Metadata Cleaner

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Metadata Cleaner

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I don't expect this program to get added to the database due to it's limitations with Microsoft Office file formats that came into use with Office 2007, but someone might find a use.

Synopsis

A program to zap metadata for some Microsoft Office file types. Negatively the program will not work on file types that end with "X" (e.g. docx, pptx, or xlsx).

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The program does include batch capabilities and can work recursively (all subfolders) and will let you analyze files for metadata issues. You can for example click analyze, check everything in My Documents, and then view and save the results:

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Home
http://www.pointstone.com/products/meta ... reenshots/

Softpedia mirror
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-too ... aner.shtml

Steps
Uniextract, launch MetadataCleaner.exe

Status
Portable, not stealth. Writes inconsequential data to \HKEY\..\Software\Pointstone around total docs cleaned/analyzed.

The program does appear to phone home.

License
Free for personal use

Background
http://www.howtogeek.com/180849/how-to- ... documents/

http://www.networkworld.com/article/222 ... adata.html

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4dots PDF Metadata Editor

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