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UltraExplorer Changelog

What's new in UltraExplorer 2.5.0.1 Beta

Mar 14, 2022
  • First attempt to build with Delphi 2007.
  • DPR - Added MainFormOnTaskbar. Tried MM4 but causes crash on destrouy.
  • Added ATxClipboard to replace ClipboardProc in various units.
  • Suppressed ATViewerOptions.ExtWeb, ATViewerOptions.ExtMedia, ATViewer.MediaAutoPlay which are
  • from very old version of ATViewer.
  • In UltraUtilities.pas, TColumnItem now MPShellUtilities.TColumnItem to avoid conflict.
  • Added $DEFINE USE_TOOLBAR_TB2K to VirtualExplorerEasyListview, VirtualShellHistory and VirtualShellNewMenu so they build properly.
  • UnitOptionsListviewContent.pas uses WideStrings for D2007
  • VirtualFileSearch.pas DEFINE UNICODE
  • Trying to stop exceptions in TTntFormUltraExplorer.Destroy, added try/except
  • And in TCustomVirtualExplorerEasyListview.Destroy, added try/except
  • Suppressed Donate and Check Update menu itmes, no longer work
  • Tried to use MM4 instead of FastShareMem, but crashes on exit...
  • KNOWN ISSUE - exception on exit, may leave instance running, not found the reason yet.

New in UltraExplorer 2.0.3.1 (Jul 27, 2009)

  • Fixed - Bug in the writing of the Options to the options file fix from 2.0.3.0. 2.0.3.0 would crash on a restart after opening once and saving the Options file

New in UltraExplorer 2.0.3.0 (Jul 27, 2009)

  • Fixed - Problem with Listview deselecting all it items when dragging from UE to another application
  • Fixed - Problems with the MultiPath Listviews (Search/Flatten Folder) and clipboard operations
  • Added - Capability to show/hide Main Menu Bar to restore right click the toolbar area and check the new Main Menu Bar item
  • Fixed - Problem with Listview popup hints/Query Info not working
  • Added - HotKey for Quick Filter now Toggles the Filter Bar
  • Improvement - When the Quick Filter Bar is hidden the filter is cleared automatically
  • Added - HotKey to Toggle Addressbar Visibility, Set Focus to it and Select the text ready for typing
  • Fixed - If UE was closed when minimized it reopened minimized, now opens to a normal window
  • Fixed - Save Per Folder would not work on startup and loading a fresh Tab
  • Added - Option in the Listview Coloring to allow user to decide if extension coloring is used when a file is selected. Coloring can make the filename unreadable when using themes if colors not well thought out
  • Added - Option to show/hide the images on the tabs, in the Tab Options Dialog
  • Fixed - Default Sort Column Index did not work
  • Improvement - The set column width for all views now includes custom sort order, visibility, and column width
  • Fixed - Mega-crash when changing Languages
  • Fixed - Layouts broken in last release
  • Fixed - No response/hanging when deleting/adding a significant number of files in the Listview
  • Fixed - Not selecting browsed up from folder in the listview
  • Fixed - Column header titles on the root of a network folder
  • Improvement - Changed Language instruction from rich text format to HTML making install 5Meg smaller
  • Improvement - Added shortcuts to Move/Copy files from the Active Listview to the Inactive Listview
  • Added - "Persist between sessions" added in the History options dialog to save the folder browse history of the tabs between sessions
  • Fixed - Potential for crash on shutdown
  • Fixed - Issue with Copy/Move from one Listview to another with no items selected in the source listview. UE would pickup any files on the clipboard and perform the operation
  • Fixed - BreadCrumb Dropdowns not sorted correctly in some instances
  • Fixed - ColumnsView Banding not enabled when Tab created
  • Fixed - F5 refresh did not refresh the Treeview or Breadcrumb bar
  • Improvement - Themes draw gradients 2x faster
  • Fixed - If images used the alpha channel for transparency UE did not draw the transparency correctly
  • Fixed - Memory Leak when using Dual Pane
  • Improvement - Speed increase when resizing column if Color Coding was enabled
  • Improvement - Significant speed increase when files are added to any view of UltraExplorer
  • Improvement - Sorting of the folder is now done in the enumeration thread which keeps the user interface from being frozen as much
  • Fixed - Bug in the writing of the Options to the options file

