Readme file for Guru3D - Driver Sweeper.

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1. How to use.

  You can clean your drivers this way:
  - Use the official uninstaller(s) of the driver(s) you want to uninstall.
  - Reboot your PC in Safe Mode.
  - Use G3DDS and select want to clean. This can be done by pressing the name
    and then the ">" button, or to double click on the name.
  - If you selected something you didn't want to clean use the "<" button
    to remove it from the Remove list.
  
  You can also clean your drivers this way:
  - Use the official uninstaller(s) of the driver(s) you want to uninstall.
  - Use G3DDS and select want to clean. This can be done by pressing the name
    and then the ">" button, or to double click on the name.
  - Reboot your PC.
  - The files will be cleaned upon reboot.

  If you want to start G3DDS with parameters create a shortcut to and add
  one of the following parameters:
    -NVIDIA
    -NVIDIAChipset
    -ATi
    -Creative
    -Realtek
    -Quit
  For example: "\G3DDS.exe" -NVIDIA -ATi -Quit
  This will clean both NVIDIA Display and ATi Display drivers at program
  startup and close the program if cleaning is finished.

2. Supported OS.
  
  G3DDS is tested on Windows 2000/XP/Vista.
  Both x86 and x64 versions are supported.


3. Requirements.

  You should run Driver Sweeper in Administrator Mode.


4. Feedback.

  If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback,
  you can send it to:

  DriverSweeper@Guru3D.com


5. Changelog.

Changelog (0.4.5) - 20-06-07

  1) New: Multilanguage support.
     You can now add your own languages for G3DDS.
     How to add more languages:
     Open the languages.ini file. If you open it you
     see a sample of the translation into Dutch and Polish.
     Copy one translation and paste it in the same
     file. Rename [Dutch] or [Polish] to the language you want
     to translate. Finished translations can be send to:
     DriverSweeper@Guru3D.com
  2) New: Buttons to add and remove everything.
  3) New: Parameter '-Quit' will Quit the application
     after drivers have been cleaned using parameters.
  4) New: It's possible to delete C:\NVIDIA.
     You can enable this in Options->Miscellaneous.
     It's no problem if you have Windows installed
     on a different drive then C:\.
  5) New: Display warning message before cleaning.
     You can disable this in Options->Miscellaneous.
  6) Fix: Disabled Remove buttons if nothing is selected.
  7) Fix: Deleted and Not deleted in Logs weren't
     always working properly.
  8) Fix: Directory of executable wasn't properly
     selected if you opened G3DDS using another
     application (Like Total Commander and FTPRush).
  9) Fix: Realtek Audio cleaned under weird circumstances
     a file from Realtek LAN.
     Thanks to nCaine for notifying.
  10) Updated: A lot of optimalizations are done.
  11) Updated: Removed some unneeded code.
  12) Updated: Creative and Realtek Files & Registry fixes.
  13) Updated: Files not deleted (In use, for example)
      will be removed at next reboot.
      You can disable this in Options.
      This also means it is now possible to properly
      clean drivers without booting into Safe Mode.
      After using the official uninstaller of the drivers,
      you can use Driver Sweeper and reboot your PC.
  14) Updated: Options rearranged.
  15) Updated: Added Dutch translation.
  16) Updated: Added Polish translation.
      Thanks to NekroSoft13.

Changelog (0.4.1) - 06-06-07

  1) New: Guru3D - Driver Cleaner has been renamed to
     Guru3D - Driver Sweeper (G3DDS).
  2) Fix: No log files will be created anymore if nothing
     is cleaned.
  3) Updated: Parameters aren't case sensitive anymore.
  4) Updated: The parameters are now:
     -NVIDIA
     -NVIDIAChipset
     -ATi
     -Creative
     -Realtek
  5) Updated: Improved NVIDIA File Cleaning.
  6) Updated: Rewritten some code for Clean & Select box.
  7) Updated: Some layout fixes for main.

Changelog (0.4.0) - 03-06-07

  1) New: XDC is renamed to Guru3D - Driver Cleaner.
     The short name will be G3DDC.
  2) New: Added version information to the executable.
     It is now possible to check information about G3DDC
     using Properties under Microsoft Windows. 
  3) New: Added the option to start with parameters.

     These are the current supported parameters:
     
     NVIDIA
     NVIDIAChipset
     ATi
     Creative
     Realtek
     
     For example,

     "\G3DDC.exe" NVIDIA ATi

     will clean NVIDIA Display and ATi Display drivers.

