Change Log

Tweaking.com - Windows Repair Change Log.
v3.9.35
Bug fixes and code changes reported from users.
v3.9.34
Updated default registry and file permissions for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 as of
June 13th 2017.
Updated Codejock Controls to v18.0.0
v3.9.33
Updated default registry and file permissions for Windows 10 as of June 7th 2017.
v3.9.32
May 22nd 2017.
Added better error handling at program startup.
v3.9.31
Updated default registry and file permissions for Windows 10 as of May 16th 2017.
v3.9.30
Updated default registry and file permissions for Windows 10 as of May 8th 2017.
v3.9.29
Minor fixes and spelling corrections. I can barley adult, let alone spell very well
:-)
v3.9.28
Updated default registry and file permissions for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 as of April
25th 2017.
Updated "Set Windows Services To Default Startup" with the services of the latest
windows 10 build which went from 221 services to 465!
v3.9.27
Updated default registry and file permissions for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 as of March
14th 2017.
v3.9.26
Bug fix & improvement in all permission repairs and commands.
When the program sets default permissions it changes the account and machine SID in
the default values for the machine it is running on.
It got the machine SID based off the account SID. Problem was if you where on a
domain and logged into a domain account the account SID as different that what the
machine SID should have been. So the improper permissions would be set. This only
happened on machines that where on a domain.
The program now pulls the machine SID from one of the local accounts on the system
and not the account it is running under. This will make sure the proper permissions
are set on a domain computer.
Updated file permissions repair to run under the system account.
v3.9.25
Multiple bug fixes in the "Repair Environment Variables" tool.
Fixed internal bug when removing duplicate items from a list if the text case was
different it didn't treat it as a duplicate. This effected multiple areas of the
program.
Other small fixes and changes that were found as I was working on the code.
v3.9.24
Fixed bug where "Restore UAC Settings" wasn't working on Windows 10.
Fixed bug where the name of the repair wasn't added to the log file if the repair
was skipped.
Multiple other small bug fixes reported by users.
v3.9.23
January 15th, 2017
Updated "Enhanced Windows Disk Cleanup" with one new script and updated two
scripts.
v3.9.22
Updated Repair WMI
Added new Pink and Black color theme, submitted by a user, to the color options.
Multiple small bug fixes and code changes.
v3.9.21
Complete redo of the registry and file permissions repairs on 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.
These two repairs would normally go and set owner and permissions on all registry,
file and folders on the system, then go and set the default permissions on the
default items on a system.
This had pros and cons. A pro was that permissions that might be messed up on
something not normally in windows would get fixed, a con is some things not part of
windows that don't like their permissions touched would break. Windows 10 is also
extremely fragile to what permissions are set to.
The program also had to set the owner first to make sure it had permission to
restore the defaults, it now sets the owner only on the items that are being
restore to default and not to anything else on the system.
This speeds up the two repairs dramatically and also makes administrators happy
since any locked down items wont be touched.
Do to the new change of the file permissions, on windows 7 and newer no drive
letters will show under the repair as it now only sets the permissions for the
defaults and nothing else.
Updated ManageACL_32 and ManageACL_64 to v1.7.0
v3.9.20
Updated default registry and file permissions for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 as of
December 27th, 2016
v3.9.19
v3.9.18
December 6th, 2016
v3.9.17
Updated default registry and file permissions for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 as of
November 16th, 2016
Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.5.3
Major update and bug fixes to the permissions repairs.

New windows updates have changed some of the api calls to setting permissions,
these changes cause the program to report a lot of access denied in the log file
when setting permissions, but the permissions where still being set, this is now
fixed.
When setting permissions, the inherit from parent option kept getting set any time
setting permissions. This was due to a bug in the manage acl program. It was one
bit that was set that was causing it. Now when setting permissions the inheritable
option is no longer changed when it isnt suppose to.
v3.9.16
Fixed and adjusted multiple areas of the user interface to better handle systems
with high DPI enabled. Many new laptops are coming with HD screens that have a very
large resolution and so their DPI is set very high to make programs and text
readable. When this increase DPI was set many parts of the program didn't draw
correctly. There are still a few areas that need adjusting but all the major ones
have been fixed.
Fixed a bug where users who bought the pro version and then went offline would go
back to the free version.
Multiple other code changes and improvements.
v3.9.15
October 31st, 2016
Multiple code changes and fixes.
v3.9.14
Fixed bug where program wouldn't switch to pro on some systems.
Updated Repair Windows Updates
Updated Repair MDAC
Updated Repair Icons, this repair now checks and removes all thumbs.db files as
well.
Multiple code changes and fixes.
v3.9.13
Updated Remove Policies Set By Infections

