MysticThumbs Changelog

What's new in MysticThumbs 2024.3.0

Apr 20, 2024

Added .dotx to Open Office formats.
Added a new custom installer/uninstaller/updater procedure that asks the user to close any applications that have MysticThumbs core files open to try to prevent auto-closing / losing any work. This should help prevent unintentional loss of work if you happen to have an app open that is using MysticThumbs in open/save dialogs when installing updates or uninstalling for example.
Core performance optimizations.
'QuickView' renamed to 'Quick View' for translation purposes in texts / messages.
Changed the way the installer works to prevent spawning tray app / Quick View elevated on installation / update.
Tweaked and added information to the about window / hints page for expert users to learn from.
Clear thumbnail cache from the tray icon context menu now doesn't need to spawn the control panel to perform the task. Therefore it's now much faster.
Languge in context menus sometimes changed after control panel Apply incorrectly.
Some work on displaying a wait cursor more appropriately when doing work in the control panel.
Some icons were not displaying correctly in tooltips.
Regression 2024.1.1. An optimization to make the control panel search extensions dialog appear slightly faster causing internal state corruption with the file formats and many potential resulting bad bugs including control panel crash. Reverted change.
You can now use Ctrl+F to search for a file extension in the control panel.
Explorer crash when selecting folders with a period '.' in their name. This bug may have also malfunctioned a number of other things.
Regression introduced in 2024.1.1 - Interim fix for some users applications reporting false read-only files, preventing the user to save files. Reverted property handler back to 2024.1.1 whilst we investigate the issue.
Wait cursor showing more appropriately with open modal dialog boxes.
Exporting file extension settings was showing a failure when it succeeded.
About window F1 to toggle hints wasn't working.
Crash when encountering .ico and possibly other files handled partially by system codecs.
Regression from build 2024.1.1. Full size thumbnails were not aligning properly.
When applying changes in the control panel, sometimes open QuickView windows didn't update accordingly.
Regression - sample and scale mode options were not working in the context menus.
Under some circumstances the chosen dark mode was not applied to the running tasks dialog.
Fixed running tasks dialog sometimes staying open for a time after all tasks were complete.
Possible race condition crash when shell tried to clean up our shell extension with the running tasks dialog open.
Fixed bad "current version is newer than chosen version" error showing when installing a final after beta.
Fixed potential hang / crash when loaded from Explorer shell DLL and unloaded.
Removed QuickView maximum resizing limit that caused aspect clamping issues.
QuickView window resizing scaling / aspect ratios improved.
Postscript QuickView scaling improved.
Reworked some property store cleanup code to prevent a potential hung thread.
Added some extra hints for PDF ghostscript decoding in an attempt to increase performance for some files.
Improved property store calls with a short duration cache to try improve multiple fetches to slow ping images.
* Edit File Extensions Enhancement * Beta
- You can now edit file extensions for file types by opening the file extension box and selecting the '...' ellipsis item at the bottom of the extension list.
- This allows you to add or remove extensions for file formats and can be useful to add support for extensions that aren't listed by default under a certain file format.
- For example, you could add extra text based file extensions to the 'Text' file format such as programming language source files, or XML based file extensions that you would like visualized to the XML file format.
- Use with caution. This feature is currently considered BETA but performs as expected in tests so far. Use knowing this, and only use if you are certain of what you are doing as there could be unintended side effects if a file extension was connected to another shell extension.
- Be careful adding extensions for file formats that it may not properly support. It's possible you may experience a crash. If that happens, simply remove the extension again and if you believe it should work, contact support with a sample file so we can investigate.

New in MysticThumbs 2024.2.3 (Mar 16, 2024)

New in MysticThumbs 2024.2.2 (Mar 13, 2024)

New in MysticThumbs 2024.2.1 (Mar 11, 2024)

New in MysticThumbs 2024.2.0 (Mar 11, 2024)

New in MysticThumbs 2024.1.3 (Mar 5, 2024)

New in MysticThumbs 2024.1.2 (Mar 5, 2024)

New in MysticThumbs 2024.1.1 (Feb 22, 2024)

New in MysticThumbs 2024.1.0 (Feb 21, 2024)

Some support for JPEG PDF's added for things like document scans.
Added hotkey/button Shift+F10 to take a capture of the control panel window.
Added a snapshot the control panel to cilpboard button. Shift+F10 or Shift+press the revealed snapshot button.
Maya file type renamed to Maya (Swatches) for clarity since a .mayaSwatches folder is required to thumbnail them.
Improved general rendering performance and memory usage of control panel.
Some translations with dynamic text didn't add in whitespace. This has been improved.
Improved QuickView gamma slider performance for much faster feedback.
Massively improved refreshing open QuickView windows when modifying the control panel settings.
Improved scaling and refreshing of QuickView.
Improved QuickView redraw of some vector based formats after scaling.
Improved copy to clipboard functionality.
Added copy to clipboard formats in the advanced settings dialog, found in the Convert to format context menu settings.
Improved some language/localization formatting.
Improved maximum file size checks to prevent thumbnailing files too large when set.
Changed all file formats with default transparency mode checkerboard to default transparent as it's probably more useful to the average user. Existing settings will not be affected.
Fixed nag reminder to register whilst in evaluation mode less often.
Potential crash when closing control panel.
Scale up / Full size button revert function wasn't quite right in all file formats mode.
Saving the control panel capture for a support request was not working.
Regression when holding ctrl key to restore to defaults, the default state was shown instead of the current state.
Choose icon dialog, fixed copy/paste icon so the correct icon file and icon are highlighted in the dialog after a paste.
QuickView copy to clipboard bug fixed.
Convert to format settings dialog text and translations.
Context menu sometimes didn't populate MysticThumbs items from desktop.
Some Chinese and Japanese texts were not displaying correctly.

New in MysticThumbs 2024.0.3 (Jan 21, 2024)

Packed full of Quality of Life improvements, new features, optimisations and bug fixes that have been in development for four months and are aimed to please.
Please read through the change list so you know what to expect if you are updating, especially with major functional changes.
This update should fix a corruption bug that happened when updating for some users.
As always, if you update and experience serious issues, uninstall and reinstall the previous version you were using and report problems to us using the control panel or our support page and we will attempt to fix them ASAP.
Added .psdt - Photoshop template files - to Photoshop file extensions.
Added VinylMaster .vDoc file format.
When using the context menu on a Windows Explorer item to modify states or refresh, or using the control panel 'Refresh Open Explorer Windows' global mode and applying changes, there is now a progress dialog that will show after a second to allow you to monitor the changes taking place and optionally cancel the operation(s) if desired. This can be especially useful if applying changes recursively.
'All file formats' mode states are now remembered.
Added light/dark mode theme button to the theme editor so you can see icons in the respective mode.
Checkerboard dialog is now resizable.
Improved checkerboard dialog buttons images and states to better reflect the overall state.
When changing languages, theme and blocked dialogs are updated.
Improved theme dialog icon tooltips.
Registration, plugin, proxy, update, download dialogs are centered again on the control panel main window when opened.
Improved control panel novice/expert button.
Some tooltips updated for better clarity.
Choose color dialog now only responds to a double click on appropriate controls.
Reset icon and cursor file types to default to cubic sampling to keep consistency in 'All file formats' mode.
Improved display of control panel type (novice expert) button to show when debug logging is enabled, in case the user forgets.
Performance and Gamma buttons rendering.
Theme editor now supports canvas color viewing mode. It also supports changing the canvas and checkerboard colors.
When using Ctrl+Apply to refresh open folders, the current 'Apply to Mode' is respected so that you can choose to refresh only a specific file format, or a specific file extension, or everything.
Improved checkerboard select dialog outlines on the preset list for dark and light modes.
Changed the way multiple states are shown in novice mode on buttons when in apply to all or format mode. Now the state of the underlying extension or all format mode is shown and an asterisk * is added to show multiple states. This brings a little more clarity to state setting in multi-modes.
Improved postscript based QuickView rendering.
Performance, when using the context menu to modify files/folders, a better check is now in place to skip files not supporting modification of unsupported functions such as transparency & full thumbnail etc.
Refreshed many icons for a bit better clarity.
Apply to open folders can now also apply to desktop icons, however desktop folders will not be recursed if the recurse folders option is enabled unless they are open in an Explorer window.
Various performance optimization and tweaks.
Changed Krita to default checkerboard transparency.
Changed PDF default non-premultiplied alpha.
Selecting 'Clear thumbnail cache' from the control panel or quickview jumplist now opens the (now standardized throughout) clear thumbnail cache dialog box.
File types that don't support transparency had the transparency button disabled. The button is now enabled if the file type supports full thumbnail mode so you can choose canvas and checkerboard colors. These file types will only toggle between canvas and checkerboard for the purpose of being able to choose those colors.
When changing dark mode, open dialogs are updated to the new mode.
There was a problem saving some dialogs positions / sizes correctly.
Theme dialog icon path was not visible.
Choosing a custom icon was not displaying correctly for file extensions.
Selecting file extension from the search loupe did not correctly save the currently selected file extension for the file format.
Icon overlay buttons were not showing the correct state text or overlay icons for multi-states.
Disabling Show association icon did not work unless a custom icon was enabled.
Rendering control panel buttons with text was not drawing the text in beta 4 due to an optimization.
Toggling debug logging when having skip dialog without shift pressed didn't work correctly.
Toggling small icons may not have updated the button icon properly.
Some control panel memory leaks.
Entering an old license key into new versions of the control panel would ignore the key entry and do nothing.
Control panel state buttons may have been in an incorrect state after restoring defaults button.
Fix potential crash on control panel cleanup.
Setting adornment for some file types wasn't taking effect.
Buttons did not show the correct 'modified from default state' icon in apply to file format mode.
Fixed taskbar jumplist icons.
Potential crash fixed when logging some strings.
Postscript / illustrator checks for supporting rendering full image or fallback to embedded thumb fixed.
Postscript / illustrator better heuristic to discern width / height for image properties to correct resolution / dpi.
Bug decoding some SKP files. Regression from 2023.3.0.
Improved refreshing open folders and recursing into sub-folders when enabled improved is better managed.
Handling of refreshing thumbnails on the desktop improved including refreshing transparency and other settings.
Postscript files specifying inches/cm are scaled accordingly where possible.
Some postscript files would try to render too large due to xmp metadata not in pixels.
Fixed occasional occurance of temporary files being created where they shouldn't have.
When creating small icons, if transparency is checkerboard, it is treated as canvas color instead.
When a file extension has small icons enabled, the control panel icon was appearing as a generic blank sheet of paper icon instead of either the associated application icon or the override icon if applicable.

