Our software has undergone extensive development and user testing since its inception. This page shows bug fixes and feature improvements that have been made since the official release of all programs in the OnClick Utilities suite.
Listed below are all the changes made to DeleteOnClick since release.
Updated: Last version that can be installed on Windows Vista/2008
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Installation not allowed on Windows Server Core installations
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
New: Warning given if file being securely deleted is on an SSD
New: Warning given when securely wiping free disk space on an SSD
New: DeleteOnClick is now completely free
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Uses standard Windows 10 font
Updated: Recompiled with newer components
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Accepts newer serial numbers
Updated: New code signing certificate
Updated: Recompiled and repackaged for Windows 10 support
New: Extra confirmation if wiping everything on a drive
Updated: Installer wont ask to close Windows Explorer
Updated: 64-bit version updated
Updated: Installer streamlined so fewer prompts if updating existing installation
New: Now works on 64-bit Windows
New (Commercial version): Can securely empty recycle bin
New (Commercial version): Wipes all file dates before wiping file
New (Commercial version): Wipes file attributes before wiping file
Updated (Commercial version): More securely wipes the original filename
Updated (Commercial version): Wiping free disk menu item only appears if drive selected
Updated: More chance of being able to wipe free disk space (especially on Vista)
Updated: Now follows the U.S. DOD 5220.22-M secure file deletion standard
Updated (Commercial version): Files to be deleted are renamed to a random filename before being deleted
Updated (Commercial version): Can securely wipe free disk space
Updated: Delete progress shown
Updated: Compatible with Windows Vista
First public release
New: Any file can be securely deleted, except files that are being used by other programs
New: Right click a file to securely delete a file from the Windows menu
New: Confirmation warning allows the user to change their mind before deletion
New: Help File
Listed below are all the changes made to DeleteOnClick since release.
Updated: Last version that can be installed on Windows Vista/2008
Updated: Recompiled using latest Delphi compiler
Updated: Shell extension pop-up menu text changed to "Encrypt/Decrypt with EncryptOnClick"
Updated: Recompiled using latest Delphi compiler
Updated: Installation not allowed on Windows Server Core installations
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: User interface, also scales correctly with DPI
Fixed: When encrypting filename, and file was empty, it was not decrypted
Fixed: Uninstalls shell extension correctly
New: Recompiled as now part of completely free OnClick utilities
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Uses standard Windows 10 font
Updated: When decrypting, and there is a Zip comment, then it is used as a hint in the password edit box
Updated: Installer updated
New: Windows File Explorer shell menu items added
New: Can provide comment for encrypted file
New: INI setting to not delete original file
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Accepts newer serial numbers
New: Option to encrypt filenames (SecureZip compatible)
Updated: Uses UTF8 to encode filenames in Zip file so more compatible with other Zip utilities
Updated: New code signing certificate
Updated: Recompiled and repackaged for Windows 10 support
New: Option to show password
New: Option to not delete file after encrypting or decrypting
New: -n command line parameter to specify not to delete file
Updated: Minor tweaks
Updated: Installer streamlined so fewer prompts if updating existing installation
New: Can select multiple files to encrypt
Updated: No longer uses 3rd party controls for Unicode
Updated: Minor user interface changes
Updated: Compatible with Windows Vista
New: Can now be used on a USB key
Fixed: Avoid 'no filename extension' when decrypting email attachments in Outlook 2003
Fixed: Now compatible with other Zip programs when using international filename
New: Will detect if you're decrypting a file that is in a temporary folder, and if so will prompt you to see if you'd like to decrypt it into a different folder.
Updated: Help File
First public release
New: Simple to use Encryption
New: Will encrypt single files or all files in folder
New: A very secure encryption method is also used (256-bit AES encryption).
New: Password protected
New: The files are both compressed & encrypted, which results in a smaller file
New: Files can be opened and decrypted using WinZip 9 (provided the correct password is used)
New: Command line parameters can be used
New: Helpfile
Listed below are all the changes made to FindOnClick since release.