ManageACL_32 is now complied to not use SSE2 so it will run on older cpus.
v3.9.12
Updated default permissions for Windows 10 as of October 1st, 2016
Updated and changed the code for multiple repairs and commands.
Bug fixes.
v3.9.11
Added text on the main window of the program to let users know that if they buy the
pro version from v3.9.10 onward they will get v4 for free, once v4 is released in
the future.
Fixed bug in the program where in safe mode on some systems the border of the
program would be messed up.
Fixed bug with the windows 10 default permissions not being correct.
Updated Restore Windows 8/10 COM+ Unmarshalers
Updated default permissions for Windows 10 as of September 13th, 2016
Many other minor changes and fixes in the code.
v3.9.10
Improved startup speed of the program.
Updated default permissions for Windows 7,8, 8.1 & 10 with all updates as of Aug
26, 2016.
Multiple bug fixes.
v3.9.9
Quick bug fix from v3.9.8, if the computer wasn't on the internet then the program
would never fully open. This was due to the change I made to the code to grab the
update info, when calling the connection and waiting for the "still executing" to
finish, it never would (since the system wasn't online), even though it was suppose
to time out in cases like that.
I instead built in my own time out and so now the program will run when not online.
v3.9.8
Updated default permissions for Windows 10 from windows build anniversary version
1607 update build 14393.
Fixed bug where repair rephrase points wouldn't work when starting it from the pre-
scan window.
Multiple small bug fixes.
v3.9.7
Fixed bug where you couldn't run the program from a network drive. Even though you
shouldn't run the repairs from a network drive due to windows api security, you
could still run the program from a network to do other things besides the repairs,
this bug has been fixed and the program can run from a network drive again.
Fixed bug with the run chkdsk at next boot.
Other small code changes and improvements.
v3.9.6
New repair added - Repair Recycle Bin.
Corrupt recycle bins and/or items that are not able to be removed from the recycle
bin are fixed by this repair.
All items in the recycle bin are removed.
This repair will delete the contents of the recycle bin. First setting and
correcting the permissions for the recycle bin and all sub items.
It is also able to remove items with more than 255 character path length.
Fixed bug when saving custom scripts would append to the file instead of replacing
it.
Fixed bug where the system variables returned back wouldn't be correct. This was
due to a bug with the ExpandEnvironmentStrings call.
Code improvement, all Unicode API calls have been updated to handle paths larger
that 255 characters
v3.9.5
Major bug fix and improvement. On Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 after you applied any
repairs, when you would create a new user the apps would be broken for that new
user.
This was because the registry key "HKEY_Current_User\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Repository\Packages"
had Administrators set as the owner instead of the System account (This shows how
fragile the Windows Apps are) simply changing the owner back to System would fix
the apps for the user.
After spending 6 days non stop working on this and why it happened, I thought it
was permissions related since the owner of the key was different.
Turns out having the SYSTEM account added to the administrators group was the
trigger. For some reason when Windows would create a new user it would set the
owner based off the group instead of the account, very odd I know.
The program normally added the system account to the administrators group as it was
a fix from xp and windows 7 where sometimes the system account wouldn't have full
access (Before the repairs where applied). The program no longer does this for
Windows 7 and newer and even now removes system from the administrators group, so
if you ran Windows repair on a system before and run it again it will remove it for
you.
Creating New users on Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 after running all repairs have been
tested and confirmed working just fine after this update.
Bug fix and improvement. When restoring the default registry permissions to
HKEY_USERS, if any other user hives, other than the current user, where loaded
their permissions would got messed up (Their defaults where never restored). Yet
another reason to run the repairs in safe mode is to make sure no other user hives
are loaded.
Well just in case other user hives are loaded, the program now applies the defaults
properly for each loaded user hive.
So not only will this keep from messing up the permissions it will now even fix the
permissions for any loaded users as well.
Bug fix and improvement. Some users who are still on Windows 8 and not 8.1 reported
problems after running the repairs. It appears the default permissions from 8 to
8.1 have changed a lot and so the 8.1 defaults can no longer be used with 8.
So I have now added the default permissions for Windows 8 up to all updates MS has
put out for 8 before requiring the user to update to 8.1 to get new updates.
While this makes the program a little bigger having the default permissions for 8
stored as well, it now makes sure Windows 8 users get the proper permissions set
(Which even helps them update to 8.1 if they where having trouble)
Increased the speed of the pre scan tool. Also removed the text telling the user to
post in the forums if they needed help getting missing cat or mum files. There are
millions of these files, myself and my forum moderators simply cant keep up with so
many. A guide will be written soon to help users get the files they need
themselves.
Improved the permissions repairs greatly. In my task to find the cause of another
problem, I was determined to get the default permissions applied back as close as
possible. Microsoft gives you a lot of different ways to set the permissions, each
one with its own pros and cons. Before this update on the same machine I would take
the defaults from, there would be a few hundreds registry keys where the
permissions where not identical in the SDDL string format after restoring the
default permissions. This was because of how the Windows API was applying the
permissions it would combine permissions, so even though the permissions where
still technically correct, they where not identical to the defaults. After this
update the differences where now down to under 15, much much better :-)
Updated default permissions for Windows 7,8, 8.1 & 10 with all updates as of July
13, 2016.
Updated Tweaking.com - ManageACL to v1.3.0
Large amounts of code changes, improvements and bug fixes.
v3.9.4
Added new button to the main window title bar to open the about window for the
program.
Added Current Windows Version and Registered user to the bottom of the main window
of the program.
Added registered user to the main repairs window.
Multiple user interface changes.
A large amount of code changes and cleanup.
v3.9.3
Massive code changes to the core of the program for the upcoming v4. These code
changes and improvements affect the repairs and the user interface. Many more
changes to come in future updates, making the program leaner and meaner :-D
v3.9.2
Updated default permissions for Windows 7,8 & 10 with all updates as of June 14,
2016.
v3.9.1
Multiple Minor bug fixes reported by users.
v3.9.0
The Repair Windows 8/10 App Store has been re-enabled for Windows 10! In the May
2016 update to Windows 10 Microsoft finally fixed the 7 month old bug where calling
the powershell commands to install the apps would break a large portion of them.
Now that this has been fixed I have enabled the repair for Windows 10 again. The
minimum build number Windows 10 must have for the repair to work is 10586.318 or
higher, anything lower and the program will skip the repair.
Updated the repair list to have the current version of windows in top of the list.
While this doesn't change any repairs it is more for information on what version of
Windows the program is currently on so the user can see it. In this case needing to
know what current build Windows 10 is, this can be helpful.
Updated default permissions for Windows 7,8 & 10 with all updates as of May 16,
2016.
Large amount of code changes and updates.
v3.8.7
Updated Repair Proxy Settings. The repair now puts the check on Auto Detect
settings under the lan settings in internet options.
On systems that have any programs that use wininet.dll to connect to the net would
fail if auto detect settings is unchecked, including my own programs.
This is change will fix that.
Updated default permissions for Windows 7,8 & 10 with all updates as of April 25,
2016.
v3.8.6
Fixed bug where controls would resize improperly on the repair window and any other
resizable window when the window was minimized.
Other minor bug fixes and code improvements.
v3.8.5
Updated default permissions for Windows 7,8 & 10 with all updates as of March 27,
2016.
Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup v3.4.1
Multiple code changes and tweaks.
v3.8.4
Updated and improved "Repair Icons"
v3.8.3
Updated and improved the built in pre-scan tool.
The option "Add .CAT Files (Security Catalog) To Windows Catalog Database" in the
pre scan tool is now check marked by default. The reason for this is that if a user
had deleted and rebuilt their catroot folder and database then a lot of the cat
files would be missing, returning a LOT of bad signatures in the pre-scan.
By having the option checked by default the program will always try to add the cat
files back, as long as their signatures are good, back to the database, preventing
any false bad signatures.
Updated default permissions for Windows 7,8 & 10 with all updates as of Feb 16,
2016.
v3.8.2
Fixes to the interface.
Code fixes and cleanup.
v3.8.1
Updated the tree view control on the main repair window to the new controls. This
control will size properly for users who have a higher DPI setting or have their
fonts set about 100% on their systems.
Added a new item to the top of the repair list, this way you can just click or
unclick the check box there to select or unselect all the repairs. This allows me
to get rid of the two buttons I had for that, freeing up a little more space.
Updated all the permissions repairs and removed the "Users" group from being set to
full. Only administrators, the system and such need full access, the "Users" group
isn't touch by the repair unless it is part of the default permissions that are put
back.
Added the ability for the taskbar icon to display a progress bar during the
repairs, this is for systems that support it.
Fixed a very odd bug in Windows Vista when a user ran the register system files and
no other repairs. This bug would cause VSS to break and thus system restore or
windows backup would stop as well. But if you ran all the repairs and ran the
Repair Volume Shadow Copy it would fix it. I traced it down to the fact of the
order that the files are registered in. For some reason if you register a dll with
the /i command and then after registered the same file like you would any normal
file is where something in vista didn't like it. After that happened none of the
vss writers would show up. BUT if you register the file normal first and then call
the /i command it would work fine and not break VSS. This bug seems to only be in
vista.
v3.8.0
Major new update and bug fix. The program would crash on systems that had DEP set
to always on, then when you opened any resizable window in the program it would
crash. Thanks to very helpful users, I was able to replicate the bug and trace it
down to the subclassing in the resize control. The control has now been replaced
and this bug is fixed, which also brings me to the big part of the update.
Given the countless hours programming and updating my own custom controls, and not
being able to test them on as many machines as possible, I would hit bugs that
didn't show up on my machines, such as some old bugs that where fixed with the tab
control and the current bug fixed from the resize control and many others. I hate
bugs and I will go without food or sleep to get them fixed. (Been up 3 days as I
type this)
Well, I am tired of all that and would rather focus on adding new features and
repairs and updating all the other programs on the site. So I am now starting to
use the codejock controls which have a great reputation, are used by some of the
biggest companies and are stable and very well coded. I have used a few of the
controls in this update, but replacing the controls is a very big project and so I
will be replacing all the controls for v4 of the program coming out in the few
months.
Completely redid the color options and controls in the program. If you want to see
a picture of the new changes versus the old here is a screen shot.
http://tweaking.com/files/wr_v3.8.0_new_color_controls.png
A ton of code changes, cleanup and improvements.
v3.7.4
Updated Windows 10 Default permissions to all updates installed as of 01-04-2016.
Minor changes to the user interface.
v3.7.3
Fixed bug where the reset registry permissions didn't run on Windows Vista. This
was caused by a simple typing mistake on my part, where an "OR" should have been an
"AND", math is picky like that.
Fixed bug where only part of the reset file permissions ran on Windows Vista. The
first part of the repair would run but the 3rd part to run on the profiles did not.
This was caused by the same bug that was fixed above.
Made a few spelling corrections. Spelling is my Achilles heel after all....... long
live spell check!
Some more code tweaks and cleanup, no bugs with these, just improvements. But it is
amazing how much more you can find when you finally get some sleep.
Updated default registry and file permissions for Windows 7, 8 and 10 with all
updates as of Dec. 21, 2015.
v3.7.2
Updated Windows 10 Default permissions to all updates installed as of 12-14-2015.
Updated 7-zip extract file "7za.dll" to v15.12
Updated safe mode code in the program to allow a few more services to run in safe
mode with networking.
v3.7.1
Updated "Repair CD/DVD Missing/Not Working" to now check for both iTunes and
"\System32\drivers\GEARAspiWDM.sys" if both are found GEARAspiWDM.sys is added to
the UpperFilters registry key, if either are missing it is removed.
Multiple small code changes and tweaks.
v3.7.0
Built and added a new tool for booting out of Windows Safe mode. Currently the main
program calls the bcdedit command to set the safe mode with networking boot option.
Once the main program is ran in safe mode it would run the command to remove safe
boot.
But if a user couldn't get logged in for some reason, or they didn't run the main
program in safe mode they would always boot into safe mode. One way out of safe
mode was to use msconfig.exe to remove it. but if the user couldn't get logged in
then they where stuck.
So I have built a new service that is installed when you tell the main program to
boot into safe mode. The new files (TweakingRemoveSafeBoot_32.exe and
TweakingRemoveSafeBoot_64.exe) will install as a service and when they run
(Services can run at the login screen) they will run the "bcdedit /deletevalue
{current} safeboot" command and then remove itself as a service. (They do NOT stay
installed as a service on the system, they run once and then are removed)
This should now keep any users from getting stuck in safe mode :-)
Updated Default Permissions for Windows 10 to the newest Windows Updates. Microsoft
seems to be pushing out updates almost every day or so.
v3.6.5
Due to a bug in the Windows 10 build 10586 the powershell command used to reinstall
the apps and app store instead breaks them and deletes their install folders. Till
Microsoft fixes this bug the repair app store is skipped for this version of
Windows.
Updated the default registry and file permissions with all the latest Windows
updates for Windows 7, 8 and 10.
v3.6.4
Updated Default Permissions for Windows 10 to the newest Windows version Released
in Nov 2015.
Added a "Remove License" button to the about screen in the program. This is for
techs who use the pro version of the program on a users computer and want to remove
their license after.
v3.6.3
Interface changes based on user feedback and requests.
v3.6.2
Updated Tweaking.com - Manage ACL to v1.2.0
Updated default permissions for Windows 7, 8 and 10 up to 10-30-2015
Small code changes.
v3.6.1
Fixed a bug where on some systems that where on a domain the program wasn't able to
pull the domain name properly. This was due to a bug with the call to get the
domain name from Windows. When called the first time Windows reports it back as
blank. If a 2nd call is made the domain name is returned. Instead of doing it this
way I have changed the code that pulls to domain name to an API call to windows to
return the dns domain name. This also is much faster than the old call.
Updated tab control to v2, you can now mouse scroll the tabs and performance
improvements over the v1 controls.
Multiple small code changes and tweaks.
Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup v3.3.1
v3.6.0
This is a huge update.
New Pro feature has been added. "Manage Windows Users and Groups".
This is very similar to the users and groups tool only available in Windows pro or
higher and that is missing from Windows Home versions. This gives you much more
control over the users and groups they belong to then the very cut down version in
the control panel, also makes it far easier to add local accounts to Windows 8 and
10 systems.
However more has been done to improve on that. Aside from finally being able to
select multiple users or groups at once, but there is also a bulk admin tool
allowing you to set certain settings on any number of users. This tool does work on
domains and servers and even on Windows home versions from XP all the way to 10.
The main repairs window has been changed. The size of the window can not be over
800x600 so that it will fit on screen in Windows safe mode. This is why that window
had no free space to add or change anything on it. Also wanted to increase the size
of the font of the log window and make it bigger and easier to read.
The answer was to move the repairs onto a tab of its own and use tabs to help
create more space on the window.
The new layout was done to be less cluttered, easier for users to read and follow,
all while still having all the same information as before.
Now, only in the free version, when you close the main repairs window, a small
screen will come up to say thanks for using the program and to consider buying pro.
The screen goes away automatically after 30 sec if the user doesnt close it, and of
course you can close it any time you want without waiting. The screen doesn't block
anything and never ever comes up other than when the main repairs are closed. The
goal is to let users know they can help support the program, and it tries to do
that in a respectful, non intrusive or annoying way.
Huge amount of code clean up, changes and improvements, all while adding a ton more
code in its place. Windows Repair hit the 50,000+ lines of code mark on this update
(This doesn't count the code in the custom controls)
Nearly all the program controls (Buttons, text boxes, lists and so on) have been
updated and improved.
Progress bars and the system monitors on the Repairs window have been updated to be
able to allow users to control their colors as well.
New color options added to the color settings window.
Improved the looks of the progress bars and monitors.
A Windows Repair Loading Status window is now shown after the program does the pre
startup check of the files. This status window is to let users know that the main
program window is loading and how far along it is. On some systems it could take
the main windows anywhere from 4 to 10 sec to open, depending on the system. This
is because it is doing a lot at its startup, such as pulling system info, loading
files and so on. Now users will see a startup progress and wont get confused and
wonder if the program didn't open.
Increased the font size and changed the font type in the Pre-Scan log window.
Changed the formatting and layout of the Pre-Scan log Window to both look better
and be easier to read.
Repair Reparse Points tool now shows a very detailed log when you have it do any
repairs, if any are needed. Not only does this new log record any errors but it
also logs everything it is doing, that way we can better help users who are unable
to get a point fixed.
Tweaking.com - ManageACL has been updated to v1.1.0. Improved the speed of setting
permissions even more. Also changed the progress text in the cmd window to be more
static and not moving all over, making it far easier to read. Multiple code changes
and error handling. Code cleanup and changes to make the program smaller and
faster.
Tweaking.com - Registry Backup updated to v3.2.3.
v3.5.1
Updated Tweaking.com - ManageACL to v1.0.1 - Code cleanup and tweaks, improved the
progress text during setting permissions and much more.
Updated Repair Windows App Store - Added new commands to repair that App Store for
both Windows 8 & 10.
Updated "Reset Service Permissions" - The repair now lists the service it is
currently on so that users can see if it is working and moving forward. The repair
also now creates a log file of any errors it might encounter.
Updated "Set Windows Services To Default Startup" - The program normally set the
service NetLogon to Auto. NetLogon is required when you are part of a domain. When
you are not part of a domain the service will stop itself and make a entry in the
event viewer. To keep the event viewer from having junk entries, the program will
now check if the computer is part of a domain, if it isn't it will set NetLogon to
manual instead of auto.
Fixed bug where "Repair Windows App Store" wouldn't work in Safe mode (A needed
service wasn't getting enabled) so the repair wasn't able to run.
Removed 2 commands from the "Repair Network".

