Version Info for
PurgeIE Pro
Windows 8 Note - PurgeIE,
PurgeIE Pro and PurgeFox were designed to work with
Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Prior to Windows 8,
Internet Explorer utilized files named Index.dat
for indexing the Cache, Cookies and History information.
Beginning with Windows 8, Index.dat
files are not used. The indexing functions are implemented within a
Microsoft database system.
PurgeIE Pro 5.02
- 11/11/2013 -
Included support for the Temp Folders to include those
defined via the System Variables "TEMP" and "TMP".
PurgeIE
Pro 5.01 - 01/21/2013 -
Added support for Win-8 and IE-10
Drop support for 98 / NT-4 / ME / 2000
PurgeIE
Pro 4.05 - 04/30/2011 -
Implemented a method for protecting files in the Temp Folders.
Added support for IE-9.
PurgeIE
Pro 4.04 - 09/02/2010 -
Implemented a purge function for Internet Explorer's DOMstore
(Document Object Model).
PurgeIE
Pro 4.03 - 09/29/2009 -
Improved the clearing of data within the Index.dat
files. Recent versions of I.E. was not clearing the URL
data in the Index.dat files. I.E. was simply marking them as free.
Modified the Purge I.E. Folders at next Reboot
function to avoid the timing problems with Windows opening the Index.dat
files early in the Boot process. This now deletes only the Index.dat
files rather than the complete folder.
Implemented a new Tools function to Display
Hidden Browser Windows.
Implemented a function for Executing individual plugins via the Select
Plugins window.
PurgeIE
Pro 4.02 - 12/23/2008 -
Implemented column sorting for the Protect windows display.
Click the heading area of a column to sort the display based on that column.
Click again to reverse the sort order.
PurgeIE
Pro 4.01 - 01/26/2007 -
Implemented support for VISTA. The new
versions process both the Protected Mode folders and the Normal Mode
folders for Internet Explorer 7 (and higher) running under VISTA.
PurgeIE
Pro 3.04 - 03/16/2006 -
Implemented an option on the Protect Window for users to indicate selected Cookies to have their data randomized by the "Unprotected Cookies" function.
For example, one could designate the Cookies from "DoubleClick" to be randomized (jumbled) during the Purge function. This should, effectively, cause the DoubleClick Cookies to be meaningless to DoubleClick, etc..
Implemented an option for changing the display Fonts for the Main Window and the Protect Window.
Added functions to the Help Menu to access the website's forms to:
1. Replace Lost Registration Code
2. Contact Vendor via Email.
Added Color coding of error messages in the "Display Results" listings.
PurgeIE
Pro 3.03 - 12/13/2005 -
Implemented an option for ignoring newer files in the Temp Folders. The number of hours can be specified for this option.
This should help eliminate some of the "locked" file messages.
The default settings are "On" and "8" Hours.
PurgeIE
Pro 3.02
- 10/24/2005 -
Corrected an error. Version 3.01 was reverting to test mode after registration.
PurgeIE
Pro 3.01
- 09/24/2005 -
Implemented a new user interface using a tabbed sheet layout.
This is quite similar to the user interface used in PurgeFox.
PurgeIE
Pro 2.03
-
03/14/2005 -
Modified to include optional
support for XP themes. This required conversion of the Windows
buttons to plain buttons with no icons.
PurgeIE
Pro 2.02 -
09/06/2004 -
Implemented a Quick Start window for new users.
Implemented a Windows-style menu system and removed the "Help" button from the Main window.
Modified the "Clear AutoComplete Forms" option to utilize a NT/XP Service to delete the forms data. Earlier versions processed the "Internet Options" screens to accomplish this function.
Implemented the use of Windows assigned "Application Data" folders for storing the user's Protect data file, etc..
Previous versions stored these files in the PurgeIE execution folder.
PurgeIE
Pro 2.01 -
03/04/2004 -
Implemented an option for clearing the Windows
ClipBoard.
Implemented optional support for processing multiple 'Temp' folders with the 'Temp Folders' option. You can use the 'Configuration' function to select up to four possible folder locations for processing.
This has become necessary as not all programs follow the rules when determining the folder to use for their 'Temp' files.
PurgeIE
Pro 1.05 -
01/01/2004 -
Implemented an option to
'Check for New Version'. This is accessed via the "Help"
button.
