This is the official CHANGELOG file for TikiOne Steam Cleaner

Nota:
× "major update" means big changes that can lead to incompatibilities with previous version.
× "intermediate update" means normal changes that can lead to incompatibilities with previous version, and can be quickly fixed.
× "minor updates" means small changes or additions that doesn't lead to incompatibilities with previous version.

                version: X.Y.Z
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major version number ----/ | \----- minor version number
                           \------- intermediate version number

    

2.1.1 (2013/03/27) - current version JAVA 7

• added a shortcut to the GitHub repository of TikiOne Steam Cleaner.
• minor corrections in French (fr) and Russian (ru) translations.
• internal: some code optimizations.
• internal: removed some debug log messages.

2.1.0 (2013/03/26) JAVA 7

• improved a part of the search engine with multi-threading. Results analysis may run faster on multi-core processors.
• added a button to abort the search.
• updated German (de) translation. Thx Boris Klein for his great contribution.
• renamed the logfile "steamcleaner_messages.log" to avoid collision with other TikiOne products.
• internal: some code optimization in the search engine.
• internal: some code cleanup in the search engine.

2.0.4 (2013/03/21) JAVA 7

• updated the the startup (.bat) script.
• updated encoding of Russian and Ukrainian translation files from Windows-1251 to UTF-8.
• merged the TikiOne Steam Cleaner and TikiOne NIO projects.

2.0.3 (2013/03/19) JAVA 7

• added Ukrainian (ua) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов) for his great contribution.
• updated Russian (ru) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов).

2.0.2 (2013/03/16) JAVA 7

• added Polish (pl) translation. Thx Piotr Swat for his great contribution.
• improved translation files.

2.0.1 (2013/03/07) JAVA 7 this is a highly recommended update !

• removed the "/config/config.vdf" file parsing support (too many bugs with some Steam installations). It will fix a bug that forced the program to include the entire "C:\" drive to the search path.
• increased the default maximum depth of search (3->5).
• updated the logging engine: log messages are now stored in the "%USERPROFILE%/.tikione/log/messages.log" file.
• added dependency to the TikiOne NIO library (v0.0.1). It will provide the multi-threaded optimizations in the future 2.1.0 version.
• updated Portuguese (pt) translation. Thx Pedro Henrique Viegas Diniz.
• updated Russian (ru) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов).

2.0.0 (2013/03/06) JAVA 7

• added a Windows installer based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) 2.46.5-Unicode.
  For future 2.x.x releases, please uninstall previous version first; do not try to upgrade an existing NSIS based installation (I'll try to make it possible in a future release).
• fixed a regression bug in the "/config/config.vdf" file parsing (results were ignored since a few TikiOne releases).
• added Portuguese (pt) translation. Thx Pedro Henrique Viegas Diniz for his great contribution.
• updated Russian (ru) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов) for his great contribution.

1.4.13 (2013/03/03) JAVA 7

• fixed a bug case when trying to delete a folder that has already been deleted.
• some code reworked.

1.4.12 (2013/02/28) JAVA 7

• updated Russian (ru) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов).

1.4.11 (2013/02/27) JAVA 7

• updated the search engine to support a static list of folders to exclude from the search path. See the /conf/tikione-steam-cleaner_dangerous-items.ini file for details.
• updated internationalization: the user interface is now fully internationalizable.
• minor UI improvements.

1.4.10 (2013/02/22) JAVA 7

• updated Hungarian (hu) translation. Thx Zsolt Brechler.
• updated the logging engine (custom->log4j-1.2.17).
• information messages and errors are now always appended to logs.
• minor UI improvements.

1.4.9 (2013/02/14) JAVA 7

• updated dependency to the TikiOne INI library (v2.0.2->v2.0.3).
• updated Russian (ru) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов).
• minor UI improvements.

1.4.8 (2013/02/13) JAVA 7 this is a highly recommended update !

• fixed the the startup (.bat) script to allow elevation of privileges (right click / Run as administrator).
• added the ability to define a list of additional custom folders to the search path.
  Nota: the "C:\Windows" folder is automatically excluded from the search path. You still can add it manually (or any of its subfolders), but it won't be analysed.
• updated translation files: new content is now internationalizable (added French, English and Spanish new words only, we need your help to complete the other translations).
• fixed calculation of the space saved after cleaning (files which have not been removed due to errors were not properly managed).
• fixed a bug in the folder deletion process that could lead to a crash of the application.
• minor speed improvements of the search engine.
• minor UI improvements.

1.4.7 (2013/02/09) JAVA 7

• updated Russian (ru) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов).

1.4.6 (2013/02/08) JAVA 7

• updated the update engine to better manage TikiOne's version numbers.
• added a button to show the latest changelog file.
• internal: some code cleanup.

