v9.40.0000 - 2010-08-02 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Portable Tabs. Now tabs can be made fully portable by pointing them to a portable path that is resolved depending on the context, for example %userprofile%. Portable Tabs smartly adapt their contents to the current host system.
• +++ Go to Last Target. Now the copied or moved items found in the target location are auto-selected when you go there using the "Go to Last Target" command. A surprisingly useful little service.
• +++ History Retains Selections. Now (optionally) if you return to a previous location, any previous selections in this location are restored.
• +++ Portable File Associations. Now you can define associations for files without extension.
• +++ Tree. Now tooltips of junctions display the Junction Target.
• +++ Scripting. This new version comes with a couple of powerful new or improved scripting commands like inputselect(), tab(), listfolder(), and report().
• +++ Address Bar. Now right-clicking the dropdown arrow pops the breadcrumb menu for the current path.

v9.30.0000 - 2010-07-15 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Folder Tree. Now the tree state can optionally be fully retained across sessions. So when reopening XYplorer you find your tree exactly (all expanded nodes, selected node, scroll position) as you left it last time. Which other file manager can do this?
• +++ Thumbnails Caching. Improved cache management now auto-adjusts the cache to any renamed or moved folders. No thumbnail has to be created again anymore just because you renamed or moved a folder.
• +++ Color Filters. Now you can optionally apply the color filter patterns to files only and thus avoid that folders are colored when they match a pattern.
• +++ Image Preview. Now the frame count is displayed for animated GIFs.
• +++ Media Preview. Now you can optionally play only the beginning of a sound or video file, and then stop, loop, or auto-jump to the next file (depending on the Loop settings). The number of seconds to be played can be freely defined.
• +++ Folder Tree. Now can optionally expand or collapse the current tree node by a single click on the name. Saves you many clicks.
• +++ Creating New Files. Now you can create a bunch of new files in one go by simply entering a list of names into a multi-line edit field.
• +++ Statusbar. Now you can hide the Statusbar.
• +++ Find Files. The interface is now 100 pixels wider so that you have more space for your search patterns.
• +++ PDF Thumbnails. PDF thumbnail blow ups can now be enlarged to an actually readable size. The same holds for any other format whose thumbnails are driven by a shell extension.
• +++ Drag'n'Drop Context Menu. The new command "Go to Dragged Item" allows you to go to the dragged item's containing folder and select the item, or simply open the folder if the item is a folder. A typical use-case would be when dragging items or paths from other apps into XYplorer. It's a kind of "Go to by Drag'n'drop" -- revolutionary and very useful if you ask me.

v9.20.0000 - 2010-06-11 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Aliases. Aliases are user-definable variables where you can freely choose the name of the variable and their value. When you enter such an alias into the Address Bar it will be resolved to its value before further processing. A real time saver.
• +++ User Folder. Added a new special folder [User] to the Tree pointing to the current user's profile folder.
• +++ Special Folders. Now you can easily show/hide all top special folders in the Tree:
  - Desktop
  - Documents
  - User
  - Network
  - Recycle Bin
  Toggling those folders works on-the-fly without rebuild of the whole tree.
• +++ User Buttons. Increased their number from 16 to 32.
• +++ Folder Sizes. Now you can show the number of items in each folder in the list's Size column.
• +++ Environment Variables. Now you can quickly display a list of all environment variables. Might come in handy.
• +++ Previewed Formats. Massively improved configuration interface.

v9.10.0000 - 2010-05-05 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Queued File Operations 2.0. Improved interface and functionality.
  - Now you can remove selected jobs from the queue (temporarily or permanently).
  - Now you can pause and restart the queue at any time.
  - Now you can start selected jobs out of queue order.
  - Animated feedback on the statusbar while background jobs are in progress.
  - Option to show details of each job in the queue dialog.
  - Option to hide completed and skipped jobs from the queue dialog.
  - Now you can configure which types of file operations are backgrounded for parallel or sequential (queued) processing, and which are always run immediately in the foreground.
• +++ Background Bar. New optional UI element, a mini toolbar at the right end of the Statusbar containing a single button which tells you about the status of background jobs and lets you open the Background Jobs dialog.
• +++ Find By Type. Now you can narrow down the scope of your search to only a specific type of files, e.g. image files or audio files. Highly intuitive and extremely useful little feature.
• +++ Text Preview. One-click instant preview for more than 50 different text file formats. And you can freely add extensions to the list of supported formats.
• +++ Preview. Now you can easily add any number of new extensions to all preview types (Text, Images, Fonts, Office, Web) right in the configuration dialog.
• +++ Mouse Down Blow Up on Thumbnails. Now you can configure whether left, right, or both mouse buttons trigger MDBU.
• +++ Recently Opened Items. New command "Open..." lets you can enter,
  paste, or select an item (file, folder, drive) to open, without the need to go there first. Recently opened items are stored in a MRU list that is saved between sessions.
  In the Pro edition, the Open dialog features an OpenWith dropdown menu.
• +++ Find Files. Now you can search by the length of the file title (that's the document name without the path).
• +++ Address Bar. Now you can launch DOS commands directly through the XYplorer UI by prefixing "!" to the command, e.g. "!dir".
• +++ Icons. Support for DPI aware icon sizes on custom DPI settings.
• +++ Privacy and Discretion. New option "Don't save most-recently-used lists" increases XYplorer's stealth level, together with "Don't save history" and "Don't save tabs".
• +++ Bugs fixed. Particularly an "Access Denied" issue with certain folders on Vista/Win7 is now history.

