Nomad.NET Changelog

What's new in Nomad.NET 3.2.0.2890

Jun 15, 2016
  • Draw submenu arrows with corresponding theme color (instead of black)
  • Italian localization updated:
  • Show full version info when available (not only numbers but text too)
  • Show Shield icon in Make Link Dialog when symbolic link selected and current account is limited
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Bugfix: Use theme MenuText color in history and columns drop down menus
  • Bugfix: Unable to delete unauthorized folder even after elevation (IOException thrown)
  • Bugfix: Cannot load System.Design exception when opening Tools menu on machines with .net 4 client profile installed
  • Bugfix: Unable to create symbolic link when application running under limited account (no elevation happen)
  • Bugfix: Do not open bookmarks with shortcut key with Alt modifier in far panel
  • Bugfix: Rare "An item with the same key has already been added" exception when using folder tree
  • Bugfix: Do not show tooltips in tree view when item tooltips disabled in options
  • Bugfix: Do not extract extensions from ftp folders with dot (i.e. folder.name)
  • Bugfix: Bookmarks and tools bot copied to a user defined config folder during initial setup
  • Bugfix: CmdPromptTabPlugin not working in Windows Vista and 7
  • Regression bugfix: Location column is empty on folders found during search
  • Other small and not so small unlisted bugfixes

New in Nomad.NET 3.2.0.2850 RC (May 10, 2016)

  • Added:
  • ShowGridLines option for displaying grid lines in list views (no configuration UI)
  • Plugins: Display commands marked with Browsable attribute in Tools menu
  • VirusTotalPlugin: Place AnalyseSuspiciousFileCommand in Tools menu
  • Themes: Added ability to change text color in menus, main window and dialogs
  • Changed:
  • HighDPI support improved
  • Working with unreadable local file system items improved
  • Layout improvements in several dialogs
  • Archive: Archives opening and formats handling improved
  • FTP: Ftp human readable (unix and dos) directory listing parsing improved
  • Themes: Bottom toolbars are now painted using statusbar colors as expected
  • Localization: Czech localization updated (thanks to Jakub Vit)
  • Localization: Dutch localization updated (thanks to Martijn Weisbeek)
  • Localization: French localization updated (thanks to Guy Pouliot)
  • Localization: German localization updated (thanks to Sven Knurr)
  • Localization: Italian localization updated (thanks to Claudio Vicari)
  • Localization: Ukrainian localization updated (thanks to Igor Kovalenko)
  • Fixed:
  • Bugfix: Do not show (0.0.0.0) when there is no file (product) version available
  • Bugfix: CheckForUpdatesDialog now displays error as expected when something goes wrong
  • Bugfix: OverflowException when opening some ftp folders with very big files (> 2M in size)
  • Bugfix: Creating archive highlighter during initial application setup always fail
  • Bugfix: Very rare ArgumentNullException when executing external tool with parameters
  • Bugfix: Incorrect drive icons on some 64-bit os
  • Bugfix: Very rare InvalidOperationException while performing search
  • Bugfix: InvalidCastException when trying to initialize invalid shell icon overlay identifier
  • Bugfix: Rare NullReferenceException in CommandProcessor when underlying cmd.exe closed right after start
  • Bugfix: Invalid filter recent folders check-box text in change folder dialog when there no recent folders yet
  • Bugfix: HSplit cursor do not shown when resizing columns on list view header in details view
  • Bugfix: ExternalException when trying to open context menu on file with specific shell context menu handlers
  • Other small and not so small unlisted bugfixes

New in Nomad.NET 3.2.0.2780 Beta (Mar 22, 2016)

  • Additional info: + Nomad is now HighDPI aware
  • Archives: Preseve "Zone.Identifier" alternate data stream when extracting from
  • archive
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Right-click console output selection and context menu with
  • corresponding actions added
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Auto-suggest from history and current directory added
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Commands history added
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Standard actions processing added
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Substitution and suggestion rewritten. Now supports multiple
  • substitutions (cycle with Tab).
  • Plugins: Standard actions (Cut, Copy, Paste, etc) filtering for UI plugins
  • Bugfix: Rare "An item with the same key has already been added" exception while
  • searching
  • Bugfix: Very rare NullReferenceException when browsing folders in details view
  • Bugfix: Rare DirectoryNotFoundException when calculating folder size of already
  • deleted folder
  • Bugfix: Rare DirectoryNotFoundException when populating already deleted folder in
  • folder tree
  • Bugfix: Deadlock when deleting current open folder from outside console
  • Bugfix: Very rare InvalidOperationException when updating CmdPromptTabPlugin tab
  • caption
  • Bugfix: Very rare NullReferenceException when closing cmd.exe via Task Manager
  • Bugfix: Native plugins won't load when only version 4 of .net framework installed
  • Bugfix: LF-only line breaks processed incorrectly in CmdPromptTabPlugin
  • Bug #157 finally fixed (Very rare threading issue when opening archive on machine
  • with 4 cores)

New in Nomad.NET 3.2.0.2745 Beta (Oct 22, 2015)

  • FTP: Added ability to update create and modify times on remote servers (via MFCT and MFMT commands)
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Output processing in CommandProcessorController improved
  • Bugfix: ArgumentNullException when extracting one file from zip archives with non-latin file names
  • Bugfix: ArgumentOutOfRangeException when displaying some malformed icons
  • Bugfix: Very rare InvalidOperationException when refreshing folder contents
  • Regression bugfix: Rare NotSupportedException while checking drive readiness
  • Bugfix: CmdPromptTabPlugin does not work on 32-bit OSes
  • Bugfix: Exception on opening Options dialog when Themes folder absent
  • Regression bugfix: Constant NetworkException when icon overlays enabled and "Server" service is not started
  • Bugfix: Dead-lock after in-place renaming folder in folders tree

New in Nomad.NET 3.2.0.2730 Beta (Oct 8, 2015)