New in MysticThumbs 2024.0.1 (Jan 11, 2024)

New in MysticThumbs 2024.0.0 (Dec 23, 2023)

Major Update, 2024 version released just in time for Christmas (or choose the celebration that best suits.)
Packed full of Quality of Life improvements, new features, optimisations and bug fixes that have been in development for four months and are aimed to please.
Please read through the change list so you know what to expect if you are updating, especially with major functional changes.
As always, if you update and experience serious issues, uninstall and reinstall the previous version you were using and report problems to us using the control panel or our support page and we will attempt to fix them ASAP.
Added .psdt - Photoshop template files - to Photoshop file extensions.
Added VinylMaster .vDoc file format.
When using the context menu on a Windows Explorer item to modify states or refresh, or using the control panel 'Refresh Open Explorer Windows' global mode and applying changes, there is now a progress dialog that will show after a second to allow you to monitor the changes taking place and optionally cancel the operation(s) if desired. This can be especially useful if applying changes recursively.
'All file formats' mode states are now remembered.
Checkerboard dialog is now resizable.
Improved checkerboard dialog buttons images and states to better reflect the overall state.
When changing languages, theme and blocked dialogs are updated.
Improved theme dialog icon tooltips.
Registration, plugin, proxy, update, download dialogs are centered again on the control panel main window when opened.
Improved control panel novice/expert button.
Some tooltips updated for better clarity.
Choose color dialog now only responds to a double click on appropriate controls.
Reset icon and cursor file types to default to cubic sampling to keep consistency in 'All file formats' mode.
Improved display of control panel type (novice expert) button to show when debug logging is enabled, in case the user forgets.
Performance and Gamma buttons rendering.
Theme editor now supports canvas color viewing mode. It also supports changing the canvas and checkerboard colors.
When using Ctrl+Apply to refresh open folders, the current 'Apply to Mode' is respected so that you can choose to refresh only a specific file format, or a specific file extension, or everything.
Improved checkerboard select dialog outlines on the preset list for dark and light modes.
Improved postscript based QuickView rendering.
Refreshed many icons for a bit better clarity.
Apply to open folders can now also apply to desktop icons, however desktop folders will not be recursed if the recurse folders option is enabled unless they are open in an Explorer window.
Various performance optimization and tweaks.
File types that don't support transparency had the transparency button disabled. The button is now enabled if the file type supports full thumbnail mode so you can choose canvas and checkerboard colors. These file types will only toggle between canvas and checkerboard for the purpose of being able to choose those colors.
When changing dark mode, open dialogs are updated to the new mode.
There was a problem saving some dialogs positions / sizes correctly.
Theme dialog icon path was not visible.
Choosing a custom icon was not displaying correctly for file extensions.
Selecting file extension from the search loupe did not correctly save the currently selected file extension for the file format.
Icon overlay buttons were not showing the correct state text or overlay icons for multi-states.
Disabling Show association icon did not work unless a custom icon was enabled.
Rendering control panel buttons with text was not drawing the text in beta 4 due to an optimization.
Toggling debug logging when having skip dialog without shift pressed didn't work correctly.
Toggling small icons may not have updated the button icon properly.
Some control panel memory leaks.
Entering an old license key into new versions of the control panel would ignore the key entry and do nothing.
Control panel state buttons may have been in an incorrect state after restoring defaults button.
Fix potential crash on control panel cleanup.
Setting adornment for some file types wasn't taking effect.
Potential crash fixed when logging some strings.
Postscript / illustrator checks for supporting rendering full image or fallback to embedded thumb fixed.
Postscript / illustrator better heuristic to discern width / height for image properties to correct resolution / dpi.
Bug decoding some SKP files. Regression from 2023.3.0.
Improved refreshing open folders and recursing into sub-folders when enabled improved is better managed.
Handling of refreshing thumbnails on the desktop improved including refreshing transparency and other settings.

New in MysticThumbs 2023.4.2 (Aug 22, 2023)

New in MysticThumbs 2023.4.1 (Aug 9, 2023)

New in MysticThumbs 2023.4.0 (Aug 3, 2023)

New in MysticThumbs 2023.3.4 (Jul 26, 2023)

New in MysticThumbs 2023.3.3 (Jul 12, 2023)

New in MysticThumbs 2023.3.2 (Jun 10, 2023)

New in MysticThumbs 2023.3.1 (Jun 8, 2023)

New in MysticThumbs 2023.3.0 (Jun 4, 2023)

This is a very major update - Please read the changes !!!
Windows 10 or 11 are now required to install or update from older versions. Windows 7 and 8 support has been retired. Click here to show the last version compatible with Windows 7 and 8.
Icon and small icon handling has been completely overhauled. You may notice some differences in the control panel from previous versions with how icons are displayed for file extensions and applications as well as in File Explorer.
Czech and Slovak languages added (draft).
Checkerboard colors are now per-file extension.
Added a checkerboard color chooser with a customizable preset library. To choose the checkerboard colors for a file extension, set the transparency mode to checkerboard and double click the button. Use tooltips (if enabled) in the checkerboard dialog for information.
Checkerboard and Canvas colors are now selectable from the shell and QuickView context menus.
Added a new option to only show Explorer context menus if holding shift key when right clicking. To enable/disable, double click the global Context Menu button.
Small icons for file types that use Windows Store / UWP applications are now shown.
Having a file extension small icon generation disabled but assigning it a custom icon now uses the custom icon for small icon, details and icon views.
Added older style Office document support for files saved with a thumbnail. (.doc, .xls, .ppt, .vsd).
Added Icon (.ico) format for icons.
Added .pub Publisher file support.
Added .aftemplate extension to Affinity file type.
Allow manipulation of full thumbnail mode when in apply to all formats on a base format that doesn't support it.
Opening multiple QuickView files from Explorer when the QuickView app was not already open would not open them all.
Popup sliders for max file/pixel size and gamma are now presented correctly in dark mode.
Clear thumbnail cache after entering a license key was not functional.
Crash fixed in updater introduced in beta preventing updating from within the control panel. Updates from current beta versions will have to be made directly from the website.
Control panel help button was not available if there was no internet access. It now resets to local help if no interenet access.
Embedded thumbnail mode could have caused a lockup for some file types.
Pressing ESC key during tutorial could crash the control panel.
No double click support on transparency button when file format doesn't support transparency.
Canvas color shows correctly now in scale up/full size button.
When changing between different file extensions of a file type, the associated application / icon was not being updated with different associations.
Choose icon dialog now works with redirected Windows 10/11 icon libraries that are in System32.
When changing a file extension overlay icon, the search for extension icons were not being updated correctly.
Issues with installer/uninstaller and languages.
Fixed bug with choose icon dialog OK on no file chosen.
Fixed potential bug with WMF/EMF files.
Fixed crash copying QuickView window to the clipboard.
Potential bug with the control panel language combo box not exiting active mode properly.
Changing from small icons to not-small icons didn't show the default icon proper. This should now be fixed.
Attempt to fix QuickView sometimes opens with a blank canvas.
Archive (.zip & .rar) files no longer respect/apply transparency, scale up or full size options.
Improved gamma slider tooltip in QuickView.
Disable transparency button when not in apply to all mode and the file format doesn't support transparency.
Double clicking scale up/full thumbnail when the file format doesn't support full thumbnail will instead just toggle scale up.
Various cleanups to prepare for release.
Optimized HDR, PSP, PVR, SKP file format decoding.
Improved HDR decoding performance.
Faster and more visually pleasing control panel refreshes when changing modes such as dark mode, expert mode and changing file types.
Removed contol panel sound functionality. It was unnecessary (originally designed for accessibility) and only partially implemented and overly complicated.
Improved selection visibility in the choose icon dialog.
For canvas color transparency mode, select canvas transparency mode then double click the button.
Improved clear icon cache so it doesn't restart Explorer if the icon is deleted successfully.
Added a notification so changing a file association automatically refreshes the control panel.
Adjusted/optimized some file format registry settings.
Improved the choose icon dialog to keep selected icon when switching icon size.
Improved refreshing folders when changing thumbnail/icon enabled.
Many optimizations on registering and unregistering MysticThumbs for system stability.
Optimized DSO file reader (3ds Max, Kubotek, Office Document, Publisher).
More changes to small icons to use the icon of the application that opens them, or the default assigned icon of the file type, when small icon thumbnail isn't enabled.
A new check added for potentially invalid registry links with file associations when unregistering a file extension.
Made extraction of icons when small icons is enabled possible to be done using a background thread. May improve performance.
Added tooltip text for control panel main window combo boxes to show that keyboard searching is possible.
Improved performance of system file types (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, CUR, ICO and other WIC defaults files.)
Changed sampling button text.
Postscript performance: changed pinging for properties to use embedded thumbnails when found to prevent very large files stalling Explorer. Large postscript, including Adobe Illustrator .ai files were taking too long to inspect.
File types that don't support full thumbnail backgrounds no longer support toggling their full thumbnail setting in the control panel.
Optimizing and attempt to fix PNG images that are determined to be Metro/UWP icons.
A lot of internal refactoring.
Changed registering support file types properties from Picture;Image to Picture.
Cursor and Icon formats now default to nearest sampling filter.
Some changes to small icon extraction.