New in UltraExplorer 2.0.2.0 (Jul 4, 2009)

  • Fixed - If "Select First Item" in the listview is NOT checked the Listview will try to find and select the folder that was browsed up from. It was not scrolling this item into view
  • Fixed - Changed wording of General>"Show Path in Caption" to "Show Path in Title Bar" to better reflect what it does
  • Added - Listview>"Hide Icons" option
  • Fixed - Search masks totally broken
  • Fixed - If the Folders Window does not have the focus and no folders are selected in the Listview the Listview Root is used as the default search path when the Search Tab is opened
  • Fixed - Potential to crash in ILIsEqual or ILIsParent functions
  • Fixed - Issues with shortcuts with spaces (Num +, Num -, etc)
  • Fixed - Issues with exiting while copying, showing property sheets etc
  • Added - UE should now copy/move/delete files asyncronously in the background better
  • Added - When a View Setting (View, Sort Direction, Sort Column, Grouped, etc) is changed UE now asks if you want to apply the new settings to all open Tabs, the Active Tab or New Tabs
  • Fixed - Shift and Control now work with the ContextMenu commands and Delete
  • Fixed - Extra commands in customizer now show text/icon correctly depending on what Toolbar they are placed on
  • Added - Extra command in customizer to delete files bypassing the Recycle Bin
  • Fixed - When an invalid path is entered into the Addressbar the resulting error box may end up under UE so it appears to hang.
  • Fixed - Report (Details) view did not AutoSize the Name Caption
  • Fixed - The Thumbnail Stretch and Size controls did not disable when their functionality could not be used in the view
  • Fixed - Color/Font Coding did not work with selected items
  • Added - When adding a new Color Coding Extension the "Enable Color Coding" is automatically checked for you
  • Added - A new View, Report (Detail) Thumbnail View.
  • Fixed - Problem with the short cut for New Folder
  • Improved - Optimized startup time a bit
  • Fixed - Bug were file starting with "D" are not shown when grouping by name
  • Fixed - In the rework for 2.0 I messed up some conditional defines so the listview was not enumerating in the background so it was freezing the app while enumerating a large folder
  • Improvement - Major reworking of core components made huge speed increases and memory use reductions. Especially noticable in Vista and up
  • Fixed - Problem with the SHSetThreadRef and context menus when using the cut/copy commands not allowing the App to close

New in UltraExplorer 2.0.1.0 (Jun 23, 2009)

