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v19.50.0242 - 2019-01-25 11:08
    ! Folder View Settings: "Invalid pattern string" error possible if assigning 
      FVS to a folder with an opening square bracket "[" in the path but no 
      matching closing square bracket "]". Fixed.
    ! Favorite Files: A folder added to the Favorite Files list would be opened 
      in Tree instead of selected in the List. This used to work in earlier 
      days. Now it works again.
    ! Favorite Files: When "Configuration | General | Controls and More | 
      Miscellaneous | Open favorite files directly" was enabled you got an error 
      when selecting a folder from the Favorite Files list. Fixed. The folder is 
      now opened in the Tree.
    ! Monitors: Did not catch adding or removing of monitors while running. 
      Fix #2.

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v19.50.0241 - 2019-01-24 15:27
    + SC exists: Now it supports special (aka virtual) paths. Example:
        text exists("Downloads"); //checks for C:\Users\<user>\Downloads\
    ! Monitors: Did not catch adding or removing of monitors while running. 
      Fixed.
    ! Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Apply list styles globally: 
      Fixed some remaining glitches with FVS-managed tabs.
      
      To summarize the rules when "Apply list styles globally" is ON:

                             Spreads to: 
                               Normal tab    FVS tab 
      Style change in:       ------------------------
        Normal tab           |    +            -     
        FVS tab              |    -            -/+   
        
        -/+ means: It spreads if the tab uses the *same* FVS as the source tab.                                  
   
    ! Drag Status Box: The dragged item was shown with a trailing slash even it 
      was a file under certain conditions. Fixed.
    ! SC popupmainmenu: Would show menus that are turned off in "Configuration | 
      Other | Features" or by Admin Settings. Fixed.
    ! Favorites | Toggle Favorite File: Always used the virtual path if there 
      was one. But it should use the actual path of the selected file (be it 
      real or virtual). Fixed.

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v19.50.0240 - 2019-01-23 22:52
    ! Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Apply list styles globally: 
      Fixed some remaining glitches with FVS-managed tabs.

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v19.50.0239 - 2019-01-23 19:51
    ! Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Apply list styles globally: 
      Styles were still applied to an FVS-managed front tab in the back pane. 
      Fixed.

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v19.50.0238 - 2019-01-23 18:24
    * Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Apply list styles globally: 
      From now on an enabled "Apply list styles globally" is ignored in the 
      context of active auto-saving Folder View Settings (FVS). So you now can 
      fine-tune your current FVS folder without spreading the settings to other 
      tabs even if "Apply list styles globally" in ON.
    * Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Apply list styles globally: 
      From now on, if Folder View Settings (FVS) are enabled, list styles are 
      NOT applied to tabs pointing to an FVS-managed folder.

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v19.50.0237 - 2019-01-23 13:52
    ! Folder View Settings: On tab switching some FVS settings could spread over 
      to the new tab (depending on the settings under Configuration | Colors and 
      Styles | Styles | Remember list settings per tab). Fixed.

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v19.50.0236 - 2019-01-22 12:09
    + Configuration | General | Menus, Mouse, Safety | Safety Belts: Added 
      option "Disallow delete by key in folder tree". Tick it if you want to 
      prevent accidental deletions-by-key in the folder tree.
    ! Scripting: The following line falsely raised a "Dubious Syntax" warning:
        if (strpos($inputStr, "<<<") > -1) {
      Fixed.
    ! Hover Box on PDFs: Sometimes superfluous margin on the right. Fixed.
    * Configuration | Information | Tags | Options | Database Check...: Now any 
      changes in the tags database (which happen only in memory at this point) 
      mark the tags database as dirty (shown by an asterisk in front of its menu 
      entry "File | Settings Special | Save Tags").
      If "Configuration | General | Startup & Exit | Save Settings | Save 
      changes to disk immediately" applies to tags then the DB is saved to disk 
      right away.
    > Configuration | Information | Tags | Options | Database Check...: Note 
      that the check for dupes and false capitalizations is only performed when 
      no orphans are present. So if you removed any orphans you should call 
      "Database Check" *again* to check for dupes and false capitalizations!
    ! List and Catalog: Drops on folder shortcuts (*.LNK files pointing to 
      folders) were close-circuit-handled by the shell and bypassed all XYplorer 
      services like safety prompts, Custom Copy, Undo, Tags. Fixed.

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v19.50.0235 - 2019-01-21 16:49
    + Tree: Added some extra protection-from-delete for critical system items. 
      It's simply too easy to inadvertently hit the DEL key while the tree is in 
      focus (and while you might think the list is in focus). Shit happens. So I 
      added a hard-coded safety belt for folders that you might often visit in 
      the tree and surely never want to delete:
        
        Generic form           Example 
        ------------------------------------------------
        %ProgramData%          C:\ProgramData
        %ProgramFiles(x86)%    C:\Program Files (x86)
        %ProgramW6432%         C:\Program Files
        %desktopreal%          C:\Users\Donald\Desktop
        %personalreal%         C:\Users\Donald\Documents
        %winsysdir%            C:\Windows\System32
        %winsysnative%         C:\Windows\Sysnative
        %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64  C:\Windows\SysWOW64
      
      Note that the parents are implicitly critical as well, so 
      "C:\Windows\System32" implies that "C:\Windows" is also seen as critical.
      
