What's new?
XYplorer is continuously enhanced and updated, and a new version is released every one or two months. New features are added, existing ones improved, and bugs fixed. Technology, functionality, and interface are kept up-to-date with the latest standards and trends.
The following list shows the highlights of recent releases. For more detail see the change log (> 1000 KB).
What's new in 8.10?
Released 30-Jun-2009
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
jump to 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.
What's new in 8.00?
Released 15-Jun-2009
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).
Maintenance Release 7.90.0260
Released 12-May-2009
Bug fixes related to Scripting (if, while, break, continue).
What's new in 7.90.0250?
Released 05-May-2009
Folder Thumbnails. Now, in Thumbnails view, folder icons optionally 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.
Performance. Lots of network related performance improvements.
Maintenance Release 7.90.0120
Released 12-Feb-2009
Bug fixes related to Tags and Comments.
What's new in 7.90.0100?
Released 02-Feb-2009
Tags and Comments. The latest XYplorer lets you assign tags and comments to specific 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.
What's new in 7.90.0050?
Released 12-Jan-2009
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.
Scripting enhanced: run and wait, and html().
Maintenance Release 7.90.0010
Released 18-Dec-2008
Bugs fixed.
Maintenance Release 7.90.0002
Released 13-Dec-2008
Bug fixes related to Mini Tree.
What's new in 7.90?
Released 08-Dec-2008
Here's a killer feature for you: Mini Tree!
Quick Searches now support multiple locations.
New Prices!
28-Nov-2008
Prices have been adjusted for current international exchange rates, and also due to the current global economic crisis. The result is a BIG PRICE CUT, especially for customers paying in US$: The Lifetime License went down from US$ 59.95 to US$ 44.95!!!
Standard License
BEFORE: single € 19.95 -- US$ 29.95 -- £ 14.95 each
NOW: single € 19.95 -- US$ 24.95 -- £ 16.95 each
Lifetime License
BEFORE: single € 39.95 -- US$ 59.95 -- £ 29.95 each
NOW: single € 34.95 -- US$ 44.95 -- £ 28.95 each
What's new in 7.80?
Released 06-Nov-2008
File Search now combines Boolean Logic with Regular Expressions.
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.
s 7.70?
Released 15-Oct-2008
New Address Bar Deluxe with icons and optimized usability.
Color Filters 2.0. Now you can define the backcolor of items.
Unicode support is now complete for all parts of the application.
Speed. Browsing folders and finding files got faster again.
Scripting. Now with math, logic, and functions.
What's new in 7.60?
Released 09-Sep-2008
Scripting meets File Search. The new LoadSearch command is the nexus of two of XYplorer's strongest features: Scripting and File Search.
Scripting meets the Web. The new Download command enables you to download any internet content straight into your file manager with a single click or keyboard shortcut!
Scripting Syntax. String and variable handling has been massively improved.
The release package now includes a sample Catalog.
Copy Image. A new command allows you to copy the image of an image file directly to the clipboard without first having to open the file in an image viewer application.
What's new in 7.50?
Released 25-Aug-2008
Folder View Settings. Lets you save the view settings (view type, sort order, column layout...) of any particular folder and have them automatically restored whenever you come back to this folder. Great feature, saves a lot of time. And contrary to Explorer, in XYplorer it actually works!
Thumbnails View. The thumbnails view mode has been redesigned. Now they are framed by a white margin.
Scripting. A new "timestamp" command gives you programmatic control over all three file dates of any file or folder on your system.
Start Up. Now you can select the Application Data Path using a command line switch. This means you can have any number of totally independent configurations for one single executable. Choose your preferred work environment via a simple Windows shortcut!
Tabs. List Style (line numbers, auto-size, grid...) and Column visibility are now tab-wise.
Now the Catalog can be moved above the Tree.
Rename Preview. The size of the preview window now automatically adjusts to best fit the info.
Batch Rename. New "Increment On Collision" switch (/i). Automatically avoids collisions with existing files.
What's new in 7.40?
Released 28-Jul-2008
New optional date format shows last week's days, "Yesterday", and
"Today" in the file list. One small step for a programmer, one
giant leap for usability.
Quick File View: Quickly view the textual or binary contents of
the currently focused file.
Type-ahead find now optionally works on the sorted column.
