What's new in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2951

Nov 20, 2020
  • Reduced background CPU usage when idle
  • Improved parsing of MBOX/EML date time format.
  • Improved SearchTask recovery if 3rd party IFilter causes problems.
  • Bug fix: "A required resource was unavailable" error when lots of search terms (> 10,000) specified.
  • Bug fix: Relative date/time searching issues with FR/ES/NL languages.
  • Minor fixes/improvements

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2947 (Aug 19, 2020)

  • Additional installer flags /regdetails /langfile /ui
  • Bug fix: Exporting index based searches much faster if content not required.
  • Minor fixes/improvements

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2944 (Jan 30, 2020)

  • Bug fix: OneDrive folders not searching properly.
  • Bug fix: Numeric column filters not working with '<' directive.
  • Bug fix: UI sometimes becomes unresponsive when using Index Searching and column filters.
  • Minor fixes/improvements

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2941 (Jan 21, 2020)

  • Bug fix: Index searching reporting errors with some queries
  • Bug fix: Portable device searching not filtering sub folders correctly
  • Minor fixes/improvements

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2938 (Dec 5, 2019)

  • Indexing speed improvements
  • Bug fix: occasional index crash

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2936 (Nov 20, 2019)

  • Minor error logging change

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2935 (Nov 19, 2019)

  • Minor error logging change

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2934 (Nov 17, 2019)

  • Bug fix: Missing installation files for Win 10

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2933 (Nov 15, 2019)

  • Folders are now sorted ahead of files.
  • Bug fix: LIKE not highlighting correctly for Index searches
  • Bug fix: Environment variables not working with Lite version
  • Bug fix: Shell Integration configuration issues, ie settings were not showing correctly in the user interface
  • Bug fix: .NET library exception.
  • Various language updates.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2929 (Sep 18, 2019)

  • Improved performance of hits tab for large results.
  • Minor improvements/fixes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2912 (Jun 3, 2019)

  • Added folder searching for attached mobile devices.
  • Improved: Double-clicking to launch default application.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2910 (May 7, 2019)

  • Improved error reporting when searching password protected archives.
  • Double-clicking on folder should launch registered ‘Explorer’.
  • Bug fix: Issue with displaying results for index searches in the form: NOT (term NEAR term2).
  • Bug fix: IFilter searching not working when files locked.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2904 (Apr 4, 2019)

  • Bug fix: Occasional crash with index search and Reports Tab.
  • Bug fix: Occasional crash with large searches left running in background.
  • Bug fix: Issue exporting result list with .NET run-time engine.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2901 (Mar 14, 2019)

  • Bug fix: Indexer incorrectly including additional files.
  • Bug fix: Lite version not reading Office documents properly.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2900 (Mar 8, 2019)

  • Bug fix: Searching standalone MSG files with lots of attachments issue.
  • Bug fix: Lite registration code verification issue.
  • Bug fix: Unable to re-import some MSG files exported from Outlook.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2897 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • New ‘Imply boundary marker’ DOS expression option to control searching when extension specified.
  • Bug fix: Short-cut handling issues.
  • Bug fix: Email attachment naming issue.
  • Bug fix: Unable to re-import some MSG files exported from Outlook.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2889 (Feb 4, 2019)

  • Bug fix: Include file/folder name in content search settings not working properly.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2888 (Jan 21, 2019)

  • Bug fix: Searching of both message body and attachments not working with stand-alone .eml and .msg files.
  • Updated French translation.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2887 (Jan 11, 2019)

  • Updated Dutch translation.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2886 (Dec 29, 2018)

  • File short-cut searching now defaults to OFF (slows search times).
  • Bug fix: Preview not working with .eml and .msg files.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2883 (Dec 24, 2018)

  • Reducing load times on workspace files.
  • Bug fix: Temp files not deleting until app closed.
  • Bug fix: Short-cut link searching issues.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2881 (Dec 14, 2018)

