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Tweaking.com - Windows Repair Change Log.

v3.8.4
Updated and improved "Repair Icons"
Updated Codejock Controls to v17.1.0
v3.8.3
Updated and improved the built in pre-scan tool.
The option "Add .CAT Files (Security Catalog) To Windows Catalog Database" in th
e 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 th
e 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 c
at files back, as long as their signatures are good, back to the database, preve
nting any false bad signatures.
Updated default permissions for Windows 7,8 & 10 with all updates as of Feb 16,
2016.
Multiple code changes and tweaks.
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. Thi
s control will size properly for users who have a higher DPI setting or have the
ir 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 u
nclick 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 th
at are put back.
Added the ability for the taskbar icon to display a progress bar during the repa
irs, 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 wi
th the /i command and then after registered the same file like you would any nor
mal 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 th
en call the /i command it would work fine and not break VSS. This bug seems to o
nly be in vista.
v3.8.0
Major new update and bug fix. The program would crash on systems that had DEP se
t to always on, then when you opened any resizable window in the program it woul

d 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 repl
aced 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 n
ot being able to test them on as many machines as possible, I would hit bugs tha
t 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 da
ys as I type this)
Well, I am tired of all that and would rather focus on adding new features and r
epairs 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 fe
w months.
Completely redid the color options and controls in the program. If you want to s
ee 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 bee
n an "AND", math is picky like that.
Fixed bug where only part of the reset file permissions ran on Windows Vista. Th
e 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....... l
ong 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 u
pdates 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 saf
e mode with networking.
v3.7.1
Updated "Repair CD/DVD Missing/Not Working" to now check for both iTunes and "\S
ystem32\drivers\GEARAspiWDM.sys" if both are found GEARAspiWDM.sys is added to t

he 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 m
ain 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 re
move safe boot.
But if a user couldn't get logged in for some reason, or they didn't run the mai
n program in safe mode they would always boot into safe mode. One way out of saf
e 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 t
o boot into safe mode. The new files (TweakingRemoveSafeBoot_32.exe and Tweaking
RemoveSafeBoot_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} safe
boot" command and then remove itself as a service. (They do NOT stay installed a
s 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. Micros
oft 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 reinst
all 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 up
dates for Windows 7, 8 and 10.
v3.6.4
Updated Default Permissions for Windows 10 to the newest Windows version Release
d 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 rem
ove 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 th
e domain name from Windows. When called the first time Windows reports it back a
s 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 win
dows 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 imp

rovements 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 mo
re control over the users and groups they belong to then the very cut down versi
on in the control panel, also makes it far easier to add local accounts to Windo
ws 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 all
owing 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 wi
ndow 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 cr
eate more space on the window.
The new layout was done to be less cluttered, easier for users to read and follo
w, 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 s
creen will come up to say thanks for using the program and to consider buying pr
o. 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 doe
sn'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 m
ore 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 p
re 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 syste
m. 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 co
nfused 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 una
ble to get a point fixed.
Tweaking.com - ManageACL has been updated to v1.1.0. Improved the speed of setti
ng 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 cod
e changes and error handling. Code cleanup and changes to make the program small
er 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 t
he progress text during setting permissions and much more.
Updated Repair Windows App Store - Added new commands to repair that App Store f
or both Windows 8 & 10.
Updated "Reset Service Permissions" - The repair now lists the service it is cur
rently 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. W
hen you are not part of a domain the service will stop itself and make a entry i
n the event viewer. To keep the event viewer from having junk entries, the progr
am will now check if the computer is part of a domain, if it isn't it will set N
etLogon 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 f
ix 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 mac
hines, these commands will be removed until I can make sure they are 100% safe t
o use.
Multiple code changes and improvements through multiple sections of the program.
Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.2.2
v3.5.0
Major update and major bug fix. The 3rd party program used to set permissions ha

d to many bugs, such as it would crash at random times and didn't set permission
s 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 p
ermissions 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 showin
g 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 i
t 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 pa
rt of the everyone group, and thus have full access.
Added new registry permissions exclude list.
Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.2.1
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 relyi
ng 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 cl
eaner, faster ways of doing things, so the code is always being improved.
Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.2.0
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 condit
ions 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 clo
se 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 kee
ping 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, smal
ler and faster. While tracing down a problem with permissions and windows 10, su
ch as the network taking a long time to come up, network and sharing center free

