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v9.60.0015 - 2010-10-19 20:38
    + Configuration | Extended: Added option "Confirm drag and drop". 
      Check it to pop a confirmation prompt for every left-mouse drag 
      and drop operation. A reliable protection from accidental drops.
      Note: If "Disallow left-dragging from tree and list" is ticked 
      then "Confirm drag and drop" is not applicable, of course.
    ! List: Drawing glitch (wrong background colors) since v9.60.0006 
      when switching between a blocked tab ("Location currently not 
      available") and another tab. Fixed.

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v9.60.0014 - 2010-10-19 13:02
    + Scripting: The multi-script goto-shorthand now also supports 
      environment and native variables, name searches, and visual 
      filters. For example:
        Desktop
        %tmp%
        <xydata>
        C:\WINDOWS\system.ini
        C:\WINDOWS\system32
        C:\WINDOWS\system32?a*
        C:\WINDOWS\system32?:a* or b*
        C:\WINDOWS\system32?:a* | b*
        C:\WINDOWS\system32?tag:blue
        C:\WINDOWS\system32|a*
    * Scripting: The dialog previously called "Scripting Error" is 
      now called "XYplorer Scripting" because it's not always a real
      scripting error that is reported but most of the times a script 
      related information.
    + Tree Items Context Menu: Added optional item "Hide Folder from 
      Mini Tree". Does only show in Mini Tree mode. The item is also 
      contained in the "Expansion" submenu, but I think it merits this 
      extra treatment.
    * Updated the help file.

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v9.60.0013 - 2010-10-18 15:51
    + Scripting: In a multi-script resource you can now pass a plain 
      path/file spec as a shorthand for a well-formed goto script. Such 
      a line will be auto-converted to a valid goto command including 
      the appropriate icon in the generated popup menu.
      - Long version using well-formed goto scripts with captions:
        "C:\|C:\" goto "C:\";
        "C:\Windows|C:\Windows" goto "C:\Windows";
        "C:\WINDOWS\SoundMan.exe|*" goto "C:\WINDOWS\SoundMan.exe";
      - Equivalent shorthand version:
        C:\
        C:\Windows
        C:\WINDOWS\SoundMan.exe
      This little shorthand trick tremendously simplifies creating and 
      editing User Buttons with favorite items lists and similar tasks.
    * Floppies: From now on, floppy disk drives are not shown in the 
      Tree by factory default. To show them tick Configuration | General 
      | Show floppy drives.

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v9.60.0012 - 2010-10-18 12:43
    + Script icons: Now you can pass "*" as placeholder to use the 
      caption as icon pointer:
        "C:\|*" goto "C:\";
        "C:\Windows|*" goto "C:\Windows";
    * Menu View | Refresh: Now floppy drives in the Tree are refreshed 
      only if they are the current node. Reason: Less buzz!
      Tip: Use "Refresh Tree" to always refresh the floppy drives (if 
      they are visible).
    * Double-Slashed Freak Paths: From now on, those paths are silently 
      corrected. No more prompts. So, for example, you can now go here 
      without problem:
      C:\//windows\\///system32/\/\

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v9.60.0011 - 2010-10-17 20:30
  *** Menu View: Major reorganization of the Refresh related commands. 
      Leading purpose was to meet the general expectation that F5 
      refreshes Tree AND List. See following sections...
      Note that, because refreshing the whole Tree is a LOT of work 
      compared to refreshing the List, F5 is now a pretty heavy action. 
      The previous functionality of F5 has been mapped to Ctrl+F5. 
      When you are upgrading, however, all your old shortcuts will still 
      point to the old functionality, so these shortcut changes only 
      affect fresh installations.
    + Added command "Refresh" (F5). Refreshes Tree and List. The 
      functionality simply combines "Refresh Tree" (F4) and "Refresh 
      List" (previouly F5, now Ctrl+F5).
      Notes:
      - Contrary to Explorer's "Refresh", the List is not reset (i.e. 
        any selections and the scroll position are kept). To reset the 
        file list use "Reset File List" (Ctrl+F5).
      - The Tree is only refreshed when it is visible.
      - "Refresh" replaces the command Miscellaneous | General Functions 
        | Refresh Tree and List (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F5) which is now 
        obsolete and has been removed.
    * Menu View:
      - Renamed "Rebuild Tree" to "Reset Tree".      
      - Renamed "Refresh File List" to "Refresh List".      
      - Renamed "Refresh and Reset File List" to "Reset List".
    * Menu View: New default keyboard shortcuts:
        "Refresh List" (Ctrl+F5)
        "Reset List" (Ctrl+Shift+F5)
    * Menu View | Refresh Tree: Before, Refresh Tree on a Mini Tree 
      would add all available top folders (special folders and drives) 
      to the Mini Tree. Now, only the top folders that are already part 
      of the Mini Tree are refreshed, but none are added.
    * Menu View | Current Tab | Sort By | Sort Again: Removed default 
      shortcut Ctrl+Shift+F5.
    * Background Jobs: Status Bar info does not ellipse paths anymore 
      (full paths are shown in the Status Bar's tooltip).