     You can do this by creating a shortcut to the
     program's exe file and add the parameters next to it.
     With this you don't have to select the to-be-cleaned
     drivers anymore, and will save you time if you
     are always cleaning the same drivers.
  4) New: Added key combinations to open program parts.
     Check menu for the key combinations.
  5) New: It is now possible to minimize to systemtray.
      You can enable this in the options (Standard disabled).
  6) Fix: Resizing is disabled.
  7) Fix: Improved progressbar.
  8) Updated: Reduced filesize.
  9) Updated: Changed the version numbers to x.y.z (previous x.yz).
  10) Updated: Internal optimalizations.
  11) Updated: Improved NVIDIA File cleaning.
  12) Updated: Rewritten most logs code.
  13) Updated: Redone some About code.
  14) Updated: Removed minimize and maximize buttons
      from About, Options and Log.
  15) Updated: You now have to double click on items
      in other logs to get them in Deleted and Not deleted.

Changelog (0.35) - 28-05-07:

  1) New: Added Realtek File and Registry cleaning. 
     This includes InstallShield cleaning.
  2) New: Added ability to save the logfiles. This is disabled
     by default. You can enable this in the Options or
     change it in the ini file under the Logfiles section.
     You can view previous logfiles by clicking on Older
     Logs. Click on the logname what you want to view.
     The items will be added under the proper sections.
     After clicking the Clean button, the most recent 
     logs are found also under Deleted and Not deleted.
     You can remove the log files by clicking on a logname
     and then the remove button. Remove All removes all
     logfiles from the Logs folder.
  3) Updated: Improved NVIDIA File cleaning. 
     Thanks to adrichardson for providing some filenames.
  4) Updated: Improved NVIDIA Registry cleaning.
     Thanks to adrichardson for providing some keynames.
  5) Updated: Improved NVIDIA Chipset Registry cleaning.
  6) Updated: Redone About. Please check it.
  7) Updated: Improved ATi File cleaning.
  8) Updated: New layout for Log.
  9) Updated: New layout for Options.

Changelog (0.30) - 20-05-07:

  1) New: Added Options in the menu to check what you want to clean. 
     (Eq NVIDIA File, NVIDIA Registry)
     Now it isn't needed anymore to edit it in the ini file.	
  2) New: Added NVIDIA Chipset cleaning.
  3) New: Added InstallShield cleaning to Creative File cleaning
     (Thanks to adrichardson).
  4) Fix: Fixed a bug with ATi File cleaning if install path wasn't standard.
  5) Fix: Fixed a bug in the progressbar, it did not work properly.
  6) Updated: Rewritten all ini files code (again).
  7) Updated: Changed the captions of the Select and Delete buttons to >> and <<.
  8) Updated: Improved NVIDIA File cleaning. There are a lot of new files added.
  9) Updated: Rewritten all delete code.
  10) Updated: Removed some unneeded code.
  11) Updated: Updated the functions to get the System directories.


Changelog (0.23) - 16-05-07:

  1) New: Added ATi Registry cleaning
  2) New: Changed the maintitle of the program.
  3) New: Added a Menu to improve the layout.
  4) New: Added Creative Registry cleaning and File cleaning.
  5) Fix: Ini file will now be saved when the program closes. 
     Now it isn't needed to delete the ini file after a program update.
  6) Updated: Improved ATi File cleaning.
  7) Updated: Further optimalizations.
  8) Updated: Changed the selectable names. Type is now included.
  9) Updated: Rewritten the ini files code.



Changelog (0.2a) - 14-05-07:

  1) Fix: Bug fixed that no files from NVIDIA where deleted.


Changelog (0.2) - 12-05-07:

  1) New: Log to check if your remaining files are deleted or not.
  2) New: Ini file. You can change in here (1 <-> 0) if you want 
     NVIDIA Registry cleaning and/or NVIDIA File cleaning. 
     I decided to go for ini files because I want it to be a 
     portable application too. If no ini file exists, a new one 
     will be created with both NVIDIA Registry cleaning and NVIDIA File cleaning on.
  3) Updated: A lot of internal cleaning/fixes.
  4) Updated: Completely rewritten the Registry cleaning (Not the values to be cleaned).
  5) Updated: Added a new file to NVIDIA File cleaning.
  6) Updated: Redone "About".

Changelog (0.1) - 09-05-07:

  1) New: Basic ATi File cleaning
  2) New: Added NVIDIA Registry cleaning
  3) Updated: Improved File cleaning for NVIDIA
  4) Updated: Improved layout
  5) Updated: Internal fixes

Changelog (initial version) - 07-05-07:
  1) New: Initial version.



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