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Cleanmgr+ Changelog

What's new in Cleanmgr+ 1.50.1300

Jan 24, 2022
  • Added initial support for Windows 11

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.38.1200 (May 17, 2021)

  • Optimized support for Windows 10, 1809 LTSC

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.37.1170 (Jan 8, 2021)

  • Localized recently introduced launcher to german (which allows switching between open source Version Burnbytes and Cleanmgr+)
  • Fixed critical bug in exiting Cleanmgr+ (in some cases the application did not normally terminate)
  • Minor memory usage optimizations
  • Some GUI fixes (and redesigned Hamburger/Overflow menu)

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.36.1141 (Nov 7, 2020)

  • Fixed some bugs in new Disk-Clean-up launcher
  • Opening Storage sense (in Cleanmgr+ > Hamburger menu) redirects to Burnbytes
  • Updated windata.ini
  • Updated Burnbytes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.36.1126 (Oct 21, 2020)

  • Added launcher, which allows you to run either the classic Disk Clean-up utility (here as open source replica with Storage Sense aesthetics built by Albacore and me called Burnbytes) or my extended version Cleanmgr+.
  • The launcher can be disabled at any time by removing the additional package "cleanmgr" in binpackages directory.

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.35.1100 (Oct 18, 2020)

  • Added support for Windows 10, 20H2
  • Updated all script files (optional clean-up rules)
  • You will find more script files here
  • Added script to remove Windows Shadow copies
  • Minor fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.34.1080 (Aug 9, 2020)

  • Fixed some internal linking to new brand @builtbybel.com

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.34.1074 (Jun 18, 2020)

  • Stability improvements for Windows 10, version 2004

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.33.1063 (May 22, 2020)

  • Fixed critical bug (for some of you) in clean-up of Recent documents (cleaning Recent documents does not longer remove pinned folders and libraries from Quick Access bar) #8
  • Revised option to Compress System Installation
  • Minor stability improvements on Windows 20H2

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.33.1050 (Apr 29, 2020)

  • Revised predefined/recommended clean-ups
  • Optimized CLI-support (added /nowindow paramter to run completely silent and without confirmation dialog after cleanup)
  • Minor stability improvements on Windows 20H1

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.33.1033 (Apr 8, 2020)

  • Optimized some Usability aspects in GUI
  • Revised "Select" Button in left navigation panel and added popup menu to choose between "All, None, Recommended, Installed (optional scripts) clean-up choices
  • Revised selection counter in left navigation panel (differentiation between selection of all scripts "Windows + more" tab and only "+ more" tab. Counting is done when changing tabs)
  • Optimized German localization
  • Minor UI Improvements
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.3.2.1000 (Mar 25, 2020)

  • Added support for high DPI Scaling (e.g. displays with 4k resolution and scaling up to 200%)
  • Fixed critical bug in cleanup of WinSxS folder on x64-bit environments #5
  • Optimized cleanup of Thumbnails (there is no need anymore to restart explorer.exe)
  • Minor stability Improvements
  • Minor UI Improvements
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.3.1.971 (Mar 19, 2020)

  • Optimized cleanup of Temporary files
  • Fixed critical bug in cleanup of Windows temp folder, which could lead to a permissions reset of this folder
  • Optimized cleanup of Thumbnails (if elevated rights available, the explorer.exe will be automatically restarted for a deeper cleanup)
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.3.0.953 (Mar 5, 2020)

  • Optimized support for Windows 10, version 1903 and 1909
  • Optimized Command-line (CLI) support
  • Revised versioning information (in syntax 1.x.x.Build > 1.xx.Build) with optimized product version output in the compiled exe)
  • Minor stability Improvements on Windows 8.1
  • Added some code changes regarding false positive detection rate
  • Optimized several referrer to developer site mirinsoft.com (Removed also some links form UI e.g. Twitter, support the project/donation, Readme.txt from .ZIP package has also been removed)
  • Numerous minor UI Improvements
  • Minor Bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.7.917 (Feb 10, 2020)

  • Fine-tuning support for Windows 10, version 2004
  • Revised update function and fixed some referrer issues due to server migration of mirinsoft.com

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.6.866 (Dec 30, 2019)

  • Minor optimization and fixes for Windows 10, version 1909
  • Minor localization fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.6.856 (Nov 7, 2019)

  • Added support for Windows 10, Version 1909
  • Added support for Microsoft Edge (Chromium) RC
  • Optimized update check function
  • Improved internal linking (to - imirin.com - the new parent company of Mirinsoft)
  • Minor spelling improvements
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.5.825 (Oct 18, 2019)

  • Optimized support for Windows 10, Version 1903
  • Optimized Close events, i.e. Settings panel (Issue reported here #3)
  • Optimized TooltipText property and display of Tooltips
  • Minor Theme Improvements
  • Minor UI Improvements

