Permadelete Portable Changelog

What's new in Permadelete Portable 0.6.2

Apr 1, 2023
  • Fixes # Installer can't create shortcut #43 . Thanks to @blitzkrieg99 for his PR #55

New in Permadelete Portable 0.6 (Oct 26, 2019)

  • Allow users to customize the apps theme color
  • Allow users to select how many times should a file be overwritten

New in Permadelete Portable 0.5.2 (Oct 10, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug where the app would have crashed when attempting to delete a folder that needed admin's privileges.
  • Update website url

New in Permadelete Portable 0.5.1 Beta (Jul 4, 2017)

  • Updated some of the dependencies, you shouldn't notice anything different. I updated the Dropbox SDK because they are going to stop supporting the old version soon.

New in Permadelete Portable 0.5 Beta (Jul 4, 2017)

  • The update status is shown in the about window. See #11
  • A preview of the files and folders being dragged is now shown beneath the mouse when dragging and dropping. See #17
  • A Complete redesign of the app, see #21
  • Change the name from RudeFox to Permadelete
  • Changed the "Delete" words on the UI to "Shred" to avoid confusion.
  • Show notifications when errors occur during the shredding of files and folders
  • Show a notification when a file is skipped inside a folder because of errors
  • Files are now overwritten with pseudo-random numbers instead of zero-s.
  • Many bug fixes and improvements to the overall app stability.

New in Permadelete Portable 0.2 Beta (Jul 4, 2017)

  • Files on SSDs are not overwritten to death anymore, they are just deleted normally. Why? See #3
  • When a file is sent as a command line parameter (i.e opened from "Send To> RudeFox" or drag and dropped over the app icon/shortcut), the main window is not opened. Instead a small dialog is opened. See #2
  • Updater will now continue downloading where the last failed attempt stopped, making updating process faster and more efficient. See #9
  • Some more improvements to the updater. See #8 and #10
  • Now overall progress is shown on the Taskbar. See #5.
  • Main window is now a bit more responsive when resized to a small size.
  • You can now select multiple folders when clicking on "Delete Folders" on the sidebar.
  • Fixed a few minor bugs. See #7

New in Permadelete Portable 0.1 Beta (Jul 4, 2017)

  • A new dress for the main window
  • Only one instance of the app can be running at a time
  • 3 more ways to delete files (the more the merrier hehe)
  • The sidebar
  • Double clicking the listbox when empty
  • It supports windows explorer context menu (#4), see below for instructions.
  • Plus the old way: Dragging and dropping files/folders into the app