XYplorer Main Features Summary, Detailed version, part 1:
(for the Detailed, Part 2, go here:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 47#p105747)
v17.60.0000 - 2017-02-20 16:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Find Files by Path. Now you can find items by the name of their parent
folder or full path, using a simple inline switch.
+++ New Overwrite Prompt. Redesigned the dialog for clarity and usability.
+++ Audio Properties. Now the basic audio properties (Bit Rate, Sample Rate,
Channels, Length) are shown right in the Large Tiles view. Allows for a
quick glance without displaying any spacy extra columns.
.......... XYplorer ver 17.50 ......................................................
v17.50.0000 - 2017-01-20 18:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Quick Audio Preview. Mouse down on the file icon to hear the sound. Mouse
move to scroll. Mouse up to stop. MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG... you name it. With
interactive progress bar. Probably the most convenient audio file previewer
on the planet.
+++ Support of Filenames Ending With Dot or Space. Those filenames are invalid
in the Windows name space and the shell cannot do anything with them.
Delete, rename, move, it all fails with the standard File Explorer. XYplorer
now can handle them.
+++ Extra Large Toolbar. Now you can have extra large buttons (48x48 pixels).
Increases toolbar usability on high-resolution screens.
.......... XYplorer ver 17.40 ......................................................
v17.40.0000 - 2016-11-22 18:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Content Search. Now multi-field search supports content. So you can search
for files that contain "Country" OR "Western".
+++ Self Update. Finally XYplorer can update itself. Simply click "Check for
Updates" and you are offered to download and install the update right away
if there is one. (Pro Edition Only)
.......... XYplorer ver 17.30 ......................................................
v17.30.0000 - 2016-10-31 18:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Find Dangerous Characters. Now you can find files that have invisible and
potentially dangerous Unicode characters in the name. You now can as well
color-code such files.
.......... XYplorer ver 17.20 ......................................................
v17.20.0000 - 2016-09-19 15:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Single File Search. Quickly list a single file at any given location
without tediously expanding the folder tree and browsing the whole
directory first. It's like a wormhole to any point in your file system.
+++ Type Stats and Filter. Lost track of what you have selected? Type Stats
gives you the numbers. Filter lets you narrow things down.
+++ Custom Copy. Now you have a Retry button in case of failure. There's
always a second chance.
+++ Custom Vorbis Tags. Now you can display, search, or color code whatever
custom tags you might expect in your FLAC and OGG files.
+++ Audio Tags. Now the Composer tag in Vorbis Comments (FLAC and OGG) is
natively supported additionally to Album, Artist, Comments, Composer,
Genre, Title, Track, and Year.
.......... XYplorer ver 17.10 ......................................................
v17.10.0000 - 2016-09-06 15:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Audio Tags. Now Vorbis Comments in FLAC and OGG files are supported. They
can be shown in columns, in reports, and on mouse hover. And you can
use them in file search and scripts.
+++ Safety Belts. Added an optional native delete confirmation prompt
including deep stats.
+++ Custom Columns. Raised the number of possible custom column definitions
from 32 to 64. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ Thumbnail Files. XYplorer lets you save thumbnails of images as files. Now
you can pass the desired JPG quality value. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ Portable Tags. Advanced storage options allow you to keep the tags
database together with the tagged items. Finally a perfect solution for
backing up tagged items. (Pro Edition Only)
.......... XYplorer ver 17.00 ......................................................
v17.00.0000 - 2016-07-11 15:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Live Filter Box. The most desired feature since Dual Pane. Now it's here.
Filter as you type.
+++ Content Search. Now you can run a content search via inline switch.
+++ Stronger Tree Lines. Optionally have lines drawn solid instead of dotted.
+++ Precise Obfuscation. Define the strings you want to obfuscate. Can also
help in severe cases of umlaut-phobia. (Pro Edition Only)
.......... XYplorer ver 16.90 ......................................................
v16.90.0000 - 2016-06-03 18:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Tree Structured Report. Create a one-click easy-to-read and
easy-to-process recursive report on the current directory.
+++ Collision Prompt. New quick action buttons Overwrite and Skip.
.......... XYplorer ver 16.80 ......................................................
v16.80.0000 - 2016-05-18 20:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Folder Size Caching. Calculating folder sizes takes time. Now the results
can be cached. Makes showing folder sizes extremely fast. (Pro Edition
Only)
+++ Undo/Redo. The number of undoable actions has been raised from 100 to 256.
+++ Copy Path. The white space context menu now features the shortest way to
the popular Copy Path command.
+++ Reporting. The scripting command folderreport() now can generate a rich
tree-shaped recursive report on any folder. (Pro Edition Only)
.......... XYplorer ver 16.70 ......................................................
v16.70.0000 - 2016-05-02 21:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ What's on the pizza? A new toolbar button lets you quickly toggle the
display of folder sizes.
+++ View and Edit the Clipboard. A new toolbar button serves as a quick and
basic clipboard viewer. Simply hover it to show any text or file items
currently in the clipboard. Click it to edit those clipboard contents.
+++ Paste and Go. Now you can paste a file or folder path directly into the
tree or the list and XYplorer will go to it right away.
+++ Color Filters. Now you can define whether a filter is applied to the Tree,
or to the List, or to both, for each filter individually.
+++ Rename Special. Now it's also supported in the folder tree.