Updated: Last version that can be installed on Windows Vista/2008
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: File icons can be turned on and off without restarting FindOnClick
Updated: Small performance optimizations
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Installation not allowed on Windows Server Core installations
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: User interface, also scales correctly with DPI
New: FindOnClick is now completely free
Fixed: Description of search not updated when Reset button pressed
Updated: A: and B: drives are automatically included if either exist and are not both removable or CD/DVD
New: Non-Admin version also installed which can see mapped drives
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Fixed: Sort column and direction was not remembered
New: New and improved regular expressions
New: -pathregexdrives command line parameter (used with -pathregex to specify drives to search)
New: -sha2 command line parameter for SHA2 256-bit hashing (instead of default MD5 hashing)
New: Using the filename filter you can now search for folders matching a filename (must enable "Do not show files")
Updated: Alternating background colour used to help highlight files with different hash values
Fixed: SHIFT-click selection bug
Fixed: Minor user interface fixes
Fixed: Start with Windows option removed (unless using Windows XP)
New: Support for exFAT file systems
Updated: Performance improvements
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Accepts newer serial numbers
Fixed: Searching for filenames with semi-colons in them
Updated: New code signing certificate
New: Ctrl-F5 will do a quick refresh (it will remove files and folders from the results that no longer exist and only recalculate hash values of changed files)
New: Add path manually via pop-up menu or ctrl-click the Add Path link
Updated: If the Only show duplicate files option is enabled then it will be quicker as it will not hash obviously unique files
Fixed: DOS filename shown if Windows standard search used
New: Deep file search option (to search using ASCII, Unicode (LE, BE, and UTF-8))
New: -deep command line parameter
Fixed: Bug where Filename filter was interpreted incorrectly with 3 or more items
Updated: Installer streamlined so fewer prompts if updating existing installation
Updated: Option on Misc. tab to include drives A and B
Fixed: Interfering with typed text in filename filter and filename extensions
Fixed: In rare cases may use wrong date format on Windows 7
New: Option to use standard Windows search (via command line or search settings window)
Fixed: Drive letters W: and M: shown as ... in search window
Fixed: Folder disappears from search results when doing long right-click on it in search results
Updated: No longer uses 3rd party controls for Unicode
Updated: Filename search can use single-quotes to specify exact filename
Updated: Will not automatically open the exported file
Fixed: Sorting of file size
Fixed: Error when searching My Computer
Fixed: Finding empty files when asked not to
Fixed: Exported CSV files now wrap all columns in double-quotes, and existing double-quotes are doubled to avoid import problems
Fixed: Can now export path and filename columns (instead of just full filename column)
New: Easy and Expert search modes for simple and advanced searches.
New: Custom definable search "File Kind" extensions.
New: Option to run FindOnClick from the Windows Tray for quick launch of search.
New: Saved FindOnClick shortcuts are available from the right-click tray icon if saved into the default folder.
New: The drive selection is distinct from the path selection.
New: The "Drives Box" shows drive labels and has a right-click selector menu.
New: Option to store all text box entries in the search window.
New: Option to use last search criteria that can be displayed in the search window on the next run of FindOnClick.
New: The search window warns if the "speed search" option is not available and informs the user why.
New: The "Export" dialog now offers to open the exported file after it was saved.
New: The "Filename filter" and "Path filter" search criteria can now be specified in free text form.
New: The "Filename filter" and "Path filter" search criteria can now have multiple values separated by space.
New: Selecting “Get MP3 ID3v1 information” adds all MP3 info columns to result list. Removing all MP3 info columns from result list deselects the “Get MP3 ID3v1 information”.
New: Selecting “Only show duplicate files” adds “MD5 Hash” column to result list. Removing “MD5 Hash” column deselects the “Only show duplicate files”.
New: After a path is selected in the "Search paths" list - the same drive will be deselected from the "Drives" list. After a drive was selected in the "Drives" list, if there is a path in the "Search paths" list that belongs to the same drive then it will be deselected.
New: If the shortcut was created from the Search window it will display the search window first (it will allow the user to change the search criteria before running the search).
Updated: The hot-key management has been moved to the tray icon menu.
Updated: The shortcut creation label has been renamed "Click here to create a shortcut to display this search criteria".
Updated: In the date filter today's date is automatically shown as the latest date (instead of 2099).
Updated: If the file kinds settings are default then they don't require a settings file to be created.
Updated: The tabs "Extensions" and "Duplicates" have been removed as these functions are now integrated into the Easy and Expert tabs.
Updated: The Windows Explorer context menu is available for search results.
Updated: The columns list can be adjusted from the search window.
Updated: FindOnClick help file.
Fixed: Shortcuts "Esc" or "Alt-A" will abort the current search.
Fixed: If the search shortcut is saved into the default folder then the "Maximum 259 characters command line length" limitation is removed.
Fixed: A warning is shown if a shortcut is saved into the non-default folder and the command line length is larger than 259 characters.
Fixed: The command-line parameter "–showsearch" was not working with the new-style Saved Searches.
Fixed: The search description was showing the wrong text.
Fixed: Attributes filter was displaying wrong settings after running a search for a first time.
Fixed: "Scan all file kinds (not only Documents)" checkbox was not working.
Fixed: If all items have been selected in the results window - it was not possible to deselect the selection.
Fixed: The drives list view control was truncating the drive labels.
Fixed: The default file kinds list was corrupt (values were truncated to 256 characters length).
Fixed: The search criteria history drop-down list does not pop-up now when the value does not match any history value.
