Explore&Burn Changelog

What's new in Explore&Burn 1.7.2

Jan 18, 2013
  • Fixed the issue when on Windows XP the installer created registry values AllocateCDRoms and AllocateDASD of incorrect type, thus prohibiting access to media burning devices for non-administrative users.

New in Explore&Burn 1.7.1 (Sep 2, 2011)

  • Added again "About Explore&Burn" and "Explore&Burn Settings" Start Menu items, which was removed by mistake in version 1.7

New in Explore&Burn 1.7 (Sep 2, 2011)

  • File system builder for DVD-Video Disc Burning Wizard was rewritten from scratch for maximum compatibility with consumer DVD players.
  • Removed nag-screens in trial version.
  • Bug fixes

New in Explore&Burn 1.6.5 (Nov 5, 2010)

  • Added a help file for better user experience.

New in Explore&Burn 1.6.4 (Oct 27, 2010)

  • Fixed the bug when the Misc tab of the Settings dialog is not visible on Windows XP.
  • Added the ability to burn a DVD movie by right-clicking the parent of the VIDEO_TS folder.
  • Added the option for DVD-Video Disc Burning Wizard to create an empty AUDIO_TS folder if it doesn't exists.

New in Explore&Burn 1.6.3 (Oct 4, 2010)

  • The installer can automatically download and install the required prerequisite for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 - Microsoft Image Mastering API v2.0 (KB932716).

New in Explore&Burn 1.6.2 (Sep 4, 2010)

  • Fixed the bug when DVD-Video discs burned in Windows 7 cannot be played back correctly on some of the consumer DVD players.
  • Fixed the bug when the burning wizards can sometimes perform only partial burn verification.
  • Fixed the bug when the burning wizards can mistakenly report about failed burn verification.
  • Fixed the bug when the Disc Info property page extension shows wrong track type for data tracks on a DVD.

New in Explore&Burn 1.6.1 (Sep 4, 2010)

  • Fixed the bug when a registration fails if an user's name contains non-latin characters.
  • Updated Spanish, Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional translations.

New in Explore&Burn 1.6 (Mar 15, 2010)

  • License changed to shareware;
  • Removed all menu items from the Windows Explorer context menu except "Burn files to disc...", "Burn image to disc..." and "Burn DVD-Video disc...";
  • Fixed the bug when settings of the DVD-Video Disc Burning Wizard is not saved.

New in Explore&Burn 1.5.3 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • Fixed: The installer installs 32-bit version of Explore&Burn onto 64-bit platforms, thus making the program unusable.

New in Explore&Burn 1.5.2 (Feb 16, 2010)

  • Localization in Chinese(Simplified) and Chinese(Traditional) languages;
  • Added the ability to specify the directory to store temporary files used to build a disc image.

New in Explore&Burn 1.5.1 (Feb 5, 2010)

  • Fixed: Absence of the IMAPIv2 (KB932716) is not correctly detected in Windows XP.

New in Explore&Burn 1.5 (Feb 1, 2010)

  • Burn DVD-Video discs using the files in a prepared VIDEO_TS folder;
  • Automatically checks for updates;
  • Supports verification of the data written on disc after a burn;
  • Burning wizards have Aero look and feel in Windows Vista and later;
  • An extension for the disc recorder property sheet which allows you to view information about the currently mounted disc (number of sessions, file system, list of tracks etc). Just click "Properties" in the drive context menu and choose the "Disc" tab;
  • Multi-session support for DVD-RW and DVD+RW (in Windows 7 only);
  • Burn-On-The-Fly support (in Windows 7 only);
  • Supports burning of multiple disc copies.

New in Explore&Burn 1.5 RC 1 (Jan 16, 2010)

  • Burn verification support;
  • Aero-style wizards in Windows Vista/7;
  • Burning of DVD-Video discs using prepared VIDEO_TS folder.

New in Explore&Burn 1.5 Beta 2 (Jan 12, 2010)

  • Automatically checks for updates;
  • Burn verification;
  • Burning wizards have Aero look and feel in Windows Vista and later;
  • An extension for the disc recorder property sheet which allows you to view information about the currently mounted disc (number of sessions, file system, list of tracks etc). Just click "Properties" in the drive context menu and choose the "Disc" tab (see screenshot);
  • Multi-session support for DVD-RW and DVD+RW (in Windows 7 only);
  • Burn-On-The-Fly support (in Windows 7 only);
  • Supports burning of multiple disc copies.

New in Explore&Burn 1.2.1 (Aug 24, 2009)

  • Fixed: Unsuccessful completion of the disc writing wizard with unspecified error message, when burning an ISO image.

New in Explore&Burn 1.2 (Aug 13, 2009)

  • Localization in Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), French, German and Spanish languages;
  • Reorganized menu with better icons;
  • Sound notifications after burning;
  • Displays progress in Windows 7 task bar during burning;
  • Can set burning permissions during installation in Windows XP.

New in Explore&Burn 1.1 (Jun 22, 2009)

  • Support for 64-bit platforms; localization to Dutch, Russian and Ukrainian languages; some improvements and bugfixes