Messenger Reviver 2 version history

This is a full list of Messenger Reviver 2 versions:

May 19 2017 2.4.9
  • Farewell release of Messenger Reviver 2
May 17 2017 2.4.8.55
  • Support for Windows 10 16199
May 11 2017 2.4.8.54
  • Support for Windows 10 16193
May 9 2017 2.4.8.53
  • Support for Windows 10 update KB4019472 14393.1198
May 4 2017 2.4.8.52
  • Support for Windows 10 16188
Apr 28 2017 2.4.8.51
  • Support for Windows 10 16184
Apr 19 2017 2.4.8.50
  • Support for Windows 10 16179
Apr 14 2017 2.4.8.49
  • Support for Windows 10 16176
Apr 7 2017 2.4.8.48
  • Support for Windows 10 16170
Mar 20 2017 2.4.8.47
  • Support for Windows 10 15063
Mar 17 2017 2.4.8.46
  • Support for Windows 10 15061
Mar 16 2017 2.4.8.45
  • Support for Windows 10 15060
Mar 14 2017 2.4.8.44
  • Support for Windows 10 15058
Mar 14 2017 2.4.8.43
  • Support for Windows 10 update KB4013198 15086.839
Mar 10 2017 2.4.8.42
  • Support for Windows 10 15055
Mar 3 2017 2.4.8.41
  • Support for Windows 10 15048
Feb 28 2017 2.4.8.40
  • Support for Windows 10 15046
Feb 24 2017 2.4.8.39
  • Support for Windows 10 15042
Feb 8 2017 2.4.8.38
  • Support for Windows 10 15031
Feb 3 2017 2.4.8.37
  • Support for Windows 10 15025 x86
Feb 1 2017 2.4.8.36
  • Support for Windows 10 15025 x64
Jan 27 2017 2.4.8.35
  • Support for Windows 10 15019
Jan 19 2017 2.4.8.34
  • Support for Windows 10 15014
Jan 12 2017 2.4.8.33
  • Support for Windows 10 15007
Jan 9 2017 2.4.8.32
  • Support for Windows 10 15002
Dec 7 2016 2.4.8.31
  • Support for Windows 10 14986
Nov 29 2016 2.4.8.30
  • Support for Windows 10 update KB3201845 14393.479
Nov 17 2016 2.4.8.29
  • Support for Windows 10 14971
Nov 9 2016 2.4.8.28
  • Support for Windows 10 14965
Nov 8 2016 2.4.8.27
  • Support for Windows 10 update KB3200970 14393.447
  • Support for Windows 10 update KB3198586 10586.679
Nov 3 2016 2.4.8.26
  • Support for Windows 10 14959
Oct 25 2016 2.4.8.25
  • Support for Windows 10 14955
Oct 19 2016 2.4.8.24
  • Support for Windows 10 14951
Oct 13 2016 2.4.8.23
  • Support for Windows 10 14946
Oct 11 2016 2.4.8.22
  • Support for Windows 10 10240.17146
Oct 7 2016 2.4.8.21
  • Support for Windows 10 14942
Sept 28 2016 2.4.8.20
  • Support for Windows 10 14936
Sept 21 2016 2.4.8.19
  • Support for Windows 10 14931
Sept 14 2016 2.4.8.18
  • Support for Windows 10 10240.17113
  • Support for Windows 10 10586.589
Sept 14 2016 2.4.8.17
  • Support for Windows 10 14926
Aug 31 2016 2.4.8.16
  • Support for Windows 10 14915
Aug 17 2016 2.4.8.15
  • Support for Windows 10 14905
Aug 12 2016 2.4.8.14
  • Support for Windows 10 14901
July 18 2016 2.4.8.13
  • Support for Windows 10 14393
July 15 2016 2.4.8.12
  • Support for Windows 10 14390
July 12 2016 2.4.8.11
  • Support for Windows 10 14388
July 9 2016 2.4.8.10
  • Support for Windows 10 14385
July 7 2016 2.4.8.9
  • Support for Windows 10 14383
June 30 2016 2.4.8.8
  • Support for Windows 10 14379
June 28 2016 2.4.8.7
  • Support for Windows 10 14376
June 23 2016 2.4.8.6
  • Support for Windows 10 14372
June 22 2016 2.4.8.5
  • Support for Windows 10 14371
June 16 2016 2.4.8.4
  • Support for Windows 10 14367
June 14 2016 2.4.8.3
  • Support for Windows 10 14366
June 8 2016 2.4.8.2
  • Support for Windows 10 14361
May 26 2016 2.4.8.1
  • Support for Windows 10 14352
May 10 2016 2.4.8.0
  • Support for Windows 10 14342
  • Starting to remove old 2009 code and user interface
Apr 26 2016 2.4.7.8
  • Support for Windows 10 14332
Apr 22 2016 2.4.7.7
  • Support for Windows 10 14328
Apr 6 2016 2.4.7.6
  • Support for Windows 10 14316
Mar 25 2016 2.4.7.5
  • Support for Windows 10 14295
Mar 17 2016 2.4.7.4
  • Support for Windows 10 14291
Mar 4 2016 2.4.7.3
  • Support for Windows 10 14279
Feb 24 2016 2.4.7.2
  • Support for Windows 10 14271
Feb 18 2016 2.4.7.1
  • Support for Windows 10 14267
Feb 12 2016 2.4.7.0
  • Patches Messenger to a new Messenger server host as the existing one was resulting in “can’t connect” (error 80072efd) messages in some locales
Feb 3 2016 2.4.6.4
