Hi there,
It has been said before that sharing components (such as buttons) is usually much better than sharing a whole OCB file. How true!
But there can be occasions when you do want to share your entire config, perhaps because you're setting up DO on your other computer, or getting a friend started.
So rather than focus on why not to share OCB files, I'd like to have a brainstorm on what info to remove from one's settings before sharing an OCB.
Here is what I've come up so far:
- Prefs /Internet / Email: has your name, email and SMTP - FTP Address book: delete all sites (has your sites and passwords)
Delete "/dopuslocaldata\State Data\MRU\*" QUIET
Delete "/dopusglobaldata\Logs\*" QUIET
Delete "/dopusdata\Collections\Suchergebnisse.col" QUIET
Recent CLEAR
Don't forget buttons/user-commands which may include personal data (like passwords for accessing encrypted files/folders)
Also I remember there was a "system.off" file that saves visited folders. In DO 8 or 9 I write-protected it because it could slowdown the explorer-views within DO. Don't know if something has been changed with this file in DO10.
First, an update: Smart Favorites. I grepped my name in the ocb file and found it in a path in smartfav.osf.
So Smart Favorites need to be cleared.
Sasa, does one of the lines in your button take care of that?
Let me see if I understand it as I've never seen anything like it.
Line 2 deletes the logs.
Line 3 deletes a particular collection, so could we generalize to Delete "/dopusdata\Collections\*" QUIET ?
Line 1 would be for recently used files? In that case, what is line 4?
Would you be willing to attach that button (or a version of it)?
I tried pasting the commands in the Advanced field without success. Then inside the XML, still no success. Must be a very small piece missing on my side.
Update: Okay, I have a basic version of your button going. (Attached.)
Needs work as
the last option throws a "need confirmation" dialog and "Try again" doesn't work.
doesn't clean the Undo log and other logs
don't know if it cleans smart favorites as those are disabled.
Nevertheless:
I think we have two related but distinct "privacy topics" now:
A "Clean Button"
Cleaning up the OCB file for sharing. The clean button may not necessarily take out everything in the OCB. For some data, the button will help, for others it might be easier to tackle the OCB manually. Clean.dcf (476 Bytes)
