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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0026, 07-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0026 - 07.09.06 10:46
    + Menu File | Exit Without Saving: added new keyboard shortcut 
      Ctrl+Alt+F4.
    + New keyboard trick: hold CTRL while closing the app via Window X-
      button to force exit without saving.
    + Find Files: added button "Reset Filters". Resets all settings on 
      the filter tabs to factory defaults and deactivates all filters.
      Untouched remain only the Excluded Folders and the "Search Results 
      to tab" setting.
    + Configuration | Preview: added option "Preview static frame, skip 
      n seconds". Check it to preview a single static frame of a video 
      (only applied if Autoplay is OFF, of course). You can further 
      define the offset of that frame (skip intro) in seconds (value can 
      be fractional), which allows you skip any black/blank frames at 
      the very beginning.
    + Configuration | Colors | Color Filters: added color coding by file 
      attribute "encrypted". Use this pattern:
        /encrypted  (or /e) -> matches all items with ENCRYPTED set
    + Added "encrypted" to the attributes on the Properties tab and on 
      the Attributes tab (Find Files), and to the Attributes column in the 
      list.
    + Menu Edit: added command "Show All Items In Branch (Ctrl+F3)". 
      Recurses the current folder (including subfolders) and lists 
      everything in it independent of the current Find Files settings.
    * Menu Go | Previous Location (F7): If currently in Find mode then 
      F7 now zaps back to browsing the current location. So you can 
      easily switch between searching and browsing a location by 
      pressing F3, F7, F3, F7... ad infinitum.
    + File Info Tips: added field "Full Name Length", which shows the 
      hovered filename length (including the full path).
    ! On some systems (namely where display settings are on dpi > 96) 
      previewing videos crashed the app (error 5) whenever you got to the 
      end of the video. Fixed (again).