New in MysticThumbs 2023.2.0 (Jan 8, 2023)

New in MysticThumbs 2023.1.0 (Jan 4, 2023)

New in MysticThumbs 2022.3.2 (Dec 31, 2022)

New in MysticThumbs 2022.3.1 (Dec 22, 2022)

New in MysticThumbs 2022.3.0 (Nov 26, 2022)

Just in time for Black Friday weekend. Renew your license now if you want a discount for HUGE changes!
Major update overview
Administrator users can now install an 'all user' license seat on a machine so that users can switch on that machine on just one seat.
Regular users on a machine with an 'all user' license installed will now have their own profile setup automatically when required.
User created format plugins can now be loaded from the as-before install directory or from their user app data folder for development purposes.
Much improved File Explorer folder refresh for both thumbnail and small icon modes when using Apply Refresh or Refresh Open Folders options.
Many other fixes and optimizations.
Detect new non-admin user accounts and setup everything when required.
Plugins now loaded from both user %LOCALAPPDATA% and the install folder so both admin and user plugins are read. User generated plugins with the same name are prioritized for ease of development in multi-user environments. See the Plugin information in the user guide online for further information.
Buffer overrun on some dynamic icon generations.
Some buffer overrun potential bugs.
Some more logo animation types in control panel for some visual variation.
Installer required GhostScript version set absolute to 9.56.1. Do not try to update Ghostscript to a newer version for now as there are some incompatibilities.
Some language string changes and translations.
Updating Explorer folders when many changes are made so thumbnails are updated correctly.
Cancelling a search in a combo box (eg. search / file format / extension) will properly restore the previous selection.
Control panel: File extension search button is now disabled whilst file extensions are collated to avoid possible UX bugs.
Potential control panel crash when previous plugins dont exist.
Some multi-threading improvements to decoders.
Refreshing icon cache on Apply to open Explorer windows when any window is in a small icon mode so the icons will immediately reflect the appropriate changes.
Some DDS file formats didn't report their bit depth correctly.
When applying changes to formats with small icons enabled a folder refresh is issued to update small icons.
Toggle all blocked folders will now update all of those folders immediately.
Toggling a blocked folder will (should) now update the small icons and thumbnails appropriately.
Applying changes from QuickView when "Apply changes to file" is enabled improved and fixed for gamma correction.
QuickView issue not displaying context menu sometimes.
Improved the way small icons are handled when enabling/disabling and also with blocked folders.
General code cleanups to improve efficiency.
PSD decoder improved.

New in MysticThumbs 2022.2.3 (Oct 11, 2022)

New in MysticThumbs 2022.2.2 (Sep 27, 2022)

New in MysticThumbs 2022.2.1 (Sep 26, 2022)

New in MysticThumbs 2022.2.0 (Sep 21, 2022)

New in MysticThumbs 2022.1.3 (Aug 24, 2022)

New in MysticThumbs 2022.1.2 (Aug 22, 2022)

Using local help mode (F1 in control panel) the help was not being displayed.
MysticThumbs build numbers are now Year.Version.Revision numbering format.
This significant update contains extensive rework of some major systems for performance and optimization as well as some changes to the control panel settings. It should notify you when opening the control panel and show you the changes. Please consider taking note of the changes.
While a lot of testing has been done, due to the myriad of different machine setups, there may be unforeseen issues for some users. If you experience problems please use the support request from the control panel or website to notify us and revert to the previous version.
Worth noting: Refreshing or changing settings in Explorer through context menus is now massivey faster and very useful due to multi-core capabilities. Try it?
Control panel Scale Up and Full Thumbnail modes have been merged into a single button. Single click to toggle scale up mode, Double click to toggle full thumbnail mode. Tooltips and tutorial have been updated to reflect this change.
Explorer and QuickView context menu now have 'Metadata rotation' entries.
Full thumbnail canvas color mode added. Fixed.
Added Commodore 64 (C64) file type including file extensions .kla, .koa, .prg, .fli, .shi, .esh currently, for Koala painter multicolor images and fli and shi images that are not encoded in d64 program format.
Control panel at unusual screen scales could cause a crash.
Small icons would render with full thumbnail if it was set, which was not correct. They are always now transparent and achored for better clarity.
When opening QuickView, sometimes the window would require a manual refresh/resize.
Crash when unregistering/reregistering plugins.
Support for checkbox controls - proxy dialog.
WEBP animated image support added. The first frame is used.
WEBP now requires having a WIC codec installed on your computer. Windows 11 and 10 should already have one installed by default, older OS may require installing one either from Microsoft or another vendor.
Switching Global overlay icon will properly refresh open File Explorer windows.
Global checkerboard option icon will show light or dark checkerboard depending on currently selected file format.
When changing multiple files at once using the context menu a refresh was sent to the window which would reset it's position. This has been removed as Explorer seems to now be better at refreshing the thumbnails according to size correctly in recent Windows builds. If thumbnails don't show at correct size after a context menu file refresh then press F5 to manually refresh an Explorer window.
QuickView now supports viewing supported file formats that have been disabled in the control panel.
Theme dialog load theme icon improved.
Removed tutorial videos as they are legacy.
After entering a valid license key the thank you dialog defaults to clearing the thumbnail cache to refresh evaluation thumbnails.
When clearing the thumbnail cache you can choose to also delete all thumbnail overrides you may have made on individual files in Explorer.
Using tray context menu / clear thumbnail cache now opens the control panel / clear thumbnail dialog so you can choose what to clear.
Now unable to open registration dialog more than once if using the Register tray context menu item.
Tray icon is more visible now when thumbnails are being generated.
Potential crash when un/re-registering/applying changes to file formats.
Changed context menu Convert to file format to explicitly say "Convert to ..." for clarity.
Improved Restore All context menu so it doesn't process files more than once.
Stabilized and improved performance with open explorer windows refreshing from control panel or context menu.
Context menu text Embedded thumb changed to Embedded thumbnail for consistency.
Changed tooltip for thumbs generated link to "Reset count to 0" for clarity.
Changed 'Control Panel' menu item text to 'Thumbnail Control' for clarity.
Added a new tray icon context menu entry for Windows 11 to be able to toggle old style / pre Windows 11 shell context menus so it doesn't take two clicks to get to standard application menus.
QuickView clears border color in border opaque areas with white or black depending on system Dark Mode setting.
Rotating embedded thumbnails of RAW file thumbnails correctly.
Added context menu "Default All" to restore any changed file/settings back to current defaults for the file format/extension.
Added context menu "Default All" to restore any changed file/settings back to current defaults for the file format/extension instead of one at a time.
Added an 'Apply Changes to Open Explorer Windows' global option. If you want to compare changes live, enable this option to make changes and apply to refresh open Explorer windows to see the changes immediately so you can do comparisons etc. live in Explorer. This option was already available via pressing Ctrl+Apply. This option simplifies the workflow. The 'Apply' button changes to reflect this state.
Rotating embedded thumbnails of RAW file thumbnails correctly.
QuickView clears border color in border opaque areas with white or black depending on system Dark Mode setting.
Applying changes to open Explorer Windows now works with Explorer Search windows.
Context menu in Explorer windows is vastly improved for visual and performance reasons. A multi-threaded job system is now used to vastly improve performance.
Popup sliders in QuickView may not have visually updated. This has been fixed.
Potential deadlocks when waiting for tasks to finish on closing shutting down some systems.
Changed RAW to use embedded thumbnails for better performance by default.
Refreshing / manually changing shortcut links now refresh their thumbnails when refreshed from the source file.
QuickView "Always Scale To Fit" color picking was incorrect.
Potential issue making the notification icon register and function correctly.
Preventing unnecessary flickering and refreshing of desktop & explorer windows when applying non-icon related state changes.
Restoring full thumbnail mode may have failed to work.
Performance maximum sizes and gamma button sliders now show 'Inactive' when inactive for clarity.
Control panel - Sample button showing resizing text was doubled up.
Control panel - tutorial potential crash due to missing video player in tutorial mode.
Control panel - Global option context menu now displays a more intuitive text when disabled.
Fixed updating folders thumbnails and windows when changes are made via context menu.
Crash when trying to decode bad WMF files.
Removed all Facebook and Twitter links.
Added Windows 11 OS detection for some platform spectific functions.
Control panel - Rearranged some buttons and tabbing ordering to be more logical.
Performance improvement - When applying changes to open Explorer windows (ie. Ctrl+Apply) only file extensions for settings that changed in the control panel will refresh. An example - So a window with 100 files and only one PSD file will only refresh the PSD file if only PSD settings were changed.
Alignment of checkerboards with Full Size Thumbnails
RAW files with dodgy rotation may have returned a corrupt image.
Control Panel - Apply all changes to open windows is no longer available if there are no changes to any file.
Photo orientation meta tag support for RAW images.
Some memory leaks and various bugs.