zing and a grey blinking screen, which you couldn't get to the desktop other tha
n safe mode. I was able to trace it to permissions and I have streamlined them a
nd redid how they are done and found what was causing it. Now, not only do the p
ermissions 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 e
ver 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 happ
en is when quick edit was enabled and you clicked into the cmd.exe window it wou
ld pause the script until you clicked enter. This would make the repair never fi
nish if the user didn't realize they did that and the repair was paused. By havi
ng quick edit turned off it will keep it from happening. The program will rememb
er if quick mode was enabled when it started and will put it back to enabled whe
n 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 i
nternet files folder. While helping a user it turned out that corrupt files in h
ere 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 regist
ry 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 afte
r settings the registry permissions.
The program now sets the default registry and file permissions for Windows 7. Be
fore it only did for 8 and 10. Before the administrator would be given full righ
ts, while this was nice for the user, it did make the machine less secure. So no
w only the defaults.
The permissions repairs have been completely redone and are better than ever.
Updated Repair Windows Updates
Updated Repair Windows Firewall
Updated Reset Registry Permissions
Updated Reset File Permissions.
Updated many more repairs.

Multiple interface changes and code changes.


Updated Tweaking.com - Registry Backup to v3.1.0
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 phase
rs 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 renam
ed. 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 use
r could set it, then finish up some other things before rebooting, or to power d
own 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 u
sers have trouble getting into safe mode, this new option will make it as easy a
s 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 re
gistry keys before hand incase a virus has removed them. (Same as the Repair Saf
e 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 "Enhance
d Windows Disk Cleanup"
Added new tips on how to get the best repair results on the repairs tab in the m
ain window.
Small user interface changes to the program.
Multiple code improvements to multiple repairs.

v3.2.2
Multiple bug fixes.
Multiple code improvements.
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 SHA
1 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. Befor
e the program only checked if any files where missing. But I have found some use
rs who either had their antivirus mess up some of the files (or some other progr
am) or they had bad sectors on their hard drive, corrupting some of the files. W
hen 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 t
he 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 bee
n changed in any way. This will slow the startup of the program down a little bu
t 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 re
pair.
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" wi
th the following services DHCP, DNSCache, NTDS, Netlogon, Winsock and Winsock2.
Multiple code updates.
v3.1.4
Multiple small bug fixes.
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 "Wak
e the computer to run this task" checked, which would keep some systems from goi
ng 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 t
he repairs are failing to start. (This normally happens because a 3rd party prog
ram gets in the way)
You can now view the pro feature tools in the free version, you just won't be ab
le 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 a
re 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 Cat
alog database. This is needed after replacing or restoring missing .cat or .mum
package files.
Spelling corrections.
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.
Multiple code changes and improvements.
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 "Enhanc
ed 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 n

ow adds a 2 min delay before the task scheduler starts it to give time for the o
ther 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 f
ree, I have taken nothing away from my users :-) The pro is extra tools and opti
ons 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 tr
ying to get people to upgrade to pro.
New Pre Repairs Scan tool has been added. You can now run this to have the progr
am 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 t
ool.
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 hav
e 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 o
f 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.
Updated Registry Backup to v2.2.0
v2.11.2
Updated "Reset File Permissions" to support and handle Unicode paths in the perm
issions cleanup part of the repair.
When the repair ran to fix the profile folders to proper denied & allow permissi
ons it would fail on profiles that hand Unicode Chars in the paths.
Multiple code changes and tweaks, adding more Unicode support for multiple comma
nds 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 err
or from happening.
v2.11.1

Updated all repairs that changed the permissions on the windows 7 services regis
try keys to put back the default permissions for the default services. This fixe
s 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
Multiple code changes and improvements.
Updated the Default Windows 8.1 with Media Center Permissions to all updates up
to patch Tuesday Feb 2015.
Updated Registry Backup to v2.1.1
v2.10.5
Added more files to the Register System Files.
v2.10.4
Fixed a bug in the Repair MSI.
Updated Registry Backup to v2.0.0
Multiple code changes and tweaks.
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 a
sking 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 Windo
ws would mark that it came from the internet and you would get the warning pop u
p for any of the files that the program uses in the files folder. The program no
w 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 restor
e 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
.
Spelling corrections.
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 neede
d where not allowed to run in safe mode.
I have built and included a tool in the program that will allow a user to prepar
e 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 polici
es 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 m
essed 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 Ta
rgetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99")
Fixed a bug where if the settings.ini file was deleted or a user updated the pro
gram from from a older version and the settings.ini file didn't have the color i
nformation set that the colors wouldn't be set correctly, such as black text ove
r 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 ar
e not located.
Multiple code improvements and changes.
Updated Registry Backup to v1.10.1
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 fo
r installed programs before running the repair.
Some installers don't put the registry key "InstallDate" in the uninstall sectio
n. So when you load up the add/remove programs or
Programs and Features and it shows the date it is installed then windows will li
st the last modified date of the uninstall registry key for the program if "Inst
allDate" 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\Uninst
all"
"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 af
ter running the reset registry permissions.
v2.9.1
Updated "Remove Policies Set By Infections" repair, the repair now sets the prop
er shell and userinit values under the Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlo

