PT and RSPro directory sharing ...


jv, just FYI,


As follows, it is possible to share directories across products (and I do):

  • 1. RegSupreme and RegSupreme Pro (1.4.0.x versions)
  • * -- no directories can be shared

    * -- registry backups are upward compatible, and can be copied into the shared PT Backups folder

2. PT2004 (v 1.4.1.248)

  • * -- no directories can be shared

    * -- registry backups are almost compatible; they can be put into the shared PT Backups folder after some creative editing

3. PT2005 (1.5.1.307)

  • * -- Backups, Cache, Settings, Snapshots, and Tasks can be shared

    * -- Snapshots can not be used since Registry Monitor is not upward compatible

    * -- Registry Cleaner RegCleaner.dat except for Quick select is compatible with PT2006, but not with any 1.7 version

    * -- this can easily be controlled with saved Preferences

    * -- other settings (for tools I use) appear to be upward compatible through 1.7 versions

    * -- actually making changes with tools other than Registry Cleaner requires extra discretion

4. PT2006 (1.5.2.350)

  • * -- Backups, Cache, Settings, Snapshots, and Tasks can be shared

    * -- Registry Cleaner RegCleaner.dat except for Quick select is compatible with PT2005, but not with any 1.7 version

    * -- this can easily be controlled with saved Preferences

    * -- other settings (for tools I use) appear to be upward compatible through 1.7 versions

    * -- actually making changes with tools other than Registry Cleaner requires some discretion

5. PT2007 (v 1.7.0.411)

  • * -- Backups, Cache, Settings, Snapshots, and Tasks can be shared

    * -- Registry Cleaner RegCleaner.dat is not backward compatible

    * -- this can easily be controlled with saved Preferences

    * -- other settings (for tools I use) appear to be downward compatible through PT2005

6. RegSupreme Pro (v 1.7.0.409)

  • * -- Backups, Cache, Settings, Snapshots, and Tasks can be shared

    * -- of course RegSupreme Pro does not use Snapshots, and Tasks

    * -- otherwise, for its subset of tools, it appears to be 100% compatible with PT2007 (v 1.7.0.411)

7. Disclaimers:

  • * -- some tools I seldom use

    * -- some .dat files in the shared Settings folder seem to contain unnecessary settings

    * -- no doubt much of that is due to my sharing the Settings folder through releases

    * -- it seems to do no harm (no significant effect on the way the tools operate across versions, except as noted above)

    * -- using prior versions undoes some cosmetic/convenience improvements (e.g., remembering column widths)

    * -- these are easily recovered just by using the tools, and I only go back when there's a reason (see 8 ) …

8. Why do all this in the first place?

  • * -- to support answers in the Forums

    * -- to enable comparisons in results for new releases

    * -- to occasionally use features no longer present in current releases

9. The tool settings compatibility is really quite amazing -- great job!