EasyCleaner 2.0.6.380 Blacklist #6

General

EasyCleaner is a small program which searches Windows' registry for entries that are pointing nowhere. EasyCleaner also lets you delete all kinds of unnecessary
files like temps, backups etc. You can search for duplicate files and you can view some intresting info about your disk space usage! You are also able
to manage startup programs, invalid shortcuts and add/remove software list. ToniArts may not be held accountable in any way if EasyCleaner affects your
computer in a negative way. List of some features:

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Very nice interface!
Finds invalid registry entries ----> deleting them speeds up your computer!
Finds duplicate files ----> deleting them will free disk space!
Finds all unnecessary files like backups, temps etc. ----> deleting them will free disk space!
Finds all invalid shortcuts ----> deleting them will free disk space and increase usability!
Manage programs starting at Windows startup! ----> who knows, you might even catch a virus before it gets serious!
Manage Windows' add/remove software listing!
Easily remove Internet Explorer's temporary Internet files, history and cookies!
Very user friendly!
Shows some intresting info about your disk space usage.
Very customizable.
Multi-language support!
Uses only little amount of recources while running!
Huge help file which gives you every little detail about EasyCleaner!
And much more...
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Available languages

EasyCleaner has multi-language support which makes it possible for the user to make new languages easily. I always equipt my programs with two languages;
Finnish and English. If you speak other than those as your native language, please look below for your native language. If it doesn't exist please do one!
N.B! In order to make one please
e-mail me
first. If you plan to translate the help too, please mention it as well!

Available languages
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 Catalan (already in the original package), by Ferran Rius
 Chinese (Traditional) (already in the original package), by Zyca Ling
 Czech (already in the original package), by GVG
 Danish (already in the original package), by Michael Thorsen
 Dutch (already in the original package), by Bert Luyten
 English (already in the original package), by Toni Helenius
 Finnish (already in the original package), by Toni Helenius
 French (already in the original package), by Claude Charries
 Galician (already in the original package), by Xos Antn Vicente Rodrguez
 German (already in the original package), by Michael Mang
 Greek (already in the original package), by Harry Karayannis
 Hungarian (already in the original package), by Volthy
 Italian (already in the original package), by Marco D'Amato
 Japanese (already in the original package), by Hadakadenkyu
 Korean (already in the original package), by Seongho Jeon
 Norwegian (already in the original package), by Magnus Grans
 Polish (already in the original package), by Darek Ciach
 Portuguese (already in the original package), by Gato Preto
 Portuguese (Brazil) (already in the original package), by Nelson A. H. de Carvalho
 Russian (already in the original package), by Maxim Filippov
 Spanish (already in the original package), by Satanic Heavy
 Swedish (already in the original package), by Sture Bohlin
 Turkish (already in the original package), by Erhan Burhan
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Download and installation

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 files/EClea2_0.exe
(2,70mb) (with installer, recommended)
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EasyCleaner is an self-extracting-EXE so, it won't require any special programs. Just start EClea2_0.exe.

Installing new version over previous version (if you don't have a previous version on your system just run EClea2_0.exe and follow the instructions):

1) Go to Control panel and select Add/remove programs. Choose EasyCleaner from the list, uninstall.
2) Manually delete the folder where EasyCleaner was (uninstall doesn't know how to do this!).
3) Just start EClea2_0.exe and follow the instructions!

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 files/EClea2_0.zip
(1,20mb) (without installer, experts)
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System requirements

EasyCleaner has minimal requirements, it will work almost in every machine that has Microsoft Windows installed. Here are the basic requirements for Microsoft
Windows (and EasyCleaner).
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486
8mb RAM
Windows 95/98/ME/NT 3.51 (or newer)/2000/XP
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Special
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Windows 95 requires Winsock 2 update, available from
http://www.microsoft.com
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Misc info

What is "blacklist"?

Like the anti-virus software have the frequently updating virus databases to find the newest viruses, EasyCleaner also has this kind of file. The difference
is that blacklist tells EasyCleaner what to skip. A quick way to release a fix to EasyCleaner without updating the program itself and without downloading
big files. The blacklist itself is a simple text file, you can view it's contents with e.g. Notepad, the file is "BlackLst.ecb" in the EasyCleaner directory.

History

I made EasyCleaner because my computer's startup was taking several minutes (and it is 300Mhz) due to program installations and file deleteting. As tested,
EasyCleaner speeded up my computer almost to original level!

What is Windows' registry?

Short brief about Windows' registry; Windows saves info to registry about installed programs. Registry is like INI 2000 for programs, it replaces the use
of INI-files. When programs are installed and deleted, invalid entries are left in Windows' registry which slows the computer down. There is a medication
for invalid entries: ToniArts' EasyCleaner!

Screenshots

Click on a thumbnail to get a bigger picture!

Table with 4 columns and 2 rows
 
 
 
 
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What's new?