gon 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 t
he size of the main exe by 460 KB. Also making the program more stable and requi
re 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 un
der 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 R
epairs" they thought the program already started them since they clicked "start"
on the main window. So some rewording to avoid that confusion.
Multiple code changes and tweaks.
v2.8.8
Updated the tweaking_ras.exe and Tweaking_rati.exe. These are both used to run r
epairs as the system account or trusted installer. To do this they create themse
lves 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 enou
gh before the next one was called and created. Since the service name was the sa
me, the next one created wouldn't be called (Since it was in the process of bein
g 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 sta
rt the first time (For a total of 4 times and 30 sec between each try). So now i
f there is ever a simple hiccup or problem that kept the repair from running the
n the program will try again and normally it will continue on. If it fails to ru
n a repair 4 times then the repairs stop and the program tells you to let me kno
w 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 sh
utdown the systems after the repairs.
V2.8.7
Updated the Run As Service and Run as Trusted installer exes in the program to n
o longer crash on vista machines that don't have all their updates. Turns out th
at 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 bu
t 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 t
emp 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 woul
dn't like.
The program now waits for 30 sec for a repair to start. If it doesn't the progra

m will let the user know and then stop the rest of the repairs. Before the progr
am waited forever, and the user wouldn't know that the repair didn't start for s
ome reason and so both the user and the program would just sit there waiting. No
w the program will let the user know if a repair was unable to run for some reas
on.
The program now stops instantly when you click stop repairs instead of saying wa
iting for the current repair to finish. The current repair if it is still runnin
g will keep running till it is done but the program will stop instead of waiting
for it.
Multiple code changes and improvements.
v2.8.6
Updated the Register System Files repair.
Major improvement to how the system detects when the repairs start. On slower sy
stems, and when I user had a lot of programs open, it caused the repairs to star
t 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 interf
ere with the repairs. There have been multiple times I have seen users running t
he 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 f
ew 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 res
izing. Well that subclass hook would sometimes cause the program to crash when t
oo many windows where opened and closed quickly. The purpose of this hook was no
thing 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 ou
tput 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 nam
e was the only thing in these registry keys, not the file path. With a fresh ins

tall 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 prog
rams such as VirtualBox will complain and not run. By simply putting the full pa
ths 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 des
ktop or in a folder and go to new and it is missing, empty or is missing the def
ault 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 t
o run the file permissions repair as the trusted installer. Before the only perm
issions it could set was anything with administrators or system as the owner. Th
e 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 c
an 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 rep
air 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 wh
en 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 no
t 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 n
ewest updates on patch Tuesday July 2014.
Added Default Windows 8 Permissions for C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x
86). These are the defaults for the files and folders that are installed by defa
ult in Windows 8.
Added HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT default permissions for Windows 8 to the Registry Perm
issions repair.
The Reset Registry Permissions repair now only sets the defaults on Windows 8 an
d doesn't modify any others. Windows 8 is to easy to break when it comes to perm
issions 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 i
n the path.

