March 27th, 2012· [U] Actions > Export settings menu asks you whether you want to export to INI (for portability) or to REG file. If you want to export the registry make sure you save settings in the registry (from Tools > Options > General)
· [P] Robust deletion dialog shows the path of the first few files/folders selected for deletion
· [P] You can click on the SHORTCUT TO property in the Details pane (if a link file is selected) to browse the target item
March 7th, 2012· Added Downloads folder to system folders list (Goto > Special folders)
· Right click menu in scrap containers includes command to Open file location (container folder) and one to remove items from view (equivalent to ).
· Tree option FTCOPT_AUTOCOLLAPSE (=256) collapses open branches before opening new ones - so that you don't end up with too many open branches during browsing
· Searching for text in files in RAW encoding mode preselects the case sensitive and search all files options, so that you can make the most of its powers (e.g. you can search for $EF$BB$BF to find all files that have the UTF-8 BOM marker).
· double click on a dock pane's titlebar to make it float (toggle).
· Actions > Export settings and other similar input boxes have a [...] button that allow you easy path selection. Note that path autocompletion works there too.
· Find files and similar dialogs allow regular expressions for filenames too (NAMED field). Set the fuzzines indicator to 0 (usually 100) to enable the regexp mode. For syntax see http://zabkat.com/x2h_2.htm#table1a
· Tools > Options > General, save program state on exit possible to go to an INI file (instead of registry) for portability. The default location is the user settings folder (e.g. C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\zabkat. It could also be placed next to the program but make sure the folder is writeable (i.e. not while installed under C:\program files\zabkat). The /I: command line switch mainly caters for INI files, but it also supports REG files for compatibility with older xplorer² versions.
· Advanced options editor can work with INI settings file, if passed as a command line argument, e.g. x2SettingsEditor.exe "C:\x2settings.ini"
· Actions > Folder settings > Default menu command will fix the pane style, sort order, columns and grouping for all folders according to the current settings. Untick to revert to the classic 'last setting used is the default' mode. When the default mode is active, if you make any changes in some folder (e.g. switch to thumbnails) these will turn back to default once you browse some other folder.
· show in groups mode now supports collapsible groups (windows vista and later), use the little group header icons to collapse and expand a group. WARNING: items in collapsed groups remain selected so be careful if you delete after collapsing a group!. To collapse/expand a group with the keyboard, select the group header then press left or right arrow keys respectively.
· registry setting CLVOPT_NOSELCOLLAPSED (=262144) forbids item selection when its group header is collapsed (see registry.txt)
· arrow key collapses all groups (windows vista or later). To expand all groups press to refresh the folder.
· editor² checks if a ED2.INI file exists next to the program (portable mode) and uses it automatically instead of registry. You can pass any custom settings file using the /I: option as before.
· Actions > Set comment menu command gets its own dialog. When you select multiple files to set, you have the option to either replace the existing comment verbatim, or you can just enter one word (tag) to add or remove from the existing comment
· Plain text rules in hyperfilters support regular expressions if the relevant option is ticked.
· View > Details pane menu command opens an information pane like that one in windows explorer, showing extended information on the focused item. This is a combination of quick content preview and file attributes, depending on the current file type. You can edit many properties 'in-place' by clicking on the IE-like anchor links. NOTE: this pane won't work perfectly if you have internet explorer 5 or earlier.
· Better icons for executable files and folders in thumbnail view mode
· in portable trim, put a CIDA file next to the xplorer² executable to use it as the default contents file for the miniscrap pane.
· New demo videos added in Help > How do I? pane. Marked with NEW they hilight the biggest new additions
· New detail column (attribute) for MD5 file checksums ( command). The old plain checksum column works but it isn't very reliable identifying small differences. If you want to calculate MD5 sums of large files you may have to increase the relevant bytesize limit from Tools > Options, General page (near the bottom). Sorry, not working in windows 9x!
· To customize the attributes that appear in View > Details pane put a HTML file called "X2DETAILS.HTM" in the installation folder. NOTE: this is an advanced operation for experienced users only.
· All program icons can be customized using the "translation" trick mentioned here: http://netez.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=8379
March 6th, 2012· Added Downloads folder to system folders list (Goto > Special folders)
· [P] Right click menu in scrap containers includes command to Open file location (container folder) and one to remove items from view (equivalent to ).
