shared by all tabs, is removed. Instead, each tab has its own close button.
  • Improved look of tabs on DPI higher than 100%.
  • Now, command line parameters are case insensitive.
  • Fixed crash copying keys/values into the clipboard.
  • Fixed crash when the command line contains unsupported parameters. Reported by Pavel Novikov.
  • Fixed possible hang up searching HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT if a hidden key is encountered.
  • Fixed: when all operations are undone, performing a new operation must delete undone ones.

New in Registry Finder 2.27 (Jun 4, 2018)

  • Added toolbar buttons to iterate through the search results.
  • Fixed: No results were displayed if search completed too quickly.

New in Registry Finder 2.26 (May 29, 2018)

  • Fixed crash when the UndoHistory directory does not exist.

New in Registry Finder 2.25 (May 29, 2018)

  • Ability to import .reg files from the command line (the --import command line parameter). Suggested by aadric.
  • Ability to navigate to key/value from the History window (the Go To command in the context menu). Suggested by Luca Longone.
  • Ability to undo/redo arbitrary action, not only the last one. Suggested by Mehdi Alimadadi.
  • Ability to launch several instances of Registry Finder (the --multiInst command line parameter).
  • Supplied helper .bat files to Windows Explorer integration.
  • Fixed: Crash when invoked the Properties command for the Registry node.
  • Fixed: On Windows XP, toolbar/addressbar placement was not persisted. Reported by Harald Welkovics.
  • Fixed: Truncation of text with the search percentage on large fonts in German and Russian translations. Reported by PeterK.
  • Fixed: Modeless Open/Save dialogs.

New in Registry Finder 2.24 (Mar 11, 2018)

  • Fixed crash when version 2.23 is used with the language file from any previous version.
  • Fixed text cutoff in German translation. Reported by PeterK

New in Registry Finder 2.23 (Mar 5, 2018)

  • Feature: Displaying subkeys in the right pane.
  • Feature: Ability to specify data types as a search criteria.
  • Feature: The Paste and Go command in the address bar. Suggested by Michael Miloslavsky.
  • Improvement: Automatic key expansion on navigation by the --navigate command-line option, address bar and Go To command in the Find Results. Suggested by Mehdi Alimadadi
  • Fixed: Failure to find data in particular system keys. Reported by tmang.
  • Fixed: There is no search indicator (small triangle) on window tab when the same Find Results window is reused for subsequent searches. Reported by Michael Miloslavsky.
  • Fixed: Incorrect caret positioning in the Edit binary dialog in some scenarios. Reported by Matt Christian
  • Fixed: Typing A in the Edit Binary dialog cleared all data.
  • Fixed: Possible crash if Registry Finder closes while search is in progress.

New in Registry Finder 2.22 (Dec 3, 2017)

  • Improvement: When exporting a key, initial file name in the save dialog is set equal to the key name.
  • Improvement: Address bar accepts keys enclosed in square brackets. This easies navigation to a key path copied from elsewhere.
  • Feature: Added accelerator for the New Key command (F7).
  • BUGFIX: Fixed possible crash after pressing F5 when current key is deleted in external program.
  • BUGFIX: Fixed possible crash when user do not have enough rights to read a key.
  • BUGFIX: Fixed possible crash on pressing ESC after the search is already canceled.
  • Improvements in Edit Binary dialog:
  • Highlighting of found text when invoked from the Find Results window
  • Import/Export
  • Saving window placement
  • Window resizing
  • Scrolling with mouse wheel
  • Fixed various discrepancies with the standard edit control
  • Support of standard key combinations Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V
  • Fixed MakeLang failure on Windows XP.
  • Fixed MakeLang -i erroneously reported success when actually it was not.
  • Fixed search in large data.