Updated Repair Windows Update to include more fixes that help with the errors 0x
80070643, 0x8007000B and 0x80071A91
v2.8.0
The program now auto takes a registry backup if the user didn't do one before ha
nd. This is needed for the users who don't do a registry backup and then somethi
ng doesn't go right and they cant restore. For now on the program will auto crea
te 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 put
ting the defaults back on all the standard default Windows locations. This new r
epair has stopped the app store from breaking because of permissions.
Major update the permissions repairs as well. The repairs no longer remove orpha
ned user accounts. It was this option that was causing so much headache in Windo
ws 8 since windows uses unknown accounts for all their apps. Since the setacl.ex
e remove those unknown accounts it broke the apps. Reinstalling the apps will re
store 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 b
ackup.
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 up
date 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 a
ccess 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 fi
les 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 progr
am will let you know which files and ask you to reinstall the program to make su
re 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 progr
am.
Added a new repair "Reset Service Permissions" This repair will add permissions
on all services on the current system. Administrators = Full, System = Full, Tru
stedInstaller = Full
"Reset Registry Permissions" & "Reset File Permissions" have been completely red
one. The program was using subinacl.exe to set permissions but it was only 32 bi
t 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 be
ing 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 c
hanged, 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 Fi
le Permissions" now also adds the "TrustedInstaller" account with Full access ri
ghts.
Updated multiple repairs to better handle Windows 8 and 8.1 and all the fussy st
uff 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.
Multiple code changes and improvements.
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 lock
ed 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 t
he COM+ depends on a set of registry keys located under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unmars
halers\System
There is a bug in Windows 8 where those registry keys are sometimes removed, whi
ch when they are COM+ will no longer function and many things in windows stop wo
rking 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 boxe
s 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.
Updated Registry Backup to v1.8.0
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). Th
e user can now control the colors of the program and even save their color layou
t as a preset. This is very helpful for colorblind, or hard of seeing users or j
ust 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 s
peeds 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 t
he 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 instructi
on 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 oth
er 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 i
nformation. It will export that data out first since it is lost when WMI is buil
t 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 anoth
er 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 pro
gram would run a bat file for each folder on the root of the drive. So if you ha
d 100 folders on the root of the drive it would run 100 bat files in order to se
t the permissions on each folder. This was done so the program could skip certai
n 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 ne
w excluded list will allow power users to tweak the repair and have it skip cert
ain folders or files. This new option was what made it possible to streamline th
e 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 looki
ng for wmi files to add back. Normally this wasn't a problem but if for some rea
son a user had taken ownership over the system volume folder then the program ha
d access to it and then the WMI repair would loop through the restore points, wh
ich 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 fol
der. 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 adde
d to the files folder services_startup_xp.txt, services_startup_vista.txt, servi
ces_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 install
ed a fresh copy of Windows XP Pro SP3, Vista Ultimate SP2, 7 Ultimate SP1 , 8 Pr
o and 8.1 Pro with nothing added to them but their default installs and pulled a
ll 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 o
n the system, the log file is stored in the log file location but now the user c
an open it right from the program if they wish.
Added a "View Logs" button to the main repair window. Now users can open the log
s folder after doing repairs instead of manually going to them, this will help w
ith 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 insta
lled iTunes could complain about a regkey missing. The program did put the regis
try key back into the registry but it didn't null terminate the line so iTunes s
till complained. This has now been fixed and iTunes no longer complains.
Reset File Permissions has been improved. The reset file permissions normally sk
ips the profile folders on the system. This was due to a odd bug in Windows Vist
a, 7 and newer where if "Everyone" permissions was set on a folder under the use
r 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 someh
ow the user had removed "Administrators" and "System" from all the permissions o
n the folders and files of the profile. Once those where put back everything wor
ked. So I knew I had to get the profiles added to the repair. The new changes wi
ll update all the profile folders properly and only add administrators and syste
m, not everyone. Also for the current user profile folder it will also add the c
urrent 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 th
at has been added to the repair.
Change the the logs, the program now makes a folder with the date and time the s
tart repairs button was clicked and logs are stored in that folder in the log lo
cation. 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 tweak
ing their system for performance after a repair. It simply tells them about my s
imple 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 re
pairs. This will help with systems with little memory or have some processes tha
t are memory hogs or have memory leaks, they get cleaned up before the repairs s
tart.
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 informa
tion 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 p
rogram 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 wind
ows. This is useful when running the program from a script and you can tell whic