· Tree option FTCOPT_AUTOCOLLAPSE (=256) collapses open branches before opening new ones - so that you don't end up with too many open branches during browsing
· Searching for text in files in RAW encoding mode preselects the case sensitive and search all files options, so that you can make the most of its powers (e.g. you can search for $EF$BB$BF to find all files that have the UTF-8 BOM marker).
· [P] double click on a dock pane's titlebar to make it float (toggle).
· Actions > Export settings and other similar input boxes have a [...] button that allow you easy path selection. Note that path autocompletion works there too.
· [P] Find files and similar dialogs allow regular expressions for filenames too (NAMED field). Set the fuzzines indicator to 0 (usually 100) to enable the regexp mode. For syntax see http://zabkat.com/x2h_2.htm#table1a
· [U] Tools > Options > General, save program state on exit possible to go to an INI file (instead of registry) for portability. The default location is the user settings folder (e.g. C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\zabkat. It could also be placed next to the program but make sure the folder is writeable (i.e. not while installed under C:\program files\zabkat). The /I: command line switch mainly caters for INI files, but it also supports REG files for compatibility with older xplorer² versions.
· [U] Advanced options editor can work with INI settings file, if passed as a command line argument, e.g. x2SettingsEditor.exe "C:\x2settings.ini"
· Actions > Folder settings > Default menu command will fix the pane style, sort order, columns and grouping for all folders according to the current settings. Untick to revert to the classic 'last setting used is the default' mode. When the default mode is active, if you make any changes in some folder (e.g. switch to thumbnails) these will turn back to default once you browse some other folder.
· [P] show in groups mode now supports collapsible groups (windows vista and later), use the little group header icons to collapse and expand a group. WARNING: items in collapsed groups remain selected so be careful if you delete after collapsing a group!. To collapse/expand a group with the keyboard, select the group header then press left or right arrow keys respectively.
· registry setting CLVOPT_NOSELCOLLAPSED (=262144) forbids item selection when its group header is collapsed (see registry.txt)
· [P] arrow key collapses all groups (windows vista or later). To expand all groups press to refresh the folder.
· editor² checks if a ED2.INI file exists next to the program (portable mode) and uses it automatically instead of registry. You can pass any custom settings file using the /I: option as before.
· Actions > Set comment menu command gets its own dialog. When you select multiple files to set, you have the option to either replace the existing comment verbatim, or you can just enter one word (tag) to add or remove from the existing comment
· [P] Plain text rules in hyperfilters support regular expressions if the relevant option is ticked.
· [P] View > Details pane menu command opens an information pane like that one in windows explorer, showing extended information on the focused item. This is a combination of quick content preview and file attributes, depending on the current file type. You can edit many properties 'in-place' by clicking on the IE-like anchor links. NOTE: this pane won't work perfectly if you have internet explorer 5 or earlier.
· Better icons for executable files and folders in thumbnail view mode
· [U] in portable trim, put a CIDA file next to the xplorer² executable to use it as the default contents file for the miniscrap pane.
· New demo videos added in Help > How do I? pane. Marked with NEW they hilight the biggest new additions
· New detail column (attribute) for MD5 file checksums ( command). The old plain checksum column works but it isn't very reliable identifying small differences. If you want to calculate MD5 sums of large files you may have to increase the relevant bytesize limit from Tools > Options, General page (near the bottom). Sorry, not working in windows 9x!
· [P] To customize the attributes that appear in View > Details pane put a HTML file called "X2DETAILS.HTM" in the installation folder. NOTE: this is an advanced operation for experienced users only.
February 20th, 2012· New demo videos added in Help > How do I? pane. Marked with NEW they hilight the biggest new additions
· New detail column (attribute) for MD5 file checksums ( command). The old plain checksum column works but it isn't very reliable identifying small differences. If you want to calculate MD5 sums of large files you may have to increase the relevant bytesize limit from Tools > Options, General page (near the bottom). Sorry, not working in windows 9x!
· [P] To customize the attributes that appear in View > Details pane put a HTML file called "X2DETAILS.HTM" in the installation folder. NOTE: this is an advanced operation for experienced users only.