New in MysticThumbs 5.2.5 (Aug 22, 2021)

New in MysticThumbs 5.2.4 (Jun 28, 2021)

New in MysticThumbs 5.2.3 (Apr 9, 2021)

New in MysticThumbs 5.2.2 (Apr 7, 2021)

New in MysticThumbs 5.2.1 (Mar 23, 2021)

New in MysticThumbs 5.1.9 (Nov 19, 2020)

New in MysticThumbs 5.2.0 (Nov 17, 2020)

New in MysticThumbs 5.1.9 (Oct 1, 2020)

New in MysticThumbs 5.1.8 (Aug 15, 2020)

New in MysticThumbs 5.1.7 (Jul 31, 2020)

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Theme Editor. Edit and share your MysticThumbs icon themes. Sharing via the website coming soon. For now, send your themes to our website support to share them.
Added High Efficiency Image Format (.heif, .heic) file format.
Added .reg extension (Registry file) to Text file format.
File Explorer context menu now has override options for full size thumbnails.
Some ZIP files would lock up generating thumbnails due to some internal inconsistensies such as MacOS metadata..
Potential issues switching through files in QuickView using cursor keys.
SVG with DPI related units such as inches are now sized appropriately especially on HiDPI displays.
Potential crash / error thumbnailing multiple web rendered thumbnails concurrently.
SVG rendering was bugged in some situations such as HiDPI displays. This has been re-written to account for these issues.
Japanese translations updated.
Sometimes if the tray app was not already open, a QuickView operation would fail the first time.
Potential crash/leak with rendering SVG files.
Fixed potential control panel group text overflow formatting issues for some languages.
Some translation adjustments.
Removed exception reporting as it was causing some issues. If exceptions occur now it will be necessary to manually report them if required using support.
Attempts to fix issues with some compound button images that had irregular bitmap formats.
Potential crash or graphical issues with systems with weak, dual or non-existant graphics cards or bad drivers.
Disabling global thumbnail mode could lead to a lockup in the control panel.
QuickView shows transparent images on dark background theme when appropriate.
Telling File Explorer that thumbnails are alpha always even if failure may return thumbnails in their correct transparent form.
Added extra error checking logging to help trace user issues.
Possible control panel crash when opening with dodgy graphics drivers fixed.
There was no state information on the full thumbnail appearance option in novice mode. Regression from v4.9.8.
Was unable to middle click to select a new tutorial button.
Global thumbnail enable option not darkening background like other dialogs do.
Some issues with a few version updated tutorials.
Some operations could have caused a deadlock in the button renderer, i.e. toggling the tray notification icon. Should be fixed now with a multithreaded renderer.
Full transparent thumbnail options in the context menu are now in parity.
Potential menu item text corruption with some items.
Top shelf icons are ghosted to reduce clutter. Hovering the mouse or keyboard focus brings them to full opacity. They have also been moved around a bit to save space.
Tray application icon sometimes showing when it should not.
Improved some issues if other apps/windows are bought to focus whilst operating the control panel.
Improved performance of control panel when darkened with slider or dialog boxes open.
Improved rendering of sliders to remove glitches.
Updated info and tutorial buttons.
Moved some top shelf buttons around for space saving.
If skipping by cancelling the warning dialog for disabling global thumbnails and deselecting the ask again checkbox, the button would not have toggled again unless shift was pressed.
Canvas transparency context menu option shows correct canvas color where possible.
Changed some icons so they are more visible on both light and dark theme.
QuickView menu items for changing checkerboard size now only appear if the file is in checkerboard transparency mode.
Tooltips for full size thumbnail control panel option now gives a description.
Improved button representation of switching between debug logging modes.
When choosing an overlay icon in file format mode, the new button icon might not have refreshed correctly to the new icon.
Improved size of images in low DPI control panel buttons.
Sound (.wav) files in transparency mode on Windows dark theme now show a light waveform when refreshed.
Improved QuickView icon for Explorer dark theme.
MysticThumbs used to attempt to correct embedded thumbnail rotation and cropping but it would often be incorrect due to inconsistencies in cameras etc. This is no longer done so thunbnails may appear rotated incorrectly and with black borders.
Improved debug export of extension keys from control panel.
Sound (.wav) did not show the waveform correctly when set to Opaque transparency.
QuickView window placement.
Opening QuickView with multiple selected files would sometimes drop one or more of the files from being opened.
Selecting control panel screenshot when making support request did not work. Also, ability to delete the screenshot would be hampered for a while.
Control panel screenshot when making support request compression quality improved.

New in MysticThumbs 4.9.8 (Feb 22, 2019)

New in MysticThumbs 4.9.7 (Feb 9, 2019)

New in MysticThumbs 4.9.6 (Jan 17, 2019)

New in MysticThumbs 4.9.5 (Jan 8, 2019)

New in MysticThumbs 4.9.4 (Jan 3, 2019)

New in MysticThumbs 4.9.3 (Dec 13, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.9.2 (Nov 20, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.9.1 (Nov 9, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.9.0 (Nov 8, 2018)

Indeterminate states for slider controls (performance and gamma) did not correctly show multiple states.
Multiple states for novice mode icons and text for buttons.
Toggling overlay icon is now always available instead of only when override icon is enabled. This disconnects their reliance on each other and allows more intuitive icon overlay control.
Gamma control now always shows two decimal places on gamma value.
Improved registration dialog button tooltips.
The remove license button in the control panel now prompts for confirmation.
Enable/disable tooltips now shows a disable icon overlay when disabled.
Updated OpenEXR to version 2.3.0.
OpenEXR now supports parallel decoding for improved performance.
Potential deadlock when performing some tasks such as clearing thumbnail cache, exporting settings.
Improved choose and show icon overlay button images based on apply to state.
Automatic check for updates would crash if choosing to update from notification balloon.
Gamma correction to images within archives sometimes was not applied.
Changed gamma button page size to 2.2 for simplicity to push linear color spaces into sRGB.
Multiple states for novice mode icons and text for buttons.
Indeterminate states for slider controls (performance and gamma) did not correctly show multiple states.
Incorrect subtext in novice control panel mode when changing an appearance option.
Tray application sometimes not responding to registry changes.
When in Apply to All mode changes, the Apply overlay may have been incorrectly shown on some buttons.
When opening control panel via "Register" context menu the online store page no longer opens explicitly.
Installer now asks for Administrator elevation before installing instead of when running, so information and other details are visible to non-administrator users.
Added a warning symbol to Enable all Thumbnails button when disabled to help clarify the global implications of this function.
Closing control panel deadlock under some situations such as having done a "Apply and refresh to open Explorer windows".
Using context menu in Explorer windows to refresh/change thumbnails could lead to files needing to sync to OneDrive.
Improved some epub extraction.
Restore original apply to mode after post update tooltip notifications.
Potential crashes due to control panel sounds playing.
Control panel interface clean ups and performance improvements.
Control panel crash when closing after tutorial.
Occasional issue / potential error shutting down control panel.
Elevate to change site license dialog was broken. Completely overhauled.
Improved control panel tooltips on global items to be consistent.
Performance improvements to some control panel controls.

New in MysticThumbs 4.8.3 (Sep 25, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.8.2 (Sep 24, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.8.1 (Sep 14, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.8.0 (Sep 11, 2018)

This build is a significant change. There may still be some minor issues to work out in forthcoming revisions. If you have any issues don't forgot to use the control panel to report them so we can refine things as quickly as possible.
Update notifcation for Canvas transparency mode with optional restore settings notification.
Added Canvas transparency mode that uses the chosen canvas color (double click on transparent button) in the control panel as the canvas behind transparent areas. Opaque transparency restored to always ignore alpha (regression fix from earlier versions).
Added control panel "Global enable" mode button for temporary disabling of all thumbnails.
Added a thumbnail counter to each file format and extension to track which are most commonly used. This may be used in forthcoming releases for various optimisations and other reasons.
Stability fix for random crashes with spawned Explorer processes and other situations.
Moving through files with cursor keys in QuickView could sometimes skip some files without a correct refresh.
Some files not opening in QuickView.
Cubic sampling mode used a high quality cubic filter that would diminish color information when down sampling. Now uses regular cubic filter.
When thumbnailing is disabled then the file type / application icon is used.
Some thumbnails in transparent mode would show a black background after an Explorer reset.
Icons and thumbnails were showing as a blank document when a thumbnail was not able to be extracted.
Sound and WMF files rendering to non-premultiplied render targets so they aren't blackened out when final rasterization is done.
Opaque mode was not functioning as intended and alpha was will transparent. Alpha/transparency channel is now discarded.
PSD files did not thumbnail beyond 15k pixels or large file sizes in some cases.
Overlapping log messages from different threads could cause log file corruption.
Clear thumbnail cache improvement for Windows 7/Vista
MysticThumbs icon not shown in Disk Cleanup app etc.
Performance: Restoring file override properties such as transparency on entire folder(s) now only operates on files with an override instead of refreshing all files within the folder.
Photoshop support for images with arbitary alpha channels.
Crash when closing control panel after using it to refresh open Explorer windows when the notification/tray app wasn't open.
Refreshing a thumbnail selection in Explorer was refreshing the entire folder's contents instead of the selection.
Checkerboard size/repeat correct for High DPI displays.
Fixed / added some help mappings, e.g. Proxy dialog.
Improved a lot of task / question / information / error dialog boxes.
Some buttons didn't make sounds.
Control panel about/info not responding correctly to keyboard / ESC message.
Tutorial mode focus rectangle would be on the wrong control when moving to another tutorial.
Clearing icon cache on Windows 10 could throw up a spurious system dialog box saying file not found.
Renew now in update window did not open the renew web form.
Removed "Delete Thumbs.db files on network drives" global option as it was only minor-functional and unreliable due to the way Windows thumbnail refresh works.
Checking download versions had unreliable results in some circumstances, notably beta checks.
Fixed icons when removing the app with message box asking if to clear thumbnail/icon cache.
On DX11 capable machines, QuickView was not properly adjusting images correctly when scaled.
Was able to scale Office files out of aspect in QuickView.
Office files didn't report thumbnail size properties.
Color values were being reported in QuickView unscaled mode outside of the image.
Fixed some issues with some file type icons not showing correctly when they were not 32 bit.
Temporary files that were created in the %TEMP% folder for some file formats (HTML, SVG, TXT, XML, etc) that could cause slow down and thrash storage drives are no longer created.
Novice control panel mode group highlighting more inline with system colors.
SVG now correctly respects transparent areas in the image for transparency modes.
QuickView tooltip not showing correct value in expanded window mode.
Improved control panel button sizes and placements.
Choose Icon control panel dialog box is now resizable.>