While almost every machine I have ran this repair on has never had any trouble, I
have had a handful of users report their network stops working after (Normally
wireless).
Until I can connect to one of the users to dig in and find out what is different on
their machines, the following two commands have been removed:
Removal of "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network" and then the "Config"
value. This is a normal repair as Windows rebuilds the config after a reboot.
Removal of "HKCR\CLSID\{988248f3-a1ad-49bf-9170-676cbbc36ba3}" this is a known fix
for Windows 10 not having working wireless after an upgrade. Caused by a bad vpn
driver.
Until I can pinpoint the unknown variables causing the problem for these few
machines, these commands will be removed until I can make sure they are 100% safe
to use.
Multiple code changes and improvements through multiple sections of the program.
v3.5.0
Major update and major bug fix. The 3rd party program used to set permissions had
to many bugs, such as it would crash at random times and didn't set permissions
correctly like it was suppose to or would even corrupt them.
So the program has been replaced with one that I have written. Now the default
permissions are put back exactly as they should be, including being in the right
order.
This in turn also fixes known bugs with Windows 10 and the start menu not showing
program icons or the right click menu not having any options in the start menu. Now
with the default permissions being applied correctly these Windows 10 bugs are
repaired.
Log files are now able to be created of any errors from setting permissions.
The new set permissions tool now has a progress indicator so now users can see it
working, including the speed of how many items it is setting per minute.
Multiple code changes and some small bug fixes in the program with the changing of
the permissions program.
Removed the "Everyone" group from the permissions repairs (Unless it is part of any
of the defaults). It use to be set with full access to fix odd bugs. but it was a
security hole as on some systems you can enable an anonymous user to be part of the
everyone group, and thus have full access.
Added new registry permissions exclude list.
v3.4.3
Updated the "Reboot To Safe Mode" code to have the program now remove Safe Mode
from the boot manager after you start the program in safe mode, instead of relying
on the RunOnce registry key.
Made some adjustments & tweaks to the registry and file permissions repairs.
Yet even more code improvements and code changes. As the program grows I find
cleaner, faster ways of doing things, so the code is always being improved.
v3.4.2
Bug fix, setacl (Used to set permissions) would crash on certain machines. This has
hopefully been fixed. I was able to replicate the crash under certain conditions
and so was able to find the cause and fix it. Will wait and hear back from users if
there are any conditions I missed.
Bug fix, you could only run the repairs once in safe mode, you would have to close
the program and reopen it to run them again. This has now been fixed.
Bug fix, the pre-scan tool and Reparse Point Tool would incorrectly started some
bad points. This has now been fixed.
Bug fix, while their default permissions where being applied there was a bug
keeping the default inheritance being applied. This has now been fixed.
Bug fix, the program wasn't remembering the setting for the drive read max value
set by the user in the settings.
Greatly improved the permissions repairs, including making the files fewer, smaller
and faster. While tracing down a problem with permissions and windows 10, such as
the network taking a long time to come up, network and sharing center freezing and
a grey blinking screen, which you couldn't get to the desktop other than safe mode.
I was able to trace it to permissions and I have streamlined them and redid how
they are done and found what was causing it. Now, not only do the permissions not
cause this problem on Windows 10, it even fixed the machine that had the trouble.
Meaning the permission repairs should do better now than they ever have.
All default permissions for 7, 8 and 10 have all been updated after the windows
updates where done for the patch Tuesday of this month (Aug. 2015)
The program now disables Quick Edit mode for the cmd.exe window. What would happen
is when quick edit was enabled and you clicked into the cmd.exe window it would
pause the script until you clicked enter. This would make the repair never finish
if the user didn't realize they did that and the repair was paused. By having quick
edit turned off it will keep it from happening. The program will remember if quick
mode was enabled when it started and will put it back to enabled when the repairs
are done.
The program now only selects the windows drive for the file permissions when you
click on defaults.
Multiple code improvements.
v3.4.1
Updated the "Register System Files" repair.
Updated "Repair Internet Explorer" the repair will now clean out the temporary
internet files folder. While helping a user it turned out that corrupt files in
here where keeping IE from downloading any files. This is now part of the repair.
Bug fix, a log file was created on the root of the C:\ drive when restore registry
permissions. This was a log left over from my testing.
Bug fix, "Register System Files" wouldn't register files with spaces in the file
name. This is now fixed.
Added a new color preset "Gloss Black" submitted by a user of the program.
Multiple code improvements and changes.
v3.4.0
Fix a bug where on some Windows 10 Machines the wireless would stop working after
settings the registry permissions.
The program now sets the default registry and file permissions for Windows 7.
Before it only did for 8 and 10. Before the administrator would be given full
rights, while this was nice for the user, it did make the machine less secure. So
now only the defaults.
The permissions repairs have been completely redone and are better than ever.
Updated Repair Windows Firewall
Updated Reset Registry Permissions
Updated Reset File Permissions.
Updated many more repairs.
Multiple interface changes and code changes.
v3.3.1
Fixed bug where the Registry Permissions repair wouldn't run on windows 7 or XP.
This bug was caused by one word missing from 1 line of code.
I blame my all night programming sessions for this rookie type of mistake.
I have been promptly beaten with a plastic light sabers and shot with fake phasers
by the neighborhood geeks for my error.
v3.3.0
Program now supports Windows 10.
Updates and improvements to multiple repairs. Since Windows 10 support has been
added, nearly all repairs have been updated and improved.
Updated Registry Backup to v3.0.0
Multiple repairs have been renamed. Mainly all Windows 8 repairs have been renamed.
Example: "Repair Windows 8 App Store" has been renamed to "Repair Windows 8/10 App
Store" and so on.
Multiple code changes.
v3.2.5
Updated "Restore Important Windows Services"
Updated "Repair Windows Updates"
Updated "Remove Policies Set By Infections"
The Reboot to Safe Mode button will now ask if you would like to reboot after it
has set the system for safe mode. Per user request this was added so that a user
could set it, then finish up some other things before rebooting, or to power down
and do a power reset before going into safe mode.
v3.2.4
Added new option to reboot into Windows Safe Mode right from the program. Some
users have trouble getting into safe mode, this new option will make it as easy as
1 click. The button is on the bottom right of the main window in the program.
The new reboot to windows safe mode button also applies the default safe mode
registry keys before hand incase a virus has removed them. (Same as the Repair Safe
Mode)
Updated the pro feature of enabling the F8 menu in Windows 8, 8.1 and 10.
v3.2.3
Added a new script to clean out the Windows Prefetch to the pro feature "Enhanced
Windows Disk Cleanup"
Added new tips on how to get the best repair results on the repairs tab in the main
window.
Small user interface changes to the program.
Multiple code improvements to multiple repairs.
v3.2.2
Multiple bug fixes.
Spelling corrections (I would be lost without spell check)
v3.2.1
Improved startup check. Startup check now checks for a MD4 hash instead of a SHA1
hash. This is faster than SHA1.
Fixed a bug in the startup check where on certain systems the hash returned from
the files didn't match up.
Renamed "Repair Winsock & DNS Cache" to "Repair Network". This repair has grown and
covers repairing the network better than it has before and covers more than just
Winsock and DNS.
Updated and improved "Repair Network"
Updated the Pre-Scan tool.
v3.2.0
The program now also checks the SHA1 hash of its files at program startup. Before
the program only checked if any files where missing. But I have found some users
who either had their antivirus mess up some of the files (or some other program) or
they had bad sectors on their hard drive, corrupting some of the files. When this
happened not only did it mess with the repairs but if it happened to be one of the
registry files it could end up screwing things up in Windows since the file was
corrupted and not putting the correct data into the registry.
So now the program will both check if any files are missing and if they have been
changed in any way. This will slow the startup of the program down a little but
only by a few seconds as it scans the files.
Fixed a bug in the Restore UAC repair where it was saving to the wrong log file
name.
Fixed a bug where the Repair Windows Updates commands would be doubled in the
repair.
Updated "Repair Windows Sidebar/Gadgets"
Updated and added more files to "Register System Files"
v3.1.5
Updated the Pre-Scan tool to better list any missing or corrupt packages files.
Updated "Restore Important Windows Services" and "Repair Winsock & DNS Cache" with
the following services DHCP, DNSCache, NTDS, Netlogon, Winsock and Winsock2.
Multiple code updates.
v3.1.4
Spelling corrections.
v3.1.3
Updated & improved the "Check Disk (chkdsk) At Next Boot" tool.
Changed the task schedule for starting the tray icon at startup, it had the "Wake
the computer to run this task" checked, which would keep some systems from going
into sleep mode. The program now makes sure that is unchecked when having the tray
icon start with windows.
Updated log window to tell the user to run the repairs in Windows Safe Mode if the
repairs are failing to start. (This normally happens because a 3rd party program
gets in the way)
You can now view the pro feature tools in the free version, you just won't be able
to apply or use the pro features. This way a user can now see what exactly is in
the pro features before they buy.
Bug fix in Repair Reparse Points.
The program should now better handle when the performance counters on a system are
corrupted. The performance counters are used to show the drive read and write, cpu
and memory during repairs. When the performance counters where corrupt it would
cause the program to lock up.
Multiple code changes and improvements.
v3.1.2
Updated Repair WMI.
Updated Repair Windows Updates.
Added a new option to the Pre-Scan tool at add the .cat files to the Windows
Catalog database. This is needed after replacing or restoring missing .cat or .mum
package files.
v3.1.1
Updated and improved the Pre Scan tool.
Changed the Pre Scan window to show the text of the 2 repair buttons. Some users
didn't realize what these buttons where for since they where just icons before.
Updated and improved the "Repair Environment Variables" tool.
v3.1.0
Pre Repairs Scan has been renamed to Pre-Scan.
New "Repair Reparse Points" tool has been added. This is not an automated tool, so
it isn't in the repair list. Instead it is with the Pre-Scan tool.
Added another script "Windows Updates Download Cache" to the pro feature "Enhanced
Windows Disk Cleanup"
Updated and improved the Pre-Scan.
Multiple code improvements and updates.
Multiple spelling corrections.
When having the program schedule the tray icon to start at windows startup, it now
adds a 2 min delay before the task scheduler starts it to give time for the other
startup programs to finish loading.
v3.0.0
Massive update, weeks worth of work and so many changes that there is to many to
list here. But I will list a few.
Program is now Free/Pro. All repairs and everything that has always been in the
previous free versions is still completely free and all future repairs will be
free, I have taken nothing away from my users :-) The pro is extra tools and
options while keeping all repairs free. The free version can still be used for both
personal and business use. Also there is no nag screens or anything like that
trying to get people to upgrade to pro.
New Pre Repairs Scan tool has been added. You can now run this to have the program
check for things before running the repairs. This checks the windows packages
files, junction points and environment variables.
New "Repair Environment Variables" tool has been added. This is not an automated
tool, so it isn't in the repair list. Instead it is with the Pre Repairs Scan tool.
Multiple new repairs added.
A large amount of the repairs have been improved and updated.
Some of the current pro features include built in system tweaks that you can have
applied after the repairs. You can also now use your own scripts and registry files
to have applied after the repairs are done as well. There will be more pro features
coming in future updates.
Another new pro feature is the ability to use your own logo in the bottom left of
the main window of the program.
New interface layout. I kept most things the same as people remember it but made
the window bigger and rearranged a few things to try and make it less cluttered.
Multiple bug fixes.
Huge amount of codes changes, and a ton of other things that is to much to list
here.
v2.11.2
Updated "Reset File Permissions" to support and handle Unicode paths in the
permissions cleanup part of the repair.
When the repair ran to fix the profile folders to proper denied & allow permissions
it would fail on profiles that hand Unicode Chars in the paths.
Multiple code changes and tweaks, adding more Unicode support for multiple commands
and functions.
Update the Check Disk command on Step 3 on the main Window. Before it would just
call chkdsk, but if a user had their system paths messed up on the system then it
would say that chkdsk couldn't be found or is not an internal program. I have
update the code to set the proper paths to the Windows folders keeping that error
from happening.
v2.11.1
Updated all repairs that changed the permissions on the windows 7 services registry
keys to put back the default permissions for the default services. This fixes odd
issues with the UAC and the time sync in the clock on the task bar.
v2.11.0
Updated and improved Repair Windows 8 App Store
Updated Repair Internet Explorer

