SysCheckUp Changelog

What's new in SysCheckUp 4.1.0

Jan 25, 2013
  • Improved registry cleaner ignore list method
  • Bug fixed that prevented customers from registering SysCheckUp in some cases
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 4.0.0 (Nov 20, 2012)

  • Added Startup Dependencies Analyzer tool
  • Added Behavioral Malware Scanner tool
  • Added Windows Installer Diagnostics tool
  • Improved registry cleaner safety
  • Individual folders can be scanned in disk cleaner, broken shortcut remover, and empty folder remover
  • Better compatibility with some non-English systems
  • Partial compatibility with Windows 8
  • Minor GUI changes
  • Extreme ActiveX/COM Mode renamed to ActiveX/COM Trace Mode
  • Bug fixed that prevented progress bars from showing under certain circumstances
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that prevented certain items from being detected
  • Bug fixed in Windows Installer diagnostics that prevented items from being removed
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected duplicates
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives in the ActiveX/COM trace mode
  • Bug fixed in repair tool that detected false positives
  • Bug fixed that prevented items in ignore lists from being ignored
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 4.0.0 Beta 7 (Oct 9, 2012)

  • Extreme ActiveX/COM Mode renamed to ActiveX/COM Trace Mode
  • Bug fixed that prevented progress bars from showing under certain circumstances
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 4.0.0 Beta 6 (Sep 19, 2012)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that prevented certain items from being detected
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 4.0.0 Beta 5 (Sep 18, 2012)

  • Fixed minor graphical inconsistencies in startup optimizer
  • Slightly faster registry cleaner scans
  • Bug fixed in Windows Installer diagnostics that prevented items from being removed
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 4.0.0 Beta 4 (Sep 11, 2012)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected duplicates
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 4.0.0 Beta 3 (Sep 5, 2012)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Bug fixed in empty folder remover that prevented saved folders from being loaded
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 4.0.0 Beta 2 (Aug 25, 2012)

  • Fixed image corruption in the Windows Installer Diagnostics button on the main interface

New in SysCheckUp 4.0.0 Beta 1 (Aug 24, 2012)

  • Added Startup Dependencies Analyzer tool
  • Added Behavioral Malware Scanner tool
  • Added Windows Installer Diagnostics tool
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Bug fixed in repair tool that detected false positives
  • Improved registry cleaner safety
  • Individual folders can be scanned in disk cleaner, broken shortcut remover, and empty folder remover
  • Better compatibility with some non-English systems
  • Partial compatibility with Windows 8
  • Minor GUI changes
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.15.1 (Mar 21, 2012)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.15.0 (Mar 14, 2012)

  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Registry cleaner no longer checks certain items due to false positives
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.14.1 (Mar 5, 2012)

  • SysCheckUp now shows an error message before terminating when it is run on a system using an incompatible locale

New in SysCheckUp 3.14.0 (Feb 29, 2012)

  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • By default, only one full registry backup may be automatically created each time SysCheckUp is run
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.13.0 (Feb 10, 2012)

  • Startup optimizer finds more unnecessary startup items
  • Improved message display in disk cleaner in some cases
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that caused certain deep scan items to be scanned for when the deep scan was not enabled
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.12.3 (Jan 31, 2012)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives

New in SysCheckUp 3.12.2 (Jan 20, 2012)

  • Bug fixed that prevented SysCheckUp from running under certain
  • circumstances

New in SysCheckUp 3.12.1 (Jan 18, 2012)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that prevented certain items from being detected under certain circumstances
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.12.0 (Dec 8, 2011)

  • Bug fixed that caused certain trial restrictions to prevent registered users from entering a registration code
  • Startup optimizer finds more unnecessary startup items
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.11.0 (Oct 25, 2011)

  • SysCheckUp shows less message boxes
  • Startup optimizer can now re-enable startup items
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.10.0 (Sep 27, 2011)

  • Bug fixed that prevented SysCheckUp from running under certain circumstances
  • Shell extension manager loads slightly faster
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.9.0 (Sep 7, 2011)

  • Improved registry cleaner safety
  • Startup optimizer finds more unnecessary startup items
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.8.1 (Aug 31, 2011)

  • Bug fixed in repair tool that could detect false positives under certain circumstances
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.8.0 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • Current total registry size is displayed in registry compactor
  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • Bug fixed in repair tool that could detect false positives under certain circumstances
  • Bug fixed in repair tool that caused it to crash under certain circumstances
  • Repair tool finds more problems
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.7.1 (Jul 26, 2011)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that caused it to lock up under certain circumstances
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.7.0 (Jul 8, 2011)

  • Startup optimizer finds more unnecessary startup items
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.6.6 (Jun 11, 2011)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives

New in SysCheckUp 3.6.5 (Jun 2, 2011)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives

New in SysCheckUp 3.6.4 (May 24, 2011)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives

New in SysCheckUp 3.6.3 (May 20, 2011)

  • Bug fixed that cause the automatic deletion option to not function properly in some cases

New in SysCheckUp 3.6.2 (May 18, 2011)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Added automatic deletion option
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.6.1 (Apr 22, 2011)

  • Various scheduler bugs fixed
  • Registry cleaner remembers last scan's settings
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.6.0 (Apr 15, 2011)

  • Added Namespace Extension Manager tool
  • Added scheduler option
  • Minor GUI changes
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.5.0 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • Bug fixed that caused the shell extension manager to crash when the list was refreshed
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.4.0 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Registry cleaner finds invalid shell extensions
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.3.4 (Mar 1, 2011)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.3.3 (Feb 23, 2011)

  • Better 64-bit compatibility
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.3.2 (Feb 19, 2011)

  • Bug fixed that caused the system tweaker button to stay visible when the About information was shown
  • Bug fixed in system tweaker that could prevent the "Disable user tracking" tweak from working
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.3.1 (Feb 16, 2011)

  • Better 64-bit compatibility
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.3.0 (Feb 12, 2011)

  • Added System Tweaker tool
  • GUI Changes
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.2.1 (Feb 4, 2011)

  • Registry cleaner no longer terminates if registry permission problems are found
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.2.0 (Jan 28, 2011)

  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • Registry cleaner processes "rundll32.exe" items better
  • Startup optimizer finds more unnecessary startup items

New in SysCheckUp 3.1.0 (Jan 19, 2011)

  • Startup optimizer finds more unnecessary startup items
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.0.3 (Jan 5, 2011)

  • Better compatibility with Windows Vista 64-bit
  • Bug fixed that prevented some options from being saved/loaded correctly
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.0.2 (Dec 27, 2010)

  • Better compatibility with Windows Vista 64-bit
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Broken shortcut remover now only scans for broken shortcuts referenced to the current drive
  • "Cancel Repair" button caption changed to "Cancel Scan" in repair tool
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.0.1 (Dec 22, 2010)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 3.0.0 (Dec 20, 2010)

  • Partial 64-bit compatibility
  • GUI changes
  • Improved registry cleaner safety
  • More thorough registry cleaner engine
  • Added Shell Extension Manager tool
  • Added "Reason" column to registry cleaner results
  • Some questions will not be asked in the startup optimizer if they do not apply depending on the Windows version
  • "Extreme Mode" changed to "Extreme ActiveX/COM Mode" in registry cleaner
  • Bug fixed that prevented some options from being saved/loaded correctly
  • Bug fixed in repair tool that detected false positives in Windows Vista/7
  • Several minor changes

New in SysCheckUp 2.16.7 (Jul 8, 2010)

  • Improved safety of deep scan in registry cleaner
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.16.6 (Jul 2, 2010)

  • Bug fixed in empty folder remover that caused folders without proper permissions to be considered empty
  • Improved safety of deep scan in registry cleaner
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.16.5 (Jun 24, 2010)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that caused an error while scanning certain registry items
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.16.4 (Jun 22, 2010)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Improved safety of deep scan in registry cleaner
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.16.3 (Jun 9, 2010)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.16.2 (Jun 2, 2010)

  • Improved safety of deep scan in registry cleaner
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.16.1 (May 27, 2010)

  • Bug fixed that caused some settings to not be saved/loaded properly

New in SysCheckUp 2.16.0 (May 26, 2010)

  • Bug fixed that prevented SysCheckUp from running under certain circumstances
  • More settings can be customized
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.15.1 (May 18, 2010)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.15.0 (May 11, 2010)

  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • Bug fixed in registry backup/restore tool that caused it to malfunction under some circumstances
  • Bug fix in registry cleaner that prevented many multimedia files from playing properly after cleaning items
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.14.2 (May 6, 2010)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives

New in SysCheckUp 2.14.1 (May 6, 2010)

  • Bug fixed that prevented some settings from being saved/loaded properly
  • Improved safety of deep scan in registry cleaner
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.14.0 (May 4, 2010)

  • Critical bug fixed in registry compactor that could cause computers running Windows Vista/7 to crash
  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Improved safety of deep scan in registry cleaner
  • More settings can be customized
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.13.1 (Apr 23, 2010)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that caused SysCheckUp to crash after a registry cleaner scan completed.