h 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 fa
iling would be if the path has Unicode chars or is pointing to a ready only fold
er 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 g
ive better access for the repairs.
Program now logs if it has trouble loading needed privileges. This can be helpfu
l if the user account the program is running under doesn't have the correct acce
ss that is needed for the repairs.
v2.2.0
Remove beta repairs button. The only beta repair was for the system restore whic
h 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 do
es 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 t
o 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 wa
s 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 win
dows 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. Microsof
t finally added some built in tool to fix and recover corrupt files when sfc /sc
annow 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, redu
cing it size and removing old entries.
The 2nd command is used to repair corrupt files and corrupt entries in the compo
nent store.
Reasons for this repair:
Used to fix Windows component store corruption when a SFC /SCANNOW command is un
able to repair corrupted system files because the store (source) is corrupted, t
hen run the SFC command again.
Used to fix Windows component store corruption when the same Windows Updates con
tinue to appear to be available to install even though they already show success
fully 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-corruptio
n-windows-8-a.html
"
v2.1.1
New feature added to the program (Possible speed increase as well). Under the se
ttings tab in the main window of the program you can now set the window state an
d priority of the cmd.exe. The program uses bat files to run the repairs which g
oes 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 runn
ing 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 Win
dows.
Added a checkbox to give the user an option to not have the program check for up
dates at startup. While I didn't have this before as it is extremely important t
o 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 acc
ess the site to see what the current version is. So now the user can turn that o
ff.
v2.0.1
Fixed bug where the /silent command didn't work. The bug was when you used /sile
nt 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 s
ee 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 e
xe, 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 e
rrors. 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 of
f and wanting to update the window while it was closing down, thus the loop. Thi
s 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 tim

e to add a new feature I came up with. In the steps before the repairs, Step 2 a
sks 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. S
o 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 c
md.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 c
ase 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 repa
ir 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 nam
es and also to skip folders and files with symbolic links so it doesn't get stuc
k 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 sometime
s 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 section
s of the registry that doesn't effect the app store.
Repair Windows Firewall has been updated to use subinacl.exe to set the reg perm
issions 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 delet
e orphaned SIDs and no longer follows symbolic links, keeping it from getting st
uck in an infinite loop.
Updated the Repair Important Services to apply reg permissions to the service se
ction in the registry (In case the reg permissions repair was skipped, and for u
sers on Windows 8 who can't user the reg permissions repair because of the Windo
ws App store.) and also to remove symbolic links from the Windows defender folde
r 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 f
older. 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 advan
ced users. The program doesn't not use this file, so changing it will have no ef
fect 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 messag
e 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 s
ystem 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 sc


an right from the program. This will now help make things a little easier for no
vice users and is a few less steps that my fellow techs need to do. When you sta
rt 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 (Wi
ndows 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.t
xt 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 f
ile 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 t
o move this last since other repairs that restore services put them back to thei
r 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 t
o rename the pending.xml file. On vista and 7 this would cause the "installing u
pdate step 3 of 3" screen to never go away at boot up. By simply renaming the pe
nding.xml file fixed this. Even though this was already part of the repair, if t
he 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 attr
ibutes 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 re
name that file during the repair it will get rename at the next system boot. Hop
efully 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 n
ew 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 n
ow extract the static IP info, run the repair and then put the static IP info ba
ck.
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 helpin
g a user in the forum they had a virus completely delete the shard access servic
e key, including all rules. When the shared access was put back the firewall wor
ked but he was unable to share any files. This is because there is some core thi
ngs that have to be in the firewall rules in order to work. I have now added tho
se 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 tha
t 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 "P
rogram" 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. T
he fix is to just make sure that the path is started and ended with quotation ma
rks. I have updated all 250 locations in the program to make sure the log path h
as the quotation marks. This bug is now fixed.
v1.9.8
Changed the "Set Windows Services To Default Startup" repair to pull the service
s 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 rep
airs 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 f
iles.
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 ser
vices 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 settin
gs 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 cha
nged 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 f
or Administrators). These two repairs will now work on non English systems. As a
n 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 ba
ck 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 ma
de 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 Permissi
ons 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 onl
y 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 p
ermissions 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 certa
in keys under hkey local machine the app store will refuse to install apps and g
ive the error code 0x8007064a. Until I can find out what keys the app store does
n'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. Th
is 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 sy
stem resources for the reg and file permissions repair. On these systems after t
hose 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 W
indows will use. Both repairs will now apply those two reg keys. Not only will t
his fix the resources being used up but should also fix any other program that r
uns out of resources. A reg file for these two tweaks are in the files folder wi
th 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 noti
ced something odd. Some parts of the repairs work when run under the current use
r 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 registeri
ng files. Here is an example registering the file blb_ps.dll under the user acco
unt works while trying to register it under the system account fails, and this o
nly 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 agai
n under the system account. This should handle any odd permissions between the t
wo 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 t
he 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 servic
es 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 j
ust 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 repa
irs 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 bein
g 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 key
s 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 i
n 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 vis
ta or newer.
Updated the "Repair CD/DVD Missing/Not Working" to see if iTunes is running (Loo
ks 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 set
ting used for importing CD are missing". More info here http://support.apple.com
/kb/TS2372?viewlocale=en_US
Multiple code improvements.
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 inf

