What's new in Free File Wiper 1.91
Oct 26, 2017
- Updated internal libraries code
- Some bugfix
- Fixed exe version number
New in Free File Wiper 1.90 (Feb 13, 2015)
- updated internal libraries code
- some bugfix
New in Free File Wiper 1.80 (Nov 6, 2014)
- added a new registration method: SMS. Useful if you don't have a credit card or PayPal
- (fixed) on some systems the systray icon is not visible after Windows logon (common Windows problem...)
- new error reporting system engine
- various code fix
- updated internal libraries code
New in Free File Wiper 1.76 (Mar 29, 2014)
- updated registration library code
New in Free File Wiper 1.75 (Mar 13, 2014)
- added a new registration method: download a temporary license code!
- removed third bundle software
- updated internal libraries code
New in Free File Wiper 1.70 (Feb 5, 2014)
- added a skip button in the bundle pre-installation message: the third party software installation can be easily skipped
- fixed the random generator code
- various fix and code updates
New in Free File Wiper 1.62 (May 27, 2013)
- updated the software installer
New in Free File Wiper 1.61 (May 16, 2013)
- (fixed) software updater may fails to update the exe
- (fixed) sometimes the bundle installer does not detect correctly the end of a successful installation
- updated the software installer
New in Free File Wiper 1.60 (May 11, 2013)
- added a progress bar which show the global wiping progress
- added a new registration method: now the software can be registered by installing a third party app. Useful for people that don't have PayPal.
- new software updater: the next new versions will be downloaded and installed without the need to unzip manually!
- when a new version is available, the list of latest changes is shown in the same window
- (fixed) on some systems the trashcan cannot be moved on a secondary display
New in Free File Wiper 1.50 (Nov 16, 2012)
- replaced systray progress tooltip with a progress window
- (fixed) on multi screen the alert window is visible on second monitor also when auto-confirm is enabled
- (fixed) closing software during wiping doesn't stop the erasing process
- (fixed) on some systems the check for new versions on startup may fail due to slow lan/wifi init (now it will retry for 5 minutes)
- internal module updates & fix
New in Free File Wiper 1.10 (Aug 27, 2012)
- added a new wipe option "None (only wipe filename, truncate data and delete file)". This is useful on SSD drives which overwriting is useless.
- fixed) if transparency is enabled a red border is visible
- fixed) if a second monitor is present (and have a higher resolution) and the option "start minimized" is active, the trashcan is always visible
- updated internal modules (net functions, core functions)
New in Free File Wiper 1.03 (Dec 23, 2011)
- added error handling on startup
- some minor fix
New in Free File Wiper 1.02 (Dec 14, 2011)
- added compatibility with My Startup Delayer (if the program is delayed, the option "autostart with Windows" is checked correctly)
- various fix
New in Free File Wiper 1.00 (Nov 30, 2011)
- updated the ini config module: fixed a bug (error message while reading/writing an empty ini file)
New in Free File Wiper 0.9 (Nov 21, 2011)
- added a new option: "lock window position"
- (fixed) trashcan cannot be moved on second monitor
- (fixed) double click instead of one click to show the trashcan when "start minimized" is selected
- reorganized the menu
- various code fix and optimizations
New in Free File Wiper 0.8 (Nov 15, 2011)
- updated the "new version check" module / md5 integrity test
New in Free File Wiper 0.7d (Oct 21, 2011)
- internal code updates for the new domain
New in Free File Wiper 0.7c (Oct 14, 2011)
- updated modules for the new hosting (0.7c)
- added "autostart with Windows" option
- the donate window will appear only one time per week
- updated internal modules
New in Free File Wiper 0.7b (Sep 30, 2011)
- added "autostart with Windows" option
- the donate window will appear only one time per week
- updated internal modules
New in Free File Wiper 0.7a (Sep 28, 2011)
- updated ini manager module (better error handling)
- updated internet module
- code cleanup
New in Free File Wiper 0.7 (Sep 12, 2011)
- shell integration! Now the files can be directly deleted using the explorer "send to" context menu! Just right click on a file (or directory) and select "Send to / Free File Wiper"
- while wiping a file the systray icon becomes red
- some fix
New in Free File Wiper 0.6 (Sep 2, 2011)
- (fixed) error while wiping file name of hidden / system files
New in Free File Wiper 0.5e (Sep 1, 2011)
- updated the download module
- the donate window will appear only one time per week
New in Free File Wiper 0.5c (Aug 29, 2011)
- (fixed) warning message when closing the program on Windows 7 64 bit
New in Free File Wiper 0.5b (Aug 26, 2011)
- some code fix
- changed mouse icon when dragging files over the trashcan
- application exe md5 integrity check
- admin rights check at startup
- new versions can be downloaded directly from the software
New in Free File Wiper 0.4b (May 16, 2011)
- added an option to start minimized to tray
- added an option to hide the confirm window and wipe automatically the files
- the trashcan icon is now really transparent
New in Free File Wiper 0.4a (May 12, 2011)
- the trashcan can be moved anywhere on the screen
- added a transparent background
New in Free File Wiper 0.4 (May 11, 2011)
- rewritten a part of the wipe engine
- removed the 10 seconds delay before deleting files: the cache is written immediately to the disk by the software
New in Free File Wiper 0.3 (May 6, 2011)
- added a 10 seconds delay before deleting files after wiping (this ensure that the file cache is written correctly to the disk) - can be disabled in the menu
New in Free File Wiper 0.2b (May 6, 2011)
- after wiping the file is truncated (so undelete software will only see a 1 byte file)
- added a menu option to hide systray tooltip while wiping files
- red icon while wiping files
- modified tooltip size
- all wiping errors are logged (check Free_File_Wiper.log)
- various fix (wipe buffer size / update check)