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0021, 05-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0021 - 05.09.06 11:37
    + Video preview: if Autoplay is off now the first frame of the video 
      is displayed in the preview. Actually it's the frame at position 
      200 msec because often videos start with a couple of black, blank, 
      or noisy frames.
      Allows you to quickly check video file contents and information 
      without the action and the noise.
    ! On some systems previewing videos crashed the app (error 5) 
      whenever you got to the end of the video. Fixed.
    ! Display glitch (empty grey area below tree at startup) under very 
      particular conditions. Fixed.
    ! When started up in minimized-to-tray state the app was shown in 
      the tray and in the taskbar. The latter has been stopped.
    * On startup, real paths (e.g. "D:\Data\MyFolder") were 
      automatically translated into special paths (e.g. "My 
      Documents\MyFolder") if possible, i.e. if e.g. "My Documents" was 
      pointing to "D:\Data". Same with "Desktop".
      This behavior has been stopped.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0020, 04-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0020 - 04.09.06 11:20
    + Toolbar: added a special context menu to the toolbar button for 
      Go Home.
    ! Going home on a tab with Visual Filters active would lose the 
      filters. Fixed.
    ! Visual Filters on tab headers: display glitch fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0017, 03-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0017 - 03.09.06 19:06
    ! Menu File, Info to Clipboard, 1st section: counter-expectedly the 
      items were copied focused-item-first. Fixed: now they are copied 
      in the order they are listed in.
    + Toolbar: added a special context menu to the toolbar button for 
      Visual Filters.
    + Added some interesting information to the "Go to" dialog.
    + File Files/Location Field: additionally to "|", now ";" 
      (semicolon) is allowed as alternative separator between multiple 
      locations.
      This is another move towards expectedness. Disadvantage: you 
      cannot search locations containing a ";" somewhere in the path 
      anymore. Hey, you really should not use ";" in folder and file 
      names anyway!
      Note: Both, "|" and ";", can be optionally surrounded by any 
      number of spaces. If "|" is present then ";" is ignored as 
      separator.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0016, 03-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0016 - 03.09.06 12:29
    + File Files: now the Invert checkbox can be combined with RegExp 
      patterns, i.e. you can list all items not matching a given RegExp.
    + File Files: added inversion prefix. Now, a leading ! will invert 
      the results, i.e. list all items *not* matching any of the 
      patterns. For example:
        a*;b*   = find all items starting with "a" or "b".
        !a*;b*  = find all items not starting with "a" or "b".
      If you want to find items starting with "!" you have to escape it 
      with "\":
        \!a*;b*  = find all items starting with "!a" or "b".
      The inversion prefix also works with RegExp patterns:
        !>.*(\.bmp|\.jpg)$  = find all but *.bmp and *.jpg files
      The inversion prefix overpowers the state of the Invert checkbox.
    + Selection Filter: added inversion prefix. Now, a leading ! will 
      invert the filter, i.e. select all items *not* matching any of the 
      patterns. For example:
        a*;b*   = select all items starting with "a" or "b".
        !a*;b*  = select all items not starting with "a" or "b".
      If you want to select items starting with "!" you have to escape it 
      with "\":
        \!a*;b*  = select all items starting with "!a" or "b".
      The inversion prefix also works with RegExp patterns:
        !>.*(\.bmp|\.jpg)$  = select all but *.bmp and *.jpg files
    * Visual filters in tab headers are now separated from the caption 
      by "|" (pipe character). Makes more sense than the backslash and 
      takes less space.
    ! Statusbar not correctly updated after switching to thumbs view. 
      Fixed.
    ! Hitting F5 in an already thumbed & cached image folder triggered 
      re-thumbing and re-caching. Which it should not, of course. Fixed.
    > Tip: in the dialogs with a drop-down list, F4 does drop down the 
      list.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0015, 02-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0015 - 02.09.06 12:39
  +++ Now all dialogs with drop-down lists have auto-complete!
    * Configuration, General: "Auto-Complete" and "Move last used item 
      to top" now also control the drop-down lists in dialogs.
  +++ Find Files: In my never-ending struggle for consistency and 
      expectedness (ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and 
      not surprising) I added the simple multiple pattern search syntax 
      that you know from Visual Filter and Selection Filter (and also 
      from Explorer ;)). Which means: now you can enter multiple 
      wildcard patterns separated by ";" into the Name field.
      Examples:
        *.jpg;*.gif;*.png         Finds all *.jpg and *.gif and *.png
        *.jpg; *.gif  ; *.png     idem (the blanks are cropped)
      Note that ";" is identical to Boolean OR, so the above patterns 
      are identical to these Boolean patterns:
        :*.jpg | *.gif | *.png    Finds all *.jpg and *.gif and *.png
        :*.jpg or *.gif or *.png  idem
      As you see, the simple multiple pattern search is a bit easier on 
      the hands.
      Note that the ";"-syntax now also works in Address Bar searches:
        ?*.bmp;*.jpg;*.png        Finds all *.jpg and *.gif and *.png
        ?*.bmp;*.jpg;*.png /      idem (forced not recursive)
        ?*.bmp;*.jpg;*.png /r     idem (forced recursive)
      Of course, if you are looking for the ";" character itself then 
      you have to resort to the Boolean syntax. I think this is an apt 
      punishment for people that use ";" in filenames ;)      
    * On creating a new item, if Autosize Columns is active, now all 
      columns are autosized. Before only the Name column was autosized.
    * Better ellipsing strategy for tab headers showing visual filters:
      - Caption and filter are cropped in a fair and just way.
      - If nothing of the filter can be shown anymore because of lacking 
        space the whole remainder of the caption will turn blue (resp. 
        Marked Color) to signal that this tab is filtered.
    * If XY is currently not running and opened from shell to a folder 
      set via command line (e.g. via a folder's shell context menu, or via 
      a LNK file), this folder now is always opened in a new tab unless 
      the current tab is already the same location. Before a new tab was 
      only created when the last current tab was locked.
      This new behavior is consistent with the behavior shown when XY 
      *is* already running and opened via shell in which case a new tab 
      is created instead of opening a new instance of the app.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0012, 01-sept-2006).
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v5.10.0012 - 01.09.06 12:47
    * From now on all download package file names are in lower case.
    * New app icon: slightly shadowed and graded to ease recognition.
    * Preview status label now white on orange. Also fixed 2 glitches 
      concerning the refresh of the preview.
    + Menu File/Configuration File: added command "Save Copy of 
      Configuration As...". Saves a copy of the current configuration 
      without making it the current configuration (as opposed to "Save 
      Configuration As...").

