Eraser 6.2.0.2982

- Updated Italian translation.
- Updated LZMA SDK for Bootstrapper to use the beta 9.22 SDK which is the only one available from 7-zip.
- Improved Recycle Bin support for non-NTFS drives on Windows.
- Fixed Scheduler display bug where tasks added using the Shell Context Menu could appear in the schedule as Not Queued even if it was configured to run automatically, if a task was already running.
- Disable all entropy mixing algorithms except SHA-1 so that Eraser can continue to function even when FIPS mode is enabled under Windows XP.
- Bug fix for CryptoAPI crash on startup under certain circumstances.
- Fixed persistence of non-default erasure methods for erasure targets.
- Allow users to exit from an invalid custom erasure method editor state if he clicks cancel or closes the dialog.

- Fixed documentation errors when adding new tasks
- Fixed fatal errors when erasing files which the current user do not have access to
- Fixed updater with the change in server
- Fixed bug in monthly schedules
- Implementation suggestion by Jackjack that the title of balloon tips should be "Task Completed" and not "Task Executed" for clarity
- Document working around UAC to erase unused disk space.
- Fixed bug in scheduler where tasks will only be run once per Eraser start up even if the schedule should have been triggered
- Fixed memory leak when the Unlocker feature was enabled.
- Fixed some cases where file unlocking would still not allow a file to be unlocked for erasure.
- Fixed a situation where by a task would be initiated from the Explorer context menu and when Eraser was not running. Under some situations, the task will run but the UI will not reflect that.
- Fixed a crash when using the Unlocker code from Windows Vista.

- Fixed Eraser icon badge to reflect correct version
- Initial Polish translation for Eraser
- Fixed Donation link in About dialog
- Fixed improper exit from Eraser when the instance was started by the system
- Fixed documentation error: missing description of the Unused Disk Space target - When erasing shortcuts, erase the shortcut and not the target of the shortcut - Fixed compatibility for drag & drop with Total Commander (and older programs)
- Fixed non-saving of schedule type when editing a task Joel
- Fixed status error when editing adding a new task when one is already running
- The MSI installer will no longer check for the .NET Framework, only the Bootstrapper will
- Fixed "File in Use" errors when plausible deniability is selected (decoy files)
- Supplants a fix in Eraser 6.0.6: the amount of data that needed to be overwritten was underreported
- Fixed crash on certain computers with unusual drive configurations
- Fixed erasing of UNC paths: Eraser would previously refuse to erase UNC paths. However, use this feature at your own risk: UNC paths behave differently from disk erasures and data may not be completely erased.
- Fix the (wrong) file name reported when erasing cluster tips
- Better filesystem access permissions resilience when erasing cluster tips
- Fix crash when a disk is connected but not mounted
- Do not display the Eraser context menu for the Start button
- Fixed the "out of disk space" error when erasing unused disk space
- Fixed compatibility with Magellan Explorer on pre-Vista OSes
- Fixed a few minor documentation errors on task list compatibility and on NTFS compressed/encrypted/sparse files
- Fixed display of task schedule times to be accurate only to one minute
- Removed the Gutmann Lite method
- Fixed crash when right-clicking empty spaces in folders
- Fixed the "Eraser cannot connect to the running instance for erasures" error when triggering Eraser from the context menu and when Eraser is not already running
- API change: task.Executing is now false when the TaskFinished event handlers are called

