Portable XYplorerFree Changelog

What's new in Portable XYplorerFree 17.40.0000

Nov 28, 2016
  • Content Search:
  • Now multi-field search supports content. So you can search for files that contain "Country" OR "Western".

New in Portable XYplorerFree 17.30.0100 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • Minor bug fixes and enhancements.
  • Scripting:
  • Some cool additions for advanced users like nested popup menus, numbered arguments, and the switch() statement. See help file for details.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 17.30.0000 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • Find Dangerous Characters:
  • Now you can find files that have invisible and potentially dangerous Unicode characters in the name. You now can as well color-code such files.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 17.20.0000 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • Single File Search:
  • Quickly list a single file at any given location without tediously expanding the folder tree and browsing the whole directory first. It’s like a wormhole to any point in your file system.
  • Type Stats and Filter:
  • Lost track of what you have selected? Type Stats gives you the numbers. Filter lets you narrow things down.
  • Custom Copy:
  • Now you have a Retry button in case of failure. There’s always a second chance.
  • Custom Vorbis Tags:
  • Now you can display, search, or color code whatever custom tags you might expect in your FLAC and OGG files.
  • Audio Tags:
  • Now the Composer tag in Vorbis Comments (FLAC and OGG) is natively supported additionally to Album, Artist, Comments, Composer, Genre, Title, Track, and Year.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 17.10.0000 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • Audio Tags:
  • Now Vorbis Comments in FLAC and OGG files are supported. They can be shown in columns, in reports, and on mouse hover. And you can use them in file search and scripts.
  • Safety Belts:
  • Added an optional native delete confirmation prompt including deep stats.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 17.00.0000 (Jul 15, 2016)

  • Live Filter Box:
  • The most desired feature since Dual Pane. Now it’s here. Filter as you type.
  • Content Search:
  • Now you can run a content search via inline switch.
  • Stronger Tree Lines:
  • Optionally have lines drawn solid instead of dotted.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.90.0000 (Jul 15, 2016)

  • Tree Structured Report:
  • Create a one-click easy-to-read and easy-to-process recursive report on the current directory.
  • Collision Prompt:
  • New quick action buttons Overwrite and Skip.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.80.0000 (May 19, 2016)

  • Undo/Redo:
  • The number of undoable actions has been raised from 100 to 256.
  • Copy Path:
  • The white space context menu now features the shortest way to the popular Copy Path command.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.70.0000 (May 3, 2016)

  • New:
  • A new toolbar button lets you quickly toggle the display of folder sizes.
  • View and Edit the Clipboard:
  • A new toolbar button serves as a quick and basic clipboard viewer. Simply hover it to show any text or file items currently in the clipboard. Click it to edit those clipboard contents.
  • Paste and Go:
  • Now you can paste a file or folder path directly into the tree or the list and XYplorer will go to it right away.
  • Color Filters:
  • Now you can define whether a filter is applied to the Tree, or to the List, or to both, for each filter individually.
  • Rename Special:
  • Now it’s also supported in the folder tree.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.50.0000 (Mar 17, 2016)

  • Downloads and Links. Now the virtual folders "Downloads" and "Links" are shown in the folder tree. The Downloads folders is a standard folder in File Explorer since Vista. It has been added to XYplorer for completeness. The Links folders is a standard folder as well, but it’s much more interesting:
  • You can add links by dragging items right onto the Links folder. This can be locations, or files (documents, photos, etc), or programs.
  • You can click links to jump to the linked location or file, or in case of program links, to open the linked program.
  • You can as well drop items onto location links (item is copied or moved to the location) and program links (item is opened by the program).

