RecentFilesView Changelog

What's new in RecentFilesView 1.33

Feb 20, 2017
  • Fixed bug: When pressing Delete key inside the text-box of the Find window, RecentFilesView asked you if you want to delete the selected item instead of deleting a character inside the find text-box.

New in RecentFilesView 1.32 (Jan 11, 2016)

  • Added 'File Only' column (without full path).

New in RecentFilesView 1.31 (Oct 2, 2015)

  • Explorer context menu inside RecentFilesView: When you right-click on a single item while holding down the shift key, RecentFilesView now displays the context menu of Windows Explorer, instead of the RecentFilesView context menu. This feature only works for existing files.
  • Added 'Open File Folder' option.
  • When using the 'Open Selected File With' option, the 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file' check-box is now turned off and disabled.

New in RecentFilesView 1.30 (Aug 3, 2015)

  • Added 'Advanced Options' window (F9), which allows you to load the recent files information from external source. Be aware that in order to read a Registry file (ntuser.dat) from external source on Windows Vista/7/8, you have to run RecentFilesView as Administrator.

New in RecentFilesView 1.20 (Apr 27, 2013)

  • Added support for extracting the recent files information from the Registry under Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

New in RecentFilesView 1.15 (Dec 14, 2010)

  • Added 'Open Selected File With' option to open a file with non-default program.
  • Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
  • The missing files mark is now in a darker color to view it more easily, and you can also manually change the background/foreground colors in the config file with MarkMissingFilesBackColor and MarkMissingFilesForeColor values (RGB values).

New in RecentFilesView 1.10 (Oct 8, 2009)

  • Added sorting command-line options

New in RecentFilesView 1.09 (Oct 8, 2009)

  • In HTML report, filenames are now created as links

New in RecentFilesView 1.08 (Jun 9, 2008)

  • Added file extension column, so you can sort the files list by the file extension

New in RecentFilesView 1.07 (May 26, 2008)

  • Double-click now opens the selected file

New in RecentFilesView 1.06 (May 11, 2008)

  • Fixed bug: RecentFilesView sometimes failed to save into files when using the command-line save options.
  • Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the user switched to another application and then returned back to RecentFilesView.

New in RecentFilesView 1.05 (Mar 12, 2008)

  • Added support for saving as comma-delimited text files (.csv)

New in RecentFilesView 1.04 (Feb 7, 2008)

  • Fixed critical bug under Windows 98 - Icons disappeared in the 'start' menu

New in RecentFilesView 1.03 (Jan 5, 2008)

  • Fixed bug in Unicode version: wrong characters added to clipboard copy option

New in RecentFilesView 1.02 (Jan 5, 2008)

  • Fixed bug in Unicode version: wrong characters added to clipboard copy option

New in RecentFilesView 1.02 (Dec 27, 2007)

  • Added 'FF FE' characters in the beginning of the saved Unicode files (Unicode version only).

New in RecentFilesView 1.01 (Dec 17, 2007)

  • Added 'Open Selected File' option.