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What Changed v1.07

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013

WhatChanged is a simple utility that searches for modified files and registry entries before and after a computer event.

  1. Take a snapshot
  2. Install/uninstall program, execute script, etc.
  3. Compare what changed since step 1.
The program can optionally scan whole drives or just sections of the registry.

Category:
System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download whatchanged.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.
What's new?


V1.07 includes performance enhancements. It also has some minor changes to the interface, including a new progress bar (only used during step #2 - compare snapshot).



* Version 1.06, typical system scan: 04:15

* Version 1.07, typical system scan: 03:35 (15% speed improvement)
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billybob on 2010-07-12 09:24

To previous commenters: if you take a snapshot of the entire PC (every file, all registry keys, etc), and then, many days later, you want a report of everything that changed, then naturally temporary files must be created to persistently track the changes from the original snapshot. This app is not meant to be "ultra-small-USB-stick" portable. Not sure what kind of alternative would be possible. Also, if you want to see all changes, and there were 90,000+ new reg keys, it's not the fault of WhatChanged that there is so much output (Richard is right about this). You can choose to view the output in whatever program you want (and Firefox is not a giant text database viewer).

Ant Bil on 2010-07-13 06:21

Link doesn't work. Do you have alternatives links???

I am Baas on 2010-12-31 01:41

@Earl
You are either stupid or a spammer (probably both).

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CleanAfterMe v1.37

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013

CleanAfterMe allows you to easily clean files and registry entries automatically created by Windows during regular computer activity. You can clean the cookies/history/cache/passwords of Internet Explorer, the 'Recent' folder, the last opened files, temporary Windows folders, the event logs, the Recycle Bin etc.

The program includes an optional basic wipe of deleted files for extra security.

Category:
System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CleanAfterMe.exe.
What's new?
  • Removed the option to delete .eml cache files of Windows Live Mail. This option was good for HotMail and IMAP accounts, but for POP3 accounts, it might delete real email messages.
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NirSoft fan on 2008-12-14 05:25

From the app's version history:
Version 1.21 - Fixed bug: In some computers, when cleaning USB devices, the USB mouse/keyboard devices were also removed, and the user had to unplug and plug them again.

Indie on 2008-12-14 06:38

Thanks all.

After starting the system later during the day, it got logged in without asking for any password. Does it mean that the prog has got a copy of the pwd when enables an automatic log in considering the fact that some startup entries were removed and a new desktop startup entry was added (as per Spybot)?

webfork on 2010-10-05 18:31

I ran 3 other major cleaner programs here on the site (Bleechbit, CCleaner, and PureRA) and this program still found more to delete. If you're using an public computer, this seems to be THE program to run before you leave.

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RegistryViewer v1.3

Checker on 18 Aug 2012
  • 893KB (uncompressed)
  • Suggested by Ennovy

RegistryViewer can open raw Windows NT 5 Registry files (Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista). The file structure is showed similar to the Windows' own Registry editor. Folders, keys and values can be searched and the values can displayed in hexadecimal form. The Registry files can be opened per Drag & Drop and all Registry files (SYSTEM, SOFTWARE, SAM, NTUSER.DAT, SECURITY, USERDIFF and DEFAULT) are supported.

Category:
System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Administrator rights
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the RAR package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch RegView.exe.
What's new?
  • The selected key and its subkeys could be exported to a registry file (.reg), which is compatible with the Windows Registry Editor.
Latest comments
Jo on 2010-01-19 19:07

I haven't tried this yet but it looks to be essential for those times when you have to remove spyware and viruses from people's computers.

A lot of those pests look for regedit.exe being loaded into memory and promptly close it, making it very tricky to remove them. It's unlikely they'd look for this program.

Lyndon on 2010-01-20 22:31

Awesome program. I just wish it was able to write as well as read values.

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Registry Live Watch v1.0 New

Wolfghost on 5 Jun 2013

Registry Live Watch is a tool to monitor the activity of a registry key. The tool can run minimized on the system tray (notification area) and monitor a registry key (also sub keys and vlues) for any changes that might occur.

Category:
System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch rgm.exe.
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msnuser193 on 2009-12-26 20:39

Interesting, will try this. Has anyone tried this yet? Any feedback?

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Regshot v1.82

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013
  • 129KB (uncompressed)
  • Suggested by Crash

Regshot is a small registry compare utility that allows you to quickly take a snapshot of your registry and then compare it with a second one - done after doing system changes or installing a new software product. The changes report can be produced in text or HTML format and contains a list of all modifications that have taken place between the first and second snapshot. In addition, you can also specify folders (with subfolders) to be scanned for changes as well.

Category:
System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the source + binary ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch regshot.exe. Delete the src subfolder.
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I am Baas on 2011-12-26 06:31

Regshot 1.83 beta available

http://sourceforge.net/projects/regshot/files/regshot/1.8.3/

billon on 2013-02-27 04:54

V1.9.0 2013-02-02
! Testing purpose only (there may be some bugs left in it due to Unicode and x64 changes)
+ Add 64-Bit builds
+ Add Unicode builds with .hivu files (not compatible with ANSI .hiv files)
+ Structure of hive files enhanced, while keeping backwards compatibility for ANSI builds
+ Skip list checks now also against the single key/value/file name additionally to checking the complete path
+ Add a proper manifest file to enable UAC elevation
+ Symbol files released for all builds
! Add support for various compilers
! Various code cleanups
* New program icon (thanks to the PortableApps guys)
* All Regshot versions can be build via WDK

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