.......... XYplorer ver 16.60 ......................................................
v16.60.0000 - 2016-04-12 20:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Permanent Custom Sort Order. For many years XYplorer supports creating
custom sort orders by dragging items to new positions in Manual Sorting
mode. Now those custom sort orders are remembered per tab, across tab
switches, and across sessions. You don't need to know or do anything, it
just works.
.......... XYplorer ver 16.50 ......................................................
v16.50.0000 - 2016-03-16 20:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Downloads and Links. Now the virtual folders "Downloads" and "Links" are
shown in the folder tree.
.......... XYplorer ver 16.40 ......................................................
v16.40.0000 - 2016-03-08 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Preview Pane. It's finally there: A vertical preview pane!
+++ Zoom To Fill. Now the SaveThumb command can create thumbnail files that
are zoomed to fill. (Pro Edition Only)
.......... XYplorer ver 16.30 ......................................................
v16.30.0000 - 2016-02-23 15:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Color Histogram. The Floating Preview now sports an optional color
histogram. Lets you check out your photos' color channels in a blink.
+++ Thumbs Gallery. Now it's easy to quickly toggle between normal thumbnails
and a hardcore gallery mode without captions, padding, or white space. The
classic wall of pictures. (Pro Edition Only)
.......... XYplorer ver 16.20 ......................................................
v16.20.0000 - 2016-01-18 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Global Visual Filters. One of the best features of XYplorer got even
better. All previous limits have been stripped from Global Visual Filters.
Global filtering now is totally easy to do and more powerful at the same
time. No extra rules to learn, it just works as you expect it to work.
.......... XYplorer ver 16.10 ......................................................
v16.10.0000 - 2015-12-15 18:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Preview. Completely revised the preview engine. Now you can preview
Office, Audio, and Video files using the available preview handlers. A
huge improvement over previous versions, notably for Office files and
document formats like RTF, PDF, and XPS.
+++ Floating Preview and Full Screen Preview. Now it supports previewing
Office, PDF, Audio and Video, Font, and Icon files. And, of course, you
still can view your photos with it.
+++ Batch Move. This feature allows you to automatically distribute a large
number of files by certain criteria to automatically created folders, in
one go. A neat freak's dream.
+++ Multilingual Support. Added support for Finnish.
.......... XYplorer ver 16.00 ......................................................
v16.00.0000 - 2015-11-16 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Image Tagging. A new Tag Bar allows for tagging and commenting images
right from the Floating Preview.
+++ Image File Processing. Now you can run a custom script directly from the
Floating Preview.
+++ Fujifilm Photos. Added support for the maker notes in Fujifilm JPEGs.
+++ Autosave Settings. Added the option to automatically save settings after a
certain time.
+++ Breadcrumb Bars. Now you can drop stuff onto the Breadcrumb Bars.
+++ Advanced Hex Search. Now you can find files with particular byte patterns
at particular positions.
.......... XYplorer ver 15.90 ......................................................
v15.90.0000 - 2015-11-02 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Thumbnails Speed. New "High Speed" mode generates thumbnails 3 to 5 times
faster than before.
.......... XYplorer ver 15.80 ......................................................
v15.80.0000 - 2015-09-22 16:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Global Visual Filters. Global Visual Filters can visually reduce your file
system to the stuff you created this year, this month, this week, today.
Or to JPEGs only. Or to everything you tagged as "Important". Or whatever
criteria you want to apply. Filter and conquer. Only show what you need to
see. Global Visual Filters might change the way you manage your files.
+++ Visual Filters by Tags. Now you can show just those items with certain
labels, tags, and comments, and hide all others.
+++ Color Filters by Tags. Now you can color-code items depending on their
labels, tags, and comments.
+++ Search In List. Now you can run a search over a list of items, instead of
just searching one or more locations. This can be an arbitrary list
compiled in a file or in the clipboard, or the currently listed items, or
the currently selected items. So you now can easily run a search over the
current search results, again and again.
+++ Dupes By Basename. Now you can find groups of files with the same
basename, regardless of their extensions.
+++ Find By Count. Now you can find folders by the number of the contained
items.
+++ Multilingual Support. Added support for Klingon.
.......... XYplorer ver 15.70 ......................................................
v15.70.0000 - 2015-08-31 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Flatten Folder. Now you can flatten a multi-level folder structure via the
folder's right-click menu. Simply click "Flatten Folder". It's easy,
quick, and safe. And you can even reverse it by clicking Undo.
+++ Drag and Drop. Now you can change the default drag and drop behavior
(which is Move on same drive, Copy on different drive), and e.g. always
Move or always Copy. Might save you a headache.
.......... XYplorer ver 15.60 ......................................................
v15.60.0000 - 2015-08-18 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Ghost Filter. The Ghost Filter lets you globally hide particular files and
folders. E.g. the stuff you almost never want to see anywhere, like those
desktop.ini and Thumbs.db files, or items beginning with a dot. Or the
stuff you don't want to see just now for whatever reason. (Pro Edition
Only)
+++ Access Control. And here's the Ghost Filter for the boss. As admin you now
can completely hide particular items from the users, on a per-user basis.
Might add some safety to your company. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ QuickSearch. The new QuickSearch function connects scripting with
XYplorer's powerful search engine. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ Floating Preview. Now you can navigate your photos by left mouse click.
