WinPatrol v32.0.2014 From Ruiware Released!

[Corrine]

Through the combined efforts of Bill Pytlovany and Bret Lowry, version 32.0.2014 has been released. As WinPatrol fans know, Bill will be consulting with Bret in the transition.

An important take-away from the information provided on the update at WinPatrol v32.0 from Ruiware is the included notice of Bret's commitment to everyone using WinPatrol both that the free version will continue and also that purchases of WinPatrol PLUS continues to be a lifetime license.

New Start Menu and System Tray Icons

After considerable discussion about the changes to the Scotty system tray icon, the following changes have been made:

• The Scotty system tray icon now has Scotty on a green background.
• When a scan for changes is in progress, the icon will have a yellow background
• If a notification is generated, the icon will remain yellow until the change is accepted or rejected.
• The Blue Orb will be used by the installer, wpsetup.exe.

For anyone with a Start Menu, the tile icons will also change: WinPatrol(Green), WinPatrol Explorer(Blue), Uninstall(Purple) and Help(Yellow).

Pale Moon

The problem of detecting Pale Moon cookies on computers where Firefox was not installed has been corrected. If WinPatrol finds that Pale Moon has been installed it will include the Mozilla option for setting up cookie filters.

Safe Update Version Info

The Safe Update button will now include version information for security programs Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Microsoft Security Essentials when installed.

WinPatrol runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 systems, including x64 versions. Download WinPatrol 32.0.2014!

 

[Corrine]

From WinPatrol 2014 Upgrade Version 32.0.2014.5

WinPatrol v32.0.2014.5 July 20th, 2014


Thanks to the quick reports from our dedicated fans a new release is available that resolves some errors due to a change to a new default folder. Using a new tool from Ruiware for inspecting registry data and the cooperation of folks in the Landzdown Forum we tracked down some remaining failures in the Delayed Start program list.

Other reports from the first day of downloading indicated some files from the previous BillP Studios folder we not copied to the new folder as planned. In particular, the history.txt was not copied and is useful if a startup program needed to be restored.

To quote Bill at LandzDown:

It's been a long day but I need to let everyone know how grateful I am for help, patience and guidance. The posts we've read along with Bret's tool to inspect the data has been critical in finding problems with the initial release of version 32 quickly.

You'll find a new version 32.0.20124.5* which has a number of changes that will stablize the Delayed Start list.
I also thought I had considered the impact of having a new default folder but some of our thoughts were not implemented. I can't say for sure if the new version will include everything we wanted for folks who have installed 32.0.2014.5 but for new downloads, it will correctly copy any previous data in the BillP folder to the Ruiware folder.
If you still have the BillP Studios folder, you can manually copy the history.txt file to the Ruiware* folder. If you noticed any subfolders copy those as well.

Special thanks to Corine and the Landzdown folks for convincing me this was the place to have a WinPatrol Forum.

Thanks again,
Bill

WinPatrol Help & Information

*Version and typo in quote corrected by Corrine

 

[Corrine]

Because there are WinPatrol users who want the classic Scotty icon, Blue Orb, or another icon in the system tray, Bret and Bill provided information on how to change the green system tray icon. For those who want to make the change, I compiled the information from the discussion topic here to a set of instructions, which can be found at How to Change Scotty's System Tray Icon.