  • Bug fix: Files disappearing from list after context menu operation.
  • Bug fix: Invalid ‘Update required’ message for updated indexes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2880 (Dec 10, 2018)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Improved error messages for invalid formats
  • Issue searching archives within .lnk short-cuts.
  • Issue with adding new index when default folder read-only.
  • Other minor improvements and fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2878 (Nov 29, 2018)

  • Added Portable Device searching (eg. phone/tablet)
  • Bug fix: Lite mode crash with ‘<no language>’ error

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2875 (Nov 24, 2018)

  • Added Dutch translation
  • Added Turkish translation
  • Bug fix: Issue reloading saved searches

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2874 (Nov 16, 2018)

  • IFilter crash protection functionality
  • Bug fix: Removed external resources from local help
  • Bug fix: DE and IT language file improvements

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2868 (Nov 6, 2018)

  • Bug fix: French translation issue

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2862 (Nov 1, 2018)

  • Bug fix: Font spacing in Summary tab issue
  • Bug fix: Command line indexer ‘quit’ shutdown issue
  • Bug fix: ‘Invalid index’ error shown in Index Manager when lots of indexes added

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.5 Build 2858 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Added Thunderbird MBOX searching
  • Added File name matching to Persistent Search Filters
  • Document Preview option added to Preview (Thumbnails) tab
  • Bug fix: Erroneous ‘Empty file’ warnings.
  • Bug fix: Temp folder settings were being ignored
  • Other minor improvements and fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.4 Build 2840 (Jun 28, 2018)

  • Added Folder and file short-cut (.lnk files) searching
  • Circular reference protection for short-cuts and symbolic links
  • Bug fix: Portable installation was not accepting user registration correctly
  • Bug fix: Expand All was missing from Hits tab menu
  • Bug fix: Tab title was not always updating when criteria changed
  • Other minor improvements and fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.4 Build 2831 (Jun 5, 2018)

  • Bug fix: Allow exported MSGs with embedded MSGs to be re-imported back into Outlook

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.4 Build 2830 (May 22, 2018)

  • Privacy policy link added to About Box
  • Bug fix: ‘Empty file’ warning was not showing
  • Bug fix: Favorites listing was impacted by persistent filters

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.4 Build 2823 (May 15, 2018)

  • Ability to switch to ‘Lite’ mode without installing separate product
  • Now searches PDF protected content
  • Regex expression naming, eg REGEX:ssn “d{3}-?d{2}-?d{4}”
  • Additional indexing performance settings
  • Improved temp folder clear up on closing
  • Other minor improvements and fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.4 Build 2822 (May 14, 2018)

  • Ability to switch to ‘Lite’ mode without installing separate product
  • Now searches PDF protected content
  • Regex expression naming, eg REGEX:ssn “d{3}-?d{2}-?d{4}”
  • Additional indexing performance settings
  • Improved temp folder clear up on closing
  • Other minor improvements and fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2766 (Feb 22, 2018)

  • Indexing improvements for frequently updated indexes
  • Bug fix: Caching was sometimes not working properly for custom extensions
  • Other minor updates/fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2764 (Feb 8, 2018)

  • Faster loading of index list
  • New custom interpreter macro $(InputLongPathFile) to reference long path format
  • Command line apps now return error codes if critical errors reported
  • Bug fix: Bulk copy to folder failing on some paths
  • Bug fix: Index drop down list resizing issue
  • Other minor updates/fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2761 (Feb 3, 2018)

  • Additional columns added including Author and Owner
  • New -remove switch for flpidx to remove a reference to an existing index
  • Bug fix: Index list sort order now defaults to name
  • Bug fix: Tab title not refreshing when Search Again on index searches
  • Bug fix: Possibly crash when refreshing favorites
  • Other minor updates/fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2755 (Jan 25, 2018)

  • Index search UI now defaults using command line parameters
  • New -addref switch for flpidx to add reference to an existing index
  • Better text conversion for RTF Outlook messages
  • Bug fix: Added config files for DOTM and XLTM
  • Bug fix: Show error message if rename fails due to locked file
  • Bug fix: Split lines warning unncessary in many cases
  • Bug Fix: MSG file searching missing attachments if one or more attachments had been deleted
  • Bug fix: Outlook message searching now replaces forward and back slashes in subject with dashes
  • Bug fix: Outlook RTF messages were not always exporting to MSG correctly
  • Bug fix: Look In expression handling was not working properly
  • Other minor updates/fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2751 (Nov 25, 2017)

