Eraser 6.0.8, a maintenance release in the stable 6.0.x line was released today. 6.0.8 addresses a significant number of stability and usability issues found in Eraser 6.0.7. Eraser 6.0.8 is now the best in the Eraser 6.0.x line, as such, all users are encouraged to upgrade to 6.0.8 as soon as possible.

Changelog

Revision	Description	Author
1933-1934	Fixed Eraser icon badge to reflect correct version	Joel
1936, 1942	Initial Polish translation for Eraser	Rudzik
1940	Fixed Donation link in About dialog	Joel
1945	Fixed improper exit from Eraser when the instance was started by the system	Joel
1946	Fixed documentation error: missing description of the Unused Disk Space target	Joel
1948, 2225	When erasing shortcuts, erase the shortcut and not the target of the shortcut	Joel
1951	Fixed compatibility for drag & drop with Total Commander (and older programs)	Joel
1966	Fixed non-saving of schedule type when editing a task	Joel
1968	Fixed status error when editing adding a new task when one is already running	Joel
1689	The MSI installer will no longer check for the .NET Framework, only the Bootstrapper will	Joel
2014	Fixed "File in Use" errors when plausible deniability is selected (decoy files)	Joel
2080	Supplants a fix in Eraser 6.0.6: the amount of data that needed to be overwritten was underreported	Joel
2139	Fixed crash on certain computers with unusual drive configurations	Joel
2146, 2176	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.	Joel
2158	Fix the (wrong) file name reported when erasing cluster tips	Joel
2166	Better filesystem access permissions resilience when erasing cluster tips	Joel
2168, 2172, 2182	Fix crash when a disk is connected but not mounted	Joel
2215	Do not display the Eraser context menu for the Start button	Joel
2249, 2251, 2252, 2270	Fixed the "out of disk space" error when erasing unused disk space	Joel
2253	Fixed compatibility with Magellan Explorer on pre-Vista OSes	Joel
2255	Fixed a few minor documentation errors on task list compatibility and on NTFS compressed/encrypted/sparse files	Joel
2257	Fixed display of task schedule times to be accurate only to one minute	Joel
2259	Removed the Gutmann Lite method	Joel
2261	Fixed crash when right-clicking empty spaces in folders	Joel
2263, 2265	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	Joel
2264	API change: task.Executing is now false when the TaskFinished event handlers are called	Joel

Download/Hashes

It is important to note that users downgrading from 6.1 should delete their Task Lists (%LOCALAPPDATA%\Eraser 6\Task List.ersx) before running Eraser 6.0.x as that will result in a crash of 6.0.x builds. If you are upgrading from an earlier 6.0.x build, and especially if you have defined custom erasure methods or Plausible Deniability files, if upon upgrading Eraser refuses to start after the upgrade you can try deleting the task list (the same file as mentioned earlier) and if that fails, the HKCU\Software\Eraser\Eraser 6 registry key. Deleting the latter will result in a reset of all Eraser settings to defaults.

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