Updated the Default Windows 8.1 with Media Center Permissions to all updates up to
patch Tuesday Feb 2015.
v2.10.5
Added more files to the Register System Files.
v2.10.4
Fixed a bug in the Repair MSI.
v2.10.3
Updated multiple repairs with code improvements
Code cleanup and changes throughout the program.
v2.10.2
I have automated the program to auto add the services it needs when ran in safe
mode and cleans them after when done. The program will no longer show a window
asking the user to do it. Since it is automated it is one less thing a user needs
to worry about :-)
In past versions, when you downloaded the portable zip file of the program Windows
would mark that it came from the internet and you would get the warning pop up for
any of the files that the program uses in the files folder. The program now auto
unblocks all the files in the files folder so users wont get the constant pop ups
from Windows asking for permissions to run them. This way a user doesn't have to
unblock all the files manually. This didn't happen when you installed with the
installer, only the zip file.
New repair added, "Restore UAC (User Account Control) Settings" This will restore
the default registry settings for the UAC in Windows.
Multiple repairs have been updated and tweaked.
Multiple interface updates and changes.
v2.10.1
Updated Remove policies set by infections and restore important windows services.
v2.10.0
Major update, the program can now properly run in Windows Safe Mode. The program
didn't run properly in safe mode before because services that the repairs needed
where not allowed to run in safe mode.
I have built and included a tool in the program that will allow a user to prepare
safe mode for the repairs by setting the services it needs for the repairs to be
allowed to run in safe mode.
Updated the remove policies set by infections to remove the Google chrome policies
set to not allow chrome to update.
Updated the tweaking_ras.exe and tweaking_rati.exe to have their manifest files

embedded in them to fix a problem where if the manifest files where corrupt or
messed up for some reason then the repairs wouldn't run.
Updated the "Repair WMI" to remove the bug in Windows causing Event ID 10 (Event
filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE
TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99")
Fixed a bug where if the settings.ini file was deleted or a user updated the
program from from a older version and the settings.ini file didn't have the color
information set that the colors wouldn't be set correctly, such as black text over
the dark grey background. The program has now been updated to apply the proper
default colors when this happens.
Updated the "Reset File Permissions" to no longer set permissions on the profile
locations when the user is setting permissions on a drive where the profiles are
not located.
Multiple code improvements and changes.
Changed and updated multiple icons and graphics in the program.
v2.9.2
Updated Registry Backup with v1.10.0
Updated Reset Registry Permissions. The program will now set the install date for
installed programs before running the repair.
Some installers don't put the registry key "InstallDate" in the uninstall section.
So when you load up the add/remove programs or
Programs and Features and it shows the date it is installed then windows will list
the last modified date of the uninstall registry key for the program if
"InstallDate" is missing.
Well when you reset the registry permissions the last modified gets updated and so
those programs show the install date of when you ran the repair.
The program will now loop through these 3 locations
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
"
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
For any installed program that doesn't have a "InstallDate" the program will add
this registry key and set the date from the last modified time of that registry
key.
This will now keep older install programs from showing the wrong install date after
running the reset registry permissions.
v2.9.1
Updated "Remove Policies Set By Infections" repair, the repair now sets the proper
shell and userinit values under the Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
registry.
More code improvements and interface changes.
v2.9.0
Code improvements to multiple repairs.
Updated graphics to the interface of the program.
Moved the image controls used in the program into a ocx file. This has reduced the
size of the main exe by 460 KB. Also making the program more stable and require
less memory.
Multiple interface code tweaks and enhancements.
v2.8.9
Changed the "Start Repairs" tab text on the main window to just "Repairs" and under
that tab changed the "Start" button text to "Open Repairs". Some users where
getting confused since the repair window itself had a button that said "Start
Repairs" they thought the program already started them since they clicked "start"
on the main window. So some rewording to avoid that confusion.
v2.8.8
Updated the tweaking_ras.exe and Tweaking_rati.exe. These are both used to run
repairs as the system account or trusted installer. To do this they create
themselves as a service and run the command, then remove the service they created.
The problem was that on some systems, Windows wasn't removing the service fast
enough before the next one was called and created. Since the service name was the
same, the next one created wouldn't be called (Since it was in the process of being
removed by Windows) and the repair wouldn't start. Both of these programs now
randomize their service name to keep this from happening.
The program now will try to start a repair up to 3 more times if it fails to start
the first time (For a total of 4 times and 30 sec between each try). So now if
there is ever a simple hiccup or problem that kept the repair from running then the
program will try again and normally it will continue on. If it fails to run a
repair 4 times then the repairs stop and the program tells you to let me know in
the forums, where I will work with you to find out why they didn't run.
Fixed a bug where the program didn't close itself if you told it to reboot or
shutdown the systems after the repairs.
V2.8.7
Updated the Run As Service and Run as Trusted installer exes in the program to no
longer crash on vista machines that don't have all their updates. Turns out that
one of the API calls would cause the exe to crash on older vista machines and so
the repair would never run. The bug in vista was fixed in an vista update but if a
user didn't have all the updates then the run as system exe would crash. I found
the problem and found another way to do it without having it crash.
Fixed a bug where the repairs wouldn't run if there was a & in the path to the temp
folder under the user profile. Turns out that cmd.exe doesn't play nice with the &
character being in a path. So now instead of using the temp folder of the current
user the program will use the temp folder in the windows folder instead. This will
avoid any problems with odd user names on a system that cmd.exe wouldn't like.
The program now waits for 30 sec for a repair to start. If it doesn't the program
will let the user know and then stop the rest of the repairs. Before the program
waited forever, and the user wouldn't know that the repair didn't start for some
reason and so both the user and the program would just sit there waiting. Now the
program will let the user know if a repair was unable to run for some reason.
The program now stops instantly when you click stop repairs instead of saying
waiting for the current repair to finish. The current repair if it is still running
will keep running till it is done but the program will stop instead of waiting for
it.
v2.8.6
Updated the Register System Files repair.
Major improvement to how the system detects when the repairs start. On slower
systems, and when I user had a lot of programs open, it caused the repairs to start
to slowly and so the program would think the repair is done and start the next
repair, causing 2 or more repairs running at once. The program can now tell and
wait when a repair starts.
Added new information to the program asking the user to do a "Clean Boot" before
running the repairs. I also wrote a guide on how to do a proper clean boot for
users. (Program has a link to point them to the guide on the site)
All the other guides I found, for some reason, didn't bother including the task
scheduler, which programs also startup from.
The reason for doing a clean boot is because other 3rd party programs can interfere
with the repairs. There have been multiple times I have seen users running the
repairs on a system running 140+ processes and those programs interfered with the
repairs, keeping them from even finishing.
Once those users did a clean boot the repairs finished without any problems and
even finished faster since the system was under less of a load.
v2.8.5
Improved File Permissions Repair.
Updated and improved the Repair Winsock & DNS Cache.
Updated and improved the Repair Windows Updates.
v2.8.4
Fixed a bug where the program would crash after opening a few of the windows a few
times. This was caused by my resize control for the resizable windows in the
program. It was hooking into windows to keep the controls from flicking when
resizing. Well that subclass hook would sometimes cause the program to crash when
too many windows where opened and closed quickly. The purpose of this hook was
nothing more than for looks. I have since removed that from the code and while the
controls may flicker when resized the program no longer crashes :-)
Per user request, I added a option under the settings tab to lock or unlock the
repair list while the repairs are running.
Per user request, I added a option under the settings tab to show or hide the
output of the repairs to the cmd.exe windows. Hiding the output greatly increases
the repair speeds as it takes a lot of CPU to draw all the text to the windows.
I have updated multiple repairs to fix the path in the registry to the oleaut32.dll
file on the Windows system starting with vista and newer. In XP the file name was
the only thing in these registry keys, not the file path. With a fresh install of
vista, 7 and newer those registry keys have the full path. When ever you register
oleaut32.dll it changes those registry keys to have the file name only, the dll
itself does this. Everything works fine like that but some select programs such as
VirtualBox will complain and not run. By simply putting the full paths back fixes
this bug for those programs like VirtualBox.
Improvements to multiple repairs.

v2.8.3
New repair added "Repair Windows 'New' Submenu". When you right click on the
desktop or in a folder and go to new and it is missing, empty or is missing the
default items then this repair will put back the registry keys for the new menu and
its default items.
Improvements to the Reset File Permissions. I have now made a tool to allow me to
run the file permissions repair as the trusted installer. Before the only
permissions it could set was anything with administrators or system as the owner.
The only way to set the permissions on files that had the trusted installed as the
owner was to take ownership of them. Well now that isn't needed as the repair can
now set the permissions on those files as well :-)
Updated multiple repairs to no longer display everything in the cmd.exe window.