  • Major features added:
  • Archives: Added support for rar 5.0 archives (using unrar.dll for view and extract rar archives)
  • VirusTotalPlugin: VirusTotal.com plugin added with ability to check suspicious files online
  • Minor features added:
  • FTP: Differrent time zones support added
  • Archives: Added ability to detect oem encoding for some zip files
  • Archives: Ability to create and update Wim archives unblocked
  • Archives: Added ability to update file date, time and attributes inside archives (7z at the moment)
  • Archives: Added ability to rename files inside archives (7z at the moment)
  • Plugins: Many new internal interfaces published for custom plugins developers
  • Plugins: Custom plugins can declare other plugins dependencies now
  • Plugins: Added ability to show custom plugin option sections in options dialog
  • Plugins: Saving plugin setting with other application settings
  • Plugins: Added ability to configure plugins with separate .config file
  • File copying: Elevation support when copying NTFS security permissions
  • File copying: No buffering support for sync and async modes file copy
  • File copying: Verify support for append and resume
  • Folder comparison options now preserved
  • Unix permissions property added
  • Ability to login to network shares with credentials other than default windows credentials
  • Custom plugin dependencies support in options dialog
  • New option - Open new tab right after active tab
  • Czech localization added (thanks to Jakub Vít)
  • Show external plugin files as links in options dialog
  • Show tooltips for plug-in assemblies and file dependencies in options dialog
  • Switch to ftps when plain ftp is prohibited by server.
  • CmdLinePlugin: Persistent combo box history added
  • CmdLinePlugin: Showing how to use configure plug-in functionality
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Added ability to interrupt long execution with ctrl+c
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Command prompt tabs persist between runs and can be bookmarked now
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Settings with visible section in options dialog added
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Text selection support in command prompt
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Files and folders substitution via Tab press
  • Features changed or improved:
  • Archives: SevenZip support updated to the latest version (9.32)
  • Archives: Improved elevating support for SevenZip archives
  • Archives: Massive pack improvements for non-local files, it is possible to pack file from one archive to another
  • File copying: a lot of internal changes and optimizations
  • Comparing folders improved with more options and in general it is more reliable now
  • Ejecting volumes via shell context menus no longer blocked
  • Restore selection from clipboard improved (wildcards support, for example)
  • Keyboard layout indication in password text boxes now working properly in Win8+
  • Pasting images, text and html formats from clipboard improved
  • Select folder dialog improved with many small changes and now is more usable
  • TotalCmd archive plugins (*.wcx) support refactored to use plugins infrastructure
  • TotalCmd plug-ins (*.w?x) installation improved
  • Populating wfx plugins via plugins framework (ability to enable and disable wfx plugins in options)
  • Available wdx plugins populating improved greatly
  • Check for updates dialog now flashes when in background
  • Using new online GetVersionService in check for updates dialog
  • Removed unwanted tooltips popup after focusing item
  • Tooltip hiding in list view improved (less frequent hide calls and respect mouse wheel)
  • Navigation Link now also focus corresponding item in far panel
  • Shell file system support improved
  • Using STA background thread to get item tooltips now (good for some specific shell namespace items)
  • Tab bookmark storing reworked to remember custom plugin tabs in future
  • Icon extraction in improved yet again to be more compatible (using previous algorithm first).
  • Icons and thumbnail extraction queue optimized, always trying to extract currently visible items first
  • Exact-fit items removed from auto-complete lists
  • Quick find and highlighting found items improved in list view
  • Name filters parsing improved (*, **, etc)
  • Right-click selection improved (do not skip items with fast cursor move)
  • Always select previous tab wneh newly added tab closed (even for tabs created by plug-ins)
  • Using physical sector size instead of cluster size when wiping files
  • Home and End keys behavior changed
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Command prompt window is almost flicker-free now
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Processing console input improved greatly and more consistent now
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Displaying console output improved greatly with encodings support, unicode and more
  • CmdPromptTabPlugin: Pasting from clipboard improve
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Bugfix: Initial setup dialog won't appear on clean machine
  • Bugfix: Rare InvalidCastException exception when opening options with non-standard theme set
  • Bugfix: InvalidOperationException when trying to browse FTP through HTTP proxy
  • Bugfix: Workaround for "The remote server returned an error: 227 Entering Passive Mode (x,x,x,x,x,x)" error
  • Bugfix: Rare ArgumentNullException when starting external tool
  • Bugfix: Updating attributes of file with RO attribute set can reset attributes instead in some conditions
  • Bugfix: & symbol missing in the last folder breadcrumb part after folder refresh
  • Bugfix: Thumbnail images mirrored vertically on some machines
  • Bugfix: Exception when opening bookmark and option dialogs when there is no valid IconSet.resources file
  • Bugfix: InvalidEnumException when skipping file that cannot be opened for packing
  • Bugfix: Infinite search when using IFilter and one of the files can only be partially filtered
  • Bugfix: Unable to create Tar archives with folders
  • Bugfix: Unable to delete from wcx archives, when wcx plugin in unicode
  • Bugfix: Exception on start when registry.wfx plugin disabled in options
  • Bugfix: "Access denied" exception when closing command processor tab
  • Bugfix: Silent crash when using drag-n-drop or clipboard for copying and moving files on some systems
  • Bugfix: NullReferenceException when browsing some specific shell namespace folders
  • Bugfix: ArgumentException when trying to initialize some IFilter with specific files
  • Bugfix: Very rare "Unable to cast object of type 'Byte[]' to type 'String'" when creating a new file.
  • Bugfix: Very rare "The data area passed to a system call is too small" when trying to update volume free space
  • Bugfix: Rare ArgumentOutOfRange exception when extracting icons
  • Bugfix: Unhandled exception when trying to go to some folders via select folder dialog
  • Bugfix: Very rare ArgumentOutOfRange error when opening item context menu
  • Bugfix: Unhandled exception dialog is shown when invalid regular expression entered in filter dialog
  • Bugfix: Unhandled exception dialog is shown when invalid regular expression entered in search dialog
  • Bugfix: DDE error when clicking on "Get more icon packs" link on some machines
  • Bugfix: Crash on application second instance exit when plug-ins configuration changed
  • Bugfix: Rare NullReferenceException error when renaming folder in tree view
  • Bugfix: Item tooltip disappear right after displaying when panel content is changing
  • Bugfix: Rare InvalidOperationException when folder content changed right after tab closed
  • Bugfix: Incorrect property provider traverse order (important for thumbnails extraction).
  • Bugfix: Incorrect thumbnail rotation (from image exif metadata) in image property provider
  • Bugfix: Very rare "An item with the same key has already been added" error while in thumbnail mode.
  • Bugfix: Exception when retrieving default icon for wfx item with invalid characters in name.
  • Bugfix: FilterReader doesn't fail when FILTER_E_UNKNOWNFORMAT exception raised.
  • Bugfix: Correct drives sort for shell file system in tree
  • Bugfix: Drive free space is not refreshed in tooltips
  • Bugfix: Placing shell file system folders into clipboard is very slow
  • Bugfix: Rare errors when closing command processor tab
  • Regression bugfix: "The configuration file has been changed by another program" error on initial program start
  • Bugfix: Rare "Thread was being aborted" error, when browsing asynchronous folders (network, ftp, etc)
  • Bugfix: Rare "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" when trying to justify toolbar buttons
  • Bugfix: "The invoked member is not supported in a dynamic assembly" error when trying to open plug-ins options
  • Bugfix: Error when searching by content and some files in folder cannot be opened for read
  • Bugfix: Troubles with displaying icons for external tools after tool's display style change
  • Bugfix: Executing shell namespace files does not work under x64 OS
  • Other small and not so small unlisted bugfixes

