BleachBit 4.6.2

We are pleased to announce the release of BleachBit 4.6.2, which includes more cleaning of Google Chrome and many fixes, including a missing DLL error on Windows.

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Changes

These are the changes since version 4.6.0:

  • Clean more cookies, cache, and sessions in Google Chrome.
  • Fix ValueError: Unexpected UTF-8 BOM (decode using utf-8-sig) when cleaning JSON files in Google Chrome

Linux

  • Add packages for Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 39 and 40, and openSUSE Slowroll.
  • Fix detection of Wayland.
  • Fix error SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence with Python 3.12.
  • Fix missing developer name in metainfo.xml file.

Windows

  • There was a major update to the Winapp2.ini file on August 29, which includes many updates for various cleaners. When enabled in the preferences, it is available OTA also for older releases of BleachBit.
  • Restore the missing DLL to fix the regression causing the error "Code execution cannot proceed because msvcr100.dll was not found" that affected many users.
  • Renew the digital code-signing certificate and switch certificate authority. The publisher will now show as Open Source Developer, Andrew Ziem.
  • Fix the excessively long application name in Task Manager and when the application was not responding
  • Fix errors like [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: '\\?\C:\WINDOWS\Sysnative\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.IE5': Command to delete
  • Hide a Linux-specific option in the preferences.

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Known issues

If you see, "Windows protected your PC: Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk", read more about Windows Defender SmartScreen.

Looking ahead

We made progress on the next-generation graphical interface with improvements focusing on the file results list. Expect these improvements in BleachBit version 5.0.

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