1.4.5 (2013/02/05) JAVA 7

• added Russian (ru) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов) for his great contribution.
• updated the update engine to better manage TikiOne's version numbers.
• added logs to indicate which folders have been scanned during research.
• minor improvements of the internationalization engine (custom encoding support).
• minor UI improvements.

1.4.4 (2013/01/31) JAVA 7

• updated the search engine: fixed a bug in the "/config/config.vdf" file parsing (search was case sensitive).

1.4.3 (2013/01/30) JAVA 7

• removed the confirmation dialog of selected redistributable packages deletion (this confirmation sounded useless).
• updated the search engine: the old and new engines have been merged to solve come compatibility issues.
• updated the application configuration management: config files are now stored in the "%USERPROFILE%/.tikione/" directory. So, your preferences are preserved when you install a new version of TikiOne Steam Cleaner.
• updated the update mechanism: TikiOne Steam Cleaner can now download and install updates automatically (simply check for updates and use the download button).
  If an error occurs, you will be redirected to the SourceForge.net website to download new version by hand.
• fixed a case that generated unnecessary error/warning logs.
• minor performance optimizations of the search engine.
• minor UI improvements.

1.4.2 (2013/01/27) JAVA 7

• fixed a crach case where a folder registered by "/config/config.vdf" doesn't exist.

1.4.1 (2013/01/26) JAVA 7

• fixed the startup (.bat) script: it should avoid some rare craches.
• updated the search engine in order to detect custom installation directories. This is the main new feature of the future TikiOne Steam Cleaner 2.0.0 version.
• warning: due to the new search engine, the program still asks for the Steam base directory, but the "/config/config.vdf" has to be present too (in a normal Steam installation, it is here).
  Info: the "/config/config.vdf" indicates where all your games are installed.
• updated the error dialogs (to warn about the possible "/config/config.vdf" file absence).

1.4.0 (2013/01/17) JAVA 7

• warning: TikiOne Steam Cleaner now runs with Java 7 (or the upcoming version 8). You can not run it with Java 5 nor Java 6.
• information: the 1.4.x branch will prepare the future 2.0.0 version of TikiOne Steam Cleaner (which will include support for the new Steam features).
• fixed the startup (.bat) script: it should detect more Java installations.
• replaced the main menu by a toolbar.
• internal: general code cleanup.
• removed support of VDF files (this feature sounded useless and not efficient enough).

1.3.5 (2012/11/10) JAVA 6

• updated German (de) translation. Thx Ulli Kunz for his great contribution.

1.3.4 (2012/10/28) JAVA 6

• added Hungarian (hu) translation. Thx Zsolt Brechler for his great contribution.

1.3.3 (2012/08/21) JAVA 6

• updated the configuration file to detect BattleEye Anti-Cheat Engine installers.
• updated the program's launcher to detect more Java installations.

1.3.2 (2012/07/31) JAVA 6

• updated the configuration file to improve installers detection (DirectX folder for the Worms Reloaded game).

1.3.1 (2012/07/25) JAVA 6

• updated the program's logger to provide more detailed error messages.

1.3.0 (2012/05/15) JAVA 6

• the program now asks for the Steam base directory, not the "SteamApps" directory.
• updated the configuration file to improve installers detection (DirectX, DotNET, AMD Dual-Core Optimizer and patterns I have classified as experimental). Thx Petr Kudlička for his great contribution.
• updated the detection of possible Steam base directories.
• updated the English and French translations.
• added a PayPal button for donations.
• added an option to enable experimental installers detection. This feature is deactivated by default.
• added an option to check for program updates at startup. This feature is activated by default.
• added Spanish (es) translation, based on Google Trad and Microsoft Translator.
• added German (de) translation, based on Google Trad and Microsoft Translator.
• added icons in some menu items and buttons.
• added the possibility to save to a (log) file the errors that the program encounters. This feature is activated by default.
• internal: re-activated the debugging informations from compiled Java class files, to make log informations more accurate.
• important code cleanup and refactoring.
• reworked UI (User Interface).
• information: replaced the executable file (generated by Bat-To-Exe-Converter v1.6) by a windows batch file (BAT): some antivirus softwares reported it as a malware (this is a false-positive alert, probably due to unreliable heuristics).
  Avira Antivir has announced a fix for this false-positive alert in a future update of its virus definitions database.
  You still can download and use the executable file from the 1.2.2 version of TikiOne Steam Cleaner. I'll provide my own executable file in a future release.
• the start-up script now increases the maximum amount of memory that the program can use, to avoid some abnormal exits. Available if you use the bundled JRE only (available in the "tikione-steam-cleaner-1.3.0 (with JRE).zip" package download).
  A future version of the start-up script (or executable file, if available) will apply the same parameters to the system's JRE (if you use the default package download: "tikione-steam-cleaner-1.3.0.zip").

