Version 0.6.2

• Fixes #43. Thanks to @Blitzkrieg99 for his PR #55

Version 0.6

This small-ish update is all about customization and control!

• Allow users to customize the apps theme color
• Allow users to select how many times should a file be overwritten

Version 0.5.2

What's new

• Fixed a bug where the app would have crashed when attempting to delete a folder that needed admin's privileges.
• Update website url

Note: The installer doesn't require admin privileges

Version 0.5.1

Updated some of the dependencies, you shouldn't notice anything different. I updated the Dropbox SDK because they are going to stop supporting the old version soon.

Note: If you want to install Permadelete on a Standard/Non-administrator account, please download Permadelete_Installer_Standard_User Or Permadelete_Portable

Version 0.5

Permadelete is an easy-to-use and beautiful app for windows that can delete files and folders permanently. In this latest version a lot of things are changed and improved, and a lot of new things are added to it.

Download version 0.5

Please head here for a quick tutorial on how to shred files using Permadelete (It has nice pictures 😉). If you had any problem, suggestion, idea or question, you are always welcome to file an issue and we will be happy to help you. And we also welcome any kind of contribution to the project, you can:

• Code with us.
• Sending us ideas, suggestions and bugs you have found.
• Testing the app. We will appreciate it if you could test the app against your favorite recovery app and tell us about the result.

What's new

• The update status is shown in the about window. See #11
• A preview of the files and folders being dragged is now shown beneath the mouse when dragging and dropping. See #17
• A Complete redesign of the app, see #21
• Change the name from RudeFox to Permadelete
• Changed the "Delete" words on the UI to "Shred" to avoid confusion.
• Show notifications when errors occur during the shredding of files and folders
• Show a notification when a file is skipped inside a folder because of errors
• Files are now overwritten with pseudo-random numbers instead of zero-s.
• Many bug fixes and improvements to the overall app stability.

Contributors of this release

• Icons8.com donated an open source license to the project
• Sentry.io provides analytics and crash reporting
• @Gandalf-Ahmed designed the new app icon and tested the app
• @MkazemAkhgary fixed a bug in the app startup, see #13
• @DlearAhmad, @RebinGrphSftr and @MuhammedZagros tested the app against several file recovery apps. And guess what? Permadelete won 🎉 💯

Version 0.2

This update focuses on making the auto-updater better and making deleting files easier and more fun! And, we are getting very close to the first public beta release. Exciting times 😀. Take a look at the How to use page for more information about how to use RudeFox

Note: RudeFox needs .Net Framework 4.5, download it here.

What's New

• Files on SSDs are not overwritten to death anymore, they are just deleted normally. Why? See #3
• When a file is sent as a command line parameter (i.e opened from "Send To> RudeFox" or drag and dropped over the app icon/shortcut), the main window is not opened. Instead a small dialog is opened. See #2
• Updater will now continue downloading where the last failed attempt stopped, making updating process faster and more efficient. See #9
• Some more improvements to the updater. See #8 and #10
• Now overall progress is shown on the Taskbar. See #5.
• Main window is now a bit more responsive when resized to a small size.
• You can now select multiple folders when clicking on "Delete Folders" on the sidebar.
• Fixed a few minor bugs. See #7

Version 0.1

This is the first beta release of Rude Fox . Thank God! things are going smoooothly. 😀 If you are using v0.0.0.6, just open the app and after a while close it, this will update it to the latest version.

So, What's new?

A lot! Most of them are about the look and feel of RudeFox

• A new dress for the main window
• 3 more ways to delete files (the more the merrier hehe)
  • The sidebar
  • Double clicking the listbox when empty
  • It supports windows explorer context menu (#4), see below for instructions.
  • Plus the old way: Dragging and dropping files/folders into the app
• Only one instance of the app can be running at a time. see #6

How to add Rude Fox to Explorer's context menu

• Extract The Zip File to a folder
• Open Run (Win + R) and write "shell:sendto", this will take you to Windows' "Send To" folder
• Copy the "Rude Fox.lnk" that's inside the Zip and paste it inside the "Send To" folder
• Right click on the shortcut and click properties
• In the "Shortcut" Tab, change "Target" so that it points to the "Rude Fox.exe", don't forget to add "--sendto" to the end of it. It should look something like this: "D:\Rude Fox.exe" -- sendto
• And change Start in so that it points to the folder that contains "Rude Fox.exe"
• Tada! Now Right click on anything and Select "Send To => Rude Fox"

Tip: You can rename the shortcut file to "Hell", this way you can send stuff to hell, clever eh? 😸

Version 0.0.0.6 alpha

In this release an autoupdate mechanism has been added to the app. See issue #1 for more info.

How the autoupdate works

• 5 seconds after startup the app checks for new updates
• If there was an update, it will be downloaded to a folder in temp (only new files will be downloaded)
• When the user closes the app, the update will be applied
• The next time the user opens up the app, they will see the new version 😀 💯

Version 0.0.0.5 alpha

This release focuses on error logging and crash reports.

Changes

• Integrated NLog
• Added handlers for unhandled(global) exceptions
• The app now logs handled and unhandled exceptions
• Integrated Sentry.io client (Crash reports)

Version 0.0.0.4 alpha

Changes

• Added custom messagebox and error dialogs
• Better and more correct progress reporting
• The content that is pointed at by a syslink is not deleted, instead only the syslink is deleted now.

Bug Fixes

• Empty files were still shown in the queue even after they were removed.