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v9.60.0010 - 2010-10-16 11:00
    * Configuration: Reorganized the first two tabs by adding bold 
      subheadings, and added a 3rd tab "Extended" because running out of 
      space. Options overkill... trying to handle it.

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v9.60.0009 - 2010-10-15 14:41
    * Dual Pane: From now on, if a location is opened in the other 
      (inactive) pane (e.g. by Alt+Click in the Tree) then Dual Pane 
      mode is enabled if necessary.
      Reasons: It is assumed that you want to see the inactive pane when 
      you open a location in it. And this way visual feedback of the 
      "open" action is ensured.
    * Raw View: Now the vertical scrollbar is not shown anymore when the 
      view is empty.
    ! Double-Slashed Freak Paths: Fix #4.
    ! UDC Icons: Fixed a couple of glitches.
    ! Catalog: Would not open EXEs in special folders. Fixed.
    ! Tree: In Vista/Win7 shared folders were shown without icon since 
      v9.60.0002. Fixed.

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v9.60.0008 - 2010-10-14 21:31
    ! Double-Slashed Freak Paths: Fix #3.

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v9.60.0007 - 2010-10-14 20:42
    + Tree Items Context Menu: Added optional item "Open in Other Pane" 
      (Alt+Click). Will open the selected folder in the other pane 
      (whether that pane is visible or not). Note that it also works 
      when right-clicking a folder other than the current folder.
    + User-Defined Commands: Now also XY native variables are supported 
      in the icon pointers:
        Blah|<xydata>\Icons\fun.ico
    ! User Buttons: Icons did not support XY variables anymore. Fixed.
      FYI, these point to the same resource:
        Icons\fun.ico
        <xydata>\Icons\fun.ico
    ! Invalid freak paths were still hitting below the belt under 
      certain conditions. Fixed.

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v9.60.0006 - 2010-10-14 13:13
    + Configuration | Advanced | Custom items in shell context menu. Now 
      you can configure which items are shown in the context menu 
      *separately* for Tree (button Folder Tree...) and List (button 
      File List...).
      The factory default for the Tree items in the menu has been 
      reduced to avoid the newbie-scaring overkill effect of a maximally
      enhanced context menu.
    + Script icons: Now relative (to app data path) and portable paths 
      are supported.
    + User Buttons: Now relative (to app data path) and portable paths 
      are supported.
    + User-Defined Commands: Now you can pass a pointer to an icon along 
      with the caption. The icon will be shown in the User menu.
      The general form is Caption|Icon, where Icon can have the 
      following formats:
        Blah|C:\Beta\           full path/file to file or folder
        Blah|Icons\fun.ico      relative path (to app data path)
        Blah|:minitree          internal icon (toolbar buttons resource)
        Blah|                   nothing (no icon shown)
    * MouseDownBlowUp on Word (doc, docx, rtf) thumbnails: This is now 
      also (like MouseDownBlowUp on PDFs) controlled by the tweak
        MDBUPdfLarge=1
      And the factory default of this tweak now has been set to 1.
      Note that SC tweak supports this tweak, so you can do this through 
      the Address Bar to change the setting:
        tweak("MDBUPdfLarge", 1);
      Note: Whether the enlarged Word blow up actually works depends on 
      your system and RAM size. It's not easily predictable. Try it out.
    ! Invalid freak paths like "C:\windows\\system32" lead to a bit of 
      chaos. Fixed. Now you are asked whether you lost your marbles and 
      are provided with due assistance.

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v9.60.0005 - 2010-10-13 16:22
    + CKS | Miscellaneous | Timestamp: Added command "Set Created Date 
      to EXIF Date". Sets the Created date of each selected image file 
      (JPEG, TIFF) to its EXIF date.
      If no EXIF date is found the Created date is not touched.
    + Tabs: Now you can escape dragging Tabs by pressing ESC.
    + New constant <tab>, resolved to the Tab character (ASCII 9).
    * Constants <crlf> and <tab> now take an optional count parameter 
      for repetition. Example:
        ::echo "Catch<crlf 22>22";
    ! Pressing ESC when dragging an item in the UDC manager or 
      Configuration | Color Filters closed the dialog instead of 
      canceling the drag. Fixed.