When there is a lot of text to display in the cmd.exe window then it would use a
lot of cpu to draw and update the cmd.exe window, which would slow down the repair
since the cpu was being used to draw the window. By not showing all the text it
cuts down on the cpu usage which helps increase the speed of the repairs.
Fix the monitors bars on the repair window to properly resize the bar picture when
a user had their system dpi set above 100%. When it is above 100% everything
increases in size in the program. The bars now take this into account.
Multiple interface changes.
v2.8.2
In the last update I had the Reset Registry Permissions no longer take ownership of
the permissions but instead only tried to set the permissions, this was done to fix
some rare odd variables on very very few certain systems but ended up not being a
good idea. On systems that where infected, the viruses had changed the owner of the
permissions in the registry and so since the program wasn't taking back owner ship,
the permissions where not getting fixed. The program now takes ownership again for
the registry permissions :-)
v2.8.1
Updated the Default Windows 8 Permissions to include Media Center and also the
newest updates on patch Tuesday July 2014.
Added Default Windows 8 Permissions for C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files
(x86). These are the defaults for the files and folders that are installed by
default in Windows 8.
Added HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT default permissions for Windows 8 to the Registry

Permissions repair.
The Reset Registry Permissions repair now only sets the defaults on Windows 8 and
doesn't modify any others. Windows 8 is to easy to break when it comes to
permissions and simply resetting the default registry keys has been found to be the
best option in my tests.
Fixed bug where log file couldn't be created when there was Unicode characters in
the path.
Updated Repair Windows Update to include more fixes that help with the errors
0x80070643, 0x8007000B and 0x80071A91
v2.8.0
The program now auto takes a registry backup if the user didn't do one before hand.
This is needed for the users who don't do a registry backup and then something
doesn't go right and they cant restore. For now on the program will auto create
it :-)
Updated the Reset permissions repairs for both files and the registry to restore
the default permissions on Windows 8 after the permission repairs run. Now the
repairs will update any new or custom files, folders and registry keys while
putting the defaults back on all the standard default Windows locations. This new
repair has stopped the app store from breaking because of permissions.
Major update the permissions repairs as well. The repairs no longer remove orphaned
user accounts. It was this option that was causing so much headache in Windows 8
since windows uses unknown accounts for all their apps. Since the setacl.exe remove
those unknown accounts it broke the apps. Reinstalling the apps will restore it and
make it working again. The program will no longer remove these and this bug has
finally been killed.
Since the program now auto creates a registry backup I have added a check box on
the start tab that a user can uncheck if they don't want a automatic registry
backup.
Updated Repair Windows 8 app store.
Multiple code changes and improvements across the whole program.
Multiple interface changes.
v2.7.5
I have written my own exe to run the repairs under the system account, replacing
the 3rd party exe I was using. The tool I made is much smaller and I now can update
it when needed :-)
UI changes and spelling corrections.
v2.7.2
Updated the Repair Windows Firewall. After helping a user whose firewall wouldn't
start I found certain registry keys that where not part of the normal shared access
service that where keeping the firewall from starting. Those registry keys are now
removed if they are on the system.
Updated the program with a new icon and logo.
Updated the Registry Backup tool to v1.9.0
Small bug fixes.
Spelling Corrections.
v2.7.1
Multiple bug fixes. While I had updated the v2.7.0 setup and portable files with
the bug fixes some download sites still had the bad files.
So to make sure everyone gets updated I am putting out a new version. Make sure to
use 2.7.1 :-)
v2.7.0
Added a new startup check to the program. The program will now check that all files
needed for the repairs in the program folder are present.
If files are missing then the repair that needs those files will fail, which can
cause bad side effects depending on the repair.
So now the program will do a quick check and if any files are missing, the program
will let you know which files and ask you to reinstall the program to make sure all
files are there.
You can not continue with the program if any files are missing. If all files are
present then it automatically continues to the normal start window of the program.
Added a new repair "Reset Service Permissions" This repair will add permissions on
all services on the current system. Administrators = Full, System = Full,
TrustedInstaller = Full
"Reset Registry Permissions" & "Reset File Permissions" have been completely
redone. The program was using subinacl.exe to set permissions but it was only 32
bit and didn't access the 64 bit locations.
This has been replaced with SetAcl.exe which supports 32 and 64 bits. So now on a
64 bit OS all areas get their permissions set.
Because this can now access all locations the 2 repairs are a little slower and it
doesn't have the progress screen that the subinacl.exe did.
So the cmd window has been updated to not show what current key or file it is on as
it slowed down the repair by a very very large amount because the CPU was being
used to draw all the text to the cmd.exe window.
So by not having it display all that information the speed of the repair is much
better.
Since "Reset File Permissions" now uses a new exe the exclusions part has been
changed, if you used this option in the program please see the text files on how to
use exclusions.
For Vista and newer versions of Windows "Reset Registry Permissions" & "Reset File
Permissions" now also adds the "TrustedInstaller" account with Full access rights.
Updated multiple repairs to better handle Windows 8 and 8.1 and all the fussy stuff
it wants, making the repairs better than ever for Windows 8 & 8.1 :-)
Updated other multiple repairs.
Improved the handling of the program running with the /silent switch and when it
closes itself down after repairs.
v2.6.3
Updated Repair Registry Permissions
Updated Restore Windows 8 COM+ Unmarshalers
The 2 repair updates both have to do with a bug that only hits a few Windows 8.1
users.
When the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unmarshalers permissions get changed and are not locked
down then for some reason Windows deletes that registry key on reboot.
Only happens to certain machines and appears to be a bug in Windows. The repairs
have been updated to now lock down the registry location like it was before,
this will stop the bug in Windows from the registry key from being removed.
When this registry key and its sub keys are removed the COM+ wont work and sound
will stop working among a bunch of other things.
The Windows Repair Program didn't remove these, something in Windows does for a
unknown reason. Now with that registry location being locked again it stops that
from happening.
v2.6.2
Added a new repair "Restore Windows 8 COM+ Unmarshalers" Starting in Windows 8 the
COM+ depends on a set of registry keys located under
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unmarshalers\System
There is a bug in Windows 8 where those registry keys are sometimes removed, which
when they are COM+ will no longer function and many things in windows stop working
including audio, Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, WMI and many more.
When these keys are restored COM+ functions again. These registry keys where not in
older versions of Windows and is new to Windows 8.
Updated Repair Registry Permissions
The tree view on the repair window now takes on the colors set for the text boxes
and lists instead of the program back and text colors.
Changed the default color theme to make the text boxes and lists a little darker
than pure white.
v2.6.1
Multiple interface changes and fixes.
Code updates and improvements in multiple locations in the program.
v2.6.0
Added a new option to change all the program colors (under the settings tab). The
user can now control the colors of the program and even save their color layout as
a preset. This is very helpful for colorblind, or hard of seeing users or just
users who don't like my default colors :-)
Added a new system monitor to the repair window. The repair window will now show
the current memory usage, process count, cpu usage and current read and right
speeds of the hard drives. This way a user can keep track if they are running out
of memory or if the drives are doing anything during a repair. Very useful so the
user can tell if a repair is working or has stalled.
There are now 5 step tabs before the repairs. I changed the Welcome tab to Step 1
and changed the order of the rest. On the new step 1 it tells the user to do a
proper power reset before anything else and gives them a quick 4 step instruction
on how to do so.
Changed the default colors of the program. Replaced the green text with a easier to
read color. Also change the button colors to stand out more and multiple other
changes.
A large amount of interface and layout changes.
Code cleanup, removed old code that I was no longer using.
Updated the code on step 3 when doing a read only chkdsk on the drive.
Updated the Register System Files repair.
Updated Restore Important Services.
Updated Repair WMI to make a backup of the antivirus, firewall and antispyware
information. It will export that data out first since it is lost when WMI is built
and then import it back in once WMI is finished. Normally the Windows security
center would complain you have no AV install and such after the repair. The AV and
such would update it self back to WMI after it updates itself or after another
reboot. But this confused some users who thought their AV wasn't working. By
exporting and then importing that information back will keep that from happening
and confusing users.
Multiple Code improvements and changes through out the whole program.
v2.5.1
Important update to the "Set Windows Services To Default Startup" repair. A few
services Windows changes the default startup for based on the hardware you have
installed. Such as the wireless service is set to manual but if Windows detects a
wireless card then the service is changed to automatic. The services that get
changed have been updated and is now fixed.
v2.5.0
The "Reset File Permissions" Repair has been totally redone. The old way the
program would run a bat file for each folder on the root of the drive. So if you
had 100 folders on the root of the drive it would run 100 bat files in order to set
the permissions on each folder. This was done so the program could skip certain
folders. The repair now does the whole drive in just 1 bat file, making things much
faster for this repair.
Also added a exclude list option to the "Reset File Permissions" Repair. This new
excluded list will allow power users to tweak the repair and have it skip certain
folders or files. This new option was what made it possible to streamline the
repair. 2 new files where added to the files folder file_permissions_excludes.txt
and file_permissions_profiles_excludes.txt.
Updated the "Repair WMI" to skip the system volume information folder when looking
for wmi files to add back. Normally this wasn't a problem but if for some reason a
user had taken ownership over the system volume folder then the program had access
to it and then the WMI repair would loop through the restore points, which we don't
want.
The "Set Windows Services To Default Startup" has been redone as well. Before it
pulled what services to set from the services_startup.txt file in the files folder.
With Windows having so many different services for each version of Windows I have
now made the repair pull from a txt file based on what version of Windows the user
is on. This now gives even more control to power users and also makes the repair
better suited for each version of Windows. 5 new files have been added to the files
folder services_startup_xp.txt, services_startup_vista.txt, services_startup_7.txt,
services_startup_8.txt, services_startup_8.1.txt.
To help make the "Set Windows Services To Default Startup" even better I installed
a fresh copy of Windows XP Pro SP3, Vista Ultimate SP2, 7 Ultimate SP1 , 8 Pro and
8.1 Pro with nothing added to them but their default installs and pulled all the
service startup information for every single service. The repair now sets more
services than ever and as of right now every known service default in each version
of Windows.
Multiple other code changes and improvements.
v2.4.2
The step 3 system file checker cmd.exe window now uses the cmd color options in the
program.
On step 2 I added a view log button that will show up after you run check disk on
the system, the log file is stored in the log file location but now the user can
open it right from the program if they wish.
Added a "View Logs" button to the main repair window. Now users can open the logs
folder after doing repairs instead of manually going to them, this will help with
users who have trouble knowing where the logs are.
Bug fix for VSS and services for XP systems.
v2.4.1
Fixed bug in the program where if you ran the Repair CD/DVD and had iTunes
installed iTunes could complain about a regkey missing. The program did put the
registry key back into the registry but it didn't null terminate the line so iTunes
still complained. This has now been fixed and iTunes no longer complains.
Reset File Permissions has been improved. The reset file permissions normally skips
the profile folders on the system. This was due to a odd bug in Windows Vista, 7
and newer where if "Everyone" permissions was set on a folder under the user
profile Windows would think it is shared when it wasn't. Well after helping a user
who had a lot of problems on their system it turned out to be because somehow the
user had removed "Administrators" and "System" from all the permissions on the
folders and files of the profile. Once those where put back everything worked. So I
knew I had to get the profiles added to the repair. The new changes will update all
the profile folders properly and only add administrators and system, not everyone.
Also for the current user profile folder it will also add the current user as it
should be that way.
Small code changes.
v2.4.0
Repair Icons has been updated and redone. The repair will now kill explorer.exe to
unlock the cache files, delete them and then start explorer.exe back up. Also
Starting with vista, 7 and 8 there is a new location for the cache files and that
has been added to the repair.
Change the the logs, the program now makes a folder with the date and time the
start repairs button was clicked and logs are stored in that folder in the log
location. So now instead of the program overwriting logs it now keeps them so you
can view logs from different repair runs.
Added a new tab in the main window of the program letting users know about tweaking
their system for performance after a repair. It simply tells them about my simple
system tweaker and my CleanMem tool from my other site PcWinTech.com. This way
users now have an option to try and speed things up afterwards if they like.
I have made a custom CleanMem for Tweaking.com and included it with the program.
The program will now cleanup memory on the system instantly before doing the
repairs. This will help with systems with little memory or have some processes that
are memory hogs or have memory leaks, they get cleaned up before the repairs start.
Updated Repair WMI.
Updated Repair IE to support IE 11.
Program now pulls more system information and adds it to the logs, this has the
benefit of letting the user see how memory and other things look and the
information can also help when helping a user in the forums.
Added 20 more services to Restore Important Windows Services.
Multiple code changes and updates.
The installer for the program now puts the setup log in the same folder as the
program instead of the temp folder. This will make it easier for users to find it
if they wish.
v2.3.0
Fixed a bug where the cmd.exe windows where not changing color like they use to.
New feature, you can now set what back and text color to use in the cmd.exe
windows. This is useful when running the program from a script and you can tell
which cmd.exe windows belong to the program and not the script.
Program now gives a warning if it is unable to create the log file path. If the
program is unable to save the log files the repairs will fail. Examples of it
failing would be if the path has Unicode chars or is pointing to a ready only
folder such as running off a cd.
Small bug fixes and multiple code changes.
v2.2.1
Per user request I have enabled the beta repair for system restore.
Adjusted privileges of the program to fix a loop in the wmi repair and to also give
better access for the repairs.
Program now logs if it has trouble loading needed privileges. This can be helpful
if the user account the program is running under doesn't have the correct access
that is needed for the repairs.
v2.2.0
Remove beta repairs button. The only beta repair was for the system restore which
wasn't repairing it, so no point in having it till i find more info on it :-)
The Repair CD/DVD Missing/Not Working now logs if it detects iTunes and if it does
it applies the upperfilter regkey so iTunes can burn cds.
The Unhide Non System Files now also sets the show desktop icons back to enabled.
Some viruses are putting desktop icons as hidden. If you keep them hidden your self
you can rehide them with a simple right click on the desktop and then go to view.
Updated the repair windows firewall to have file and print sharing enabled.
Add a "Defaults" button next to the select all and unselect all repairs. This was
by user request. The defaults button will select the default repairs, the same as
when you run the Windows Repair for the first time.
The Windows Repair log now record system information such as what version of
windows and such. This way when a user posts the log in the forums and doesnt tell
me what version of Windows they are on I can see it in the logs.
New repair added for Windows 8 users. Repair Windows 8 Component Store. Microsoft
finally added some built in tool to fix and recover corrupt files when sfc /scannow
fails and says it couldn't fix some corrupt files. I also have the repair do a
cleanup of the component store to shrink the size and also possibly remove errors
from old outdated files. Here is the repair info from with in the program.:
"Repair Windows 8 Component Store
The following commands are done.
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
The first command cleans up the component store (WinSxS Folder) in windows,
reducing it size and removing old entries.
The 2nd command is used to repair corrupt files and corrupt entries in the
component store.
Reasons for this repair:

