A few ideas...

jon_fl · Post by **jon_fl** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:01 am

After searching the internet for a stable registry cleaner I came across your great product which was consistently rated one of the top at every website I visited. Upon purchasing it and to this day I am very happy with my product and would like to thank the coder(s) for making it. However I have a couple ideas on how it could be improved.

1) I'm not sure if this is implenmented in it yet but I just thought I would add it here just in case. Other products I tried prior to purchasing this one had plugins as well, such as Webroot Window Washer, but they had a scan feature that would scan your computer for installed components pertaining to the plugins. If it isn't installed this would be a great feature to add as many people just want to get it done and over with instead of going through each little plugin and clicking the checkbox next to it. (For some reason the wash doesn't erase the Opera 7.51 history even though the checkbox next to Opera 7.x is checked and the history checkbox is checked as well.)

2) When running the 'remove junk files' option I noticed that the list that came up were merely file names, they gave no clue as to what the files actually were and if I would need them for a certain program. After erasing all the files to see exactly what happened my Sims 2 installation wasn't noticable anymore and I needed to reinstall the program. I realize that there is an ignore option and I implmented it after the reinstallation but wouldn't it be easier to let people know exactly what certain temporary files came from what programs so they don't do it in the first place? Maybe have a little blurb about what exactly the file is used for, perhaps a small + sign that can expand next to certain known temporary files. I for one would be overjoyed in this and would assist all I could in providing information on specific programs as I am sure alot of the other members of this community would.

Post by **hari** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:34 am

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback.

with instead of going through each little plugin and clicking the checkbox next to it

Good suggestion, we will try and implement it. For now, you can right click on the list for a context menu, and click 'Check All' and then uncheck the plug-ins you don't need.

For some reason the wash doesn't erase the Opera 7.51 history even though the checkbox next to Opera 7.x is checked and the history checkbox is checked as well.)

We will check the problem.

2) When running the 'remove junk files' option I noticed that the list that came up were merely file names,

That's strange, the 'path' column is supposed to show each file's path. Are you sure the 'path' column is empty ?

jon_fl · Post by **jon_fl** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:07 am

hari wrote:That's strange, the 'path' column is supposed to show each file's path. Are you sure the 'path' column is empty ?

Yes I meant the whole path was included, what I meant was as well as including the full path to the file how about including information about it as well in an expandable button. A small [+] sign next to the item name/location would work perfectly for this. Clikc on the [+] sign and it changes to a [-] sign while expanding to a small writeup on what exactly the file is used for and where it came from. Click on the [-] sign and it contracts to show the [+] sign again.

The [+] sign would of course only be next to those files that have been added to the database of known temporary files and index.dat files. A short readup of the file would allow users to know exactly where the file originates from and if they would like to keep it. If there is a problem with the items deleted they could go to the restore function and restore that particular file so there would be no more problems.

jon_fl · Post by **jon_fl** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:54 am

With the problem with Opera I mentioned. I don't know if the internet cleaner removes only those located in the 'C:\Program Files\Opera7\cache4' and the history file or if it removes those files as well as the same files located in the 'C:\Program Files\Opera7\profile\cache4' and the history file pertaining to that folder as well.

I have both locations on my Opera installation and the second one doesn't get erased.

Post by **hari** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:51 pm

Hi

It does not erase 'C:\Program Files\Opera7\cache4'

try this :

1) Open 'C:\Program Files\Ace Utilities\Plugins\Opera7.aup' in notepad.

2)Change the line 15 from

0=Cache <1> 0

to

0=Cache <1> 0, 2,4

3)Add the below two lines under '[DISK]'

2=c:\program files\Opera7\cache4\*.*
3=c:\program files\Opera7\\profile\cache4\*.*

4) save.

The file looks like

[SETTINGS]

NAME=unused
PATH=
ICON=opera.exe | %BOOTDRIVE%\Program Files\Opera\opera.exe
DESCRIPTION=This plugin will clean the cache, cookies, followed links, and address drop down list of Opera Web Browser 7.x
PROVIDER=hari
VERSION=1.0
PATHMUSTEXIST = 1

[REG_OPTION]

[DISK_OPTION]
0=Cache <1> 0,2,4
1=Cookies<0> 1
2=Address Bar<0> 3
3=History<1> 5

[REGISTRY]

[DISK]
5=%appdata%\Opera\Opera7\profile\global.dat
1=%appdata%\Opera\Opera7\profile\cookies4.dat
0=%appdata%\Opera\Opera7\profile\cache4\*.*
3=%appdata%\Opera\Opera7\profile\opera.dir
2=c:\program files\Opera7\cache4\*.*
4=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\cache4\*.*

jon_fl · Post by **jon_fl** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:31 pm

The cache cleaner now works great, however the history is still there. I noticed my cache folder it cleaned was located at 'C:\Program Files\Opera7\profile\cache4'

I noticed in the file you placed an extra 'Opera\' before the 'Opera7\' is this the default installation folder for the program?

