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What's new in SpeedCommander 21.00 Build 11100

Jan 29, 2024
  • Quick view: Uncompressed TGA image files were no longer displayed
  • FTP: Possible crash when uploading a file larger than 4 GiB via SFTP

New in SpeedCommander 21.00 Build 11085 RC 2 (Jan 8, 2024)

  • Small adjustment of the colors for the Windows 10/11 design (light/dark)
  • In the ‘Office 2010 Silver’ style, the active menu item was not highlighted
  • The active folder window was difficult to recognize in the dark ‘Visual Studio 2022’ style
  • Scrolling with the mouse wheel may no longer have worked in some windows
  • Folder window: ‘Show as top-level entry in tree view’ did not work for UNC folders
  • List view: The space between the column border and the column label was a bit too small
  • List view: The checkbox in the column header for selecting all files was no longer displayed
  • File operation: Remaining time and transfer rate were calculated incorrectly if many files were skipped during a copy operation

New in SpeedCommander 21.00 Build 11045 RC 1 (Nov 27, 2023)

  • New visual themes for Visual Studio 2017, 2019 and 2022 in light, dark and blue
  • New visual theme for Windows 10/11 with automatic or customizable accent color
  • New visual theme for Office 2016 with automatic or customizable accent color
  • Command line parameter ‘/accentcolor’ to specify an accent color for the ‘Office 2016 (Customized)’ and ‘Windows 10/11 (Light)’ themes
  • HiDPI improvements for the symbol editor and optimizations when drawing the symbol
  • A pixel grid is now displayed in the symbol editor
  • New custom button icons for all icon styles (Office 2010/2013/2019) in multiple resolutions
  • Support for Windows regional setting ‘Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support’
  • The xmp:CreateDate/xmp:ModifyDate timestamps for PDF files are displayed in the ‘Document – Content created’ (System.Document.DateCreated) and ‘Document – Date last saved’ (System.Document.DateSaved) columns
  • Display folder information for folders of the shell namespace
  • Optional display of the full version number in the title bar (Settings, Appearance – Details)
  • Advanced offline check for network drives by testing for open SMB port
  • Folder pane: Items for removable media directly below the desktop are explicitly filtered out in tree and list view
  • List view: Better recognizability of current sorting in column header
  • List view: Display the full file name (incl. extension) in folders of the Shell namespace
  • List view: For items in the shell namespace the file extension can be renamed
  • List view: Display of synchronization status for OneDrive folders as overlay
  • List view: The background of the tree/list view is darkened slightly when filtering is active
  • List view: A user-defined action can be specified for double-clicking with the left/middle/X1/X2 mouse button (Settings, Advanced – Other)
  • Quick view: Display folder sizes for folders of the Shell namespace
  • Quick view: Folder size calculation status bar to display the current path during the calculation
  • Quick view: Show installed Windows preview modules and edit associations (Settings, Advanced – Quick View)
  • File operation: Built-in support for file operations in Shell namespace
  • File operation: Support for creation of new folders in Shell namespace by pressing F7
  • FTP: Support for Putty key files in 3.0 format
  • FTP: Support for ED25519 signature algorithm
  • FTP: Support for ED25519 private keys
  • SFX: Customized dialog texts and the folder/filename parameters are stored as Unicode in the SFX stub
  • SFX: Compression of SFX stubs for x32/x64 is done with UPX 4.1
  • SFX: Support for Windows regional setting ‘Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support’
  • SFX: UTF-8 conversion of the included language files for SFX stubs
  • Macros: New property for the Application object to query the XML settings file (Application.XMLSettings)
  • Macros: File operations (copy/move/delete) with items of the Shell namespace
  • FileSync: File attributes can be selected as additional comparison criterion
  • FileSearch: ‘Search empty folders’ renamed to ‘Search empty folders only’ for better clarity
  • SpeedEdit: Display of document changes in the margin area
  • SCBackupRestore: For unknown backup events the source path is displayed if no comment is present
  • SCBackupRestore: Higher speed when reading the backup events
  • SCBackupRestore: Support for Windows regional setting ‘Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support’
  • FTP: Update of OpenSSL to version 3.0.11
  • RAR: Update of Unrar.dll to version 6.2.10
  • SpeedEdit: Update of Scintilla to version 5.3.7
  • SpeedCommander 21 requires Windows 10 or higher
  • Only SHA-2 is now used for code signing of program files
  • Update of the license terms

New in SpeedCommander 20.50 Build 11000 (Oct 16, 2023)

  • List view: Faster display of the context menu by not using full archive detection for SC’s own context menu
  • 7z: Increased SFX archive detection buffer from 192 KiB to 256 KiB to detect larger SFX stubs
  • Folder window: After invoking the context menu for a OneDrive folder, duplicate items were listed in the Desktop folder under certain circumstances
  • List view: Vertical separator lines were not drawn properly when list view is scrolled horizontally
  • Quick view: Crash when displaying .lib/.obj files
  • Update of CRT/MFC/Compiler to Visual Studio 2022 (17.6)
  • Quick View: Update of DynaPDF.dll to version 4.0.78.230
  • 7z: Update of 7z.dll to version 23.01

New in SpeedCommander 20.40 Build 10900 (Jul 3, 2023)

  • FileSearch: Window for displaying search results when using a dark theme
  • 7z: If an already existing file is skipped in the ‘Replace file’ dialog when extracting, not all selected files are extracted
  • CAB: When compressing, file names with umlauts were not saved correctly in the archive directory
  • SCBackupRestore: Possible stack overflow under certain circumstances
  • Update of CRT/MFC/Compiler to Visual Studio 2022 (17.4)
  • Quick view: Update of DynaPDF to version 4.0.72.208

New in SpeedCommander 20.30 Build 10800 (Mar 13, 2023)