+++ Lock Zoom Position. Optionally keep the zoom position when switching
images in the preview. Useful when comparing details of different versions
of the same image.
.......... XYplorer ver 15.50 ......................................................
v15.50.0000 - 2015-07-29 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Smart Right Click. Enjoy smart context menus on Name, Size, and Date
columns.
+++ Date Picker. Finally there is an easier way to enter dates into the
find-by-date interface.
+++ Photo Data. Now Exposure Program and Exposure Bias are displayed in the
photo data.
+++ Histogram. The image preview now features an optional luminosity
histogram.
+++ Invert and Grayscale. Images can now be previewed inverted (negative)
and/or converted to grayscale.
+++ Obfuscate. Quickly obfuscate all sensitive information in the interface.
(Pro Edition Only)
.......... XYplorer ver 15.40 ......................................................
v15.40.0000 - 2015-06-22 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ User-Defined Functions. Finally scripting brings you the biggest fun in
programming: You can roll your own functions now. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ Scripting with Include. The new include statement enables you to include
function libraries or whatever other files into the executing script. (Pro
Edition Only)
+++ Copy File Size. Quickly copy a file's size in various formats.
+++ Age Display Limit. Now you can show the age for today's files, the
absolute date for all other files.
.......... XYplorer ver 15.30 ......................................................
v15.30.0000 - 2015-06-15 18:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Show Cached Thumbnails Only. Now you can browse your system in thumbnails
view without any delays caused by new thumbnails being created.
+++ Paste and Find. Quickly jump to a file pasting its name directly into the
file list.
+++ Age Display Limit. Now you can define when to show the age or the absolute
date of files. You will love it when you see it.
+++ Zoom By Wheel. Zooming fonts by mouse wheel now is optional. Turning it
off is better when running XY on tablets.
+++ Custom Toolbar Buttons. Now PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, and TIF images can be used
for the button graphics. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ Hungarian. Added support for Hungarian (Magyar).
+++ Prices. This is the last version you can buy for USD 79.95 Lifetime. The
price will go up with 15.40.
.......... XYplorer ver 15.20 ......................................................
v15.20.0000 - 2015-05-18 20:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Drop Stacks. It will take you no more than 30 seconds to create a drop
stack in the toolbar, a 24x24 pixel landing place where you can drop files
to virtual folders. Extremely handy. And you can have many of them. (Pro
Edition Only)
+++ Thumbnail Files. Now you can save the thumbnails of images as files. So
you can actually do something with those thumbnails beyond just staring at
them. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ Auto-Select First Item. Now you can have the first list item auto-selected
when entering a new folder. Some cannot live without this.
+++ Link View. Quickly check what a shortcut points to before you open it.
+++ Network Speed. Enjoy speed improvements and smoother handling of
unavailable network locations.
.......... XYplorer ver 15.10 ......................................................
v15.10.0000 - 2015-05-04 21:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Find Files Without Extension. Searching for files with no extension? It's
easy now. Simply search for *. (asterisk-dot).
+++ Toggle Quick Search. A new toolbar button provides a handy way to run the
last search on and off in various locations.
+++ Dropdown Left. Now you can have the address bar's dropdown button on the
left. Might reduce your mouse mileage.
+++ Photo Preview. Now you can show basic photo data in the Floating Preview's
status bar.
+++ Load Speed. Major load speed increase compared to 15.00 and before.
.......... XYplorer ver 15.00 ......................................................
v15.00.0000 - 2015-03-09 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Portable Devices. XYplorer now supports devices like tablets, smart
phones, or digital cameras, devices that are connected to the PC without
being assigned a drive letter. (Pro Edition Only; Windows Vista and later)
+++ Flat Select. Now you can select items by entering match patterns right
through the Address Bar. Nifty time-saver.
+++ Timestamping. Now you can easily clone and shift timestamps. (Pro Edition
Only)
+++ Sticky Checkbox Selection. Checkbox selection in the file list received a
number of optional improvements.
.......... XYplorer ver 14.90 ......................................................
v14.80.0000 - 2014-12-22 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Find Empty Items. Now you can quickly list all empty files and folders.
+++ Find Containing Folders. Now you can list all folders containing a certain
file or file type, files of a certain size or age, or with certain other
properties. You can as well list all folders NOT containing such files.
+++ Enhanced Photo Data. Showing Photo Data is now much faster than before.
And the data layout has been improved.
+++ Photo Data Columns. The basic photo properties Camera Model, Focal Length,
F-Stop, Exposure Time, ISO Speed, and Date Taken can now be shown in file
list columns, so you can quickly view them and sort by them.
.......... XYplorer ver 14.70 ......................................................
v14.70.0000 - 2014-12-15 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Duplicate File Finder. Now you can compare directory trees and easily
check supposedly mirrored folder structures on two different drives.
+++ Contents to Clipboard. Now you can copy the textual contents of files to
the clipboard with a single command.
+++ Enhanced Tiles Views. Now the photo data shown for JPEG and RAW formats
include the Exif Date, i.e. the exact date/time when each photo was taken.
.......... XYplorer ver 14.60 ......................................................
v14.60.0000 - 2014-11-18 21:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Enhanced Tiles Views. Tiles can be much larger now and their size is
freely configurable. The width of the text area is adjustable in real
time. Basic photo data for JPEG and RAW formats can be shown for each
tile.