New in Registry Finder 2.21.1 (Aug 27, 2017)

  • Fixed crash when specific string value is encountered. (Introduced in 2.21)

New in Registry Finder 2.21 (Aug 22, 2017)

  • The search progress indicator shows a real search progress. Suggested by bxstover at yahoo.co.uk
  • The search can be canceled from the keyboard (Esc). Suggested by PeterK
  • The Export command issued from the Find Results window exports keys with all of its subkeys. Suggested by bxstover at yahoo.co.uk
  • Fixed text truncation in the progress bar on large UI fonts.
  • Fixed wrong display of milliseconds of the search duration.
  • The --newTab command line parameter did not work.
  • Fixed creation/loading of the the language ini/dll on Windows XP x64.
  • Fixed missing caption and close button of the History window on Windows XP.
  • Fixed progress bars for the Export and Import commands are not showing any progress.
  • Fixed empty display name of the default value in the edit dialog.
  • When saving multi-string value, there was no warning if the value contained leading empty string.
  • Fixed: When navigating to a value by the Go To command the item stays out of view.
  • Fixed: The Select All and Invert Selection commands are disabled when the focus is on the registry tree.
  • Fixed incorrect enabled/disabled state of some commands in the main menu.
  • Fixed: the Replace command displays wrong number of replacements.
  • Fixed: the "Match whole string" option did not work.

New in Registry Finder 2.20 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • Added toolbar button to go up one level.
  • Tooltip for toolbar buttons displays keyboard shortcut.
  • Added Copy Key Path and Properties commands for search result items.
  • Improved replace algorithm.
  • Ability to run from write-protected media.
  • Fixed crash on double-clicking left/right scroll buttons in the tabs bar.

New in Registry Finder 2.19 (May 2, 2017)

  • Feature: search in search results.
  • Feature: search and replace in REG_DWORD/REG_QWORD.
  • Improvement: Address bar: ignoring leading and trailing spaces.
  • Improvement: clicking on unoccupied space opens new Local Registry window.
  • Improvement: Increased font size in the Edit Binary dialog on high screen resolution.
  • Fixed: Possible crash on startup.
  • Fidex: Possible crash when canceling search.
  • Fixed: when issued from Find Results, the Delete command does not delete all selected items.

New in Registry Finder 2.18.2 (Apr 11, 2017)

  • Crash on search if the language file were used
  • Fixed hangup on deletion from the Find Results window

New in Registry Finder 2.18 (Apr 10, 2017)

  • Fixed: for the Export command, the Registry Hive file format was unavailable.
  • Fixed: possible crash when deleting a key that cannot be opened for read.
  • Fixed: possible crash when searching for hidden keys.
  • Feature: Searching is performed in non-blocking fashion. You can browse/edit registry or do other tasks while search is in progress. The results are displayed on the fly, you can work wih them immediately. You can event perform multiple searches simultaneously.
  • Feature: "greedy" deletion. When deleting a key, Registry Finder do not stop on the first subkey it fails to delete. It tries to delete as much subkeys as possible. The same is true for deletion of multiple items from the Find Results window. It tries to delete as much items as possible.

New in Registry Finder 2.17 (Feb 23, 2017)

  • Ability to export keys and or values for deletion (importing the resultant .reg file deletes exported items instead of creating)
  • Do not connect to remote registry until a tab is activated
  • The Save command is renamed to Export
  • Added the Export command to the list pane in registry window
  • Fixed crash on middle-click on unoccupied area of the tabs bar
  • Fixed: Under certain circumstances, update may not work (pressing the Install button in the Update Available dialog have to effect). Peter, Short Remarks, Update troubleshooting

New in Registry Finder 2.16 (Jan 21, 2017)

  • Ability to change font
  • Ability to navigate to a key from the search results in a new tab
  • New shortcut for activating the History window: Ctrl+H
  • Shortcut to close the History window: Shift+Esc (works only when the window is active)
  • Just after opening the History window it is scrolled to make the last operation visible
  • Correct restoring of the placement and pin state of the History window
  • Collapsed/expanded state of controls in the Find dialog is saved even when the dialog is dismissed by Cancel

New in Registry Finder 2.15.1 (Dec 19, 2016)

  • Fixed possible crash or hang up during the replace operation.