  • Pro version: Sectors are displayed right-aligned and with thousands separator in the ‘Create Disk Image’ dialog
  • List view: Special ReparsePoint file attributes for OneDrive directories are ignored when calculating folder sizes
  • Folder pane: Special ReparsePoint file attributes for OneDrive directories are ignored when displaying folder information
  • File operation: Special ReparsePoint file attributes for OneDrive directories are ignored during file operations
  • FileSearch: Special ReparsePoint file attributes for OneDrive directories are ignored during searches
  • SpeedEdit: Increase of maximum tab width for better display of longer file names
  • fsc: New command line parameter /xj for skipping junctions
  • sqc: Support for LZMA2 method (7z) via command switch -SZM2
  • The setting options for [FilePreviewWnd] – EnablePreview were limited to Yes/No
  • List view: The limit for folder sizes was not calculated correctly when entering a value larger than 4000 MiB
  • List view: When displaying maximum limited folder sizes, the correct unit was not used under certain circumstances
  • Folder window: The digits for the access of the tabs were not displayed correctly if the UTF8 code page is activated as default in the Windows regional settings
  • Pro version: Possible crash when switching to and in OneDrive Business
  • 7z: The value for the remaining time during extracting was calculated incorrectly
  • SFX: Environment variables in the path to the icon file were not expanded
  • FileSearch: When searching for Unicode text, occurrences were also found that included only half of the search text
  • FileSync: The direction arrow was missing from the ‘right to left sync’ icon (Dark Office 2019 style, 16×16)
  • FileSync: When the profile setting ‘Follow junctions’ was disabled, empty folders were created in the target directory for untracked junctions
  • sqc: The environment variables used in the parameter ‘SFX-E’ in script files were already expanded when creating the SFX and not only when invoking it
  • sqc: The file names of source files that were not found were not written to the log file
  • Update of CRT/MFC/Compiler to Visual Studio 2019 (16.11)

New in SpeedCommander 20.10 Build 10600 (Sep 12, 2022)

  • List view: Thumbnails for small image files are displayed enlarged for better visibility
  • List view: New options for setting the maximum size/scaling of thumbnails (Advanced – Tweaks – [Thumbnails])
  • List view: ReparsePoint file attributes in OneDrive directories are ignored so that the files and folders are not displayed as junctions
  • Quick view: Respect EXIF alignment when displaying photos
  • The x64/ARM64 platform addition in the ‘About’ dialog was not displayed for some DPI scalings
  • When invoking a folder favorite, the error message “The path is not available.” may have displayed an incorrect path name
  • Pro version: File size was not displayed correctly for WebDAV entries > 2 GiB
  • Pro version: Files deleted to the trash were still displayed in their respective folder (Google Drive)
  • List view: After changing the size for the thumbnail view, some entries did not show any icons anymore
  • List view: The selection marker was lost after displaying a UAC dialog under certain circumstances
  • File operation: The indication for the remaining time jumped to ‘Unknown’ after some time when copying/moving very large amounts of data
  • Folder window: The edit field for renaming a tab could not be closed with if the name was not changed
  • Archiver: When double-clicking on a BluRay image file, an error message ‘Invalid TAR archive’ was displayed
  • SpeedEdit: The UAC prompt when saving a file was displayed twice if ‘Cancel’ was clicked on the first time

New in SpeedCommander 20.00 Build 10500 (Jun 7, 2022)

  • New option for the number of decimal places when displaying the file size in KiB/MiB/GiB/TiB/PiB (Advanced – Special)
  • List view: The mapping of the icons for the alignment of the columns (Left, Right, Centered) for the Office 2019 style was wrong
  • List view: The group headings were partially displayed incorrectly

New in SpeedCommander 20.00 Build 10485 RC2 (May 16, 2022)

  • When entering the activation code character by character, the ‘0’ was not accepted
  • No access to WSL/RaiDrive/Tresorit network directories as well as to not yet reconnected network drives when offline check for network drives was enabled
  • When screen reader menus were enabled, the main menu was not visible when the frame window was displayed in design style
  • In the update dialog, the web page with the new features/fixes was not displayed
  • List view: Missing thousands separator when displaying file sizes in KiB/MiB/GiB/PiB