Compare files much faster.
NOTICE! Users of 7.30 are urged to upgrade to 7.40 since the Compare algorithm in 7.30 had a bug that made it unreliable when comparing files larger than 80 MB.
What's new in 7.30?
Released 30-Jun-2008
After two years of continuous development Catalog-based browsing
finally takes over: Now you can hide and switch off the Tree and
browse via Catalog only.
Quick Compare: Quickly determine whether two files are
same or different.
Support for Hard Link creation.
List Management: Now you can move items to new list positions via
drag-n-drop. Big plus in usability.
In version 7.20 the mouse wheel did not always work depending on
the manufacturer. Fixed.
New command "Open Folders in Tabs" allows you to easily switch
sets of tabs.
What's new in 7.20?
Released 09-Jun-2008
Support for editing Unicode filenames.
Warp speed through new "treeless browsing".
New popular button "Copy Path/Name".
New submenu "Shortcut Target".
Faster startup.
What's new in 7.10?
Released 04-May-2008
Portable Openwith Menu (POM). The v7.10 highlight! A single click
or keyboard shortcut pops a context specific menu presenting an
array of applications to open the currently selected file(s) with.
This menu draws its contents from your Portable File Assocations
setup, so it is portable as well, and utterly easy to manage.
Flexible Width Tabs. Flexible width for named tabs saves precious
screen space.
Associate Files with Scripts. XYplorer's Portable File Assocations
(PFA) learned to deal with scripts.
Favorites with Captions. "Transparent PNGs" is a little easier to
read than "E:\Development\TestFiles\Media\Image-Formats\trans\png\ARGB 32bit\", ain't it?
New command "Copy Item UNC Path/Name(s)". Copies the full path of
all selected items, using the UNC path for items located on a mapped
drive. If your are working in a network you'll love this one.
What's new in 7.00?
Released 31-Mar-2008
Scripting. Ultimate file management efficiency. Roll your own custom commands, wrap them in an XYplorer Script file (XYS), or a User-Defined Command, and trigger them by just a click or a keystroke. Can't get any better? It can! Share scripts with colleagues: Just drop a script file into your app folder and fresh plug-in commands are at your finger tips.
Now tabs can be iconized. Shrunk to the size of an icon. A mind-blowing space saver.
Now you can freely determine XYplorer's application data path and thus banish any UAC (User Account Control) issues.
Now you can search for folders by size.
Now you can turn a text or image from clipboard directly into a new file.
Now there's secondary sorting. Simply hold Shift while you click on a column header to sub-sort the file list by this column.
What's new in 6.80?
Released 04-Jan-2008
Now you can drag-drop items onto shortcuts in List and Catalog.
Targets of shortcuts are shown in File Info Tips on mouse hover.
Now you can one-click jump to the target of a shortcut.
What's new in 6.70?
Released 14-Dec-2007
User-Defined Commands (UDC): The new command category "New" gives
you unprecedented one-click control over creating new files and
folders (blank or cloned from existing ones). This includes the
invaluable "Copy Here" functionality by which you can recreate
duplicates of any existing file or folder in your current location.
Now all UDC submenu items have icons.
Added preview and thumbnails for DNG (Digital Negative) and NEF (Nikon Electronic
Format) files.
Network: Finally, there's the logon dialog!
Network: Enhanced support for hidden shares.
What's new in 6.60?
Released 19-Nov-2007
User-Defined Commands now fully support command line parameters!
Pimp up your single keystroke to sciencefictionesque kill power.
Pack all selected files into a zipped archive with an automatic
name depending on the current date? One keystroke! Print a DOS
style directory listing of the current folder to a file or
printer? One keystroke! Welcome to one-keystroke-paradise.
The Catalog Application Launch Panel now fully supports command
line parameters. Here's one-click heaven for the mousy man!
User-Defined Commands now include all the important mass rename
functions. For example, you can convert an item to another file type
(extension), or clean all selected file names of certain characters,
by a single keystroke/mouse click.
Added an alternative interface to assign custom keyboard shortcuts
to native and user-defined commands in a fast and intuitive way.
Dropping messages from Outlook / Outlook Express is now up to a
hundred (!) times faster than before!
What's new in 6.50?