New in Nomad.NET 3.0.5.2365 Beta (Dec 30, 2011)

  • First preview of shared interfaces for native plug-ins is published. It is possible to create you own plug-ins now
  • Shell file system now available from drives menu. Massive improvements in shell file system
  • Ftps is now supported. Many improvements in ftp code (MLST, MLSD, etc). Unix list pattern improved
  • added list pattern for MVS (z/OS, OS390). Ftp list parsing is much more configurable now (via app.config)
  • Demo plug-in: Command Prompt Tab (CmdPromptTabPlugin)
  • Demo plug-in: Command Line (CmdLinePlugin)
  • Copy files opened for writing while using sync or async copy method
  • nomadlogdir% environment variable added
  • Added ability to verify destination files after copy (Delete source check box removed)
  • New list view behavior option: Navigate with cursor keys (left and right)
  • Added ability to unselect items via shift + cursor keys
  • Change current archive format according to destination file extension in pack dialog
  • New commands: "Paste Path" and "Paste Path and Go"
  • Changing drive by keyboard is layout independent now
  • Layout independent quick find (find text in all installed input languages at once), disabled by default
  • Changing views with Ctrl+Wheel and changing alternative views with Alt+Wheel
  • Vista theme completed at last
  • French localization added (thanks to Guy Pouliot)
  • Drag-n-drop to panel toolbar drive buttons is now supported
  • Added global history of visited folders
  • Threat .wcx, .wdx, .uwdx and .wfx as libraries when showing item tooltips (show file description, version, etc)
  • Displaying properties now works for wfx items
  • Items cutted to clipboard have more transparent icons now
  • Drag'n'drop from 7-zip file manager now works as expected
  • Added numeric mnemonics for non-local file systems in drives menu
  • Use selected folders (if any) as target (instead of current folder) for search
  • Various usability tweaks in file panel
  • Send bug report functionality in ExceptionDialog restored
  • Compare folders and compare files have better support for different file systems now
  • Better support for unreadable folders in local file system, ability to rename them
  • Support for invalid characters improved in wfx file system
  • Added option to open target folder instead of inaccessible shortcut
  • Plugins configuration redesigned (now only one list-view with tree-like extensions hierarchy)
  • Deleting folders to recycle bin speed improved (especially for large folders)
  • Moving to volumes mounted to folders improved
  • Moving folders speed improved (especially for large folders)
  • Select folder dialog reworked (recent and history folders, filtering, optimizations, etc)
  • Alt+Click open special folders and bookmarks in far panel
  • Many small unlisted improvements
  • Layout improvements in many dialogs
  • Bugfix: Importing bookmarks and tools will fail when files with the same names exist in place
  • Bugfix: Nomad does not start silently (or crash with ConfigurationErrorsException) on some .net 4 configurations
  • Bugfix: Extremely rare ArgumentException error while browsing in thumbnails mode
  • Bugfix: Quick find does not work properly for folders when custom folder template is applied
  • Bugfix: Extremely rare InvalidOperationException after starting program
  • Bugfix: Exception when trying to create folder with * or ? characters
  • Bugfix: InvalidOperationException when folder content changed right after tab closed
  • Bugfix: Sometimes wheel scrolling does not work on non-main screen
  • Bugfix: Error when parsing invalid icon handler class guid from registry
  • Bugfix: Error when enumerating local shares on WinXP under limited account
  • Bugfix: 'Found invalid data while decoding' when parsing some invalid desktop.ini files
  • Bugfix: Very rare ArgumentOutOfRangeException error when extracting icon for item
  • Bugfix: Location column is not shown for folders found during search
  • Bugfix: Unable to search on Location property (column)
  • Bugfix: FilterReader doesn't fail when FILTER_E_UNKNOWNFORMAT exception raised
  • Bugfix: Deleted plug-ins were not removed from plug-ins assembly cache
  • Bugfix: Rare "An item with the same key has already been added" error while using shell icon provider
  • Bugfix: Exception when trying to copy elevated file (alternate streams enumeration is not supported)
  • Bugfix: Drag-n-drop on other tabs right after start does not work
  • Bugfix: Elevation does not work for limited accounts (i.e. when elevation started under another user account)
  • Bugfix: Rare NullReferenceException on update folder, when folder is actually deleted
  • Bugfix: Rare arithmetic overflow exception when opening search or filter dialog
  • Bugfix: Date condition is not refreshed correctly when editing advanced filter
  • Bugfix: Error when trying to associate taskbar progress with operation form on some machines
  • Bugfix: Path contains invalid characters exception for some linux-based ftp servers
  • Bugfix: Nomad display LIST error on some empty ftp folders (folders which contain only '.' and/or '..')
  • Bugfix: Nomad sometimes cache ftp folders even when caching is disabled in ftp context
  • Bugfix: Some list view colors and highlight colors does not work under Windows x64
  • Bugfix: Optimize program binaries initial task show fail result (but succeed actually) under Windows x64
  • Bugfix: Rare InvalidOperationException when showing item tooltip
  • Bugfix: Options dialog stay visible after close (when closed with OK button), if DWM disabled or not available
  • Bugfix: Right-click drag-n-drop is not working on toolbar drive buttons
  • Bugfix: Rare occasional OutOfMemoryException errors when application is idling
  • Bugfix: Value cannot be null, when adding bookmark to folder with shift key pressed
  • Bugfix: Error when trying to create some complex content search rules ("pyDumps(self." for example)
  • Bugfix: Rare exception when trying to update available free space for panel
  • Bugfix: Object reference not set to an instance of an object, when trying to justify toolbar
  • Bugfix: Object reference not set to an instance of an object, when trying to create link to drive
  • Bugfix: InvalidArgument=Value of '0' is not valid for 'index', when visual styles disabled
  • Bugfix: Operation name is not shown while setting attributes for files
  • Bugfix: Move and rename now works as expected
  • Bugfix: Exception when trying to create link on uri-base file system (shell for example)
  • Regression bugfix: Archives settings always have modified state (even right after opening options)
  • Regression bugfix: Unable to enable or disable archive format
  • Bugfix: Exception when trying to display invalid file time in wfx plugin
  • Bugfix: Exception when trying to open .flv file as archive (using 7z.dll)
  • Bugfix: Items list with explorer theme enabled. Check box should be drawn only when cursor is over item
  • Bugfix: ChangeDriveGoRoot is now respected by drive buttons placed on panels (and it is off by default now)
  • Other small unlisted bugfixes