New in SpeedCommander 20.00 Build 10465 RC1 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • New Office 2019 style icons for menus and toolbars
  • New menu and toolbar icons for dark color schemes (Office 2019 style)
  • New color variants Purple, Sky Blue and Teal for Office 2016 style
  • Rounded corners for menus and frame windows in design style under Windows 11
  • Native ARM64 version for Windows systems with ARM64 processor
  • The menu font size can be customized (Customize dialog: Advanced)
  • Offline check for network drives
  • Logging function for information and debugging purposes
  • When the network neighbourhood is displayed, a network query is initiated
  • Integration of Microsoft Edge via the WebView2 interface
  • Additional options for the folder argument in the application favorites (Inactive/Active/Left/Right)
  • When creating a new color scheme, the base scheme is saved as well, so that a color element can be reset to the base standard
  • When moving the dockable additional windows, the window content is shown
  • Pro version: The content of a folder is reloaded from the server if the Shift key is pressed additionally when invoking the ‘View – Refresh’ menu command
  • Pro version: Cloud file operations can be performed in the background
  • Pro version: Shared files in OneDrive are listed in the folder
  • Folder window: Improved accessibility for the folder switching pane
  • Folder window: Additional units for the size values in the Status bar (xxm, xxg, xxt, xxp)
  • List view: Optional display of horizontal and/or vertical grid lines in the Details view
  • List view: The color of the grid lines in the Details view can be customized (Settings dialog ‘Appearance – Colors’)
  • List view: Improved readability for group titles on dark backgrounds
  • List view: Improved display of alternating items when group view is activated
  • List view: The size of the thumbnails can be changed with Ctrl+mouse wheel or with Ctrl+Shift+Plus/Minus
  • List view: The order of the list items (folders/files) can be customized (settings dialog ‘Advanced – Other’)
  • List view: The menu commands for the list view (view modes/sorting/grouping) can also be invoked when the tree view is focused
  • List view: User folders in ‘This PC’ can be hidden (Appearance – Files & Folders)
  • List view: The OneDrive status in the ‘Status’ column is displayed as an icon
  • List view: Size values in Details view can be displayed in MiB, GiB, TiB or PiB (Settings dialog: Appearance – Files & Folders)
  • List view: The selected items in dark mode can be displayed with either a blue or a gray background (settings dialog ‘Advanced – Tweaks’ – DarkModeSelection)
  • Tree view: Folders in the AddIn tree view can be renamed (e.g. cloud folder)
  • Quick view: Support for ARM64EC/ARM64X program files
  • Quick view: Filtering of single lines according to a search text for text files (Ctrl+Shift+F)
  • File operation: Paste files from the clipboard into AddIn directories (e.g. cloud folders)
  • Drag&Drop: Support for drag&drop operations from external applications into AddIn directories (e.g. cloud folders)
  • Archiver: Displaying and extracting of XZ archives
  • Archiver: Displaying and extracting of WIM files
  • Archiver: Displaying and extracting of ISO files in Standard version
  • Archiver: Extracting ISO files via the menu command ‘File – Extract’
  • Macros: Method to scroll the list view to the focused item (FolderWindow.EnsureItemVisible)
  • Macros: Method to focus an item by file name (FolderWindow.SetFocusTo)
  • AddIn: New constants for FileOpStatusInfo (scFileOpActionNone/scFileOpActionListForceRefresh) when listing folders
  • SpeedEdit: Translucent rendering of the selected text
  • SpeedEdit: Optional automatic scrolling to the last line after reloading a file (Settings dialog: General)
  • SpeedEdit: Monitoring for log files (View – Monitoring for log files)
  • SpeedEdit: Filtering of single lines according to a search text (Edit – Filter)
  • SpeedEdit: Using the RegEx ruleset set in the SpeedCommander settings
  • SpeedEdit: Saving the last screen position for the find/replace dialogs
  • SpeedEdit/SpeedView: The MDI windows can be arranged in several workspaces
  • SpeedEdit/SpeedView: MDI windows can be detached from the main window
  • SpeedEdit/SpeedView: Easier switching between the MDI windows when using Ctrl+Tab
  • SpeedEdit/SpeedView: A double click in the window dialog on a selected item activates the window and closes the window dialog
  • SpeedView: Filtering of single lines according to a search text for text files (Ctrl+Shift+F)
  • Update of Xtreme Toolkit to version 20.3
  • 7z: Update of the 7z.dll to version 21.07
  • FTP: Update of OpenSSL to version 1.1.1m
  • Quick View: Update of DynaPDF to version 4.0.66.172
  • SpeedEdit: Update of Scintilla to version 5.1.5

New in SpeedCommander 19.60 Build 10400 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • Improved detection of the Windows UI language in the setup program
  • The web pages invoked via ‘Help – SpeedCommander on the web’ are displayed in the corresponding UI language of the user (German/English)
  • Pro version: Update of the WebDAV address for the new Magenta Cloud
  • RAR: Improved detection of very large RAR SFXes
  • Windows restart/shutdown was prevented under certain circumstances (Windows 7, 32-bit)
  • On installation, the AppPaths entry in the registry was not created correctly
  • Pro version: After completing a burn, the dialog for continuing the project was sometimes no longer displayed
  • Pro version: No progress bar was displayed when uploading files larger than 1 MiB to OneDrive
  • Refresh: When deleting folders from virtual document directories below ‘This PC’ (e.g. ‘This PCPictures’), the tree view was not updated correctly
  • FileSearch: The include text was ignored when searching for folders if a filter was also selected
  • FileSearch: Ctrl+A did not work in the edit fields
  • SpeedEdit: When Document Tabs were disabled, the MDI client area was not redrawn when closing the last file
  • Update of CRT/MFC/Compiler to Visual Studio 2019 (16.7)

New in SpeedCommander 19.50 Build 10300 (Nov 1, 2021)

  • Support for Windows 11
  • Pro version: Logging in to cloud services was partially no longer possible under Windows 7
  • Pro version: Logging in to OneDrive Business no longer worked because Microsoft disabled the Azure 1.0 login endpoints
  • List view: Italic and bold file/folder names were not displayed correctly in some cases
  • List view: Checkboxes for selection were not scaled correctly in some cases
  • List view: When creating a folder via the context menu ‘New’ the new folder is not set to edit mode (Windows 11)
  • List view: The online status for OneDrive items was not always displayed correctly

New in SpeedCommander 19.40 Build 10200 (Aug 2, 2021)

  • SpeedCommander can be launched with Win+E (settings dialog ‘Advanced – File Associations)
  • Pro version: SSL certificate verification can be disabled for generic WebDAV connections
  • RAR: When unpacking encrypted RAR5 archives, the password is only prompted once
  • Quick View: Support for .obj files in ARM64EC format
  • The serial number in the Drive Status window was displayed without leading zeros
  • 7z: When extracting was aborted, the partially extracted file was not deleted automatically
  • Pro version: Logon was not possible for WebDAV servers with digest authentication
  • Pro version: File names containing an opening round bracket and smaller than 1 MiB could not be uploaded to OneDrive
  • FileSync: The information about the selected items in the status bar was not always displayed completely under certain circumstances
  • fsc: When using a log file, the file names were not properly output
  • SCBackupRestore: Stack overflow if no base folder was set before backup

New in SpeedCommander 19.30 Build 10100 (Apr 26, 2021)

