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We've made some noticeable changes to how Defraggler operates - some fun, some important.
Large Files and Free Space Defrag
First, if you use Defraggler to defragment your free space, you can now tell it to leave large files alone while doing that.
Why? When Defraggler defrags the free space on your drive, it does so to optimize the free space -- and it may end up moving large files around in the process. If you've used Defraggler previously to optimize the drive by setting it to move large files to the end of it, your optimizations may be undone.
The solution is to let Defraggler know you don't want it to move large files during free space defragmentation. Here's how:
1. In Defraggler, click Settings, and then click Options.
2. On the Options dialog box, click the Defrag tab.
3. Be sure the Move large files to the end of drive during whole drive defrag is selected.
4. Select Do not move 'Large Files' during Defrag Freespace.
5. Click OK.
Custom colors - for the Picasso in you
If you'd like to change the colors Defraggler uses in its drive map, we've added a feature that makes it possible. You can now set custom colors for each type of sector (small box) displayed in the Drive Map.
To set custom colors for the Drive Map:
1. In Defraggler, click Settings, and then click Options.
2. On the General tab, select Use custom drive map colors, and then click Edit.
3. To change a color, click the color box next to the item and select a new color. To reset the color to its default setting, click the color box, and then click Default.
4. Click Save.
Here's the full list of changes:
- Added custom drive map colors (Options > General > Interface).
- Fixed schedules for multiple drives.
- Fragmented info is now displayed in df.exe.
- 'Large files' can now be excluded from freespace defrag (Options > Defrag > Advanced).
- Improvements to the way crash data is collected.
- Various minor UI tweaks.
- Several minor bugs fixed.
Download Defraggler v1.11 today at www.defraggler.com. Want to keep current on all new releases? Sign up for the Piriform newsletter while you're there.
- Added custom drive map colors (Options > General > Interface).
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For some reason IE8 is corrupting the files downloaded from the forum. If you have this problem then please use a different browser.
MrG
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I'll get this fixed for the next release.
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Can you post the .dmp file please.
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CCleaner, as with all of our products, is designed to be easy-to-use. You've probably used software that's hard to work with, provides unclear options, or doesn't work consistently from one screen to the next. We have, and we don't like it.
Frequently we'll make some changes to the CCleaner user interface to make it easier to use. Those changes form the bulk of this release.
More right-click and CTRL-click action:
You can now right-click an item in the Registry Integrity list (for example, MUI Cache) to have CCleaner scan just those types of Registry items.
In the main Cleaner section, you can click an item heading (for example, Internet Explorer) and select all sub-items, clear all sub-items, or restore the default.
You can now select multiple items in the Include, Exclude, and System Restore sections. To select multiple items, hold down the Control key and click each one.
We've made even more improvements which are listed below in the full change log:
CCleaner v2.20.920
- Added support for Google Chrome recently closed tabs.
- Disabled removal of most recent System restore point.
- Fixed bug with Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View settings.
- Improved uninstaller support for Windows 7.
- Enhanced right-click menu options for Cleaner screen tree.
- Added extra information under title for Options and Tools screens.
- Added right-click menu to Registry screen tree.
- Added support to multi-select items in Include, Exclude and System Restore screens.
- Added language support for Estonian and Farsi.
- Internal 64-bit improvements.
- Minor bug fixes.
- Added support for Google Chrome recently closed tabs.
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We've just released a new build of Recuva for the end of May, with various improvements and additions. Our developers are currently focussing on Windows 7 support and a native 64-bit EXE, and whilst these changes not in this build, they should be ready for next months release.
The full change log is below:
- Improvements to Wizard browse dialog.
- Complete rewrite of PDF and RTF deep scan detection methods.
- Fixed display bug for status icons in low-color.
- Scan speed optimizations.
- Various UI tweaks.
Download now from www.recuva.com
- Improvements to Wizard browse dialog.
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For this release of Defraggler, we've focused on one cool new feature.
We've included the ability to exclude files or groups of files from being defragmented. Defraggler has always been a small, fast program, but we understand that sometimes you're in a hurry - or you just don't need to defragment certain files.
Here's the full list of improvements we've made in this release:
- Added file exclusion feature.
- Added detection of Solid State Drives.
- Added "Include non-fragmented files" checkbox to file search.
- Improved interactivity of search.
- Fixed problem that could allow df.exe and Defraggler.exe to run at the same time.
- Fixed rare crash while reanalyzing.
- Minor GUI text changes.
- Minor bug fixes.