  • Fixed the loader to not require the Registry Value to find UE for the Win-E hook
  • Fixed problem with Win-E hook opening an Explorer window plus an UltraExplorer Window
  • Fixed problem with crashing when removing Tabs
  • Fixed problem with setting focus back to tabset if the only Tab was a Flatten Folder or Search Tab
  • Fixed spelling of Donate
  • Fixed problem with WM_DDEUltraExplorer and the context menus
  • Removed ability to hide the main menu. It can cause all kinds of confusion getting it back
  • Fixed problem with saveing/restoring Layouts with Toolbars Locked
  • Fixed problem with setting focus to the Columns mode causing a crash
  • Fixed problem with Launcher and *FilePathList*
  • Added Slovak translation thanks to Sepp Winkler
  • Fixed problem where About and Translation dialogs can go behind the main form, thank to Netex for reporting it
  • Fixed some bugs with adding windows to the internal TabList (AV's)
  • Fixed the auto caption size option for report, list, and small icon views
  • Added ability to clear the Per Folder Storage of the listview in the Options Dialog
  • Fixed problem with commands in the customization dialog not being saved in the configuration correctly
  • Added ability for the dual listview Action toolbar to be customized/short cuts etc
  • Fixed issue with Layouts being forgotten if UE is shut down forcefully
  • Added ability to included multiple files to a launcher parameter list, the legacy way is to add the files names to a file then pass the file the new names are FilePathListCmdLine, FilePathListShortCmdLine, FileNameListCmdLine, FileNameListShortCmdLine
  • Fixed problem with the "Open in UltraExplorer" Context Menu extension when UE was not already open
  • Fixed problem with Quick Filter not filtering when a refreshing listview, either F5 or if a shell notification occured
  • Added the Treeview has the focus Flatten Folder and Search now use the selection in that window as the source for the new tab action
  • Fixed problem with the Search and Flatten Folder Listview "jumping" back to the desktop
  • Fixed problem with the Search and Flatten Folder not removing objects from the list that have been deleted
  • Fixed problem with using Custom startup folders. UE now does not save all the open tabs then set them all to the same custom startup folder. It ignores all tabs and opens a single tab to the custom folder in each tabset
  • Fixed problem with shortcuts. Allowed changing of Listview Select All, Copy, Cut, Paste, Delete shortcuts but they did not work and/or the standard shortcuts still executed the action causing problems. Changing these shortcuts will affect the Listview ONLY
  • Fixed problem with syncronization of Listview Tab/BreadcrumbBar/Address Bar when editing a folder in the Folders Window
  • Fixed incorrect hint message for SpTBXComboBoxGestureNewTab.Hint and SpTBXCheckBoxTreeviewShowToolTip.Hint
  • Fixed issue with Hint not being shown on dialog boxes if Options>General>Tool Hints was on
  • Added some missing Hints to some of the Viewer dialog boxes
  • Traditional Chineese language updated thans to TonyYu27
  • Fixed a problem with refreshing after a file change in watched folders
  • Increased performance when a lot of file changes are happening in a folder UE is watching

New in UltraExplorer 2.0.0.0 (May 27, 2009)

  • Each Listview now has its own Tabset
  • Faster switching between tabs
  • Timer delay before filtering while typing a mask
  • User definable "x" close buttons on, no tabs, active tab, all tabs
  • Improved keyboard handling on the Columns View
  • Columns View is now a stand alone view style for a tab this allows much better integration into UE
  • Columns View now works with filters, quick filters, action buttons, etc.
  • User defined options for the Listview now work with the Columns View as well
  • Columns View now uses a delay time to allow faster navigation in slow folders
  • Any View (Flatten Folder, Search, etc) now works as the normal Listview including
  • QuickFilter,
  • Filter,
  • Views,
  • Clipboard Operations (Copy/Cut)
  • File Viewer,
  • etc
  • Added a "Common Listview" options tab in the Options dialog. Hopefully this will end the confusion on how to make the user's favorite view type more obvious to the user.
  • Layout Manager to save and restore layouts of windows/toolbars/etc
  • Numerous stability issue fixes
  • User definable default column widths for the Listview
  • New Listview Common Options tab to easily find common listview options

New in UltraExplorer 1.5.0.3 (Jan 4, 2008)

  • This time I am 100% sure I found the second the reason for the random crashes when refreshing.
  • Added 2 new options for the QuickFilter
  • Clear on Browse: Clears the QuickFilter when browsing to a new folder
  • Save Per Tab: Saves the state and filter for each Tab, when returning to the Tab the filter is reapplied