  • Pro version: Cloud library transitioned from C# to C++
  • Pro version: Access to cloud storages for ARM64 preview version
  • When customizing icons in the toolbar the command ‘Copy button icon’ was without function
  • When trying to activate SpeedCommander with restricted rights, an error message was displayed under some circumstances
  • The environment variable ‘ProgramW6432’ was lost when refreshing the environment variables
  • Folder window: The input field for the integrated browser was displayed bright in dark mode
  • Tree view: After moving directories in the tree view, it was sometimes not updated
  • Drag & Drop: It was not possible to drag and drop files to the top level of a network share (Windows 10)
  • Macros: No error message was displayed for faulty macros when the Microsoft Remote Debugger is installed
  • FTP: When downloading from SFTP servers with automatic conversion of end-of-line characters, the content was sometimes corrupted
  • FTP: The upload and download speed was partially limited
  • FileSync: Superfluous disk space warning when synchronizing from CD/DVD
  • SpeedEdit: ANSI files with Cyrillic characters were not displayed correctly
  • SCBackupRestore: The backup could not be created if the backup folder is located on the desktop
  • Update of UCRT to version 10.0.19041 (2004)
  • Pro version: Cloud support for HiDrive has been discontinued, access to HiDrive is still possible via FTP

New in SpeedCommander 19.20 Build 10000 (Jan 18, 2021)

  • New & improved:
  • SCBackupRestore: Alternative initialization if SpeedCommander cannot determine important information about the environment
  • SCBackupRestore: Creation of a log file on the desktop if the Ctrl key is held down when starting SCBackupRestore
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Icons in menus and toolbars were sometimes scaled incorrectly on high-resolution screens
  • Command line parameter / autoactivate no longer worked
  • Folder window: Free space in the status bar was not updated after unzipping archives
  • Pro version: Logging into Dropbox was no longer possible because Dropbox no longer supports Internet Explorer 11
  • Quick view: Partly unclean display of certain PNG image files
  • Archive: Possible crash when exiting if a file opened from an archive is still open in another program
  • Multiple renaming: files were not renamed correctly if less than 250 ms had passed between the last entry and the start of the renaming process
  • FileSearch: Results display grows with every start, if a frame window with design style is activated
  • FileSearch: The input field for text search was not focused when the advanced page was activated
  • FileSearch: Additional conditions with time information were not evaluated correctly
  • SpeedEdit: Error message when calling 'File - Reload' if the file is exclusively open in another application
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New in SpeedCommander 18.40 Build 9600 (Dec 9, 2019)

  • Updates:
  • Updating CRT / Compiler to Visual Studio 2019 (16.3)
  • Updated the UCRT to version 10.0.18362 (1903)
  • New & Improved:
  • Improved accessibility for the button elements in some dialogs to the right of combo or input fields
  • Improved accessibility for dialog boxes containing a list view with additional buttons (for example, configure filters)
  • Improved accessibility for the quick search and the quick filter
  • New command line parameter / theme to select a design at startup
  • List view: Better differentiation of the left and right list view for users with screen readers
  • FileSync: Additional descriptions in the main window for better accessibility
  • SpeedEdit: Outline view icons can be colorized
  • SCBackupRestore: Improving accessibility when a high contrast design is selected
  • Fixed bugs:?
  • When installing SpeedCommander, the progress bar was not displayed correctly
  • Pro version: Error message when uploading files larger than 1 MiB on OneDrive after API change
  • AddIn: When deleting directories on an AddIn, the overall progress was -1%
  • FileSync: Missing vertical scroll bar in filter selection list made it difficult to select a filter on more than 30 filters
  • FileSync: File compare failed when "Round up to even seconds" and / or "Ignore time difference from 1h" was checked
  • FileSearch: Text search via the IFilter interface for PDF files did not work in part

New in SpeedCommander 18.30 Build 9500 (Sep 9, 2019)

  • Updates:
  • Updated Xtreme Toolkit to version 18.6
  • Updating CRT / MFC / Compiler to Visual Studio 2017 (9/15/15)
  • Quick View: Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.30.91
  • New function:
  • Pro version: Own AddIn entry for Web.de SmartDrive
  • Fixed bugs:
  • Resizable dialogs were partially displayed outside the visible area when using different screen configurations
  • FileSearch: Attributes selected on the Date, Size and Attributes page were ignored when searching for folders
  • FTP: Possible crash when connecting to an FTP server if the FTP server terminates the connection while entering the password

New in SpeedCommander 18.20 Build 9400 (Jun 12, 2019)

  • New function:
  • Archiver: Support for AES-NI for SQX and ZIP (x64)
  • Multiple Rename: Find / Replace with regular expressions aborts after the first match if Replace All Occurrences is off
  • FTP: Increasing the upload speed for SFTP
  • Fixed bugs:
  • When calling favorite menus, the entry under the mouse cursor was automatically selected
  • Switching in quick view when background operations in a hidden folder window update the file list
  • Context menu for Bitdefender 2019 was not displayed
  • Pro version: No progress was shown when downloading files from certain WebDAV servers (GMX / 1 & 1)
  • File operation: When calculating the progress bar file sizes, an activated CalcSizeInBackground setting was disregarded
  • 7z: When opening an archive with an encrypted archive directory, an empty archive directory was displayed instead of an error message if an incorrect password was entered
  • SpeedEdit: Horizontal scrollbar did not reach the end of the line for very long lines of more than 1500 characters
  • Amendments:
  • Display of localized file name for network connections is disabled by default in the basic settings (Advanced - Special)