You can get your copy of Defraggler v1.10 from www.defraggler.com and don't forget to sign up for our email newsletter!
- Added file exclusion feature.
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Hi all,
A change crept in to the new build that hadn't been approved, causing Firefox passwords
to be removed in "Saved Form Information" cleaning.
We've removed this and have uploaded a build 901 to the download server.
Apologies for any problems caused.
MrG
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We've created a new build of CCleaner v2.19 due to a new version of Firefox (3.5beta4) that was released the same day and an IE8 cookie bug that crept back in.
Download now from CCleaner.com
MrG
v2.19.900
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- Added support for Firefox 3.5 beta.
- Fixed IE8 cookies deletion after reboot.
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Sorry my mistake, a small typo
Something amiss here MrG..........version posted above says 2.19.899! is this correct? Or is it 889?This is via ccleaner updater:
Thank you for your interest in new versions of CCleaner.
You are using version 2.19.889.
Congratulations, this is the very latest version!
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This new release of CCleaner adds a lot of improvements for new browser versions including IE8, Chrome and Opera. Along with a System Restore management tool and many other improvements:
CCleaner v2.19.889
- Improved support for Google Chrome v2.
- Fixed bug with IE8 cookies.
- Added support for Flash Cookies.
- Added Tool to manage System Restore Files (XP and Vista only).
- Added support to remove Opera Recently Typed URLs.
- Fixed bug which was displaying wrong Total Bytes removed.
- Improved exception handling.
- Fixed virtual function bug.
- Minor performance improvements.
Click here to visit the CCleaner.com site and to download
- Improved support for Google Chrome v2.
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Every time we turn around, it seems, we fix a bug, include a new feature, or otherwise improve how Recuva works. Unlike many other software companies, we prefer to release updates often*, so that you can get the newest features and error fixes right away. It also helps us because we can get your feedback at our Forum for future planning.
Our Recuva spring cleaning includes the following changes:
- When you run a regular or Deep Scan, Recuva will display the amount of time remaining until completion. Get yourself a cup of tea or coffee if it's going to be a while.
- For serious photographers, we've added support for Canon RAW (.CRW) files to the Deep Scan.
- In previous versions, securely deleting certain FAT32 files didn't work. We've fixed that.
- Recuva now handles errors more gracefully.
- As always, we've made various tiny UI tweaks to make Recuva easier to use.
You can download version 1.26 of Recuva at www.recuva.com
* P.S. Worried that you might miss an update for Piriform software? There are several ways to get them:
- Every time you run Defraggler, CCleaner, or Recuva, click the Check for updates... link at the bottom corner of the main window.
- Subscribe to the RSS feed of our blog. Click here.
- Subscribe to our newsletter. Click here.
- When you run a regular or Deep Scan, Recuva will display the amount of time remaining until completion. Get yourself a cup of tea or coffee if it's going to be a while.
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We're continuing to add features and clean things up as we develop Defraggler and our other Windows tools.
The main new feature in this release is the search tool. You'll find it in the main window just to the right of the File list tab. You can use the search tool to find files with a certain name or file, files larger than a given size, or files smaller than a given size. Once Defraggler returns a list of files matching your criteria, you can defragment them right away.
Why use this? You may, for example, want to defragment all your movies, which tend to be very large files. Or you may want to look for all of the files in your temporary folder, or any file ending in .EXE. Defraggler gives you the flexibility to find the files you want to defrag, fast!
Here's the full list of improvements we've made in this release:
- New search feature.
- Various tweaks to the drive list.
- Improvements to freespace calculation when moving large files.
- Improved handling of of sparse files.
- Lots of minor UI tweaks.
You can get your copy of Defraggler v1.09 from www.defraggler.com and be sure to sign up for our email newsletter too!
- New search feature.
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I've updated the default forum skin to a newer, slightly brighter skin.
(If you don't like it you can always change it back using the dropdown list in the footer)
MrG
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Fixed
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The new release of CCleaner for March adds support for IE8 and improves on many of the existing features! See below for additonal changes:
CCleaner v2.18.878
- Added support for Internet Explorer 8.
- Improved Wipe Free Space routines.
- Improved internal communication between threads.
- Escape key no longer closes CCleaner.
- Added scrolling to Options screen.
- Added support for multiple DetectFile options in INI files.
- Fixed bug when clicking links to navigate to URL.
- Fixed Win98 progress bar problem.
- Fixed repaint problem on Options screen when resizing.