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0011, 31-aug-2006).
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v5.10.0011 - 31.08.06 12:41
    + Visual Filter & Selection Filter: now you can quote patterns 
      individually to force an exact match (= prevent auto-wildcarding). 
      Examples:
        1.gif         matches: 1.gif, 11.gif, 474637811.gif (= *1.gif*)
        "1.gif"       matches: 1.gif
        "1.gif        matches: 1.gif
        "1.gif";png   matches: 1.gif and all *png*
      As you see in the 3rd example, the trailing quote is optional.
      As you see in the 4th example, you can combine exact and loose 
      matches in one go.
      If a pattern contains any wildcards, quoting is needless and 
      without effect.
    - Find Files: removed the Exact Match checkbox! See next paragraph 
      for the improved way to handle it.
    + Find Files: now you can quote patterns individually to force 
      an exact match (= prevent auto-wildcarding). Examples:
        1.gif             matches: *1.gif*
        "1.gif"           matches: 1.gif
        :1.gif or png     matches: *1.gif* and *png*
        :"1.gif" or png   matches: 1.gif and *png*
      The trailing quote is optional.
      If a pattern contains any wildcards, quoting is needless and 
      without effect.
    + Visual Filter: now it recognizes RegExp patterns! As always in XY, 
      a RegExp pattern is marked by a preceding ">" character.
      For example:
        >.*(\.bmp|\.jpg)$     = list only *.bmp and *.jpg files
        !>.*(\.bmp|\.jpg)$    = list all but *.bmp and *.jpg files
      The invert-operator "!" is allowed (see example above).
      The comparison is case-insensitive (case is ignored: A=a).  

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0010, 30-aug-2006).
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v5.10.0010 - 30.08.06 12:46
    + Visual Filter: now the patterns are displayed on the tab headers 
      in the "Marked Text Color" for easier recognition.
    + Visual Filter: added auto-wildcarding (in analogy to Selection 
      Filter). If no wildcards (*?#) are present in a pattern, then 
      wildcards are internally added to both ends of the pattern. This is 
      also known as "loose match" and simply means: you can enter e.g. "~" 
      and it will be treated as if you entered "*~*". Just a little 
      service...
    * Distribution package: renamed License.txt to LicenseXY.txt to 
      prevent it from being overwritten by the GDI+ License.txt.
    * Distribution package: renamed Readme.txt to ReadmeXY.txt to 
      prevent it from being overwritten by whatever other Readme.txt.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0009, 28-aug-2006).

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v5.10.0009 - 28.08.06 11:11
    * XP only: Now the "Browse For Folder" dialog uses a new user 
      interface, which provides the user with a larger dialog box that can 
      be resized. The dialog box has several new capabilities including: 
      drag-and-drop capability within the dialog box, reordering, shortcut 
      menus, new folders, delete, and other shortcut menu commands.
    * XP only: The "Browse For Folder" dialog inside the 
      Move/Copy/Backup To dialog (and some other locations) now allows 
      creating a new folder on the fly.
    * Where appropriate the "Browse For Folder" dialog now comes with a 
      preselected folder.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0007, 27-aug-2006).

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v5.10.0007 - 27.08.06 18:44
    + Added menu View/Font/List Management Editor...: here you can 
      configure the font (name and size) used in the List Management's 
      Editor Mode.
    + File Associations: added message if file type is associated but 
      the associated application is not found.
v5.10.0006 - 27.08.06 12:28
  +++ Now XYplorer can maintain file associations outside of the Windows 
      registry. Simply open "File Associations..." in menu Tools/List 
      Management and add associations between extensions and applications. 
      The syntax is "extension>application (full path)".
      For example:
        png>C:\Programs\Viewer\Viewer.exe
        png>?:\Programs\Viewer\Viewer.exe
           [^ means: drive will be used where this XY is running from]
      The 2nd example is particularly interesting if you use XYplorer on 
      portable drives: the little "?"-trick makes you independent of the 
      local drive mappings! Double-clicking (or <enter>ing) a file in 
      XYplorer will cause it to open in an application stored on your 
      thumbdrive, independent (a) of the file associations maintained by 
      the local copy of Windows, and (b) of the local drive mappings. 
      What more portability do you want?
      Of course, if the file to be opened is not associated within 
      XYplorer then the registry-based file association is used to open 
      it.
      Note that these associations are used on Dbl-Click, <Enter> and 
      <Ctrl+Enter>. You still have access to the registry-based file 
      associations via the files' context menu's "open" command.
    + List Management: added "Editor Mode". In this mode you can easily 
      edit your list data like chunk of text. Pretty cool if you ask me.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0001, 25-aug-2006).

