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RecentX Changelog

What's new in RecentX 5.0.26

Apr 2, 2023
  • Sometimes the indexing settings (Excluded folders) weren't saved. This is fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.25 (Jan 7, 2023)

  • More accurate folder lists and fixed a crash.

New in RecentX 5.0.24 (Oct 5, 2022)

  • Reduced installer size by 60%.
  • Bug fixes and improvements.

New in RecentX 5.0.23 (Mar 8, 2022)

  • Docked RecentX next to the file open/save window used to go outside the display monitor sometimes. This is fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.22 (May 27, 2021)

  • RecentX window is now docked next to the file open/save window for easy access.
  • The sidebar is bigger on higher display resolutions.
  • Icons made better on higher display resolutions.
  • Pressing F10 key on network resources did not remove non-existent items from the list. This is fixed.
  • Sometimes the desktop sidebar would go missing. This is fixed.
  • Clicking on Buy Now button used to crash RecentX :o( . This is fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.21 (Mar 16, 2021)

  • Instant folder changing in File Open/Save window made compatible with maximum apps.

New in RecentX 5.0.20 (Mar 10, 2021)

  • You can now use RecentX to instantly switch to different a folders in Windows File Open/Save window.
  • Better recent file detection when a single file is moved or renamed in Windows File Explorer.

New in RecentX 5.0.19 (Jan 17, 2021)

  • You can now exclude folders that you don't want to be indexed.
  • You can save upto 1000 clipboard clips now.
  • The backslash character now allows one to search any part of the file/folder address including the drive letter.
  • Some recently copied/moved files were not listed instantly. This is fixed.
  • Clipboard copying slowed down or interfered when copying text in Microsoft Excel. This is fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.18 (Jan 13, 2021)

  • When using another File Manager to open folders using RecentX, the containing folder was opened instead of the selected folder. This is fixed.
  • The folders list did not show drives such as C:, D:, E: and network shares. This is fixed.
  • When moving a single file, RecentX's list was not updated. This is fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.17 (Sep 7, 2020)

  • You can now use RecentX to quickly select the folder in Window's Folder open/save window. Ealier RecentX used to work only with File open/save window.
  • RecentX now updates the list immediately when a file/folder is renamed or deleted using Windows File Explorer.
  • New items are indexed faster.
  • Removed the feature to lock RecentX as it was less used and caused more confusion.
  • Since last update RecentX did not remember the column settings (width, position etc). This is fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.16 (Jul 3, 2020)

  • It is now possible to tag network/remote files and folders from Windows File Explorer.
  • Sometimes RecentX listed system folders as if "recently accessed" even when they were not actually accessed by the user. This is fixed.
  • Renaming an image clipboard item caused RecentX to crash. This is fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.15 (Jun 7, 2020)

  • Added a major feature: You can now tag files and folders directly from Windows File Explorer.
  • Dark mode added.
  • You can now search items by multiple tags. Simply hold the Ctrl key and click on the tag buttons from the toolbar.
  • RecentX did not list older websites after re-indexing. This is fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.13 (Apr 27, 2020)

  • 64 bit version crashed on previewing png files. This is fixed.
  • 64 bit version crashed on accessing the Windows File Explorer's menu. This is fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.12 (Apr 23, 2020)

  • Another round of drastic search speed improvement. You will be surprised!
  • Added support for Chromium based Microsoft Edge browser.
  • Shortcuts to files, folders etc can be created easily by dragging and dropping the item with Ctrl+Alt keys pressed.
  • Multiple selection of items is more convenient.
  • RecentX program files are now 64 bit.
  • Address column that was removed in version 5.0.8, has now been added back so that the list can be sorted by address. It is hidden by default.
  • Renaming an item removed its tags. This is fixed.
  • Some systems showed 'Out of memory' error under certain conditions. This is fixed.
  • Now, pressing the Tab key from the find text box directly selects the item in the list.

New in RecentX 5.0.11 (Apr 23, 2020)

  • Added option to hide multiple files, folders and programs.

New in RecentX 5.0.10 (Mar 29, 2019)

  • The search results now show all matching items instead of initial 250 items.
  • The search results are more accurate.
  • The tags toolbar resizes automatically based the number of tags.
  • Chrome and Vivaldi browsers now pick the last profile used. Earlier, RecentX used to pick only Default profile.
  • Using hyphen (-) in keywords caused inaccurate results. This is fixed.
  • Sometimes renaming a file resulted in duplicate items in the files list. This is fixed.
  • Renaming a clipboard item did not succeed. This is fixed.
  • Multiple filters were not being deleted correctly. This is fixed.
  • Other UI improvements and bug fixes.

