What's New in This Release:

· SP2 is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 2003, and Longhorn. While it may run on Windows 98 and ME, we do not do any significant testing, and fixes related to Vista are likely to conflict with Windows 98/ME
· Fixed writing of bilevel (1 bit per pixel) PNG images.
· On Vista, ThumbsPlus now copies the Thumbs.typ and Thumbs.flt files to user folders for modification.
· Users who have tried previous versions of ThumbsPlus 7 get a new evaluation period.
· Fixed a problem with automatic launching of ThumbsPlus for scanner operations.
· Several crash fixes
· Fixed several installation problems that could occur on Vista or XP that could result in:
· Databases being read-only (unable to create thumbnails).
· Preferences not being saved.
· File type configuration changes not being remembered.
· Image filters being unavailable or uneditable.
· Modified the installer to fix a problem with Vista thinking the installation did not go correctly.
· Packaged the installer in a signed, manifested deployer.
· Right-clicking the tabs on the Location bar now brings up Options - Preferences - Disks & Folders.
· Additional location tree and tabs are available for My Music, My Videos, and several new shared folders on operating systems where they are supported.
· Enhancements and fixes to the context menus in Explorer (selected from Options - Preferences - General).
· Modified the installer to recognize upgrades on Vista where all files were installed to the Program Files folder.
· Fixed a problem where invalid network shares were sometimes recognized as valid folders.
· Fixed an irritating problem with extra mouse-wheel scrolling with some mice on some operating systems.
· Fixed problem where the secondary header in wizard dialog boxes was not changing to reflect the current tab on some operating systems.
· Made the default installation type "Shared database with separate settings."
· Improved appearance of main ThumbsPlus icon on XP/Vista.
· Text on the toolbar looks nicer now when anti-aliased fonts are enabled.
· Increased maximum text for catalog and contact sheet header/footer to 4000 characters (from 400).
· Program Updates now shows "ThumbsPlus" instead of "TP".
· Fixed problem where View - Enable color management was never enabled.
· Several tree performance improvements.
· Fixed so that Alt+0 (elliptical selection) didn't also set the zoom level.
· Fixed processor type display in System Info.
· Fixed crash that occurred with malformed or extremely long EXIF User Comments.
· Fixed a problem where ThumbsPlus was saving any 2-color images as grayscale JPEG even if the colors weren't gray.
· Fixed several crashes possible with multiple low-level database errors occurring simultaneously.
· Improved database error reporting.
· Fixed several additional crashes and spurious memory warnings.
· Additional minor bug fixes and aesthetic improvements.... [ read full changelog ]