HiveSweeper v1.7.1

HiveSweeper v1.7.1

What's new

App dependencies: Store apps and every user

• Store and packaged apps now appear in App dependencies, with the framework packages each one needs, in both directions.
• Removing a Store package warns when another installed package still needs it, and removal scripts leave it in place on any device where something still needs it (shown as "skipped" in the summary).
• The device check in removal scripts now looks at every user profile, not only the machine: signed-in users always, and signed-out users when the script runs as administrator or SYSTEM.
• Uninstalls of per-user apps are checked too; a skip names the user.

Small fix

• Installed apps' status line now points to App dependencies.

Install

Download HiveSweeper.exe below and run it (Windows 10 / 11). It is code-signed by Embermont Ltd.

SHA-256: db76a42ce9ecaa11c82f0337fd9c4850ed02db692c6702870485f2629c7c4cfa

HiveSweeper v1.7.0

HiveSweeper v1.7.0

What's new

New: App dependencies (under Applications)

• See which installed apps need which, and the evidence for it: shared files they load, installer records, the .NET runtime they ask for, and services that depend on each other.
• Installed apps shows how many apps need each one (NEEDED BY).
• An uninstall added to Steps warns when something on this PC still needs the app.
• Removal scripts check each device before uninstalling, and leave the app in place wherever something still needs it (shown as "skipped" in the summary).

Easier to get around

• An app's footprint page has a "Back to Installed apps" button, and clicking the highlighted menu entry goes back to its page.

Install

Download HiveSweeper.exe below and run it (Windows 10 / 11). It is code-signed by Embermont Ltd.

SHA-256: 0ec4585dfd9e7344d92210435187006445458000fe4ab31417054b03e78d601a

HiveSweeper v1.6.2

HiveSweeper v1.6.2

What's new

• File details: the unpack-commands and "Watch while it installs" sections have been removed.

Install

Download HiveSweeper.exe below and run it (Windows 10 / 11). It is code-signed by Embermont Ltd.

SHA-256: 7e124b72a9321e44a92405f6dde961d7d53fdf2ec8da291f1c333ef434958590

HiveSweeper v1.6.1

HiveSweeper v1.6.1

What's new

• File details no longer runs installers or commands: the unpack commands are copy-only, and "Watch while it installs" only watches - start the installer yourself.
• Folders for extracted files are named using safe characters only.

Install

Download HiveSweeper.exe below and run it (Windows 10 / 11). It is code-signed by Embermont Ltd.

SHA-256: 7c3522fc65385262e69b9c12fa02f3a27bfde1e8c80aa50adb8f96af76a54de8

HiveSweeper v1.6.0

HiveSweeper v1.6.0

What's new

New: Windows updates (This PC)

• Patches, update history, failures with their error codes, and whether a restart is still needed to finish an update (including a staged Windows upgrade).
• For each install session, what changed: the Windows build before and after, servicing packages, drivers, services added, apps, and errors that first appeared after the restart that finished it. Removed updates are shown too.
• Exact before / after: "Save baseline" before an update and "Compare with now" after it lists every registry setting and system file that changed, grouped by area (policies, services, system settings, files).

New: VPN (Intune & Config Mgr)

• Always On VPN device tunnel and user tunnel: profiles, server and protocol, connected or not, whether Always On has been switched off, certificates and their expiry, DNS routing rules, VPN services and recent connection failures with error codes. Home shows a VPN line on PCs that have VPN profiles.

New: getting the MSI out of an installer (File details)

• "Get the MSI / files" gives the command that unpacks an installer without installing it (MSI, WiX, Advanced Installer, InstallShield, 7-Zip), ready to copy or run.
• "Watch while it installs" starts an installer and lists the setup files it unpacks (such as Java's MSI), so they can be copied out before cancelling it.

New: Compliance (beta) (This PC)

• 14 checks across security, build standard and software, each with what was found, what was expected and how to fix it. The checklist can be tuned, loaded from a file or web address, or locked by policy.

Home

• The Software tile lists out-of-date apps, most behind first, with a High / Medium / Low label.
• New setting: check for app updates when HiveSweeper starts (off by default).