Used to fix Windows component store corruption when a SFC /SCANNOW command is
unable to repair corrupted system files because the store (source) is corrupted,
then run the SFC command again.
Used to fix Windows component store corruption when the same Windows Updates
continue to appear to be available to install even though they already show
successfully installed in update history.
More information on these commands can be found here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824869.aspx
and
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/26512-dism-fixing-component-store-corruption-
windows-8-a.html
"
v2.1.1
New feature added to the program (Possible speed increase as well). Under the
settings tab in the main window of the program you can now set the window state and
priority of the cmd.exe. The program uses bat files to run the repairs which goes
through cmd.exe in Windows. Now you can choose to have the cmd.exe window be
minimized, maximized or normal like it has been. (Useful for techs who are running
repairs but are trying to do something else on the system) You can also set what
CPU priority to run cmd.exe, so on older systems where the CPU is in use by other
processes the cmd.exe window can now get priority, thus getting more CPU when it
needs it and possibly speeding up the repairs for some people.
Updated and improved the Repair Winsock & DNS Cache
Updated and improved the Repair Windows Updates.
Multiple small code changes.
v2.1.0
Added new repair "Repair Windows App Store"
Updated Registry backup to 1.6.8
The program now auto skips repairs that are meant for a different version of
Windows.
Added a checkbox to give the user an option to not have the program check for
updates at startup. While I didn't have this before as it is extremely important to
always run the latest version because of bug fixes and changes, it also causes the
program to hang for a few seconds if the computer it is running on cant access the
site to see what the current version is. So now the user can turn that off.
v2.0.1
Fixed bug where the /silent command didn't work. The bug was when you used /silent
the repair window would show but didn't run the repairs. This is because with the
new interface the treeview of the repairs wasn't loaded yet, so it didn't see any
repair to run. This bug has now been fixed and /silent works again :-)
v2.0.0
New interface. Still the same layout but new colors that match the same look and
feel as other programs on tweaking.com
Due to the interface changes I changed controls and graphics to make a smaller exe,
smaller setup and use less memory.
Code improvements to Repair WMI.
All new logging. The program now records any output from the cmd.exe, not just
errors. Bigger log files, but much better information when needed.
Support for Windows 8.1 added.
Tons of Code changes.
Repair Windows Updates updated.
Repair WMI updated.
Restore Important Windows Services updated.
Multiple bug fixes from the last version have been fixed.
v1.9.18
Bug fix: The program would get stuck in a opening and closing loop when you had it
set to auto restart after repairs. This was because of a timer not turning off and
wanting to update the window while it was closing down, thus the loop. This has now
been fixed and the program closes like it should.
New feature: Since I had to get this bug fixed quickly I decided to take the time
to add a new feature I came up with. In the steps before the repairs, Step 2 asks
the user to do a check disk (chkdsk) on the system to make sure there is no file
system errors before doing any repairs. I hated the fact that I forced the user to
reboot to scan it when there may not be any errors on the file system. So I have
added a new option to this step where the program will check the drive for errors
and let you know if any are found. It is done by making a pipe to a cmd.exe window
and running chkdsk in read only mode. Once chkdsk is done it looks for the key
words "Windows found problems" and can let the user know if running chkdsk is even
needed. Thus saving the user a reboot if there are no errors. I also have it log
the chkdsk results to a chkdsk.log file in the logs folder in case a user wants to
see the results of the chkdsk. :-)
v1.9.17
Updated the repair list to be numbered. This way when others have users use the
program they can tell them what number in the list to choose instead of the repair
name, making it easier for the user to check the correct ones.
Unhide non system files has been updated to support Unicode systems and file names
and also to skip folders and files with symbolic links so it doesn't get stuck in a
loop.
Unhide Non System Files now logs all files it unhides.
Repair WMI has been updated to apply MOF and MFL files back into WMI. So if you
have a 3rd party program that added themselves to WMI they will be added back.
Log files have been updated to make a log file for each repair instead of trying to
put everything into one log file. This is because the cmd.exe would sometimes give
an error on the log file being in use.
Program now deletes old log files before running repairs. This way the log files
dont keep growing in size if repairs are ran more than once.
Reset Registry Permissions has been enabled for Windows 8, but only does sections
of the registry that doesn't effect the app store.
Repair Windows Firewall has been updated to use subinacl.exe to set the reg
permissions instead of regini.exe. That is now 2 less files needed in the program.
Multiple code changes.
v1.9.16
Update to the Reset File and Reset Registry permissions. These repairs now delete
orphaned SIDs and no longer follows symbolic links, keeping it from getting stuck
in an infinite loop.
Updated the Repair Important Services to apply reg permissions to the service
section in the registry (In case the reg permissions repair was skipped, and for
users on Windows 8 who can't user the reg permissions repair because of the Windows
App store.) and also to remove symbolic links from the Windows defender folder in
case a well known virus put those there to break Windows defender.
Added remove_symbolic_links_from_windows_defender_folder.bat file to the files
folder. This can be used by users who simply need to remove the symbolic links a
virus puts on the Windows defender folder to keep Windows defender from working.
The program now does this as well, but I decided to add a file for it for advanced
users. The program doesn't not use this file, so changing it will have no effect on
the program.
When a new update is available the program will now tell you in the caption bar
instead of only at program startup. This is good for users who missed the message
that there is a new version.
v1.9.15
Change the scan of malwarebytes from full to quick. Full is normally needed when
scanning external drives and such and a quick scan is meant for scanning your
system for all known malware locations and is much faster.
Small code changes.
v1.9.14
The awesome guys over at Malwarebytes gave me permission to allow Tweaking.com -
Windows Repair to download and install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and start a scan
right from the program. This will now help make things a little easier for novice
users and is a few less steps that my fellow techs need to do. When you start the
program the scan option is on "Step 1" and is totally optional :-)
v1.9.13
Added msiserver service "Restore Important Windows Services" and "Repair MSI
(Windows Installer)"
Added sppsvc service to the "Restore Important Windows Services"
Improved "Repair Internet Explorer", now better supports IE6 to IE 10.
"Repair Internet Explorer" now loads the list of files to register from the ie.txt
file in the files folder. This gives users more control if they need it.
Improved "Repair MDAC/MS Jet"
"Repair MDAC/MS Jet" now loads the list of files to register from the mdac.txt file
in the files folder. This gives users more control if they need it.
v1.9.12
Added 4 more service repairs to the "Restore Important Windows Services".
Improved repair print spooler.
Moved "Set Windows Services To Default Startup" to the bottom of the list. Since
you can edit the file of what services are set to what startup, it made sense to
move this last since other repairs that restore services put them back to their
startup as well. This way a person can edit this file to keep any tweaks they have
done to their services on the system.
Minor bug fixes and code changes.
v1.9.11
Improved "Repair Windows Update". On a very few machines the repair was unable to
rename the pending.xml file. On vista and 7 this would cause the "installing update
step 3 of 3" screen to never go away at boot up. By simply renaming the pending.xml
file fixed this. Even though this was already part of the repair, if the file was
in use at the time then it wasn't able to be renamed and the person would get stuck
at the next boot. I am changed the repair to now remove any attributes from the
file and set a secondary rename option directly in the registry to have windows
rename the file at boot up. So now if the repair is unable to rename that file
during the repair it will get rename at the next system boot. Hopefully this will
now keep the "installing update step 3 of 3" screen from coming up and getting
stuck. I was able to replicate this problem in Windows and the new repair fixed it
in my testing.
Improved the "Repair Winsock & DNS Cache". The repair reset TCP which would also
clear any static IP info set on the system. Per user request the program will now
extract the static IP info, run the repair and then put the static IP info back.
v1.9.10
Improved the "Repair Windows Firewall". The program use to only restore the core of
the shared access service. It didn't put any policies or rules. While helping a
user in the forum they had a virus completely delete the shard access service key,
including all rules. When the shared access was put back the firewall worked but he
was unable to share any files. This is because there is some core things that have
to be in the firewall rules in order to work. I have now added those core rules to
the repair and it got his file sharing working just fine. This now makes the repair
even better than before.
Added some more settings for the "Repair Windows Firewall". While helping a user in
the forum the firewall was working but he couldn't get the firewall to open and
would get a Group Policy error. While helping him I found the 2 reg keys that where
needed to fix it. This keys are only on Vista and 7. They are not on Xp, 2003 or 8.
The repair now puts these keys in on Vista and 7 only.
Added Windows Defender to the "Restore Important Windows Services" repair.
v1.9.9
Fixed bug reported by users where a folder was created on the C: drive called
"Program" and windows would ask to delete or rename it, which was safe to do. The
bug was with the new log settings. Bat files do not like spaces. If there was a
space in the log location name it made that folder and the log was never made. The
fix is to just make sure that the path is started and ended with quotation marks. I
have updated all 250 locations in the program to make sure the log path has the
quotation marks. This bug is now fixed.
v1.9.8
Changed the "Set Windows Services To Default Startup" repair to pull the services
startup from a text file in the files folder instead of being hard coded. This will
let users tweak this repair if they wish.
The program will now keep Windows from going into sleep mode or hibernation when
repairs are running.
Added new repair "Repair Print Spooler"
Added "Time Elapsed" to the repair Window, so now users can see how long the
repairs have been running.
Add new settings tab to the main window.
Under the new settings tab you can now change the default location for the log
files.
Changed the default location of the log files from the Windows drive to the Logs
folder in the program folder.
Added new repair "Restore Important Windows Services", this repair will replace all
the services that the other repairs do. And as time goes I will add more services
to this repair.
v1.9.7
Major changes to both "Reset Registry Permissions" and "Reset File Permissions". I
found out that if you where on a non English system these two repairs simply
wouldn't run and thus not change any permissions. This was because it was settings
the permissions based on the names such as "Administrators" or "Everyone". On non
English systems these are spelled differently and so would fail. I have changed
these two repairs to set it by SID now instead of name. Example: Instead of
"Administrators" it will use "S-1-5-32-544" (Which is the Windows Default SID for
Administrators). These two repairs will now work on non English systems. As an
added bonus, the two repairs run much faster now. The reason why is when I was
using the names instead of the SID it had to go and lookup the SID of the names.
Now that I am using the SID from the start it no longer has to do that lookup, thus
making it run nearly twice as fast or better :-)
Fixed bug where if you opened the repair window, then closed it and then went back
to it the repairs wouldn't work. This is because the program though it was in close
down mode from closing the repair window. This has now been fixed.
Program now shows how many repairs are selected above the repair list. Example:
"Repair Options (Selected: 10 of 35)"
The repair wmi was done in 3 steps to simply give a progress of what it is doing.
Instead I have combined the 3 steps into 1.
Unhide none system files now gives a count of how many files it unhides. Also made
a new status window to show when the unhide repair is running.
The Beta Repairs button will now be disabled when your running repairs.
The program now lists all fixed drives in the system for the Reset File Permissions
and Unhide Non System Files repairs. Before it would only do the drive that Windows
is on, now you can have it do other fixed drives as well. By default only the
Windows drive is selected.
Log window now shows when a repair is being ran under the system account and the
current user account.
The cmd.exe windows now show what repair it is doing in the title bar.
The program now checks if it is being run from a network path. If it is it lets the
user know that due to Windows network security most repairs will fail and to please
run the program locally on the system.
v1.9.6
Added renaming of the pending.xml file to the Repair Windows Updates
Due to an odd bug with the Windows 8 app store I had to disabled the reset reg
permissions repair for now for Windows 8 systems. For some reason even though the
app store has permissions, if you change the permissions in any way under certain
keys under hkey local machine the app store will refuse to install apps and give
the error code 0x8007064a. Until I can find out what keys the app store doesn't
like touched I will keep this repair disabled for Windows 8.
v1.9.5
Fix bug where the program wouldn't go to the next repair if a cmd.exe was open.
That means when the program was run from a bat file it wouldn't move forward. This
bug was caused from a previous update. This is now fixed.
Updated the "Set Windows Services To Default Startup"
v1.9.4
On some systems, depending what programs are installed would not leave enough
system resources for the reg and file permissions repair. On these systems after
those repairs the rest of the repairs wouldn't work because the system was out of
resources. There are two simple reg tweaks that increase the system resources
Windows will use. Both repairs will now apply those two reg keys. Not only will
this fix the resources being used up but should also fix any other program that
runs out of resources. A reg file for these two tweaks are in the files folder with
