Test BleachBit 0.8.1 beta 2

Submitted by andrew on Sun, 09/26/2010 - 16:52

Please test the new BleachBit 0.8.1 beta 2 which with new features, bug fixes, and translation updates. In particular, please test:

In Firefox 3 delete DOM Storage.
In Google Chrome, clean Cookies.
In Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer, verify BleachBit deletes evercookies. Make sure in BleachBit to remove Flash Cookies (Local Shared Objects).
Clean VLC (VideoLAN Client)'s .ini configuration file.
Test Traditional Chinese translation.
Linux
- Test under Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.
- Test under Mandriva 2010.1.
- When running as root (or administrator/sudo), open a web link such as the Help - Contents. It should not open a web browser.
Windows
- Test Adobe Reader, Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Office, Opera, Safari, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, Yahoo Messenger. A change was made in how these find the %localappdata% directory, especially on Windows XP.
- Delete Internet Explorer cookies: this now includes DOM Storage (HTML 5 cookies).
- Delete Internet Explorer history: this now includes the last session.
- Delete Silverlight cookies.
- Vacuum Safari.
- Clean Safari cookies: it should remove local storage (HTML 5 cookies).
- Clean Safari history: it should remove the last session.
- Clean memory dumps. To create a dump manually on Windows XP:
  1. open regedit
  2. goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters
  3. create key called CrashOnCtrlScroll as dword
  4. set value to 1
  5. reboot windows
  6. press right CTRL and then SCROLL LOCK twice