Released 05-Nov-2007
User-Defined Commands (UDCs): Write your personal file management
routines in the most user-friendly way. Go To, Open, Open With,
Copy To, Move To, Rename ... wrap those tasks into UDCs, and have
them magically appear in the new "User" menu. Give them catchy
captions, and assign keyboard shortcuts to them. UDC means: Reduce
your daily routines to simple keystrokes!
Backup from Catalog: The new capability to backup whole Catalog
Categories provides nothing less than a one-click backup of
distributed sources.
Serial Rename: when renaming, press Tab to apply the changes and
immediately start renaming the next item.
String Search: Now you can find all files NOT containing the given
text string.
Color Code the Tree. System, Compressed, Encrypted, Read-Only,
Junction, etc ... you choose the colors.
What's new in 6.40?
Reviewed 13-Oct-2007
Released 10-Oct-2007
New GUI. Ux theme visual styles are now (optionally) applied to all interface elements.
Major re-design of the configuration dialog.
Added a new license type, the "Standard License", which costs only
half of the big "Lifetime License".
Now you can drag-drop items onto *.BAT and *.CMD files. Of course,
this works also with Catalog items as drop targets.
Finally complete support for dropping from archives of all types.
Now you have "Tips of the day" at your finger tips (Shift+F1). And
more: you can easily add and manage your own tips (in your own
language if you want)!
Support for NTFS junctions, including configurable color coding to
make them visually stand out.
The Backup file operation now preserves all three dates (modified,
created, accessed) in copied files and folders.
The New Items interface now supports date variables, just another
revolutionary time-saver.
Enhanced compatibility with high contrast color schemes for
visually impaired.
File Info Tips now display "Version Information" for all files
that have one.
Media Preview: added support for the file extension DIVX (DivX
Movie).
What's new in 6.30?
Released 02-Sep-2007
Rename Special: All bulk rename operations now come with a
detailed preview, including detection of possible conflicts.
Rename using Regular Expressions: Now you may use inline comments of format
(?#comment) within your Regular Expressions.
Added option "Minimize to tray on X close".
Smoother tab cycling through delayed browsing.
File Info Tips completely rewritten. No more freezing effect when
hovering AVIs or PDFs.
Network browsing did not work as expected under Vista in version
6.20. Now it works again, and much faster than before.
What's new in 6.20?
Released 14-Aug-2007
The Catalog now is a full-blown "Open-With-Panel" where you can
one-click-open any files with any application without changing or
referring to the registry.
Image Preview: now you choose between Speed and High Quality Image
Resampling.
Easily select between three different search modes: Standard,
Boolean, Regular Expression.
New "Len" column shows the length in characters of each filename:
easily spot over-long filenames that might make trouble when burning
CD-ROMs.
New toolbar button to "Hide Folders in List". For those moments,
when you need to see only the files, not the folders.
Customizable keyboard shortcuts for touching filestamps: Set
Modified, Created, and Accessed Date to Now.
Instant preview of Office 2007 file types.
Notable general performance speedup.
What's new in 6.10?
Released 10-Jun-2007
Image preview: Highest-quality resampling now even with huge
pictures.
Dbl-click on empty space goes up one level (optional).
Quickly find all empty folders within a given path.
Better Vista integration.
Better application icons.
What's new in 6.00?
Released 17-May-2007
Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts for more than 300 functions.
Radically reduced memory usage.
What's new in 5.80?
Released 05-Mar-2007
Ctrl+Shift+Wheel to increase/decrease the row height in List,
Tree, and Catalog on the fly.
Added preview of *.tga (Targa) files.
Now Catalog, Address Bar, Favorites, and Goto accept relative path
syntax and are hence fully portable. Home is where XY is.
Catalog now serves as one-click launch panel for applications as
well as for items opened with associated applications.
Now you can drag'n'drop files onto Catalog items that point to
applications to open those files with those applications.
Now drop-on-zip is supported in List and Catalog.
What's new in 5.60?
Released 31-Jan-2007
Batch Rename now with new smart simple mode.
Full Screen Preview (F11) of images massively enhanced.
Outlook Drop: enhanced and bug-fixed.
Find Files now with "Loose Boolean Match": e.g. "work 2006" will
find all items that have "work" and "2006" somewhere in their name
(regardless of the order).
Media Preview: new "Play Next" mode automatically plays next media
file in current list when current one has finished.
