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- Uninstaller for Windows
-
- More documentation, and the RemoveR FAQ can be found at
- http://homepages.enterprise.net/dodgy on the shareware page
- mail : dodgy@enterprise.net
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- IMPORTANT
-
- There has been a change in the way RemoveR 1.7+ stores its database
- files - unfortunately they are not backwards compatible. The new
- version will delete (after prompting you !) your existing database
- files.
-
- Note : This does not affect saved data files (.rdf files)
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Version 1.73
-
- * Fixed bug relating to internationalisation issues.
-
- Version 1.72 (32-bit only)
-
- * Fixed ANOTHER installer bug that caused an Unexpected Error when
- running RemoveR. if you have experienced this see my homepage for
- more details
- (http://homepages.enterprise.net/dodgy/rmvrbugwatch.shtml)
-
- * Changed some of the French Translations (thanks again GΘrard !)
-
- Version 1.71 (32-bit only)
-
- * Fixed an installer bug that caused an Unexpected Error when running
- RemoveR. if you have experienced this see my homepage for more
- details (http://homepages.enterprise.net/dodgy/rmvrbugwatch.shtml)
-
- Version 1.7
-
- * Added support for Spanish & French - Huge thanks to Eric Feingold,
- Darwin Montie, GΘrard Flamant & Michel Guillemette.
-
- * Really made the 'scan drive' button the default one !
-
- * The 16 bit version of RemoveR now finds hidden files - however it
- will not find files in hidden directories (hidden or not)
-
- * The 32 bit version of RemoveR will find all hidden files and
- directories. This uses code specific to 32-Bit Windows, and it is
- unlikely that the 16-Bit version will ever have this capability
-
- * You can now specify a default directory to save your .rdf files to
- and load them from
-
- * Extra information now supplied when you try and delete a directory
- which isn't empty.
-
- * No longer finds RemoveR record files - thus stops people deleting
- them by accident.
-
- * I changed the format of database files -- see important message
- above.
-
- * A couple of bugs were fixed including the elusive Error 360 !
-
- * Changed my installer to Installshield. This should create less
- problems for people, and also provides an uninstall feature on
- Windows 3.1x systems.
-
- * (32 Bit ONLY) Last, and probably most impressive - the scanning
- speed is around three times faster than it was before, and the
- code is in place for future versions to scan for changed files
- as well as added/deleted files. This will probably appear in
- version 1.8
-
- Version 1.67
-
- * Mainly released to fix a corrupt install routine I posted on Simtel
-
- * Made the 'scan drive' button on the main form the default button (now
- you can just bang space)
-
- * Fixed a couple of spelling mistakes
-
- Version 1.66
-
- * Results screen list now allows you to select multiple files by
- holding down shift and dragging selections/ctrl-clicking etc.
-
- * (32-Bit Only) Deleted files are now deleted to the recycle bin
- instead of being wiped from your drive.
-
- * Changed file handling code for added stability when running with
- other applications.
-
- * New icon !
-
- * Progress bar on results scan - easier to see how much more to go.
-
- * Re-wrote the readme files. Maybe people will read them now :-)
-
- Version 1.65
-
- * Speeded up compare routines. You should see major improvements
- when finding changes - especially when there have been a large
- number. I've been experiencing a speed increase of over 982
- times (!).
-
- * Now gives you a percentage complete readout when finding changes.
-
- * Warns you before you delete the scan file when clicking 'scan only
- windows directory' on the preferences screen.
-
- * On the search results page the 'save for future removal' button now
- only saves the files which are SELECTED (ignoring the deleted files
- of course).
-
- * A few other minor enhancements ...
-
- Version 1.61
-
- * Small, but fatal, bug fix regarding true-colour screens and the
- startup bitmaps.
-
- Version 1.6
-
- * More aesthetically pleasing screens
-
- * Fixed a bug with the ignore list that caused it not to function
- under certain circumstances
-
- * Solved the problem of people experiencing colour-changing of their
- windows setups. The bitmaps used in RemoveR are optimised for
- 1000's of colours but shouldn't now look that bad under 256 or 16.
-
- * Added a registration screen to personalise RemoveR
-
- * Added the preference to only scan the Windows directory and
- sub-directories (as RemoveR used to be in Version 1.3).
-
- * Slightly speeded up finding changes.
-
- * Fixed a bug with the uninstall using saved data file routine.
-
- Version 1.52
-
- * Fixed a bug made visible in v1.5/1 Now that I am scanning the whole
- of a drive there is a lot more files scanned. The location where I
- store the files was becoming full resulting in out of memory errors
- (more frequently in Windows 3.x). Sadly it wasn't a simple job of
- increasing a number somewhere, it was much much more complex. I
- have incorporated some changes and RemoveR will now function with
- up to 12,000 files on any one drive. I can increase this if anyone
- has the need ...
-
- * Updated the splash screen to replect the new version number. (Forgot
- to do it for 1.51 !!!)
-
- Version 1.51
-
- * Fixed a fantastically serious bug that meant Remover wouldn't run on
- and volume with a volume label, and it never freed any resources, and
- hence ran out of memory on almost every PC (apart from mine!).
- Hopefully this solves both problems. RemoveR 1.5 was never distributed
- to winsite and was only on my web site for a day, so it is really
- unlikely you actually ever got it !
-
- Version 1.5
-
- * I was getting in a serious mess with my version numbering. This
- version is 1.5 - the previous version was 1.3 or 1.03, depending
- on where you looked!
-
- * Huge changes .... I implemented a new search routine that I cooked
- up one night - turns out its 400% faster than the old one. As a
- result of this I have added the most-requested-functionality, that
- of being able to search the whole of your drive(s).
-
- * As I added the ability to search your whole drive I thought i'd
- better add the functionality of setting directories for RemoveR to
- ignore. This, out of interest, was the second-most-requested change
- ever.
-
- * Added a remover.ini file to the windows directory to store your
- ignore list.
-
- * Forms now centered on the screen, should be able to see all of them
- with all resolutions now !
-
- * Spelling mistake fixed :-)
-
- * Added splash screen & more fancy about screen.
-
- * Now detects directories that have been added, as well as files
-
- * If you are a registered user I made your name appear more often in
- the lower bar, it all too frequently seemed to disappear.
-
- * To try to help users who have downloaded previous versions of
- RemoveR I will try to post the updated EXE file on my web site
- for download, thus saving you downloading the install utility again
-
- * Jazzed up text file
-
- Version 1.3
-
- * A bug was fixed that only occured in exceptional circumstances.
-
- * This version is out earlier then I wanted, and as such has a lot
- of features I was hoping to include missing. This will be rectifed
- in v1.4. I was forced to upload this as Winsite had somehow
- corrupted the rmvr32.zip file. Sorry it took me so long to fix but
- British Telecom has taken 2 weeks to fix my telephone - on the
- upside they did pay me over 120UKP compensation :-)
-
- Version 1.2
-
- * Included the runtime files. My mailbox was exploding with people
- wanting these !! This makes the distributable larger, so sorry to
- all those who had these files... this is for the benefit of those
- who haven't.
-
- * Now shipped as a separate 16 Bit and 32 Bit application. The 32-Bit
- version is Long Filename Aware, the 16 Bit version isn't.
-
- * Changed my email address & web address.
-
-
- Version 1.1
-
- * Added the ability to save the search result, to enable uninstalling
- at a future date. To do this just click 'Save Search' when you have
- performed a scan. This data is saved into a file, and the program
- can be uninstalled at a later date. To uninstall a saved file, just
- click the button on the main screen.
-
- Version 1.0
-
- * First Release.
-