March 22nd, 2010· Templates for "File/Save Results" (see some example template file in templates directory)
· It is possible to use keyboard shortcuts to open specifig tab in the settings dialog
· It is possible to open context menu for parent folder (a new option for "Open context menu"-subaction). This is not yet assigned by default, so go to "View / Select details" or keyboard shortcut settings to assign it.
· Slashes '/' given in directory names are replaces with back slashes '\' (e.g. "Named:" and "Look in:" fields and in parameters of locate.exe)
· Added Stop button to the update tooltip
· Added "Update title bar when executing search" option (Advanced settings) for instant searching
· Added "Enable shell extension fix" option to Advanced settings. Can be tryed if unexpected crashes occur
· Added new command line arguments for Locate32.exe: '-nf' clears "Named:" field, '-nt' sets "Type:" to "(no extension)" ('-t ""' can new be used to clear "Type" field), and '-P0', '-P1', ... can be used to choose 'Everywhere' in 'Look in' (see the help file for more information).
· New icons (thanks to rolloLG) and loading some icons from shell32.dll and imageres.dll
· Fixed: "Open Containing folder" and "Special"-menu were missing in simple File MenuCommand
· Fixed: problem with filesizes over 4GB in minimum/maximum when bytes are used
· Fixed: Up and Down buttons in Save Results
· Fixed: "Add Folder" button in database options allows now to specify computers
· Fixed: error related to PCRE and UTF8 when searching folder names
· Fixed: date format errors
· Maybe some other fixes and changes
September 22nd, 2008· Options menu renamed to Tools and "Delete Private data" feature added
· Added a notification message when language is changed, language settings tab shows version for translations
· Stop button enabled with search while typing
· Preliminary support for template files in "Save Results" (see templates directory)
· Improved error messages in status bar (including "Search while typing")
· Fixed: when Avant Browser is used as Web Browser, "Open" in context menu do nothing
· Fixed: may work with Windows 98 and NT 4
· Fixed: renaming failed with unicode files
· Fixed (locate.exe): '-p' argument allows now '..' in directory name
August 6th, 2008· Added a command line argument "-V" to select list view move
· Added possiblity temporally use selected databases with "Find using databases" (not only one time)
· "Copy MD5 sums to clipboard" added to Special menu (under File)
· Fixed: if comma or semicolor was given in Extensions field, programs was hanged/crashed
· Fixed: command line argument "-U" caused program to crash
· Fixed: incorrect icons were shown for drives
· If directry contains an exe file and subdirectory wiht the same name, the exe file was executed when directory was double-clicked
July 22nd, 2008· Wildcards * and ? are allowed in extensions.
· Possible to save results using Unicode (UTF-16) or UTF-8 character sets.
· If several directories are given in "Look In:" (or the given directory contains ';'), selecting directory using Browse button won't replace the directories in "Look In:" but adds the selected directory to end.
· For the command in "Use another program to open directories", %f added to mean the selected file.
· New option "Prevent moving tooltips (use if tooltips steal focus)" in Advanced settings (see the help file for meaning).
· Fixed: searches failed if file name has uppercase characters.
· Some other minor improvements and fixes.
March 10th, 2008· Windows search: protocol support: possible to use Locate32 as a default desktop search application (requires Vista SP1)
· New option (Advanced settings): "If extension is given, file name should match to the extension"
· New option (Advanced settings): "Ask confirmatioon when "Update databases" is chosen"
· Possible to specify icon for the main dialog (a new option in Advanced settings)
· Fixed: icons glown when "Find as you type is used"
· Fixed: if Locate32 dialog was minimized when program is closed, the dialog is hidden at startup
· Some other fixes
February 25th, 2008· Support for junctions and symbolic links
· New option in Advanced settings: "Avoid to access files when reading icons"
· New options to "Pressed when:" list in the keyboard shortcuts: ´""Find as you type" is active" and ""Find as you type" is not active"
· Some fixes
February 18th, 2008· "Find as you type" feature
· New option in Advanced settings: If asterisks given, search as if "Match whole name" is enabled
· Improvements to the help file: F1 and '?' button goes to right position in the help file and all options in Advanced settings are described
· A database file name can contain %locatedir% which means the Locate32's directory
· Some other fixes and changes
January 21st, 2008· Added "Last update" column to Databases tab in the settings dialog
· Delayed database writing when searching files
· The range for "Locate dialog transparency" and "Transparency" (tooltips) is now 0-100
· Fixed: "searching in file" text when ANSI codepage is used in databases
· Fixed: Locate32 dialog hanged when first line in lookin field is UNC path to offline server
· Fixed: freezing when "Find now" is pressed at the same time when database is written
December 17th, 2007· Added "Include directories pattern" to Advanced database settings
· Fixed: locate.exe didn't work (again)
· Fixed: argument '-U' didn't work
· Fixed problems with database settings export/import
· Several other fixes
October 23rd, 2006· New options (Advanced settings): "Don't show deleted files" (Result list), "Don't save network drives and directories" ("Look in" Combo"), "Use default icon for directories" (Miscellaneous)
· Fixed: pause after Setting dialog is closed
· Fixed: Auto update/update at startup didn't check CPU usage
· Various other fixes
September 5th, 2006· New options (Advanced settings): "Single-clicking tray icon will open Locate dialog" and "Custom tray icon"
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