Modified the notation for 'Temp Files'
to 'Temp Folder' which
is more descriptive of the function. As before, the function
deletes all files from the Windows Temp Folder.
PurgeIE
Pro 1.04 -
11/03/2003 -
Improved processing for the
"History Folders" option. This should overcome the problems with
IE-5 and IE-6 which prevent users from deleting their
"Today" History on many systems.
PurgeIE
Pro 1.03 -
06/30/2003 -
Implemented buttons on
the main window to turn all options 'On' and 'Off'.
Combined the "Clear History via
I.E." option into the "History Folders" option.
This eliminated the use of the 'Internet Options' screens and is much
faster.
PurgeIE
Pro 1.02 -
05/11/2003 -
Implemented a function within the Plugin logic to purge specified
Elements within XML files.
This was requested so as to support clearing of History stored by the 'Open Office' product.
Note - this support is also implemented in version 1.02 of the
Plugin Manager.
If you use the
Plugin Manager, you should also upgrade it to version 1.02
PurgeIE
Pro 1.01 -
04/01/2003 -
Initial Production Release.
This is at the same level as PurgeIE 5.01.
Version Info for
PurgeIE
PurgeIE 9.02
- 11/11/2013 -
Included support for the Temp Folders to include those
defined via the System Variables "TEMP" and "TMP".
PurgeIE 9.01
- 01/21/2013 -
Added support for Win-8 and IE-10
Drop support for 98 / NT-4 / ME / 2000
PurgeIE 8.05 - 04/30/2011 -
Implemented a method for protecting files in the Temp Folders.
Added support for IE-9.
PurgeIE 8.04 -
09/02/2010 -
Implemented a purge function for Internet Explorer's DOMstore
(Document Object Model).
PurgeIE 8.03 -
09/29/2009 -
Improved the clearing of data within the Index.dat
files. Recent versions of I.E. was not clearing the URL
data in the Index.dat files. I.E. was simply marking them as free.
Modified the Purge I.E. Folders at next Reboot
function to avoid the timing problems with Windows opening the Index.dat
files early in the Boot process. This now deletes only the Index.dat
files rather than the complete folder.
Implemented a new Tools function to Display
Hidden Browser Windows.
PurgeIE 8.02 -
12/23/2008 -
Implemented column sorting for the Protect windows display.
Click the heading area of a column to sort the display based on that column. Click again to reverse the sort order.
PurgeIE 8.01 -
01/26/2007 -
Implemented support for VISTA. The new
versions process both the Protected Mode folders and the Normal Mode
folders for Internet Explorer 7 (and higher) running under VISTA.
PurgeIE
7.04 - 03/16/2006 -
Implemented an option on the Protect Window for users to indicate selected Cookies to have their data randomized by the "Unprotected Cookies" function.
For example, one could designate the Cookies from "DoubleClick" to be randomized (jumbled) during the Purge function. This should, effectively, cause the DoubleClick Cookies to be meaningless to
DoubleClick, etc..
Implemented an option for changing the display Fonts for the Main Window and the Protect Window.
Added functions to the Help Menu to access the website's forms to:
1. Replace Lost Registration Code
2. Contact Vendor via Email.
Added Color coding of error messages in the "Display Results" listings.
PurgeIE
7.03 - 12/13/2005 -
Implemented an option for ignoring newer files in the Temp Folders. The number of hours can be specified for this option. This should help eliminate some of the "locked" file
messages.
The default settings are "On" and "8" Hours.
PurgeIE
7.02
- 10/24/2005 -
Corrected an error. Version 7.01 was reverting to test mode after registration.
PurgeIE
7.01
- 09/24/2005 -
Implemented a new user interface using a tabbed sheet layout.
Implemented an optional "Purge and Shutdown" shortcut for those that would like to execute
PurgeIE within their shutdown procedures.
Implemented the multiple option sets. This provides for saving separate
options sets for "Purge Now", for execution at System startup and for execution at System Shutdown.
Both the "Purge and Shutdown" shortcut and the multiple option sets have been available in
PurgeIE Pro and in PurgeFox.
PurgeIE 6.03
-
03/14/2005 -
Modified to include optional
support for XP themes. This required conversion of the Windows
buttons to plain buttons with no icons.