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v9.60.0004 - 2010-10-11 12:21
    + Menu File | File Special: Added command "Set Modified Date to 
      Current". Sets the Modified Date of all selected List items to the 
      current date/time.
      Note: This command was previously featured under CKS | 
      Miscellaneous | Timestamp. The command ID remains the same, of 
      course: #1034.
    * Menu Edit | Select: Added command "Restore Selection", which 
      hereby is part of the regular set of commands and can have a CKS.
      Accordingly, "Restore Selection" in the List white space context 
      menu is now featured under the Select submenu.
    * Panes: Renamed "Select Special" to "Sync Select".
    ! Menu Edit | New Items: Just did my testing with folders and forgot 
      to take care for the extensions in files. Fixed. With files the 
      comment should be left of the extension, for example:
        Source: <newitemspath>\targetname  'comment.txt
        Target: <targetpath>\targetname.txt

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v9.60.0003 - 2010-10-11 10:11
    + Menu Edit | New Items: Now you can append a comment to any of the 
      items in the New Items folder. The comment is added as part of the 
      source item name and is separated from the target item name by the 
      sequence space-space-singlequote (singlequote = ASCII 39).
      When a new item is copied the comment is dropped and only the part 
      left of the comment separator is used in the target. For example, 
      and item named "targetname  'comment" in the New Items folder will 
      be copied to the new item "targetname". The comments are visible 
      in the New Item menu.
      The comment option gives you the following advantages:
      - You can comment items that are not obvious by themselves.
      - You can have several items of the same target name but with 
        different contents. The comment field allows you to have them 
        all within the New Items folder without collisions.
    * Background Jobs: Improved the Statusbar info shown when a job is 
      added.
    ! Moving Up: The overlap check algorithm returned false positives. 
      Fixed.
      Special thanks to user Jibz for pointing out the surprisingly 
      complex issues arising from overlaps when moving stuff up (see 
      http://www.hardtoc.com/archives/198).

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v9.60.0002 - 2010-10-10 10:10
    + Moving Up: If "moving up" folders, and folders of the same name 
      already exist in the target path you may run into problems because 
      parts of the source might be overwritten by other parts of the 
      source before they are moved to their final destination.
      This cannot be influenced because file moving is handled by the 
      Shell and it simply does not get this one right. But there is a 
      check now, and a warning, and a chance to cancel if such a 
      problematic situation is there.      
    * Menu File | Preview: Now when toggling the Preview OFF the Info 
      Panel returns to the state (visibility; selected tab) it was in 
      when toggling the Preview ON.
    * Preview: Now, when a preview is open/running and you rename the 
      containing folder in the Tree, the Preview is auto-closed. Before, 
      you would have gotten an error.
    ! Tree: Hand overlays for shared folders were not shown anymore for 
      a couple of versions. Fixed.
    ! Tree and List: Hand overlays for shared folders were not auto-
      refreshed when a share was added or removed. Fixed.
    ! Win7: The Recycle Bin did not auto-refresh when 10 or more items 
      were deleted to or restored from the RB at once. Fixed.
    ! Tree: Under certain conditions folders could show doubled 
      subfolders. Fixed.

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v9.60.0001 - 2010-10-08 15:42
    + SCs copyto and moveto enhanced: Now you can suppress any prompt to 
      create a not yet existing destination folder.
      To achieve this economically the [filesonly] argument has been 
      converted to a binary field, now called [flags].
      Syntax: copyto location, [source], [rootpath], [flags]
              moveto location, [source], [rootpath], [flags]
        flags (the desired values have to be binary-OR-ed)
          0: [Default]
          1: FilesOnly. For sources containing wildcards only files are 
             copied. 
          2: SkipPromptToCreate. Don't prompt, but create any non-
             existing destination folder without asking.
      Examples:
        ::copyto "c:\temp12"; //copy all; prompt
        ::copyto "c:\temp12", "e:\test\*", , 1; //only files; prompt
        ::copyto "c:\temp12", , , 2;  //copy all; no prompt
        ::copyto "c:\temp12", "e:\test\*", , 3; //only files; no prompt
    * Menu File | Preview: This command is a toggle, and now it shows it 
      with a checkmark when any preview is active.
    * Find Files | Excluded: From now on, the matching of the excluded 
      paths is case-insensitive (A==a).
    ! Find Files | Location: Did not handle a trailing ";" in a chain of 
      ";"- separated locations gracefully. Fixed.
    ! Rename Special | Edit Item Names...: The command was not available 
      via its command ID #147. Fixed.

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