New in MysticThumbs 4.7.6 (Jun 24, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.7.5 (Jun 23, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.7.4 (Jun 19, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.7.3 (Jun 16, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.7.2 (Jun 15, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.7.1 (Jun 14, 2018)

This is a very large change from the previous release. If you find things are not performing as expected - try the 'clear thumbnail cache' control panel option.
Icon overlays for assigned applications sometimes not showing for some files.
Changed settings are kept without applying when changing control panel window mode.
Size of font on slide controls was incorrect in some situations.
Multiple taskbar tray icons being created when user switching and in some other cases.
Folding of groups in control panel, specifically the Global group.
Tooltip hovering over a control panel group title now shows information on that group.
Control panel size modes - novice and expert.
Control panel size was incorrect on non-HiDPI displays.
Bad disable video flag set/restore for updated control panel tooltips.
Recent file history tray tooltip can be toggled for users with potentially sensitive file names.
QuickView always now opens in "Scaled to fit" mode and properly resizes the window to fit onto the monitor(s) work area if required. This also applies to moving through files using the cursor keys / Explorer window.
3ds Max and Kubotek memry leak generating thumbnails.
Convert file could fail when overwriting files on Vista.
Control panel crashing immediately in beta 8 due to debug dependant code.
Dialog box to ask you if you want to refresh open windows when applying changes.
Bug reading some multichannel Photoshop files.
32 bit per channel PSD files could overflow.
Bug reading some multichannel Photoshop files.
32 bit per channel PSD files could overflow.
QuickView shutdown potential crash.
Potential crash playing sounds on closed control panel child dialogs.
IFF / Amiga IFF error handling for some files.
In desktop mode (non-tablet mode) clicking with the mouse on the checkerboard anchor button now sets the anchor based on the quadrant the mouse clicked the button on. If clicked in tablet mode or with the keyboard the anchor toggles as before.
Improved performance reading some file formats, in particular Photoshop files.
Massive performance improvement for Photoshop files.
Improved performance reading some file formats, in particular Photoshop files.
Massive performance improvement for Photoshop files.
Icons for applications and file extensions are loaded on a background thread so using the Search Loupe and other icon based control panel functions are more responsive.
Updated to Ghostscript 9.23 with some performance improvements in PDF, AI and other postscript files.
Added some more updated/startup tooltips for changed features such as restore to default settings.
Enabling debug logging now also enables installing an exception handler allowing the user to attach a crash dump to an email for investigation by the developer.
Thumbnail and QuickView checkerboard anchoring and size improved.
Context menu recursion global option (on/off) didn't work properly under some circumstances.
Checking for updates now takes into account build revision and beta versions where relevant.
Improved choose color dialog for selecting opaque canvas color.
Added debug logging mode for testers.
When in 'Apply To All' mode, appearance options embedded thumbnail, transparency and premultiply can be toggled visually correctly regardless of if the current file format supports them. To test, select jpeg which does not support transparency, enter all file formats mode and toggle transparency.
Changes to how full size thumbnails and checkerboards are handled for greater parity across file types and thumbnail sizes.
Rewrote Web/HTML/SVG etc. parser as it was causing stalls in Explorer windows requiring a refresh / F5 to continue.
Re-enabled OpenMP for faster thumbnailing of some file types.
Various bug fixes performance optimisations.
Uninstall now prompts if you want to clear the thumbnail and or icon caches.
QuickView - you can now traverse images from a QuickView that was not opened using Space bar from File Explorer.
Changed default thumbnail canvas color for most file types to the system window color (usually white) for a more consistent visual experience when using full size thumbnails for example.
Full thumbnail setting for file extensions improved for both thumbnail and small icons.
Control panel apply to open explorer windows uses the control panel instead of the background tray task for efficiency.
Made global icon override setting show a NO icon when disabled instead of nothing to distinguish the function.
fix: QuickView scale to fit not working correctly.
Possible crash with threads cleaning up.
Potential crash closing control panel depending on how it was spawned.
Control panel potential crash when loading internal icons based on process generation state.
Occasional crashes generating SVG, HTML, Text, XML etc. IE rendered files.
Changing premultiplied (and possibly other appearance states) when in Apply to All mode would sometimes not show the correct new state and appear to get stuck on one state.
Added Adobe XD file format added.
Added Office Open XML format supoport for .docx, .xlsx, pptx, .vsdx (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) files. Please note that these files must be saved with embedded thumbnails by enabling the appropriate option in the source application.
Window size control panel option. Use to make the control panel smaller or larger depending on your needs.
Opaque color for each file extension is now customisable. Double click the transparency button in the control panel to edit the current opaque color for a file extension.
When creating a support request a screenshot of the control panel is created in your downloads folder as an option to attach to the support ticket to help give perspective on the situation.
Combined global checkerboard scale & anchor into one control panel button. Single clicks change anchor, double clicks change scale.
Full thumbnail mode is now a file format/extension option instead of global.
PDF now uses opaque rendering along with a white opaque background by default. This fully fixes some issues where settings for PDF were not obvious and producing black thumbnails.
Further improvements to control panel or QuickView windows being opened off screen and not visible, they should always be placed on screen or centred if required.
Right clicking on the control panel when the about info is running will quit in line with other controls of the control panel.
Reset control panel window position on uninstall.
Improved QuickView to re-render open windows with changes to the global checkerboard setting in the control panel and when Apply is pressed.
Sound WAV files improved rendering for all transparency modes.
QuickView sync with settings / defaults improved regardless of the 'Apply changes to file' setting.
Reset to defaults undo button now works on the Apply To mode level, so you can reset extensions, file formats or everything back to defaults.
Reset control panel window position on uninstall.
Improved QuickView to re-render open windows with changes to the global checkerboard setting in the control panel and when Apply is pressed.
Sound WAV files improved rendering for all transparency modes.
Potential infinite loop when processing archive (zip & rar) and the file is deleted.
Some Postscript / EPS files would extract embedded thumbnails regardless of setting.
Some applications could flood thread message queues and cause an infinite loop.
Restarting control panel tutorial using Ctrl key was inverted. Corrected.
Potential draw issue with some file formats transparency button.
RAR version 5 support added.
Comic Book (CBR/CBZ) did not generate thumbnails.
Full shutdown of QuickView windows on closing tray app.
Control panel tooltips and tutorial might get stuck behind the window if enabling pin to top mode.
Context help button was not enabled on clear cache and proxy dialogs.
Photoshop files with explicit alpha channels may not have worked. Improved checks made for these cases.
QuickView checkerboard scale was functionally inverted.
White pixel at top left of images copied to clipboard from QuickView left from a top-down bitmap check.
Using QuickView and moving through files with left/right cursor keys could cause a crash when coming across a file not supported. Files not supported are now skipped.
Revert to default small icon mode now matches the default thumbnail enable mode.
License registration dialog expiry date could report an incorrect date for multi-maintenance year licenses.
Reset to defaults correctly handled when in Apply to All mode

New in MysticThumbs 4.7.0 (Jun 12, 2018)

