v6.1 [Nov 22, 2015]
Improved the 'Clean System Registry' tool. It now finds more invalids in the 'Thorough' mode.
GUI changes to account for HiDPI displays.
Fixed an issue while refreshing the 'Uninstall Manager' tool.
Minor GUI changes throughout; changed some animations.
Added 'scanning progress' to the 'Auto Start Manager' tool. Added a 'Stop' button to stop/cancel the scan.
Fixed a bug in the 'Fix Invalid Shortcuts' tool related to multiple user accounts.
Added progress of shortcuts scanned in the 'Fix Invalid Shortcuts' tool.
'Maintenance wizard' now has an automatic start setting (Options > Automate)
Fixed a bug in the 'Find Duplicate Files' tool 'Search Options' pane.
v6.0 [Aug 17, 2015]
Changes in v6.0.0 - Aug 25, 2015
Added Microsoft Edge browser support. Clears Cache, Cookies, Recently Typed URLs, Saved Form Information (while cleaning Internet Explorer).
'Clean System Registry' modified to be compatible with Windows 10.
Option to disable wipe skipping files on SSDs. Wipe files will not delete files on SSDs. Previously it deleted the files without wiping if on SSD.
Improved Firefox Local Storage cleaning, Session cleaning and password cleaning.
Improved Chrome Session cleaning and cache cleaning.
Improved Opera Cookie cleaning and Session cleaning.
Added and updated several plug-ins.
Fixed issues in Auto Start Manager related to checking invalid entries in Windows 10.
Fixed Auto Start Manager UI freeze on Windows 10 when selecting 'All'.
Fixed startup speed in Disk Analysis tool on some systems without a physical floppy drive, but that is still enabled in the BIOS.
Removed some themes previously provided for Ace Utilities UI.
Modified the Ace Utilities installer.
Modified the 'Registry Compactor' tool for Windows 10.
Added options in the installer to enable/disable some entries for Ace Utilities in the Windows Explorer context menu.
Added context menu option to open the folder of an item in 'Clean System Registry' tool.
'Registry Backup' (RegBak) is now compatible with Windows 10. Added option to backup the 'DRIVERS' hive.
Added 'Cancel' button in the 'Disk Analysis' scan progress window.
Fixed a crash in the 'Remove Junk Files' tool when the user stops scanning and closes the window.
The 'Remove Junk Files' tool will now show files only at the end of the scan. This results in a slight gain in speed and less chance for a user interface-freeze.
Added 'Mark one from each group' context menu for the 'Find duplicate folders' scan if the 'Include subfolders' option is also selected (on user request).
Added some High DPI themes for systems with font size set to more than 150 dpi.
Added a new progress bar style.
v5.9 [Jan 9, 2015]
'Erase Your History' tool now clears WebCache (Cache, History and Cookies) of Internet Explorer version 10 and above.
Improved the check for Internet Explorer running in the background before erasing history.
Internet browser history cleaning now supports Orbitum, Superbird, BlackHawk and Cyberfox browsers.
'Cookie Manager' now excludes some cookies of popular sites by default if no cookies are excluded by the user.
v5.5 [Sep 16, 2013]
Additions
- 'Import complete/Export complete' messages after importing and saving settings.
- Added an 'Analyze' feature in the 'Erase Your History' tool. Also, the results of the cleaning are now shown after the erase is complete.
- Compatible with Opera 15 and above
- Option to delete the cache and the cookies of Firefox, Opera and Chrome from all user accounts.
- Improved history cleaning for Chrome, Firefox and Opera.
- Firefox cookie cleaning now include HTML5 localstorage and HTML5 OfflineCache.
- Cookie Manager now shows Internet Explorer's cookies from all user accounts (if the corresponding option is set).
- Cookie Manager now shows Internet Explorer's DOMStore (HTML5 localstorage) and UserData.
- Cookie Manager now shows Flash cookies (LSO) from Internet Explorer and Chrome.