PurgeIE 6.02
-
09/06/2004 -
Implemented a Quick Start window for new users.
Implemented a Windows-style menu system and removed the "Help" button from the Main window.
Modified the "Clear AutoComplete Forms" option to utilize a NT/XP Service to delete the forms data. Earlier versions processed the "Internet Options" screens to accomplish this function.
Implemented the use of Windows assigned "Application Data" folders for storing the user's Protect data file, etc.. Previous versions stored these files in the PurgeIE execution folder.
PurgeIE 6.01
-
03/04/2004 -
Implemented an option for clearing the Windows
ClipBoard.
Implemented optional support for processing multiple 'Temp' folders with the 'Temp Folders' option. You can use the 'Configuration' function to select up to four possible folder locations for processing.
This has become necessary as not all programs follow the rules when determining the folder to use for their 'Temp' files.
PurgeIE 5.04
-
01/01/2004 -
Implemented an option to
'Check for New Version'. This is accessed via the "Help"
button.
Modified the notation for 'Temp Files'
to 'Temp Folder' which
is more descriptive of the function. As before, the function
deletes all files from the Windows Temp Folder.
PurgeIE 5.03
-
11/03/2003 -
Improved processing for the
"History Folders" option. This should overcome the problems with
IE-5 and IE-6 which prevent users from deleting their
"Today" History on many systems.
PurgeIE 5.02
-
06/30/2003 -
Implemented buttons on
the main window to turn all options 'On' and 'Off'.
Combined the "Clear History via
I.E." option into the " History Folders" option.
This eliminated the use of the 'Internet Options' screens and is much
faster.
PurgeIE 5.01 -
07/30/2002 -
Added an option to purge the IE
'UserData' folder. This folder is documented on Microsoft.com as "UserData Persistence".
Some of the privacy experts refer to these files as "SuperCookies".
Microsoft implemented this functionality with IE-5 and expanded it with IE-5.5.
Enhanced the 'Typed URLs' function to include the purge of the 'Typed URLs' from the MSN window for those using MSN-6
Explorer.
PurgeIE 4.04 -
02/18/2002 -
Added an
"Open" function to the 'Protect' window. This opens an
Internet Explorer window for the selected URL address. This
allows you to easily open an I.E. window to access the Website that
gave you the selected Cookie. There had been several requests
for this functionality.
Changed the criteria
for display of the 'Green Warning' at the bottom of the PurgeIE
display. Previously, any error caused the 'Green Warning' to
display. Several users reported that they were getting the
warning even though the only problem was that one, or more, files
wouldn't delete from the Windows Temp folder due to being in use by
other programs. This change causes 'Locked' Temp files to be
considered insufficient to cause the 'Green Warning' to display.
The message display will still contain the 'Locked' indication but
will not, by itself, cause the warning to display.
Implemented the
<Tab> key as a hotkey to locate the Error Messages and Error
Indicators in the PurgeIE's displayed messages.
In order to promote the
use of the <Tab> key function, changed the warning message from:
"Errors in Purge
Report - Please review the report...." to
"Errors in Purge
Function - Use the TAB key to locate the Error messages...."
Changed the display for
the Windows Temp Folder to display the folder name as a Long File
name.
PurgeIE 4.03 -
09/30/2001 -
The primary enhancement
includes a new display within the 'Protect' window. For a selected
URL, this displays the domain from the URL and displays the Security
Zone that I.E. would associate with the URL. For IE-6 systems, the
'per-site' Cookie setting is displayed.
Associated with the new
displays are convenient functions for adding, changing and deleting
these Security Zone assignments and for IE-6, the Cookie settings.
The purpose of the
above implementation is to give you tools to help you manage Cookies
for your system.
Added a 'Controlling
Cookies' section to Help File.
Added a
'Troubleshooting' section to Help File.
Implemented a warning
to call attention to conflicts with Purging while an Internet Explorer
window is active.
Implemented a more
efficient 'install' program to generate smaller download modules.
PurgeIE 4.02 -
05/14/2001 -
Implemented support for
IE-6 and for Win-XP.
PurgeIE 4.01 -
10/18/2000 -
Implemented an
automatic viewer for Cookie contents within the display function of
the Protect window.