Fixed: Changing the default search save folder is now coordinated between the FindOnClick instance and FindOnClick tray icon.
Fixed: The hot key was still active while the "Hot key" panel was shown.
Fixed: After deleting a group of files FindOnClick was bringing an erroneous confirmation dialog 'Are you sure you want to open xx files?'.
Fixed: Drag-n-drop using right mouse button was unavailable: the Windows Explorer context menu appeared instead.
Fixed: Windows Explorer context menu appeared at a wrong position of the screen.
Fixed: After finishing drag-n-drop operation FindOnClick was incorrectly removing the file from the list, although the "Copy" operation was performed.
Fixed: Search to exclude empty files
Fixed: Search summary is shown if run from the shortcut
Fixed: When MP3 files are searched and the option for ID3v1 info is used, the access violation error no longer occurs when the results window is scrolled to the right
New: Drag & drop
New: Ctrl-C and Ctrl-X to copy and cut files
Updated: Can press DEL key to delete files
Updated: Compatible with Windows Vista
Updated: Serial validation
Fixed: Read-only files can now be deleted
Significant improvements and updates to FindOnClick, our great file searching utility. All versions of FindOnClick can be safely installed over an existing installation.
New: Can search multiple drives/paths
New: Can now search network drives
New: Check for new version of FOC
New: Filename and Path columns (hidden by default)
New: Refresh button
New: Open With... menu item
New: Folders shown
New: Can search for files and/or folders
New: Can use wildcards in filename extensions filter
New: Copy filenames to clipboard
New: Shortcut creation button
New: Columns window
Updated: Can hide Full Filename column
Updated: File icons also on Filename column
Updated: Help file
Fixed: Searching using large amounts of memory when searching large files
Fixed: Aborting searches
Fixed: DOS filename was not shown
First public release
Listed below are all the changes made to HashOnClick since release.
Fixed: Version details missing from EXE and DLL
Updated: Last version that can be installed on Windows Vista/2008
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Installation tweaked to work on Windows Server Core installations
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
New: HashOnClick is now completely free
New: Complete re-write of Windows File Explorer context-menu extension
New: SHA-3 (224 to 512 bit) hashing (for registered version)
New: Adler32 hashing (for registered version)
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Minor user interface changes
Updated: Installer updated
New: CRC128 hashing
New: SHA-2 hashing (from 224 to 512/256)
New: Property sheet in file properties in File Explorer
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Accepts newer serial numbers
New: xxhash32 and xxhash64 supported
New: -altout2 command line parameter to just output hash value
Fixed: Hash result window goes behind Windows Explorer window on Windows 10
Updated: New code signing certificate
Updated: Recompiled and repackaged for Windows 10 support
Updated: Installer wont ask to close Windows Explorer
New: Now checks to see if filename contains hash value
New (commercial version): Calculates hash values of alternate data streams (Vista and newer only)
Updated: 64-bit version updated
Updated: Installer streamlined so fewer prompts if updating existing installation
New: Now works on 64-bit Windows
New: Command line option to change output format (-altout)
Updated: No longer uses 3rd party controls for Unicode
Fixed: Command line version installed to correct directory
New: Notifies user of number of matching hash values found in the clipboard
New: Will search clipboard again for matching hash values if clipboard contents changes
New: Can be set to display hash values in lower-case
New: Hash values that were found in the clipboard are highlighted (so you can verify hash values)
New: Progress bar shown
New (Commercial version): MD4 hashing
New (Commercial version): RipeMD-128 hashing
New (Commercial version): RipeMD-160 hashing
New (Commercial version): SHA-256 hashing
New (Commercial version): SHA-512 hashing
New (Commercial version): Tiger hashing
Updated: Compatible with Windows Vista
New: Calculates CRC32 values three times faster than the previous version
Updated: Help file
First public release
New: Calculates the SHA-1 hash value
New: Calculates the MD5 hash value
New: Calculates the CRC32 hash value
New: Save value to clipboard
New: Save hash value to file
New: Help file
Listed below are all the changes made to PatchOnClick since release.
Updated: Last version that can be installed on Windows Vista/2008
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Installation tweaked to work on Windows Server Core installations
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: User interface
New: PatchOnClick is now completely free
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Minor user interface changes
Updated: Installer updated
Updated: Recompiled with newer components
New: Command line (console) version included (registered version only)
Updated: User interface
Updated: V3 patch files are created by default
Updated: Faster patch file creation
Updated: Help file
Fixed: Displaying help file (64-bit)
Fixed: May fail to create patch file and verify patch file
Fixed: Better DPI scaling
Updated: Help file
Fixed: Displaying help file (64-bit)
Fixed: In rare cause cannot create patch or hash file due to negative compression
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Accepts newer serial numbers
Updated: New code signing certificate
Updated: Recompiled and repackaged for Windows 10 support
Updated: V3 patch files can now be created using the 64-bit version.