New in SpeedCommander 18.10 Build 9300 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • Updating CRT / MFC / Compiler to Visual Studio 2017 (15.9)
  • Quick View: Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.25.72
  • Pro version: Checking for maximum file size (2 GiB) when uploading to HiDrive
  • Quick View: Display of additional SHA256 certificates for signed program files
  • SCBackupRestore: For restoring backups and creating / updating a portable version, the "File replacement" dialog can be disabled
  • SCBackupRestore: When creating / updating a portable version, optionally only the program files can be copied
  • SCBackupRestore: Prevent deletion of the SpeedCommander configuration via "Delete special configuration", if the folder with the current SpeedCommander configuration files as the base folder is set
  • Possible crash when starting in ucrtbase.dll
  • On older systems without Universal CRT, the dll api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll was not copied to the program directory
  • Pro version: After the 'Reset access token' call, the cloud connection list was not reloaded
  • Pro version: Access to OneDrive has stopped after the shutdown of the SkyDrive API by Microsoft
  • Pro version: No automatic sorting of the view after renaming an entry in the Cloud AddIn
  • Pro version: Possible error message 'The input string has the wrong format' when accessing Nextcloud
  • File filter: Crash when selecting the entry 'General - Evaluation' in the 'Create query' dialog
  • File operation: Possible crash when copying sparse files to non-NTFS disks
  • Quick View: An additional white border appeared when viewing PDF files with rotated page orientation
  • Update: Possible crash when updating the tree view
  • RAR: Possible infinite loop if an incorrect password was entered when unpacking an encrypted RAR5 archive
  • SpeedEdit: The line number range has been truncated on seven-digit line numbers of some fonts

New in SpeedCommander 18.00 Build 9300 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • Updating CRT / MFC / Compiler to Visual Studio 2017 (15.9)
  • Quick View: Updated DynaPDF to version 4.0.25.72
  • Pro version: Checking for maximum file size (2 GiB) when uploading to HiDrive
  • Quick View: Display of additional SHA256 certificates for signed program files
  • SCBackupRestore: For restoring backups and creating / updating a portable version, the "File replacement" dialog can be disabled
  • SCBackupRestore: When creating / updating a portable version, optionally only the program files can be copied
  • SCBackupRestore: Prevent deletion of the SpeedCommander configuration via "Delete special configuration", if the folder with the current SpeedCommander configuration files as the base folder is set
  • Possible crash when starting in ucrtbase.dll
  • On older systems without Universal CRT, the dll api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll was not copied to the program directory
  • Pro version: After the 'Reset access token' call, the cloud connection list was not reloaded
  • Pro version: Access to OneDrive has stopped after the shutdown of the SkyDrive API by Microsoft
  • Pro version: No automatic sorting of the view after renaming an entry in the Cloud AddIn
  • Pro version: Possible error message 'The input string has the wrong format' when accessing Nextcloud
  • File filter: Crash when selecting the entry 'General - Evaluation' in the 'Create query' dialog
  • File operation: Possible crash when copying sparse files to non-NTFS disks
  • Quick View: An additional white border appeared when viewing PDF files with rotated page orientation
  • Update: Possible crash when updating the tree view
  • RAR: Possible infinite loop if an incorrect password was entered when unpacking an encrypted RAR5 archive
  • SpeedEdit: The line number range has been truncated on seven-digit line numbers of some fonts

New in SpeedCommander 18.00 Build 9200 (Nov 6, 2018)

  • Pro version: No error message if the free space in the target directory is insufficient when creating a disk image
  • [-] List view: After switching to SpeedCommander, the selection bar disappeared under certain circumstances
  • List view: When double-clicking a folder shortcut (.lnk) in the desktop directory, the linked directory did not appear in SpeedCommander
  • Quick View: Display error when viewing multiple pages of a PDF file at the same time

New in SpeedCommander 17.51 Build 9200 (Nov 5, 2018)

  • When restarting or shutting down Windows 10 (from 1709), the message 'This app prevents restart' was displayed [ID1486]
  • Pro version: No error message if the free space in the target directory is insufficient when creating a disk image [ID1494]
  • List view: When double-clicking a folder shortcut (.lnk) in the desktop directory, the linked directory was not displayed in SpeedCommander [ID1489]
  • List view: After switching to SpeedCommander, the selection bar disappeared under certain circumstances [ID1491]
  • List view: Direct renaming of an entry in the NC selection mode was triggered if the <left> mouse button <Ctrl> or <Shift> is pressed [ID1470]
  • Folder window: When loading a saved layout, UNC paths were not opened when 'Always show top level when enabling network environment' is enabled [ID1476]
  • Quick view: After changing the encoding in the text viewer, the file has not been reloaded [ID1484]
  • Quick view: Partially unclean display of image files under Windows 7 with 125% DPI scaling [ID1492]
  • SpeedEdit: When using the splitter, the file numbers in the lower area were shortened for files with more than 1000 lines [ID1493]

New in SpeedCommander 18.00 Build 9165 RC1 (Oct 8, 2018)

