XYplorer 28.10 (64-bit) has been released on 10-Dec-2025. Here’s a quick introduction to the main new features:

• Copy Current Path
• Color-Coded Overwrite Prompt
• Adjustable Length Column
• Increased Sorting Speed
• Many Other Improvements

• Copy Current Path. Pressing Ctrl+R now copies the current path to the clipboard. This works regardless of where the focus is or what is currently selected. This small addition could considerably boost your workflow.

  Of course, you can choose any keyboard shortcut you like for this function: Tools | Customize Keyboard Shortcuts....

  And here, you can choose to have your paths back-slashed: Configuration | General | Controls & More | Miscellaneous | Copy paths to the clipboard with a trailing slash.

• Color-Coded Overwrite Prompt. A bit of color coding lets you grasp the situation much quicker.

  Below are some examples of overwrite prompts. Blue means "everything looks normal" (usually, the copied files are newer and larger than the existing ones), and red means "needs a second look before overwriting."

  

  Looking normal.

  

  Looking normal as well.

  

  Hmm, really want to overwrite a newer picture with an older one?

  

  Hmm, the document is newer, but it is smaller. Is that okay?

  There is no point (and no harm, at least information-wise) in performing the overwrite when there are no colors at all, since both files are completely identical:

  

  These files are completely idcentical.

• Adjustable Length Column. The optional "Len" column can now display either the length of the full path or the length of the file name alone, excluding the path. To change this setting, Ctrl+right-click the "Len" column header and toggle "Show Length without Path" from the pop-up menu. The list will update immediately.

  If you work with files a lot, you may want to know the length of their names at a glance. That's what the "Len" column is for. The easiest way to display this column is to right-click on the "Name" column header and select it from the pop-up menu.

  Below are some shots from before and after switching between the two modes of the "Len" column.

  

  Showing the length, including the path.

  

  Switching the mode.

  

  Showing the length, excluding the path.

• Increased Sorting Speed. Thanks to advances in string comparison technology, sorting speed has dramatically improved. Sorting occurs constantly throughout the application, but is especially important in the file list and tags database.

• Many Other Improvements. See change log (about 3 MB).