· Added Downloads folder to system folders list (Goto > Special folders)
· [P] Right click menu in scrap containers includes command to Open file location (container folder) and one to remove items from view (equivalent to ).
· Tree option FTCOPT_AUTOCOLLAPSE (=256) collapses open branches before opening new ones - so that you don't end up with too many open branches during browsing
· Searching for text in files in RAW encoding mode preselects the case sensitive and search all files options, so that you can make the most of its powers (e.g. you can search for $EF$BB$BF to find all files that have the UTF-8 BOM marker).
· [P] double click on a dock pane's titlebar to make it float (toggle).
· Actions > Export settings and other similar input boxes have a [...] button that allow you easy path selection. Note that path autocompletion works there too.
· [P] Find files and similar dialogs allow regular expressions for filenames too (NAMED field). Set the fuzzines indicator to 0 (usually 100) to enable the regexp mode. For syntax see http://zabkat.com/x2h_2.htm#table1a
· [U] Tools > Options > General, save program state on exit possible to go to an INI file (instead of registry) for portability. The default location is the user settings folder (e.g. C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\zabkat. It could also be placed next to the program but make sure the folder is writeable (i.e. not while installed under C:\program files\zabkat). The /I: command line switch mainly caters for INI files, but it also supports REG files for compatibility with older xplorer² versions.
· [U] Advanced options editor can work with INI settings file, if passed as a command line argument, e.g. x2SettingsEditor.exe "C:\x2settings.ini"
· Actions > Folder settings > Default menu command will fix the pane style, sort order, columns and grouping for all folders according to the current settings. Untick to revert to the classic 'last setting used is the default' mode. When the default mode is active, if you make any changes in some folder (e.g. switch to thumbnails) these will turn back to default once you browse some other folder.
· [P] show in groups mode now supports collapsible groups (windows vista and later), use the little group header icons to collapse and expand a group. WARNING: items in collapsed groups remain selected so be careful if you delete after collapsing a group!. To collapse/expand a group with the keyboard, select the group header then press left or right arrow keys respectively.
· registry setting CLVOPT_NOSELCOLLAPSED (=262144) forbids item selection when its group header is collapsed (see registry.txt)
· [P] arrow key collapses all groups (windows vista or later). To expand all groups press to refresh the folder.
· editor² checks if a ED2.INI file exists next to the program (portable mode) and uses it automatically instead of registry. You can pass any custom settings file using the /I: option as before.
· Actions > Set comment menu command gets its own dialog. When you select multiple files to set, you have the option to either replace the existing comment verbatim, or you can just enter one word (tag) to add or remove from the existing comment
· [P] Plain text rules in hyperfilters support regular expressions if the relevant option is ticked.
· [P] View > Details pane menu command opens an information pane like that one in windows explorer, showing extended information on the focused item. This is a combination of quick content preview and file attributes, depending on the current file type. You can edit many properties 'in-place' by clicking on the IE-like anchor links. NOTE: this pane won't work perfectly if you have internet explorer 5 or earlier.
· Better icons for executable files and folders in thumbnail view mode
· [U] in portable trim, put a CIDA file next to the xplorer² executable to use it as the default contents file for the miniscrap pane.