Multiple taskbar tray icons being created when user switching and in some other cases.
Folding of groups in control panel, specifically the Global group.
Tooltip hovering over a control panel group title now shows information on that group.
Control panel size modes - novice and expert.
Control panel size was incorrect on non-HiDPI displays.
Bad disable video flag set/restore for updated control panel tooltips.
Recent file history tray tooltip can be toggled for users with potentially sensitive file names.
QuickView always now opens in "Scaled to fit" mode and properly resizes the window to fit onto the monitor(s) work area if required. This also applies to moving through files using the cursor keys / Explorer window.
3ds Max and Kubotek memry leak generating thumbnails.
Convert file could fail when overwriting files on Vista.
Control panel crashing immediately in beta 8 due to debug dependant code.
Dialog box to ask you if you want to refresh open windows when applying changes.
Bug reading some multichannel Photoshop files.
32 bit per channel PSD files could overflow.
Bug reading some multichannel Photoshop files.
32 bit per channel PSD files could overflow.
QuickView shutdown potential crash.
Potential crash playing sounds on closed control panel child dialogs.
IFF / Amiga IFF error handling for some files.
In desktop mode (non-tablet mode) clicking with the mouse on the checkerboard anchor button now sets the anchor based on the quadrant the mouse clicked the button on. If clicked in tablet mode or with the keyboard the anchor toggles as before.
Improved performance reading some file formats, in particular Photoshop files.
Massive performance improvement for Photoshop files.
Improved performance reading some file formats, in particular Photoshop files.
Massive performance improvement for Photoshop files.
Icons for applications and file extensions are loaded on a background thread so using the Search Loupe and other icon based control panel functions are more responsive.
Updated to Ghostscript 9.23 with some performance improvements in PDF, AI and other postscript files.
Added some more updated/startup tooltips for changed features such as restore to default settings.
Enabling debug logging now also enables installing an exception handler allowing the user to attach a crash dump to an email for investigation by the developer.
Thumbnail and QuickView checkerboard anchoring and size improved.
Context menu recursion global option (on/off) didn't work properly under some circumstances.
Checking for updates now takes into account build revision and beta versions where relevant.
Improved choose color dialog for selecting opaque canvas color.
Added debug logging mode for testers.
When in 'Apply To All' mode, appearance options embedded thumbnail, transparency and premultiply can be toggled visually correctly regardless of if the current file format supports them. To test, select jpeg which does not support transparency, enter all file formats mode and toggle transparency.
Changes to how full size thumbnails and checkerboards are handled for greater parity across file types and thumbnail sizes.
Rewrote Web/HTML/SVG etc. parser as it was causing stalls in Explorer windows requiring a refresh / F5 to continue.
Re-enabled OpenMP for faster thumbnailing of some file types.
Various bug fixes performance optimisations.
Uninstall now prompts if you want to clear the thumbnail and or icon caches.
QuickView - you can now traverse images from a QuickView that was not opened using Space bar from File Explorer.
Changed default thumbnail canvas color for most file types to the system window color (usually white) for a more consistent visual experience when using full size thumbnails for example.
Full thumbnail setting for file extensions improved for both thumbnail and small icons.
Control panel apply to open explorer windows uses the control panel instead of the background tray task for efficiency.
Made global icon override setting show a NO icon when disabled instead of nothing to distinguish the function.
fix: QuickView scale to fit not working correctly.
Possible crash with threads cleaning up.
Potential crash closing control panel depending on how it was spawned.
Control panel potential crash when loading internal icons based on process generation state.
Occasional crashes generating SVG, HTML, Text, XML etc. IE rendered files.
Changing premultiplied (and possibly other appearance states) when in Apply to All mode would sometimes not show the correct new state and appear to get stuck on one state.
Added Adobe XD file format added.
Added Office Open XML format supoport for .docx, .xlsx, pptx, .vsdx (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) files. Please note that these files must be saved with embedded thumbnails by enabling the appropriate option in the source application.
Window size control panel option. Use to make the control panel smaller or larger depending on your needs.
Opaque color for each file extension is now customisable. Double click the transparency button in the control panel to edit the current opaque color for a file extension.
When creating a support request a screenshot of the control panel is created in your downloads folder as an option to attach to the support ticket to help give perspective on the situation.
Combined global checkerboard scale & anchor into one control panel button. Single clicks change anchor, double clicks change scale.
Full thumbnail mode is now a file format/extension option instead of global.
PDF now uses opaque rendering along with a white opaque background by default. This fully fixes some issues where settings for PDF were not obvious and producing black thumbnails.
Further improvements to control panel or QuickView windows being opened off screen and not visible, they should always be placed on screen or centred if required.
Right clicking on the control panel when the about info is running will quit in line with other controls of the control panel.
Reset control panel window position on uninstall.
Improved QuickView to re-render open windows with changes to the global checkerboard setting in the control panel and when Apply is pressed.
Sound WAV files improved rendering for all transparency modes.
QuickView sync with settings / defaults improved regardless of the 'Apply changes to file' setting.
Reset to defaults undo button now works on the Apply To mode level, so you can reset extensions, file formats or everything back to defaults.
Reset control panel window position on uninstall.
Improved QuickView to re-render open windows with changes to the global checkerboard setting in the control panel and when Apply is pressed.
Sound WAV files improved rendering for all transparency modes.
Potential infinite loop when processing archive (zip & rar) and the file is deleted.
Some Postscript / EPS files would extract embedded thumbnails regardless of setting.
Some applications could flood thread message queues and cause an infinite loop.
Restarting control panel tutorial using Ctrl key was inverted. Corrected.
Potential draw issue with some file formats transparency button.
RAR version 5 support added.
Comic Book (CBR/CBZ) did not generate thumbnails.
Full shutdown of QuickView windows on closing tray app.
Control panel tooltips and tutorial might get stuck behind the window if enabling pin to top mode.
Context help button was not enabled on clear cache and proxy dialogs.
Photoshop files with explicit alpha channels may not have worked. Improved checks made for these cases.
QuickView checkerboard scale was functionally inverted.
White pixel at top left of images copied to clipboard from QuickView left from a top-down bitmap check.
Using QuickView and moving through files with left/right cursor keys could cause a crash when coming across a file not supported. Files not supported are now skipped.
Revert to default small icon mode now matches the default thumbnail enable mode.
License registration dialog expiry date could report an incorrect date for multi-maintenance year licenses.
Reset to defaults correctly handled when in Apply to All mode

New in MysticThumbs 4.6.1 (Mar 8, 2018)

New in MysticThumbs 4.6.0 (Feb 23, 2018)

Added Office Open XML format supoport for .docx, .xlsx, pptx, .vsdx (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) files. Please note that these files must be saved with embedded thumbnails by enabling the appropriate option in the source application.
Window size control panel option. Use to make the control panel smaller or larger depending on your needs.
Opaque color for each file extension is now customisable. Double click the transparency button in the control panel to edit the current opaque color for a file extension.
When creating a support request a screenshot of the control panel is created in your downloads folder as an option to attach to the support ticket to help give perspective on the situation.
Combined global checkerboard scale & anchor into one control panel button. Single clicks change anchor, double clicks change scale.
Full thumbnail mode is now a file format/extension option instead of global.
PDF now uses opaque rendering along with a white opaque background by default.
Further improvements to control panel or QuickView windows being opened off screen and not visible, they should always be placed on screen or centred if required.
Right clicking on the control panel when the about info is running will quit in line with other controls of the control panel.
Reset control panel window position on uninstall.
Improved QuickView to re-render open windows with changes to the global checkerboard setting in the control panel and when Apply is pressed.
Sound WAV files improved rendering for all transparency modes.
QuickView sync with settings / defaults improved regardless of the 'Apply changes to file' setting.
Reset to defaults undo button now works on the Apply To mode level, so you can reset extensions, file formats or everything back to defaults.
Reset control panel window position on uninstall.
Improved QuickView to re-render open windows with changes to the global checkerboard setting in the control panel and when Apply is pressed.
Sound WAV files improved rendering for all transparency modes.
Potential infinite loop when processing archive (zip & rar) and the file is deleted.
Some Postscript / EPS files would extract embedded thumbnails regardless of setting.
Some applications could flood thread message queues and cause an infinite loop.
Restarting control panel tutorial using Ctrl key was inversed.
Potential draw issue with some file formats transparency button.
RAR version 5 support added.
Comic Book (CBR/CBZ) did not generate thumbnails.
Full shutdown of QuickView windows on closing tray app.
Tutorial tooltips behind control panel when pinned on top.
Control panel tooltip might get stuck behing the window if enabling pin to top mode.
Context help button was not enabled on clear cache and proxy dialogs.
Photoshop files with explicit alpha channels may not have worked. Improved checks made for these cases.
QuickView checkerboard scale was functionally inverted.
White pixel at top left of images copied to clipboard from QuickView left from a top-down bitmap check.
Using QuickView and moving through files with left/right cursor keys could cause a crash when coming across a file not supported. Files not supported are now skipped.
Revert to default small icon mode now matches the default thumbnail enable mode.
License registration dialog expiry date could report an incorrect date for multi-maintenance year licenses.
Reset to defaults correctly handled when in Apply to All mode
Full shutdown of QuickView windows on closing tray app.

New in MysticThumbs 4.5.9 (Dec 4, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.5.8 (Nov 27, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.5.7 (Oct 27, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.5.6 (Oct 23, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.5.5 (Oct 20, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.5.4 (Oct 18, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.5.3 (Sep 22, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.5.2 (Sep 14, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.5.1 (Sep 5, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.5.0 (Sep 4, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.4.9 (Aug 22, 2017)

Note: Significant changes to the way thumbnails are handled with the checkerboard / anchor / full size global options. If you're playing with these, see what happens.
As usual, if things malfunction, revert to a previous good version that works for you and send us a support query.
Fix: PDF was generating greyscale thumbnails for CMYK documents. They all should now be colour.
Fix: PDF and some other file types not reporting EXIF / file properties.
Fix: PDF was not pinging document size.
Fix: Using Ctrl+Apply to refresh open explorer windows and then closing the control panel could cause a crash and not complete the refresh. This task has now been handed to the tray application (QuickView) to perform.
Opt: Improved checkerboard and full thumbnail button appearances.
Fix: Apply to all file formats mode in control panel you can now cycle through all settings such as embedded thumbnails even if the active format does not support them. Changes are still not applied to the formats that don't support the changed setting.
Fix: Control panel right click followed by left click quickly would go to previous state instead of next state.
Fix: Checkerboard size on thumbnails for all thumbnail sizes and within folders fixed.
Fix: Issues with properties not being fetched on some files.
Opt: Some function descriptions and translations updated.
Opt: Files that don't support transparency should fill unused space (full thumbnail) with transparency.
Fix: Checkerboard anchor / full size thumbnails mode completed.
Opt: When closing the control panel with unsaved changes, the warning dialog now asks to apply and shows an apply icon instead of an ok tick.
Opt: OpenMP being used was causing intermittant problems with thumbnails getting stuck when generating. Now disabled, some larger thumbnails may be a little slower generating but should be more stable.
Fix: QuickView did not work for Explorer shell views such as search results. It now does.
Opt: Jpeg files now support embedded thumbnails.
Fix: Some system file types with rotations (ie. jpeg) could cause WIC to lock up for some reason. Worked around.