- Updated a few missing Italian localisation resources
- Fixed crash on startup for certain computers
- Use proper font handling for menus during theming.
- Made improvements to the progress handling of NTFS' handling of unused directory entry erasures
- Stricter .NET framework version check, including that of service packs.
- Don't allow automatically-loaded plugins to be automatically-loaded forever (security fix)
- Unauthorised file access messages during cluster tip erasures have been downgraded from error to information.
- Fixed potential blank context menu items in certain locales and locations in the shell
- Better error handling when cleaning up erased files and folders
- Fixes bug #286: Random errors when erasing cluster tips due to SfcIsFileProtected
- Fixes bug #285: Multiple custom method editor bugfixes
- Fixes multiple localisation issues for users who do not use English builds of Windows and for which no localisation is currently available
- Better error message when loading settings fail.
- Prevent a stack overflow when a user picks the FL16KB erasure method recursively as the chained erasure method.
- Fixed updating from the Eraser website when we use download IDs
- Fixed random crashes when using the Context menu to erase files/folders
- Simplified removal of decoy files from the settings page
- Fixed removal of plausible deniability decoys (#297)
- Fixed more crashes on startup.
- Fixed crash when erasing files which do not exist.
- Fixed race condition when two Eraser instances are started at the same time
- Fixed crash when clicking on the About dialog, but the appropriate handler could not be executed.
- Fixed crash when closing open handles for which filenames cannot be found.
- Fixed crash when users erase the root of a drive
- Fixed error when erasing files with plausible deniability enabled and having insufficient space on-disk.
- Fixed crashes when progress events are triggered (due to their asynchronous nature)
- Fixed cluster tip erasures when erasing the system drive: check both for existence of a directory as well as the ability to access it before throwing errors
- Task log improvements, notably those which involve errors before logging used to start
- Fixed inconsistent state of tasks which were edited and run immediately (potential crash)
- Removed NtQuerySystemInformation entropy gathering, fixes freezing and BSoDs for most users
- Better test for stream existence
- Confirm with the user that dropped files should be erased. Fixes #306
- Implemented UNC path erasures (Fixes #313)
- Fixed crash when unlocking file locked by a process with a higher permission level than Eraser
- Fixed blank screen when starting Eraser with --quiet and then starting another Eraser instance
- Managed/unmanaged call optimisation
- Fixed handling of corrupt volumes when querying a volume for information
- Fixed identification of drive types
- Fixed crash for users when clicking on Add Data
- Better enumeration of files which is more tolerant to files which are deleted during the erase process
- Better handling of direcory reparse points and more efficient directory/file enumeration processes
- Ensure the validity of decoy files before using them, fixing most exceptions during erasure when decoy files are enabled
- Fixed crash when importing a corrupt/old task list
- Cleaner shutdown processes
- Respect the Erase if Empty option when erasing directories
- Allow a longer wait for the new Eraser instance to be spawned
- Proper shut down when Hide when Minimised is enabled.
- Display errors when opening URLs fail instead of crashing
- Fixed network statistics entropy gathering: wrong function order
- Fixed exception when erasing cluster tips of files which were deeted during the enumeration process
- Fixed command line parsing when commas and equality signs are in the filename
- Fixed certain cannot delete file/folder errors when erasing files (due to invalid filenames being generated)
- Handle locked files better when erasing files
- Potential fix for insufficient disk space errors when doing free disk space erasures
- When copying log entries use Windows line breaks
- Fixed potential double exception when erasing cluster tips
- Include the internal error when throwing an exception to indicate the inability to lock a volume

* Progress dialog improvements
* Deal with cluster tip erasure failures more robustly
* subfolders of the target if they are empty after the erase regardless of whether the folder should be deleted when empty
* Fixed the crash which appears after Erase has been running for a while
* Create a Hide button for the progress dialog
* Relabelled tab order for the progress dialog
* Friendlier error message used when access is denied erasing a file cluster tip.
* Moved the task list to a file in the Local Application Data folder (%LOCALAPPDATA%Eraser 6)
* Allow users to filter log messages by severity
* Fixed crash when "unformatted" drives are installed on the computer.
* Clean up files meant for cleaning up the MFT after we are done with it.
* Log viewer performance optimisations
* Fixed a crash when right-clicking a drive in the Computer folder.
* Fixed restart-run tasks.
* Made the forced closure of file handles optional
* Added first draft of the Eraser documentation
* Allow eraser to be called from the Run dialog
* Fixed crash when erasing FAT file systems.
* Certain file names which could not be erased from the context menu previously can now be erased.
* Allow computers without network adapters to run Eraser
* Disk performance counters can now be used as an entropy source
* Cleaner NTFS MFT erasure.
* Implemented FAT cleaning
* Implemented delete key in the Scheduler.
* Updated the Visual C++ runtime to the latest one (2008SP1 with ATL security fix)
* Installer bootstrapper improvements
* Do not stop running a task if one target does not exist.
* NTFS MFT Cleaning improvements.
* Allow many files to be dragged into the Eraser Window.
* Erase MFT resident files before expanding the file to clear the cluster.
* When selecting too many files to erase from the Eraser context menu in Windows Explorer display a helpful error message instead of failing without any reason.
* Fixed Eraser being unable to exit when started at logon.
* Allow an elevated instance of Eraser to be controlled remotely by the same user.
* Fixed crash when deleting multiple tasks
* Added Italian localisation support
* Compile Warning fixes
* Don't check the SFC filelist if the given path name is longer than 255 characters
* Implemented Italian localisation
* Fixed build process for developers without code signing certificates
* Rearranged the Italian settings panel to fit longer strings
* More Italian localisation work
* Display the language name in the .NET framework language for all Eraser translations for uniformity
* Display untranslated strings in debug builds as "untranslated" but use the English string in release builds
* Fixed updater crash
* More Italian localisation work; added support for Shell Extension translations
* Implemented Shell Extension translation switching (controlled from the Eraser Settings page)