.......... XYplorer ver 14.50 ......................................................
v14.50.0000 - 2014-09-18 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Mouse Down Blow Up on Icons. Simply hold down your mouse on the icon of an
image file and the image will instantly pop up in original size until you
release the mouse button. There's never been a faster way to check the
contents of a photo, web graphic, animated gif, PDF, or PSD file.
+++ Mouse Down Blow Up Text. Simply hold down your mouse on the icon or
thumbnail of a text file and the first page of the text will instantly pop
up until you release the mouse button. There's never been a faster way to
check the contents of a document.
+++ Mouse Down Blow Up Hex View. Simply press CTRL and hold down your mouse on
the icon or thumbnail of any file and the first page of the file in hex
view will instantly pop up until you release the mouse button. There's
never been a faster way to check the raw bytes of a file.
+++ Colored Tabs. Now you can customize the background colors of tabs.
+++ 10 Years Mouse Down Blow Up! The famous feature has been invented already
in v3.02.0035 (2000-02-21) but the trademark "Mouse Down Blow Up" now
marks its 10th birthday.
.......... XYplorer ver 14.40 ......................................................
v14.40.0000 - 2014-08-25 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Click and Tag. A new interface for comfortable one-click file tagging.
(Pro Edition Only)
+++ Custom Toolbar Buttons. The number of programmable toolbar buttons has
been increased from 32 to 64. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ Flat Look. Under Windows 8 the default UI got a fresh flat look. Fully
optional and configurable, of course.
.......... XYplorer ver 14.30 ......................................................
v14.30.0000 - 2014-07-10 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Paper Folders. Paper Folders are a ground-breaking new implementation of
virtual folders. Fast, light-weight, easy-to-use, portable. You can have
as many as you want, and you will want many.
+++ Permanent Custom Sort Order. Now you can manually modify the sort order in
a folder and it's remembered next time when you open the folder.
.......... XYplorer ver 14.20 ......................................................
v14.20.0000 - 2014-06-12 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Click and Search. Now search by date and age is supported. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ Layout. Many new layout options, and you can save and load layouts.
+++ Content Search. Much faster than before.
.......... XYplorer ver 14.10 ......................................................
v14.10.0000 - 2014-05-19 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Click and Search. Tired of entering search patterns again and again? With
this version XYplorer introduces a new search interface called "Click and
Search", a collapsible and fully customizable list of your favorite search
jobs. Even better: The jobs can be logically combined simply by ticking
checkboxes. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ Tag Clouds. For tag-based file management Click and Search boils down to
an interface you have already seen in the web: Tag Clouds! Tagging files
is finally becoming useful. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ Column Layouts. Now you can export your details view column layouts to
files, and later import them back into the list. That way you can very
comfortably switch between context-specific column layouts. Of course, the
layouts are portable and shareable.
+++ Ignore Articles When Sorting. Now this setting can be applied per tab or
per folder, and you can assign a keyboard shortcut to it.
+++ Multilingual Support. Added support for Dutch.
.......... XYplorer ver 14.00 ......................................................
v14.00.0000 - 2014-04-28 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ On Demand Columns. Now you can not only decide what a column shows, but
also when. This allows you to design very complex columns (that would take
a long time to load completely in a huge folder) and generate their
contents only on demand and per cell (by clicking into the cell). A
revolutionary feature that's full of crazy possibilities.
+++ Column-Based Search. Now you can search for files by the contents of your
Custom Columns. Makes it a snap to find all images with an Aspect Ratio of
16:9, or all files where Created and Modified date are identical.
+++ Advanced Content Search. Now you can search the textual contents of
complex file types like DOC, DOCX, ODT, and PDF.
+++ Ignore Articles When Sorting. Now sorting will optionally ignore "a",
"an", and "the" (configurable) at the beginning of filenames. A case in
point are files named after song or movie titles.
+++ Image Preview in Overwrite Prompt. The overwrite prompt now features
thumbnails for the copied and the existing image.
+++ Multilingual Support. Added support for Turkish.
+++ License Policy. Before, the Standard License was valid for one major
version cycle of upgrades. Many users were unhappy with this. Some even
irrationally thought it would be better if XYplorer was developed slower
so they would get free upgrades for a longer period.
Time for change. From now on, the Standard License is valid for one year
of upgrades which, given the current pace of development, means roughly a
doubling of upgrades for the same price.
The new policy is applied retroactively to all Standard Licenses from
12.40 onwards, i.e. a Standard License for 12.40 will be valid for 14.00!
.......... XYplorer ver 13.90 ......................................................
v13.90.0000 - 2014-03-31 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Audio Properties in Columns. XYplorer now features columns for Audio
Sample Rate and Audio Bit Depth, and some other audio related properties,
for example Audio Length with milliseconds precision.
As you might know this stuff had been removed from Explorer in Vista and
still is missing in Win 8.1, so XYplorer brings it back to you with this
release.
+++ Extended Properties in Columns. Now you can finally show all extended file
properties in columns. Like Owner, Subject, Comments, Camera Model,
Aperture, File Version, Album, Artist, Title, etc. There are hundreds of
them in today's Windows.
+++ Special Properties in Columns. And, of course, now you can also show
XYplorer's special properties in columns, that's stuff not included in the
Windows extended file properties. E.g. Aspect Ratio, MD5 hash (and many
other hash functions), Number of Hard Links, Junction Target, various MP3
tags, and more.
