Folder Size Explorer Changelog

What's new in Folder Size Explorer 2.0.0

• New: Summary pane which can summarise files by extension, date created, modified or accessed.
• New: Summary pane which groups files into dates by month and year.
• New: Double click any summary pane item to start a filtered search on that item.
• New: Search filters for date modified, date created and date accessed.
• New: Search filters for comparison operators - greater than, less than and equal too.
• New: Improved performance when searching files.
• New: Improved performance when calculating folder sizes.
• New: Improved performance when sorting items by size.
• New: Upgraded Folder Size Explorer from .Net Framework 4.0 to 4.6.
• New: Option to use generic icons when browsing folders to improve performance (enabled by default).
• New: Option to show 'Drive % free' instead of 'Drive % used' in the bottom status bar.
• New: Scroll to the current folder being calculated by double clicking the status bar progress label.
• New: Splash screen while Folder Size Explorer is loading drives.
• New: Automatic throttling of IO requests to the file system if the item processing rate drops too low.
• New: 'Refresh Subitems' item added to Folderview pane context menu (right click menu).
• New: 'Select All' and 'Select Inverse' items added to Fileview context menu.
• New: Custom message box created to replace the default Windows message box.
• New: Status column showing drive usage percentage for all drives at startup or when selecting the computer node.
• New: Sort progress status text when a large number of items listed in search results and column header clicked.
• New: Improved error logging window that lists errors much faster.
• New: Progress status text showing exactly what FSE is working on at all times.
• New: Text file logging. Moved to ProgramDataFolderSizeExplorerFSE-log.txt
• New: File searches that are cancelled prematurely will still process items found up to that point.
• New: Main icon used for the desktop and the taskbar.
• Change: Windows XP & 2003 are no longer supported. Mapped network drives to these systems are still supported.
• Change: DigiCert 2 year SHA-256 Digital certificate used to sign FSE program files. (previously Symantec).
• Change: Bottom status bar shows elapsed time in minutes not secs if processing time is greater than 5 mins.
• Change: Status timer now starts from the moment folder is first selected rather than when size calculation starts.
• Change: 1.x Pro licences are valid for version 2.0. allowing free upgrade.
• Change: Colour used for 'disk space used' graphic in the bottom status bar.
• Change: Vertical spacing of items in the Folder view pane - 2 pixels per item.
• Change: Reduced the frequency of status updates from 250 to 333 milliseconds when calculating items.
• Change: Reduced the frequency of status updates when FSE is minimized to the taskbar.
• Change: Reduced the delay when browsing through folders while folder size calculation is in progress.
• Change: Normal Window state location,size and splitter distance is now remembered even if closed while maximised.
• Change: Timeout for a slow responding network folder is now 30 seconds.
• Change: All URLs pointing to folder-size-explorer.com now use https.
• Change: Toolbar icons cleaned up to improve appearance.
• Fix: Bug that could cause Folder Size Explorer to crash unexpectedly.
• Fix: Bug that caused the status bar disk usage graphic to disappear when FSE minimized or covered by window.
• Fix: Bug that caused the elapsed time in the status bar changed to 0 secs if FSE was minimized.
• Fix: Bug that caused the elapsed time in the status bar displayed 0 secs if processing was more than an hour.
• Fix: Bug that caused the folder/file count to sometimes display -1 at the start of the sizing process.
• Fix: Bug that caused the folder/file status to show negative if processing was cancelled before finishing.
• Fix: Bug that caused the selected items in the Foldview pane not to copy, delete or update correctly.
• Fix: Bug that caused the bottom status bar to redraw incorrectly if items being added while main window resized.
• Fix: Bug that caused the selected drive to change when it was right clicked and properties selected.
• Fix: Bug that caused the right click Fileview menu to prompt with an error if no items were listed.
• Fix: Bug that caused the incorrect path to be displayed in the title of the access error log window.