New in Registry Finder 2.15 (Dec 12, 2016)

  • Added ability to use regular expressions in the search and replace operations.
  • The Replace command replaces all occurrences of the matched substring, not just the first one.
  • Added ability to search items that do NOT contain the search string.
  • Added the --newTab command line parameter to force opening a new tab.
  • Double click in the the address bar outside any tab opens new local registry tab.
  • Fixed possible crash on refreshing the view.

New in Registry Finder 2.14 (Nov 22, 2016)

  • Added ability to change user interface language. The Check for Updates command also checks for updates of the language file.
  • Fixed: Undoing the Delete key operation did not restore key values.
  • Fixed: Creation of a binary value in network registry leads to the "A null reference pointer was passed to the stub (1780)" error.
  • Fixed: With --navigate command line parameter, initial displaying of values was incorrect.

New in Registry Finder 2.13.2 (Oct 15, 2016)

  • bugfix: Renaming of keys and values did not work
  • Fixed typo in menu (Atl+Enter)

New in Registry Finder 2.13.1 (Oct 12, 2016)

  • Fixed right-to-left layout of dialogs when translated to left-to-right reading language. (If upgrading from 2.13, it is required to remove existing RegistryFinder_lang.dll in order the fix to work.)

New in Registry Finder 2.13 (Oct 11, 2016)

  • Added dialog that shows properties of the selected key. Is is combined with the Security dialog in one property sheet
  • Added support for translation to right-to-left writing languages. UI will be displayed right-to-left
  • Reduced flickering of the History window on resizing
  • Reduced flickering of the drag rectangle when moving floating History window
  • Bugfix: Incorrect initial tree scrolling when the --navigate command line parameter was used
  • Bugfix: When the Rename command is disabled it was possible to enter inplace editing mode by pressing F2

New in Registry Finder 2.12 (Sep 20, 2016)

  • Ability to navigate to a key specified with the command line (--navigate keyPath) or a key path taken from the clipboard (--navigate clibboard)
  • Added prompt for user name and password if current account does not have permissions to connect to the network registry
  • If the connect to network registry fails, the Refresh button stays enabled
  • Added accelerators to the Open Local Registry (Ctrl+N) and Connect Network Registry (Ctrl+Shift+N) commands
  • Ability to close tabs by the middle button click

New in Registry Finder 2.11 (Jul 28, 2016)

  • Added ability to copy-paste regisrty keys and values through the system clipboard.
  • Added shortcut to activate the address bar: Ctrl + L
  • Fixed: Standard accelerators for edit control (such as Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Z and so on) did not work in the address bar.
  • Fixed: When renaming were not possible the Rename command in the main menu was enabled.
  • Fixed: It was possible to start renaming the Default value by clicking on it when it was already selected. Then pressing Enter lead to crash.
  • Fixed: The Refresh command could crash in some conditions.

New in Registry Finder 2.10.5 (Jun 25, 2016)

  • Ability to specify whether to reopen previously opened windows (the --reopenLocal and --reopenRemote command line arguments)
  • Ability to start Registry Finder connected to remote computer (the --computerName command line argument)
  • Fixed: Crash when a remote registry window is closed before the registry is connected
  • Fixed: Just after creation, the size of Dword and String values is zero. (Should be 4 and 2 respectively.)

New in Registry Finder 2.10.4 (Jun 12, 2016)

  • Removed the 32 item limit in the Favorites menu.
  • The New Key command is disabled for HKLM and HKU (Windows does not allow to create keys there).
  • Fixed: View did not get updated after the Import command.
  • Fixed crash on renaming key or value when the new name is the same as the old one.

New in Registry Finder 2.10.3 (Apr 28, 2016)

  • Ability to enable/disable the automatic updates (a command in the Help menu).

New in Registry Finder 2.10.2 (Apr 25, 2016)

  • Fixed: text of some controls in the Find dialog is truncated when a language ini file is applied.

