DiskState Changelog

What's new in DiskState 3.88 Build 1800

Oct 28, 2021
  • Updated for Windows 11.

New in DiskState 3.82 Build 1627 (May 22, 2018)

  • Updated for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, especially for high-DPI screen resolutions (4K and 5K displays).

New in DiskState 3.82 Build 1625 (Dec 7, 2010)

  • Brought bad the friendly name for UNC volumes in the overview.
  • Experimental Windows 2000 Support. For instance, run DiskState Portable on old discontinued versions of Windows.

New in DiskState 3.81 Build 1620 (Aug 28, 2010)

  • Performance improved by introducing caching of file signatures. Enabled by default for fresh installs. Opt-in for upgrades by checking 'Cache file signatures for speedup' in Settings | Options | Options I.
  • Windows XP auto-update fixed.
  • Added max number of files for file compare, with a popup when limit is reached. Avoids crash

New in DiskState 3.80 Build 1609 (May 31, 2010)

  • Stability improvements: Fixed crash when comparing two very large folders (typically 600000 files). Fixed crash with scanning UNC drives. Fixed problem in DiskCleaner with dead file links check. Fixed problem with Notification Engine.
  • Improved DiskState Portable Edition by not touching the registry for the Deletion Engine or create unnecessary keys in the registry.
  • Adhere to Windows' Show Drive Letters First settings.
  • Faster by using a new compiler.

New in DiskState 3.70 (Feb 7, 2009)

  • Added a few new features, made it run on Windows 7, fixed a few things based on feedback.

New in DiskState 3.60 (Aug 25, 2008)

  • It is faster, stable and portable

New in DiskState 3.50 (Aug 6, 2007)

  • Improved duplicate finder engine for Asian locales. DiskState will now find many more duplicates than before.
  • Duplicate engine deletes empty folders if possible.
  • Deletion Engine improved. Changed �Include folders and files� to only apply for files, allowing recursive scan for particular files to delete.
  • Bugfix: Added automatic generation of Microsoft Dump files upon a crash.
  • Bugfix: Fixed a crash. Proper handling of reparse mount points under Windows Vista. Much more stable during volume scanning.
  • Bugfix: When uninstalling, always remove the �Run DiskState at startup�.

New in DiskState 3.40 (Jun 4, 2007)

  • Added file size filtering to DiskState Custom Reports. Make your own reports based upon file size ranges.
  • DiskState Reports window is now resizable.
  • Improved exported text file-based/clipboard output for duplicate and DiskClean results: file sizes more readable (1'234'567 instead of 1234567) and path truncation not enabled by default. Added popup window to control these options.
  • The Regex tester now makes substitutions for environment variables.
  • Made the Regex tester more prominent. Accessible from the DiskClean settings, result window and system tray menu. The Regex tester is non-modal which makes cut and paste easier.
  • Bugfix: Deselect files that are not readable when deleting.
  • Bugfix: Include swap file data from other volumes than C:. Used incorrect Windows control set. Fixed.
  • Bugfix: Various Windows Vista fixes. Crashes and broken Zip Safety path resolved.
  • Bugfix: ZipSafety recovery on read-only files fixed.
  • What is new in v3.30?
  • Much more responsible UI by more threading during ZipSafety, scanning for duplicates, DiskClean, State Captures . Especially with large files.
  • DiskClean improved: Will not suggest files that are in-use.
  • Duplicates improved: Added context submenu for selecting all files in a given list of folders, which should be ideal for selecting backup folders. Also added highlighting of all file entries when all copies of the file has been selected.
  • Upgraded Zip library to latest version.
  • Find/FindAll improvements. Now expands variables in regular expressions like %!Local AppData%.*.log$. Added functionality to bring up DiskClean regular expressions in DiskClean and Duplicates results window.
  • Improved dialog for adjusting Window Shade and System Tray icon usage.
  • Added a regular expression tester, which should make it easier to make powerful regular expressions.
  • Added /customuser:myname1 command line argument to get Vista behavior under XP, which may be useful if one needs to have multiple Clean.ini files etc.
  • Added "Minimize main by [x] instead of closing it" option to Settings | Window.
  • Added possibility to change the font for regular expressions for better clarity.
  • Added menu option in DiskClean to bring up the regular expression settings from the DiskClean results window.
  • Bugfix: Fixed a few crashes (editing DiskClean rules), added cleanup of ZipSafety file entries if deletion was aborted, fixed warning requests when deleting to Recycle Bin, auto-minimize bug corrected and hints window is now the top-most window.
  • Minor: Do not warn when closing duplicate results window if results are already exported, do not close DiskClean window when hitting "enter" key in results window, added resizing of progress windows, double-click now brings up Edit window if possible.