- fixed JDK10 build. This is a build problem only due to a Lombok compatibility issue with JDK10, not a runtime issue. You don't need to upgrade Steam Cleaner, so there won't be a new release for 3.0.8 revision.
- fixed issue #27: scan Steam
steamappssubfolder instead of base dir.
- added Dutch (nl) translation. Thx "gizmo3399".
- updated Traditional Chinese (zh-hk) translation. Thx "tskonetwo".
- improved weight of application (a ~1MB library was needed at compile time only).
- updated the bundled JVM to Java 8u144.
- updated Italian (it) translation. Thx "xDarkWolf".
- improved handling of "Penumbra" games. Thx "DickTektiv".
- updated the bundled JVM to Java 8u121.
- added Traditional Chinese (zh-hk) translation. Thx "tsk12".
- internal: code rework and cleanup.
- improved redist detection: patterns are now case-insensitive.
- fixed some redist patterns.
- reworked download link to updates.
- updated Portuguese (pt) translation. Thx "poutros".
- added Italian (it) translation. Thx Davide Crucitti.
- moved to MIT license.
- added Steam download folder protection. You can now safely run Steam Cleaner while downloading games.
- fixed GOG folders protection. You can now safely run GOG while downloading games.
- updated the bundled JVM to Java 8u102.
- you can now use additional remote lists of redist patterns. See "Options/General" dialog and readme.txt file.
- some cleanup in UI.
- increased the default maximum depth of search (5->6).
- fixed program startup on some Windows installations.
- internal: some code cleanup
- internal: migration from Ant to Maven build system (I'm also working on a migration from NetBeans to IntelliJ)
- updated the bundled JVM to Java 8u92.
- added Simplified Chinese (zh-cn) translation. Thx "wbsdty331".
- some cleanup in dialogs.
- updated the bundled JVM to Java 8u73.
- new license.
- removed links to Kickstarter and Patreon campaigns.
- added links to Patreon and Kickstarter campaigns.
- there are now four editions of TikiOne Steam Cleaner: regular installer with and without bundled JVM, portable edition with and without bundled JVM.
- updater now offer link to download TikiOne Steam Cleaner from GitHub.com instead of Sourceforge.net.
- updater now detects which edition to download.
- updated German (de) translation. Thx Hauwertlhaufn.
- internal: removed some debug log messages.
- updated the bundled JVM to Java 8u51.
- updated German (de) translation. Thx Hauwertlhaufn.
- updated the bundled JVM to Java 8u45.
- there are now two editions of TikiOne Steam Cleaner: regular, with the installer, and a portable edition that don't left config files in %userprofile% folder.
- updated the list of redistributable packages to support GOG (GalaxyClient) and Origin platforms.
- updated the experimental list of redistributable packages to support Help, Support and EULA files (non-redist but still removable).
- greatly updated the exclude list to prevent many programs corruption.
- updated Spanish (es) translation. Thx "ZoSH".
- updated the list of redistributable packages (recently, many games seem to store their redist in a single "_CommonRedist" subdir).
- fixed UE3 redist detection.
- UI improvement: you can sort results.
- UI improvement: you can see estimated total size of selected elements to delete.
- some minor bugfixes.
- updated the bundled JVM to Java 7u80.
- fixed support for custom folders.
- fixed a bug with Steam path (you couldn't launch scan even if the Steam path was filled).
- fixed threading issues that lead to incomplete scans.
- changed UI fonts to support Chinese locales.
- the list of redist patterns is now in a separate configuration file. Starting from this release, you won't loose your preferences each program's update.
- fixed configuration corruption after application upgrade (some users reported problems with after a 2.3.2 upgrade, that could be fixed by deleting the "%USERPROFILE%/.tikione/" directory).
- removed GooglePlus shortcut.
- fixed the Steam folder detection to support the latest Steam application version. Thx to the CanardPC forum members.
- updated the bundled JVM to Java 7u67.
- updated the list of redistributable packages. Thx Brian Huqueriza.
- updated the launcher code.
- updated the bundled JVM to Java 8u5.
- greatly updated the list of redistributable packages. Thx Maxim Polulyakh.
- internal: TikiOne Steam Cleaner now downloads updater file and versioning info from Sourceforge.net instead of Tikione.fr.
- the TikiOne Steam Cleaner Facebook account is now disused (Facebook wants me to give them my phone number, WTF?). I'll now use my personnal Facebook account. Facebook link updated.
- internal: moved Log4j configuration file to user dir.
- internal: minor code refactorings.
- internal: improved Javadocs.
- fixed a minor regression in the main panel's UI.
- updated the Windows installer: you can now use it to upgrade any existing installation (you don't have to uninstall it first).
- updated Hungarian (hu) translation. Thx Zsolt Brechler.
- added shortcuts to the Twitter and Reddit webpages of TikiOne Steam Cleaner.
- updated Russian (ru) and Ukrainian (ua) translations. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов).
- internal: removed CPU detection and forced the number or threads to 4 (no impact on mono-core CPU, and good performance on multi-core).
- internal: removed all debug log messages.
- internal: reduced the size of log file.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- added Ukrainian (ua) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов) for his great contribution.
- updated Russian (ru) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов).
- added Polish (pl) translation. Thx Piotr Swat for his great contribution.
- improved translation files.
- 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).
- 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.
- fixed a bug case when trying to delete a folder that has already been deleted.
- some code reworked.
- updated Russian (ru) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- updated Russian (ru) translation. Thx Dmitry Bolotov (Дмитрий Болотов).
- updated the update engine to better manage TikiOne's version numbers.
- added a button to show the latest changelog file.
- internal: some code cleanup.
- 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.
- updated the search engine: fixed a bug in the "/config/config.vdf" file parsing (search was case sensitive).
- 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.
- fixed a crach case where a folder registered by "/config/config.vdf" doesn't exist.
- 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).
- 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).
- updated German (de) translation. Thx Ulli Kunz for his great contribution.
- added Hungarian (hu) translation. Thx Zsolt Brechler for his great contribution.
- updated the configuration file to detect BattleEye Anti-Cheat Engine installers.
- updated the program's launcher to detect more Java installations.
- updated the configuration file to improve installers detection (DirectX folder for the Worms Reloaded game).
- updated the program's logger to provide more detailed error messages.
- 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").
- at first launch, the default language is now selected according to the operating system's settings.
- 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.
- 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).
- some UI enhancements.
- updated the French translation of "About TikiOne Steam Cleaner" window's title (1.1.4 translation update 1 integration).
- 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.
- updated the configuration file to improve installers detection ("prerequisite(s)" directories).
- some UI enhancements.
- updated the configuration file to improve Visual C++ Redistributable Package installers detection.
- reduced the application size by 25%.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- fixed a little language error in button names: replaced "Redistribuable" by "Redistributable".
- 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.
- 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.
- updated the configuration file to rename the Visual C++ redist description ("Vivual" to "Visual").
- fixed size information for files smaller than 1 MB.
- 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.
- updated the configuration file to fix .NET 4.0 Framework installers detection.
- first public release.