TreeSize Free improved for Windows Vista

TreeSize Professional's little brother got an update yesterday. As the minor version bump suggests, the changes won't rock your world.

Nevertheless, TreeSize 1.7.9 is important since it fixes some (small) bugs that manifested under Windows Vista. Oh, and one more thing, the scanning process doesn't stop anymore with a message box when an "access denied" error is encountered.

Wanna be up-to-date? Check the download links below...













*** TREESIZE FREE DOWNLOAD LINKS ***

Get it now: Download TreeSize Free 1.7,9
exe installer, 803KB, MD5 Hash: 1DC2BB0F05CCE977D05EA10F13A26CE8

You might want to try: Check out TreeSize Professional and TreeSize Personal

CCleaner updates to 1.35.424, targets Vista better

What we have here is a regular CCleaner update: improved cleaning routines, bug fixes and UI language changes. Nothing too special, except maybe for the two IE7 cleaning fixes.

Anyway, it would be so unfair not to keep this useful and (still) free app updated, so you're strongly advised to get 1.35.424, even if you're not French and don't care too much for the improved French UI.

There's a new application in CCleaner's routines: Paint Shop Pro XI (they must have jumped to 11 directly from 9, I don't recall ever seeing PSP 10).

Well, that's about it. Get your download below, detailed changelog "below-er".


*** CCLEANER 1.35.424 DOWNLOADS ***

Get it now: Download CCleaner 1.35.424
exe installer, 1.42MB, MD5 hash: 8AFC0DA0743073AE4F42E976FE44EFF5

Or: Download CCleaner 1.35.424 without Yahoo Toolbar
exe installer, 600KB, MD5 hash: 4A95042873E37710F009C131D69AAD8D

You might want to try:
Take the CCleaner Feature Tour
Visit CCleaner Homepage


*** WHAT'S NEW IN CCLEANER 1.35.424 ***

- Fixed IE7 Autocomplete form data cleaning.
- Updated Vista detection routines.
- Added code signing to program executable.
- Fixed bug in Temporary folder detection.
- Fixed some IE7 cookie handling issues.
- Added additional error checking to folder routines.
- Added Paint Shop Pro XI cleaning.
- Updated French translation.
- Minor display fixes.

Keep your SecureCRT up-to-date: upgrade to version 5.2.1 (build 256)

A month after the final release of SecureCRT 5.2, we get a new update.

SecureCRT 5.2.1 build 256 doesn't include many or important changes, but I can't not be up-to-date :)

Read on for more details and, of course, download links...






*** WHAT'S NEW IN SECURECRT 5.2.1 ***


Changes:
- Added a new Global.ini clipboard data format VDS_TEXT that
converts special dashes to "-" and smart quotes to standard
quotes when they are pasted into a session.

Bug fixes:
- The script function WaitForStrings did not work with tabbed
sessions.
- When using /T on the command line, if SecureCRT was maximized,
the window was restored.
- Tabs could be closed when the Global.ini file option "Disable
Close" was set.
- SSH2: The Activator agent functionality did not work.
- SFTP: The SFTP tab hung when attempting to auto-complete a
non-existant path.

*** RELEVANT LINKS ***

Get it now: Download SecureCRT 5.2.1 Final
exe installer, 7.44MB, MD5 hash=896CE5D085C2B132489C011C13016A1C

Check out the SecureCRT product page
Visit the VanDyke homepage

Today in "Vista-compatible applications": IrfanView 3.99

Next on the Vista-compatible apps wave is my favorite image viewer, IrfanView - a simple, yet robust and powerful application, especially when coupled with the optional 47-plugin pack which raises the supported file formats to over 100.

Irfan Skiljan's viewer has been around for more than 10 years. Though less actively developed in the last 2 years, IrfanView has been innovative in its category (e.g.: first viewer with animated GIF support), and the latest version is no joke.

Updates in IrfanView 3.99 include:
- export in PDF format
- integrated File Search
- new image zoom options
- FTP upload for images (thumbnail mode)
- support for several new formats (via plugins)
- new sorting modes for the thumbnail mode
- new command line options
- new Help in CHM format

Download options follow, as well as the complete changelog.


