Questions RE: UCheck Portable v5.3.0.0 (rel. 16-Feb-2024)

[lmacri]

The change log at https://www.adlice.com/docs/ucheck/release-notes/changelog/ for the latest UCheck v5.3.0 (rel. 16-Feb-2024) states in part:

     - Consolidated Tech portable available features
     - Added "fully portable" feature, if not installed will work from a current dir's subdir

After updating to UCheck Free Portable v5.3.0.0 (located on a removable USB stick at E:\Portable\Ucheck 5_3_0) I discovered that all my custom settings had disappeared, including the path where my portable apps are located (History & Settings | Custom Locations) as well as my program exclusions (History & Settings | Exclusions). I re-created my custom settings and it appears that those settings are now stored in a new subfolder called \UCheck (see attached images).

Question 1: Will the Portable builds of UCheck v5.3.0.0 and higher run correctly if I manually delete the hard drive files (C:\Program Data\UCheck) and registry entries (e.g., Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adlice Software\UCheck and Computer\HKEY_USERS\<my user ID>\SOFTWARE\Adlice Software\UCheck) created by previous Portable and BETA builds of UCheck?

Question 2:  If my UCheck Portable executable (UCheck_portable64.exe) is moved to a different folder on my USB stick do I have to copy and paste the entire contents of the E:\Portable\UCheck 5_3_0\UCheck subfolder to that new location in order to retain my configuration settings and exclusions?
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Dell Inspiron 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.4046 * Firefox v122.0.1 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.23110.3-1.1.24010.10 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.6.8.311-1.0.2259 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783 * UCheck Free Portable v5.3.0.0 * QuickInstaller (Preview) v0.3.8787.28825

[justus.addiss]

I have the same issue - when running 5.3.0.0 portable (I do not that it installed) for the 1st time, all my setting were gone and I had to re-validate my license. Running it a second time was fine, so resetting all the setting and revalidating appears to be a one-time issue.

[lmacri]

...I re-created my custom settings and it appears that those settings are now stored in a new subfolder called \UCheck (see attached images).

Hi @Curson:

Further to the questions I asked in my original 17-Feb-2024 post, can Adlice provide guidance to UCheck Portable v5.3.x users on how to clean up the remnants of previous UCheck Portable versions?

If they don't want to tell us what orphaned remnants of older versions of UCheck Portable v5.2.x and earlier we can safely remove, could they at least tell us if there are any registry or folders (e.g., C:\Program Data\UCheck) that we must keep to ensure that UCheck Portable v5.3.x runs correctly?

Phrased another way, the first time I ran UCheck Free Portable v5.3.0 from the E:\Portable\UCheck 5_3_0 folder of my removable USB stick it created a new subfolder at E:\Portable\UCheck 5_3_0\UCheck as shown in the attached images.  Is this \UCheck subfolder now the only location where custom configuration settings, debug logs, etc. are now stored for UCheck Portable v5.3.x?

If I want to run UCheck Portable v5.3.x or higher from a different folder do I have to copy and paste the entire \UCheck subfolder into the new location of my UCheck_portable64.exe executable in order to preserve my custom configuration settings?
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Dell Inspiron 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.4046 * Firefox v123.0.0 * MS Edge v122.0.2365.52 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.23110.3-1.1.24010.10 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.6.9.314-1.0.2276 * UCheck Free Portable v5.3.0.0 * QuickInstaller (Preview) v0.3.8787.28825

[Curson]

Hi lmacri,

Further to the questions I asked in my original 17-Feb-2024 post, can Adlice provide guidance to UCheck Portable v5.3.x users on how to clean up the remnants of previous UCheck Portable versions?

I will ask Tigzy and get back to you as soon as possible.

Regards.