September 20th, 2011· registry tweak GAOPT_NOX2SHCMENU stops xplorer² adding its own menu items in the standard shell context menu (available through Options > Advanced settings, Global page)
· fixed a couple of bugs e.g. infotip formatting
July 25th, 2011· Native tab in quick previewer utilizes the windows vista/7 preview handlers for office/PDF/etc document preview (a lifesaver if you have the buggy Adobe X)
· download preview handler extensions
· Native preview automatically resizes images and text
· fast thumbnails for windows XP/2000 utilizing thumbs.db system cache (note: thumbnail size must be fixed to 96 pixels, see Tools > Options > General)
· option for large icons in folder tree (right click nowhere in tree and pick command from menu)
· large toolbar icons supported, create an alpha-transparent bitmap called x2skin_XL.PNG and put it in the installation folder, see http://zabkat.com/x2skin.htm. Recommended icon sizes in range [24,48]
· when item icons are set to PLAIN (Tools > Options > General) there are no icon overlays extracted (shortcut, shared, TSVN etc)
· network folder access speed with tree-autosync enabled improved dramatically; make sure you have GAOPT_TREENONETENUM enabled from Tools > Advanced options (global page: tree only partially expands network folders)
· Bookmarks > Dual submenu can save folders left/right (top/bottom) to be restored later as a set
· Autofilters now hide folders in general, a separate menu command shows only folders
· Various list Organize dialogs are now resizable
· infotip information available as a stock column too. Convenient for showing file type specific information (e.g. dimension for images, duration for music etc). Use to place it on detailed view mode or on an infobar with right-click. Recommendation: use this as the ONLY piece of information on your infobars, removing all other columns
· robust copy and delete dialogs use checkbox to quickly activate last filter used (if any)
· robust copy option to preserve all file/folder dates after copying (created etc). Normally only the last modified date is preserved
· shell context menu includes a custom xplorer² submenu where you can put any menu command to suit your needs (use Organize menu)
· Link icon overlays shown in thumbnail view mode too
· First stage (name parsing) of network reads also escapable (press ESC key if it takes too long)
· User command token $> for the odd (sic) need to pass all selected items through a list file. This is equivalent to $A token but the paths are saved to the file %TEMP%\x2tmpList.txt, then this file is used as the $> argument. Useful for situations where you need to pass too many files to some external tool
· Toolbar context menu has switch whether to use small or large icons (if XL skin available)
· Improved handling of phones and digital cameras, now you can see thumnnails in such folders
· If in single pane mode, xplorer² window title shows the full folder path
· Global registry setting nMenuBreak=X causes long menus e.g. Bookmarks to split vertically in columns every X items. To be used along nCustMenuIcons registry setting
· editor² optionally saves settings in a .INI file (instead of the registry) if you use the /I command line switch with a .INI filename
· Also loader automatically detects common unicode and UTF8 text files without a BOM
· Actions > Folder settings > Save and Clear menu commands ask if you want to apply the same settings to all subfolders
· Search for text in plain text files (, Find files and similar commands) automatically detects unicode and UTF8 files even without a BOM (encoding identification)
· File > New tab opens all the selected items/folders in separate tabs
· Right click on a tab to lock it (toggle). Locked tabs stay put and any browsing in them results in opening a new tab
· all view panes (tree, quickviewer etc) are dockable. You can rearrange them by drag-drop to any side of the main window or have them floating (detached). Hold down while dragging to float a pane
· View > Toolbars > Lock dock sites command fixes the arrangement of docking panes so that they cannot be moved. Dock bars also lose their titlebars if you long the way the old splitter panes looked like
· Clear contents context menu command in miniscrap pane deletes the default content file
· Free trial extended to 31 days (last 10 days have more nags/delays)
· Your old xplorer² license key won't work but you may be entitled to a free or discounted upgrade, use the PURCHASE button in Help > About box to find out. If you bought xplorer² more than 2 years ago you'll need a new purchase
July 2nd, 2011· [P] Native tab in quick previewer utilizes the windows vista/7 preview handlers for office/PDF/etc document preview
· [P] Native preview automatically resizes images and text
· fast thumbnails for windows XP/2000 utilizing thumbs.db system cache (note: thumbnail size must be fixed to 96 pixels, see Tools > Options > General)
· option for large icons in folder tree (right click nowhere in tree and pick command from menu)
· large toolbar icons supported, create an alpha-transparent bitmap called x2skin_XL.PNG and put it in the installation folder. Recommended icon sizes in range [24,48].
· when item icons are set to PLAIN (Tools > Options > General) there are no icon overlays extracted (shortcut, shared, TSVN etc)
· network folder access speed with tree-autosync enabled improved dramatically; make sure you have GAOPT_TREENONETENUM enabled from Tools > Advanced options (global page: tree only partially expands network folders)
· [P] Bookmarks > Dual submenu can save folders left/right (top/bottom) to be restored later as a set
· [P] Autofilters now hide folders in general, a separate menu command shows only folders
· [Various list Organize dialogs are now resizable
· [P] infotip information available as a stock column too. Convenient for showing file type specific information (e.g. dimension for images, duration [for music etc). Use to place it on detailed view mode or on an infobar with right-click. Recommendation: use this as the ONLY piece of information on your infobars, removing all other columns.
