Portable System Ninja Changelog

What's new in Portable System Ninja 3.1

Aug 4, 2015
  • Added support for Windows 10
  • Added cleaning support for Microsoft Edge
  • Fixed issue preventing Google Chrome from being cleaned
  • Added better cleaning support for Windows log files
  • “Close Running Browsers” dialog now distinguishes between Firefox and Palemoon.
  • Numerous bug fixes, interface tweaks and speed optimization

New in Portable System Ninja 3.0.7 (Jun 26, 2015)

  • Stability improvements to the Startup Manager
  • Fix for crash when using /STARTUP commandline argument [PRO]
  • The /SILENT commandline argument now closes System Ninja on completion [PRO]
  • Added support for Firefox’s new cache engine
  • Added cleaning support for Google Chrome log files
  • Updated Vietnamese localization

New in Portable System Ninja 3.0.6 (Apr 6, 2015)

  • Added detection for Mac OS X video file caches
  • Added cleaning support for dozens of new programs
  • Plugins will no longer be deleted when you update System Ninja
  • Updated the French localization (Props Pierre)
  • Scans in ‘Folder Scan’ mode now cancel correctly
  • Simplified UI now loads by default for Pro users
  • Added an “Analyze” option to the Pro version’s simplified UI

New in Portable System Ninja 3.0.5 (Feb 5, 2015)

  • Aesthetic improvements to the User Interface
  • Added Turkish and Czech translations
  • Updated the Brazilian Portuguese translation
  • Made use of kibibytes and mebibytes more consistent
  • Added feedback messages to the StartupManager tool

New in Portable System Ninja 3.0.4 (Nov 6, 2014)

  • Added Turkish translation
  • Added detection of OS architecture to System Analysis tool
  • Fixed issue with filesize sorting on Dutch systems
  • Fixed freeze when saving large log files
  • Redesigned scanning engine for better stability
  • Fixed potential crash in the ‘More Tools’ tab
  • Added more item descriptions to Startup Manager

New in Portable System Ninja 3.0.3 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Added /LOG commandline argument which saves silent operations to a text file [PRO]
  • Improved error handling when removing startup items
  • Fixed crash when using the /STARTUP commandline argument [PRO]
  • Fixed issue where applications could be listed twice in the program exclusion dialog
  • Fixed several layout resizing issues in Simple Mode interface [PRO]
  • Fixed issues that prevented the Software Uninstaller from removing multiple applications in sequence
  • Browser running dialog no longer shows in Simple Mode and when using the /SILENT argument [PRO]
  • Updated simplified Chinese localization

New in Portable System Ninja 3.0.2 (May 19, 2014)

  • Improved Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera cleaning support
  • Added disk cache cleaning support for Network-Attached Storage devices
  • Fixed minor bugs affecting background updates of cleaning rules
  • Refreshed and organised the settings page
  • Fixed issue where unnecessary directories could not be deleted
  • Browser cleaning can now be performed on non-system disk partitions [PRO]
  • Updated the Russian localization
  • Minor improvements to scan stability

New in Portable System Ninja 3.0.1 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Better cleaning of Google Chrome history.
  • System Analysis tool now detects information about your graphics card(s).
  • Redesigned the ‘running web browser detected’ dialog.
  • Fixed a bug causing settings to be lost when switching between non-English languages.
  • Added Hungarian localization
  • Updated the Russian localization.
  • Automatic localization file updating disabled for English-only users.
  • Plugins can now manipulate the excluded items list.
  • You can now completely disable update checking with custom branding [Pro]
  • Added experimental ‘directory mounter’ feature. More on this later. [Pro]
  • Scrollbar added to SystemNotes plugin. [Pro]
  • System Ninja Pro Portable users now receive the correct file through automatic updates. [Pro]

New in Portable System Ninja 3.0.0 (Feb 7, 2014)

