From 8d48caa849907d6737fbdaee5fc49907beb899c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Nevins Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 00:03:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note the interaction of jump lists and -cleanup. Also note that recent installers don't prompt to -cleanup (this started with 0.67's MSI installer). --- doc/faq.but | 20 +++++++++++++------- doc/using.but | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 6d3dc35b..36c87f54 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1093,15 +1093,21 @@ USB stick). I \i{clean up} after it? PuTTY will leave some Registry entries, and a random seed file, on -the PC (see \k{faq-settings}). If you are using PuTTY on a public -PC, or somebody else's PC, you might want to clean these up when you -leave. You can do that automatically, by running the command -\c{putty -cleanup}. (Note that this only removes settings for -the currently logged-in user on \i{multi-user systems}.) +the PC (see \k{faq-settings}). Windows 7 and up also remember some +information about recently launched sessions for the \q{jump list} +feature. + +If you are using PuTTY on a public PC, or somebody else's PC, you +might want to clean this information up when you leave. You can do +that automatically, by running the command \c{putty -cleanup}. See +\k{using-cleanup} in the documentation for more detail. (Note that +this only removes settings for the currently logged-in user on +\i{multi-user systems}.) If PuTTY was installed from the installer package, it will also -appear in \q{Add/Remove Programs}. Older versions of the uninstaller -do not remove the above-mentioned registry entries and file. +appear in \q{Add/Remove Programs}. Current versions of the installer +do not offer to remove the above-mentioned items, so if you want them +removed you should run \c{putty -cleanup} before uninstalling. \S{faq-dsa}{Question} How come PuTTY now supports \i{DSA}, when the website used to say how insecure it was? diff --git a/doc/using.but b/doc/using.but index dd8d4f0c..7d184b7c 100644 --- a/doc/using.but +++ b/doc/using.but @@ -607,7 +607,9 @@ use the \c{-load} option (described in \k{using-cmdline-load}). If invoked with the \c{-cleanup} option, rather than running as normal, PuTTY will remove its \I{removing registry entries}registry entries and \i{random seed file} from the local machine (after -confirming with the user). +confirming with the user). It will also attempt to remove information +about recently launched sessions stored in the \q{jump list} on +Windows 7 and up. Note that on \i{multi-user systems}, \c{-cleanup} only removes registry entries and files associated with the currently logged-in -- 2.45.2