Network browsing much faster.
New License Key. Registered users that want to upgrade to 5.60
should visit http://www.xyplorer.com/key.php for a smooth automated key
transition, or contact support for personal assistance.
What's new in 5.50?
Released 17-Dec-2006
Drop messages from Outlook and Outlook Express and save them to
files with template-configured names... and now it also works for
Outlook 2003 ff.
Media Preview: added *.flv (Flash Video) format. Which means: now,
XYplorer can offline-replay YouTube videos.
What's new in 5.40?
Released 11-Nov-2006
Visual Filters now work in Find mode, too.
New usability jewels "Select by Selected Type(s)" and "Filter by Selected Extension(s)".
Drop messages from Outlook and Outlook Express and save them to
files with template-configured names.
One-click-copy distributed items onto the clipboard. You won't
find this killer feature nowhere else.
One-click-store search results for later review/reuse.
Mind-blowing speed improvement in network browsing.
Added support for non-latin characters in file names.
Added automatic path name completion.
Added support for hidden shares.
Now items can be copied from the Catalog.
Added "Default Tab" functionality.
Better custom color management.
Again great general speed improvement.
What's new in 5.20?
Released 16-Oct-2006
No more GDI+ dependency.
XYplorer now runs on systems without GDIplus.
XYplorer now runs even on Win95.
XYplorer uses even less memory than before.
Revolutionary keyboard-driven popup-Hotlist.
Revolutionary keyboard-driven popup-Breadcrumb.
Revolutionary Drop-Text-To-File.
"Quick Visual Filters" via the Address Bar.
"Delete (Skip Locked)" command.
Destination paths may contain Date Variables,
making dated Backups a one-click affair.
Support of common Windows environment variables.
Dropping items/attachments from Outlook and
Outlook Express is now supported.
"Show Space Used" option for all listed items.
In-place tooltips for clipped items.
Super-fast thumbnail creation.
Vastly improved performance in many other parts.
What's new in 5.10?
Released 26-Aug-2006
Private portable file associations.
Visual Filter now recognizes RegExp patterns.
Find Files: multiple patterns and locations
can now be separated by ";" (semicolon).
Extended "Browse For Folder" dialog (new UI).
Now all drop-down lists have auto-complete.
Added keyboard-driven Move To (Shift+F7), Copy To (Ctrl+F7),
and Backup To (Ctrl+Shift+F7) dialogs.
Added view "List" (wrapped column).
Now there is an official no-install package.
Selection Filter now allows multiple patterns in one go.
Increased space for image and video preview.
Video Preview: added resize-while-u-watch.
Sound preview now with volume control.
New handy "Copy Here with Suffix Date".
Greatly improved Batch Rename.
Calculate Folder Sizes much faster and cooler.
What's new in 5.00?
Released 02-Jun-2006
Massive load time speed up.
Reduced memory consumption.
Menu Edit/Paste Special: added "Paste Here To New Subfolder...".
Lets you paste any files currently found in the clipboard to a newly
created subfolder of the current folder (the one that's displayed in
the main title bar).
Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+V.
Very nice feature. In fact, I'd say: Once again pioneering file
manager XYplorer delivers an innovative friction-lessening high-efficiency solution that skyrockets the art of file management into
yet another orbit of usability.
Menu View/Tab: now you can lock your tabs to a "Home Zone",
which includes the home path and all its subfolders (in other
words, the home branch). You can freely move inside the home zone
and stay inside the tab, but if you browse to a destination
outside the home zone, the tab stays where it is and a new tab
will be automatically opened. Kind of soft-locking.
Added color-coding by file attributes.
Network Places On Demand: now you can browse to servers outside
the local/primary workgroup/domain. Simply enter them (or items
located on them) into the Address Bar, or browse to them via Catalog
or Favorites. If reachable they will be automatically/on-the-fly added
the My Network Places node in the tree.
Now network servers are remembered between sessions. This means:
(a) Network servers load at the speed of light.
(b) Servers outside the primary workgroup that have been entered
via Address Bar are now remembered and don't have to be
entered again.
(c) You can easily add/remove servers to/from My Network Places
and thus list only the servers you actually need for your daily
work.
Added the Catalog: a hidable favorites panel below the tree by which you can
1-click-navigate and on which you can drop stuff.
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