  • Designs for Office 2016 in white, dark gray, black, red, blue and green
  • /64-resolution icons for better viewing of toolbars in individual dialog boxes with up to 400% Windows scaling
  • Support for several screens with different DPI settings from Windows 10 (1703)
  • Color and font in the integrated command output window can be adjusted (Settings dialog Extras-Special)
  • Optional use of the PowerShell command interpreter in the command output window and when invoking the command prompt (Extras - Special Settings dialog)
  • 'Folder - Copy path name as text' for a network share copies the name in the form \ Computer Share (instead of Desktop Network Computer Share)
  • Exporting / importing color schemes
  • When entering a file name via 'Folder - Go to - Go to' (Ctrl + G), the folder will be changed and the file name will be focused
  • Search box for certain settings in the settings dialogs
  • Optional specification of additional program parameters, which are given to the editor at startup (Settings dialog "Advanced - Applications & Internet")
  • Extension of QuickDrop applications (additional parameters, text for InfoTip and symbol file)
  • LuaHelper.exe for UAC actions is automatically ended after 10 minutes idle, timeout can be adjusted in 'Tools - Special'
  • Call the help for the current page of the settings dialog by pressing F1
  • Taking a screenshot from the program window via the system menu
  • Pro version: Sorting FAT / FAT32 formatted removable media (Pro - Sort removable media)
  • Pro version: Access to recovery points and shadow copies via the VssSnapshots AddIn
  • File Filter: Option to reverse the query result in the Edit Query dialog
  • Folder window: Opens a folder in a new folder window, if you also press the Ctrl key when selecting an entry with the mouse (Favorites, Folder Favorites, System Folder, Desktop, History, Folder Hierarchy)
  • Folder window: If you enter a non-existent folder via 'Folder - Go to - Go to' (Ctrl + G), the folder name will be truncated until a valid folder name is reached
  • Folder Window: Select Commands 'Save Selection', 'Apply Opposite Selection' and 'Restore Opposite Selection'
  • List View: Configurable delay for automatic folder size calculation
  • List view: reverses filtering in the quick filter when the first character in the text is a colon (:)
  • List view: Reversal of the selected filter entry in the quick filter, if the first character in the text is a pipe character (|)
  • List view: inserting characters from the clipboard via Ctrl + V in the input field of the quick search (quick search mode)
  • List view: Display of timestamps in list view as relative date (day before yesterday, yesterday, today, morning, day after tomorrow)
  • List view: colors for active quick filter window and RegEx errors can be adjusted (settings dialog 'Extras - special')
  • List view: 'Branch' as ??element in the color definition (Settings dialog box Appearance Colors)
  • List view: Display of the OneDrive status for individual files in the status column (as of Windows 10 1709)
  • List view: Automatic switching to the list view in the quick filter mode after a certain period of time (Settings dialog "Behavior - General")
  • File operation: display and compare hash values ??for a file (File - More properties)
  • Quick view: Conversion of the PDF viewer from PDF-XChange 3.6 to DynaPDF 4.0
  • Quick View: Display animated GIF files
  • Quick View: View RAW Files (Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 or later with Microsoft Camera Codec Package)
  • Quick View: Display of image files via the WIC interface (Windows Imaging Components), expandable via external codecs (e.g., FastPictureViewer codecs)
  • Quick view: Automatic adjustment of the image viewer to the current DPI resolution can be disabled (context menu of the image viewer, submenu 'Scaling')
  • Multiple Rename: Using regular expressions in Find / Replace
  • Multiple rename: Simplified selection of the start value and length for the name and extension tokens (right-click on an entry)
  • Multiple rename: status display for number of entries and conflicts
  • Multiple Rename: Jump to the next / previous conflict entry with F3 or Shift + F3
  • Multiple Rename: Display profiles in the profile menu divided into submenus with more than 10 profiles
  • Multiple Rename: Files can be left in the list after renaming
  • Multiple Rename: Update of the preview list is delayed 250
  • Multiple renaming: After an undo operation, the file list is automatically filled with the previous file names again
  • Multiple Rename: Display a file list with error messages if a file could not be renamed
  • Multiple rename: context menu command to remove entries from the list view
  • Multiple Rename: Automatically resolve conflicts by appending a counter to the file name (optional)
  • Multiple Rename: Automatically corrected conflicts are color coded
  • Multiple rename: For the name token, a negative value for the number of characters [n, x, -y] indicates the position of the last character to be accepted (starting from the end of the name)
  • Macros: UseRegularExpressions property for the MultiRename object
  • Macros: InitFromProfile method for the MultiRename object
  • Macros: KeepRenamedFiles property for the MultiRename object
  • Macros: FixDoubles property for the MultiRename object
  • Macros: TabColor property for FolderWindow object
  • SpeedEdit: Demand when opening a non-existent file, whether it should be created
  • SpeedEdit: Multiple selection by additionally pressing the Ctrl key while selecting text with the mouse
  • SpeedEdit: Simultaneous entry and deletion of characters in column markers as well as multiple selection
  • SpeedEdit: Highlighting of the current line is also possible as framing (Settings - Editor)
  • SpeedEdit: reversing the order of selected lines (Edit - Line - Invert)
  • SpeedEdit: Starting multiple instances (Settings - General)
  • SpeedView: Starting multiple instances (View menu)
  • FileSync: Synchronous change of column size for same-named columns
  • FileSync: check free space before synchronization
  • SCBackupRestore: Higher speed backup and restore
  • Updating Compiler and CRT to Visual Studio 2017 (15.6)
  • Updated Xtreme Toolkit to version 18.5
  • FTP: Update to OpenSSL 1.0.2p
  • SpeedEdit: Updated Scintilla to version 3.7.6
  • Menu command 'Pro - Folder list with Keseling DirPrinter' disappears if no path name is entered in the input field 'DirPrinter' in the settings dialog on the 'Advanced - Applications & Internet' page
  • SCBackupRestore: Importing settings from a previous version has been removed

New in SpeedCommander 17.50 Build 9100 (Aug 1, 2018)

  • SpeedEdit: Multiple selection by additionally pressing the Ctrl key while selecting text with the mouse [ID1427]
  • SpeedEdit: Simultaneous entry and deletion of characters in column markers as well as multiple selection [ID1428]
  • File operation: Free-floating progress window could be inadvertently closed by clicking the close button [ID1439]
  • Multiple renaming: When using the name token for the last characters [n, -x, y] the characters were partially calculated incorrectly [ID1458]
  • RAR: No error message when displaying a RAR archive if an incorrect password is entered when opening the archive [ID1418]
  • ZIP: Crash when opening a ZIP archive if a file name in the archive is longer than 1024 characters [ID1417]

New in SpeedCommander 17.40 Build 9000 (Apr 23, 2018)

  • List view: After switching to a higher-level folder via the breadcrumb bar, the subordinate folder is focused [ID1409]
  • MFC update (Visual Studio 2017 - 15.6) [ID1414]
  • Context menu entry of Bitdefender 2018 is not displayed [ID1413]
  • Hook for GetModuleFileName was not correctly removed when quitting SpeedCommander / FileSearch [ID1407]
  • Pro version: When copying to HiDrive, the time stamp for the last change was set to 1.1.1970 [ID1408]
  • Pro version: OAuth login to HiDrive stopped working [ID1402]
  • List view: SpeedCommander stopped responding when a new folder was created in an empty folder window and pressed in the empty input field <Tab> [ID1404]
  • SpeedView: Under certain circumstances, background was not completely drawn when zooming in / out images [ID1403]