Post by **hari** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:08 am

When we tested , the paths were inside the folder 'Opera'. The installation folders can change with versions. It also depends on whether the installation is a fresh one or an update.

ANyway, open the plug-in again in notepad, and change all
'%appdata%\Opera\Opera7\profile' to 'C:\Program Files\Opera7\profile'

NOTE: - if you update AU, this plug-in will be overwritten. So rename the edited plugin to say 'Opera7-BumFluff'. Don't change the file's extension though.

jon_fl · Post by **jon_fl** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:56 am

hari wrote:When we tested , the paths were inside the folder 'Opera'. The installation folders can change with versions. It also depends on whether the installation is a fresh one or an update.

ANyway, open the plug-in again in notepad, and change all
'%appdata%\Opera\Opera7\profile' to 'C:\Program Files\Opera7\profile'

NOTE: - if you update AU, this plug-in will be overwritten. So rename the edited plugin to say 'Opera7-BumFluff'. Don't change the file's extension though.

thankyou for the help

Post by **hari** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:32 pm

Does the history get erased now?

jon_fl · Post by **jon_fl** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:03 pm

No but the erasing of my cache works great.

Here I'll post the Opera plugin I recently changed:

[SETTINGS]

NAME=unused
PATH=
ICON=opera.exe | %BOOTDRIVE%\Program Files\Opera\opera.exe
DESCRIPTION=This plugin will clean the cache, cookies, followed links, and address drop down list of Opera Web Browser 7.x
PROVIDER=hari
VERSION=1.0
PATHMUSTEXIST = 1

[REG_OPTION]

[DISK_OPTION]
0=Cache <1> 0,2,4
1=Cookies<0> 1
2=Address Bar<0> 3
3=History<1> 5

[REGISTRY]

[DISK]
5=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\global.dat
1=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\cookies4.dat
0=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\cache4\*.*
3=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\opera.dir
2=c:\program files\Opera7\cache4\*.*
4=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\cache4\*.*

I notice #0 and #4 under the [DISK] subcategory are the same. I'm not sure of what to do with them both and what I need to change if I delete one.

jon_fl · Post by **jon_fl** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:10 pm

Also I was wondering if it would be possible to add somethign that erases the past downloaded items as well. Perhaps another option in the sub-options for the selected plugin. The past downloads are located in the file called 'download.dat'

An interesting thread at the Opera Browser forum mentions what you can delete if need be. It's located at http://my.opera.com/forums/showthread.p ... wnload.dat

Hope this is helpfull

jazzbodepew · Post by **jazzbodepew** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:41 pm

Is it possible Opera "re-creates" the history folder on re-start?

jazz.........aka..........DenB............

Post by **hari** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:10 am

Just modify the plug-in as shown below.

[SETTINGS]

NAME=unused
PATH=
ICON=opera.exe | %BOOTDRIVE%\Program Files\Opera\opera.exe
DESCRIPTION=This plugin will clean the cache, cookies, followed links, and address drop down list of Opera Web Browser 7.x
PROVIDER=hari
VERSION=1.0
PATHMUSTEXIST = 1

[REG_OPTION]

[DISK_OPTION]
0=Cache <1> 0,2,4
1=Cookies<0> 1
2=Address Bar<0> 3
3=History<1> 5
4=DownloadHistory<1>6

[REGISTRY]

[DISK]
5=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\global.dat
1=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\cookies4.dat
0=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\cache4\*.*
3=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\opera.dir
2=c:\program files\Opera7\cache4\*.*
4=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\cache4\*.*
6=c:\program files\Opera7\profile\download.dat

jon_fl · Post by **jon_fl** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:19 pm

The history and the download erase still aren't working. I opened the Opera7/profile folder before executing the commands and saw the global.dat file that contains the history. After running the plugin that file was completely erased, however it didn't erase the History in the sidebar. Upon visiting another site the history and global.dat file was replaced by a duplicate of the one that was previously erased with all the websites I visited such as ea.com and so on. There probably is another area where they store these files as well though I am at a loss to know where.

jon_fl · Post by **jon_fl** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:35 pm

I notice that in the folder c:\Program Files\Opera7\profile\sessions there are three files which give the information for the current session including the visited URL's, times visited during that session etc...

I read a bit about this and a few individuals have said the session files are good to delete providing Opera isn't open at the time. A little more reading let me come across where exactly the History is saved to. The file global.dat contains the global history. However a file known as vlink4.dat located in the profile directory contains all the visited links for that specific profile.

If there are multiple profiles I'm sure that there would be differences in the file locations and directories for each profile would change (As in NetScape).

Here is another link that explains what each file is used for and what the differences are between multipile and single profiles:

http://www.opera.com/support/search/sup ... 861864460b