the program.
Added more files to the repair system restore.
Nearly all repairs run under the system account. As I work on the repairs I noticed
something odd. Some parts of the repairs work when run under the current user
account and fail under the system account, and other parts fail under the user
account and work with the system account. Such as adding reg files or registering
files. Here is an example registering the file blb_ps.dll under the user account
works while trying to register it under the system account fails, and this only
happens with a few files while the rest work fine under both. To handle this I now
have some of the repairs run twice, once under the user account then again under
the system account. This should handle any odd permissions between the two accounts
and insure that the repairs are successful. This isn't needed on all repairs.
v1.9.3
Added a new section to the program called "Beta Repairs". There is a button on the
repair window that will open it for you.
Added new beta repair "Repair System Restore" this is for Windows Vista, 7 and 8.
Microsoft has no repair info on the system restore. So I monitored what services
and files the system restore needs and I am working on the first known system
restore repair. This is in the beta section till I get user feedback on how it
works and if it gets system restore working again for people.
v1.9.2
Per user request the main repair window is now resizable.
Added 11 new file association repairs. What makes these repairs different than just
clicking a reg file is on vista and newer some of the keys are locked. Since the
program runs the repairs under the system account these repairs have access to
those locked keys.
Added a "Tips" button that loads a page on the site with some tips on which repairs
to run and tricks you can do with the program.
Changed the list in the program to a treeview.
I have some repairs unchecked by default now instead of all repairs checked.
Many code changes.
v1.9.1
Changes to the user interface.
v1.9.0
Minor Interface changes.
Program now pulls the information of each repair from a txt file instead of being
directly in the program.
Added the BITS service to the Repair Windows Updates.
Added the wuauserv service to the Repair Windows Updates
Added a few more things to the Repair Windows Updates.
Added more support for Windows 8 repairs.
Added more dll files to the register system files repair.
Added new repair - "Repair Windows Safe Mode". This will put the default reg keys
in order to boot into safe mode. Some viruses remove these reg keys. This will
simply put the defaults back and allow safe mode to boot again.
Added more to the "Remove Policies Set By Infections" repair.
Multiple Code changes and improvements.
v1.8.0
Replaced Erunt registry backup with Tweaking.com - Registry Backup
Some new viruses have been adding programs to the Image File Execution Options in
the registry. Keeping those programs from running. I have added 773 more items to
the Remove Policies Set By Infections.
Added new repair "Repair Windows Snipping Tool". This will run on vista or newer
and replace the reg keys needed for the snipping tool.
Added new repair "Repair .lnk (Shortcuts) File Association" This will run on vista
or newer.
Updated the "Repair CD/DVD Missing/Not Working" to see if iTunes is running (Looks
for ituneshelper.exe is running). If it is it puts the iTunes "UpperFilters" for
the cd/dvd rom drive so iTunes wont give the error "Warning the registry setting
used for importing CD are missing". More info here
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2372?viewlocale=en_US
v1.7.5
Improved operating system detection code. What does this mean? Some repairs need to
know what version of Windows it is running run to run the correct code. The program
used WMI to pull this info. But if WMI was broken it didn't pull the info. I now
have it use the Windows API to pull the Windows version, and if for any reason it
fails it will fall back to using WMI to pull the info.
v1.7.4
The program is now Terminal Server Aware. When you ran the program on a Windows
server that had Terminal Services installed the Windows API returned the wrong path
to the windows dir. This is now fixed.
v1.7.3
Updated the Repair Windows Firewall. It now restores the reg keys for the BFE,
MPSSVC and WSCSVC services. Before it only put back the shared access service.
Which in XP is all the firewall needed. But in Vista and 7 it required more
services. They are now part of the repair :-)
v1.7.2
Small bug fixes to the log creation of the program.
I have removed the 3 options "Basic" "Advanced" and "Custom" before you start the
repairs. Nearly all users that I have talk to, and myself included always choose
custom anyways. No need for these other options and they have been removed. Should
cut down on the confusion for new users on which to use.
New interface changes to the repair window in the program.
Added "Always On Top" option for the repair window.
Added a minimize button to the repair window. With the always on top option if
something opens behind the window and the user needs to get to it they can now
minimize the window.
Added a minimize button to the main window in the program for the heck of it :-)
Code improvements.
v1.7.1
Updated the Repair WMI to better handle the commands needed for the different
version of Windows. While the WMI works great on XP, Vista and 7 it didn't work
correctly on 2003 thus breaking WMI. I have added the commands need to have it run
properly on 2003 :-)
v1.7.0
Small improvements to a few repairs.
Better support when running the program through a script. I have a good amount of
repair shops that use this repair tool. Some like to run the repair tool with the
silent command and from a script in a bat file. The old version of the program
would close any cmd.exe window before running the repairs. This of course defeated
the purpose of running through a script. So I have changed the way the program
waits for a repair to finish. Instead of waiting for cmd.exe to close, each repair
will now make a file. When the repair is finished it will delete the file, then the
program will know to move onto the next repair.
I now have the cmd.exe windows change to a gray background with black text. This
way when running the program through a script you will know which cmd.exe window
belongs to the windows repair :-)
The program will now save any errors from the repairs into a txt file on the
Windows drive in a folder. Example: "C:\Tweaking.com_Windows_Repair_Logs\" Multiple
log files are made for the permission repairs. This is because the MS tool doesn't
append to the log file, so a new file has to be made for each section. Since this
could create a fair amount of log files I have the program cleanup any empty log
files after the repairs are ran.
v1.6.5
Program detects if you are running in safe mode and warns that some repairs may not
work in safe mode.
I have also made a few changes for all repairs to run better in safe mode. No
guarantees but should definitely run better in safe mode than it has before.
Per user request you can now choose to restart or shutdown the computer after
repairs.
I have the repair window resized to 750 x 550 pixels (Now bigger than before). This
is the max size to fit on the screen in safe mode which is normally 800 x 600.
v1.6.4
Add ERUNT Registry backup tools. This is another option to backup the system
registry before doing repairs. Also very helpful when a users system restore isn't
working properly.
v1.6.3
Major improvement for the Reset File Permissions repair. On vista and newer the
repair would allow access to folders windows normally blocked. Such as
"C:\ProgramData\Application Data". Normally with this folder you would get an
access denied. After you ran the reset file permissions repair you could access it.
The side effect was that this folder points back to the C:\ProgramData folder. So
it made an endless loop! The repair now checks if your on anything newer than XP.
If you are then it runs a batch of commands after the repair that puts back the
deny permissions on all the folders that are supposed to be blocked. This stops
that endless loop from happening. 46 folders total. :-)
v1.6.2
Per user request I have added a silent command option to the program. Set the
options in the setting.ini file and run the program with /silent. The program will
run in custom mode running the repairs set in the settings and then close it self.
Will even reboot when done if set in the settings. (Perfect option for my fellow
network admins) :-)
Small code changes.
v1.6.1
Added new repair "Repair Missing Start Menu Icons Removed By Infections" This
repair will put back the missing icons in the start menu, quick launch, and desktop
that are moved by a rogue virus.
v1.6.0
Added new repair "Repair MSI (Windows Installer)"
Added exe fix (when a virus hijacks the exe section in the registry) to the "Remove
Policies Set By Infections" repair.
Improved "Repair Windows Updates".
Small interface changes.
v1.5.8
Bug Fix: I found a very odd bug where some of the repairs were not working right.
All repairs run under the system account (because of the trusted installer in vista
and newer). For some reason the repairs that set registry keys by a .reg file and
with regedit would run but the changes wouldn't take. The fix was to have those
repairs run as the logged in account. Still scratching my head on that one, but at
least now they work again :-D
Bug Fix: The repair windows firewall wasn't running all the repairs needed for it.
This has now been fixed.
The Reset File Permissions now skips the "Users" folder in Vista and newer and
"Documents and Settings". The reason for this is in Vista and newer there is a bug
where if the file permissions are changed in the user profile then Windows thinks
the file is shared when it isn't and you get a shared icon on it. More information
is here http://www.tweaking.com/forums/index.php/topic,69.0.html
Small code improvements.
v1.5.7
Changed Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) from "stisvc start= demand" to "stisvc
start= auto" in the windows services repair.
v1.5.6
The "Remove Policies Set By Infections" repair wasn't working properly. The
commands where deleting the Reg file before it had been applied. I added the
start /wait command to the regedit. "Remove Policies Set By Infections" Now works
correctly :-)
v1.5.5
Removed "WwanSvc start= demand" from the windows services repair.
The program no longer defaults to the C:\ for repairs. The program now looks at the
location of the Windows dir and uses the drive that Windows is on.
v1.5.4
On users machines who's "Path" variable was corrupt none of the repairs would work.
To fix this I have added "set path=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot
%\System32\Wbem" to all the repairs. Now on users systems with a corrupt "path"
variable the repairs will still work properly :-)
v1.5.3
Changed 4 service defaults from manual to auto in the set services to default
startup repair. Media Center Receiver Service, Media Center Scheduler Service,
Windows Media Center Service Launcher and Windows Media Player Network Sharing
Service.
Removed Panda cloud antivirus from the program and put Avast as a recommendation
(Step 2 Window).
Added ComboFix to the recommendation page (Step 2 Window).
v1.5.2
Interface changes.
v1.5.1
Blackvipers site listed the Windows 7 wireless service startup state as manual. But
when it is set to manual it will not start and thus the user has no wireless. I
have updated the services startup repair tool to put the wireless to auto instead
of manual.
v1.5.0
Added a new repair "Set Windows Services To Default Startup". (Currently 194
services) This will set the Windows services to their default startup state.
Special thanks to http://www.blackviper.com/ for having all the default information
handy. This will set the services startup by the "sc config" command and not by the
registry. The information on the repair in the program lists all the services that
are set.
1.4.3
The new setup file for the program was missing some of the repair files it needed.
The setup has been updated and I made this new version so people who downloaded the
last version will update and get the rest of the files they need.
1.4.2
Removed moving arrow from the repair window. Since the list of repairs is growing
and the list is scrollable the arrow didn't work well.
In a past update I removed the custom buttons because they would cause the program
to crash. The program then used the default old ugly buttons. I have made a new
button control and updated the buttons so they look better, and it doesn't cause
the program to crash like the old ones.
Program now asks the user if they want to create a restore point before doing
repairs if they didn't have the program create one.
The program now comes in a setup program and the portable version. The new setup is
larger because it contains the VB6 SP6 runtimes the program needs in case they are
corrupt on the system that is being repaired.
More Code tweaks and changes.
v1.4.1
Added more files to the register system files repair that will fix "Class not
registered" when trying to open a .mmc file. Such as Task scheduler, Device
Manager, Computer Management and more.
Program now starts the Windows Sidebar after the Windows Sidebar repair.
Removed the security zones in IE being reset with the sidebar repair.
More code tweaks and improvements.
v1.4.0
Removed the custom buttons from the program. It was causing the program to crash on
some systems. Program is meant to repair, not look pretty, so ugly standard safe
buttons it is :-)
Add new repair "Repair Windows Sidebar/Gadgets"
Changed the window size of the repair window, making it smaller and easier to fit
on screen for smaller resolutions.
More code tweaks.
v1.3.1
Minor GUI and code Tweaks.
v1.3.0
If you ran an older version of this repair program and it caused problems on your
system, download and run this version and it will fix any problems it caused :-)
Added new repair "Repair Volume Shadow Copy Service"
Major update to the program making it safer and better at repairs. Make sure to use
this new version and not the old versions.
v1.2.0
Per user request - Added a new repair "Repair CD/DVD Missing/Not Working"
Fixed bug where when repairing WMI the WMI tester would open and the program
wouldn't move forward till the WMI tester was closed. Most users didn't know to
close this. I have made the program now look for and close the WMI tester if it
pops up during the WMI repair.
v1.1.1
Remove some files from the Register System Files repair. While this repair worked
great on a lot of some systems on a few ones it would create more problems. The
repair now has a much smaller list of only known good files to register.
Updated Repair IE section.
Updated Repair MDAC Section.
v1.1.0
Major changes to how the program launches the repairs. It now shows the command
window doing the repair in the task bar. Also should work better with the UAC
enabled and running the commands as administrator. This will also keep the program
from not responding during repairs.
Updated the file permissions repair to include everyone and users full rights. It
use to do just Administrators & System. But on some machines they needed more to
get things working right again. This should fix that.
Replaced some of the controls in the program so the program & zip file is smaller
in size.
v1.0.2
Fixed bug in Repair WMI (Hopefully got it this time)
Added link to help fix any problems someone might have with the file permissions
repair.
v1.0.1
Fixed bug in Repair WMI
GUI Changes.
v1.0.0
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Tweaking.com - Windows Repair Change Log.