New in Nomad.NET 2.8.7.1740 (Mar 31, 2011)

  • Regression bug #166 fixed (Copy to wrong folders (žřč for example) in some cases)
  • Bugfix: Exception when closing via Alt+X and there is operations in background
  • Bugfix: Options dialog grows every time on open when default dialog font changed
  • Bugfix: NullReferenceException when closing application with locked folders
  • Bugfix: Invalid zip archives with several identical folder entries now handled correctly
  • Bugfix: "Bold" item icons on hover in WinXP
  • Regression bugfix: Searching duplicates by content does not work
  • Bugfix: Unhandled "The network name cannot be found" exception when navigating from breadcrumb
  • Bugfix: Wrong archive parent folder when navigating to archive from text string
  • Bugfix: Improved behavior in situations when icon is not found for item
  • Bugfix: An error when trying to open autorun.inf folder on machine protected by Avira
  • Bugfix: Some WCX plugins does not work due to invalid internal interface (btdir for example)
  • Bugfix: Load only first found 7z.dll from plugins folder

New in Nomad.NET 2.8.7.1725 RC (Feb 15, 2011)

  • 7z.dll updated to version 9.20 (Both 32 and 64 bit 7z.dll now included)
  • Improved url and file names processing in File Copy Dialog
  • Do not draw thumbnail border in ExplorerTheme mode and when thumbnail present
  • Bug #157 fixed again (Very rare threading issue when opening archive on machine with 4 cores)
  • Bug #163 fixed ("Cannot access a disposed object." crash shortly after tab closing)
  • Bug #164 fixed (Wrong folder overlays for Dropbox 1.0.x synced folders)
  • Bugfix: Set modified state after changing list order (highlighters for example) via Manage Dialog
  • Bugfix: After renaming item cursor moved to first item in list
  • Bugfix: Hang in ShellDetails.wdx due to incorrect path (i.e. 'c:\') names handling
  • Bugfix: Error on opening bookmark located on two-level under bookmarks folder
  • Bugfix: Long check box text displayed incorrectly in standard message dialog
  • Bugfix: Inconsistent breadcrumb path when opening .tag.gz (or similar) archives
  • Bugfix: Failed to find items when background search is completed too fast
  • Bugfix: Unable to delete empty folders from 7z archives
  • Bugfix: Noticeable freeze when showing Set Attributes Dialog with large selection
  • Bugfix: Del key not working in breadcrumb and quick find strips
  • Bugfix: Broken inherited desktop.ini support restored
  • Bugfix: Invalid overlay processing for shortcut files (*.lnk)
  • Other small unlisted bugfixes

New in Nomad.NET 2.8.7.1700 RC (Nov 22, 2010)

  • actMakeFolder command added to folder context menu
  • New default document archive extensions added
  • Size formatting changed a bit (do not show zero after decimal point if it not
  • needed)
  • Parsing dos-like listings improved in FTP (unknown LIST format errors fixed for
  • some ftp servers)
  • Bugfix: Show invalid speed per second (like 0.xxxxxxxx) when copying speed is too slow
  • Bugfix: Sometimes item info panel height became too big
  • Bugfix: Show warning (instead of error) when error occurred when starting link
  • outside browser
  • Bugfix: Black background at toolbar settings page in options under Win7
  • Bugfix: Do not skip shortcut processing if command is disabled
  • Bugfix: Unable to change language in Nomad_x86
  • Bugfix: Some shortcut keys combinations cannot be entered in hot key boxes
  • Bug #159 fixed (Hang when trying to use .ico file as image for toolbar button)
  • Bug #160 fixed (Rare exception when changing "use visual styles" option on Win7 x64)
  • Bug #161 possible fixed (Icons displayed only for focused and selected items in
  • some rare circumstances)
  • Bug #162 fixed (Rare object is currently in use elsewhere error when displaying
  • item icon)

New in Nomad.NET 2.8.7.1685 RC (Aug 30, 2010)