New in UltraExplorer 1.4.4 (Oct 26, 2007)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed problem with activating viewer when full row select is used
  • Bug Fix: Fixed drawing issue with focused column drawing. Overdrawing the first line of the header
  • Bug Fix: Fixed Tabs so double clicking near the buttons on the right of the tab bar do not duplicate the currently active tab as like double clicking in a blank area of the tab bar does
  • Bug Fix: Fixed Bug with drop down list of available tabs when selecting a tab that was not visible (scrolled off the current view). The tab would not be selected if it was not visible
  • Bug Fix: Finally found the cause of the "Can not focus an invisible window" error when right clicking on the main menu bar
  • Bug Fix: Finally found the cause of the crash when changing folders!
  • Bug Fix: Fixed issue with Vista and sorting by extension instead of file type (Vista bug)
  • Bug Fix: Fixed issue with Listview not refreshing when icons changed or file attributes changed
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug with Size Sorting
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug in Shell New Menu. Nothing worked if target folder was Unicode.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug in Shell New Menu if the new item used the "Command" option to launch an app to create the new file, such as Vista's "Contact File" option
  • Bug Fix: Fixed changed to make UE more Vista compatible. Caused task bar button to show/hide then show again.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug introduced in 1.4.3 when showing properties of files
  • Feature: Added ability to select multiple item and using Enter key to "open" all the selections.
  • Feature: Added Icon Caching so images do not flicker from unknown to the system image when refreshing in the Listview
  • Feature: Added Listview option for user to define how the size is shown, Default based on current system, force a Classic Explorer Style, actual file size, actual number of bytes the file consumes on the disk.
  • Feature: Added Win-E Hook feature to open UE when the "Windows Key and E" are pressed instead of Explorer
  • Feature: Added HotTracking option to Listview
  • Feature: Added File>Flatten Folder command to show a flat list of all files in the currently selected folder and all subfolders. Currently is a real memory hog so be careful.
  • Feature: Added user selectable time for File QueryInfo Hints to stay visible (up to 20 seconds)

New in UltraExplorer 1.4.2 (Jun 13, 2007)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed AV when moving a file with CTRL Drag then selecting a new file
  • Bug Fix: Fixed AV when using "Add All Tabs to Favorites"
  • Bug Fix: Fixed not hot tracking in the BreadCrumb Bar with "Lock Toolbars" enabled.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug in Tab Order
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug in Listview not responding to Numeric Keys
  • Bug Fix: Fixed problem with BreadCrumb Bar hiding itself if double clicking on it
  • Bug Fix: Fixed problem with Tabs not saving history of Mapped, Removable, and Network Drives when switching away from the Tab then returning to it
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug where Favorites could be added as sub-Folders of Favorites items that where not categories but actual files and folders
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug in saving Tab information. Tabs would revert to last folder in the history when switching back to tab.
  • Feature: Changed the way CTRL-F works. Does not toggle Quick Search bar, always shows it and sets the focus to the edit ready to type
  • Feature:: Selectable if the History Window is unique per Tab or global across all Tabs
  • Feature:: Breadcrumb Toolbar now has a user definable hot key to open the current folders menu to allow 100% keyboard access, default is CTRL-B
  • Feature: Breadcrumb Toolbar has options to automatically open the sub menu when the mouse hovers over the button
  • Feature:: Breadcrumb Toolbar now has flyouts for the folders from the menu to subfolders.
  • Feature:: Added support for multiple paths in the command line switch. Now a switch such as UltraExplorer.exe /p "c:;%AppData%;.." will open UltraExplorer with three tabs, one to the C drive, one to the user Application Data folder, and one in the current directory that UltraExplorer is running.
  • Feature:: Added Context Menu to allow opening Folder in UltraExplorer from other applications
  • Feature:: Added support for Environment Variables in the ComboBox
  • Feature:: Added Right Mouse Button "Gestures". In the Options dialog select the Mouse Option tab and choose use the Right Mouse button for Gestures. The following are the defaults but it is user selectable in the Options Dialog.
  • Clicking and holding the mouse button then dragging up causes a browse to the next level up
  • Clicking and holding the mouse button then dragging left causes a browse to back one step in the browsing history
  • Clicking and holding the mouse button then dragging left causes a browse to forward one step in the browsing history
  • Feature:: Insert and Delete keys now Add and Remove items from the Favorites.
  • Feature:: Added an "Enter Edit Mode" menu item to the Favorites Main Menu that opens the Favorites window, places it into edit mode, and set the input focus to it
  • Feature:: Breadcrumb bar menus selectable if Browsable folders (such as how Zip files look like folders in Windows ME, XP and Vista) are displayed or not. In Options>Toolbars.