Updated Codejock Controls to v18.0.0

Added better error handling at program startup.

Updated file permissions repair to run under the system account.

Multiple other small bug fixes reported by users.

Multiple small bug fixes and code changes.

Updated ManageACL_32 and ManageACL_64 to v1.7.0

Multiple small bug fixes and code changes.

Multiple small bug fixes and code changes.

Updated Codejock Controls to v17.3.0

Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.5.3

Updated ManageACL_32 and ManageACL_64 to v1.5.0

Major update and bug fixes to the permissions repairs.

Multiple other code changes and improvements.

Multiple code changes and fixes.

Updated Repair Windows Updates

Updated Repair MDAC

Multiple code changes and fixes.

Updated Repair Windows Updates

Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.5.2

Updated Restore Windows 8/10 COM+ Unmarshalers

Updated default permissions for Windows 10 as of September 13th, 2016

Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.5.1

Many other minor changes and fixes in the code.

Multiple bug fixes.

Multiple small bug fixes.

Fixed bug with the run chkdsk at next boot.

Other small code changes and improvements.

Updated Tweaking.com - ManageACL to v1.3.0

Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.5.0

Large amounts of code changes, improvements and bug fixes.

Added registered user to the main repairs window.

Multiple user interface changes.

Multiple small bug fixes.

A large amount of code changes and cleanup.

Updated Codejock Controls to v17.2.0

Large amount of code changes and updates.

Other minor bug fixes and code improvements.

Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup v3.4.1

Multiple code changes and tweaks.

Updated Codejock Controls to v17.1.0

Multiple code changes and tweaks.

Code fixes and cleanup.

A ton of code changes, cleanup and improvements.

Minor changes to the user interface.

Updated 7-zip extract file "7za.dll" to v15.12

Multiple small code changes and tweaks.

Updated default permissions for Windows 7, 8 and 10 up to 10-30-2015

Small code changes.

Multiple small code changes and tweaks.

Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup v3.3.1

New color options added to the color settings window.

Improved the looks of the progress bars and monitors.

Tweaking.com - Registry Backup updated to v3.2.3.

Removed 2 commands from the "Repair Network".

Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.2.2

Added new registry permissions exclude list.

Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.2.1

Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.2.0

Multiple code improvements.

Multiple code improvements and changes.

Updated Repair Windows Updates

Updated Repair Windows Firewall

Updated Reset Registry Permissions