· [P] robust copy and delete dialogs use checkbox to quickly activate last filter used (if any)
· [P] robust copy option to preserve all file/folder dates after copying (created etc). Normally only the last modified date is preserved.
· [P] shell context menu includes a custom xplorer² submenu where you can put any menu command to suit your needs (use Organize menu)
· Link icon overlays shown in thumbnail view mode too
· First stage (name parsing) of network reads also escapable (press ESC key if it takes too long)
· User command token $> for the odd (sic) need to pass all selected items through a list file. This is equivalent to $A token but the paths are saved to the file %TEMP%\x2tmpList.txt, then this file is used as the $> argument. Useful for situations where you need to pass too many files to some external tool.
· Toolbar context menu has switch whether to use small or large icons (if XL skin available)
· Improved handling of phones and digital cameras, now you can see thumnnails in such folders
· If in single pane mode, xplorer² window title shows the full folder path
· [P] Global registry setting nMenuBreak=X causes long menus e.g. Bookmarks to split vertically in columns every X items. To be used along nCustMenuIcons registry setting
· editor² optionally saves settings in a .INI file (instead of the registry) if you use the /I command line switch with a .INI filename
· [P] Actions > Folder settings > Save and Clear menu commands ask if you want to apply the same settings to all subfolders
· Search for text in plain text files (, Find files and similar commands) automatically detects unicode and UTF8 files even without a BOM (encoding identification)
· File > New tab opens all the selected items/folders in separate tabs
· Right click on a tab to lock it (toggle). Locked tabs stay put and any browsing in them results in opening a new tab.
· [P] all view panes (tree, quickviewer etc) are dockable. You can rearrange them by drag-drop to any side of the main window or have them floating (detached). Hold down while dragging to float a pane
· [P] View > Toolbars > Lock dock sites command fixes the arrangement of docking panes so that they cannot be moved. Dock bars also lose their titlebars if you long the way the old splitter panes looked like!
· [P] Clear contents context menu command in miniscrap pane deletes the default content file.
· [P] Free trial extended to 31 days (last 10 days have more nags/delays)
· [P] Your old xplorer² license key won't work but you may be entitled to a free or discounted upgrade, use the PURCHASE button in Help > About box to find out. If you bought xplorer² more than 2 years ago you'll need a new purchase.
June 10th, 2011· Native tab in quick previewer utilizes the windows vista/7 preview handlers for office/PDF/etc document preview (a lifesaver if you have the buggy Adobe X)download preview handler extensions
· Native preview automatically resizes images and text
· fast thumbnails for windows XP/2000 utilizing thumbs.db system cache (note: thumbnail size must be fixed to 96 pixels, see Tools > Options > General)
· option for large icons in folder tree (right click nowhere in tree and pick command from menu)
· large toolbar icons supported, create an alpha-transparent bitmap called x2skin_XL.PNG and put it in the installation folder, see http://zabkat.com/x2skin.htm. Recommended icon sizes in range [24,48].
· when item icons are set to PLAIN (Tools > Options > General) there are no icon overlays extracted (shortcut, shared, TSVN etc)
· network folder access speed with tree-autosync enabled improved dramatically; make sure you have GAOPT_TREENONETENUM enabled from Tools > Advanced options (global page: tree only partially expands network folders)
· Bookmarks > Dual submenu can save folders left/right (top/bottom) to be restored later as a set
· Autofilters now hide folders in general, a separate menu command shows only folders
· Various list Organize dialogs are now resizable
· infotip information available as a stock column too. Convenient for showing file type specific information (e.g. dimension for images, duration for music etc). Use to place it on detailed view mode or on an infobar with right-click. Recommendation: use this as the ONLY piece of information on your infobars, removing all other columns.
· robust copy and delete dialogs use checkbox to quickly activate last filter used (if any)
· robust copy option to preserve all file/folder dates after copying (created etc). Normally only the last modified date is preserved.
· shell context menu includes a custom xplorer² submenu where you can put any menu command to suit your needs (use Organize menu)
· Link icon overlays shown in thumbnail view mode too
· First stage (name parsing) of network reads also escapable (press ESC key if it takes too long)
· User command token $> for the odd (sic) need to pass all selected items through a list file. This is equivalent to $A token but the paths are saved to the file %TEMP%\x2tmpList.txt, then this file is used as the $> argument. Useful for situations where you need to pass too many files to some external tool.
