Program Options
- Minimize to tray at startup - rather than having CleanCache appear on the desktop when started, it will immediately minimize itself to the system tray
- Close minimizes to tray - clicking the X in the upper right corner of CleanCache will not exit the program but will minimize it to the tray
- Stealth Mode - if you do not want to have the tray icon visible. You can assign any key that you would like to use to bring CleanCache to the desktop. The key combination is Ctrl + Alt + Key (R by default)
- Show finished message when minimized to tray - I have tried to make CleanCache as unobtrusive as I can. Some users may want to know when CleanCache has actually finished cleaning while minimized to the tray. The option will put a message box up on the screen when CleanCache has finished cleaning.
- Create log files - useful if you are curious as to what CleanCache is doing while cleaning and very useful if you have a problem that I need to research.
Cleaning Options
- Run at Windows startup - executes CleanCache when Windows starts. You have the following options when CleanCache starts:
- Do not clean at startup - CleanCache will start but not clean
- Clean at Windows startup - CleanCache will start, clean all checked items and then stay running
- Clean at Windows startup then exit - CleanCache will start, clean all checked items and then exit
- Clean at Windows shutdown - CleanCache will clean when Windows is shutdown or rebooted.
- Reboot after Manual Clean - CleanCache will reboot the pc after running a manual clean. This option is not valid when cleaning on browser close.
- Shutdown after Manual Clean - CleanCache will shutdown the pc after running a manual clean. This option is not valid when cleaning on browser close.
Appearance Options
Try to make this ButtUgly program look more attractive!
Cookies Options
- Save cookies if they match IE Favorites - A very useful feature for automatically saving cookies for web sites that you have as favorites.
- Save cookies if they match allowed IE Managed Site - This will save cookies for sites that have been added to IE's managed site list.
Secure Cleaning Options
- Use secure cleaning - Select this option if you want to have your files securely wiped before deletion. Please note that this may/will slow down the process of cleaning files tremendously. Each cleaning method below overwrites each file with random/specified bytes and then renames the file 26 times before deletion.
- Single Pass (random bytes) - The file is overwritten by random bytes in one pass before deletion.
- DoD 5220.22-M STD (3 pass) - The file is overwritten in 3 passes. The first being byte 0 (0x00), the second its complement (0x255) and the third pass is entirely random bytes. Please this this link for the DoD documents for more information.
- Gutmann (35 pass) - The file is overwritten in 35 passes with the following bytes. Please see Peter Gutmann's paper for more information:
1 Random
2 Random
3 Random
4 Random
5 0x55
6 0xAA
7 0x92 0x49 0x24
8 0x49 0x24 0x92
9 0x24 0x92 0x49
10 0x00
11 0x11
12 0x22
13 0x33
14 0x44
15 0x55
16 0x66
17 0x77
18 0x88
19 0x99
20 0xAA
21 0xBB
22 0xCC
23 0xDD
24 0xEE
25 0xFF
26 0x92 0x49 0x24
27 0x49 0x24 0x92
28 0x24 0x92 0x49
29 0x6D 0xB6 0xDB
30 0xB6 0xDB 0x6D
31 0xDB 0x6D 0xB6
32 Random
33 Random
34 Random
35 Random
- Number of wiping runs (1-35) - This number will specify how many times to do the above wiping scheme on each file. For example, if you have selected the DoD method of wiping and having the number of wiping runs set to 1, the file will be overwritten the normal 3 passes. If you have the number of wiping runs set to 2 the file will go through the DoD wiping scheme twice for a total of 6 passes. An extreme example would be if you have selected the Gutmann method of wiping and have the number of wiping runs set to 35, the file would be overwritten 1,225 times! Please be careful when using this option since it will slow down an already slow process even more.
- Just below the Number of wiping runs (1-35) a label is displayed showing how many times the file will be overwritten with the selected options.