*** IRFANVIEW 3.99 DOWNLOADS ***

Get it now: Download IrfanView 3.99
exe installer, 1MB, MD5 hash: 20CBAD20518DB0CD50238AA851A3B2BC

To extend format support: Download IrfanView Plugins


*** CHANGES IN IRFANVIEW 3.99 ***

- Option to Search files (File menu or Thumbnails, Hotkey: CTRL+F)
- Support for PDF export (PlugIn) (Thanks to ComSquare AG)
- New Thumnails option: Load file list from TXT
- New zoom workwise: Centered zoom or based on old scroll position
- Zooming and scrolling is now possible in slideshow mode
- Many new effects added: Unsharp mask, Fish Eye etc. (Thanks to GENiEBEN)
- New Flash Plugin for Flash 5 or later! (Thanks to Remio)
- Option to transfer files by FTP (Thumbnails window, PlugIn)
- Option to set the Start folder (Properties->Misc 2)
- New image option: Auto adjust colors (Thanks to Andras Horvath, www.log69.com)
- New effect: Chromatic Aberration (Thanks to Thomas Strauss)
- Support for SIF format (Formats PlugIn)
- Support for PVR format (DreamCast Texture, Formats PlugIn)
- Support for AWD format (Artweaver Format, PlugIn)
- Support for VTF format (Valve Texture Format, PlugIn)
- WMF format check added, to avoid WMF vulnerability (Thanks to Jakub Debski)
- New Thumbnails sort options: Sort by portrait/landscape
- Fullscreen option: Use right mouse button for scrolling (Properties -> Misc 1)
- Fullscreen option: Set display multiplier (for wide screen displays)
- New placeholders for EXIF/IPTC: $E, $I => to load all EXIF/IPTC data
- Command line change for /resample! (see i_options.txt for examples)
- New command line options: /resize_long, /resize_short (see i_options.txt)
- New command line option: /panorama=(direction,file1,...,fileN)
- New command line options: /bright=value, /gamma=value
- Command line switch for /info: /fullinfo (write EXIF, IPTC and Comment)
- Updated CRW/CR2 PlugIn, please install newest Canon DLLs (see i_plugins.txt)
- Option to show a warning on ESC thumbnails exit (Thumbnails options)
- New options in dialog: Create custom selection
- Support for MP4 format (Quicktime PlugIn)
- At request of Luratech: JP2/JPM/LWF/LDF are not available in Batch mode
- New Hotkey: SHIFT + P = Copy current filename to clipboard
- Added YUV (4:2:0) format support to Formats PlugIn
- Help file format changed to CHM (Compatible with Windows Vista)
- Most PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions
- Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (add-all button, ANI/CUR loading, batch text)

Daemon Tools 4.0.8, SPTD 1.37

The first Daemon Tools update since 4.0.6, the release that brought Vista-compatibility, is finally here. DT 4.0.8 fixes a couple of bugs, adds an unattended installation mode and includes a newer version of the SPTD driver.

Duplex Secure's SPTD 1.37 fixes a few problems such as compatiblity with InterVideo DVD Copy 5. The installer no longer displays the notice about debuggers in order to avoid users' confusion.


*** DAEMON TOOLS DOWNLOADS (SPTD included) ***

Get it now (32-bit): Download Daemon Tools 4.0.8 x86
exe installer, 1.44MB, MD5 hash: 6CF7090069CFD98231EF196A1D608C5A

The 64-bit version: Download Daemon Tools 4.0.8 X64
exe installer, 1.60MB, MD5 hash: DAF5A57D5884DDE77E4AB7AEE15C96F8

You may want to try: Other Daemon Tools Related Downloads


*** SPTD DRIVER DOWNLOADS ***

32-bit: Download SPTD 1.37 x86
exe installer, 745KB, MD5 hash=0C525902439F9C4AFF46454C4201A426

64-bit: Download SPTD 1.37 X64
exe installer, 951KB, MD5 hash=B188A72441CD437800BF5EF040412D2A


*** CHANGES IN DAEMON TOOLS 4.0.8 ***

This new version supports silent setup now.
Example: daemon408-x86.exe /S /D=F:\Some FolderNote that no quotes must be used in installation path even if name has spaces.
All critical errros will be still displayed no matter silent or not.
Case of parameters is important, eg. /s will not work.
Reboot prompt will not be shown.