· Toolbar context menu has switch whether to use small or large icons (if XL skin available)
· Improved handling of phones and digital cameras, now you can see thumnnails in such folders
· If in single pane mode, xplorer² window title shows the full folder path
· Global registry setting nMenuBreak=X causes long menus e.g. Bookmarks to split vertically in columns every X items. To be used along nCustMenuIcons registry setting
· editor² optionally saves settings in a .INI file (instead of the registry) if you use the /I command line switch with a .INI filename
· Also loader automatically detects common unicode and UTF8 text files without a BOM
· Actions > Folder settings > Save and Clear menu commands ask if you want to apply the same settings to all subfolders
· Search for text in plain text files (, Find files and similar commands) automatically detects unicode and UTF8 files even without a BOM (encoding identification)
· File > New tab opens all the selected items/folders in separate tabs
· Right click on a tab to lock it (toggle). Locked tabs stay put and any browsing in them results in opening a new tab.
· all view panes (tree, quickviewer etc) are dockable. You can rearrange them by drag-drop to any side of the main window or have them floating (detached). Hold down while dragging to float a pane
· View > Toolbars > Lock dock sites command fixes the arrangement of docking panes so that they cannot be moved. Dock bars also lose their titlebars if you long the way the old splitter panes looked like!
· Clear contents context menu command in miniscrap pane deletes the default content file.
April 22nd, 2011· slow startup on account of digital signature check eliminated
April 22nd, 2011· [P] Help > Activate with key menu command easy way to use your unlock key to activate xplorer². This menu is disabled if you are already registered.
· Folder deletion from the tree got easier, now you don't have to activate the confusing 'Don't lock browsed folder' advanced option.
· Hide protected operating system files policy from Folder Options (Control panel) is observed, unless you use the registry tweak GIOPT_SHOWALLHIDDEN(=256) — then xplorer² will behave like it always had. (it only makes a difference for windows 7 and later)
· various small bugfixes (e.g. symbolic links)
January 25th, 2011· added french translation
· added spanish translation
· added brazilian translation
December 22nd, 2010· bugfix for editor² UTF-8 file handling
· hires toolbar skin available for editor²
· fixed handling of $xx escape sequences in xplorer² find in files command etc
December 6th, 2010· updated lists of recognized audio/video formats for WMP
· High color PNG toolbar skins supported, see several new skins available at http://zabkat.com/x2skin.htm
· /I: command line option for PORTABLE edition can take a standard INI (instead of REG) file so you can have your settings kept in a file without a round trip to windows registry
· Actions > Export settings menu command exports all the keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZabaraKatranemia Plc to minimize on UAC confirmations
· [P] View > Visual filter > Autofilter command works in scrap windows too (for generic filters)
· registry option GIOPT_CACHETHUMBS(=524288) forces items to cache their bitmaps (not recommended!)
· vista/7 drag-drop images and labels closer to windows explorer format
· [P] robust copy shows progress on windows 7 taskbar button too (whoopy!)
· [P] drivebar supports right click context menu for all items (root drives)
· fast and sleek thumbnails for windows vista/7 using shell icon cache
· better appearence for windows vista/7 menu icons
· Help > Tell a friend menu command now leverages your social networking powers to spread the word on xplorer² (thanks! :)
· Help > Online support and Crash information now send emails to customer support
· [P] text rules in filters (e.g. Keywords) allow for ? and * wildcard characters, e.g. "ab?d" will match abCd, ab1d and abd.