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.4.784 (Sep 9, 2019)

  • Added option to start Cleanmgr+ "always as administrator"
  • Optimized cleanup with high permissions
  • Several stability improvements
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.3.750 (Aug 13, 2019)

  • Added option to start Cleanmgr+ "always as administrator"
  • Optimized cleanup with high permissions
  • Several stability improvements
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.2.712 (Jul 29, 2019)

  • Optimized cleanup of Temporary files
  • Added new light theme (One+)

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.2.702 (Jul 9, 2019)

  • Stability Improvements for Windows 10, 19H1 and 19H2 (Preview)
  • Optimized Right-click detection in Windows and Script Cleaner window
  • Optimized cleanup of Windows and User Temp directory
  • Optimized Theme function
  • Optimized Log Output
  • Minor UI Improvements

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.1.671 (Jun 27, 2019)

  • Stability Improvements for Windows 10, Version 1903
  • Added Terminal theme

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.1.662 (Jun 15, 2019)

  • Added Dark mode and a handful of newer themes
  • Optimized theme function
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.0.632 (Jun 10, 2019)

  • Revised command-line support
  • Fixed some bugs in command-line support and added also new /cp switch to run a cleanup with custom and previously exported profiles)
  • Fixed bug in cleanup of System Hibernation file
  • Fixed minor UI bug in tab control

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.2.0.622 (Jun 5, 2019)

  • Added support for BranchCache (BranchCache service is disabled by default on Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Clients)
  • Optimized Space to gain function in +more tab/Scripting engine (faster calculation which
  • fixes also bug in recursive calculation)
  • Added support for User File History (on Windows 8/8.1/10)
  • Revised Theme function (tab color can also be changed)
  • Added support for Google Chrome History (Script, shipped by default), Mozilla Firefox History (Script), Windows Shadow Copies (Script). Optional Script files can be found here https://github.com/Mirinsoft/CleanmgrPlus/tree/master/scripts
  • Optimized support for Mozilla Firefox Cache (Script)
  • Optimized log output
  • Fitted UI of description field (thanks to Deskmodder.de community for the note)
  • Updated Scripting engine to v0.6.4
  • Numerous minor UI Improvements
  • Numerous minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.1.5.775 (May 30, 2019)

  • Added support for Windows 10, Version 1903
  • Optimized log output
  • Revised context menus
  • Revised internal linking
  • Minor theme and GUI improvements
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.1.4.554 (May 21, 2019)

  • Redesigned UI of top navigation panel inlcuding tabs and color themes
  • Improved startup routine
  • Fixed several UI bugs regarding active selector
  • Minor Bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.1.3.533 (May 14, 2019)

  • Fixed a critical conversion bug
  • Several stability improvements

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.1.3.523 (May 3, 2019)

  • Added support for Mozilla Firefox based browsers like Waterfox
  • Added support for Waterfox
  • Update support for Mozilla Firefox
  • Updated Scripting engine to 0.6.3 (Added Echo command to optionally run a Preview in Windows command prompt. Added "BrowserID" section for Mozilla based browsers)
  • Fixed critical bug in execution of custom "Task after cleanup" (optional Task has also been executed even if cleanup prompt was negated)
  • Removed feature to "Show System Information" from Hamburger menu
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.1.3.500 (Apr 27, 2019)

  • Introducing new feature to work with Cleanup Profiles (Hamburger/Main menu > Import/Export Profile)
  • Added option to run additional tasks (command-line/program/script) after cleanup
  • Optimized log output
  • Optimized cleanup of Thumbnaile Cache
  • Fixed broken link to Projects website
  • Fixed bug in configuration file cleanmgr+.ini (DateRun value was not written)
  • Minor UI Improvements
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.1.2.472 (Apr 21, 2019)

  • Fixed bug in updating Status in Disk Cleanup data set (cleaned-up item has not been selected during cleanup)
  • Fixed bug in logging cleanup of Windows Temp directory
  • Fixed bug in Script detection routine
  • Updated Scripting engine to 0.6.2 (Added "calc" command, to calculate optionaly the directory size in Preview Mode)
  • Optimized support for Windows Event Viewer Logs
  • Moved Info section from Settings window > Hamburger/Main menu > Info
  • Minor UI Improvements
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.1.1.458 (Apr 18, 2019)

  • Fixed critical bug in cleanup with elevated privileges (some areas, i.e. Thumbnail Cache, Recent documents and Prefetch files were not cleaned up with elevated rights, also if Cleanmgr+ has been runned as administrator. This bug was ONLY present in v1.1.1.451 of Cleanmgr+)

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.1.1.451 (Apr 15, 2019)

  • Fixed a crash which could occur under some conditions when running cleanup of Windows Component Store with optional dism switch /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase (deep cleanup and NOT enabled by default)