v9.00.0000 - 2010-03-26 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Background Processing. Now you can continue working in XYplorer while heavy copy jobs are processed in the background.
• +++ Queued File Operations. Background file operations can optionally be processed sequentially (in a queue), which is often far more efficient than processing them in parallel.
• +++ Remove Diacritics. A special rename command to strip any diacritical marks from the letters in all selected item names, e.g. "Köln" > "Koln".
• +++ Raw View. Now UTF-16BE (Big Endian) files are supported when they have the UTF-16BE BOM.
• +++ Visual Filters. Now you can define a caption to each filter item and thus give complex filters a friendly name.

v8.90.0000 - 2010-03-09 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Fast Tag Search. New algorithm gets tag and comment search up to warp speed, even if you search large areas like e.g. your whole computer.
• +++ Toolbar. New button "Find by Tag" gives you one-click access to global tag-wise searches. For example, to search all local drives for items tagged "Blue" simply click "Blue" from the button's arrow menu. Should take a split second...
• +++ Toolbar. New buttons "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" let you control the font size of Tree, List, Catalog, and Address Bar.
• +++ Toolbar. Now it can be scrolled. Drag it with left or right mouse button. Or wheel it. Drag fast and you get a bit of animation when you release the mouse button.
• +++ Toolbar. Now it has an overflow dropdown. You can freely combine it with the toolbar scrolling feature.
• +++ The Nuke button is now fully configurable giving you a one-click delete the way you like it.
• +++ New command "Paste Folder Structure" allows you to paste the folder structure (without any contained files) from folder(s) in the clipboard into the current path.
• +++ Now you can hide the main menu by pressing Alt+Up (configurable).
• +++ Preview. Added MTS (High-definition MPEG) and M2TS (Blu-ray) video files to preview.
• +++ Create new folders right through the Address Bar. When you attempt to go to a non-existing location you are prompted to create it on the fly.
• +++ Rename Files. Now you can specify replacement lists like this one:
    Ä|Ö|Ü|ä|ö|ü>>Ae|Oe|Ue|ae|oe|ue
  and do any number of string-to-string replacements in all selected filenames in one go.
• +++ Find Files by Contents. Now supports Unicode text.
• +++ Shell Integration. Make XYplorer the Default File Manager by simply ticking a checkbox.

v8.80.0000 - 2009-12-22 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Recycle Bin Deluxe. Finally you get the Recycle Bin special folder in XYplorer as well. But not the spartan kind of bin you know from other file managers like e.g. Explorer. XYplorer's Recycle Bin gives you more...
• +++ Edit Mini Tree. Now you can directly edit XYplorer's famous Mini Tree. Add the branches you need to see and delete what's just in your way.

v8.70.0000 - 2009-11-30 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Metadata Search. Now you can search for files by all available metadata, e.g. version, owner, date taken, image dimensions, artist, duration and so on. Wildcards, Boolean Logic, and Regular Expressions are supported.
• +++ Tags & Comments 2.0. Now you can search for files by their tags or comments. Wildcards, Boolean Logic, and Regular Expressions are supported.
• +++ Find Files. Now you can search for files by the length of their names. You can for example find all files with names larger than 260 characters.
• +++ Find Files. The Name field now supports comparison operators.
• +++ Backup. Backup operations enhanced by making the behavior on name collision configurable.
• +++ Help. Now the help comes in Windows 7 compatible CHM (Compiled HTML Help) format.

v8.60.0000 - 2009-11-03 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Multi-Level Undo/Redo. Now you can undo/redo the file operations Move, Copy, Rename, Delete, and New.
• +++ Action Log. Now you get a detailed log about what you have done and when, optionally remembered across sessions so you can finally find out what you did yesterday.
• +++ Wheel. Support for high-resolution mouse wheel.
• +++ Memory. Further reduced memory usage.

v8.50.0000 - 2009-10-05 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Manual Sorting. Now you can directly manipulate the displayed order of items by dragging them to a new position. Very useful together with batch rename operations.
• +++ Custom Toolbar Buttons. Now you can define a separate script for a user button's right-click event.
• +++ New Folders. Now you can enter a list of new folders or whole new paths that will be created in one go.
• +++ Tabs. Now you can opt to display just the child folder names in the tab headers. Saves loads of space.
• +++ Scripting. Now you can show icons in script-generated popup menus.
• +++ Full Screen Preview/Thumbnails. Added file formats DWG and DWF (Vista/Win7 only).