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Note: Daemon Tools Icon credit: ~phycospawn

TreeSize joins the Vista-Compatible Club!

JAM Software's new version of TreeSize, 4.1.0.302, packs quite a host of new features and improvements, but the highlight is surely its compatibility with Microsoft's Windows Vista. Unfortunately, there's also a drawback to this, but more on that later. First, let's go through the notable additions to TreeSize 4.1 ...

... starting off with the multithreaded scanning improvements which make network scans twice as fast.

In order to help users take advantage of every bit of free (or free-able) HDD space, a shortcut to the configuration dialog for the Windows System Restore has been added in the Tools menu. (System Restore typically reserves around 10% of each HDD partition, so changing this setting will free some space up).

Multiple changes were applied to the File Search module, mostly related to the program's user interface. Check the changelog for full details...

Now on to fixes: a race condition bug sometimes caused the main program's settings to be overwritten by the File Search module. Additionally, a minor GUI issue was resolved.

Earlier I was speaking about a drawback in TreeSize 4.1 caused by its compatibility with Windows Vista. The problem is that Vista's Explorer does not (yet?) allow column extensions, so the useful "treesize" column cannot work.


*** RELEVANT LINKS ***

Get it now: Download TreeSize Professional 4.1
(.exe installer, 3.44MB, MD5=18824984E4D9317E144831BADAFEACA6)

Or: Download TreeSize Personal 4.1
(.exe installer, 3.44MB, MD5=24F0C83D245BB3AA2E879B2046057DEC)

You might want to try:
TreeSize Professional homepage
TreeSize Personal homepage


*** WHAT'S NEW IN TREESIZE 4.1.0.302 ***

· Multithreaded scanning has been improved which makes especially network scans up to two times faster.
· A new tab "File Ages" has been added to the right pane. It shows the distribution of the file ages for each directory.
· The Extensions, Users and Top 100 lists as well as the result list of the File Search now have a right click menu for their column headers which allows to show or hide individual columns. Columns can be rearranged using drag&drop. These settings are saved when TreeSize is closed and are restored on the next start.
· The list of file types on the tab "Extensions" now fills up faster.
· The Details tab now also has a toolbar. It can be turned off using the "Toolbar" submenu in the "View" menu.
· Folders that could not be scanned due to an error are now shown with a small exclamation mark in the directory tree. The error message is added to the tooltip of this folder.
· A new option allows to decide if date and time should be shown for the last access, last modified and the creation date, or only the date.
· The Tools menu now has a menu item that opens the configuration dialog for the Windows System Restore. The Windows System Restore by default uses 10-15% of every hard disk drive. A good source for freeing disk space is the reduction of this space reserved for the System Restore.
· The unit and the decimals of the TreeSize column for the Windows Explorer can now be configured in the Options of TreeSize Pro on the new tab "Shell Extensions". Furthermore the Explorer extension can now be fully turned off here.
· The context menu item "Find deepest nesting" is now not only available in the context menu of the root folder but also in the context menu of the subfolders.
· The drive panel now uses a different color to show the free space as the Details view uses in the column "% of Parent".
· It is now possible to copy the content of the drive panel to the clipboard in a CSV-compatible format.
· TreeSize is now compatible with Windows Vista. The Vista Explorer however lacks the interface for extending it with additional columns, so the TreeSize column is currently not available for the Windows Vista Explorer.

· File Search: The right click menu now allows applying the NTFS-compression to the selected files in a result list.
· File Search: The visibility of columns in the result lists can now be adjusted on the "View Options" tab.
· File Search: Compressed files are now shown in a different color, just like in the main application. For compressed files, their compressed size is now shown instead of the uncompressed size.
· File Search: The result list of the temporary file search now shows the reason why a file or folder was added to the list (e.g. the matching pattern, because it is a link with an invalid target etc.)
· File Search: Drives removed from the drive list window now stay excluded when the application is started the next time.

· Bugfix: The selected item of the tree in the main windows was not always drawn correctly.
· Bugfix: The File search module sometimes overwrote settings of the main module if both modules were running and the File Search module was terminated after the main module.
· Bugfix: Removing a currently scanned folder temporarily from TreeSize occasionally resulted in an error.