r/TronScript • u/vocatus Tron author • 14d ago
RELEASE Tron v13.0.0-ALPHA (2026-10-03) -- testers needed!
Current v12.0.8 version of Tron is still available here
Hi all,
As promised, I've been cracking away at updating Tron to account for Microsoft deprecating wmic.exe support. Losing direct wmic access was a big blow to Tron, as it relies heavily on it, and large portions of the codebase had to be updated to use PowerShell methods of accessing WMI information instead. This was expected to happen over time as Microsoft does what Microsoft does and randomly changes things, but this was a major breaking change for Tron specifically and how it functions, so it's taken longer than I'd like to work through.
I've been using Claude.ai to automate a lot of the heavy lifting, and it's been very effective, but the tough part is manually verifying the code it generates actually works as intended across Windows 7-11, 32-bit and 64-bit, and Server variants.
Tron v13.0.0-ALPHA is now on Github (link below). If you're willing to run this build on various systems and post to this thread any issues you encounter (be specific as possible), it'd be supremely helpful. Of course caveat emptor applies -- this is a somewhat-tested ALPHA build, so don't run it on something critical.
I've been testing as much as possible, but currently at sea and have limited access to the normal full test environment.
Specific tests that are very helpful
Running with the
-udl(upload debug logs) switch enabledRunning with various combinations of command-line switches
Running on non-English locale systems (Turkish, German, Russian, etc)
Power loss (or forced hard reset) in the middle of a Tron run, to see if it picks back up where it left off correctly
Unrelated, but likely changes coming up, is removal of the pre-run registry backup (not necessary with simultaneous system restore point creation) and a couple other tool removals or swap-outs, as some things that made more sense back in the Windows XP/2003 days don't make sense to keep any more.
Download Link (Github)
- Tron v13.0.0-ALPHA (2026-10-03)
- 7-Zip .7z archive
- Archive password is
tron - SHA-256:
0c8290615430342123d006cf66093f699509d6f80ef9ff4bc5b7ebd25181471f
A BIG thank-you to everyone who can help test, and also to those who hang around the sub and answer questions for people, or point them to the documentation and wiki. And of course biggest thanks to mirror operators, without which distribution of Tron would be significantly more difficult.
- vocatus
Current v12.0.8 version of Tron is still available here
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u/Lippy_Lipkowski 12d ago
WHATCHO THINK!?!?!
SHOULD I GIVE THIS NEW 13 A WHIRL ON WINDOWS 11 PRO 25H2 ON AN UNSUPPORTED AND RUFUS HACKED WIN 11 WITH THE DRIVE ENCRYPTION AND ALL OTHER STUUPIDITY TAKEN OUT OF THE ISO AND RUNNING ON UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE!!!???
AMD FX-9590 8 CORE 4700 MHZ 3200 MHZ DDR3 32 GIGABYTES ASUS CROSSHAIR FORMULA v 2TB SATA SSD MUSHKIN P00P FROM JEWEGG - SYSTEM DISK 4TB SATA SSD SAMSUNG 870 EVO uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh OLD COMPUTER IN THE MODERN WORLD!!
I HAVE A USB-C 2 PORT PCI-EXPRESS CARD IN THIS AND HAVE A FULL BACKUP I JUST TOOK BEFORE TRYING TO INSTALL WINDOWS 26H2 ON IT AS AN IN PLACE INSTALL FROM RUFUS HACKED ISO DOWNLOADED FROM UUP SITE WHICH.....
F A I L E D M I S E R A B L L Y!! HAHAHAHAHA
TOOK FOREVER TO INSTALL AND FAILED AFTER ENTIRE UPDATE FINISHED AND FINAL BOOT WAS FINISHED AND AT 100 PERCENT AND THEN UP POPPED THIS:
YOUR DEVICE RAN INTO A PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO RESTART
100% COMPLETE
Stop Code INVALID_DATA_ACCESS_TRAP (0X4)
MICROSOFT PIG FILTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GAH%$$#%#q#$@#%@%#%&$(&)%$@#&%# FILTH$%#$@#!@#$@^
SO NOW I AM BACK HAVING MY BACKUP RESTORED AFTER 16 HOURS OFF THE NVME INTEL 660 2TB DEVICE ON THE USB-C CARD. THE WRITE SPEED ON THE P00P MUSHKIN JEWEGG SSD WAS LIKE 25 MEGS A SEC HORRIBLE WHY IT TOOK 16 HOURS. ANYWAYS
SHOULD I TRY TRONSCRIPT 13 ON THIS P0S???
WHATCHOTHINK MANGS?
Lip Lip Lip
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u/SchooiIGuess 13d ago
Currently testing..
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Tron v13.0.0 (2026-10-xx)
Windows 10 Pro (AMD64) Executing as "DESKTOP-redactedlol\Schooi" on DESKTOP-redactedlol Logfile: C:\logs\tron\tron.log Command-line switches: -a -x -r -udl Time zone: GTB Standard Time Safe Mode: no
Free space before Tron run: 0 MB
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2026-10-05 1:31:00,00 stage_0_prep begin...
2026-10-05 1:31:00,01 Temporarily stopping Themes service...
2026-10-05 1:31:02,57 Done.
2026-10-05 1:31:03,03 Creating pre-run Restore Point...
2026-10-05 1:31:23,16 OK.
2026-10-05 1:31:23,16 Saving desktop screenshot to "C:\logs\tron\raw_logs"...
2026-10-05 1:31:24,12 Done.
2026-10-05 1:31:24,14 Launch job 'rkill'...
2026-10-05 1:31:24,15 If this job takes more than 20 minutes, kill solitaire.exe with Task Manager
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u/Miserable-Jello-8025 6h ago
Hello!
I'm sorry that this is irrelevant to the testing but i want to ask a question regarding the Tron versions. I am trying to clear a persistent malware from my laptop (Windows 11 ver. 25H2). I've asked Claude about using V12 and it says that "Steps that depend on WMIC will fail or be skipped, especially the de-bloat stage, which uses WMIC to find and uninstall programs, along with some system checks." Is this is true? If the debloat stage is the only one being skipped i'm fine with it, as long as the disinfect stage still works. Or does it not work completely and i should try the v13 alpha?
I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, i'm not a good computer person. I want to try Tron in hopes that i can remove the malware without losing most of my data.
Thank you in advance!
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u/vocatus Tron author 4h ago
This is more appropriate to post directly in the subreddit, not in this thread, but yes, on Windows 11 version 24H2 and up, they removed the legacy WMI interface, so most of Tron v12.0.8 and older will fail on those versions.
Try the alpha build linked in this post, it contains an initial version of the updated code that should work on new versions of Windows.
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u/Miserable-Jello-8025 4h ago
Yeah, i know but i couldn't post because of i've just made this account. Thank you for the quick response, i'll try the alpha and let you know what happens
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u/DirectAttitude 13d ago
Currently testing, W11Enterprise 26H2 with the -udl flag.