New in SysCheckUp 2.13.0 (Apr 21, 2010)

  • Added Startup Optimizer tool
  • Registy cleaner finds more items *
  • Setting locations have been reorganized **
  • Several minor improvements
  • * The registry cleaner now finds items that appear to be false positives such as certain AppIDs. However, these items have been removed and tested with no adverse effects.
  • ** You may have to set customized settings again

New in SysCheckUp 2.12.1 (Apr 13, 2010)

  • Improved safety of deep scan in registry cleaner
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.12.0 (Apr 6, 2010)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • Repair tool finds more problems
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.11.0 (Mar 30, 2010)

  • Bug fixed in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Bug fixed that caused the registry cleaner to delete all items instead of the checked items
  • The repair tool finds more problems
  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.10.0 (Mar 19, 2010)

  • Bug fixed that prevented some fixes from working in the repair tool
  • The repair tool finds more problems
  • SysCheckUp is Windows 7 compatible
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.9.0 (Mar 5, 2010)

  • Added Deep Scan to registry cleaner
  • Added search to startup manager
  • Bug fixed that caused certain registry entries to become corrupted when re-enabled in the startup manager
  • GUI changes
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.8.0 (Feb 26, 2010)

  • Bug fixed that caused SysCheckUp to expire when started for the
  • first time in certain cases
  • Improved compatibility with Windows 7
  • Improved compatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows
  • Registy cleaner finds more items
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.7.0 (Feb 16, 2010)

  • Bug fix that prevented SysCheckUp from running under certain circumstances
  • Registy cleaner finds more items
  • Improved compatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.6.0 (Feb 12, 2010)

  • Improved progress information in repair tool
  • Bug fix in broken shortcut remover that prevented the progress bar from working properly
  • Added "Section" column to registry cleaner
  • Added "Before" and "After" columns to registry compactor
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.5.0 (Feb 5, 2010)

  • Additional info: Improved compatibility with Windows 7
  • Improved compatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows
  • Improved accuracy of extreme mode in registry cleaner
  • Added ignore list to broken shortcut remover and empty folder remover
  • GUI changes
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.4.0 (Jan 27, 2010)

  • Bug fix in startup manager that prevented the company and description of the startup items from being retrieved
  • GUI changes
  • Added Broken Shortcut Remover tool
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.3.1 (Jan 21, 2010)

  • Bug fix in startup manager that prevented certain services from being disabled
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.3.0 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Added Startup Manager tool
  • Bug fix in registry cleaner that prevented many multimedia files from playing properly after cleaning items
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.2.2 (Jan 7, 2010)

  • Bug fix in registry compactor that prevented it from properly compacting the registry
  • Bug fix that prevented the registry from being backed up/compacted after using the repair tool
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.2.1 (Dec 17, 2009)

  • Bug fix in registry cleaner that detected false positives
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.2.0 (Dec 11, 2009)

  • Empty Folder Remover tool added
  • Repair Tool finds more problems
  • GUI Changes
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.1.1 (Nov 20, 2009)

  • Bug fix in repairer that prevented some detected problems from being repaired
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.1.0 (Nov 17, 2009)

  • False positive problem should be fixed (Some antivirus software detected SysCheckUp as a virus)
  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.0.1 (Nov 10, 2009)

  • Bug fix that prevented SysCheckUp from running on some computers
  • Canceling the repair process in the repair tool has been disabled
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 2.0.0 (Nov 3, 2009)

  • Repairer's name changed to Repair Tool
  • Many bug fixes in Repair tool
  • Repair Tool automatically scans for problems
  • Repair Tool finds more problems
  • Extreme Mode introduced in registry cleaner
  • Bug fix in registry cleaner that prevented it from deleting some items
  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • GUI improvements
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 1.4.0 (Jul 6, 2009)

  • Critical bug fix in repairer that prevented many fixes from working
  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • "Add to Ignore List" context menu option added to the registry cleaner and disk cleaner
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 1.3.0 (Jun 23, 2009)

  • Added more fixes to the repairer
  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • Added better ListView sorting
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 1.2.0 (May 19, 2009)

  • Improved repairer
  • Registry cleaner finds more items
  • Critical bug fix in the registry compactor which prevented the registry from being compacted
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 1.1.0 (Apr 21, 2009)

  • Fixed bugs in repairer
  • Registry cleaner finds more errors
  • Bug fix in the disk cleaner that prevented scanning of certain drives
  • Added more fixes to the repairer
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 1.0.4 (Apr 7, 2009)

  • Critical bug fix in registry cleaner that detected false positives in certain cases
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 1.0.3 (Mar 31, 2009)

  • Removed fixes in the repairer that can potentially cause other problems
  • Improved current fixes in repairer
  • Other bug fixes in the repairer
  • Bug fix in registry cleaner that detected false positives in startup items
  • Several minor improvements

New in SysCheckUp 1.0.2 (Mar 24, 2009)

  • Another bug was found that prevents SysCheckUp from working in Windows 98/ME. SysCheckUp is currently not compatible with Windows 98/ME.
  • Bug fix in the repairer
  • Several minor improvements