What's new in DisCleaner Portable Edition 2.4.9.363
Apr 10, 2017
- Added: Option to clean the Mozilla Firefox Cache directory
- Added: Option to clean General Cache files
- Added: Drive information feature
- Added: Options to enable or disable Uninstall Applications and Drive Information
- features
- Added: Contextual right-click menu for the Directories list proposes Add to
- Clean-up List, Drive Information, and Refresh List options
- Added: Contextual right-click menu for the Clean-up list proposes Remove Item and
- Clear List options
- Added: Up/Down arrow indicators in columns of the objects list to highlight sort
- order
- Added: Sorting capabilities for the columns in the uninstall list
- Added: Computing-information window for lengthy processes
- Added: Legend for the files and directories classification system
- Added: Better editing support for the exclude and custom files and directories
- fields
- Added: Basic validation for correctness of the exclude and custom files and
- directories fields in the options window
- Added: Settings for the size quota bar drawn next to each object in the list
- Added: Uninstall settings, accessible through the options window
- Added: Possibility to open containing directory for objects from the list
- Added: Possibility to copy file or directory name to Clipboard for objects from the
- list
- Added: Possibility to inspect file contents either in ASCII text mode or in
- hexadecimal format
- Fixed: Memory leak in uninstall applications window
- Fixed: Sorting of items by size in the objects list
- Fixed: Low incidence severe bug that inhibits scanner if Secure Delete Files option
- is active and target is not a local drive
- Fixed: Frequent medium severity bug in selection of all drives at once
- Fixed: Frequent medium severity bug in skipping Recycle Bin clean-up
- Fixed: Frequent low severity bug causing incorrect reporting of selected and found
- objects count and their capacity
- Fixed: Frequent low severity bug allowing for duplicates in the objects list
- Fixed: Frequent low severity bug in adding skipped files to the report
- Fixed: Low incidence, low severity bug in scanning for empty subdirectories
- Fixed: Small number of low severity bugs in the supporting framework
- Fixed: Memory leak in icon manipulation routines from the supporting framework
- Improved: Program close logic and better User information messages
- Improved: Clean-up list management now includes a clear list button
- Improved: Repetitive Yes/No confirmation dialog boxes now have an "Apply to all
- items" check-box for convenience
- Improved: Multiple code optimizations and architectural redesign in order to
- improve stability and reliability in detriment of speed
- Improved: Detection algorithm for drive type
- Improved: Better detection algorithm for Windows version
- Improved: Algorithm to adapt to the screen resolution on first run
- Improved: Uninstall button will now become disabled if no application is selected
- in the uninstall list
- Improved: General appearance of the application, general color-scheme rework
- Improved: Better support for Microsoft Windows 10
- Improved: English language corrections and improvements both inside the application
- and the documentation
New in DisCleaner Portable Edition 2.4.8.239 (Dec 28, 2016)
- Added:
- Clean-up List selection is now saved when the Application closes
- New scanner options (Validators page) accessible through the Options window
- Application option to ignore symbolic links
- Application option to confirm object opening actions
- Defaults button to reset each individual preference page in the Options
- window
- Possibility to pass clean targets as commandline parameters
- Possibility to add all clean targets at once by adding the parent node
- (Computer) to the Clean-up List
- Possibility to check or uncheck multiple items at once in the Files Section,
- via multiple selection
- Possibility to use the file system icons in the Files Section
- Possibility to open objects from the list via double-click actions
- Color codes for potentially unsafe and unsafe items in the Files Section
- when using system icons
- Fixed:
- A number of low incidence bugs inside the Options window
- A minor bug related to wildcards presence in file and directory exclusion
- lists
- A high incidence bug (file extensions taken from short filenames instead of
- the proper long ones) when scanning for files
- A high incidence bug (adding duplicates) when scanning for files
- A high incidence bug (Invalid pointer operation) when reopening the
- Uninstall Applications window
- Improved:
- Reworked and tweaked the UI while rewriting parts of it
- Only one instance of DisCleaner can run at any given time
- Saving of preferences and the internal preferences system
- Major internal refactoring in order to increase stability
- Scanner engine speed
- Refined the internal rules of the scanner engine; now results are more
- accurate
- Internal array of scanner validators and the validator engine; now it is
- scalable
- SSD devices detection section
- Statistics message box and added more indicators
- English language corrections and improvements both inside the Application
- and the Documentation
- Introduced:
- Failsafe mechanisms inside critical program section blocks
- Easter eggs -- happy hunting!
New in DisCleaner Portable Edition 2.4.6.159 (Dec 27, 2012)
- Implemented functionality to save the Clean-up Options when the Application closes
- Implemented an option to disable transparency on all DisCleaner windows
- Implemented window shadow to Main DisCleaner window
- Improved the Statistics message box with total number of files removed and more
- readable layout
- Fixed small bugs in the message box dialog window and its appropriate routines
- Fixed displaying of total operation duration in the Report window
- Fixed a bug related to Main window not responding correctly to ESC key events
New in DisCleaner Portable Edition 2.3.5.147 (Dec 10, 2012)
- Added Statistics menu item that shows total disc space reclaimed and number of
- clean-ups
- Improved the generated report and the Report dialog box
- Fixed occasional potential memory leaks in Scanner
- Fixed a bug that allowed items in the Objects List to be checked or unchecked while
- scanning
- Fixed a bug regarding refreshing of Uninstall List after an empty entry is removed
New in DisCleaner Portable Edition 2.3.4.141 (Nov 29, 2012)
- Added option to clean Custom Directories
- Added option to exclude certain files
- Added option to exclude certain directories
- Added option to uninstall Applications
- Improved the Preferences dialog box
- Improved internal engine stability
- Improved internal scanner validator and added more validators
- Fixed a small number of low-frequency bugs
New in DisCleaner Portable Edition 2.2.3.123 (Nov 19, 2012)
- Added option to clean the Windows, System, and Application log files
- Added option to clean the Windows CHKDSK file fragments
- Added option to clean the Temporary Internet Cache
- Added option to clean the Temporary Internet Cookies
- Added possibility to batch-clean multiple paths and/or discs
- Added Updates menu item to check for the latest DisCleaner updates
- Implemented an internal versatile file validator
- Implemented some UI enhancements
- Improved routines for gathering system directories
- Improved support for older Windows versions
- Improved internal search and clean engine (SCE)
- Fixed a small bug when Repeat button is clicked, stored Clean Options are lost
New in DisCleaner Portable Edition 2.1.2.108 (Nov 12, 2012)
- Improvements:
- Added option to clean the files in Recycle Bin
- Added option to clean the Windows Prefetch files
- Fixed occasional 8.3 style directory files listing
- Some UI fixes and tweaks
- Fixed a bug with bad file size calculation and displaying
- Fixed a bug where cleaning of only one item would always fail
- Fixed a bug regarding occasional disabling of the Clean button
- Internal partial modular refactoring