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.40.0000 (Mar 8, 2016)

  • Preview Pane:
  • A vertical preview pane

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.30.0000 (Mar 8, 2016)

  • Color Histogram:
  • The Floating Preview now sports an optional color histogram. Lets you check out your photos' color channels in a blink.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.20.0200 (Mar 8, 2016)

  • Hide protected operating system files:
  • A new toolbar button allows you to quickly show/hide those Desktop.ini and Thumbs.db files.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.20.0100 (Mar 8, 2016)

  • Batch Move:
  • Now also RegExp Rename supports Batch Move.
  • Hide protected operating system files:
  • Now you can easily hide items that are both HIDDEN and SYSTEM.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.20.0000 (Mar 8, 2016)

  • Global Visual Filters:
  • One of the best features of XYplorer got even better. All previous limits have been stripped from Global Visual Filters. Global filtering now is totally easy to do and more powerful at the same time. No extra rules to learn, it just works as you expect it to work.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.10.0300 (Mar 8, 2016)

  • Multilingual Support:
  • Added support for Catalan.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.10.0000 (Mar 8, 2016)

  • Preview:
  • Completely revised the preview engine. Now you can preview Office, Audio, and Video files using the available preview handlers. A huge improvement over previous versions, notably for Office files and document formats like RTF, PDF, and XPS.
  • Floating Preview and Full Screen Preview:
  • Now it supports previewing Office, PDF, Audio and Video, Font, and Icon files. And, of course, you still can view your photos with it.
  • Batch Move:
  • This feature allows you to automatically distribute a large number of files by certain criteria to automatically created folders, in one go. A neat freak's dream.
  • Multilingual Support:
  • Added support for Finnish.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 16.00.0000 (Nov 22, 2015)

  • Image Tagging:
  • A new Tag Bar allows for tagging and commenting images right from the Floating Preview.
  • Image File Processing:
  • Now you can run a custom script directly from the Floating Preview.
  • Fujifilm Photos:
  • Added support for the maker notes in Fujifilm JPEGs.
  • Autosave Settings:
  • Added the option to automatically save settings after a certain time.
  • Breadcrumb Bars:
  • Now you can drop stuff onto the Breadcrumb Bars.
  • Advanced Hex Search:
  • Now you can find files with particular byte patterns at particular positions.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.90.0000 (Nov 22, 2015)

  • Thumbnails Speed. New "High Speed" mode generates thumbnails 3 to 5 times faster than before.
  • Not much to show or explain here. Just select "High Speed" in Configuration | Thumbnails | Quality and enjoy. Just one thing: Vista or later is needed to get the new speed.
  • To give you something colorful to look at, here is a picture wall done with XYplorer's thumbnails view (small thumbnails size, no caption, zoom to fill, padding 1 pixel)

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.80.0000 (Sep 22, 2015)

  • Global Visual Filters:
  • Global Visual Filters can visually reduce your file system to the stuff you created this year, this month, this week, today. Or to JPEGs only. Or to everything you tagged as "Important". Or whatever criteria you want to apply. Filter and conquer. Only show what you need to see. Global Visual Filters might change the way you manage your files.
  • Visual Filters by Tags:
  • Now you can show just those items with certain labels, tags, and comments, and hide all others.
  • Color Filters by Tags:
  • Now you can color-code items depending on their labels, tags, and comments.
  • Search In List:
  • Now you can run a search over a list of items, instead of just searching one or more locations. This can be an arbitrary list compiled in a file or in the clipboard, or the currently listed items, or the currently selected items. So you now can easily run a search over the current search results, again and again.
  • Dupes By Basename:
  • Now you can find groups of files with the same basename, regardless of their extensions.
  • Find By Count:
  • Now you can find folders by the number of the contained items.
  • Multilingual Support:
  • Added support for Klingon. [Qapla', Donald! Softpedia dares you to add support for Minion language]

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.70.0000 (Sep 22, 2015)

  • Flatten Folder:
  • Now you can flatten a multi-level folder structure via the folder’s right-click menu. Simply click "Flatten Folder". It’s easy, quick, and safe. And you can even reverse it by clicking Undo.
  • Drag and Drop:
  • Now you can change the default drag and drop behavior (which is Move on same drive, Copy on different drive), and e.g. always Move or always Copy. Might save you a headache.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.60.0000 (Sep 22, 2015)