- Minor GUI bugs fixed.
- Added support for Internet Explorer 8.
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Hi,
The forum will be moving servers tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon. Around 1pm London time.
So you won't be able to access it for about an hour or so.
Fingers crossed for a smooth transition!
MrG
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It seems like we just updated Recuva - in fact, version 1.24 was released on February 26, less than a month ago. We're always looking for ways to add new features, fix bugs, and generally spiff things up, so we're happy to release v1.25.
The big news here is the ongoing improvements in iPod support. Recuva v1.25 will now restore the names of files it recovers from your iPod, so you'll know at a glance which music tracks and photographs are which.
We've also improved Recuva's stability when you work with very large files. And for those of you still using Windows 98 or 2000, we've improved the way Recuva handles floppy disks (amazing how important those were just a few years ago).
The full change log is below:
- iPod track names are now restored.
- Improved UI stability when working with very large files.
- Improved handling of floppies on early Windows OSs.
- Various tweaks to UI for non-English languages.
- Scan optimizations.
- Various minor tweaks.
Download now from www.recuva.com
- iPod track names are now restored.
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This release of Defraggler adds some useful features for advanced users, fixes some bugs, and tidies up some loose ends in the interface.
If you run df.exe from the command-line, you now have two new switches you can use:
- /shutdown - Defraggler will shut down Windows once it has completed operation.
- /large - Defraggler will move large files to the end of the disk to improve performance.
For more information about Defraggler and moving large files, check out the docs at docs.piriform.com
Here's the full list of improvements and fixes we've made in this release:
- Improved handling of NTFS compressed files when moving to end of disk
- Added /shutdown option to df.exe
- Added /large file option to df.exe
- Drive list now includes a % fragmented column
- Blank file types no longer allowed in Large file options
- Warning when trying to set a schedule in the past
- Right click 'Check this' option is now greyed correctly
- Various small UI tweaks
Download now from www.defraggler.com and be sure to sign up for our email newsletter too.
- /shutdown - Defraggler will shut down Windows once it has completed operation.
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Apologies but we had some minor downtime on the Piriform servers last night.
They're all back up and happy now though.
MrG
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We've released a new build of CCleaner with free space wiping and improve progress indication! See below for additonal changes:
CCleaner v2.17.853
- Added wiping of disk free space.
- Progress bar changed to go from 0 to 100%.
- Improved Apple Safari history cleaning.
- Improved speed of Uninstaller Tool.
- Interface string changes and fixes.
- Added Ukranian translation.
- Installer language tweaks.
- Minor architecture changes.
- Minor bug fixes.
Click here to visit the CCleaner.com site and to download
- Added wiping of disk free space.
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Following on the heels of our Recuva release adding support for the iPod, we're happy to provide v1.24 - an ongoing maintenance release.
If you're been using Recuva on your iPod, you'll find this version to be more stable. It's also more accurate and successful at recovering files.
Each time we release new versions of Recuva, we add in bits and bobs, better performance, more stability, and some interface clean-up. Here are the details for this version:
- Added iPod support to the wizard.
- Extra files removed when cancelling recovery from iPod.
- Added support for recovery from the logfile in Deep Scan.
- .DMP files are now only created in debug mode or for unsigned exes.
- Secure Delete feature renamed to Secure Overwrite.
- Improved error messages when attempting to scan removable drives.
- Improved support of virtual machines in Deep Scan.
- Various text changes.
Download now from www.recuva.com
- Added iPod support to the wizard.
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Hi,
This might not a such an easy addition, but I shall look into it for you.
Thanks
MrG
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Today we release a new build of Defraggler that fixes various bugs and adds a few more features, such as being able to automatically shutdown your computer after it's finished defragmenting. One of the most requested features!
Defraggler v1.07
- Added Shutdown after Defrag option.
- Improved Interactive Drive Map response in Vista.
- Language DLLs now stored in /lang folder.
- Program startup speed improved.
- Architecture changes to improve defrag performance.
- Minor tweaks to main UI.
- Several minor bug fixes.
Download now from www.defraggler.com
- Added Shutdown after Defrag option.
CCleaner v2.21
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This new release of CCleaner adds a lot of improvements:
CCleaner v2.21.940
Adobe Reader 9.0, Adobe Photoshop CS3,
Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Illustrator CS4,
Nero Burning ROM 9, OpenOffice 3.1,
AVG AntiVirus 8.0, AntiVir Desktop
and Vuze.
Click here to visit the CCleaner.com site and to download
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