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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.40.0009, 10-nov-2006).
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v5.40.0009 - 10.11.06 09:29
    - Find Files tab|"Selected Locations": Note that the claim "This 
      setting is global, i.e. not specific to a finding tab or find 
      template." has never been true but was and is sheer nonsense!
    ! Crashed on startup when INI key had more than 512 characters (NT4, 
      2K, XP, Vista). Fixed.
    ! Configuration|Colors: editing Hex fields for list colors did not 
      have any effect. Fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.40.0008, 09-nov-2006).
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v5.40.0008 - 09.11.06 10:42
    + Configuration|Colors: added access to two list style properties to 
      clarify the logical connections between "Highlight selected rows" 
      and "Underline", and between "Show grid" and "Zebra striping".
      Also improved a number of other things and fixed some bugs.
    ! Unconnected mapped network drives have been attached to the bottom 
      of the tree. Now they are correctly positioned.
    ! Ctrl+Shift+N broke in v5.40.0002. Fixed.
    % Faster startup time for NT-OSs (NT4, 2K, XP, Vista).

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.40.0006, 08-nov-2006).
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v5.40.0006 - 08.11.06 12:56
  +++ Configuration|Colors: Redid the color selection UI.
      Added textboxes where you can enter hex color values in RRGGBB 
      format.
      Added mode selector for list colors. In case you did not know: 
      There are 4 list modes (although most interesting are just Browse 
      and Find mode) with independent color schemes in order to quickly 
      show in which mode you are. Other than in colors the 4 modes 
      differ in the kind of colimns shown in the list.
      Added new option "Underline selected row" that allows you to 
      further specify the "Highlight Selected Rows" list style: If 
      enabled, all selected rows are underlined with the color defined 
      in "Selected Row", else all selected rows are fully backlighted 
      with that color -- the latter is actually a new option, the former 
      was the hard-coded setting before. In full-backlight mode, I left 
      a 1-pixel high area empty at the bottom of each line for easier 
      eye navigation. This also allows a highlighted foxued row to shine 
      through (so this is a feature, not a bug...).
      Also added a "Reset" button that brings you back to the state of 
      affairs when the config window was opened.
    ! Default tab state was lost when Default tab became last tab after 
      closing the previous last tab. Fixed.
    + Menu View|Sort By: added option "Sort Folders Apart" -- just as an 
      alternative quick access to this interesting setting.
      Tip: the Sort By menu is the right-click menu of the line number 
      column header ("#").

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.40.0002, 07-nov-2006).
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v5.40.0002 - 07.11.06 22:54
    ! Pressing ESC would not reliably stop getting folder sizes. Fixed.
    ! Menu Edit|New Path...: transportation to the newly created 
      location did not work reliably. Fixed.
    * Menu Edit|New Path...: now the last new path is remembered and 
      given as default when you do it again. Good XY tradition.
    * "Alternate grid colors" now is ""Zebra striping".

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.40.0001, 07-nov-2006).
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v5.40.0001 - 07.11.06 12:47
    + Toolbar: added button "Show/Hide Tree". Does the same as 
      menu Window|Show Tree -- just another quick way.
    ! Menu Tools|Edit Configuration File... opened XYplorer.ini in 
      Windows default editor. Now XYplorer checks its internal file 
      associations first.
    * Menu Edit|New Path...: after creation you will be transported to 
      the newly created location.
      Also added keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+N (= AltGr+N).

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.40.0000, 06-nov-2006).
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v5.40.0000 - 06.11.06 11:37
    + File Associations: now you can state several extensions in a row, 
      separated by ";", for example:
        png;jpg>C:\Programs\Viewer\Viewer.exe
    + File Associations: now you can state a path *relative* to this 
      XYplorer's path, for example: 
        png;jpg>..\Viewer\Viewer.exe
        png;jpg>..\..\Viewer\Viewer.exe
      If this XYplorer is at C:\Programs\XYplorer\ then the examples 
      will be resolved to C:\Programs\Viewer\Viewer.exe resp. 
      C:\Viewer\Viewer.exe.
    + Now unavailable mapped network drives are reconnected on-the-fly.
    ! Find Files "Check Full Path" did not always work as expected. 
      Fixed.
      Note that in the search patterns you have to escape any 
      backslashes "\" with backslashes "\" (i.e. double them: "\\").
      For example, if "Check Full Path" is ON then:
      - The term "!\\temp\\" will exclude all items inside/below a 
        "temp" folder from the results.
      - The term ":\\keyboard or \\mouse" will find all items 
        inside/below a "keyboard*" or "mouse*" folder.
      - The term ":*\\Inbox\\*.msg and not *\\Inbox\\*\\*.msg" will find 
        all *.msg files the are located directly inside all folders named 
        "Inbox".
    + Menu Edit: added command "New Path...". Here you can create a 
      multi-part path in one go. Any slashes "/" are auto-converted into 
      backslashes "\".