New: A 64-bit version of PatchOnClick and the self-extracting patch EXE
New: A new V3 format which has better compression
Updated: Big performance improvements
Updated: Installer streamlined so fewer prompts if updating existing installation
New: Self-extracting patch file now accepts command line parameters (file to patch, file to create)
Updated: No dialog box prompts are displayed if run with command line parameters
Updated: No longer uses 3rd party controls for Unicode
New: Can create self-executing patch files
New: Patch files are compressed to reduce their size
New: Can create hash files from source files (for use in creating patch files)
New: Can create patch files using hash files (so original file not required)
Updated: Can now patch files over 2GB in size (no longer any practical file size limit)
Updated: Overall faster creation and patching of files because the CRC32 calculation is no longer required
Note: PatchOnClick V2 is not compatible with PatchOnClick V1.
Due to the required changes to improve PatchOnClick, you cannot use PatchOnClick V1 patch files with PatchOnClick V2 and vice-versa. PatchOnClick V2 uses compressed patch files which can be used with files of any size, where as PatchOnClick V1 patch files were not compressed and could not be used on files over 2GB in size. You may still download PatchOnClick V1 if you need to Patch files made with that version.
First public release
New: Create patch files for any Windows file with a three stage wizard
New: Patch files with a three stage wizard
New: Progress bar
New: Summary of patch information window
New: Warning dialog window if patch already exists
Listed below are all the changes made to ScrambleOnClick since release.
Updated: Last version that can be installed on Windows Vista/2008
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Installation not allowed on Windows Server Core installations
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: User interface, also scales correctly with DPI
Updated: Less likely to get Access Denied error when using clipboard
Updated: Improved user interface to use Segoe UI font (and slightly larger size)
New: ScrambleOnClick is now completely free
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Installer updated
Updated: Recompiled with newer components
Fixed: May fail to display help file
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Accepts newer serial numbers
Updated: New code signing certificate
Updated: Recompiled and repackaged for Windows 10 support
New: 64-bit version
Updated: Minor tweaks
Updated: Installer streamlined so fewer prompts if updating existing installation
Updated: No longer uses 3rd party controls for Unicode
Fixed: Serial number window is not hidden from user
Updated: Help file
First public release
New: Encrypt any text using strong encryption.
New: Decrypt text which has been encrypted using ScrambleOnClick.
New: Use with any email program as well as document programs like Word.
New: Clipboard viewer.
New: Ctrl-W to wipe the clipboard contents at any time.
New: Use either a keyboard shortcut or the ScrambleOnClick Tray menu to encrypt and decrypt.
New: The Encryption Keys Manager allows you to define different keys for friends, colleagues, business etc.
New: Master Password protects other people from using Encryption Keys.
New: Password hints to help the user remember the password they have saved.
New: Option to run ScrambleOnClick on Windows Startup.
New: Option to split the encrypted text into definable lengths of text. Great for email.
New: Option for using keyboard Ctrl-C-C
New: Option to customize the keyboard Ctrl-C-C key press delay from 500 ms to a second.
New: Option to split the scrambled block into rows - each of "x" characters long
New: Help file.
Listed below are all the changes made to UndeleteOnClick since release.
Fixed: May show black box in main window on Windows 7
Updated: Last version that can be installed on Windows Vista/2008
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Changed sorting to be same as FindOnClick, i.e. as per Windows File Explorer
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Installation not allowed on Windows Server Core installations
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: Recompiled using latest compiler
Updated: User interface
New: UndeleteOnClick is now completely free
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Minor user interface changes
Updated: Installer updated
Updated: Recompiled with newer components
New: Support for exFAT file systems
Updated: Performance improvements
Updated: Improved undeletion
Updated: Recompiled using latest version of Delphi
Updated: Accepts newer serial numbers
Updated: New code signing certificate
Updated: Recompiled and repackaged for Windows 10 support
Updated: Minor tweaks
Updated: Installer streamlined so fewer prompts if updating existing installation
Updated: No longer uses 3rd party controls for Unicode
New: Can preview images and text files before undeleting them (many image formats supported)
Fixed: Rare errors related to damage estimation
Fixed: Virtual directories using the correct time
Updated: Help file
Fixed: "Out of range" error when undeleting files over 2GB
Updated: Serial validation
New: Gives indication of chances of undeleting file
Updated: Compatible for Windows Vista
Fixed: Hint on drive
Updated: Empty files are not shown by default
Fixed: Empty folders hidden
Fixed: Show files modified on date (not just before or after)
Fixed: Other minor fixes
First public release.
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