  • Do not show worker dialog if operation takes less than 500ms
  • Local file system folders browsing speed improved by ~15%
  • TagLib# updated to version 2.0.3.7
  • Bugfix: Memory leak in Vista thumbnail provider eliminated
  • Bugfix: Exception on bookmark right click, when bookmark is located in subfolder
  • Bugfix: Very small bug with removing buttons from toolbar by context menu fixed
  • Bugfix: Sometimes wrong path displayed in "look in" box after search dialog opened
  • Bugfix: Path entered with '/' instead of '\' now handled correctly
  • Bugfix: Shortcuts with Alt can no longer execute while any modal dialog opened
  • Bugfix: Some shortcut keys combinations cannot be entered in hot key boxes
  • Bug #147 fixed again (Rare exception when deleting one file on very fast machine)
  • Bug #157 fixed (Very rare threading issue when opening archive on machine with 4 cores)
  • Bug #158 fixed (Drop-down menus with folders on breadcrumb panel sometimes closing unexpectedly)

New in Nomad.NET 2.8.7.1672 Beta (Jul 20, 2010)

  • Opening special folders in far panel when Shift key pressed
  • Clear selection button added to file panel (visible only when selection exists)
  • Better insufficient free space detecting in system copy mode
  • Using system copy when possible by default
  • More plural forms in all localizations for better user expirience
  • Highlighters options section and manage list dialog layouts changed
  • Manage list functionality restored for search and find templates
  • Bugfix: Better exceptions handling in TagLib property provider
  • Bugfix: Better exceptions handling when showing shell context menus
  • Bugfix: Show warning (instead of crush report) when there is no mail:// hanlder in system
  • Bugfix: Less strict taskbar progress initialization on Win7 (Do not fail on error)
  • Bug #147 fixed again (Rare exception when deleting one file on very fast machine)
  • Regression bug #149 fixed (Quick find started when pressing Num +, Num *, etc)
  • Bug #150 fixed (Very rare exception on program staring)
  • Bug #151 fixed (Exceptions in options after minimizing application to tray)
  • Bug #152 fixed (Visual artifacts in New File dialog on WinXP)
  • Regression bug #153 fixed (Visual artifacts after program closing on WinXP)
  • Regression bug #154 fixed (Search starts in different folder)
  • Bug #155 fixed (Exception on Toolbars section in Options)
  • Bug #156 fixed (Exception when unable to detect reparse point type)

New in Nomad.NET 2.8.6.1638 Beta (Jun 9, 2010)

  • Nomad_x86 bootstrapper added (useful for starting Nomad in x86 mode under x64 OS)
  • Added ability to minimize to tray (both througt minimize button and command)
  • Added ability to open archives by entering archive path in breadcrumb (command line too)
  • Ukrainian localization added
  • Elevated folders creation in copying operation
  • Compressing files and folders for elevated items now works properly
  • Fallbacking to 7-Zip installation folder when no 7z.dll found in Plugin\Formats folder
  • Using Left and Right keys for fast browsing in Details view
  • Crc32 algorigthm changed to be png compatible
  • Better error reporting for non-main threads
  • Owner-draw comboboxes now have native Vista look
  • Sort dialog layout changed
  • Copy and pack dialog layouts improved
  • Many comboboxes now auto-sizeable for better content localization
  • Small application start speed-up (~5-10%) when many tabs opened
  • Many forms localization improved, plural forms and other changes in strings
  • Do not show copy data streams warning, if only zone identifier stream exists
  • Several fixes in Image property provider (valid exif image rotation and thumbnail size)
  • Bugfix: Remove horizontal scroll bar flickering when changing folder in details view
  • Bugfix: Do not lose focused state in several circumstances in panel under Win7
  • Bugfix: Rare exception when showing item tooltip fixed
  • Bugfix: Very rare racing when extracting files were eliminated
  • Bugfix: Error in delta time calculations when OS is working without restart for more then 20 days
  • Bugfix: Rare exception when trying to show cutted items in panel
  • Bugfix: Now works without errors with FtpDrive
  • Bug #141 finally fixed (Exception when processing appcommands)
  • Bug #144 fixed (Exception after disconnecting usb flash opened in inactive tab)
  • Bug #145 fixed (Exception on elevated process cleanup)
  • Bug #146 fixed (Exception when entering path in breadcrumb)
  • Bug #147 fixed (Rare exception when deleting one file on very fast machine)
  • Bug #148 fixed at last! (Silent crush when opening archive settings in options on some machines)
  • Various unlisted small fixes

New in Nomad.NET 2.8.6.1583 Alpha (Jun 9, 2010)

  • In-process elevation for operations that need administrator privileges
  • NewCommand: actGCCollect (GC Collect)
  • Ability to configure autocompletion added in options dialog
  • New option: Double-click on empty space
  • Search, Filter and Options dialog now opening faster
  • Internal implementation for local file system changed
  • Memory consumption for panel's history reduced
  • Autocompleting now search in recent items too
  • Some theming changes (better system theme looking on Vista, and better fonts support for tabs)
  • Groups in Manage Columns dialog are now collapsible
  • Better password protected archives handling
  • actCalculateFolderSizes renamed to actCalculateOnDemandProperties, behavior change accordingly
  • Hash property provider now provider on-demand properties (instead of slow).
  • Bugfix: Rare element already exists exception when opening archive
  • Bugfix: Rare crush in default icon provider
  • Bugfix: Rename from context menu does not work sometimes and more
  • Bugfix: Ability to use test (text) localizations restored
  • Bugfix: Several memory leaks eliminated
  • Bugfix: Broken copy to clipboard from archives functionality restored
  • Bugfix: File packing dialog is not shown in one panel mode
  • Bugfix: Crush on old systems because method which absent in .net 2 is used (available starting from .net 2 SP1)
  • Bug #143 fixed (Exception when browsing bookmarks with Shell icon provider)
  • Bug #142 fixed (Exception after renaming in folder panel)
  • Bug #141 fixed (Exception when processing appcommands)
  • Bug #140 (Placement issue in multi-monitor environment)
  • Bug #139 fixed (Hanging when opening context menu with owner-draw items)
  • Bug #138 fixed (Folder times were not copied with error)
  • Bug #137 fixed (Exception in Details mode when sorting by Size and quickly select folders)

New in Nomad.NET 2.8.5.1523 Alpha (Jun 9, 2010)

