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Window Washer

  • 23-07-2007 10:21pm
    #1
    WTF_L2P_n00b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭


    I used to have Window Washer installed when I had XP, it's a great little app that deletes all your cookies (bar those you want to keep) and all the offline files etc etc everytime you close IE or Firefox. It doesnt work under vista however.

    Anyone know of a similar App that works well under vista?


Comments

  • #2
    Soundman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Soundman


    Yes.

    Crap Cleaner is pretty much all you need for that sort of maintenance.

    http://filehippo.com/download/751ed68330a1fa7712035248d9aebaab/download/


  • #3
    MooseJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭MooseJam


    I don't know if I'd be installing any software to do this, it's a very simple operation in either IE or firefox to delete everything


  • #4
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,763 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    MooseJam wrote:
    I don't know if I'd be installing any software to do this, it's a very simple operation in either IE or firefox to delete everything

    Incidentally IE keeps an index.dat file which tracks ever site you ever visited and is not deleted by the "Delete browsing history" option.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index.dat

    Anyone can easily view this file and look at every site you ever visited, it is particularly irksome to delete without using custom programs to do so.

    Also we get infested with tracking cookies as we surf, but we like to keep the useful ones which save us time. Using IE's delete cookies function does not allow us to specify what to delete and what to keep. A custom program however does and just deletes the crap.

    Inqui


  • #5
    MooseJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭MooseJam


    you convinced me :), tried that program seems pretty good, it's amazing how much stuff is recorded all over the place


  • #6
    Soundman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Soundman


    MooseJam wrote:
    you convinced me :), tried that program seems pretty good, it's amazing how much stuff is recorded all over the place

    Exactly. If it was such a simple process there would be no need for people to make this software. Yes you can do it yourself but it can take hours depending on what you are doing. With this it's a couple of minutes maximum.


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