v8.40.0000 - 2009-09-14 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Custom Toolbar Buttons. Now you have 10 easily customizable user buttons. You define how the button looks and what it does when pressed. (Pro Edition only)
• +++ Search Results Caching, Part 2. Now you can store search results in a file and load them back into the list at any point in future via the Search Templates dialog.
• +++ History and Recent Locations. The implementation of these important navigation tools has been redesigned from scratch.
• +++ Toolbar. New button "Recent Locations" pops a menu with the 10 recently used locations.
• +++ Line Numbers Column. Now its width auto-adjusts to the number of items in the list, and it got its own fully configurable color.
• +++ Cleaner Menus. The main menu has been reorganized to improve usability.

v8.30.0000 - 2009-08-31 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Search Results Caching. The results of time-consuming searches can now be stored and retrieved tabwise and across sessions.
• +++ Dual Pane. Now you can easily move or copy tabs between the panes.
• +++ Spot & Jump. Quickly jump to any item in a large list, just as you know it from your web browser's Find Bar.
• +++ EXIF Stamping. The new command "Set Modified Date to EXIF Date" sets the Modified date of each selected image file to the file's EXIF date (Exchangeable Image File Format).
• +++ Configuration. In the new section "Features" you can control some of the advanced functionality of XYplorer and disable features which you do not use or wish to see.
• +++ Home Edition. The new "Lifetime License Home" buys you everything the current Pro Edition has -- apart from a handful of advanced features -- at an incredibly low introductory price.

v8.20.0000 - 2009-08-12 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Large Toolbar Icons. Now you can toggle large or small toolbar icons.
• +++ Sticky Selection. A safe and comfortable multiple selection style for huge file lists.
• +++ Thumbnails display smoother and even faster than in 8.10.
• +++ M4R Preview. Now *.m4r files (iPhone ringtones) can be previewed.
  

v8.10.0000 - 2009-06-30 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Thumbnails: Now you get thumbnails for non-picture files like PDF, HTML, MHT, EML, MSG, Office, and Video files.
• +++ Thumbnails were slow in previous versions. Now they are extremely fast.
• +++ The Full Screen Preview (F11) now works for HTML, MHT, URL, NWS, EML, and MSG files in perfect original size quality.
• +++ Scripting command Report now supports meta properties like Title, Author, Comments etc.
• +++ Jump To Item: An ingenious new feature that allows you to quickly spot any item in a large list, just as you know it from your web browser's Find Bar.
• +++ Improved support for overlong filenames.
• +++ Dual Pane related bug fixes.

v8.00.0000 - 2009-06-15 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release

• +++ Dual Pane. Look at the contents of two folders side by side. Both panes are multi-tabbed and can be arranged vertically or horizontally
• +++ Overlong filenames supported. All fundamental file operations now work with extremely long filenames (longer than 260 characters).

v7.90.0250 - 2009-05-05 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Folder Thumbnails. Now, in Thumbnails view, folder icons display a thumbnail of any file in the folder named "folder.jpg/png/gif", or of the first found *.jpg image.
• +++ X close buttons on tabs. Now the tabs optionally show X close buttons.
• +++ Scripting. Now the important control structures while loop and if/elseif/else block are supported.
• +++ Scripting. The new "rotate" command brings lossless rotation of JPEG images to your home.
• +++ Scripting. The new "tag" and "comment" commands join the powers of scripting and Tags & Comments.
• +++ Lots of network related performance improvements.
• * Updated the help file.

v7.90.0100 - 2009-02-02 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Tags and Comments. Now you can assign tags and comments to your files and folders.
• +++ Visual Filters. Now you can define any filter to apply only to files yet show or hide all folders.
• +++ Scripting. Now the so-called Heredoc syntax is supported.
  
• + Added tweak to fix, or rather workaround, a strange caret position error in Tree/List inline rename with Unicode characters, aka "Chinese odd thing".
    [General]
    FixOddThing=1
  Note that with this workaround you may notice a horizontal misalignment of text when pasting into inline rename boxes. It's harmless but cosmetically unsatisfying.
  

v7.90.0050 - 2009-01-12 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Dramatically increased startup speed!
• +++ Spot: Highlight any strings in Tree and List.
• +++ Media preview got Play/Pause/Stop buttons.
• +++ Media preview now supports A-B Repeat.
• +++ Bugs fixed.

v7.90.0000 - 2008-12-08 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Mini Tree: A revolutionary new approach to browsing the file system, combining folder tree and history.
• +++ Quick Searches now support multiple locations.

v7.80.0000 - 2008-11-06 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ File Search: Now combines Boolean Logic with Regular Expression
• +++ History per Tab: Optionally each tab maintains its own history.
• +++ Scripting: Now there are global variables.
• +++ File Search by Contents: Now supports pattern matching.
• +++ Reporting: Now you have fully customizable one-click reports.