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.20.0064, 05-nov-2006).
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v5.20.0064 - 05.11.06 19:02
    + Find Files tab: added checkbox "Selected Locations". If checked 
      then any selected locations (folders, or LNKs to folders, or 
      drives) in the current list are used as search locations (thus 
      overwriting the location field). If unchecked, or if no locations 
      are selected in the list, the contents of the location field are 
      used.
      Note 1: up to now, the checked state was the hard-coded default 
      behavior. Now you have the choice.
      Note 2: this setting is global, i.e. not specific to a finding tab 
      or find template.
    + Menu Tools: added "Reconnect All Mapped Network Drives". After a 
      fresh OS boot this will (if necessary) revive all your mapped 
      drives in one go.
      To revive the drives manually and one-by-one: select a sleeping 
      drive in the tree and press Shift+F4 (Refresh Current Folder).
      Note: Reconnecting Mapped Network Drives may need a live network 
      connection depending on your system setup.
    + Menu Go: added command "Top" to jump to the top folder (Drive, 
      \\Server, Desktop, MyDocuments) of the current folder.
      The keyboard shortcut is [Ctrl+Home @Tree] (=only if the Tree is 
      focused).
    ! Crash when Ctrl+Home (Go to top folder) on MyComputer in Tree. Fixed.
    * Select-On-Paste: now happens also when there were previous 
      selections (they will get lost).
    + Close All Other Unlocked Tabs: will keep Default tab open.
    ! After deleting the Default tab, the next opened tab would become 
      automatically the default tab. Fixed.
    * Before, if you cut a locked file and then paste you get warned 
      that it is locked when you paste. Then, if you close the program 
      using the file so it becomes unlocked, then press paste again, there 
      was "nothing to paste". Now, you can just paste the file(s) then.
    ! List Management: horizontal scrollbar did not scroll when vertical 
      scrollbar was not visible. Fixed.
    * When renaming a file with UNICODE chars, now the ANSI "?" 
      replacement chars (which would be illegal anyway for the new item 
      name) are automatically removed for you in the Edit box.
    * For the sake of portability: from now on, if the thumbnails cache 
      path is below the app path, it will be stored in the INI file 
      *relative* to the app path. This allows you to move the whole app 
      folder somewhere else (even to another computer) without needing 
      to reassign the thumb cache path.
    + Toolbar: added button "Edit Files on Clipboard". Does the same as 
      menu File|Paste Special|Edit Clipboard... -- just another quick way.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.20.0062, 03-nov-2006).
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v5.20.0062 - 03.11.06 18:57
    + Catalog: added "Paste" command to the items' context menu.
    * Shortcut behavior consistency: Dbl-click and Enter on a shortcut 
      (LNK) now trigger identical action.
    * Renamed "Lock Tab" to "Lock Location". It's the better term for it.
    * The "Default Tab" is now marked by a green/white icon overlay. No 
      more zigzagdotted line.
    + Added select-on-paste after drag'n'drop.
    + Now the Properties Tab can display unicode filenames.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.20.0060, 02-nov-2006).
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v5.20.0060 - 02.11.06 21:30
  +++ Added "Default Tab" to the tabs' context menu. It's a measurement to 
      reduce the number of opened tabs: Any passively (intrinsically) opened 
      new tab will open in this tab instead. There's a visual indicator 
      (currently a zigzagdotted line, but I might find something 
      better...) to show which tab is the default tab (if any). There 
      can be only one default tab.
      Note: the "Default Tab" will only be used if no other tab pointing 
      to the desired location does already exist in which case this tab 
      will be selected.
    ! Did not "Cut" (but "Copy") files on Win98SE. Fixed?