New in MysticThumbs 4.4.8 (Aug 21, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.4.7 (Aug 8, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.4.6 (Aug 4, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.4.5 (Jul 31, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.4.4 (Jul 31, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.4.3 (Jul 24, 2017)

note: Stability and bug fix release with a few improvements. This release should fix a lot of problems created from the previous v4.4.x releases. As always, if you have problems, use an older version that suits until stability is maintained.
new: Control panel sounds option, for a touch of distinctiveness. Comes with multiple volume levels and mute. Work in progress.
new: Cubic sampling mode. Only works on Windows 7 with Platform Update or newer with DirectX 11 capable hardware.
fix: PDF files were not working due to v4.4 ImageMagick upgrade.
fix: Some files were not supporting embedded thumbnails & metadata correctly.
fix: Issues with extra large images.
fix: Gamma restore icon was incorrect.
fix: Postscript / PDF, AI, ABR, PSP files fixed.
fix: Register nag balloon was being too naggy.
fix: Imprecise initial positioning of QuickView window in some situations.
fix: QuickView and possibly thumbnailer were holding a file lock on open files beyond completion of image composition. This could cause app saves & file copy/paste to malfunction.
fix: PaintShop Pro files transparent areas didn't respect transprency.
opt: Windows 7 & Platform Update, Windows 8 and all newer versions now used even more efficient GPU acceleration for compositing and rendering using DirectX 11.
opt: Context menu adjustments from Explorer will now be available if either thumbnail or small icon modes are enabled for a file.
opt: Various bug and stability fixes.
opt: Sound (.wav) rendering accelerated with GPU.
opt: Resizing large PostScript images to a reasonable size when required to make them render at reasonable sizes.
opt: PDF scaling in QuickView.
opt: Search extensions drop list combo had an erroneous border. It's been removed.
opt: Taller control panel file format/extension/search combo boxes. Don't forget these can all be searched by typing for what you want.
opt: Optimised realization of QuickView images.
opt: Improved icon composition / rendering esp. with multiple overlay complications.
opt: File types are now by default non-transparent capable. If any files you expect to be transparent no longer support it please send us a support request. This is a purity enhancement.
opt: Improved context menu icons with better clarity for restore/apply icons and a more accurate restore to state icon in most situations.
opt: Discarding thumbnail generation when file dimensions/size are set fixed.
opt: Improved rendering performance when generating multiple thumbnails concurrently.
opt: Improved real time scaling and interpretation for dynamic images (WAV/ABR etc.)
opt: Improved QuickView performance when scaling and changing image options, not requiring reload of image.
opt: Improved QuickView performance and image quality when running on Windows 7 with Platform Update or later.
opt: PaintShop Pro compositing layers improved positioning & scaling. Note: not all composite modes are currently supported so results may vary. This may be improved in the future. Best save with a flattened image/thumbnail for compatibility.

New in MysticThumbs 4.4.2 (Jul 10, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 3.4.1 (Jul 7, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 3.4.0 (Jul 7, 2017)

Note: This is a very large change! If you experience any problems, contact support and revert to a previous version.
The control panel has been improved to support changed states.
An apply icon () is shown on any changed state before applying to the system.
An indeterminate icon () is shown on any button that has multiple states when in file format or all file formats mode.
New: You can now copy & paste icon paths/indexes from the choose icon dialog box so you can apply them to other formats / extensions.
New: Updates now allow installing explicit or older versions.
New: Progressive Graphics File (PGF) file format support added.
Fix: Resource memory leak with tray / QuickView task.
Fix: Some icon overlays may have been black when restarting control panel after a reset to default state.
Fix: Control panel window could be restored to the incorrect position by a small amount on each run under certain circumstances such as having the task bar at the top of the screen.
Fix: Icon override settings could get into a bad state.
Fix: Gamma button text value was not drawn disabled when appropriate.
Fix: Improved icon overlay override behavior and visuals across all file formats.
Fix: Reworked PSP format to work around some issues with some files.
Fix: Control panel undo was not resetting the active file format/extension.
Fix: Potential corrupt palettised icons when not a power of 2 width.
Fix: Potential crash if renderer accessed by multiple threads.
Fix: Potential crash extracting file icons.
Fix: RAW camera embedded thumbnails are now cropped of black borders to the aspect ratio of the actual image.
Fix: QuickView task bar jump list task strings were missing for a few items.
Fix: Memory leaks.
Opt: Icon overlay selection and toggle now uses single click/tap to toggle icon override, double click/tap to choose an icon.
Opt: Error / exception handling now allows the user to enter some detailed information about the nature of the error that occurred to help track down problems.
Opt: Improvements to paging through Archive (.zip / .rar) files.
Opt: Improved slider controls size & positioning for HiDPI.
Opt: Active file extension for each file format in the control panel is no longer an undoable state. It is immediate.
Opt: Control panel active file format is now a global option and is not resolved as part of the undo state mechanic.
Opt: Control panel 'Apply To' state is now a global state and no longer a changed state for undo.
Opt: If loading default state in control panel (Ctrl + click undo), tutorial is not automatically started on next launch.
Opt: Better visual handling of settings in control panel depending on selected file formats/extensions.
Opt: Upgraded ImageMagick core to try help stabilize some issues including memory leaks.
Opt: Tutorial can be moved directly using middle mouse button on controls.
Opt: Sets font height of file format and file extension combo boxes to better accommodate the text size.
Opt: Sizes text in file format and extension combo controls to fit.
Opt: Improved redrawing of controls when changing apply to state.
Opt: Tooltip for file format & extension selectors show the application that opens the file extension.
Opt: File format application icon is updated to reflect the application that opens the currently selected file extension.
Opt: Improved some control panel control font sizes.
Opt: Camera RAW default changed to embedded thumbs if larger mode.
Opt: Camera RAW files no longer support transparency options.
Opt: Control panel overview updated for greater clarity.

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.9 (May 21, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.8 (May 9, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.7 (May 4, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.6 (Apr 27, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.5 (Apr 26, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.4 (Apr 18, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.3 (Apr 18, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.2 (Apr 4, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.1 (Apr 4, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.0 (Apr 4, 2017)

note: Bug preventing updating from this version. Use the website to download updates directly instead.
Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Platform Update for Vista or newer required for this and following builds.
opt: GPU performance overhaul for thumbnails and QuickView.
new: Cinema 4D support. Embedded thumbnail only.
new: Added 'Apply changes to file' option in QuickView. When enabled changes are made as overrides to the current file being viewed.
new: Gamma correction adjustment available in QuickView via context menu. Combined with 'Apply changes to file' option allows for per file gamma correction.
new: QuickView context menu now allows you to restore states to the control panel state if changed, same as the Explorer context menu.
new: Added support for some Pulse Signature Embroidery files (embedded thumbnails only).
new: QuickView context menu functions for increasing and decreasing checkerboard size. Also mapped to keyboard + and - keys, Shift key increases and decreases faster.
opt: Improved handling of some file types, WMF, SVG, EXR, Cursor, Archive
opt: Changed QuickView color inspector / window title into RGBA format instead of ARGB for more natural recognition.
opt: Using unicode characters in tooltips for Ctrl / Shift / Alt keys.
opt: Updated help / user guide.
opt: Improved layout of update window.
opt: Reduced size of product maintenance warning icon in the control panel so it's not so 'in your face'.
opt: Rewrote control panel controls to draw with Direct2D instead of GDI+ for better visuals and performance.
opt: Memory management optimized for cleaner startup/showdown within Explorer.
opt: DirectX DDS textures are now loaded by WIC for performance and accuracy where possible and supported.
opt: QuickView context menus show relevant accelerator keys.
opt: Performance improvement: Removed loading/unloading Ghostscript when not required.
opt: Redundant keyboard tab stops removed from appearance and performance groups in control panel.
opt: Improved QuickView context menu spacing on Windows 10.
opt: Removed Icon file type as it doesn't play well with Windows and is essentially useless to handle.
opt: Deprecated 'extension associate' function from Vista & Win7 to bring functionality in line with Win8+ version.
fix: Xara files not working. Xara currently shows only the first layer thumbnail.
fix: QuickView sizing could go haywire.
fix: Transparency RGBA values in QuickView are correct regardless of transparency mode.
fix: Premultiply mode was not working as expected with some formats and QuickView.
fix: Clicking on an 'Update now' web link in the update window did not open the update web page.
fix: Errors with some EPUB files.
fix: Opening control panel from QuickView to correct file format/extension.
fix: Control panel not closing because of generated thread not being event triggered to close.
fix: Small icons not being generated on HiDPI displays.
fix: Crash with PVR textures.
fix: PVR textures could crash properties, crash Explorer and make people unhappy.
fix: Memory leaks in control panel credits.
fix: Tooltip for override icon.
fix: Choose icon overlay dialog not accepting changes.
fix: Control panel showing indeterminate state for adornment incorrectly.
fix: Re-implemented Gamma correction. Now works for all files.
fix: HTML documents over UNC (\...) network paths did not work.
fix: Issue not unregistering Hardware ID when removing license key.
fix: Scale up icon state could be incorrect on control panel start.
fix: Direction of page up/page down keys paging with gamma and performance sliders in control panel was topsy-turvy.
fix: Many memory leaks with icons fixed.