Blacklist #6

Fixes:
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Registry finder now skips "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\VarLDID", removal of these keys caused problems with Add/remove software Windows
dialog (at least Windows ME)
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Blacklist #5

Fixes:
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MS Money file "insider.bak" skipped, caused MS Money to ask for re-installation
Registry finder now skips "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers", removal of these keys eliminated user selected autoplay
options (Windows XP)
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Blacklist #4

Fixes:
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Windows 2000 backup service files now skipped (.bks)
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Blacklist #3

Fixes:
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LabView files skipped (.llb), caused the program not to start from a shortcut
I found a Eudora file DoNotDelete.tmp, obviously it's now being skipped
An Installshield file (_isuser.pch) is now skipped
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Blacklist #2

Fixes:
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Microsoft Office 2003 broke when deleting unnecessary files
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Version 2.0.6.380

Features:
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Minor optimizations and changes
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Fixes:
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Add/remove sofware crashed if the entries were invalid. Fixed.
Space Usage didn't handle correctly right - to - left languages
Space Usage has its variables expanded, little larger memory usage but should work better with modern file/disk sizes
Sorting Space Usage's legend by size should now work on most CPUs
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Version 2.0.6.373

Features:
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Minor optimizations and changes
The startup inspector no more recurses the keys, it only lists items from keys specified by Microsoft (removes the items named "1")
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Fixes:
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Duplicate file finder skip list now works
Finally fixed the invalid shortcut finders error, which caused it to search forever
No more "... invalid integer value ..." error on add/remove software
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Version 2.0.6.369

Features:
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Added GB to the space usage, never know...
No more "please wait" in the space usage, instantly usable
Deleting IE temp internet files, cookies or history made a bit faster
User defined font, improves multilingual usage
Unnecessary files deletion is somewhat faster, it doesn't take exponential time to complete anymore. And the locked files are double checked just to make
sure
Replaced the icons in the registry finder with lights (red, yellow, green). Of course the 2.0 will only have the green one (= safe to delete), it'll indicate
that everything is deletetable, no more answering that question in e-mails...
Alternative location of the IE temp files, history and cookies. Should cover all Windows versions now
Add/remove software, instead of trying to display the icon of the "extra items", a blue light is displayed, this is to know which are the "extra items"
in the list
Registry cleaner removes the first "\" from the path if found, there are few entries which display this and it's wrong. It didn't do any changes in my
computer but I think it provides more compatibility in some Windowses
Added more places for the startup inspector to find (Windows 95/98/ME especially), now covers the whole thing
Changed the auto-update to react on build information (the last octet of a version number x.x.x.XXX) changes
Shortcut finder now handles all the environmental variables (%systemroot%), and always (removed the option)
Add/remove software now lists entries with no uninstall or location information as yellow, not red
Startup inspector now more accurately determines whether a file/folder exists or not
Updated contact and auto-update information
Support for HTML and PDF helps also (works from the main button only, does not respond to F1)
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Fixes:
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The space usage is fixed, now shows correctly the free space available
When saving undo information from startup inspector or add/remove software the entry name was used as the file name. Caused the undo file not to be saved
when the entry name contained illegal characters (/, \, =, *, ?....). Fixed
Saving or printing the duplicate file finder resulted in error. Fixed
Registry cleaner now displays the error messages if needed, no more silent errors
The background color is now correctly applied to all forms
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Version 2.0.5.338

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Duplicate files options "skip SYSBCUP" and "skip desktop.ini" now disabled at default
Made the add/remove software form wider (to increase the change that the user would spot the light indicators)
Mainform now resizeable, and size settings saved (for weird screen resolutions)
The 3 IE buttons, now when pressed they disable the main form, to prevent user interaction
Made the unnecessary file deletion much faster
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Fixes:
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Fixed the rare error message at startup "Access violation..."
If duplicate file finder didn't find any files from the disk, it displayed an error message
Find-button is now correctly disabled/enabled in duplicate file finder
If the undo folder didn't exist while deleting items from startup inspector or add/remove software, error "can't delete... reason can't create undo file"
was raised
If undo-files from the registry cleaner didn't exists, but other undo-files were present in the same directory, the undo-tool didn't manage to display
it correctly
3 minor multilingual issues fixed (missing lines or invalid lines)
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Version 2.0.5: The sixth public release!

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Almost a complete re-write!
New interface
Registry cleaner now 110% accurate
New utility, add/remove cleaner
New utility, startup cleaner
New utility, undo-tool
Ability to clear IE temporary files, history and cookies
Ability to clear the most recently used list
Lots of more options in unnecessary file finder (IE cookies, history and temp files, temp dirs, MS Office recent, custom dirs)
Duplicate file finder re-writen, unbelievable speed!
Start-menu cleaner --> Shortcut cleaner, more efficient + ability to search the desktop
Auto-update
Blacklist, like the virus-definition file in anti-virus software. Fast fix to new found problems
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Fixes:
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The infamous bug in Windows XP/ME that made help & support unusable after registry clean
EasyCleaner broke Office XP after deleting unnecessary files
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Version 1.7f.4: The fifth public release!

Features:
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Normal and extra search was now possible do at the same time in unnecessary file finder
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Fixes:
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With large fonts the interface went unreadable
Problem in permanetly deleting files
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Version 1.7.4: The fourth public release!

Features:
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New unnecessary file types identified
Multilingual support
New utility, start-menu cleaner
Smart resize
Ability to save and print the listings
Duplicate file finder totally re-written for speed and stability
Other small things...
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Version 1.5.3: The third public release!

Features:
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Helps!
New unnecessary file types identified
Increased speed
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Fixes:
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All the selected registry entries couldn't be deleted at one time
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Version 1.4.2: The second public release!

Features:
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New interface
New utility, duplicate file finder
New utility, unnecessary file finder
New utility, space usage
Other small enchantments...
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Version 1.0.1: The first public release!

Awards

Really Cool Software award
ListSOFT Good!
ListSOFT Users choice!
NoNags Best!
Softpedia 5/5 pick!

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