  • Bug fix: ZIP files date/time fix (again).
  • Bug fix: Warning when very long lines have been split.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2747 (Nov 20, 2017)

  • Bug fix: Overwriting favourites error message fixed.
  • Bug fix: FR, DE language issues.
  • Bug fix: ZIP files date/time DST fix.
  • Bug fix: Fortran highlighting issue.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2744 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • Bug fix: Open favorite in new tab now working.
  • Bug fix: Some 3rd party editors,eg. Sublime, could not handle long path format, now defaults to standard format.
  • Bug fix: Secondary searches in Text tab highlighting issue.
  • Bug fix: Improved memory management on large criteria searches

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2741 (Sep 21, 2017)

  • Bug fix: Installation issue with 2740.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2740 (Sep 19, 2017)

  • Bug fix: Look In expressions not working with UNC paths.
  • Bug fix: Unresponsive UI when network path resolution is slow.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2738 (Aug 17, 2017)

  • Bug fix: Thumbnails and file icons not loading properly.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2737 (Aug 16, 2017)

  • Long path name support.
  • Bug fix: Multi-line regex failing on very long lines.
  • Bug fix: FR, DE language file improvements.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2736 (Jun 7, 2017)

  • Bug fix: Error message if remember sort switched off.
  • Bug fix: Column settings not saving properly.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.2 Build 2735 (May 26, 2017)

  • Columns can be switched on/off and more column options added.
  • Multi-threaded indexing for faster indexing.
  • Index search optimizations.
  • Index search improved handling of underscores and hypens.
  • HTML Reports export keywords in color.
  • Bug fix: Criteria window resizing issue.
  • Bug fix: Match case not working properly with indexes.
  • Bug fix: Location field drawing issues.
  • Bug fix: Indexing now supports NOT NEAR.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2722 (Mar 24, 2017)

  • Bug fix: Context menu icon not appearing on 32-bit apps on 64-bit OS.
  • Bug fix: Truncated data when loading entries from drop downs.
  • Bug fix: Crash with print preview.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2721 (Mar 23, 2017)

  • Generate Error Report option added to Index Manager.
  • Bug fix: Language file fixes.
  • Bug fix: Ctrl+F setting preserved during upgrade procedure.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2719 (Mar 18, 2017)

  • Bug fix: Index searched email attachments not showing MSG parent in path.
  • Bug fix: -idxpath command line option ignored if SRF file was also specified.
  • Bug fix: Multi-folder persistent search filter editing issue.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2714 (Mar 13, 2017)

  • Support for Visual Studio 2017.
  • Bug fix: File presets not working properly.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2713 (Mar 13, 2017)

  • Bug fix: Alt + Down arrow not working properly on main drop down list boxes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2712 (Mar 13, 2017)

  • New expression editor to help work with large keyword lists.
  • Command line supports index searching with new -idxname or -idxpath switches.
  • Command line supports index criteria SRF files.
  • Bug fix: Indexer was not correctly reporting out of space errors.
  • Bug fix: Indexer was not properly including non-content files.
  • Digital signatures now using SHA-256.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2702 (Jan 31, 2017)

  • File lists now supported with index searches.
  • File types can now be excluded in indexing setup.
  • Bug fix: Incorrectly showing hits for terms not directly involved in matching line.
  • Bug fix: USB installer now includes API files for all versions of Windows.
  • Bug fix: List view not redrawing properly after deleting files.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2697 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • Option to switch off search-as-you-type in the Text tab.
  • New warning if file does not contain searchable text.
  • Bug fix: Possible crash when filtering large list of items.
  • Bug fix: Index search unable to cancel certain searches.
  • Bug fix: Icons not displaying in drop-down list.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2695 (Dec 22, 2016)