o. 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 p
ath 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, M
PSSVC and WSCSVC services. Before it only put back the shared access service. Wh
ich in XP is all the firewall needed. But in Vista and 7 it required more servic
es. 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 th
e repairs. Nearly all users that I have talk to, and myself included always choo
se custom anyways. No need for these other options and they have been removed. S
hould 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 s
omething opens behind the window and the user needs to get to it they can now mi
nimize 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 ve
rsion of Windows. While the WMI works great on XP, Vista and 7 it didn't work co
rrectly 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 o
f 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 progr
am would close any cmd.exe window before running the repairs. This of course def
eated the purpose of running through a script. So I have changed the way the pro
gram 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 fil
e, 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 windo
w belongs to the windows repair :-)
The program will now save any errors from the repairs into a txt file on the Win
dows 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 does
n'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 emp
ty 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 gu
arantees 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 re

pairs.
I have the repair window resized to 750 x 550 pixels (Now bigger than before). T
his is the max size to fit on the screen in safe mode which is normally 800 x 60
0.
v1.6.4
Add ERUNT Registry backup tools. This is another option to backup the system reg
istry 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:\Progr
amData\Application Data". Normally with this folder you would get an access deni
ed. After you ran the reset file permissions repair you could access it. The sid
e effect was that this folder points back to the C:\ProgramData folder. So it ma
de 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 den
y permissions on all the folders that are supposed to be blocked. This stops tha
t 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 op
tions 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 se
lf. Will even reboot when done if set in the settings. (Perfect option for my fe
llow network admins) :-)
Small code changes.
v1.6.1
Added new repair "Repair Missing Start Menu Icons Removed By Infections" This re
pair will put back the missing icons in the start menu, quick launch, and deskto
p 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 "Rem
ove 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 f
ile and with regedit would run but the changes wouldn't take. The fix was to hav
e those repairs run as the logged in account. Still scratching my head on that o
ne, but at least now they work again :-D
Bug Fix: The repair windows firewall wasn't running all the repairs needed for i
t. 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 bu
g where if the file permissions are changed in the user profile then Windows thi
nks the file is shared when it isn't and you get a shared icon on it. More infor
mation 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 s
tart= auto" in the windows services repair.

v1.5.6
The "Remove Policies Set By Infections" repair wasn't working properly. The comm
ands 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 corre
ctly :-)
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 wo
rk. To fix this I have added "set path=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%Syste
mRoot%\System32\Wbem" to all the repairs. Now on users systems with a corrupt "p
ath" variable the repairs will still work properly :-)
v1.5.3
Changed 4 service defaults from manual to auto in the set services to default st
artup repair. Media Center Receiver Service, Media Center Scheduler Service, Win
dows Media Center Service Launcher and Windows Media Player Network Sharing Serv
ice.
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 in
stead of manual.
v1.5.0
Added a new repair "Set Windows Services To Default Startup". (Currently 194 ser
vices) This will set the Windows services to their default startup state. Specia
l thanks to http://www.blackviper.com/ for having all the default information ha
ndy. This will set the services startup by the "sc config" command and not by th
e 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 neede
d. The setup has been updated and I made this new version so people who download
ed 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 growin
g 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 progr
am to crash. The program then used the default old ugly buttons. I have made a n
ew button control and updated the buttons so they look better, and it doesn't ca
use the program to crash like the old ones.
Program now asks the user if they want to create a restore point before doing re
pairs 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 th

ey 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 re
gistered" when trying to open a .mmc file. Such as Task scheduler, Device Manage
r, 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 fi
t 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 you
r 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 wou
ldn't move forward till the WMI tester was closed. Most users didn't know to clo
se this. I have made the program now look for and close the WMI tester if it pop
s up during the WMI repair.
v1.1.1
Remove some files from the Register System Files repair. While this repair worke
d great on a lot of some systems on a few ones it would create more problems. Th
e 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 en
abled 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. I
t 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 smalle
r 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
First Release

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