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    Eraser Stopped Working after installation

    I attempted to update my exisitng Eraser which has been on my computer since June 2010. I haven't run it since then. However, when I tried to install the updates including 6.1.0.2284 that were available, it gave me an error that Error stopped working. I uninstalled Eraser and tried several...
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    Hard drive 99% full after running Eraser, b4 was 25% full

    I found the %LOCALAPPDATA% finally just where you said it would be!!! I cliked on show hidden files. It had a date of the task list ersx file of 7:56am this morning. That must have been when the Erase from last night finished. Ok, so it is working and Vista won't allow all of the cluster...
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    Hard drive 99% full after running Eraser, b4 was 25% full

    Thank you David. Yes, that helped. So copied that file and pasted it into the address bar and it expanding and searched for that path, but there was nothing there. Could it be that I deleted that folder in a post above to Joel when I found the task list.ersx? I then searched for that in my...
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    Hard drive 99% full after running Eraser, b4 was 25% full

    OK Joel, the scan completed 100% but said it completed with errors. I looked at the logs and the Error messages were that it couldn't access the cluster tips for a bunch of files. Do you want me to paste the log? I didn't understand what you advised me to do in the preceding post, to enter it...
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    Hard drive 99% full after running Eraser, b4 was 25% full

    There wasn't anything in the recycle bin. I deleted an Excel and then tried it and the menu appeared. It started the task in the taskbar and said it was executed. There isn't %LOCALAPPDATA% in Explorer. I see the Eraser icon in the taskbar now which I didn't when I was getting the "Eraser has...
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    Hard drive 99% full after running Eraser, b4 was 25% full

    I dowloaded and installed the latest nightly buiild and then rebooted. I right cliked on recycle bin and I see Eraser but there are no submenus to the right. It just has the right facing black arrow. I wanted to try it on the Recycle Bin. So how can I get this to Erase the Recycle Bin? When...
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    Hard drive 99% full after running Eraser, b4 was 25% full

    I entered the path but search didn't find it in Explore in Vista. But I did find the folder and deleted it along with the task list.ersx you mentioned. It had 15mb in it. Also in the Erase folder was the crash reports which contained over 3gb.
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    Hard drive 99% full after running Eraser, b4 was 25% full

    No I didn't define any custom erasure methods. I copied and pasted your path to the Find in Regedit but nothing was found. I then did a Find for Eraser and nothing was there after I uinnstalled Eraser 6 nightly build. What would you suggest I do now Joel. Thank you for all of your assistance...
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    Hard drive 99% full after running Eraser, b4 was 25% full

    Joel, I did a search for %LOCALAPPDATA%\Eraser 6\Task List.ersx but it didn't find it. I also searched the registry but to no avail.
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    Hard drive 99% full after running Eraser, b4 was 25% full

    Joel, Eraser stopped working as the hard drive filled up with the garbage folder. I uninstalled it. I found the garbage folder as you know from a previous post and have about 320gb free of my 450gb hard drive. I downloaded the latest nightly build and rebooted the computer. But I received an...
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    Hard drive 99% full after running Eraser, b4 was 25% full

    Hi Joel, I found it under the FAQs: Report this postReply with quote[v5] Why do I have reduced Free Space After Using Eraser? by Overwriter » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:39 pm If you have used the wipe free space option in Eraser and subsequently noticed that your “free space” has dramatically...
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    Hard drive 99% full after running Eraser, b4 was 25% full

    I installed and ran Eraser 6.0 the other night, It didn't finish. I reviewed some of the forum questions and for Vista it said to Run as Administrator which I did. It completed with errors. Erase then stopped working. I uninstalled and reinstalled and then I was getting memory errors. My 450gb...
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