New in Registry Finder 2.10.1 (Apr 24, 2016)

  • Fixed: MakeLang -d produces incorrect menu sections in the language ini file (all are [Menu_#1]). (Introduced in 2.10)

New in Registry Finder 2.10 (Apr 24, 2016)

  • Feature: Multiple Find Results windows.
  • Feature: Automatic checking for update once a week.
  • Enhancement: Added the Rename command to the main Edit menu.
  • Enhancement: In the Find dialog, the Search keys and Search only hidden keys checkboxes are mutually exclusive.
  • Enhancement: New column in the Find Results window: Found In.
  • Fixed crash on Windows XP after modifying one or both dates in the Find dialog.
  • Fixed crash when the undo history got corrupt (basically, because of editing it manually).
  • Fixed crash after typing in the address bar a path with two consecutive back slashes.
  • Fixed incorrect sizing of the Undo History window when it is floating or docked to top or bottom side and unpinned.
  • Fixed not working hyperlink in the Update Available dialog.
  • Fixed: any REG_DWORD data and any zero-length data are missing in the search results when searching with an empty string.
  • Fixed: When exporting the search results to a text file of copying to the clipboard the Type column is missing.
  • Fixed: When exporting the search results to a text file of copying to the clipboard the column order differs from the order in the Find Results window.
  • Fixed: After editing a value in the Find Results window the Size and Date columns are not updated.
  • Fixed: Incorrect navigation to a key from the address bar if the root key is specified in the short format (HKLM, HKCU, etc).
  • Fixed: If the Find dialog is invoked from the Find Results window, the search scope was set to the entire registry.
  • Fixed: When there were no search results, it was possible to invoke the Replace dialog by pressing Ctrl+R combination.
  • Fixed: The context menu in the History window does not contain Undo/Redo commands when invoked from the keyboard (the menu key or Shift+F10).

New in Registry Finder 2.9.1 (Feb 22, 2016)

  • Fixed crash when searching with no date range specified.

New in Registry Finder 2.9 (Feb 22, 2016)

  • Added ability to search keys modified within a date range.
  • Fixed possible crash applying permissions under non-administrative account in Vista+.
  • Fixed "stuck of history" when unable to undo or redo the last operation.
  • In context menus, unavailable commands are removed rather than got disabled.

New in Registry Finder 2.8.1 (Jan 29, 2016)

  • Fixed "Couldn't create crash report directory" error when Registry Finder is installed in normal (not portable) mode and started as not administrator.

New in Registry Finder 2.8 (Jan 17, 2016)

  • Clicking the toolbar pops up a context menu.
  • By default, search in the entire registry.
  • Added window index in the tab, when multiple windows are opened for the local registry or for the same remote computer.
  • Slightly reduced time of opening the search results.
  • User friendly message on attempt to navigate to not existing address through the address bar.
  • Improved the update procedure.
  • Moved UnsentCrashReport into the same directory where user settings are stored (%APPDATA% subfolder for normal installation, application directory for portable).
  • By default, the uninstaller removes settings, history and unsent crash reports.
  • Fixed: on some conditions text in search results may end with garbage
  • Fixed line endings when copying text to the clipboard from Find Results and Local Registry (was in UNIX format (LF)).
  • Fixed crash when Alt+Left or Alt+Right are pressed in the Find Results window.
  • Fixed: when deleting a key, if an error occurred for a subkey, the undo for successfully deleted subkeys is not available.
  • Fixed possible data loss when renaming a key.
  • Fixed the Wrong Parameter (87) error exporting the entire registry to a file.

New in Registry Finder 2.7 (Dec 2, 2015)