· [P] Text filter rule dialog has a Verbatim checkbox; tick it to cancel wildcards, commas etc (find exactly what you type)
· numerous small bugs fixed and annoyances removed
· paste text and images in folder now creates unique names (x2scrap2.PNG etc)
· [P] Edit > Extract text command extracts plain unformatted text from documents, e.g. for a file called LETTER.DOC it will create LETTER.TXT with just the text contents. (windowsXP or later)
· registry option GAOPT_SAVEUNICODETXT available through registry settings editor (used for extract text and paste text as file commands)
· [P] new column for authenticode digital signature for executable files downloaded from the internet
· [P] Infobars (View > Toolbars menu) now support a Selection [S] column like the main statusbar, enable it by right clicking. Thus each pane can have its own selection information
August 4th, 2010· a few translations updated (Russian)
· editor² gets Edit > Insert tag menu command for HTML/XML tags
May 15th, 2010· xplorer² is now digitally signed by Nikolaos Bozinis
· editor² upgraded to match HTML tags (Search > Match tag menu)
May 15th, 2010· Improved memory handling for browsing large folders
· registry option GAOPT_SAVEUNICODETXT(=8388608) paste text in folder (x2scrap.txt) saved as unicode file
May 15th, 2010· new status bar indicator for 'show hidden files' state
· more windows 7 warts eradicated
· keyboard only command to toggle show/hide hidden files (menuhack ID=33163)
· non-standard layouts easier to recognize from window title
· Window > Administrator menu command easy access to run xplorer² elevated when you need to write in C:\Program files and other locations normally blocked by UAC
· [P] column handlers like TSVN and audioshell now work for vista and windows 7!
· View > Select columns menu command has a filter box for easier column selection (for the 300-odd columns in W7!)
· [P] Additional rules definition (eg for find dialog) property is now combobox with autocomplete, e.g. type SVN and hit up-arrow to find a column that contains SVN in its name
· Explorer replacement mode (if selected from the installer) takes over HKCU\directory\shell\open key so more programs will use xplorer² for folders
November 26th, 2009· Mark > Sticky selection now compatible with lasso mouse selection mode
· PNG, AVI and such files now can have comments attached (workaround); also commenting doesn't change file dates
· Goto > Special folders > Compatibility files (vista or later) jumps to the folder containing any "compatibility files" in the current folder (written by legacy applications without sufficient access rights)
· View > Tile horizontally easy access command to switch dual panes from left-right to top-bottom
· [P] Edit > Paste (Ctrl+V) in scrap windows and the mini-scrap accepts file paths (text from clipboard) to import items. Separate multiple items in separate lines
· [P] Edit > Copy columns includes group header titles, if any (if you are showing in groups from Arrange by menu)
· [P] Customize > User commands > Add current menu command adds a tool based on the selected EXEcutable item in the active folder
· advanced settings editor (Tools menu) can now edit lists like File Types (see Global property page). Clear a checkbox to "delete" an entry, click "Add new" to add a new one
· Tools > Options > Advanced page has a button to cancel xplorer² replacing windows explorer (so that you don't need to uninstall xplorer²)
· [P] Help > About shows installation date and licence key date under the reference number
· Goto > Special folders includes links to My pictures and My music folders
· Actions > Split file dialog includes a standard size for RapidShare uploads (100MB)
· New tips: 2a, 49a, 56a, 74c, 81a, 102a, 166
· Tab context menu includes a "Move across" command which sends the tab to the other (inactive) pane
· external registry settings editor offers to close xplorer² if found running
· installer asks if you want separate window/layout (NOT recommended!) when xplorer² replaces windows explorer
· [P] file copy overwrite confirmation dialog shows item icon and information about the new item (bigger/smaller, newer/older)
· windows 7 libraries are enumerated just like in windows explorer
· registry option nMaxTButWidth sets the maximum width for text-enabled toolbar buttons
· [P] robust copy option to overwrite existing folders at destination; this means that if you copy a folder and its target already exists, it will be deleted first then the source folder will go on top, effectively removing all old items at the destination. Overwrite confirmations will follow whatever policy you have for files (Existing objects overwrite section)
· [P] Bookmarks and user commands on toolbars are valid drop targets (e.g. drag-drop a file on a bookmark to copy/move a file in the bookmarked folder)
· sticky selection now works in Vista/win7 too
· Actions > Split file shows estimated file pieces and Merge files restores the original modification date
· Use drag-drop to rearrange folder tabs
· Help > How do I? menu command opens pane with on-board tutorials for common file management tasks (requires internet connection)
· Tools > Options > Advanced "Quick view docked to the right" means to the right of window, not tree
· right-click on folder tree background to select sorting by date or name menu commands
· Help > Tell a friend menu command for those who like xplorer² enough to recommend it to their pals :)
· Mark > Sync wizard can now check file metadata (column). Unless the column is a date, the comparison is in the sense identical/different, similar to comparison by Name only
· [P] Tools > Check duplicates can also check for any file metadata (e.g. find pictures that have the same "date picture taken")
· [P] Autofilter categories can be used as components in comma-separated wildcards e.g. -{documents},-{source code}. They are valid in the addressbar too.