Modified both the
"Filter" and the "Find" functions to base their
tests on the contents of the Cookie files when displaying Cookies.
This provides the
capability for searching through one's Cookies for particular content
such as the one's own name.
Implemented an option
for specifying the column to use for sorting the displayed items on
the Protect window.
Implemented a
configuration option to disable hints for the Window buttons, etc..
Added support for the
'Delete' key for deleting Cookies, etc..
The purge for Windows
Temp files has been improved by performing additional tests to verify
that the System pointer to the folder is correct. The indicated
Windows Temp File folder is verified to be named "temp".
This is to guard
against the situation in which one's System pointer has been modified
to refer to a non-temporary folder. Sub-folders under the Windows Temp
File folder are still included in this purge function.
PurgeIE 3.02 -
06/07/2000 -
Implemented an option
for "Recycle Bin" - selecting this option will empty the Windows
Recycle Bin.
Revised terminology for
'Subscription' to 'Offline Viewing' for Cache.
Implemented an 'Execute
at Startup' option.
Implemented a
Configuration Window for setting display options for the 'Startup'
execution, etc.. PurgeIE can now be executed in stealth mode by
disabling the display options.
PurgeIE 3.01 -
12/27/1999 -
Implemented an option
"Clear Previous Searches" - selecting this option will
delete the "Previous Searches" data from the Windows
Registry. These are entries retained when one uses the IE-5 Search
function. This function is only available for IE-5, or higher.
Implemented an option
"Clear AutoComplete Forms via I.E." - selecting this option
will bring up the Internet Explorers Properties Panel and simulate
selecting the Content tab, selecting the "AutoComplete"
button and pressing its "Clear Forms" button. After a
successful execution, the I.E. Panel is closed. This function is only
available for IE-5, or higher.
Implemented a new
function "Copy Display to ClipBoard" as an aid in
troubleshooting.
Implemented a new
function "Create Shortcuts" for creating PurgeIE shortcuts
on the Desktop.
PurgeIE 2.05 -
08/12/1999 -
Modified registration routines to
resolve problems associated with generated User ID Codes.
PurgeIE 2.04 -
07/19/1999 -
Converted 'ListBox' control to 'ListView'
for the Message display. This was done to resolve problems with
running out of Windows Resources which had caused Windows failures. It
was determined that a Windows Listbox makes extensive use of Windows
Resources.
Implemented program logic to
identify problems with corrupt Index.dat files. This had resulted in a
program loop.
Implemented an option to delete I.E.
Folders across a Reboot. This is for Emergency use to delete corrupted
folders. The Reboot is necessary to avoid the file locking problems.
PurgeIE 2.03 -
06/23/1999 -
Implemented a new option "Clear History via
I.E." - selecting this option will bring up the Internet
Explorers Properties (Options) Panel and simulate pressing its
"Clear History" button. After a successful execution, the
I.E. Panel is closed.
This option was implemented to provide a means for deleting History
information for the systems that prevented deletion by keeping the
History files ‘Locked’. Internet Explorer 4.0 running on Win-98
systems keeps the current History folder locked once I.E. is started.
Other systems use Locking of these folders to some degree.
Implemented a modification to allow
CDF files to delete if Time
since last access for Offline (or Subscription) Cache is all zeroes.
PurgeIE 2.02 -
04/26/1999 -
Implemented an option to Purge
Windows Temporary Files.
Added an option to the "Protect Window" to limit the display
to records containing a user-specified character string. This is to
facilitate selection of Cookies, etc., for protection.
Moved Status Messages to bottom of screens.
Corrected error in Statistics function for FAT32 disk partitions.
System was deriving incorrect cluster sizes which caused the values
for allocated disk space to be too high for Cookies and for Cache.
Reduce initial size of windows
to accommodate the Windows Taskbar for 640x480 displays. The window sizes
and positions will be retained at shutdown as has been done in the
previous versions.
Shortened the path to Online Registration.
PurgeIE 2.01 -
03/28/1999 -
Modify documentation re support of
Internet Explorer 5.0 as well as I.E. Beta 5.0.
Implement a statistics function to list disk space used by Cache and
Cookies.
Implement an option for One-Step execution. Add an Icon to the
Distribution package for this - "Purge with Current
Options".
PurgeIE 1.01 -
02/25/1999 -
Initial Production Release.
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