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v24.80.0008 - 2023-08-15 11:19
    + Custom File Icons: Now the setting "Check Network Locations for Content-Based Folder 
      Icons" is also available in the "Custom File Icons" dialog ("Tools | Customize File 
      Icons..." and "Tools | List Management | Custom File Icons..."). The small toolbar 
      has a new button "Configuration" that opens a mini-menu.
    % Startup: Since v24.60.0102 - 2023-07-16 12:14 it is ensured that the upper left 
      corner of the main window is fully visible after startup. However, this does not 
      play well with Aero Snap, so a startup position down to X = -10 and Y = -10 is now 
      tolerated.
    * Configuration | Colors and Styles | Highlights & Dark Mode | Tree path tracing | 
      Mark nodes: Renamed to "Mark intermediate nodes".

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v24.80.0009 - 2023-08-15 19:00
    * View | Folder View Settings | Apply Previous Folder View: Now the previous folder 
      view is only updated if the new folder view is different from it. Otherwise, the 
      current view and the previous view would be identical, which would be pointless.
    % Rename Preview: Better alignment in the case of conflicts.
    ! Configuration | General | Menus, Mouse, Usability | Context Menus | Folder Tree... / 
      File List...: Error 91 since v24.80.0005 - 2023-08-14 17:05. Fixed.

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v24.80.0010 - 2023-08-15 22:39
    ! Rename Preview: Recent enhancement didn't work perfectly. Fixed.

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v24.80.0011 - 2023-08-16 11:37
  >>> List | Details View: Experimentally, the background of folders is now colored light 
      brown. If you're looking for folders you came to the right place.
      No options, just throwing it at you to get a reaction.
    + SC tag: Added a new set of variables that are resolved on a per-item basis as the 
      batch of selected items is processed. These new variables make reflexive 
      (self-referential) batch tagging a piece of cake.
        <item>          = The full path/name of the item.
        <itembase>      = The base of the item.
        <itemext>       = The extension of the item.
        <itemname>      = The name of the item.
        <itempath>      = The path of the item.
        <itemprop ...>  = A property of the item (equivalent to  <prop ...>).
      Remarks:
        - <itemprop ...> is channeled through the powerful <prop ...> variable for each 
          item, so it can do a lot of interesting things.
      Examples:
        tag <itemname>, , 1, 1; //set each selected item's Tags field to its name
        tag <itemname>, , 2; //set each selected item's Comments field to its name
        // set each selected item's Comments field to its name, size, and MD5 hash:
        tag "Size of <itemname>: <itemprop #1>, <itemprop #hash.md5 n>", , 2;
    ! Variable <get ...>: Couldn't handle hex numbers.
        echo get("exif", 0x9003); //worked
        echo <get exif 0x9003>; //didn't work
      Fixed. Now both work.

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v24.80.0012 - 2023-08-16 19:18
    * List | Folder Row Colors: Now also the text color differs from the regular one.
    % Rename Preview: Improved the layout and fixed some drawing glitches.

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v24.80.0013 - 2023-08-17 13:01
    + Tools | Customize List: Added toggle "Show Folder Row Colors". Tick it to show 
      folder row colors, i.e. mark folders with special text and background colors to make 
      them easier to distinguish from files.
    + List | Folder Row Colors: Now they also work in non-Details views.
    + SC interfacecolors: Now you can use it to custommize the Folder Row Colors.
      Syntax: interfacecolors([colors], [type=0])
        type: 2 = Folder Row Colors
              Format: [RRGGBB,]RRGGBB (textcolor,backcolor)
      Examples:
        echo interfacecolors(, 2); //display the current folder row colors definition
        interfacecolors("224488,DDEEFF", 2); //make them blue
        interfacecolors("", 2); //reset the folder row colors to the factory defaults
    + Hover Box: Now you can force holding down CTRL to trigger one of the one-letter 
      hotkeys while the hover box is displayed.This itself can be toggled by a one-letter 
      hotkey:
        X: Trigger hotkeys with/without CTRL
      Note that when CTRL is forced, the letters A-Z just go through the hover box to 
      wherever the focus is.
      Tip: The current state of this setting is shown in the Hover Box Tips dialog (F1) 
      where it says "Hold down the CTRL key to trigger these hotkeys:" if CTRL is forced.
    ! Fixed a rare out-of-stack-space crash bug that would bring down the app like a dead 
      stone. This type of crash never shows an error message because everything just broke.