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.20.0055, 01-nov-2006).
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v5.20.0055 - 01.11.06 12:49
  +++ So you think to copy an item to the clipboard you have to go and 
      fetch it where it lives? Not anymore! Now you can order it from the 
      Catalog: Simply right-click it (left-click would go to it) in the 
      Catalog and choose the new "Copy" command in the context menu. If the 
      destination property of that item (file or folder) is copyable 
      (and not a Name Search, URL, MyComputer etc.) it will be copied to 
      the clipboard and ready for pasting.
    + Successful copying/cutting to clipboard now is reflected on the 
      status bar.
    + Rename Special/Batch Rename: added new template format "date 
      modified" by which you can datestamp many items at once drawing from 
      their individual modified date. The date format syntax is the same 
      you know from other XY date terms, and the magic letter is "m":
      Examples, applied today to Test.txt (dated 2005-02-24):
        NewName<dyyyy-mm-dd>  =  NewName2006-11-01.txt
        NewName<myyyy-mm-dd>  =  NewName2005-02-24.txt
        *_<myyyy-mm-dd>       =  Test_2005-02-24.txt
    + Configuration|Advanced: added option "Open command line start path 
      in new tab". If checked then a start path given by command line 
      (e.g. "xyplorer.exe e:\") will not overwrite the current tab (when 
      XY was unloaded last time) but open in a new foreground tab. If the 
      start path happens to be identical to the current tab's location 
      then, of course, no new tab is opened.
    * Menu File|Configuration File: "Save Copy of Configuration As..." 
      now defaults to the present date suffixed to the INI base name.
    - See v5.20.0054:
      * If "Resort list immediately after rename" is ON, ...
      Naah, I don't like it anymore. Away with it!

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.20.0054, 31-oct-2006).
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v5.20.0054 - 31.10.06 12:40
    ! Customize Toolbar:
      - Accelerators did not show in XP. Fixed.
      - ESC triggered Reset instead of Cancel. Fixed.
    + Now you can open/run files with UNICODE names by dbl-click or 
      [enter].
    + Now you can Open Command Prompt Here at folders with UNICODE 
      names.
    + Rename Special: added commands
      - Unicode to UTF-8: convert non-latin characters to ANSI 
        characters using the UTF-8 encoding scheme.
      - UTF-8 to Unicode: the same backwards.
    ! Problems with creating new folders on FAT32. Fixed.
    * If "Resort list immediately after rename" is ON, then a newly 
      created file or folder is now immediately inserted at the right 
      position even before the rename box is opened. So now it's also
      "Resort list immediately after creating new item".
      Note: this is probably not such a good idea... make some noise and 
      I take it away... ;)

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.20.0053, 30-oct-2006).
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v5.20.0053 - 30.10.06 12:07
    ! Customize Toolbar: crash (since v5.20.0052) when adding 
      button/separator to the bottom of the list. Fixed.
    + Customize Toolbar: added Reset button. Also keyboard DEL will now 
      remove items, INS will add items.
    + Now you can rename and batch rename items with UNICODE names.
      Note, that because of the lack of a UNICODE textbox you cannot enter 
      UNICODE characters, so you cannot e.g. single-rename a file *to* 
      Chinese. You can, however, batch rename Chinese files and keep the 
      Chineses characters in the new names.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.20.0052, 29-oct-2006).
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v5.20.0052 - 29.10.06 12:37
    + Added the possibility to experimentally add file types, identified 
      by their extension, to the media (audio/video) preview. This feature 
      is currently in the hard-core stage, so you have to edit the INI 
      file manually. Goto the section [Settings] and find the key 
      "MediaPreviewCustomExtensions" near the end of the list. The format of 
      the values is "dot-[extension-dot-]extension-dot". So it could look 
      like this, for example:
        [Settings]
        MediaPreviewCustomExtensions=.new.ext.ens.ions.
    + Improved the Customize Toolbar interface:
      - Larger lists.
      - Easier to add buttons in your preferred sequence.
        Before, if I wanted to add icons A, B, C, and dbl-clicked on each 
        XYplorer placed them in the reverse order (C, B, A). Now it will 
        be A, B, C.
      - Extra button for adding separators.
      - Extra button "Remove All".
      - Accelerators for all buttons.
    + Now you can Backup items with UNICODE file names.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.20.0051, 28-oct-2006).
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v5.20.0051 - 28.10.06 12:53
  +++ UNICODE: now, finally, file operations with items with UNICODE 
      names are supported! Delete, Copy, Move them as you like, Drag, 
      Drop, Copy & Paste etc.
      Only known exception: dragging items from UNICODE-named folders 
      does not work. I'm working on it...
      Also still work in progress is Rename...
    + Now you can create new items inside UNICODE-named folders.
    + Now you can drop-text-to-file into UNICODE-named folders.
    + Now you can drop Outlook messages into UNICODE-named folders.
    * Improved error handling with corrupt icons.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.20.0050, 27-oct-2006).
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v5.20.0050 - 27.10.06 22:02
    ! Since v5.20.0049, certain dialogs behaved like "Cancel" when "OK" 
      was pressed. Fixed.
    + Now you can copy UNICODE-named files to clipboard.
      (Paste not yet.)