+++ Context-Smart Columns. Ever dreamt of columns that would show pixel
dimensions for images, play time for audio files, page count for
documents, and the version number for executables -- all in ONE column?!
Well, you can have that now in XYplorer, and it's you who decides which
property is shown for which file type in such catch-all columns.
+++ Fully Scriptable Columns. But it gets even better. With this version you
can roll your own columns using XYplorer's scripting language. You decide
what they show, for which files, and how they show it. A world premiere.
No file manager has ever gone there before.
+++ Copy Data. Now you can copy the contents of any single cell in the file
list to the clipboard in a very comfortable way.
+++ Depth-Limited Search. Now you can limit the search depth of Find
operations, for example you can search only the parent and its immediate
child folders but not any deeper. Nifty and potentially time-saving.
.......... XYplorer ver 13.80 ......................................................
v13.80.0000 - 2014-02-24 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Extra Tags. Five optional extra columns in the file list let you assign
user data of various formats (free text, checkboxes, rating stars, date
stamps, linked locations, and more) to any file and folder. By these data
you can then sort the file list and find files across your system at
lightning fast speed.
+++ Paste and Find. Now you can find, focus, and highlight files simply by
pasting their name into the file list. Smart time saver.
.......... XYplorer ver 13.70 ......................................................
v13.70.0000 - 2014-01-23 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Sync Browse. Magically browse both panes in parallel motion. Sync
Browse is a great time saver when performing moves, renames, or
other reorganizations on mirrored drives. Another cool usage is to
browse one location in two different simultaneous views, e.g. in
Details and in Thumbnails view.
+++ Shell Integration. Now you can show the 64-bit shell context menu
instead of the 32-bit shell context menu. That way you can see and
use your 64-bit shell extensions from XYplorer.
+++ Upgrade Home. Now you can upgrade your Standard License Home or
Lifetime License Home to a Standard License Pro or Lifetime
License Pro at 20% off the regular price.
.......... XYplorer ver 13.60 ......................................................
v13.60.0000 - 2014-01-02 17:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Named Drives. Now you can specify paths using their name (Volume
Label) instead of the drive letter. This allows you to reference
removable drives regardless of the unpredictable drive letter that
the host system might assign to the drive.
+++ Navigation Buttons. Now the Breadcrumb Bars feature optional
Navigation Buttons. Makes space in the main toolbar and reduces
your mouse movement.
+++ Find By Hash. Now you can find files by their hash value (MD5,
SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, CRC32). Useful for spotting duplicates or
locating malware.
+++ XYplorerFree. The XYplorer Free Edition is back! After a break of
7 years there is a freeware version of XYplorer again. No nags, no
ads, no hassle. It won't make coffee though...
.......... XYplorer ver 13.50 ......................................................
v13.50.0000 - 2013-12-17 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ External Copy Handlers. Now you can let external copy handlers
handle your copy and move operations. Currently FastCopy and
TeraCopy are supported.
+++ Tree Node Crumbs. Now you can select any child folder of a folder
without opening the whole node. Simply right-click the plus/minus
symbol of the folder to pop a list of all child folders. This is
especially useful with the Mini Tree.
+++ Fuzzy Favorites. Now Favorite Folders and Favorite Files support
the wildcard *. The first match will be used. Useful to bookmark
items with partly known or variable names.
+++ Copy Distributed Items. Now you can pass a file containing a list
of source items to a copy or move operation. This way you can very
easily copy distributed items spread across your system and
network in one go. This can mean an enormous usability boost.
.......... XYplorer ver 13.40 ......................................................
v13.40.0000 - 2013-11-25 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Folder View Settings with Visual Filters. Your favorite folders
contain more than you are interested in? Now you can make them
remember individually which files you usually want to see. For
example, only images, only big files, only files modified this
week, etc. Visual Filters are very powerful and now they can be
combined with Folder View Settings.
This revolutionary feature is likely to change your everyday file
management experience: It makes it easier.
.......... XYplorer ver 13.30 ......................................................
v13.30.0000 - 2013-11-14 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Quick Name Search Info. Now information on the current search pattern
can be shown right in the file list.
+++ Visual Filters Info. Now information on the current filter can be shown
right in the file list.
+++ Visual Filters. Now Boolean AND is supported. Allows you, for
example, to show only files that have "moon" in the name AND have
been modified this week AND are smaller than 3 MB.
+++ Color Filters. Now Boolean NOT is supported. Allows you, for
example, to color all files that are NOT image files.
.......... XYplorer ver 13.20 ......................................................
v13.20.0000 - 2013-11-04 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Breadcrumb Bars. Now you can have a Breadcrumb Bar in each pane.
It shows the full path of the current tab and lets you efficiently
navigate the whole file system.
+++ Exif Stamping. Now the command "Set Modified Date to Exif" is
available from the main menu. It sets the Modified date of each
selected image file to the file's Exif date.
.......... XYplorer ver 13.10 ......................................................
v13.10.0000 - 2013-10-10 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Checkbox Selection. Now you can individually select multiple list
items simply by ticking checkboxes shown at each item.
+++ Zoom to Fill. Now thumbnails can be set to fill all the available
space, cropping as necessary. Whether you are obsessed with
perfection or you simply want to see more detail on your
thumbnails, you will love this feature.