  • Faster list loading for large searches (ie more than 50,000 files).
  • Location filters now applied to root locations not just sub folders.
  • Forward slashes and multiple back slashes in paths normalized.
  • Bug fix: Searching for "*" in Boolean expression now works properly.
  • Bug fix: Very large lines on multi-line regex could cause crash.
  • Bug fix: Search stats on reports not displaying correctly if run from command line.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2682 (Dec 22, 2016)

  • Index sizes significantly reduced (sometimes over 50% smaller).
  • More details added to indexing error messages.
  • Bug fix: Icons not displaying in error list window.
  • Bug fix: Drop downs in Reports Tab failing to open after a resize.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2680 (Oct 19, 2016)

  • Bug fix: French language fixes.
  • Bug fix: Crash when changing criteria type during search.
  • Bug fix: Rare crash when search had finished.
  • Bug fix: Casesensitive search caused issues when switching to indexed search.
  • Bug fix: Missing icons for portable installation.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.1 Build 2677 (Oct 17, 2016)

  • Support for high DPI settings.
  • Bug fix: Include file name and folder name in content search was not working with PST searches.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2668 (Jul 18, 2016)

  • New flpidx command line options for creating indexes.
  • New COM components for searching indexes.
  • Bug fix: flpsearch -ofxlst XSLT processing now works properly.
  • Bug fix: MSG attachments embedded within MSG files can now be indexed.
  • Bug fix: Other small fixes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2664 (Jul 18, 2016)

  • Bug fix: Issues with single threaded searching through compressed files.
  • Bug fix: Unnecessary memory allocations on large searches.
  • Bug fix: PDF Page numbering issues.
  • Bug fix: PHP Styling issues.
  • Bug fix: Report generating issues with large fields.
  • Bug fix: Other small fixes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2661 (Jul 18, 2016)

  • Bug fix: 'Invalid Index' issue with Chinese version of Windows.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2659 (Jun 23, 2016)

  • Bug fix: Possible crash when searching large list of terms.
  • Bug fix: Improved handling of invalid configuration files.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2658 (Jun 22, 2016)

  • Bug fix: Possible crash when searching large list of terms.
  • Bug fix: Other small fixes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2657 (Jun 10, 2016)

  • Bug fix: PDF text formatting/speed issues.
  • Bug fix: Word/Excel searching issues when FipsAlgorithmPolicy set

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2656 (May 27, 2016)

  • Transparent context menu icon.
  • Updated alert dialog display.
  • Bug fix: Better handling of non-conformant ZIP files.
  • Bug fix: 7-zip updated to version 16.02.
  • Bug fix: Quoted index searching problem.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2654 (May 27, 2016)

  • Bug fix: 7-zip updated to version 16.00 due to vulnerabilities in UDF and HFS handlers.
  • Bug fix: 7z solid archive searching issue.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2653 (May 27, 2016)

  • .NET class library and SDK documentation updated for index searching.
  • Option to switch off search-as-you-type index searching.
  • Bug fix: IFilter types now included for Index 'Documentation' category.
  • Bug fix: Index can now handle Unicode paths for index store.
  • Bug fix: Issues relating to using .NET library in ASP.NET fixed.
  • Bug fix: Keyword reports for multi-line regex searches now concatenates multi-line matches.
  • Bug fix: Multi-line Regex and Fuzzy search now work with File Lists and missing help dialog resource fixed.
  • Bug fix: Search-as-you-type suppressed if invalid expression entered.
  • Other small fixes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2651 (Apr 23, 2016)

  • Install folder now defaults to previous location.
  • Bug fix: File icons sometimes incorrect when sorted.
  • Bug fix: Bulk Export report not always loading properly.
  • Bug fix: Shell integration issues when using standard user with no elevation privileges.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2648 (Apr 16, 2016)

  • Additional menu options and help information for indexing.
  • Bug fix: Deleting items causing selection issues with other items in list.
  • Bug fix: Sort order now saved/restored with SRF criteria files.
  • Bug fix: Reduced flicker when changing between criteria types.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2646 (Apr 12, 2016)