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v5.10.0001 - 25.08.06 12:12
    + Video Preview: added on-the-fly video resizing.
    ! Video Preview: now smaller sizes down to 32 pixels width are 
      correctly rendered.
    ! Video Preview: preview area overlapped info frame. Fixed.
    * Catalog height is now elastic. It remembers the height you want it 
      to have and will always try to keep/restore it when possible.
    * Updated the help file.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.10.0000, 24-aug-2006).

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v5.10.0000 - 24.08.06 10:48
    * The BETA package from now on contains just the EXE. No installer.
    + Configuration/Report: added option "Create detailed log files for 
      each backup". If checked then all "Backup" and "Backup To" 
      operations are logged, else they are not logged. Before you have 
      been prompted about logging each time you started a backup.
    * Backup/Backup To...: Before, when you canceled the "Save Backup 
      Log As" only the logging was skipped but the backup was performed. 
      Now the whole backup operation is canceled.
    ! The backup log file could happen to end up being backupped itself. 
      Fixed. Now it is created in the source folder of the backup only 
      after the backup is completely finished.
    * Menu Window: renamed "Arrangement" to "Layout".
    + When resízing, maximizing, or showing the Info Panel, the 
      currently focused item is now moved into view automatically.
    + Find Files: added pattern switches! They can optionally be 
      appended to the search pattern in the name field and have the 
      general format "blank-slash-letter(s)", e.g. " /r".
      Currently there is just one switch implemented:
        /r  recurse subfolders
        /   do not recurse subfolders
      This switch overwrites the settings of the Include Subfolders 
      checkbox. The advantage is obvious: this setting can now be part 
      of the MRU (most recently used) list of the Name field.
      Another advantage: you can now directly control recursion in Name 
      Searches triggered via Address Bar or Catalog (see below).
    * Catalog: now Name Searches are supported. For instance, add this 
      to the Data field of a Catalog item:
        Desktop?:*.txt or *.bmp /
      Now each time you click this item, your Desktop folder is searched 
      for TXT and BMP files; subfolders are not recursed.
      Actually this has been working already for some time, but now 
      those items are recognizable by the find icon.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.00.0152, 23-aug-2006).

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v5.00.0152 - 23.08.06 12:46
    * Raw View: added a limit. Only the first 10 MB of a file are shown 
      in ASCII mode. The message is shown only once per session.
    ! Shift+Del on a tree folder with "Turn off delete confirmation" 
      enabled lead to creation of new folders (because of the Shift key 
      being down...). Fixed.
    * For performance reasons, the reconnection of mapped network drives 
      that have gone unconnected (may happen after booting up) has been 
      moved out of the main Refresh Tree routine (F4) to the Refresh 
      Current Folder routine (Shift+F4).

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v5.00.0151, 22-aug-2006).

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v5.00.0151 - 22.08.06 13:11
    + Toolbar: added buttons "Backup To" and "Toggle High Tree".
    * When switching views, the focused item now will be scrolled into 
      view automatically.
    * Reorganized the Go menu and added some obvious commands.
    - Menu Go: removed "Previous Tab". This service is now included in 
      "Previous Location" (F7). See below.
    + Menu Go/Previous Location (F7): If the previous location has been 
      on another tab, this tab is opened (if it still exists). If the 
      previous tab does not exist anymore, the location is opened in a new 
      tab.
      Note: this feature will slowly shift into functioning. There will 
      be a learning phase because your current history hasn't yet all 
      the information needed for this service.
    + The Move To, Copy To, Backup To lists now know the wheel.