Fixes and safety

• Generated scripts: stronger quoting and safety guards; per-user uninstalls never become machine-wide.
• Works better on non-English Windows (scheduled tasks, power settings, proxy, log dates).
• Time limits on helper programs and WMI reads, so a stuck component can't hang the app.
• Safer CSV exports, atomic catalog saves, and more reliable Intune log reading.

Install

Download HiveSweeper.exe below and run it (Windows 10 / 11). It is code-signed by Embermont Ltd.

SHA-256: ec21ef99eccb8dbd9cd672a879150078c1bfc429b15cdc4752df82a3984e5278

HiveSweeper v1.5.0

HiveSweeper v1.5.0

What's new

• Pages open faster: once Home has read this PC, the other pages read their data quietly in the background, one at a time and at low priority, so they open already filled. It can be switched off in Settings > Application settings.
• PDF reports have a new look: a header, tidy tables, page numbers, and a summary that opens with the key facts and anything worth a look.
• Registry: the search box sits above the key tree and suggests key paths as you type, like the address bar in Registry Editor.
• Services, processes and scheduled tasks: the search box sits above each list.
• An app's overview (everything it left on the PC) now has a banner with the app's name, publisher, version and what was found.
• Easier-to-read banners: solid buttons and figures, and small text no longer sits on the pattern.
• Settings: a new Application settings section (winget, the daily Build catalog check, and where HiveSweeper keeps its data), HiveSweeper updates under About, and opening Settings clears the highlighted page on the left.

Install

Download HiveSweeper.exe below and run it (Windows 10 / 11). It is code-signed by Embermont Ltd.

SHA-256: e0ef8d7e5c9955da80d44ee20a68c8f50fbba3b2e8f77c9702dc156b5cdba3d6

HiveSweeper v1.4.0

HiveSweeper v1.4.0

What's new

• Settings is now a page: preview cards for every theme (with the colours found in your wallpaper when "Match wallpaper" is on), banner choices, updates and window options - each change applies straight away.
• New banner colour: choose Dark or Light banners in Settings. Both take their tint from your theme or wallpaper.
• The manufacturer's logo on Home is larger.
• Tidier text on the Intune, Configuration Manager and File details pages.

Install

Download HiveSweeper.exe below and run it (Windows 10 / 11). It is code-signed by Embermont Ltd.

SHA-256: dc554ffebb4271c6072964713807c9ad05be014b7f97e4fc9ac856bd8d62d329

HiveSweeper v1.3.0

HiveSweeper v1.3.0

What's new

• Every page now opens with a banner showing its key figures, with its main action up front - for example "Check for updates" on App updates, "Find" on Registry and "Export PDF" on Device.
• Two banner layouts, Classic and Illustrated, for Home and for the other pages: Settings > Home banner layout / Page banner layout.
• Home feels livelier: the gauges sweep in, memory updates live, and the health badges jump to what they refer to.
• Device details are shown as cards.
• Installed apps search now matches publishers as well as names (for example "Jagex" finds RuneScape).
• App updates can copy the upgrade command for every update at once.

Install

Download HiveSweeper.exe below and run it (Windows 10 / 11). It is code-signed by Embermont Ltd.

SHA-256: 0ec6c9e8367a77ceea74160788ffebf61f7bf4db6fa7bf63bda59ffecd596bca

HiveSweeper v1.2.0

HiveSweeper v1.2.0

What's new

• New Home page: this PC at a glance - a health verdict, security, storage, memory and network, and a short list of anything worth a look.
• New theme "Match wallpaper" (Settings > Theme): HiveSweeper takes its colours from your desktop wallpaper and follows it when it changes.
• Home shows the manufacturer's logo when Windows has one for this PC (can be turned off in Settings).
• Rounded labels are now drawn with clean, even ends.

Install

Download HiveSweeper.exe below and run it (Windows 10 / 11). It is code-signed by Embermont Ltd.

SHA-256: 8ef153962713de26af5f389adf0e8efb27539b054d28ec4b50eb6ab545d50a93

HiveSweeper v1.1.5

HiveSweeper v1.1.5

What's new

• Updates now install only when they carry Embermont Ltd's verified code signature, in addition to the existing integrity check.
• No other changes.

Install

Download HiveSweeper.exe below and run it (Windows 10 / 11). It is code-signed by Embermont Ltd.

SHA-256: 6f8bfaffffddc9fe08df0ccbf41863a224b311b9167b6ef0ef5e09d83df3f680