FileCommander Help
Change log


Version 5.0.9

27/12/2006:
 - New feature: FileCommander now extracts the complete archive if you run a program in it

21/12/2006:
 - New feature: picture list in Picture preview
 - New feature: size summary in drive list
 - Debug-Button deleted: File - Save translation file

14/12/2006:
 - New feature: Added "Swap folders" and "Save folder as" to right-click menu
 - Bug deleted: Drive icons where not visible in Drive list
 - Bug deleted: Copy-engine did not always free some used memory
 - Bug deleted: Un-selecting "Save configuration on close" did not work


Version 5.0.8

11/12/2006:
 - Bug deleted: Exception raised when deleleting a bookmark group
 - Bug deleted: Read-Only sub-folders could not be deleted


Version 5.0.7

04/12/2006:
 - Bookmarks: improved visual apperance some mouse actions
 - CPU usage: reduced by reducing some thread priorities
 - New Gimick: Global Time
 - New feature: System Monitor
 - New feature: "Set FileCommander as default explorer" in Configuration - Settings
 - Bug deleted: Saving the configuration did not work, because the Config-folder was not created
 - Bug deleted: automatic generated tool list was not saved
 - Bug in Hex-Preview deleted: hex-values below "2E" where interpreted as "2E"


Version 5.0.6

07/10/2006:
 - Small bug deleted: executing links will now execute the parameters as well
 - Minimized timer usage: some errors might not occur any more
30/11/2006
 - Added a few new Splash Screen Images (thanks to legion)
 - New language file: "Netherlands" (thanks to Henk G. Zikken)
 - New feature: "Bookmarks"
 - Development resumed after a pause of two months

07/10/2006:
 - Small bug deleted: executing links will now execute the parameters as well
 - Minimized timer usage: some errors might not occur any more

02/10/2006:
 - Media preview rescans folder for media files autmatically, if a new file has been selected

29/09/2006:
 - Small bug in "Folder tree" deleted (browsing to folder when in compressed file)
 - Small bug in "Text preview" deleted: an error has occured while loading a file, which does not exist
 - Improved net hood folders (see "Help" - "Special folders" for details)
 - New file in "Plugins" - folder: 7za.dll
 - FileCommander can now display 7zip files, modificating and creating does not work yet

28/09/2006
 - Gimicks: "Local weather" - settings: pressing "Validate" will now show an error if the city could not be found


Version 5.0.5

25/09/2006
 - New tool: "Gimicks" (not important for the usage of FileCommander, but maybe funny ...)

24/09/2006
 - New tool: "Drive list"
 - Help file: "Split files" created
 - Help file: "Virtual drives" created
 - FileCommander 5 is now in beta stage!!
 - Start up message box deleted, only one message will appear at the first start up
 - New option: "View" - "Swap folders"
 - New option: "View" - "Same folder"
 - New console command in "FileListViewX" : "SwapFolderWith(<Window>)"
 - New console command in "FileListViewX" : "SameFolderAs(<Window>)"

22/09/2006
 - Fixed system critical thread bug in folder trees

21/09/2006
 - Changed tab order in search window
 - New tool added: "Synchronize folders" (comparing works fine, synchronizing not yet)

20/09/2006
 - After refreshing a window, FileCommander will browse down to your last visibe files
 - "Do you want to save the changes in ..." dialog in Text preview included
 - Previews now detect, if a file has changed

18/09/2006
 - Help file: "Tool list" created
 - Tools, which do not point on a valid file, are now automatically marked as disabled
 - Deleted unnecessary list point in "Help" - "Setup FileCommander"
 - Deleted double entry in "Preview files": "The preview selection bar"
 
17/09/2006
 - Deleted unnecessary label in "Create MD5-Hash" progress
 - Bug fix: unnecessary GDI objects deleted -> less usage of resources


Version 5.0.4

13/09/2006
 - FileCommander can now create empty folders in ZIP files

12/09/2006
 - Created new tool: "File" - "Create MD5 Hash"

11/09/2006:
 - deleted lots of spelling mistakes in the help
 - deleted some spelling mistakes in English language file
 - Help file: "Introduction" changed
 - the address of local files are now displayed correctly in HTML preview
 - HTML preview history improved (removed double entries)
 - folder history limited to 50 entries
 - the folder histories are saved in the configuration file
 - Help file: "Console" created

10/09/2006:
 - Small error in "Help" - "Process list" deleted
 - Help file: "Setup FileCommander" created
 - Design of the help slightly modified
 - Short cuts are now stored in a list. A Short-Cut-editor will be added soon.
 - Added "Update" tab in "Settings"
 - Added "File copy" tab in "Settings"
 - Added "Select context menu" - option in "Settings" - "General"
 - FileCommander now supports folders as start-params

09/09/2006:
 - Process list: invalid folders (e.g. \??\c:\winnt) are now displayed correctly
 - New menu entry in "View": "Refresh", "Refresh all"
 - Some problems with the view splitters (which almost never happened) solved
 - Version updater in "?" - "Update FileCommander" added
 - New menu entries in "Text preview" - "View" - "Selection style": "Normal", "Line selection", "Block selection"

08/09/2006:
 - New menu entries in "File": "Rename", "View", "Edit", "Copy", "Move", "Delete"
 - New menu entries in "Edit": "Go one folder up", "Go to root folder"
 - New menu entry in "View": "View style"
 - New help file: "Preview files"
 - Changed some explanations in "Help file"
 - Help file is smaller
 - Settings: New entry: "Language"
 - Settings: moved "Select language" to new entry "Language"
 - Folder tree: volume names are now displayed
 - Language file: now supports author and version information
 - New images in "Edit - Compare with"
 - Bug deleted: font color error in black theme with disabled file highlighting solved
 - Changed font in "Classic theme" to "Fixedsys"

07/09/2006:
 - Console: "View menu" now added in "Add"
 - Console: small bug in "Add" deleted
 - Searched and (hopefully) destroyed the WinXP startup bug