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v24.80.0014 - 2023-08-17 18:24
    + Configuration | Find and Filter | Filters & Type Ahead Find | Type Ahead Find: Added 
      option "Allow repeated characters". Check it to allow jumping to "33" after pressing 
      "3" twice. If unchecked, the second "3" will jump to the next item containing "3".
      Note that this setting affects Type Ahead Find in Tree and List.
    - Tweak TAFNoRepeatCharCycle: Removed. Replaced by "Allow repeated characters".

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v24.80.0015 - 2023-08-18 11:56
    * Mini Tree: Now the "Chevron" expansion icon in the Mini Tree is a little smaller 
      than in the Maxi Tree. This gives you a little hint about the type of tree.
      FYI, the other expansion icons mark the difference with their color, but this does 
      not work well with the chevron.
    ! Mini Tree: Since v24.70.0014 - 2023-08-05 11:58, when saving the configuration in 
      Maxi Tree mode, your Mini Tree data was overwritten by your last Mini Tree (if any). 
      Fixed.

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v24.80.0016 - 2023-08-19 12:50
    + SC interfacecolors: Now you can use ifc as an alias.  
    + SC interfacecolors: Now you can use it to customize the Breadcrumb colors.
      Syntax: interfacecolors([colors], [type=0])
        type:   3 = Breadcrumb Colors
                Format: AT1,AB1,IT1,IB1,AT2,AB2,IT2,IB2 (A=Active,I=Inactive,T=Text,B=Back,1=Pane1,2=Pane2)
                        Each color in RRGGBB format.
                        Omitted values remain unchanged.
                Empty: Reset the breadcrumb colors to factory defaults.
                Missing: Just return the current breadcrumb colors.
        return: Current breadcrumb colors.
      Remarks:
        - Factory defaults: FFFFFF,5C97DE,FFFFFF,B1B6BC,FFFFFF,B08062,FFFFFF,B9B4B1
      Examples:
        echo ifc(, 3); //display the current breadcrumb colors definition
        ifc("", 3); //reset all breadcrumb colors to the factory defaults
        ifc("EEFFEE,5C879E,FFFFEE,A1B6CC,FFEEEE,A06072,FFFFEE,C9A4B1", 3); //set all breadcrumb colors to custom values
        ifc(",5C879E,,A1B6CC,,A06072,,C9A4B1", 3); //modify just the back colors
        ifc(",7CB76E", 3); //modify just the back color of the active breadcrumb in pane 1
    + Admin Settings: As part of the effort to limit the power of employees (ELPE), admins 
      now have the ability to prevent the Preview Now button from being displayed (the 
      button is normally displayed for file types that are excluded from preview via 
      Configuration | Preview | Previewed Formats):
        eAPDisallow_PreviewNow = 65536
      In the "Admin.ini" file (located where "XYplorer.exe" is) add (or OR to the current 
      value) the following:
        [Settings]
        Profile=65536
    * View | Mini Tree | Load Last Mini Tree: Renamed to "Load Previous Mini Tree".

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v24.80.0017 - 2023-08-21 13:05
    * View | Suspend Auto-Refresh: Removed the default keyboard shortcut Ctrl+R. It's 
      wasted here.
    ! Hover Box: Items in junction paths did not always show the correct icon (but a "?" 
      icon). Fixed.
    ! File | Rename Special: When performed on tagged items in deep lists (Search Results, 
      Branch View), display errors could occur in the file list (missing or wrong tags) 
      that only were corrected after a manual refresh. Fixed.
    ! File | Rename Special: When performed on tagged files and their containing folders 
      in deep lists (Search Results, Branch View), the tags database could get confused 
      and tags could get orphaned or mixed up. The problem is that in such a situation, 
      simple rename jobs can trigger a sequence of successive changes in the path of the 
      same items. Hard to track and btw also hard to undo.
      For example, list these 3 folders with containing 3 files (tagged) in Search Results 
      or Branch View, select them all and replace all "-" by "+":
        Before:                       After:
        ------------------------------------------------------------------------
        E:\Test\a2-5\                 E:\Test\a2+5\
        E:\Test\a2-5\2-5.txt          E:\Test\a2+5\2+5.txt
        E:\Test\b2-6\                 E:\Test\b2+6\
        E:\Test\b2-6\2-6.txt          E:\Test\b2+6\2+6.txt
        E:\Test\b2-6\c2-7\            E:\Test\b2+6\c2+7\
        E:\Test\b2-6\c2-7\2-7.txt     E:\Test\b2+6\c2+7\2+7.txt
        ------------------------------------------------------------------------
      In my test environment, the issue has now been fixed (including undo/redo), but 
      there's a chance not all complexities are covered yet.

