What's new in NoVirusThanks File Governor 2.6.0.0
Mar 18, 2023
- Improved support for high-DPI
- Improved installer and uninstaller scripts
- Updated NoVirusThanks License Manager to latest version
- Minor fixes and optimizations
- Updated internal libraries
New in NoVirusThanks File Governor 2.5.0.0 (Jul 22, 2022)
- Minor fixes and optimizations
New in NoVirusThanks File Governor 2.4.0.0 (Jul 11, 2022)
- Improved support for Windows 11
- Application is no longer signed with SHA1 code signing certificate
- Application has been completely rewritten
- Removed the need for the kernel-mode driver
- Improved scanning for locked files and folders
- Automatically use the dark theme when Windows Dark Mode is active
- Added option to enable the dark theme manually
- Added option to show or hide the grid lines on the listview
- Added option to include modules in scanning
- Improved exporting of locked objects list to a .log file
- Remember the listview columns width
- Remember the main form position and size
- Automatically enable Explorer Context Menu after installation
- Integrated FontAwesome 4.7 by Dave Gandy (fontawesome.com)
- By default the program runs in 30-days trial mode
- Automate product activation via setup.exe command-line /LICENSEKEY=
- Integrated NoVirusThanks License Manager
- Improved installer/uninstaller script
- Changed End User License Agreement (EULA)
- Minor fixes and optimizations
New in NoVirusThanks File Governor 2.3.0.0 (Feb 16, 2018)
- Both 32-bit and 64-bit drivers are now co-signed by Microsoft
- Executable files are digitally signed with both SHA1 and SHA256 code sign
- Now the program works fine when Secure Boot is enabled
- Fixed display of main window on multi-monitors
- Show an alert if the 32-bit version is executed on a 64-bit OS
- Drivers are now embedded as resources
- Fixed "When scanning for locked files the program hangsfreezes on W10"
- Bring the running instance to front if the Desktop icon is clicked
- Fixed opening of Utilities -> System Properties
- Support drag&drop on Tools windows (ForceRebootRename File)
- Improved support for Windows 10 OS
- Minor fixes and improvements
New in NoVirusThanks File Governor 2.2.0.0 (Mar 26, 2016)
- Improved scanning for loaded DLLs
- Added option to unregister a DLL (via regsvr32.exe)
- Enabled DEP and ASLR on main exe and DLL file
- Added version info on FG_SHLEXT.dll
- Improved shell extension functionality
- Updated Korean language file
- Added Armenian language file
- Minor fixes and optimizations
New in NoVirusThanks File Governor 2.1.0.0 (Feb 7, 2016)
- Improved main setup script
- Auto-select the language file (if present) based on the OS language
- Minor fixes and optimizations
New in NoVirusThanks File Governor 2.0.0.0 (Mar 2, 2015)
- Added Swedish language
- Improved support for Microsoft Windows 10
New in NoVirusThanks File Governor 1.9.0.0 (Jan 26, 2015)
- Improved closing of locked handles
- Improved kernel-mode driver
- Added a progressbar indicator while scanning
- Added a new language: Russian
- Added a new language: Traditional Chinese
- Minor fixes and optimizations
New in NoVirusThanks File Governor 1.8.0.0 (Jul 25, 2014)
- Added a new language: Brazilian
- Added a new language: German
- Fixed issue "TFileOpenDialog requires Windows Vista or later" on Windows XP
New in NoVirusThanks File Governor 1.7.0.0 (Jul 21, 2014)
- Added a new language: Korean
- Improved the scan speed during the scanning process
- Minor fixes and optimizations
New in NoVirusThanks File Governor 1.6.0.0 (Jul 15, 2014)
- Improved detection of locked handles via kernel-mode driver
- Improved the Explorer context menu "Unlock with File Governor"
- Improved feature to unlock locked objects
- Improved support for Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Improved the CPU usage during the scanning process
- Added option to kill all processes (except system processes)
- Added option to scan a folder for locked objects
- Added option to scan a single file or multiple files
- Added option to start the application minimized
- Added option to lookup files on VirusTotal
- Added option to lookup files on Google
- Added option to export list of locked objects to a file
- Added option to copy more items on the clipboard
- New and simplified GUI for better usability
- All the application text can now be translated
- Added a new language: Greek
- Updated language files
- Show more information in the About window
- Minor fixes and optimizations
New in NoVirusThanks File Governor 1.5.2.0 (May 11, 2012)
- When “Terminate Process” is clicked and the process is a system process, ask user what to do
- Check if the locked file is a system file, if it is, ask user what to do
- When user scans a folder, if there are no items locked, show a message
- Removed the option “Do not show message if sueccfull action”
- Added a new option “Handle”->”Unlock All DLLs”
- Added an option to remove a single item from the list view (so “Unlock All” can unlock all items, without the removed items)
- Show message when “Unlock with File Governor” is clicked and no items are found
- Updated language files
- Signed all PE files