New in RecentX 5.0.9 (Nov 14, 2018)

  • Item names in list appear in bold text for quick identification.
  • Websites list items now show the exact browser icon.
  • Search text box width increased.
  • For some items, incorrect tags were shown along with the correct ones. This is fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.8 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • The list view is improved. It is less cluttery and with better usability.
  • Added support for Microsoft Edge history & bookmarks
  • Added support for Vivaldi Browser history & bookmarks
  • It is possible to copy (or drag and drop) multiple items from clipboard list.
  • RecentX did not index files from removable drives. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.7 (Nov 21, 2017)

  • It was not possible to resize the last column (Date Accessed). This has been fixed.
  • The first column in RecentX window was too narrow. It did not display 3 digit numbers. This has been fixed.
  • RecentX prevented system shutdown after installing latest Windows Fall Creators Update. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.6 (Aug 2, 2017)

  • RecentX did not run successfully when the user name (Windows account) contained non-english alphabets.

New in RecentX 5.0.5 (Apr 25, 2017)

  • RecentX now picks up shortcuts from Windows desktop also.
  • Improved search-as-you-type behavior.
  • The programs, websites and clipboard lists did not show tags in the Tags column. This has been fixed.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when exiting RecentX.

New in RecentX 5.0.4 (Jan 26, 2017)

  • After using a tag in clipboard list, the list wasn't sorted based on 'Date Added'. So the most recent item did not appear on top. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 5.0.3 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • You can now disable clipboard monitoring on specific programs.

New in RecentX 4.0.13 (Feb 2, 2015)

  • The data files that RecentX creates are now smaller & faster to access. Improves RecentX performance significantly.
  • Spinning wheel (mouse cursor) appeared frequently not allowing the user to access RecentX for several seconds. This has been fixed.
  • Sometimes the sidebar would disappear permanently. This has been fixed.
  • In certain cases, Clipboard list would show 'Out of memory' message. This has been fixed.
  • It was not possible to show or sort the columns by 'Tags' using the Options menu. This has been fixed.
  • Columns settings under Clipboard category weren't saved. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 4.0.12 (Jan 12, 2015)

  • Help documentation added

New in RecentX 4.0.11 (Dec 4, 2014)

  • Improved performance of search results
  • Sidebar position was not remembered after restart. This has been fixed
  • Internet bookmarks & history were indexed even after disabling it. This has been fixed
  • Clipboard items were monitored even after disabling it. This has been fixed
  • When searching items, the first item was not selected by default. This has been fixed
  • Hiding programs using keywords did not work. This has been fixed
  • Show more items' renamed to 'Load more items' for more clarity

New in RecentX 4.0.10 (Nov 19, 2014)

  • Windows Explorer menu has been enabled for programs also.
  • Network folder access was not being monitored. This has been fixed.
  • F2 key now renames clipboard items.
  • Searching just the bookmarks, listed history also. This has been fixed.
  • Clicking on an already selected item in RecentX did not reflect in file open/save dialog window. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 4.0.9 (Nov 7, 2014)

  • Introducing "Clipboard History":
  • RecentX can now automatically keep track of all the text & images that you copy to clipboard. RecentX remembers what text you copied 1 hour back, 1 day back etc. Just pick them directly from RecentX when needed. Can you imagine how big a time-saver it would be?
  • You can also assign tags to frequently used text & re-use them in your emails, documents etc. Think boilerplate text.
  • Integration with File Open/Save Window:
  • It has always been tedious to select files from the Windows File Open/Save window. RecentX makes this lot, lot easier. When opening or saving a file, directly select the file from RecentX.
  • Shift in performance:
  • In RecentX's new version, you can easily notice the drastic change in performance. We have changed its architecture. So everything related to performance has changed. The launch time, search time, indexing time, memory usage, CPU usage, disk access & also exit time. Specially for this reason, we recommend that you upgrade to the new version. You will surely be surprised.
  • Enjoyable experience:
  • You can see in the below picture how the list is less cluttered, features are easily understandable and accessible. We have fixed several bugs and glitches to make the experience more enjoyable.
  • Tags are now 'very' practical:
  • Previous version also allowed tagging of files, folders etc. But the feature was not robust & easy to use. Tags have been re-visited in the new version. You will naturally tend to use them more in this version. Note: Since we have changed the architecture, you will need to re-create all tags again in the new version of RecentX.
  • Locates programs contained in any folder:
  • Earlier version allowed you to search only installed programs. The new version will list programs found even inside other folders of your hard drive such as portable apps etc.
  • Searches anywhere in the name:
  • The new version searches keyword occurring anywhere in the name. See below picture. It also finds "Women" when "men" is typed.
  • Open a website in any installed browser:
  • The websites list will allow you to open a particular website in any browser - Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. Convenient when some websites work only in specific browser. Useful when testing a web page in multiple browsers.
  • Access Windows Explorer menu from RecentX, faster:
  • RecentX can show the standard Windows Explorer context menu inside its files and folders list. This way you get access to other software's shell extensions (zip, preview, send to, anti-virus etc). In the new version, you can use the Shift+Right Click shortcut for faster access.
  • Bigger text, better readability:
  • If you have had difficulty reading lists with smaller text, you can now make the text larger in the new version of RecentX.