  • Support for Windows 10 14257
Jan 27 2016 2.4.6.3
  • Support for Windows 10 10586.71
  • Support for Windows 10 14251
Jan 21 2016 2.4.6.2
  • Support for Windows 10 11102
Jan 13 2016 2.4.6.1
  • Support for Windows 10 11099
Dec 17 2015 2.4.6.0
  • Support for Windows 10 11082
Nov 5 2015 2.4.5.9
  • Support for Windows 10 10586
Oct 30 2015 2.4.5.8
  • Support for Windows 10 10576
Oct 18 2015 2.4.5.7
  • Support for Windows 10 10568 (64-bit only)
Oct 12 2015 2.4.5.6
  • Support for Windows 10 10565 (If you receive error code 81000306 after upgrading, press the Retry button)
Oct 3 2015 2.4.5.5
  • Support for Windows 10 10558 (64-bit only)
Oct 3 2015 2.4.5.4
  • Fix for Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB3093266 (was causing 8004882a/800488fe errors)
Sep 18 2015 2.4.5.3
  • Support for Windows 10 10547
Aug 27 2015 2.4.5.2
  • Support for Windows 10 10532
Aug 18 2015 2.4.5.1
  • Support for Windows 10 10525
Aug 10 2015 2.4.5.0
  • Fix for Windows 10 32-bit versions
  • Support for Windows 10 10162
  • Better Windows 10 detection
  • Better handling of pending reboots
Jul 29 2015 2.4.4.0
  • Fix for Windows 10 (10240) and the 8004882a error, workaround no longer needed
Mar 21 2015 2.4.3.0
  • Fixes for installing Messenger 2012 on 64-bit Vista and full Windows Server 2008 support
Mar 17 2015 2.4.2.0
  • Windows Vista support for installing/reviving Windows Live Messenger 2012 and the other 2012 Essentials
Mar 12 2015 2.4.1.0
  • Automatically brings up upgrade window if you don’t have 2012 installed
  • Installation of versions other than 2012 is disabled by default
Dec 20 2014 2.4.0.0
  • Patches Windows Live Messenger 2011 to use the correct Messenger servers
  • Patches Windows Messenger (all versions) to use the correct Messenger servers
  • New support for Windows Messenger 4.7.3000 (Windows XP SP2) and Windows Messenger 5.1.0715
  • Bug when detecting if Live Messenger 2008 has been re-revived fixed
  • Automatically enables TLS support (as now required for Messenger) if it has been turned off
Dec 5 2014 2.3.5.0
  • Patches Windows Live Messenger 2008 and Windows Live Messenger 2009 to force them to use the correct Messenger servers
  • Fixed a bug when upgrading to Messenger 2012 on Windows Server when the .NET Framework 3.x isn’t installed
Nov 13 2014 2.3.0.0
  • Fixes both Windows Live Messenger 2008 and Windows Live Messenger 2009 (solves error code 85ae0010 sign in issue)
Apr 16 2014 2.2.5.0
  • Support for new Messenger 2012 16.4.3528.0331
Feb 19 2014 2.2.4.0
  • Support for new Messenger 2012 16.4.3522.0110
Sept 09 2013 2.2.3.0
  • Messenger 2011/2012 has been blocked from being installed on Windows 8.1 due to a compatibility problem with Windows 8.1 I’ve yet been able to fix.
    (This version has been withdrawn as Microsoft has fixed the error in update KB2903939)
May 13 2013 2.2.2.0
  • Support for new Messenger 2012 16.4.3508.0205
May 07 2013 2.2.1.0
  • Changes to the detection of Messenger to allow weird modified Program
    Files folder configurations on 64-bit Windows
  • Fixed a rare crash that would happen on new Messenger installs on XP
May 04 2013 2.2.0.0
  • Now scans all running applications for Messenger file in use
  • Also supports patching the file and rebooting for the change to take effect
  • Added some code to avoid broken Windows Installers
Apr 25 2013 2.1.0.0
  • Added support for Windows Live Messenger 2008 (8.5.1302.1018)
  • More aggressive in shutting down services that might hold on to the file, hopefully should resolve some of the “waiting” issues
Apr 25 2013 2.0.1.0
  • Changed how XP clients work as Reviver was trying to patch Windows Messenger and required advanced settings to install Live Messenger again, it should now be automatic on XP
Apr 24 2013 2.0.0.1
  • Switching the self-extractor to Microsoft’s iexpress to solve some issues, this should prevent the application from not exiting when it’s done its work and hopefully better with security software
Apr 23 2013 2.0.0.0
  • First release of Messenger Reviver 2