New in SpeedCommander 17.230 Build 8900 (Jan 15, 2018)

  • Schnellansicht: Verbesserte Unterstützung für bestimmte BMP/JPG/PNG-Bilddateien [ID982]
  • Dateiablage/Brennprojekte: "Ordner - Wechseln zu - Verknüpfungsziel" wechselt im gegenüberliegenden Fenster zum Pfadnamen des Eintrags [ID1347]
  • Pro-Version: Umstellung der Callback-Url für die Google Drive-Anmeldung auf HTTPS [ID1398]
  • SpeedEdit: Aktualisierung Scintilla auf Version 3.7.4 [ID1392]
  • RAR: Aktualisierung unrar auf Version 5.58 [ID1394]
  • FTP: Aktualisierung OpenSSL auf Version 1.0.2m [ID1393]
  • Listenansicht: Temporärer Fix für das Maussprung-Problem beim Auswählen von Dateien mit der Maus unter Windows 10 (1709)(Einstellungsdialog: Erweitert - Spezielles) [1400]
  • RAR: RAR5-Archive wurden in der Schnellansicht mit Versionsnummer 20.0 angezeigt [ID1395]
  • FTP: Symbole von Programmdateien auf FTP-Servern wurden auf Windows 10 (1709) unter Umständen nicht richtig angezeigt [ID1396]

New in SpeedCommander 17.20 Build 8800 (Oct 5, 2017)

  • Environment variable% SCXMLDIR% points to SpeedCommander's setup directory [ID1385]
  • SCBackupRestore: Automatically back up the configuration when exiting SpeedCommander using the AddIn SCBackupOnExit [ID1384]
  • Possible crash when loading a layout [ID1376]
  • Quick View: Menu commands in the Quick View window were disabled when clicking with the mouse in the docked Quick View [ID1381]
  • Quick View: "Go to page" dialog in the PDF viewer has been centered with the main window instead of centered to the Quick view [ID1390]
  • Multiple Rename: "SC.Extension" contained invalid characters for filenames without extensions [ID1386]
  • ZIP: For ZIP archives created under Linux, the ZIP64 file information (files larger than 4 GiB) was not detected correctly [ID1387]
  • 7z: Time stamp for the archive file in the confirmation dialog before overwriting was displayed incorrectly (2h offset) [ID1383]
  • SpeedEdit: Some icons in style 'Office 2003' have not been displayed correctly [ID1382]
  • FileSearch: Text search for individual characters could crash if "Detect all occurrences" is activated [ID1389]

New in SpeedCommander 17.00 Build 8600 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • Dockable information windows:
  • Quick View, Folder Information, and Drive Status can be displayed docked or free-floating.
  • Main password for passwords and passwords:
  • The passwords for FTP sites and access caches for cloud connections can be encrypted with a self-selected main password.
  • Unlocking Bitlocker Drives:
  • When you click on an encrypted bitlocker drive in the drive bar, the Unlock dialog is automatically displayed.
  • Direct access to cloud and WebDAV providers:
  • The Pro version can be accessed on Box and HiDrive as well as on MagentaCLOUD, 1 & 1 MediaCenter, GMX MediaCenter and other WebDAV providers without any additional additional programs.
  • Group the columns in the field selection dialog by categories:
  • The available columns in the field selection dialog are sorted by categories for a better overview and can be found more quickly.
  • Quick filter for instant filtering:
  • The Quick Filter window allows you to dynamically filter entries in List view.
  • Improved progress window for file operations:
  • In the docked state, the progress window is now displayed over the entire width. Source and destination folders are displayed with the complete name.
  • Separate folder history for each tab:
  • Each individual tab has its own folder history.
  • Revised filter dialog:
  • Filters can be marked as view and / or file operation filters. Color and font style for view filters can be customized directly in the filter dialog. Filters can also be duplicated.
  • Metadata as filter attributes:
  • Extended file properties (eg image size, bit rate, recording date) can be used in a file filter.
  • Easier filtering of dates:
  • Date information can be in the form today , yesterday, this week , last week , this month , last month , this year and last year .
  • Easier filtering of text elements:
  • The filtering of text elements (eg file names) can contain the attributes and does not contain synonymous without substitute characters. The attributes is regular and is not regular allow the use of regular expressions.
  • New key exchange, signature and MAC algorithms for SFTP:
  • The key exchange algorithms diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 , ecdh-sha2-nistp256 , ecdh-sha2-nistp384, and ech-sha2-nistp521 are supported. Also new is the support for the signature algorithms ecdh-sha2-nistp256 , ecdh-sha2-nistp384 and ecdh-sha2-nistp521 and the MAC algorithm hmac-sha2-512 .
  • Enhanced macro support for file operations, archives, FTP servers, and add-ins
  • New objects allow you to start file operations as well as access to archives, FTP servers, and add-ins via the macro interface.
  • Help objects for the macro interface:
  • The Path object contains help functions for the simple handling of path names. The AppHelper object facilitates access to the ping and sleep function as well as to the clipboard.
  • Revised macro editor:
  • Line numbers in the macro editor increase the clarity of longer macros. Automatic correction for the case sensitivity of functions, keywords, constants, and operators has been improved. Debugging is now also possible in the 64-bit version.
  • Transfer folder attributes and folder timestamps when synchronizing:
  • When synchronizing in one direction using FileSync or FileSync command line (fsc), folder attributes and timestamps of the source folders can be transferred to the target folders.
  • Search for empty folders:
  • The Find Empty Folders option in FileSearch allows you to find empty folders easily.
  • Search for different text formats in a search run
  • The search for different text formats (ANSI, ASCII, Unicode) takes place in a single search. Text files in UTF-8 format are also supported.
  • Text search via the IFilter interface:
  • FileSearch also uses the IFilter interface of Windows and can now also find text in Office and PDF documents.
  • Search for extended file properties:
  • FileSearch supports the use of file filters and can also search for extended file properties (eg image size, bit rate, recording date).
  • Easy to search / exclude:
  • Searched filenames can also be entered in FileSearch without the use of proxy characters.
  • Improved display of Unicode text:
  • SpeedEdit uses the Direct2D DirectWrite technology to display Unicode text better.
  • Storage in various text formats:
  • SpeedEdit displays a selection field for the encoding in the file open / save dialog. In addition, the current encoding of the text document is displayed in the status line.
  • New file icons for linked archive files:
  • Archives files associated with SpeedCommander are displayed with a new file icon.