  • Floating Preview:
  • Now you can navigate your photos by left mouse click.
  • Lock Zoom Position:
  • Optionally keep the zoom position when switching images in the preview. Useful when comparing details of different versions of the same image.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.50.0000 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • Smart Right Click:
  • Enjoy smart context menus on Name, Size, and Date columns.
  • Date Picker:
  • Finally there is an easier way to enter dates into the find-by-date interface.
  • Photo Data:
  • Now Exposure Program and Exposure Bias are displayed in the photo data.
  • Histogram:
  • The image preview now features an optional luminosity histogram.
  • Invert and Grayscale:
  • Images can now be previewed inverted (negative) and/or converted to grayscale.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.40.0000 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • Copy File Size:
  • Quickly copy a file's size in various formats.
  • Age Display Limit:
  • Now you can show the age for today's files, the absolute date for all other files.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.30.0000 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • Show Cached Thumbnails Only:
  • Now you can browse your system in thumbnails view without any delays caused by new thumbnails being created.
  • Paste and Find:
  • Quickly jump to a file pasting its name directly into the file list.
  • Age Display Limit:
  • Now you can define when to show the age or the absolute date of files. You will love it when you see it.
  • Zoom By Wheel:
  • Zooming fonts by mouse wheel now is optional. Turning it off is better when running XY on tablets.
  • Hungarian:
  • Added support for Hungarian (Magyar).

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.20.0100 (May 20, 2015)

  • Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.20.0000 (May 19, 2015)

  • Auto-Select First Item:
  • Now you can have the first list item auto-selected when entering a new folder. Some cannot live without this.
  • Link View:
  • Quickly check what a shortcut points to before you open it.
  • Network Speed:
  • Enjoy speed improvements and smoother handling of unavailable network locations.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.10.0000 (May 19, 2015)

  • Find Files Without Extension:
  • Searching for files with no extension? It's easy now. Simply search for *. (asterisk-dot).
  • Toggle Quick Search:
  • A new toolbar button provides a handy way to run the last search on and off in various locations.
  • Dropdown Left:
  • Now you can have the address bar's dropdown button on the left. Might reduce your mouse mileage.
  • Photo Preview:
  • Now you can show basic photo data in the Floating Preview's status bar.
  • Load Speed:
  • Major load speed increase compared to 15.00 and before.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.00.0500 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • Image Preview Quality:
  • Further improved the quality of image previews and thumbnails. The difference is subtle but notable.
  • Thumbnails:
  • Now you can choose among three different qualities: Fast, Crisp, and Smooth. Smooth is new, and it's the best quality you can get.
  • White Border Preview:
  • Lets you view your photos with a nice white border.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.00.0400 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • Selected Items to Top:
  • Quickly show all selected items at the top of the list. A welcome usability boost.
  • Flat Select:
  • Renamed the feature to Quick Select.
  • Speed:
  • Major load speed increase.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.00.0200 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 15.00.0000 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Flat Select:
  • Now you can select items by entering match patterns right through the Address Bar. Nifty time-saver.
  • Sticky Checkbox Selection:
  • Checkbox selection in the file list received a number of optional improvements.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 14.80.0000 (Mar 10, 2015)

  • Find Empty Items:
  • Now you can quickly list all empty files and folders.
  • Find Containing Folders:
  • Now you can list all folders containing a certain file or file type, files of a certain size or age, or with certain other properties. You can as well list all folders NOT containing such files.
  • Enhanced Photo Data:
  • Showing Photo Data is now much faster than before. And the data layout has been improved.
  • Photo Data Columns:
  • The basic photo properties Camera Model, Focal Length, F-Stop, Exposure Time, ISO Speed, and Date Taken can now be shown in file list columns, so you can quickly view them and sort by them.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 14.70.0000 (Mar 10, 2015)