1.2.2 (2012/04/29) JAVA 6

• at first launch, the default language is now selected according to the operating system's settings.

1.2.1 (2012/04/21) JAVA 6

• fixed the log files name (the month's number was wrong).
• minor performance optimizations.
• internal: removed the debugging informations from compiled Java class files, to reduce the application size.

1.2.0 (2012/04/18) JAVA 6 this is a highly recommended update !

• updated the configuration file to improve installers detection ("dependencies" directories) (1.1.5 update 1 integration).
• updated the configuration file to make installers detection safer (it will avoid false-positive directories detections) (1.1.5 update 1 integration).
• added the possibility to verify redistributable packages files validity thanks to the VDF games files (it will avoid false-positive directories detections too). This feature is experimental and not activated by default.
• added the possibility to save to a (log) file the list of redistributable packages you have deleted. This feature is activated by default.
• updated the French translation.
• minor performance optimizations.
• updated dependency to the TikiOne INI library (v2.0.1->v2.0.2).

1.1.5 (2012/03/29) JAVA 6

• some UI enhancements.
• updated the French translation of "About TikiOne Steam Cleaner" window's title (1.1.4 translation update 1 integration).

1.1.4 (2012/03/29) JAVA 6

• fixed a bug: close the application while a search task is running hides the main window but it doesn't end the search task. The search task is now automatically aborted.
• added support for language translations.
• added French translation (fr).
• the application configuration design allows you to add new translations easily: edit or add /conf/i18n/*.ini files.
  Don't hesitate to contact me for additional translations (you can find my email at the end of this page).
• updated (decreased by 2) the default max depth of folders scanning to significantly improve search speed.
• added an option to configure max depth of folders scanning.

1.1.3 (2012/03/19) JAVA 6

• updated the configuration file to improve installers detection ("prerequisite(s)" directories).

1.1.2 (2012/03/10) JAVA 6

• some UI enhancements.
• updated the configuration file to improve Visual C++ Redistributable Package installers detection.

1.1.1 (2012/03/04) JAVA 6

• reduced the application size by 25%.

1.1.0 (2012/03/01) JAVA 6

• warning: TikiOne Steam Cleaner now runs with Java 6 (or better). You can not run it with Java 5.
• added the possibility to check for new version of TikiOne Steam Cleaner.
• added an estimation of the amount of disk space you have saved by deleting selected redistributable packages.
• code cleanup and some documentation added in the Java source code (Javadoc).
• updated the configuration file to improve installers detection ("installer(s)" directories).
• fixed a case where the "Search" button is disabled if no redistributable package found.

1.0.8 (2012/02/01) JAVA 5

• fixed another case where user could search for packages to remove, edit the Steam path (via the "..." button), and launch redistributable packages deletion: packages base path used the new and wrong Steam path.

1.0.7 (2012/01/31) JAVA 5

• added an information message when Steam is correctly detected and there is (no) redistributable package to remove.
• added the ability to remember when a redistributable package has been unselected in the list, in order to set its default state to unselected too for later searches.
• added a progress bar to show advance of research.
• improved user interface reactivity during research.
• fixed another language error: replaced "Redistribuable" by "Redistributable" in Visual C++ Redistributable Package installer description.

1.0.6 (2012/01/30) JAVA 5

• fixed a little language error in button names: replaced "Redistribuable" by "Redistributable".

1.0.5 (2012/01/30) JAVA 5

• updated the program and configuration file to be case insensitive when examining redistributable package names. This will improve detection of every redistributable package.
• updated the configuration file to improve GameSpy Arcade installers detection.
• some code optimizations.

1.0.4 (2012/01/29) JAVA 5

• fixed a case where user could search for packages to remove, edit the Steam path, and launch redistributable packages deletion: packages base path used the new and wrong Steam path.
  Deletion buttons ("Remove selected items..." and "Generate a Windows Batch...") are now disabled when Steam path is modified: you have to initiate a new search in order to re-enable them.
• updated the configuration file to fix DirectX installers detection.

1.0.3 (2012/01/29) JAVA 5

• updated the configuration file to rename the Visual C++ redist description ("Vivual" to "Visual").
• fixed size information for files smaller than 1 MB.

1.0.2 (2012/01/28) JAVA 5

• updated the configuration file to remove the "install(s)" and ""installer(s)" directories detection.
• fixed the version shown into the window title.
• renamed the "Reload" button title to "Search".
• added a button ("...") to search Steam folder manually.

1.0.1 (2012/01/28) JAVA 5

• updated the configuration file to fix .NET 4.0 Framework installers detection.

1.0.0 (2012/01/28) JAVA 5

• first public release.

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