.......... XYplorer ver 13.00 ......................................................
v13.00.0000 - 2013-09-26 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Instant Color Filters. A new toolbar button features a set of
predefined color filters that can be applied individually and
independently of the normal Color Filters. This means you can
spotlight the files you are interested in now, just in time, with
a single click.
The Instant Color Filters are fully customizable to your needs and
easy to share. They support the full set of file properties and
meta properties, plus a couple of XYplorer only properties.
+++ Color Filters for Folders. Now the folder tree supports Color
Filters by age. So you can, for example, color code all folders
created or modified today, or this week, or this month, etc.
+++ Image Aspect Ratio. Now you can color code the aspect ratio of
image files, e.g. 16:9 images green, 4:3 images blue, etc. You can
as well search and find image files by their aspect ratio.
+++ Scroll To Top. Now Ctrl+Shift+DblClick on white space scrolls the
list to top. A handy little addition because it's the only way to
quickly scroll to top with the right hand at the mouse.
+++ Mouse Down Blow Up (MDBU). Now the right button MDBU optionally
fits the image to the screen whereas the left button MDBU zooms it
to original size. Very useful for photographers.
+++ Multilingual Support. Added support for Indonesian.
.......... XYplorer ver 12.90 ......................................................
v12.90.0000 - 2013-09-12 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Image Preview. Now previewing Animated GIFs is supported. Simply
select a GIF file and you see the animation in the Preview tab.
You can even resize the running preview on the fly.
+++ Floating Preview. Also here previewing Animated GIFs is now
supported. You can zoom in and zoom out, pan zoomed images with
the mouse, use the full screen, wheel thru images, etc.
+++ Thumbnails. Now Mouse Down Blow Up is supported for thumbnails of
Animated GIFs. Simply hold the mouse down on a GIF thumbnail and
the animation will instantly pop up at the mouse cursor. Ubercool!
.......... XYplorer ver 12.80 ......................................................
v12.80.0000 - 2013-08-07 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Tiles Views. You now have two new views, Small Tiles and Large
Tiles. Both come with high quality thumbnails, support for Mouse
Down Blow Up, and essential metadata. The Large Tiles view -
attention photographers! - displays image dimensions and aspect
ratio.
.......... XYplorer ver 12.70 ......................................................
v12.70.0000 - 2013-07-23 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Color Filters by Length. Now you can color-code overlong filenames
(longer than 260 characters).
+++ Type Ahead Find 2.0. Now you have commands to jump to the
next/previous match, a status bar message showing the typed
pattern, and live highlighting of the matches right in the file
list. Type Ahead Find is also known as Find As You Type.
+++ Line Number Selection. A revolutionary new way to toggle select
files. It's like checkbox selection without the checkboxes.
+++ Extended Reporting. Custom reporting now supports the complete set
of file metadata. So you can pick out whatever info bits you need
and export them in a fully customizable format.
+++ Licensing. Now you can upgrade your Standard License to a Lifetime
License at a 20% discount. And the Lifetime License is back!
.......... XYplorer ver 12.60 ......................................................
v12.60.0000 - 2013-07-08 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Zip Support. Now XYplorer can add to and extract from Zip
archives. Zip related commands have been added all over the place,
including interesting ones like "Drop into Zip", "Paste Into Zip",
"Paste Extracted", "Paste Zipped", and "Zip Here".
+++ Zip View. A non-modal Zip preview allowing for fast and easy
consecutive browsing of Zip archives.
+++ Quick File View. Now the window can be non-modal so you can leave
it open side by side with the main window for smooth one-click
previews of any listed file.
+++ Adjustable Font Size. Now you can control the font size of all
interface elements (buttons, checkboxes, labels etc).
+++ Accessible Tooltips. Now the File Info Tips and other tooltips are
displayed in the same font and font size as their parent controls,
i.e. you can have them as big or as small, and ultimately as
readable, as the rest of the text.
+++ Display Hash Values. Now the most common hash values for the
current file (CRC-32, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512) can be
displayed.
+++ Japanese. Added support for Japanese.
.......... XYplorer ver 12.50 ......................................................
v12.50.0000 - 2013-06-12 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Show Milliseconds. Now you can display the three file times
(created, modified, accessed) with milliseconds precision.
+++ Stamp Milliseconds. Time stamping now supports milliseconds
precision.
+++ Report Milliseconds. Reporting now supports milliseconds
precision.
+++ Illegal Filenames. Now XYplorer will smoothly handle files with a
space at end of the filename. This is illegal under Windows but
you can get such a file via download from the web. Windows
Explorer and other file managers cannot handle this and you are
stuck with a file that cannot be renamed nor deleted.
.......... XYplorer ver 12.40 ......................................................
v12.40.0000 - 2013-04-30 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Custom File Icons. This version comes with some serious eye candy.
Windows can assign icons to file types, but here are new icon
tricks that go much further: Assign custom icons to all folders
with a certain name, e.g. "movie" or "docs", or on a certain
drive. Assign custom icons to particular files, e.g. to
"C:\pagefile.sys", or to all files called "readme.txt", or to all
JPEGs containing "2013" in the name. It gets even better: You can
take your associated icons with you wherever you go: Custom File
Icons are fully portable without changing a single byte in the
host system. It all runs from a USB stick, full stealth.
.......... XYplorer ver 12.30 ......................................................
v12.30.0000 - 2013-03-15 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Type Stats and Filter. Pops a menu of all file types contained in
the current folder or search results, ordered by count. Click any
of the types to filter the list by this type. Killer feature.