  • This release includes dozens of new features, improvements and bug fixes; plus a whole set of new features for our Pro Club members:
  • Added a simplified user interface with one-click optimization function [PRO]
  • Added ability to highlight startup items that should be removed, based on an internal blacklist
  • Improved performance and memory usage of junk scanning
  • Fixed issue where in-app alerts sometimes shows incorrect text and values
  • Fixed issue where the ‘Delete Everything’ button could be pressed while the deletion is in progress
  • Added /CLEAN, /SILENT, /REGISTRY and /STARTUP commandline switches [PRO]
  • Added ability to automatically download new versions of System Ninja [PRO]
  • Added a note taking plugin which recognizes multiple PCs and loads the applicable entries [PRO]
  • Added a custom branding feature [PRO]
  • Removed all offers and advertising from the installer [PRO]

New in Portable System Ninja 2.4.2.0 (Jul 11, 2013)

  • Fixed a crash in the Software Uninstaller tool.
  • Added column searching to Software Uninstaller
  • The ‘file size‘ column in the scan results will now sort correctly.
  • Updated the Russian and Vietnamese translations
  • Improved error logging, added automatic log deletion
  • Significantly improved plugin support

New in Portable System Ninja 2.4.1.0 (Mar 4, 2013)

  • Optimized overall application performance.
  • Improved detection of Mac OS X temporary files that are superfluous on Windows.
  • Added Ukrainian and Finnish translations.
  • Updated Russian and Dutch translations.
  • Fixed several user interface oddities

New in Portable System Ninja 2.4.0.0 (Dec 7, 2012)

  • Added support for Winapp2.ini cleaning routines
  • Added Software Uninstaller tool
  • Improved performance of the scanning engine on multicore CPUs
  • Removed NinjaScript support.
  • Fixed several display and accessibility bugs

New in Portable System Ninja 2.3.6.0 (Sep 19, 2012)

  • New interface to add scan inclusion rules
  • Significantly reduced memory usage
  • Added Norwegian & Simplified Chinese translations
  • Made improvements to ‘Folder Scan’ mode
  • Fixed several UI bugs affecting non-English users.

New in Portable System Ninja 2.3.5.0 (Jul 6, 2012)

  • Added cleaning support for Safari, Palemoon & Waterfox
  • Added Vietnamese translation
  • Made several performance improvements
  • Added “Get Plugins” interface
  • Improved “Scan Exclusions” interface

New in Portable System Ninja 2.3.3.0 (Apr 25, 2012)

  • Added German and Italian translations, updated Dutch, Russian and Polish and fixed a few localization bugs.
  • The interface has been refined to be more intuitive and consistent
  • The Settings page even got a total redesign.
  • New features have been added too, including “scan modes” and a new System Analysis category

New in Portable System Ninja 2.3.2.0 (Mar 19, 2012)

  • Added Polish, Russian and Swedish translations
  • Added interface to ignore specific programs from cleaning
  • Improved Windows 8 compatibility
  • Fixed UAC error when installing
  • Fixed problem with progress bar in “folder scan” mode.
  • Added “Update to beta versions” option.
  • Ttechnical changes:
  • “Untranslated Strings” output is now dumped when program closes
  • “Untranslated Strings” output settings are now controlled by a file
  • Comments (//*) are now ignored from localization files.
  • A RAR archive of current NinjaScript entries is now available.

New in Portable System Ninja 2.3.1.0 (Feb 21, 2012)

  • “Delete Files” button no longer removes unselected items.
  • The width of the columns can now be preserved.
  • The tab titles can now be translated.
  • No longer attempts to render interface controls that do not exist.
  • Height/Width of the program Window can now be preserved.
  • CleanSync cleaning rules will display the correct title with greater frequency.
  • Scanning engine will no longer freeze at 93%
  • URL’s in the help file now open webpage.
  • Scan progress is now displayed on the very first scan.
  • Manually checking for updates now returns a response.
  • Firefox cache can be deleted successfully.

New in Portable System Ninja 2.3.0.0 (Jan 22, 2012)

  • Since the beta, we drastically improved the process manager tool. It now displays changes to your running processes in real-time and provides more info than ever before.