· Tools > Advanced options launches the GUI registry settings editor (and quits xplorer²)
· Help > Crash information locates the crash minidump file (if there were any recorded program crashes). You can then drag-drop it to an email and send it as attachment to xplorer² customer support.
· [P] Customize > Color coding now supports checkboxes so that you can turn individual color filters on/off. Right click to tick/untick all checkboxes
· Edit > Paste commands also accept images and text from clipboard; they create picture or text files from clipboard content, respectively, called x2scrap.*
· Actions > Change attributes includes a checkbox to change the security of selected items so that everyone is granted full read/write access. WARNING: this totally whacks all prior security information!
· [P] special paste commands Multi Paste and Sync-o-paste offer to suppress any overwrite confirmation dialogs (XP or later)
· [P] Edit > Copy to dialog, the queue option is now a persistent tickbox called "Use queue"
· Script wizard dialog box is resizable like mass rename wizard
· FTP folder file dates are properly DST and timezone adjusted and refreshed... not sure if that's any good though :(
· Every 3 months xplorer² will prompt you to check if there are program updates to download
· File > Mass rename command doesn't stop if errors are experienced, renames as many items as possible
· Tools > Options > Advanced has tickbox for automatically resizing the Name column in detailed view mode
· [P] All permanent delete/trash commands go through the new robust delete dialog that continues after errors, has silent mode etc. All delete operations are queued and executed sequentially
· [P] registry tweak GAOPT_NOROBUSTDEL(=1048576) disable robust delete, all deletions through explorer
· Help > Command finder locates menu commands using a keyword, if it matches the menu command's text or its description
· [P] Mark > Quick search understands global saved hyperfilters e.g. :{earlier_saved_filter} such as you saved e.g. in Find Files dialog (predefined)
April 19th, 2009· small but important bugfix for search text in files affecting non-english locales
· greek translation
February 27th, 2009· added UndoFolderAssociation.REG file in the installation folder for people that want to undo folder association to xplorer² without uninstalling the program
January 12th, 2009· find blacklist now supports wildcards, e.g. add "*.svn" under registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ ZabaraKatranemia Plc \ xplorer2_UC.global \ Find Blacklist to exclude all folders with .svn in their name from searches. Separate multiple exclusion filters by commas.
December 15th, 2008· registry setting DPF_NOMENU=262144 hide main window menu bar. Issue commands through toolbars or keyboard shortcuts
October 27th, 2006· mini scrap automatically saves its contents when you close it (that's controlled through CLVOPT_AUTOSAVESCRAP registry option)
July 9th, 2006· registry option DPF_X2TITLETRAIL forces xplorer2 to appear last in titlebar (see registry.txt; if set you lose dirkey compatibility)
June 19th, 2006· Alt Shift GRAY_ select all files with basenames same as the one in focus (GRAY_- to unselect)
· New tips (see x2tips.txt in installation folder): 75a, 152c, 155a, 160a
· [P] View | Raw contents can be used for filesystem folders too
· [P] Folder groups now save any fixed tab names too
· [P] Customize | Color coding sets up text attributes for certain file types (hyperfilters)
· registry option GIOPT_QSNOFCONTENT (=268435456) stops quicksearch looking in file contents (only scan text in columns/details shown)
· [P] Robust transfer options can be saved & restored for common scenarios
· Improved icon overlay extraction for TortoiseCVS etc
· View | Lock viewer freezes quickview to whatever item it is currently showing
· [P] View | Arrange by | Custom groups to organize a pane's content using your own hyperfilters (winXP)
· [P] Customize | Custom groups submenu to manage such custom categories
· registry option nThumbSpacing for tighter icon spacing in thumbnail view mode (recommended: 3 pixels)
· Edit | Duplicate now allows you to rename the new item (if single)
· dragging/opening from a single folder respects the visible item order
· filter, group and other view changes preserve the old selection status
· Help | Licence agreement shows the small print associated with program usage
· Edit | Paste special new submenu to handle NTFS folder junctions
· Goto | Find target now traces junction targets as well as regular shortcuts
· Generic text input dialog is now resizable
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