  • Installer logging option.
  • Force empty folder for new index store.
  • Bug fix: Binary file warning notification.
  • Bug fix: Paging issue in hits tab.
  • Other small fixes. Bug fix: Allow mixed/upper case registration codes.
  • Bug fix: Use .NET 4 if .NET 2 not installed.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2643 (Apr 12, 2016)

  • Bug fix: Allow mixed/upper case registration codes.
  • Bug fix: Use .NET 4 if .NET 2 not installed.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 8.0 Build 2642 (Apr 7, 2016)

  • New indexing feature
  • Customizable keyword coloring
  • Multi-line Regex functionality
  • Custom EXE interpreters
  • Sticky column sort order
  • Console flpsearch.exe app
  • Search threads monitoring window
  • Improved content searching algorithm
  • Stability improvements for Word and Excel searching
  • Many other improvements and bug fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2114 (Feb 22, 2016)

  • Bug fix: DLL issue with Portable version.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2113 (Feb 9, 2016)

  • Bug fix: .NET Core library fixes.
  • Console app for command line searches.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2109 (Oct 17, 2015)

  • Bug fix: Background color made more consistent across different tabs.
  • Bug fix: Boolean ? wildcard not working when used mid-word on last word on line.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2107 (Aug 6, 2015)

  • Bug fix: Exported .MSG files can now be re-imported into Outlook.
  • Bug fix: GDI handle usage.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2104 (Jul 13, 2015)

  • OST (2013) format support
  • PST/OST speed improvements
  • Bug fix: Email size now includes size of any attachments.
  • Bug fix: 'Text Search' search was behaving like 'Deep Search' if raw data search was checked.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2101 (Jul 13, 2015)

  • Improved exporting of corrupt PST items
  • Bug fix: Crash when loading saved workspaces/sessions

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2099 (Jun 8, 2015)

  • Bug fix: Corrupt PST file could cause program to crash

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2097 (Jun 2, 2015)

  • Bug fix: Directly specifying multiple archive within archive paths ignoring some files

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2096 (May 30, 2015)

  • Batch copy can continue if corrupt files found
  • Better handling of corrupt configuration files
  • Bug fix: Dock below/right wasn't working

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2094 (May 19, 2015)

  • Bug fix: Various Look In field issues when working with large folder lists
  • Additional logging on core operations

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2092 (May 4, 2015)

  • Bug fix: PDF searching on non-ASCII file names
  • Bug fix: Opening folder when batch file of same name exists
  • Bug fix: Changes to default folders were being reset when upgrading
  • Other minor enhancements/bug fixes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2085 (Mar 26, 2015)

  • Bug fix: Solid archive extraction fixes
  • Bug fix: Invalid pending count fix
  • Minor DE language changes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2082 (Feb 10, 2015)

  • Bulk Copy - gracefully handle moved files/containers
  • Bug fix: Handle JAR files with unusual ZIP format

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2077 (Dec 3, 2014)

  • Bug fix release:
  • Email MSG exporting should now produce identical hashes for the same email
  • Bug fix: Printing on some reports not working

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2076 (Nov 24, 2014)

  • Improved MSG searching speed.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2074 (Nov 12, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Date/times now handle DST properly.
  • Bug fix: Missing icons in portable build.
  • Bug fix: Summary report error message.
  • Bug fix: Multi-folder button not working on Persistent Filters.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2071 (Oct 30, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Crash when clearing all search locations in multi-folder dialog and then clicking OK.
  • Bug fix: Crash when file type column is shown before file name column.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2070 (Oct 23, 2014)

  • New EPUB searching.
  • Bug fix: Saving favorites on network folders using UNC paths not working.
  • Bug fix: Copying error list to clipboard issue.
  • Bug fix: Occassional crash when viewing file while search still running.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2067 (Oct 9, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Cache module could crash under edge case scenarios.
  • Bug fix: Options not remembered if Load Last Search was switched off.
  • CN language mistakes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.5 Build 2064 (Sep 27, 2014)