New in UltraExplorer 1.4.0 (May 28, 2007)

  • Bug Fix: Fixed possible AV in Listview DragDrop operation.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed problem with Command Line sync across network drives
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug in rendering Thumbnails that would cause an AV
  • Bug Fix: Fixed rendering of some alphablended thumbnails
  • Bug Fix: Fixed problem with applications sometimes not launching when double clicking file
  • Bug Fix: Fixed issue with dialogs and 120 DPI font mode.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed problem when renaming file in Treeview not updating other data structures and windows in application.
  • Bug Fix: Thumbnail Load All At Once options did not work
  • Bug Fix: Hilighting the path in Column Mode did not work
  • Bug Fix: Setting the column width in Column Mode set the physical width but the cell width did not always change to the new width.
  • Bug Fix: Options dialog would crash on opening or closing if other then English language was used
  • Bug Fix: Fixed Columns mode item width not matching the width of the column
  • Bug Fix: Fixed Column Modes context menu for items not working
  • Bug Fix: Fixed current folder browsing back to desktop if File Object type changed (hidden, folders, non folders)
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug that would cause an AV randomly when dragging a file over the listview
  • Bug Fix: Fixed bug in Options Dialog, Show Hints check not remembered between sessions
  • Bug Fix: Fixed problem with context menu showing on wrong monitor if using dual monitor
  • Feature: Sort Favorites by Name
  • Feature: Launcher ShortCut assignments now saved
  • Feature: New "Stretch" command for Thumbnails in the Listview Action Toolbar. You will likely have to open the Customizer dialog and drag the button to a more appropriate position if you has UE installed prior to this update.
  • Feature: Added new Auto-play on load option to the Options>Viewer tab to allow the user to decide if multimedia files automatically play when viewed.
  • Feature: Added new Dual Pane Listview mode. This more closely resembles normal dual pane Explorer clones.
  • Feature: Added a context menu handler that can be registered to allow access to your favorites folders thought the context menu in Explorer, UltraExplorer and Open/Save As dialogs that use the Common Windows Dialog. Use Tools>Install Context Menu Handler
  • Feature: Thumbnail sizes save on a Per Folder basis if the Listview's Save View Per Folder option is checked.
  • Feature: Thumbnails now has a Hide Captions options
  • Feature: Thumbnails have an Aspect Ratio option to allow the user to best fit their particular size of thumbnail images
  • Feature: Added main menu item to link to the Wiki Help
  • Feature: Reworked Columns mode Details
  • Feature: Added a user configurable hot key to toggle focus between the two listviews.
  • Feature: Added option to show grid lines in Details View.
  • Feature: Columns Mode window color now changeable.
  • Feature: Columns Mode highlight banding now selectable on/off.
  • Feature: Columns Mode banding color user definable.
  • Feature: Addressbar Combobox width user definable under Tools>Options>Toolbars
  • Feature: Added My Documents special folder button option for the Drives Toobar
  • Feature: Clicking a History folder opens the folder in a new Tab

New in UltraExplorer 1.3.5 (Apr 16, 2007)

  • Bug Fix: Folder Size Always check not always synchronized with the menu item.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed AV when pressing F5
  • Bug Fix: A number of Toolbars did not stay in sync with the the menu items to turn them on/off
  • Bug Fix: Folder Size activation not defined when setting from the Options dialog
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a drawing anomaly in Win9x/Win2k the first time the listview size was changed
  • Feature: Moved the main menu Folder Size menu under the Tools menu, don't need such direct access with the speed button on the tabs bar
  • Feature: Added themed graphical Folder Size indicators, that scale with font size

New in UltraExplorer 1.2.9 (Mar 6, 2007)

  • Fixed bug with no translation of the Launcher Edit dialog
  • List view would hang UltraExplorer