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 16 (Nov 30, 2013)

  • By default, website history is now disabled. We found that this feature used rarely. Only bookmarks will be listed.
  • By default, tags bar appear below the find text box to make it more visible & easily accessible.
  • Pressing F7 to view All or Recent items cleared the keywords from the find text box so the user had to type the keywords again. This has been fixed.
  • Pressing F5 (to refresh) or F10 (to get details for network items) also cleared the keywords from the find text box so the user had to type the keywords again. This has been fixed.
  • When changing display resolution or attaching additional display monitor, the sidebar is lost. This as been fixed.
  • Renamed file was not added to the list. This has been fixed.
  • Scrollbars in RecentX did not work on Window 8. This has been fixed.
  • RecentX crashed at a particular point due to corrupted data. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 15 (Nov 12, 2012)

  • Made it compatible with Windows 8

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 14 (Jun 8, 2012)

  • Some of the websites showed incorrect titles. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 13 (Jun 8, 2012)

  • When using RecentX for the first time, sometimes it took a lot of time to respond. This has been improved
  • Sometimes RecentX would not update history from Firefox due to incorrect website data in Firefox. This has been fixed
  • Some websites without titles were not shown in RecentX. This has been fixed

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 12 (Feb 28, 2011)

  • Made RecentX compatible with Firefox 4

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 11 (Feb 28, 2011)

  • On clicking the RecentX Launcher tabs the list used to appear after a lot of delay when RecentX Launcher was used for several months. Now it appears almost instantly.
  • 500 items are shown by default instead of 200 items.
  • If a file/folder/program/website was launched, the focus would be set back to RecentX Launcher and not the launched item. This has been fixed.
  • When clicking on 'Buy Online', RecentX Launcher used to crash. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 10 (Aug 22, 2010)

  • Support for Windows Vista & Performance improvement.

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 8 (Nov 13, 2009)

  • FIXED: Sometimes RecentX would not show the launched document. The document and the respective program window would be hidden. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 7 (Nov 5, 2009)

  • IMPROVED: It is now possible to view older recent items (2 weeks old, 1 month old etc). Older builds listed only top 200 items. However, older builds used to search within older recent items too.
  • IMPROVED: Added ability to drag and drop Website URLs from RecentX to Internet browser. You can also drop it to a file manager to create a shortcut to that URL.
  • FIXED: The tooltips for the listed items appeared at the bottom of the window. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: RecentX did not run the default operation of any file. It always ran the "Open" operation. While some of the files that had a different default operation (like "Edit" etc) did not work properly. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 6 (Aug 3, 2009)

  • IMPROVED: Added support for Google Chrome Browser.
  • IMPROVED: It is now possible to filter by folder names also. Example: pdf Project will find all pdfs that are inside the folder Project.
  • IMPROVED: Every few days RecentX would auto-synchronize websites with the browsers installed.
  • IMPROVED: Improved startup performance by tweaking the indexing feature.
  • IMPROVED: Improved startup performance by tweaking Firefox & Chrome features.
  • IMPROVED: Added tools to compress Firefox & Chrome history databases to improve performance.
  • FIXED: When the number of items exceeded 200, the list did not show the most recent items on top. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: RecentX failed to detect new product updates. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: When 'Auto-Hide' is disabled, RecentX window will suddenly popup on top of all other programs. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: RecentX window would stop staying on top once it is closed and opened again. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: On systems running DeepFreeze program, RecentX did not run successfully. This has been fixed.
  • And other minor improvements & fixes.

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 5 (Jul 2, 2009)

  • IMPROVED: It is now possible to use the mouse wheel to scroll the list even when focus is in find text box.
  • IMPROVED: Pressing Tab key from the list will take you back to the find text box.
  • IMPROVED: Tweaked startup behavior.
  • FIXED: On systems running older version of Firefox, RecentX used to crash. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: When clearing recent items, RecentX used to crash. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: When listing 'All' items the items were not sorted by 'Date Modified' when the 'Date Modified' column was hidden. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: On Windows Vista, the tooltips for the listed items appeared at the bottom of the window. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: When history or bookmarks used to contain unusually long URLs, RecentX used to crash. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 3.0 Build 4 (Jun 25, 2009)

  • IMPROVED: A copy of old version data files is stored in a separate folder. When reverting back to old version, these data files can be used.
  • IMPROVED: Shortcut keys Ctrl+E, Ctrl+T etc now work from the find text box itself. The focus need not be set to the list box.
  • FIXED: Some files with numbers in their names were not being searched properly. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: Searching by a single character did not return correct results. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: Sometimes, not all icons are drawn properly. This has been fixed.
  • FIXED: In the "All" mode, the sort order was not retained. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 2.0 Build 15 (Oct 8, 2007)

  • FIXED: On some computers RecentX did not pick all of Mozilla Firefox website history. This has been fixed.

New in RecentX 2.0 Build 13 (Aug 30, 2007)

  • Minor improvements and bug fixes.