New in Portable System Ninja 2.3.0.0 Beta (Jan 17, 2012)

  • Improvements:
  • More compact and aesthetic user interface.
  • “New version available” message is now less obtrusive.
  • Added better cleaning support for Mozilla Firefox.
  • If a browser is open while scanning; junk from other browsers will still be detected.
  • Improved the “Show Details” dialog box in the Startup Manager
  • Better cleaning support for Internet Explorer 9.
  • New features:
  • Added cleaning support for the CACHEDIR.TAG specification.
  • Added a warning when the user clicks “Delete Everything” for the first time.
  • FileAnalyzr now supports CRC32 hashing
  • Bug fixes;
  • Scanning no longer fails if Recycle Bin throws an ‘Access Denied’ error.
  • Obsolete Google Chrome directories are now detected better.
  • Torrent Tags are now being detected correctly once again.

New in Portable System Ninja 2.2.1.1 (Dec 29, 2011)

  • Fixes two rare (but critical) bugs. The first affects the Startup Manager, which was incorrectly removing RunOnce startup items. The second bug caused the program to crash while switching between tabs in the System Analysis tool.

New in Portable System Ninja 2.2.0.0 (Dec 12, 2011)

  • Updated Dutch translation
  • Added column sorting to process manager.

New in Portable System Ninja 2.0.4.1 (Mar 4, 2011)

  • Fixed a Startup Manager bug on x64 Windows.

New in Portable System Ninja 2.0.4 (Feb 25, 2011)

  • User Interface/Usability:
  • The blue theme released in 2.0.3 has been removed to eliminate the unnecessary complexity it added.
  • Many UI elements have been refined, such as correcting borders on the dialog windows and reducing the height of the menu bar t0 make things more streamlined.
  • The font colors on the message boxes now automatically adjusts to provide the best readability, depending on what skin you are using.
  • A number of button captions have been changed to reduce confusion. For example; “Clear Selected” is now “Delete Selected.”
  • Performance:
  • Tools, Process Manager and Startup Manager tabs are now populated when you transition to the respective tab. This reduces startup time of the application, as less data is being fetched.
  • Error logging made more efficient. Should cause less memory overhead while scanning.
  • Google Chrome cleaning routines have been optimized and improved.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Startup Manager now detects all items correctly under x64 Windows. x86 Windows detections will be unaffected, however slightly slower. (10ms on a slow computer, so nothing really)
  • If a tool (such as CCEnhancer) has been deleted System Ninja will automatically redownload it when requested.
  • Updating System Ninja will no longer break your settings in config.ini
  • Fixed stack overflow crash on arithmetic operations if previous_file_count variable became null.
  • New Features:
  • Added “Beta Testing Mode” to allow adventuresome users to try new features before they are perfected.
  • Added preliminary support for proxy settings in the main settings dialog. [BETA]
  • Added OldChromeRemover to tools menu. This is only temporary to test the plugins platform. [BETA]
  • New “Miscellaneous” cleaning option will detect old version of Google Chrome.
  • You can now exclude individual browsers from being cleaned (via the “ignore” tab in the settings dialog)
  • Added preliminary cleaning support for the Opera web browser.
  • General Improvements:
  • More under-the-hood improvements to the downloader, allowing it to perform a wider range of tasks in future.
  • The ‘Empty Folder Finder’ algorithm now reports progress. This will eliminate the “hang” effect on the Junk Folder Cleaner tool.
  • Junk Folder Cleaner code updated to reflect changes made to the main cleaning application.

New in Portable System Ninja 2.0.2 (Jan 14, 2011)

  • "Check For Update” menu item restored.
  • Update checker detects if using portable or installed version. Downloads correct new version.
  • Added new recognized startup items.
  • Removed MalRunDestroyer and integrated it’s functionality with the main app.
  • Added button to refresh the running process list.
  • Added more tooltip help items.
  • Added progress bar to show approximate progress of scan.
  • You can now specify entire directories to be ignored while scanning.
  • Corrected many user interface inconsistencies.
  • When closing browsers, Google Chrome will no longer be detected as Flock and throw an error.
  • If the config settings corrupt, the app will no longer crash on saving.