  • Reordered and grouped items in the View menu
  • Find Results, the default command is changed from Modify to Go To
  • Ability to lock toolbars
  • Fixed possible fatal error undoing the import operation
  • Fixed fatal error issuing Back/Forward commands from the Find Results window
  • Fixed fatal error undoing Delete multiple items operation (that is deletion from the Find Results window)
  • Fixed possible fatal error on pressing the Browse button in the Find dialog if path in combobox ends with '\'
  • Fixed errors during creation of keys in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
  • Fixed the “The system cannot find the file specified. (2)” error after undoing a key deletion (the fix is not applied to operations created by previous versions)
  • Fixed highlighting of matches in the Find Results window on Windows XP
  • Fixed highlighting of matches in binary data
  • Fixed searching in binary data when data is ANSI-encoded
  • When searching with the Search data option turned off, the Data column could contain garbage
  • On Windows XP, the maximized state of the main window was not restored
  • In Find Results, the icon for data-matches corresponds to the data type
  • In Find Results, items containing the ampersand (&) was displayed incorrectly
  • In Find Results, the View | Grid Lines command had no effect
  • Right after the Find command, the keyboard focus is moved to the Find Results list
  • In the Replace dialog, the Replace button gets disabled if both Find what and Replace with controls are blank
  • In the Replace dialog, the Selected items option gets disabled if no items selected in the Find Results window
  • Added sort markers in column headers in Find Results
  • When a key selected in registry tree was renamed, the address bar did display new name
  • Fixed the Save Selected command
  • The file created by the Save command did not have .reg extension
  • After restarting Registry Finder with two registry windows opened, the keyboard focus was in inactive window
  • The Go To command did not always work
  • Opening a favorite key did not always work
  • Fixed loosing the undo history after all Local Registry windows are closed and Registry Finder is restarted
  • Fixed hiding the address bar after closing all windows and restarting Registry Finder
  • Fixed always-English tooltip text of tab Close button
  • When there were multiple Local Registry windows, the Load Hive command caused the loaded key to be selected in all windows. Now, it is selected only in the active window
  • Fixed “The system cannot find the file specified. (2)” error creating a value in a key right after the key was renamed
  • If renaming in find results fails for a key or value, the whole operation continues for remaining keys/values. On completion, there is an ability to view failed operations
  • Added an error message if failed to create the language dll

New in Registry Finder 2.6.2 (Sep 22, 2015)

  • Ability to hide the tabs bar.
  • Ability to navigate visitation history by back/forward mouse buttons.
  • Cosmetic UI improvements (added missing shortcuts, tooltips and status bar hints).
  • Fixed empty Undo History window immediately after the Find operation (after switching to Registry window and back to Find Results, the Undo History items get restored).
  • Fixed fatal error during undo/redo of deletion of a value.
  • Fixed fatal error during the New Key command if the root Registry node is selected in the tree.
  • Fixed fatal error during adding the root Registry node to favorites.

New in Registry Finder 2.6.1 (Sep 6, 2015)

  • Feature: Address bar.
  • Feature: Back and Forward buttons to navigate through previously visited keys.

New in Registry Finder 2.6 (Aug 17, 2015)

  • Ability to connect to remote registry.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Registry Finder 2.5.4 (Jul 27, 2015)

  • Added ability to show grid lines in Registry, Find Results and History windows.
  • Added the --dataFolder command line parameter to specify folder to store settings and undo history.
  • Fixed crash in portable mode when user does not have permissions to write to the application directory.

New in Registry Finder 2.5.3 (Jun 23, 2015)

  • Bugfix: Crash after deleting key through context menu.
  • Bugfix: The Delete toolbar button does nothing.

New in Registry Finder 2.5.2 (Jun 10, 2015)

  • Crash displaying Find Results.

New in Registry Finder 2.5.1 (Jun 6, 2015)

  • Bugfix: Crash invoking Permissions menu command from the main menu for the Registry root node
  • Bugfix: Crash if translation file is outdated

New in Registry Finder 2.5 (Jun 1, 2015)

  • Ability to import reg and hive files.
  • Added the Type column in the Find Results window.
  • Toolbar and status bar visibility is restored after restart.
  • Tooltip if text in list view is not fully visible (Registry, Find Results, History, Remove from Favorites windows).
  • Only a single instance of the application is allowed to run.
  • Ability to send support a detailed information about crash.
  • Bugfix: if toolbar was hidden, it cannot be shown until restart.
  • Bugfix: possible crash after clearing the undo history.
  • Bugfix: an error message after the Replace operation.

New in Registry Finder 2.4 (Mar 30, 2015)

  • The undo history is saved across sessions.
  • Pressing ENTER in the list pane opens the edit dialog.
  • Bugfix: crash when double clicking outside of any item in the list pane.
  • Bugfix: favorites imported from regedit refer to parent key of original favorite.