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.1.1.444 (Apr 10, 2019)

  • Optimized startup routine
  • Added function to detect running processes (i.e., Web Browser) and prompt user before cleanup
  • Fixed bug in Preview of "System Hibernation file" (bug was ONLY in v1.1 an not 1.0.4 present)
  • Fixed bug in Preview of "System Archived Windows Error Reporting" (bug was ONLY in v1.1 an not 1.0.4 present)
  • Added Space to gain info next to the tab caption "+ more" (inlcuding an option to recalculate the space to gain manually by clicking on the "+" menu > Refresh used space)
  • Added new option to "Run Auto Preview in +more" (Auto Preview in +more tab can be disabled)
  • Optimized cleanup of "Recent Documents"
  • Added initial support for Edge Chromium Beta and Canary builds
  • Added support for Windows Event Viewer Logs (Script)
  • Updated Scripting engine to 0.6.1 (Added "SHOWCLI" Parameter to "Exec" command, for optional showing a command-line interface/CLI during execution)
  • Minor UI Improvements

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.1.0.400 (Apr 5, 2019)

  • New tabbed User Interface and optimized color schemes
  • Better compatibility with AV vendors
  • Added option to "Restart Cleanmgr+ as Administartor" (Main/Hamburger menu > Restart as Administrator)
  • Optimized calculation of "space to gain" in Scripting engine (15-30% faster processing)
  • Revised and purified several internal functions
  • Removed cleanup "Previous Windows Installations" (Cleaning up Windows.old too early could break Windows 10 and after discussion with several Users and Microsoft this option has been removed now)
  • Added cleanup for the new Microsoft Edge Chromium Browser (Script)
  • Optimized cleanup of Windows Recylce Bin
  • Optimized Update function
  • Numerous minor UI Improvements
  • Numerous minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.0.4.284 (Mar 24, 2019)

  • Added option to change report and "view all files" which are going to be deleted in "+more" tab (right click Status window > View all files)
  • Optimized Preview of "Windows Component Store" (using Windows command-line utility dism)
  • Fixed some bugs in calculation of "space to gain" in "+more" tab
  • Optimized cleanup routine of scripting engine
  • Optimized and purified some functions and source code
  • Removed setting to hide Storage window
  • Optimized cleanup of Windows Defender, Windows Update Logs
  • Revised Versioning system
  • Numerous UI Improvements

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.0.3.249 (Mar 19, 2019)

  • Added theme function (through ui.ini in bin directory of Cleanmgr+. The "ui.ini" can be altered, modified and distributed. Themes can be changed in realtime in Settings window.)
  • Added function to calculate the "space to gain" in "+more/Scripts" tab (this is optional and the space is automatically calculated after hitting the "+more" tab)
  • Optimized clean-up of Previous Windows Installations (Windows.old)
  • Fixed several UI bugs

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.0.3.234 (Mar 14, 2019)

  • Added initial support for Windows 10 19H1
  • Redesigned UI of top and footer menu
  • Added support for Windows Font Cache (via Script to "+more" tab)
  • Optimized descriptions of script items in "+more" tab
  • Numerous minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.0.2.204 (Mar 9, 2019)

  • Minor Code optimizations due to false positives with Microsoft Windows Defender for Windows 10 (i.a., Removed option to disable/enable Windows 10 Storage Sense "Monitoring/automatically free up space" functionalty)

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.0.2.200 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Optimized Preview of "space to gain" (you can now also double click on Item to get a Preview)
  • Fixed bug in recursive Preview of files in Windows Update Cleanup (Disk Cleanup data set)
  • Added auto. switching to tabs "Disk Cleanup" and "+more" when processing (Cleanup and Preview)
  • Optimized support for Windows Icon cache (better refresh of Icon cache)
  • Added option to enable/disable auto. Storage sense Monitoring (Hamburger/main menu > Storage sense)
  • Added text file (bin#rules.txt) for information purposes about the Scripting engine
  • Redesigned entries in Hamburger menu
  • Numerous minor bug fixes
  • Numerous minor UI Improvements
  • Minor Stability improvements

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.0.1.179 (Mar 1, 2019)

  • Added support for "System Activation License" (Cleanup Windows product key from registry to prevent being stolen or uninstall it completely if you want to use the product key to activate Windows on another PC)
  • Updated German data set with support for "System Activation License"
  • Fixed critical bug in execution of Custom jobs (jobs were not executed in some cases)
  • Fixed bug in calculation of Temp files and size (WindowsTemp) directory and User Temp (LocalAppDataTemp) directory
  • Revised some naming of "Preview/not found etc." in "space to gain" function
  • Optimized Preview od DNS Cache, Compress System Installation (bypass Command prompt and directly displayed in Cleanmgr+ Status window)
  • Revised Description sets provided in "+more/Scripts" tab (ONLY Description is showed. Author Details can be found in the Footer menu > Info)
  • Minor UI Improvements

