Performed a lot of work to improve deleting stubborn files/directories and registry keys/values in various functions, part of which has to do with the next item. Vastly improved internal d7x functionality to take ownership of files and registry keys/values, and taking ownership of files and registry keys/values. Updated “Extensions – Action\Take Ownership/Permissions” shell extension to use faster internal d7x functionality before resorting to subinacl.exe. Replaced all functionality involving (the d7II based) FileHandler.exe with internal d7x.exe...
Updated KillEmAll to fix issues with not recognizing when it actually terminated a process. KillEmAll no longer attempts (and fails) to terminate a few Windows Defender processes. Several other minor issues under the hood were addressed.
More new tweaks, making over 40 tweaks added for Windows 10 in the December, 2020 updates. Most notable additions with this release involve the Taskbar icons for Cortana, Task View, and the Search Box/Icon. System Info tab (top-ish center, just below “Last d7x Run:”) now displays the last maintenance ran by dSupportSuite if it has ever been ran by an installed version of dSupportSuite; hovering your mouse over it will show you the installed version...
Added more cached wallpaper locations/files and the account pictures paths (both from AppData\Roaming) to DataGrab backup for each user account. Added start menu export to XML when DataGrab is backing up the currently running OS. Great for reference. Added the ability to force-update Malware Search Tool definitions even when d7x thinks there isn’t an update available. Also updated Malware Search Tool definitions with this release, so be sure to check for updates within the tool...
Fixed: When installing dSupportSuite included with d7x, the maintenance and other scheduled tasks weren’t being created properly unless you ran the “Set Client Details” prompt. This has been fixed. New: Various descriptions on the various new tweaks we’ve added (over 30 this month, most recently including the ability to set default or entirely blank the start menu and taskbar, removing all pinned items with optional exceptions.) Also dSupportSuite has been updated to v20.12.14 as well,...
Over 30 new tweaks! 26 new tweaks are for Performance, found on the new Tweaks > Performance tab of course! More tweaks added in v20.12.8.x through v20.12.12.x, including setting light/dark mode for Windows system and apps, setting the desktop wallpaper, and more! v20.12.9.x also brings more hover descriptions for the various tweaks, and the ability to set Windows default values for all tweak settings (click the Start Auto Mode button on the tweaks tab for...
Fixed the “Wireless Passwords” function on the Audit/Diagnose tab, so your WirelessKeys.txt properly appears in the Reports tab. Changed behavior of custom app chains to run even when not in auto mode. Updated custom app process to differentiate between Downloading, Installing, and Running a custom app in the lower status bar.
Added repair “Re-register Start Menu for All Users” to repair certain issues with the Windows 10 start menu. Added tweak to uninstall the built-in OneDrive on current builds of Windows 10 (with undo/install.) Several minor improvements to the KillEmAll > Remove Programs tab, like automatically checking blacklisted items and displaying a “please wait” status box when gathering program data. Some dialog boxes from KillEmAll displayed with grayed out buttons even though they worked as expected;...
New Custom App option to delete files/directories in the Post-Execution section. This uses KillEmAll style rule variables. This is used in the new ESET Smart Installer custom app to remove the desktop shortcut left behind by running the portable app. The tweak “Remove ‘3D Objects’ from ‘This PC'” under Tweaks > Interface/Explorer was not auto-detecting when applied; fixed. Misc minor tweaks and fixes.
Just incase you missed the last year of updates, I’ve put together a short-ish video with a few of the highlights. Click here for the details and all release notes.