+++ Recent File Operations. Pops a menu by which you can apply recent
file operations (Copy and Move) to the currently selected files,
using the same operation and target path as recently.
.......... XYplorer ver 12.20 ......................................................
v12.20.0000 - 2013-02-20 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Portable Tags. Now you can carry around a stick full of tagged
items (Labels, Tags, Comments) together with the application
(XYplorer) that displays them. Regardless of the drive letter
assigned by the host system. Another milestone in portability
technology.
+++ Custom Toolbar Buttons. Now you can drop files or texts on all
buttons and process them with the scripts assigned to that buttons.
In other words: Now you can do to files anything imaginable simply
by dropping them onto freely programmable buttons. (Pro Edition Only)
+++ Accessibility. Full support for high contrast color schemes.
+++ Multilingual Support. Added support for Chinese (Traditional),
Croatian, Russian, and Spanish.
+++ Safety. Now XYplorer protects you from the so-called "Unitrix
Exploit" where certain Unicode characters are used maliciously to
disguise executables. To date, no other Windows file manager
offers this protection.
.......... XYplorer ver 12.10 .......................................................
v12.10.0000 - 2013-02-08 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Language Support. Now you can download a language file from the
server and load it into the interface in one go. Ultra-slick!
+++ Mouse Down Blow Up. Now you can move zoomed images like you know
it from a touch screen.
+++ Access Control. Now you can use environment variables and XYplorer
native variables when stating AllowedDirs and DisallowedDirs. That
way you can easily assign account-specific user rights. A powerful
corporate feature.
.......... XYplorer ver 12.00 .......................................................
v12.00.0000 - 2013-01-28 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Multilingual Support. XYplorer now supports interface languages
other than English. Currently translations for French, German,
Italian, Korean, Polish, and Portuguese are available.
Languages can be loaded and changed on the fly without restarting
the program.
+++ Interface Translation Tool. You can easily edit a translation or
create a new one yourself.
+++ Funny Characters. Flabbergasted by strange, weird, funny, unknown
characters in a filename? Now you can analyze the characters in a
filename and optionally replace the funny ones using the new
command "Convert to ASCII". This includes, among other
conversions, Cyrillic to Roman transliteration.
+++ Licensing. The Standard License (US$ 29.95, EUR 24.95) is now the
only license on offer. And there is a new upgrade discount of 20%
off for those who already own an older Standard License.
Of course, all Lifetime Licenses already sold in the past are NOT
affected by this at all. They will continue to work with all
upgrades to come and without any additional costs.
.......... XYplorer ver 11.90 .......................................................
v11.90.0000 - 2012-12-17 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Power Filters. Now you got a powerful set of predefined one-click
visual filters, like "Modified Today", "Image Files", "Empty
Files", and many more. The set is freely customizable.
+++ Visual Filters. Now Attributes, Size, Date, and Age filters are
supported additionally to the Name filter.
+++ Inline Rename in Tree and List. Now you can paste multiline
clipboard contents into the edit box.
+++ Exclude Items from Search. Since long you can exclude particular
folders from being searched. Now you can also exclude particular
files or file types from being found.
+++ Home Edition. The new "Standard License Home" buys you everything
the current Pro Edition has -- apart from a handful of advanced
features -- at an unbeatable price of 14.95 EUR / 19.95 US$.
.......... XYplorer ver 11.80 .......................................................
v11.80.0000 - 2012-11-27 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Total Report. Now you can export the complete set of metadata of
all files in a folder in CSV format. In other words, everything
that the system knows about a file is exported in a well-defined,
easily processable, and widely portable file format. It's the
documentation junkie's wildest dream come true.
+++ Floating Preview. The status bar now shows the aspect ratio of the
previewed image (3:2, 16:9, 3:4, etc.).
+++ Remote Control. Now you can run an XYplorer script from an external
program using the WM_COPYDATA command with XYplorer's hWnd. This
means if you are a programmer you can fully remote control
XYplorer.
.......... XYplorer ver 11.70 .......................................................
v11.70.0000 - 2012-10-08 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Floating Preview Zoom. Now you can freely zoom in and out using
the keys Numpad Add and Numpad Subtract. Extra-fine stepping, Lock
Zoom, and Toggle Zoom is supported.
+++ Floating Preview Rename. Now you can rename items directly from
the preview using F2 or the right-click menu.
+++ Rename with Dialog. You don't like inline rename? Now there is an
alternative. Optionally have a nice modal dialog for renaming
operations in Tree and List.
+++ Copy Tags. Finally copying tags along with the copied files is
supported.
.......... XYplorer ver 11.60 .......................................................
v11.60.0000 - 2012-09-10 18:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Duplicate File Finder. Finds duplicate files by name, date, size
and/or content in any location. Spotting duplicates, especially
those by content, can be useful for freeing up storage space.
+++ Tree Path Tracing. Always know your place in the folder tree,
without even consciously looking at the tree. You might get used
to it sooner than you think...
+++ PSD Previews. More good news for photographers: Enhanced support
for PSD Preview, Thumbnails, and Mouse Down Blow Up.
+++ Rotate. Now you can rotate the Floating and Full Screen Preview.
Works for all previewed file types, even for RAW images, PSD, TGA,
PDF, and video thumbs.