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.0.1.161 (Feb 25, 2019)

  • Added "Refresh" button to navigation in main meu (performs a refresh of free storage space and space that will be gained and resets all logs. Its like a restart of Cleanmgr+)
  • Optimized Overview "Space to gain" (just click on the link next to the caption "gain" to get an overview of used space)
  • Added "Show System Info" feature to main/hamburger menu
  • Optimized Preview function in Disk Cleanup (Recursive Preview was not available for all Disk Cleanup data sets)
  • Optimized Windows Update Cleanup (more thorough cleanup if administrative rights available)
  • Optimized "gained" space overview
  • Optimized support for Opera Cache (Script)
  • Renamed Process name "Windows Disk Cleanup" > "Cleanmgr+"
  • Fixed bug in "Check installed scripts" function (In some cases, it could lead to crash of Cleanmgr+)
  • Fixed minor rounding (to MB) bug
  • Optimized display of Versioning information
  • Minor spelling corrections
  • Numerous minor UI Improvements

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.0.1.144 (Feb 20, 2019)

  • Added support for Hibernation file in Disk Cleanup data set (Space calculation for this data set is disabled by default as long as the data set is unchecked)
  • Added support for Windows 10 OS Compression/Uncompression in Disk Cleanup data set
  • Optimized support System Error Memory Dump Files
  • Optimized support for Temporary Files
  • Optimized ItemCheck events
  • Minor UI Improvements
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 1.0.0.121 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • Fixed bug in retrieving SystemDrive for getting snapshot of total and free disk size. (If Cleanmgr+, i.e has been started from a network drive, the app did not make a snapshot from the SystemDrive but rather from the started network drive)
  • Added advanced clean-up option to "Windows Component Store" data set
  • Fixed bug in translation of Data set "Windows Update clean-up"
  • Fixed minor bug in clean-up of UserTemp directory
  • Fixed bug in clean-up of Windows Downloads directory (optional Script). If enabled the Downloads directory including files has been deleted This has been fixed and ONLY content is deleted, without selfremoval of directory itself. In this context a bug has been fixed, when calculating the directory size in Scripts engine with wildcards in commands.
  • Revised Warning Message in optional Script engine. MessageBox will popup, when "Warning" is declared in the Script.
  • Optimized Description of Disk Cleanup Data set "Clipboard"
  • Optimized Description of Disk Cleanup Data set "Internet History"
  • Minor UI Improvements

New in Cleanmgr+ 0.9.0 RC3 (Feb 13, 2019)

  • Numerous stability improvements
  • Optimized start-up routine
  • Added clean-up for DNS Cache
  • Added clean-up for Print Queue
  • Optimized clean-up of Windows Update files
  • Optimized clean-up of Delivery Optimization files (fixed bug in restarting process dosvc)
  • Revised preview function and the total amount of disk space that will be gained (ONLY disk space is showed as in the classic Microsoft Disk Cleanup. To view the full details including files, click on the caption of the "gained" space.
  • Optimized clean-up of custom data sets (mycleaner.txt)
  • Optimized function how Cleanmgr+ handles (stops and resumes) Windows services. The cleanup of certain areas, i.e. Windows Update requires this
  • Optimized context menu of "+more" tab
  • Fixed several UI bugs in Settings window
  • Added link to open storage sense > hamburger/main menu
  • Several Description corrections (bottom area and explanation of the data sets)
  • Several spelling corrections
  • Several minor bug fixes

New in Cleanmgr+ 0.8.2 RC2 (Feb 12, 2019)

  • Fixed critical bug when calculating the size of Previous Windows Installations (windows.old folder ~20 GB). This process greatly slowed down the Cleanmrg+ loading process and is skipped now by default (during start of Cleanmgr+)..
  • Optimized Preview function and calculation of files in subfolders. The Scripting engine ONLY includes root folders.
  • Added Back "<" button to Settings window.
  • Fixed numerous minor bugs

New in Cleanmgr+ 0.4.5 Beta (Feb 8, 2019)

  • Optimized startup routine (better memory usage)
  • Added information window about the storage space (Settings > Show Storage window. This option is enabled by default)
  • Added information to Preview function about the storage space that each of the data sets occupies
  • Added option to open containg folder (double click on location entry, e.g. C:WindowsTemp in Status window)
  • Optimized clean-up of Windows Item Temporary Files
  • Optimized clean-up of Windows Item Thumbnails
  • Optimized clean-up of Script Windows Log files
  • Added support for Windows Installer Cache (Script)
  • Optimized Log output
  • Several UI optimizations
  • Revised versioning information and Info window
  • Several Spelling corrections.
  • Several bug fixes