  • Duplicate File Finder:
  • Now you can compare directory trees and easily check supposedly mirrored folder structures on two different drives.
  • Contents to Clipboard:
  • Now you can copy the textual contents of files to the clipboard with a single command.
  • Enhanced Tiles Views:
  • Now the photo data shown for JPEG and RAW formats include the Exif Date, i.e. the exact date/time when each photo was taken.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 14.60.0200 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Enhanced Tiles Views:
  • Tiles can be much larger now and their size is freely configurable. The width of the text area is adjustable in real time. Basic photo data for JPEG and RAW formats can be shown for each tile.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 14.50.0200 (Sep 29, 2014)

  • Mouse Down Blow Up on Icons:
  • Simply hold down your mouse on the icon of an image file and the image will instantly pop up in original size until you release the mouse button. There's never been a faster way to check the contents of a photo, web graphic, animated gif, PDF, or PSD file.
  • Mouse Down Blow Up Text:
  • Simply hold down your mouse on the icon or thumbnail of a text file and the first page of the text will instantly pop up until you release the mouse button. There's never been a faster way to check the contents of a document.
  • Mouse Down Blow Up Hex View:
  • Simply press CTRL and hold down your mouse on the icon or thumbnail of any file and the first page of the file in hex view will instantly pop up until you release the mouse button. There's never been a faster way to check the raw bytes of a file.
  • Colored Tabs:
  • Now you can customize the background colors of tabs.
  • 10 Years Mouse Down Blow Up:
  • The famous feature has been invented already in v3.02.0035 (2000-02-21) but the trademark "Mouse Down Blow Up" now marks its 10th birthday.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 14.40.0200 (Sep 1, 2014)

  • Minor bug fixes and enhancements.
  • Tree Expansion Icon:
  • Now you can choose between several styles.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 14.40.0000 (Sep 1, 2014)

  • Flat Look:
  • Under Windows 8 the default UI got a fresh flat look. Fully optional and configurable, of course.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 14.30.0000 (Jul 22, 2014)

  • Paper Folders:
  • Paper Folders are a ground-breaking new implementation of virtual folders. Fast, light-weight, easy-to-use, portable. You can have as many as you want, and you will want many.
  • Permanent Custom Sort Order:
  • Now you can manually modify the sort order in a folder and it's remembered next time when you open the folder.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 14.20.0000 (Jun 12, 2014)

  • Click and Search:
  • Now search by date and age is supported.
  • Layout:
  • Many new layout options, and you can save and load layouts.
  • Content Search:
  • Much faster than before.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 14.00.0100 (May 2, 2014)

  • Minor bug fixes and enhancements

New in Portable XYplorerFree 14.00.0000 (Apr 28, 2014)

  • Advanced Content Search:
  • Now you can search the textual contents of complex file types like DOC, DOCX, ODT, and PDF.
  • Ignore Articles When Sorting:
  • Now sorting will optionally ignore "a", "an", and "the" (configurable) at the beginning of filenames. A case in point are files named after song or movie titles.
  • Image Preview in Overwrite Prompt:
  • The overwrite prompt now features thumbnails for the copied and the existing image.
  • Multilingual Support:
  • Added support for Turkish.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 13.90.0100 (Apr 8, 2014)

  • Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 13.90.0000 (Apr 8, 2014)

  • Copy Data:
  • Now you can copy the contents of any single cell in the file list to the clipboard in a very comfortable way.
  • Depth-Limited Search:
  • Now you can limit the search depth of Find operations, for example you can search only the parent and its immediate child folders but not any deeper. Nifty and potentially time-saving.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 13.80.0100 (Mar 4, 2014)

  • Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

New in Portable XYplorerFree 13.70 (Jan 23, 2014)

  • Sync Browse:
  • Magically browse both panes in parallel motion. Sync Browse is a great time saver when performing moves, renames, or other reorganizations on mirrored drives. Another cool usage is to browse one location in two different simultaneous views, e.g. in Details and in Thumbnails view.
  • Shell Integration:
  • Now you can show the 64-bit shell context menu instead of the 32-bit shell context menu. That way you can see and use your 64-bit shell extensions from XYplorer.