      You are informed via a non-intrusive status bar message.
      
      Of course, there are many more folders that you are unlikely to wish away
      -- I just picked the top of the pops here. Note that any folder that 
      passes this test as non-critical will still have to go through 
      "Configuration | General | Menus, Mouse, Safety | Safety Belts | Confirm 
      delete operations" if enabled, and any Windows delete prompt if enabled.

      PS: Maybe a cooler alternative to this approach would be to optionally 
      disallow the DEL key in the tree. Let me know what you think...      

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v19.50.0232 - 2019-01-20 22:20
    * Configuration | General | Menus, Mouse, Safety | Safety Belts | Confirm 
      delete operations: The prompt was confusing to some users. Tried to 
      improve it.
    * Edit | Select | Selection Stats: Also this dialog has been redesigned and 
      hopefully improved.
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.107.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.107.lng is uploaded.
        You will be notified if you have subscribed to this thread:
        https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9648
    ! Dark Mode: Zebra striping glitch. Fixed.

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v19.50.0231 - 2019-01-19 13:50
    % Custom Copy: Estimation of the remaining time improved.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.10.0138.
    ! Dark Mode: Drawing glitch on 125% DPI since the checkbox revolution 
      (v19.50.0225). Fixed.

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v19.50.0230 - 2019-01-18 17:40
    + SC get got a new named argument "rs" to return a random string.
      Syntax: get("rs", [length=8] [characters="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789"])
        length: Length (character count) of the returned string.
                Defaults to 8.
                You can also give a min and a max value separated by "-" for a random length, e.g. "8-12".
                There is an arbitrary maximum length of 32768, just to protect you from yourself.
        characters: Characters from which the returned string is built.
                Defaults to "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789".
        return: Random string.
      Examples:
        echo get("rs");
        echo get("rs", 8, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789");
        echo get("rs", "4-12", "abc");
        echo get("rs", 12, ". ");
      Of course, also the variable <get ...> supports it:
        echo <get rs>;
        echo <get rs 8 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789>;
        echo <get rs 4-12 abc>;
        echo <get rs 12 ". ">;
   >  Tip: Now you can use <get rs> in Batch Rename to rename a file to some random string.

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v19.50.0229 - 2019-01-17 11:36
    + Text Preview: Now BOM-less UTF16 files are auto-detected. Note that there 
      is no watertight heuristics so it's just a good guess.
      Quite useful e.g. for WER files (Windows Error Report).
    + Live Filter Box: Added tweak LiveFilterIsShotgun to enable shotgun mode 
      without the need to define and use a LiveFilterShotgunPrefix.
      The new tweak is a bit field:
        LiveFilterIsShotgun=1     'shotgun in the main LFB
        LiveFilterIsShotgun=2     'shotgun in the small LFBs in dialogs
        LiveFilterIsShotgun=3     'shotgun in both
      If the tweak is set then any present LiveFilterShotgunPrefix in your 
      pattern is NOT removed anymore, so you should not pass any prefix if the 
      tweak is set.
      The tooltip of the LFB icon tells you whether shotgun is enabled.
      Later the tweak might be lifted to the right-click menu of that icon...
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.10.0137.
    ! Dark Mode: Colored text in the Catalog was not done right. Fixed.
    ! Self Update: Updating a portable installation added uninstall information 
      to the registry. Should not do that. Fixed.

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v19.50.0227 - 2019-01-16 21:21
    * Hover Box: Now the Hover Box on LNKs with invalid targets is about the 
      LNK, not about the target.
    ! Dark Mode: Zebra stripes in Rename Preview were much too strong. Fixed.
    ! Dark Mode: Colored text in Rename Preview was not done right. Fixed.
    ! Self Update: The installer created items in the Start Menu. Should not do 
      that. Fixed.

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v19.50.0225 - 2019-01-16 14:31
    % Dark Mode: Finally managed to color checkboxes and radio buttons! So 
      everything is normal now: You can click the captions, you can see and use 
      accelerators, you can see the focus rect. Yeah!
      A tiny glitch remains: The caption of disabled checkboxes is slightly 
      misaligned. One day I'll get that one as well...
    ! MLS: Some labels were not yet set to the necessary codepage. Fixed.

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v19.50.0208 - 2019-01-15 16:24
    + Dark Mode: Now most tooltips are dark as well.
    > Note that some tooltips (e.g. those of many checkboxes in configuration) 
      could not be colored. They are stubborn to keep their hard-coded yellowish 
      color.
      However, if you really want it you can change that color in the registry 
      by modifying these keys:
      - BackColor: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors\InfoWindow
        Default = 255 255 225 (this is the pale yellow you probably see right now)
      - TextColor: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors\InfoText
        Default = 0 0 0 (pitch black)

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