PC Startup Master Version History

July 22, 2025

UI

• Added support for Russian, German, and Simplified Chinese languages in the user interface.
• Updated the Flat UI Framework library to version 2.1.597. This major release includes several enhancements to the user interface and various bug fixes designed to improve the overall user experience.
• Created a custom File Properties dialog box that displays security-related properties and attributes of startup programs.
• Improved sorting and highlighting options, which are now unique for different types of startup items.

Misc.

• The code base was AI-optimized to achieve better performance and reliability.
• Added the function of automatically scanning the selected startup items using the currently installed AMSI-compatible anti-virus software.
• Speed up the digital signature validation and malware scanning of startup items' executables by caching that information in a database.
• Improved the speed of retrieving information about Windows services and scheduled tasks.
• Improved the launching of Microsoft Store apps when using the Run command.
• Improved and fixed issues the software licensing system.
• Updated the Feedback app.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue in the Startup Delayer that prevented it from respecting the custom properties applied to delayed startup programs.

September 01, 2024

UI

• Updated the Flat UI library to version 1.5.370, the new version brings several UI enhancements and bug fixes.
• Added the 'Acknowledgments' window to show the names of the software contributors and translators.
• Added French, Spanish, and Portuguese UI localization.

Startup Guard

• Improved the Startup Guard to help detect and revert changes made to the system startup configurations.

Misc.

• Improved the program search in the 'Select Program' window.
• Improved the ability to create startup programs for Microsoft Store apps.
• Improved the creation of system restore points.
• Improved the code used to launch programs.
• Improved the Debug Mode.
• Improved the software licensing system.
• Improved the Machine ID generation by the License Manager to make it more resistant to hardware changes.
• License Manager can now show verbose error messages when the Debug Mode is enabled.
• Fixed several issues related to creating new startup programs.
• Fixed an unhandled exception caused by the method used to get the OS name.
• Several reliability changes and bug fixes.

December 31, 2023

UI

• The user interface was rebuilt from the ground up to enhance the user experience and support newer Windows versions.
• The user interface was updated to support both light and dark modes.
• Added support for UI accent colors (More colors will be available in the next releases).
• Added the ability to switch between different startup locations directly from the main window.
• Improved the Startup Item details pane to show more startup item information.
• Improved the sorting of startup items.
• Improved the startup items search UI.

Startup Guard

• Added the ability to monitor Windows services and scheduled tasks.
• Improved the restoration of default startup configurations when startup changes are detected.
• Improved the Startup Guard notifications.
• Improved the Startup Guard Log.

Misc.

• Added support for additional startup locations.
• Added the ability to verify the digital signature of startup items.
• Improved the code used to implement the delayed startup functionality.
• Added the ability to register new Windows services.
• Added support for Microsoft Store apps.
• Added support for Windows 10 and 11 startup apps implementation.
• Added an option to create system restore points.
• Added an option to enable the automatic installation of app updates.
• Added support for PC Startup Master Pro trial so that users can test the Pro edition features before making a purchase.
• Added the Debug Mode that helps diagnose PC Startup Master issues.
• Added an option to automatically submit error reports to Smart PC Utilities.
• Improved the batch management of startup items.
• Improved the performance of listing Windows services and scheduled tasks.
• Improved the editing of startup programs.
• Improved the software licensing model to make it more reliable.
• Updated the feedback module.
• Several reliability changes and bug fixes.
• Fixed an issue that prevented PC Startup Master from running at Windows startup when the UAC is enabled.

• Improved Microsoft Windows 64-bit support.

• Minor user interface enhancements.
• Improved startup items search.
• Improved the detection of startup items target.
• Fixed several bugs in Startup Guard.
• Fixed minor bugs.

• PC Startup Master now targets the Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5.2
• Major performance improvements.
• Major user interface enhancements with high DPI support.
• Added the ability to manage and optimize Windows services.
• Added the ability to manage and optimize Windows scheduled tasks.
• Added the ability to search startup items.
• Added the Feedback module to allow users to send feedback and error reports.
• Added the ability to highlight startup items.
• Added the ability to check for updates on application startup.
• Added the ability to customize startup columns.
• Added the ability to retrieve the running status of startup items.
• Added the functionality of caching startup items information.
• Added the ability to undo the deletion of startup items in Startup Guard.
• Improved the sorting of startup items.
• Improved startup items listing by organizing them into groups.
• Improved the online search for startup items information.
• Improved the ability to export startup items.
• Improved Startup Delayer to allow advanced customization of delayed startup items.
• Improved the adding and editing of startup items with a new user interface design.
• Improved Startup Guard notifications.
• Improved logging in Startup Guard.
• Improved support for Windows 64-bit.
• Fixed several bugs in Startup Guard.
• Fixed a bug of not displaying the startup items icon in Windows 64-bit.