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.1 (Mar 29, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.3.0 (Mar 29, 2017)

This build is a very large change, incorporating a lot of re-coding and internal engine redesign.
Whilst all effort has been taken to prevent introducing bugs, some functions may misbehave, crash or otherwise act strangely due to unforseen circumstances.
Please consider this build a Beta and install at your own risk or if you are happy to test the build until stability is soldidly discerned and reported here.
If problems should arise, uninstall the program and reinstall the previous version for your maintenance. For bug, consider filing a bug report via the contact web page.
Please report problems and bugs via our online bug report form so we can fine tune it together in quick time.
Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Platform Update for Vista or newer required for this and following builds.
opt: GPU performance overhaul for thumbnails and QuickView.
new: Cinema 4D support. Embedded thumbnail only.
new: Added 'Apply changes to file' option in QuickView. When enabled changes are made as overrides to the current file being viewed.
new: Gamma correction adjustment available in QuickView via context menu. Combined with 'Apply changes to file' option allows for per file gamma correction.
new: QuickView context menu now allows you to restore states to the control panel state if changed, same as the Explorer context menu.
new: Added support for some Pulse Signature Embroidery files (embedded thumbnails only).
new: QuickView context menu functions for increasing and decreasing checkerboard size. Also mapped to keyboard + and - keys, Shift key increases and decreases faster.
opt: Improved handling of some file types, WMF, SVG, EXR, Cursor, Archive
opt: Changed QuickView color inspector / window title into RGBA format instead of ARGB for more natural recognition.
opt: Using unicode characters in tooltips for Ctrl / Shift / Alt keys.
opt: Updated help / user guide.
opt: Improved layout of update window.
opt: Reduced size of product maintenance warning icon in the control panel so it's not so 'in your face'.
opt: Rewrote control panel controls to draw with Direct2D instead of GDI+ for better visuals and performance.
opt: Memory management optimized for cleaner startup/showdown within Explorer.
opt: DirectX DDS textures are now loaded by WIC for performance and accuracy where possible and supported.
opt: QuickView context menus show relevant accelerator keys.
opt: Performance improvement: Removed loading/unloading Ghostscript when not required.
opt: Redundant keyboard tab stops removed from appearance and performance groups in control panel.
opt: Improved QuickView context menu spacing on Windows 10.
opt: Removed Icon file type as it doesn't play well with Windows and is essentially useless to handle.
opt: Deprecated 'extension associate' function from Vista & Win7 to bring functionality in line with Win8+ version.
fix: Xara files not working. Xara currently shows only the first layer thumbnail.
fix: QuickView sizing could go haywire.
fix: Transparency RGBA values in QuickView are correct regardless of transparency mode.
fix: Premultiply mode was not working as expected with some formats and QuickView.
fix: Clicking on an 'Update now' web link in the update window did not open the update web page.
fix: Errors with some EPUB files.
fix: Opening control panel from QuickView to correct file format/extension.
fix: Control panel not closing because of generated thread not being event triggered to close.
fix: Small icons not being generated on HiDPI displays.
fix: Crash with PVR textures.
fix: PVR textures could crash properties, crash Explorer and make people unhappy.
fix: Memory leaks in control panel credits.
fix: Tooltip for override icon.
fix: Choose icon overlay dialog not accepting changes.
fix: Control panel showing indeterminate state for adornment incorrectly.
fix: Re-implemented Gamma correction. Now works for all files.
fix: HTML documents over UNC (\...) network paths did not work.
fix: Issue not unregistering Hardware ID when removing license key.
fix: Scale up icon state could be incorrect on control panel start.
fix: Direction of page up/page down keys paging with gamma and performance sliders in control panel was topsy-turvy.
fix: Many memory leaks with icons fixed.

New in MysticThumbs 4.2.1 (Feb 9, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.2.0 (Feb 9, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.1.0 (Feb 9, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.0.9 (Feb 9, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.0.8 (Feb 9, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.0.7 (Feb 9, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.0.6 (Feb 9, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.0.5 (Feb 9, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.0.4 (Feb 9, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 4.0.3 (Feb 9, 2017)

New in MysticThumbs 3.1.2 (Nov 13, 2013)

New in MysticThumbs 3.1.1 (Nov 13, 2013)

New in MysticThumbs 3.1.0 (Nov 13, 2013)

New in MysticThumbs 3.0.9 (Nov 13, 2013)

New in MysticThumbs 3.0.8 (Nov 13, 2013)

New in MysticThumbs 3.0.7 (Nov 13, 2013)

New in MysticThumbs 3.0.6 (Sep 12, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 3.0.1 (Aug 24, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 3.0.0 (Jul 28, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.8.2 (Jul 28, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.8.1 (Jul 28, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.8.0 (Jul 28, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.7.9 (Jul 28, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.7.8 (Jul 28, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.7.7 (Mar 7, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.7.4 (Feb 25, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.7.3 (Feb 25, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.7.2 (Feb 20, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.7.1 (Feb 20, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.7.0 (Feb 20, 2012)

New in MysticThumbs 2.6.6 (Dec 16, 2011)

New in MysticThumbs 2.6.5 (Dec 16, 2011)

New in MysticThumbs 2.6.4 (Dec 16, 2011)

New in MysticThumbs 2.6.3 (Dec 16, 2011)

New in MysticThumbs 2.6.2 (Dec 16, 2011)

New in MysticThumbs 2.6.1 (Dec 16, 2011)

new: View function detects changes to images and reloads them.
new: Press F5 to reload image in view function.
new: Animated tray icon when generating thumbnails.
new: File type association option so you can use the MT viewer to examine files. Uses the tray application which must be running or it will be launched.
new: Control panel remembers its screen position between launches.
new: Pin to always on top option for the control panel.
fix: Installer requires Administrator rights to launch to ensure any prerequisite installers (Ghostscript) are launched elevated.
fix: Changed Ghostscript installer link to SourceForge for a more stable download connection.
fix: View function no longer keeps a lock on images, allowing them to be kept open whilst edited in another application.
fix: Thumbnails scaled down with nearest sampling selected were near-sampled causing ugly thumbnails. Near sampling is only for scaling up or view function.
fix: Explorer lockup on Vista+ trying to read corrupt system files (jpeg etc.)
fix: Control panel items correctly updated when switching to another extension of the same file type.
fix: Superscript characters (¹²) were not displaying correctly on some languages (eg. Chinese).
fix: Incorrect scale when maximizing view window.
fix: Context menu still displayed MysticThumbs options for disabled file extensions.
fix: Control panel crash when closing plugins window.
opt: Archive files now display interior images with default or override transparency correctly.
opt: Comic book thumbnails are now transparent by default.
opt: Some control panel design changes.
opt: When choosing a new file type override icon, MT will select first the current default icon (if one exists) or the last browsed to path to make it easier to quickly assign icons from the same .dll / icon library.
opt: View windows come to foreground more nicely.
opt: Stop view wait cursor from spinning endlessly if cursor isn't moved.
opt: Wait cursor would not stop until mouse was moved in viewer.
opt: Faster Explorer restart function.
opt: Control panel thumbnail count flicker when moving window.
opt: Removed low process priority option. It is now enforced for smoother operation on all computers.
opt: Removed "Changed file format enables / restart Explorer" requirement when enabling or disabling any file formats as it is no longer required.

New in MysticThumbs 2.6.0 (Dec 16, 2011)

note: Major update. Installer has changed.
new: Unified 32 and 64 bit installer with prerequisite download.
new: Adobe InDesign .indd support (embedded thumbnails only).
new: Digital Moving Picture (.dpx) support.
new: Support for Maya16 IFF files.
new: Added eBook (.epub) support.
new: Added compressed Windows Metafile file support (.wmz, .emz).
new: DDS 3DC (ATI2) support.
new: Support for DDS palletized images. If there is a .pal or .act file saved along side the .dds file (ie. img.dds & img.act) then the palette will be used from that file.
new: DDS R32 and R16 support.
new: Added copy to clipboard command to view function via context menu or Ctrl+C.
new: Nearest/Smooth sampling option for thumbnails and viewing. Useful for examining textures.
new: Added sampling when scaled option (still needs to be made per extension).
new: Kubotek support (.ckd, .ckt).
fix: Bit depth of RAW files was reporting only one channel.
fix: Potential crashes with RAW & PSD parsing.
fix: SVG checks IE version. Uses internal (but flawed) SVG viewer if IE is not version 9 or newer.
fix: SVG now requires Internet Explorer 9 installed. Fixes open file dialog problems.
fix: Registration/deregistration on Win32 & x64 fixed and cleaned up. Appropriate 32/64 bit registry keys being used.
fix: Lockup when trying to view a file when in timed evaluation.
fix: "Apply to all formats" control panel option was missing on WinXP.
fix: SVG parser corrects malformed and missing attributes to fix some problematic images.
fix: Maya depth buffer enable/disable context menu.
fix: Maya IFF crash when reading multiple files.
fix: Archive page flipping skips unsupported images types.
fix: UAC elevation no longer required to change any settings.
fix: Image corruption possible generating some thumbnails.
fix: Plugin memory management could cause Explorer to crash. Slight redesign. Plugin users download the latest example plugin source to make changes.
fix: Prevent View image windows being closed prematurely.
fix: View windows get image override defaults such as transparency and size upon opening.
fix: potential crash unloading plugins.
fix: View function context menu works on any monitor.
fix: Auto-update supports unicode paths.
fix: Potential lockup with auto-update when running under UAC.
fix: Potential crash shutting down control panel when updating.
opt: View function shows dimensions in title bar.
opt: RAW files now use embedded thumbnails by default for performance reasons. Recommend existing users select this option for faster RAW file processing.
opt: Dutch translations.
opt: Improved control panel operation and support for Vista/Win7, and now appears in "Appearance and Themes" and "Programs" groups.
opt: Added system information to support query.
opt: Maya IFF performance.
opt: Optimized and improved Windows Metafile support (.wmf, .emf). Much faster and supports transparency and scale.
opt: Compound storage types optimized.
opt: Archive (ZIP, RAR etc.) image clarity enhancement.
opt: Interface graphics cleaned up and improved.
opt: All functions except for file type properties are now enabled on install for the installing user instead of the whole machine.
opt: SVG default transparency now disabled (faster thumbnail generation.)
opt: Cleaned up transparency icons.
opt: Tray icon doesn't show machine type for clarity.
opt: Better support for some image types (ie. DDS) image properties in Explorer / Find.
opt: Optimized memory usage on RAW images.
opt: Thumbnail generation performance improved.
opt: PSD performance increased up to around 30x.
opt: PSP performance increased.
opt: DDS performance increased with multi-core processors.
opt: Non-transparent thumbnails take less disk space.
opt: Apply to all file formats & Apply to all file extensions now work on the Enable switches.
opt: Grey out adornment items in control panel when file type is disabled.