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v24.90.0004 - 2023-08-30 16:20
    ! Batch Rename: With an increment pattern containing additional variables and the /s 
      switch (e.g. *@<datem yyyy.mm.dd>.v<#1> /s), the increment was not always 
      incremented automatically until a free name was found. Fixed.
    ! Batch Rename Dialog: As of 20130210 (!), Ctrl+Enter no longer opened the Rename 
      Preview dialog. Fixed.

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v24.90.0003 - 2023-08-29 21:09
    * Configuration | General | Menus, Mouse, Usability | Context Menus | Hold Ctrl to 
      invert the above selection: Previously, CTRL had to be the only key held down. Now 
      it can be combined with other function keys such as SHIFT and ALT. This allows you 
      to force the extended shell context menu by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Right-click while 
      "Native context menu" is checked.
    + Custom Copy Progress: Recent changes are now implemented for background operations.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.10.0223.

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v24.90.0002 - 2023-08-29 15:08
    + Custom Copy Progress: Now the post-processing phases (things to do after all bytes 
      have been copied/moved) are displayed in the dialog, just above the progress bar. 
      Depending on the configuration, the following phases may occur:
        - Filename capitalization is synchronized...
        - File times are synchronized...
        - Empty source folders are removed...
      Note that these phases don't take long for smaller jobs. You probably need at least 
      10,000 files in the job to have enough time to actually read the labels.
      Currently implemented for foreground operations only.
    ! Image Preview: WEBP preview did not work in a fresh instance without first checking 
      it in Configuration | Preview | Previewed Formats | Image Files. Fixed. Listing and 
      checking in "Preview as Thumbnail" is sufficient.

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v24.90.0001 - 2023-08-28 17:28
    * Custom Copy Progress: Now the name after "Copying:" is removed when an item is 
      skipped. Previously, the last non-skipped name remained visible until the next 
      non-skipped item appeared, falsely suggesting that copying that item took a long 
      time.
      Currently implemented for foreground operations only.
    ! Configuration | Information | File Info Tips & Hover Box | Initial delay in 
      milliseconds: When set to 0, some timed things, like Hover Boxes, would stop working 
      under certain conditions. Allowing this value was actually a mistake. Fixed. Valid 
      values are now from 1 to 9999.
    ! Tools | Customize List | Show Folder Row Colors: Background colors were not 
      displayed when "Tools | Customize List | Show Grid" was checked and the grid style 
      was set to "Grid Lines". Fixed.

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Summary of the latest XYplorer Official Release.

Direct Download: https://www.xyplorer.com/download/xyplorer_full.zip
Download Page: https://www.xyplorer.com/download.php
Release Notes: https://www.xyplorer.com/release.php

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v24.90.0000 - 2023-08-27 18:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
  +++ Color Folder Rows. If you're looking for folders, you've come to the right place. 
      Now, with a single keystroke, you can color-code folders to make them stand out. 
  +++ Switch Folder Views. Now you can switch between the current and your favorite folder 
      view with a single keystroke. A folder view includes column layout, sort order, list 
      view, and list style.
  +++ Many Other Improvements. See change log.
  +++ Compilation Soundtrack. Compiled to songs by Automatic Shoes.

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v24.80.0030 - 2023-08-26 11:43
    ! Help | About XYplorer: The date shown in the "Valid: for all upgrades before <date>" 
      line was miscalculated for standard licenses purchased after 2022 if you were using 
      a non-current version of the app. Just a display glitch. Fixed.

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v24.80.0029 - 2023-08-25 20:58
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.10.0222 (new manifest).

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v24.80.0027 - 2023-08-25 17:48
    > Added some debug logging regarding a rare error 9 during self-update. It will not be 
      functional until the next beta, of course, when there is something to upgrade to.

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v24.80.0026 - 2023-08-25 16:38
    + Branch View: Slightly changed the behavior of the New Folder and New Text File 
      commands in this context:
      - When a folder is focused and you choose Edit | New | New Folder (Ctrl+N) or Edit | 
        New | New Text File (Ctrl+Shift+N), that new item is now created within the focused 
        folder.
      - When a file is focused and you choose Edit | New | New Folder (Ctrl+N) or Edit | 
        New | New Text File (Ctrl+Shift+N), that new item is now created as a sibling of 
        that file.
      - One exception: If an empty folder is focused, it is treated as a file in this 
        respect. Try it and you'll see that it makes sense.
    * Updated the help file.

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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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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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v24.80.0022 - 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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v24.80.0021 - 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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v24.80.0020 - 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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v24.80.0017 - 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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