New in SpeedCommander 16.40 Build 8500 (Mar 20, 2017)

  • Pro version: Switch to Dropbox API 2.0
  • Pro version: Maintain timestamps when uploading to Google Drive and Dropbox
  • Pro version: More detailed error message when accessing cloud storage
  • Modified file filters were not updated when applications ran in parallel
  • List View: Settings for MaxImageThreads and MaxSubItemThreads were reversed (Advanced – Tweaks)
  • List view: “Copy file name to clipboard” did not work within virtual shell folders
  • File operations: Error message when pasting files from the clipboard when the source files did not exist (VMWare)
  • File operations: The confirmation dialog before copying/moving files did not display file names with a length over 50 characters
  • Pro version: Under some circumstances, default project settings for burn projects were not saved
  • Pro version: Timestamps in the default project settings for ISO media were not initialized properly
  • Pro version: After updating a burn project, the error dialog displayed the OK button too far to the left
  • SFTP: Filenames beginning with a space would not be displayed properly and could neither be copied nor deleted
  • AddIn: Option “Overwrite all files without prompting” in confirmation dialog did not work as intended
  • CAB: CAB archives were not created properly
  • RAR: Crash when deleting files from a RAR 2.9 solid archive
  • TAR: Possible crash when creating TGZ archives
  • UUE: Filenames with spaces within UUE archives were not displayed properly
  • SpeedEdit: No prompt for saving changes when closing files with a middle mouse click
  • fsc: No check whether source and target folder were accessible before starting comparison
  • SCBackupRestore: Backup times were not displayed if the base folder contained the string ‘-backup’
  • SCBackupRestore: Minor limitations during use if the ‘Windows Management Instrumentation’ service was deactivated

New in SpeedCommander 16.00 Build 8070 (Oct 6, 2015)

  • Improvements for HiDPI environments:
  • Toolbars and menus will now see on HiDPI screens well.
  • Designs for Office 2013 and Visual Studio 2015:
  • SpeedCommander includes 16 new designs for Office 2013 (light gray and dark gray), and for Visual Studio 2015 (Bright, Dark and Blue)
  • Display the instance number in the title bar:
  • When you start multiple program instances, each instance is given a unique identifier in the title bar
  • Navigation window when switching between folders windows:
  • The new navigation window makes it easy to switch between the folder windows with Ctrl + Tab
  • Advanced Windows integration:
  • The Explorer context menu, the Open command will be added with SpeedCommander
  • SpeedCommander shows on request an entry in the AutoPlay dialog.
  • Private mode:
  • In private mode, the visited folders no longer appear in the folder history. All entries in the input and combo boxes (such as the target of operations) are also no longer stored. You activate the private mode via the menu command Options - Private mode or using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + E, P.
  • Direct access to Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive:
  • The Pro version can be used directly to Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive be accessed
  • So you can access cloud data while on the move without having to install the programs of the respective providers.
  • Display and extract MSI files
  • MSI files can be displayed in the folder window. Any or all files can be unzip without additional utilities.
  • Selective adaptation for opening of archive files:
  • For each format can specify whether you want to open when you double or Enter in SpeedCommander or associated program. Pressing the Shift key while double-clicking or Enter the behavior can be reversed. The list of additional extensions can be extended to certain extensions only be opened in SpeedCommander if the Shift key is held when double-clicking or pressing Enter.
  • Archive file associations for Account:
  • Linking SpeedCommander with archive files is done only for the respective user account and no longer requires administrator rights.
  • Display of link targets and the move to link targets:
  • The new column link destination indicates where branches, symbolic links, and .lnk files lead
  • The menu folder - Jump to - link destination change to the appropriate folder and sets the focus bar on the linked file or the linked folder.
  • Sorting and grouping of entries:
  • Entries can be grouped regardless of their order
  • The order of the grouping (ascending or descending) can be switched in the menu. Another new feature is the More ... command which opens the Field Chooser window. Both extensions are also fed into the sorting menu.
  • Other colored drive letter for full Drives:
  • Drives at a certain level are highlighted
  • The critical level in percent and the color used can be adapted to the specific settings.
  • Intelligent update after file operations:
  • After file operations of the contents of any folder window is updated to selected entries and the display position are maintained.
  • Key exchange and MAC algorithm for SFTP:
  • The support of the key exchange algorithm Diffie-Hellman group14-sha1 allowed to connect to servers running OpenSSH 6.7 in its default configuration. Also new is the support for the MAC algorithm HMAC sha2-256.
  • Revision of the SFX-modules:
  • The SFX-modules for the distribution of self-extracting archives were substantially revised and thereby made fit for HiDPI environments. The ListView SFX can be customized via language files now also. Voice files can also be created in UTF8 format.
  • Improvements in SC Backup & Restore:
  • SC Backup & Restore has also been adapted to HiDPI environments and contains updated icons. The number of backups can be limited and entry fields for path names are inked in invalid paths.