.......... XYplorer ver 11.50 .......................................................
v11.50.0000 - 2012-08-22 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Highlighted Groups. A revolutionary display style where every
group of files is highlighted depending on the sorted column.
+++ Ignore Diacritics. Find Files, Visual Filters, Color Filters, Spot
and Jump, Type Ahead Find now all optionally ignore diacritics
(accents on letters: àçöñ...) and thus let you find or mark files
with letters your keyboard cannot easily produce.
+++ Replace with File in Clipboard. New optional context menu command
to replace the contents of the selected file with the contents of
the file currently in the clipboard.
.......... XYplorer ver 11.40 .......................................................
v11.40.0000 - 2012-06-25 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Color Filters by Properties. Now you can color-code files by their
extended properties, which gives you a vast number of options. For
example, give a specific highlight to all files of photos that
were shot on a certain day or in a certain date range. Or color-
code photos with certain dimensions, shot with a particular
camera, or using a certain aperture. Or highlight all MP3s with a
certain bit rate. Or all PDFs with a certain author AND more than
175 pages AND younger than 2 years. Or all files with a certain
SVN status.
+++ High Quality Image Preview. Optimized the display quality by
applying high-end interpolation algorithms. Applies to all
previews (Preview Tab, Floating Preview, Full Screen Preview).
+++ Captionless Thumbnails. Now you can hide the captions and enjoy
captionless thumbnails.
+++ Metadata Popup. Now you can show all available metadata of a file
in a popup text box.
+++ Sort Headers in All Views. Now you can show sort headers not only
in Details view but in all other views as well, e.g. in
Thumbnails.
For your interest, Windows Explorer in Vista had sort headers in
all views but for unknown reasons Microsoft removed this feature
in Windows 7. Now, XYplorer brings it back to Windows 7 and to all
other Windows versions.
+++ Reverse Sort Order. Now you can reverse the current sort order
using a keyboard shortcut. This way you can even reverse a custom
sort order created by Manual Sorting.
.......... XYplorer ver 11.30 .......................................................
v11.30.0000 - 2012-06-05 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Preview. Added major RAW image types to the previewed and
thumbnailed image formats.
+++ Metadata. The new Info Panel tab "Meta" displays file-specific
metadata, e.g. aperture, shutter speed, and ISO for photo files.
+++ Thumbnails. Now you can choose between five display styles.
+++ Report. Now you can show instant folder reports of various formats
in a popup text box.
.......... XYplorer ver 11.20 .......................................................
v11.20.0000 - 2012-05-24 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Selection Style. Now the whole interface supports the Windows
Themes selection style. A vast improvement in look and feel if you
are running a post-XP operating system.
+++ Floating Preview. Enhanced features, handling, and speed.
+++ Full Screen Preview. Now it supports everything the Floating
Preview supports, including Mouse Down Blow Up.
+++ Tree Full Row Select. The folder tree now supports Full Row
Select.
+++ Show Grid. Now there is a toolbar button to quickly toggle
horizontal zebra striping in the file list.
.......... XYplorer ver 11.10 .......................................................
v11.10.0000 - 2012-05-14 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Floating Preview. A new preview pane separate from the main
window, supporting Mouse Down Blow Up and the transparency grid
for transparent images. One of the most demanded features.
+++ Mouse Down Blow Up. Now it zooms exactly into the point where you
downed the mouse. A tiny change with a stunning effect and highly
useful for investigating details in images.
+++ Delete Long. Fed up with "Path Too Long" errors when deleting
items? The new command Delete Long deletes file and folders with
overlong paths (> 260 characters) with ease.
.......... XYplorer ver 11.00 .......................................................
v11.00.0000 - 2012-04-26 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Quick Name Search. A minimalist interface to finding files.
Combines ultimate power with ultimate ease.
+++ Tags Tab. XYplorer lets you assign tags (labels, tags, and
comments) to individual files and folders. The new Tags tab
provides an intuitive all-in-one interface to adding, editing, and
viewing the tags.
+++ Copy Here with Path. A copy command that offers you smart choices
regarding the target location. Makes it very easy to mirror copy
individual items from/to deeply nested locations.
+++ Smart Dropdown Buttons. Simply paste a plain list of documents,
executables, and folders into a User Button and enjoy the power of
type-aware default actions right from the toolbar.
.......... XYplorer ver 10.90 .......................................................
v10.90.0000 - 2012-02-27 12:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Tag-Based File Management. A new interface makes searching for
Labels, Tags, and Comments more comfortable and powerful.
+++ Multi Field Search. In a Boolean search you can now mix different
fields, e.g. find all images with 1024 x 768 pixels AND labeled
"Red" AND having "2012" in the name. Such a search can be wrapped
into a single click, e.g. as Favorite or Toolbar button.
+++ Text Preview. Now you can select a different encoding for the
previewed text file, e.g. Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, or Japanese.
+++ Branch View. Tree-like sort order now supports per-folder
secondary sorting, i.e. files can be sorted within their
respective parent folders.
+++ Multi Branch View. Now it shows the containing/top level folders,
not just the files contained in those folders. Makes moving files
around quicker and simpler than opening a second pane. It's like
having dual pane, triple pane, quad pane, etc. in one list.
(continues...)
XYplorer Beta Club
This must've been exhilarating!
Good to have the important bits of (pre)History.txt in one place!