  • Auto complete for text boxes completely rewritten (now with support for
  • relative folders, environment variables and known folders (shell:xxx))
  • Support for Total Commander content plugins added (WDX plugins)
  • Support for Vista's known folders added (partial support in previous OSes)
  • Columns templates added to Manage columns dialog and columns context menu
  • Alternate data streams now copied in Sync and Async mode (in addition to System mode)
  • New command: actOpen (Open) (Enter)
  • New command: actOpenAsArchive (Open as Archive) (Shift+Enter)
  • New command: actRunAsAdmin (Run as Administrator) (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Enter)
  • New command: actAddFolderToRecent (Add to Recent)
  • New command: actSelectSingleItem (Select Item) (Ins)
  • New command: actSelectSingleItemAndCalculate (Select Item and Calculate) (Space)
  • New property: Data Streams - number of alternate data streams for item
  • New "Skip shortcuts" option in Search dialog
  • Added ability to abort any worker if it hangs (copy, pack, delete, etc)
  • Support for "On Demand" properties added (calculated with Space)
  • Support for 7z.dll 9.11 added (PPMd in zip)
  • Keyboard shortcuts handling improved
  • Using delayed and improved icon extraction in many new places
  • Show "Open Containing Folder" command in item context menu (when appropriate)
  • "Open in Far Panel" command behavior changed
  • Many dialogs now use new validation engine to check input values
  • Each panel history now limited with 96 (32) items, configurable in Nomad.exe.config
  • Path breadcrumb recent items click behavior changed
  • Showing more information in tooltips for unauthorized folders
  • Search, Advanced Filder, Options, About dialogs layout changed
  • "Quick Find" command (Ctrl+F) now toggles find panel
  • "Rename Single Item" command (F2) now toggles name part selection
  • Folder hangling for plugins changed
  • WCX plugins now installed into Plugins\WCX\[Plugin]\ folder
  • All property providers refactored to remove dependency to main assembly
  • Better subfolders size calculation
  • Much better and faster size on disk (allocation size) calculation for both files and folders
  • TagLib-sharp.dll updated to version 2.0.3.6
  • Items moved into clipboard now highlighted in panels
  • Bug #102 fixed (Racing conditions in icon extraction engine)
  • Bug #122 fixed again (Sort mark in details view not shown when multiple tabs)
  • Bug #125 fixed (Exception on sorting after panel content refresh)
  • Bug #126 fixed (Exception in search (filter) dialog when hiding details)
  • Bug #127 fixed (Thumbnails disappear after changing thumbnail size)
  • Bug #124 fixed (Exception when clicking on breadcrumb bar before initialization complete)
  • Bug #128 fixed (Some keyboard shortcuts does not work after start)
  • Bug #129 fixed (Exception when click on context menu separator)
  • Bug #130 fixed (AV on renaming the folder)
  • Bug #131 fixed (Exception when displaying item tooltip)
  • Bug #132 fixed (Cannot change list view colors twice)
  • Bug #134 fixed (Focus were not set properly in Make Folder dialog)
  • Bug #135 fixed (Object is used elsewhere exception when showing tooltip)
  • Bug #136 fixed (Exception on indirect retrieving reparse folder type)
  • Bugfix: Some command texts were not localized or localized incorrectly when switching language
  • Bugfix: Rare exception when starting searching
  • Bugfix: Hide skip file button when stopping copy
  • Bugfix: Do not load desktop.ini for inactive tabs after program load
  • Bugfix: Several bugs in shell context menu handling were fixed
  • Bugfix: Exception when executing shortcut with missing target
  • Several other issues fixed

New in Nomad.NET 2.8.0.1410 Alpha (Jun 9, 2010)