  • Native .msg file exporting for PST and MSG email searches.
  • New Bulk Copy feature.
  • Errors/Warnings information on Summary tab.
  • New license options Technician and Floating.
  • New UTF-8 auto-detect feature for files without BOM.
  • Bug fix: Search within search lists no longer limited on size.
  • Other minor enhancements/bug fixes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.2 Build 2042 (Apr 23, 2014)

  • Bug fix: NEAR combined with AND and OR sub expressions sometimes failing to return valid results.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.2 Build 2041 (Apr 14, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Searching for '

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.2 Build 2038 (Mar 29, 2014)

  • Significant performance improvements for all content searches but especially Boolean and Whole word expression types.
  • Windows 8.x compatibility improvements.
  • File name truncation options for Contents View and new truncation options for File List View.
  • User selection when multiple versions of Visual Studio installed
  • Containing text script can now work without Containing text value.
  • Double-click divider to size to max column width.
  • Middle mouse button to close tab.
  • Bug fix: Failed search not clearing results properly.
  • Bug fix: Browse for folder not starting from current path.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.2 Build 2037 (Mar 28, 2014)

  • Significant performance improvements for all content searches but especially Boolean and Whole word expression types.
  • Windows 8.x compatibility improvements.
  • File name truncation options for Contents View and new truncation options for File List View.
  • User selection when multiple versions of Visual Studio installed
  • Containing text script can now work without Containing text value.
  • Double-click divider to size to max column width.
  • Middle mouse button to close tab.
  • Bug fix: Failed search not clearing results properly.
  • Bug fix: Browse for folder not starting from current path.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.1 Build 2031 (Jan 31, 2014)

  • Bug fix release
  • 'Text Search' default instead of 'Deep Search' for Document Searching.
  • Boolean search performance improvements.
  • Bug fix: NEAR operator not working properly when combined with OR
  • Bug fix: Closing app when minimized causes problems when re-starting.
  • Bug fix: Regular expression error messages not showing properly.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.0 Build 2028 (Dec 3, 2013)

  • SI installer now accepts LANG_FILE variable to default UI localization language.
  • Bug fix: Highlighting issues with DBCS code page files.
  • Bug fix: COM and .NET component issues.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.0 Build 2025 (Dec 3, 2013)

  • Bug fix: PDF searching not working on some systems.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.0 Build 2024 (Nov 19, 2013)

  • Improved number column formatting in Reports
  • HTML Report highlighting of hits.
  • Progress 4GL syntax highlighting.
  • COM and .NET component library enhancements for extracting items.
  • Bug fix: Double-click on PST hits now opens file properly.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.0 Build 2023 (Oct 26, 2013)

  • Option to hide tabs in Contents View
  • Bug fix: Help for file name presets was showing 'Resource unavailable'.
  • Bug fix: COM component library fixes.
  • Bug fix: Deep search not always searching raw binary data.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.0 Build 2020 (Oct 26, 2013)

  • NEAR operator can take optional distance value, e.g. word1 NEAR:10 word2
  • NEAR distance configuration can now be lowered to 1.
  • Bug fix: Saving sessions with binary data could cause invalid characters to be exported rendering session file unloadable.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.0 Build 2018 (Oct 26, 2013)

  • Bug fix: Large line truncation bug causing problems loading sessions/workspaces.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.0 Build 2017 (Oct 26, 2013)

  • Audio file searching (MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG and more).
  • Image searching (JPG, PNG, TIF, and BMP).
  • Search time added back to frame.
  • Bug fix: Archive within archive item extraction failure.
  • Bug fix: Loading favourites not clearing previous results.
  • Bug fix: Cache hang issue on large files.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 7.0 Build 2015 (Oct 26, 2013)

  • Explore Here now highlights selected items in folder.
  • Bug fix: Context menu not working when multiple items in different folders selected.
  • Bug fix: File presets missing from portable install.
  • Bug fix: Switching between ZIP IFilter and composite folder now working.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1364 (Aug 14, 2013)

  • Chinese language support (including help file translation).
  • Bug fix: Strict DOS boundary limiting.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1358 (May 31, 2013)