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v24.80.0020 - 2023-08-21 17:46
    * Overlong Path Support: Compiled with new manifest containing longPathAware element. 
      This is a first step towards long path support for Win 10/11, which will finally 
      allow the Windows shell to support paths of 260 characters and longer.
      It will take more than this to make it actually happen.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.10.0221 (new manifest).
    > Edit | New | New Files...: Not new, but AFAIK never documented here or in Help:
      This command can also create new folders. Any item ending with a backslash is 
      considered a folder. BTW, leading or trailing spaces in each line are tolerated (and 
      ignored):
        E:\Testx\a2-5\            
        E:\Testx\b2-6\            
        E:\Testx\b2-6\c2-7\       
      Of course, folder and files can be mixed (and the order is irrelevant):
        E:\Testx\a2-5\            
        E:\Testx\a2-5\2-5.txt     
        E:\Testx\b2-6\            
        E:\Testx\b2-6\2-6.txt     
        E:\Testx\b2-6\c2-7\       
        E:\Testx\b2-6\c2-7\2-7.txt
      However, the above is unnecessarily explicit as here the creation of the new folders 
      goes hand in hand with the creation of the new files. That would have been enough:
        E:\Testx\a2-5\2-5.txt     
        E:\Testx\b2-6\2-6.txt     
        E:\Testx\b2-6\c2-7\2-7.txt

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v24.80.0021 - 2023-08-22 15:20
    + Win 10/11 Long Path Support: It took Windows decades to support paths > 259 
      characters (they always say > 260, but that's not true since the last character is 
      not really usable), but with Win 10/11 they added optional support for users who are 
      able to edit the registry without killing their system. Great.
      - First you have to create/set this registry key (here in reg file format):
        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
        Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

        [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
        "LongPathsEnabled"=dword:00000001
        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
        Note: This registry key can also be controlled via Group Policy (Win+R, gpedit.msc) 
        at Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Filesystem > Enable 
        Win32 long paths.
      - These things (pretty much) work now:
        - You will get the shell context menu for overlong items.
        - You will get the drag-n-drop shell context menu for overlong items.
        - You can delete overlong items to the Recycle Bin (and Undo it).
          NOTE: The "Original Location" cannot be retrieved correctly for overlong items 
          in the Recycle Bin. It's either missing or cropped. Not XY's fault, they just 
          did not do it right. Fortunately, the Undo function still works.
      - These things still don't work:
        - You still do not get special icons for overlong items.
        - You still do not get shell file operations for overlong items. (Who cares, 
          XYplorer Custom Copy can do that for many years).
    + File Info Tips: The "Original Location" is now displayed in the first line of a File 
      Info Tip for items in the Recycle Bin.
    ! File | Metadata: Did not work correctly for items in the Recycle Bin. Fixed.

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v24.80.0022 - 2023-08-22 19:56
    ! Tags: Since 20230805 tags were not always updated correctly when a parent path was 
      renamed. Fixed.
    ! List: Shift+Right-click incorrectly triggered a pivot selection. Fixed. Only 
      Shift+Left-click should trigger a pivot selection. That's what Windows Explorer does.

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v24.80.0023 - 2023-08-23 13:04
    ! List: Since yesterday, Shift+Arrows pivot selection stopped working. Fixed.
    ! View | Views | List: At some font sizes, the autosized columns were a bit (1 or 2 
      pixels) too narrow. Fixed.

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v24.80.0025 - 2023-08-24 16:38
    * Multi Monitor DPI Awareness: Compiled with new manifest that specifies default 
      process DPI awareness as per-monitor.

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