  • Completely new list and tree view painting engine with run-time alpha blending
  • New breadcrumb bar: completely redesigned, better drives support, recent folders history, command button, context menu, vista-like, etc.
  • Native explorer theme support for list views and tree views added (Vista)
  • Support for file based themes added, many new configurable theme options
  • Initial initialization improved: new initial tasks, detailed progress report, license information in Setup and Upgrade dialog
  • Much better unhandled exceptions processing, new Error dialog, show crush information on next start, *.pdb files removed from distribution
  • Massive code optimizations in many-many areas, program now works much faster
  • File tooltips support transparency now, configurable in options
  • New default dialogs layout, with dedicated buttons bar, better auto-sizing, etc.
  • Vista thumbnail provider added
  • Show 'Administrator' label in form title when running with elevated permissions (Vista)
  • Show opearation state and progress in taskbar button (Win7)
  • Added support for restart and recovery functionality (Vista)
  • Register jump list tasks during initialization (Win7)
  • Support for IconResource desktop.ini parameter added
  • Support for animated thumnails in Image property provider
  • Additional special folders can now be added in app.config
  • Detect edited file changes and upload changed file back to ftp server
  • In many cases Nomad can detect application that locked file (Vista)
  • Better multi-threading support: new framework for parrallel computations used in many
  • File tooltips support moved to dedicated thread (UI is much more responsive now)
  • Issue #104 resolved (Detect and handle close colors situations using some approximation algorithm)
  • Folder tree view now watch for folders changing and updated accordingly
  • Option to select folders in addition to files has beed added in Select dialog
  • Support for application commands added (Stop, Refresh, etc buttons on some keyboads and mices)
  • When clicking on empty space in panel new context menu is shown (with appropriate commands configurable through nomad.config)
  • New command line option: -dump (used for debugging application hangs)
  • New command line option: -old (use existing nomad instance when possible)
  • Improved item images support for certain menu items in shell context menu (Vista, TortoiseSVN)
  • Additional options for list view styles (list, thumbnails, etc) in View menu
  • Show panel state in folder panel bar (filtered, locked)
  • New assembly added Nomad.FileSystem.dll for future plug-ins support
  • New configurable option: Show '..' item in list
  • New configurable option: Clear selection before performing file operation
  • Issue #15 implemented (Vista style progress bar looks ugly under Win9x, WinNT and Win2k)
  • New command: Help contents
  • New commands: Map Network Drive and Disconnect Network Drive
  • New command: Copy current folder as Text
  • New command: Quick Change Folder
  • New command: Recent Folders
  • New command: Open in Far Folder
  • New commands: Left = Right and Right = Left
  • Support for complex plural forms added (used in Russian and Belarussian translations)
  • Two new themes: Classic/Norton Commander and Classic/Dos Navigator
  • Many new overwrite rules in Overwrite dialog (look in drop down)
  • Skip File button in copy dialog (skip file if it takes too long to copy it)
  • New paste content dialog (paste clipboard content (text, image, etc) into file)
  • Added ability to hide main menu
  • Ability to run external tools with administrative privileges added
  • Refresh panel algorithm changed (long-lasting issue with panel sort fixed)
  • Ability to create untyped files in New File dialog
  • Extract valid default icons in Vista, Win7
  • Much better tree view support in Vista
  • User can now drop items on supported unopened archives
  • Faster extracted icons displaying when using delayed extraction
  • List view columns support changed, now user enter min column width in pixels instead of columns count
  • Faster (more responsive) main form resizing with mouse, better maximization support
  • TagLib-sharp.dll updated to version 2.0.3.3
  • Support for 7z.dll version 9.x (LZMA2, XZ archive, etc)
  • 7z.dll updated to version 9.10 update 3
  • Startup time redused significantly, especially when loading many tabs
  • Delayed icons extracting now used everywhere (breadcrumb, menus, etc) which lead for faster and more responsive ui
  • Ask for extract entire arhive when trying to watch .html file
  • Folder change detection code for non-NT (Win9x, Samba) systems completely rewritten
  • Support for relative icon path in desktop.ini added
  • Better (faster) clipboard state detection (Vista)
  • Additional text fields validation added in many dialogs (Make Folder, Bookmark Folder, etc)
  • Respect image orientation EXIF tag in Image property provider
  • Office 2007 theme removed from main distribution
  • Select only file name when renaming file
  • Show file name along with folder in File Ñopy Dialog when copying single file
  • Options dialog size and positions are preserved now (use Shift to reset position when opening)
  • Support for folder links (*.lnk, *.url) in command line added* Some op
  • Bugfix: Delays when showing drive menu on some systems removed
  • Bugfix: Refresh on network folder now correctly reloading content
  • Bugfix: Issue with losing list view items colors were fixed
  • Bugfix: Archive reloading functionality restored
  • Bugfix: Intercept exception when opening wcx archive (invalid wcx plugin)
  • Bugfix: Racing condition in icon extraction engine removed
  • Bugfix: Thumnail sizes was not stored in panel layout
  • Bugfix: Many x64 related issues were fixed, must work correctly now
  • Bugfix: RunInThread and AsyncFileCopy options were not stored/restored correctly
  • Bugfix: Correct handling of 'abc;def' name filters
  • Bug #118 fixed (Cannot rename folder to the same name with other casings)
  • Bug #119 fixed (Race conditions in Shell image provider)
  • Bug #121 fixed (Access denied when deleting Read-Only files)
  • Bug #122 fixed (Sort mark in details view not shown when multiple tabs)
  • Bug #123 fixed (Repeating SecurityException when accessing registry in some rare cases)

New in Nomad.NET 2.6.8.1195 RC (Sep 1, 2009)

  • Yet another milestone passed on the road to stable release. This time, in addition to bugfixes, this release implements several user requests. Also there is new Nomad localization - Dutch, many thanks to Martijn Weisbeek

New in Nomad.NET 2.6.8.1180 RC (Jul 7, 2009)

  • Russian license agreement has been added
  • English license agreement changed a bit (points to copyright holders removed)
  • Nomad is built for x86 target (must fix problems under Window x64 for the moment)
  • Clear content cache in network folder on Refresh
  • Bug #99 fixed (Crush when folder bar enabled in both panels)
  • Bug #100 fixed (Panels layout loaded incorrectly when second toolbar visible)
  • Bug #101 fixed (Exception when opening options dialog on asian systems)
  • Bug #103 fixed (Exception when opening new tab from archive)
  • Bug #105 fixed (Cannot open drive with two files with the same name)
  • Bug #106 fixed (Crush on when extracting thumbnail from some html files (with scripts))
  • Bugfix: Very rare crush on reading overlay icons
  • Bugfix: Long-lasting bug with access violation in shell file system was fixed
  • Bugfix: Thumbnail size was not stored with panel layout
  • Bugfix: Fixed problem with mouse wheel scrolling in combobox when dropdown is shown

New in Nomad.NET 2.6.8.1166 Beta (Jun 9, 2009)

  • German localization added (thanks to Sven Knurr)
  • A lot of layout changes in many forms for better fit long localized strings
  • Refresh algorithm changed yet again (improved deleted item focusing, improved delayed sort)
  • Use native hand cursor under WinXP+ (with shadow, etc)
  • A lot of localization typos fixed
  • Archive reloading on change functionality restored
  • Fixed bug with double clicks in Change Folder dialog
  • Fixed annoying bug with item tooltip flickering when browsing with keyboard in Vista
  • Bug #98 fixed (Crush when opening folder which contains subfolder with malformed desktop.ini file)
  • Bug #97 fixed (Default application settings from nomad.exe.config is ignored)
  • Bug #96 fixed (One panel layout restored incorrectly when there is several tabs)
  • Bug #95 fixed (Sorted column has no title after duplicating tab under Vista)
  • Bug #94 fixed (Exception with malformed text language file)
  • Bug #93 fixed (Cannot open drive menu if NoRootDirectory drive exists)

New in Nomad.NET 2.6.8.1140 Beta (May 13, 2009)

  • Item tooltips now supports OS theming (native Vista look)
  • Folder refresh algorithm improved (especially useful for delayed icon extraction)
  • Delayed icon extract now set to ALWAYS by default
  • Some optimizations in slow property retrieval and folder size calculations
  • Hiding options now works for tree view too
  • Bug #88 fixed (Crush when drive has no serial number on nvidia chipsets)
  • Bug #89 fixed (In certain circumstances thumbnails was not retrieved in thumbnail view)
  • Bug #90 fixed (Folder tree is not sorted on FAT drives)
  • Bug #91 fixed (Crush on power off with started Nomad in Windows Vista)
  • Bug #92 fixed (Exception on opening bookmarks with unexistent ftp folder)
  • Bugfix: Setup and Upgrade Dialog was not shown on clean machine
  • Very rare icon-related crush was fixed
  • Several other issues fixed