- Cookie Manager and 'Erase Your History' tool auto-detects installed Browsers.
- 'Erase Your History' now cleans Internet Explorer's FeedCache, DOMStore and UserData folders.
- Added more plugins including 'Microsoft Silverlight', DirectX.
- Added auto-detect button for 'Erase Your History' > 'Applications' page.
- 'Remove Junk Files' now finds files from other user's 'Temp' folders.
- Cleans Chromium based browsers Chrome Canary, SRWare Iron, CoolNovo, Comodo dragon, RockMelt and Yandex.
- Cleans Firefox based browsers SeaMonkey, Pale Moon, Waterfox and Comodo Icedrago.
- Cookie Manager shows Chrome's HTML5 localstorage. Deleting cookies will delete it.
- History cleaner deletes some sections from Chrome's 'Preferences' file that stores browsing history
- Added an option to delete Application compatibility history
- Modified 'Clean your Registry' > 'Sounds' scanning.
- Modified 'Cookie Manager' and 'Erase Your History' to be compatible with Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8.
- Added a status bar for 'Erase Your History'.
- Changed the 'plugin' format. Now a single file is used for all the built-in plugins. User created plugins have to be recreated with pluginmaker. These are now stored in custom.ini.
- Updated the 'PluginMaker' to allow the changes in the plugin format.
- Updated cleaning of the Apple Safari browser.
- Added a tool to delete 'System Restore Points'.
- Added an option to delete Internet Explorer 'saved passwords' in 'Erase Your History'.
- Added an option to delete the 'event logs' in 'Erase Your History'.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue in the 'Fix Invalid Shortcuts' related to multiple user accounts.
- Removed the 'Info' panel from 'Auto-start Manager'. Will add in a future release after updating the database.
- Registry Compactor is now built-in to Ace Utilities.
- Clean System Registry's 'location' column now shows the subkey too. There is no 'subkey' column now.
v5.2 [Mar 19, 2010]
- Registry Backup (RegBak, with 64-bit support) tool now included in setup and integrated into the interface.
- Added color themes.
- Improved 64-bit support for Disk Analysis (DA).
- Added more file types for grouping in DA.
- Added 'Last Modified' and 'Attribute' columns in DA.
- Added option to scan a specific folder (local/remote) in DA.
- To prevent application hang, Cookie Manager won't list or delete cookies when Firefox/Chrome browser is running.
- Added option to clean Microsoft Outlook's secure temp folder.
- Added 'usage history tracking' for the program.
- Added progress indicators for zipping/unzipping files to backup locations (Remove Junk Files, Find Duplicate Files).
- Performance improvement in scanning time (esp. 'Remove Junk Files').
- Minor GUI modifications.
- Updated built-in 'Ignore Lists'.
- Added option to compact Firefox's sqlite databases which will improve Firefox start-up.
- Added option to scan invalid Shared Folders entries in 'Clean System Registry'.
- Modified scanning of 'Invalid File Association' section of 'Clean System Registry'.
- Modified the way results are shown by 'Auto-Start Manager > Verify'. Results are now shown in the list itself.
- Updated startup.dat.
- Backup files are now named in chronological date order.
- Rephrased some dialog texts.
- Improved scheduled maintenance (added option to run at user login). Moved Scheduled maintenance to 'Options'.
- Program now uses system colors wherever possible.
- Revamped toolbar and icons for various tools.
- Added keyboard shortcuts for various actions.
- Added tooltips for various buttons.
- Changed Ace Utilities application icon.
- Updated nearly 30 plug-ins.
- Removed old background style from Options > View.
- Added an option to use system title bar and window border.
- Only one System restore point will be created each day ('Clean System Registry').
- Changed the progress bar style for various scanning actions.
v4.2 [Nov 30, 2008]
A bug fixed: Opera 'cache' location not being cleared while erasing Opera browser history.