New in Registry Finder 2.3 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Ability to view and edit permissions.
  • Keys with no read access are marked with "No entry" sign.

New in Registry Finder 2.2.1.0 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Bugfix: in localized versions, some texts in dialogs are truncated.

New in Registry Finder 2.2.0.0 (Mar 16, 2015)

  • Ability to load/unload hive.
  • Selecting all items in a list by Ctrl+A.
  • Switching between tree and list panes in the Registry window by Tab or F6.
  • Bugfix. The Refresh command adds new keys as child of the Computer node.
  • Bugfix: In the main menu, commands in the New Value submenu are always disabled. (Though, were available though context menu).
  • Bugfix: Incorrect initial state of the View|Registry Tree command.
  • Bugfix: Crash on Windows XP when displaying context menu.
  • Bugfix: Dark background of disabled toolbar buttons on Windows XP.
  • Bugfix: Crash after the Go To command if the key was deleted.

New in Registry Finder 2.1.0.0 (Mar 4, 2015)

  • Favorites.
  • Status bar displays full path of the current key.
  • Images in menus.
  • Bugfix: unable to edit the default value if it is not set.
  • Bugfix: after the default value is deleted it disappears from the list.
  • Bugfix: some commands in menu are enabled/disabled incorrectly.

New in Registry Finder 2.0.0.0 (Feb 23, 2015)

  • In the Registry window you can: browse your local registry; create, delete, rename keys and values, modify value's data; perform search and replace operations
  • It is allowed to open multiple Registry windows. Next time you start Registry Finder, those windows will be reopened on the same keys as before
  • In the left pane, the values can be sorted by clicking column header
  • Current key path can be copied to clipboard
  • Behavior of the Go To command changed. Instead of starting RegEdit, it navigates to key/value in the Registry window

New in Registry Finder 1.7.0.0 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • Ability to save only selected search result items.
  • Bugfix: when multiple search result items are selected, the Delete command deleted only the first one.

New in Registry Finder 1.6.1.0 (Jan 6, 2015)

  • Bugfix: Dialog captions and some other UI elements were not translated.

New in Registry Finder 1.6.0.0 (Nov 23, 2014)

  • Ability to translate UI to other languages.
  • Bugfix: wrong default installation folder.

New in Registry Finder 1.5.1.4 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • In 1.5.1, installer and zip archive contained wrong 64-bit binary (it was an intermediate development version 1.5.1.1).

New in Registry Finder 1.5.1.0 (Oct 25, 2014)

  • Bugfix: Matches found counter in the search progress dialog shows wrong value.
  • Bugfix: When searching entire registry the keys searched and matches found counters are reset to 0 after start searching next root key (HKLM, HKCU, ...).
  • Some improvements in speed (+10%) and size (-15%).

New in Registry Finder 1.5.0.0 (Oct 20, 2014)

  • Added ability to check for updates.

New in Registry Finder 1.4.3.0 (Oct 2, 2014)

  • Installer supports the Portable installation mode.

New in Registry Finder 1.4.1.0 (Sep 22, 2014)

  • Update of items affected by Modify or Replace command.
  • Added confirmation dialog before deleting key or value.
  • Added the Go To command to the toolbar.
  • Bugfix: Possible crash after the Replace command.
  • Bugfix: Saving to reg file does not save the first value of each key.
  • Bugfix: Up and down navigation keys do not work in the main window.
  • Bugfix: Wrong number of replacements displayed in the message after the Replace command.

New in Registry Finder 1.4.0.0 (Sep 15, 2014)

  • Highlighting of found substrings.
  • Replacing in the search results.
  • Saving search results in a .reg file.

New in Registry Finder 1.3.0.4 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Editing the found items (modifying value data, deleting keys and values) with undo/redo facility.

New in Registry Finder 1.2.0 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Using the Native API to search hidden keys (the keys with embedded null character).

New in Registry Finder 1.1.0 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Search entire registry.
  • Select Registry Key dialog.