New in Nomad.NET 2.5.1.880 RC (Mar 2, 2009)

  • Rename or move resources updated (Move or rename), and better caption percents in worker dialogs
  • Times comparison algorithm changed (now when times difference less than 1 second, they threated as equal)
  • Much better drive icon extraction (better error handling, faster, etc)
  • Show wait cursor before starting file through RunAsDialog
  • Bug #80 fixed (Exception after dragging image from Firefox to file panel)
  • Suppress Ctrl+Num+ shortcut in VirtualFilePanel (to prevent default columns resizing)
  • Try to fix deadlock when extracting many files at once

New in Nomad.NET 2.5.1.868 RC (Jan 20, 2009)

  • New fancy logo in about dialog
  • Many new menu icons (paste, select, etc)
  • Folder environment parameter values changed (removed trailing backslash)
  • Small layout changes in several dialogs
  • Better availability check for some virtual properties
  • Bookmark and tools initialization and re-initialization improvements
  • Bug #66 fixed (Skip empty folders copy option does not working property)
  • Bug #67 fixed (Created bookmark for ftp folder not appear in the Bookmarks menu)
  • Bug #65 fixed (Crush when trying to paste files from deleted archive)
  • Bug #68 fixed (Bug with hard drive to which there is no access at all)
  • Bug #69 fixed (When copy file to network share "out of space" error shown)
  • Try to fix bug #70 (Very rare crush when packing using zip packer with 2 or more threads)
  • Bug #71 fixed (Exception on executing external tool)
  • Bug #72 fixed (Sometimes bookmarks drop down menu unpinned from the place where it
  • must be)
  • Bug #73 partially fixed (Exception on start Nomad)
  • Bug #74 fixed (Cannot bookmark search folder on root drive)
  • Other small fixes

New in Nomad.NET 2.5.1.845 Beta (Dec 29, 2008)

  • Ability to create new files of different types (menu and dialog)
  • Clickable 7z banner added to archive options
  • Issue #62 implemented (Drives mounted as folders shown with folder icon)
  • New command: Calculate Folder Sizes
  • New virtual property: Volume Label
  • New option: Folder name template (Folder, [Folder])
  • New option: Show column lines in details view
  • Reparse points and mount points now have Shortcut Target property
  • When new version is available now release type shown with version (alpha, beta, etc)
  • Many other small improvements and fixes
  • Check for updates functionality restored (moved to another host)

New in Nomad.NET 2.3.0.685 RC (Aug 14, 2008)

  • Show free space on drive thumbnail
  • actShowBookmarks command added (show bookmarks drop-down menu, default Alt B)
  • Do not show exception when trying to start bad exe file
  • Bug #42 fixed at last (Very long drive list openning with fake floppy drives)
  • Bug #43 fixed (DirectoryNotFoundException when context menu is shown for deleted folder)
  • Bug #46 fixed (Bug with copying into buffer Ctrl Shift C)

New in Nomad.NET 2.2.0.537 Beta (May 14, 2008)

  • New command: Customize Folder, ability to remember some options for folder
  • Tooltips now configurable based on file type (many preconfigured options)
  • Tooltip now shows thumbnail (if exists) or icon (no UI to configure at the moment)
  • Columns providers added, many new columns introduced, configuration columns
  • and column providers in options, searching and filtering in new columns, etc.
  • Currently available property providers:
  • File Version Provider (extract version information from PE files)
  • Flash Video (FLV) Provider (extract basic image info)
  • Thumbs.db Thumbnail Provider (extract thumbnail from thumbs.db file, if exists)
  • Image Provider (extract basic image info, exif tags, thumbnail, can set description)
  • TagLib Provider (extract video and audio basic info, tag, thumbnail, can set description)
  • Photoshop (PSD) Provider (extract basic image info, thumbnail)
  • Description Provider (get and set description, based on descript.ion files)
  • Shell file system introducted (unstable at the moment). (shell://c:)
  • Ability to change keyboard layout has been added (through options)
  • Create shortcuts throug MakeLink dialog (many shortcut types supported)
  • Detect locking application on file deletion (sometimes, based on ole)
  • First start initialization code added
  • New command: Edit Description
  • Local file system folders now can get and set description (in desktop.ini file)
  • Multi-threaded search in some cases (great speed boost on multi-core cpu)
  • Ability to use system copy routine (instead of default one)
  • Copy progress dialog greatly improved (now shows much more information)
  • Option to start applications in thread (eliminate program freeze)
  • Ability to create (and handle) network location shortcuts added
  • More drive type icons in default icon provider
  • Support for volume level links added (subst, mount, etc)
  • Application can now compile itself with NGen (-compile switch)
  • Option to process shell folder shortcuts
  • Vista menu renderer added (incomplete)
  • Reset system idle timers during long file operations (copy, delete, etc)
  • Some classes moved to different assemblies (for future plug-ins support)
  • Some performance improvements (list view painting optimized)
  • Better drag'n'drop support (now accepts folder drag from explorer zip folders)
  • Better keyboard shortcuts handling
  • Set attributes dialog layout changed (show one or several selected items)
  • Better theme support
  • Sort dialog layout improved (shows inactive properties in gray color)
  • Framework to simplify adding InfoTips
  • More copy options in options dialog
  • Networking support improved (speedup, context menu and properties)
  • Algorithm for enabling auto async mode (both copy and compare) greatly improved
  • Ftp connect dialog error reporting improved
  • File copy dialog error reporting improved
  • Highlight error values with red color in many dialogs
  • Bookmarks folder support improved
  • Toolbar support improved
  • Better ACL handling/copying (NTFS file and folder permissions)
  • Various UI fixes
  • Bugfix: Images was not extracted under Win2k3 and WinXp64
  • Bugfix: Networking does not works under Win9x
  • Many bugs are fixes and some new introduced