  • Improved context menu support.
  • Bug fix: Open criteria dialog not including *.srf filter.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1357 (May 21, 2013)

  • Bug fix: Slow searching and excessive memory consumption with DOC IFilter based searches on very large files.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1355 (May 1, 2013)

  • Improved PDF conversion.
  • Bug fix: Minor French language changes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1349 (Apr 16, 2013)

  • Bug fix: Shift drag/drop was copying and not moving files.
  • Bug fix: Right-click drag/drop was not behaving properly.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1348 (Mar 18, 2013)

  • Bug fix: Two text messages not displaying properly.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1347 (Mar 18, 2013)

  • Bug fix: Two text messages not displaying properly.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1347 (Mar 16, 2013)

  • Bug fix: Shift + Del was not working for file deletion.
  • Bug fix: Text based .msg files will now be searched properly.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1346 (Feb 12, 2013)

  • DOS Expression added to list of Look In expression types.
  • Bug fix: Large PST email folders not listing all contents.
  • Bug fix: Corrupted PST email attachments could crash application.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1345 (Jan 10, 2013)

  • Bug fix: Problem copying large number of files from PST/compressed archives fixed.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1344 (Jan 9, 2013)

  • Bug fix: MSI now picks up reg details if run with /quiet switch.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1341 (Dec 21, 2012)

  • Bug fix: Favorites now open sorted by description.
  • Bug fix: External editor 'question' missing buttons.
  • Bug fix: FileLocator Pro modal in Shell operations.
  • Bug fix: Update check now reports errors if problems occur.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1338 (Dec 5, 2012)

  • Minor: -ol command line switch optimizations

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1337 (Dec 5, 2012)

  • New command line option '-oa' to append results to output file
  • New command line option '-oe?' to specify output encoding
  • New command line option '-ol [max]' to restrict maximum output lines per file
  • New command line option '-ofxslt [file]' to format output using custom (XSLT) format
  • Bug fix: -resetui was not working.
  • Bug fix: Containing text was cutting off text over 1,000 characters.
  • Bug fix: French language update.
  • Other minor updates/fixes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1324 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • Bug fix: Some language files missing on portable install version.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1323 (Nov 16, 2012)

  • Bug fix: DOS Expression NOT: now works with File Lists.
  • Bug fix: xpdfrc customization settings now accepted with PDF converting.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.5 Build 1321 (Nov 10, 2012)

  • User interface available in French and German.
  • Real-time memory compacting for large searches.
  • New export format 'Tab (speadsheet)'.
  • Enhanced DOS Expression functionality.
  • Improved viewing of HTML based PST/MSG messages.
  • Improved crash reporting.
  • Other minor updates/fixes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.2 Build 1271 (Sep 30, 2012)

  • Bug fix: Significant memory management improvements.
  • Bug fix: Improved Unicode searching (especially Chinese characters).

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.2 Build 1269 (Sep 20, 2012)

  • Bug fix: Auto-threading and multi-phase search settings not saving properly.
  • Bug fix: Improved threading clean-up code.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.2 Build 1266 (Aug 25, 2012)

  • Attachment information now included in MSG/PST message text.
  • File name word wrapping in Hits tab for non-content searches.
  • Warning if attempt to overwrite Favorite when saving critiera.
  • Improved memory management if failures occur during search.
  • Bug fix: CSV export was not working if only file name selected.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.2 Build 1263 (Aug 16, 2012)

  • Bug fix: PST (and other composite type) files with very long names could cause crash in thumbnail view or during drag-drop operation.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.2 Build 1260 (Aug 16, 2012)

  • Crash reporting feature.
  • Improved CSV export.
  • Bug fix: Text tab now opens at correct position in file.
  • Bug fix: Text tab intermittent redrawing issues on x64.
  • Bug fix: Intermittent hanging issue when cancelling archive search.
  • Other minor updates/fixes.

New in FileLocator Pro Portable 6.2 Build 1254 (Aug 4, 2012)

  • Bug fix: DOS Expression was not conforming to standard.
  • Bug fix: PST attachments now always display long names when available.