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Fast Explorer 2008 Changelog

What's new in Fast Explorer 2008 3.1.11.430

Aug 25, 2008
  • added support for perceived types (introduced in Windows XP) including a set
  • of predefined PerceivedTypes: Image, Text, Audio, Video, Compressed and System;
  • copy and paste for static and dynamic menu items;
  • relaxed user priveleges for using of Fast Explorer Context Menu Extension DLL: administrative rights on local machine are required to edit, enable and disable dynamic menu items. Regular users can enjoy installed context menu items;
  • updated installer to NSIS v2.39;
  • fix: Windows Registration Server (regsvr32.exe) crashes after enabling or disabling dynamic menu items;
  • fix: accidental crash on pressing Win E or right clicking on My Computer;
  • fix: incorrect reporting of Windows Server 2008 in the About box;
  • fix: dynamic menu items didn't appear if the access to the Internet is restricted for Verclsid.exe;
  • fix: crash on click on the Parameters label on the Submenu Items tab;
  • fix: crash on pressing F1 when a context menu is shown.

New in Fast Explorer 2008 3.0.10.395 (Apr 14, 2008)

  • fix: accidental crash in Registry Bugs dialog when pressing F1 for help;
  • fix: crash on click on the Find button for invalid or non-existing application path;
  • fix: crash on loading of the associated icons when no 16x16 equivalent is available;
  • fix: crash on switching of the viewing kind in the file types list;
  • fix: accidental crash when a referred file type is no more registered in the system.

New in Fast Explorer 2008 3.0.10.393 (Apr 4, 2008)

  • enhanced Vista-style user interface;
  • 64-bit version of Fast Explorer Context Menu Extension DLL (thanks to Free Pascal Compiler);
  • partial Windows x64 Edition support: menu items added from the Submenu Items tab appear on context menus for both 32 & 64-bit apps (other tabs marked with [WOW64] are working with 32-bit applications only);
  • new "Check for updates" feature;
  • language selection option from the main window menu;
  • core code optimizations (for better performance);
  • new "send crash report via email" feature;
  • fix: Windows Vista automatically prompts to elevate rights to run Fast Explorer with administrative rights;
  • fix: batch files (.bat) didn't start from context menu when their paths contain spaces;
  • fix: surrounding quotes were incorrectly stripped from the arguments in some cases;
  • fix: shell extensions with empty name were hidden in the Shell Extensions Cleanup tab;
  • fix: shell extensions with relative file names were marked as not found in the Shell Extensions Cleanup tab;
  • fix: environment strings (like %SystemRoot%) in executable file names are supported.

New in Fast Explorer 2008 2.2.9.312 (Sep 24, 2007)

  • added support for Portable Network Graphics images in menu icons (thanks to TPNGImage library);
  • added generation of crash dump file (.dmp) on critical error before the application terminates;
  • fixed incorrect displaying of icons with alpha channel;
  • fix: "Not enough memory to load associated icons" fatal error while loading file types' icons from a damaged, invalid or missing file;
  • fix: context menu items didn't appear for shortcuts;
  • fix: empty parameter list was produced for commands associated with "All network server" file type.

New in Fast Explorer 2008 2.2.9.303 (Jun 28, 2007)

  • Included French and Russian localization files.

New in Fast Explorer 2008 2.1.8.280 (Feb 14, 2007)

  • settings are stored in the FastExplorer.ini file located in the Fast Explorer folder (especially for portable solutions).