What's new in ShellExView 2.01
Jun 10, 2019
- Fixed bug: ShellExView crashed on some systems.
New in ShellExView 2.00 (Mar 7, 2019)
- Fixed to detect properly the filename of .NET extensions.
New in ShellExView 1.97 (Aug 31, 2015)
- Fixed the 'Restart Explorer' option to work properly on Windows 10.
New in ShellExView 1.96 (Aug 9, 2015)
- Fixed bug: When the 'Hide All Microsoft Extensions' option was turned on, ShellExView didn't display it as checked.
- Fixed bug: ShellExView failed to detect some shell extensions.
New in ShellExView 1.95 (Jul 2, 2015)
- Added 'Hide All Microsoft Extensions' option.
- Added 'Missing File' column (Displays 'Yes' if the shell extension file is missing).
New in ShellExView 1.90 (May 26, 2014)
- Added 'Thumbnail Handler' and 'Preview Handler' shell extensions that ShellExView failed to locate in previous versions.
New in ShellExView 1.86 (Sep 5, 2013)
- Fixed bug: ShellExView failed to extract the digital signatures on some systems
New in ShellExView 1.85 (Aug 19, 2013)
- Fixed issue: Microsoft shell extensions displayed as non-Microsoft if the company name was 'Microsoft Corp.'
- Added 'Digital Signature' column, which displays the signer name if the shell extension dll is signed with a digital signature. This column is active only when 'Read Digital Signatures' option (Under the Options menu) is turned on. (by default it's turned off)
- Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option.
New in ShellExView 1.81 (Jun 14, 2013)
- Added secondary sorting: When clicking the column headers of 'Type', 'Company', and other columns , the list is sorted by the selected column first, and then by the 'Extension Name' column
New in ShellExView 1.80 (May 31, 2013)
- Added 'Show 32-bit Shell Extensions' option, under the Options menu, available only on 64-bit systems. When it's turned on, ShellExView loads the 32-bit instance of installed shell extensions. (Similar to the /wow64 command-line option)
New in ShellExView 1.76 (Sep 26, 2012)
- Fixed issue: The properties window opened in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system
New in ShellExView 1.75 (Sep 10, 2012)
- Added 'Restart Explorer' (Ctrl+E) option, under the Options menu, which allows you to easily restart Windows Explorer if the disabling/enabling a shell extension doesn't affect Explorer immediately (Very useful for Windows 7/2008/Vista).
New in ShellExView 1.70 (Mar 20, 2012)
- Added 'Put Icon On Tray' option.
New in ShellExView 1.68 (Oct 25, 2011)
- Added shell extensions under LibraryFolder\Background key.
New in ShellExView 1.67 (Oct 4, 2011)
- You can now drag one or more files from the window of ShellExView into Explorer window or other application.
New in ShellExView 1.66 (May 19, 2011)
- Added 'Show Time In GMT' option.
New in ShellExView 1.65 (Mar 11, 2011)
- Added support for 3 types of shell extensions: Disk Cleanup Handlers, Icon Overlay Handlers, and Property Handlers
New in ShellExView 1.60 (Feb 28, 2011)
- Added /enable and /disable command-line options, which allow you to disable/enable shell extensions automatically from command-line without displaying any user interface, by specifying the CLSID of the shell extension.
New in ShellExView 1.55 (Feb 14, 2011)
- Fixed bug: ShellExView failed to detect some shell extensions (When the CLSID was specified as Registry key instead of Registry value).
- Added .NET detection - When there is a .NET extension, ShellExView now detect the real shell extension dll instead of displaying the .NET core dll (mscoree.dll)
- Added .NET column, which displays 'Yes' if the shell extension was created in .NET
New in ShellExView 1.50 (Nov 22, 2010)
- Added 'Google Search - Filename' and 'Google Search - Extension Name' options, which allows you to easily search for information about the selected shell extension in Google.
New in ShellExView 1.48 (Sep 20, 2010)
- 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.
New in ShellExView 1.47 (May 19, 2010)
- Fixed ShellExView x64 to require to run as admin under Windows 7/Vista, like the 32-bit version.
New in ShellExView 1.46 (May 3, 2010)
- Added 'Preview Handler' shell extensions.
New in ShellExView 1.45 (Nov 8, 2009)
- On x64 systems, ShellExView now always shows the shell extensions for x64 applications, even on the 32-bit version of ShellExView. If you want to get the shell extensions list for 32-bit applications, use ShellExView with /wow64 command-line option.
- Added /remote command-line option, which allows you to view/enable/disable shell extensions in a remote computer on your network.
New in ShellExView 1.41 (Aug 31, 2009)
- Changed the definition of 'Suspicious Shell Extensions' - In previous versions, Every shell extension with read-only attribute marked as Suspicious, which confused some users, because there are many legitimated shell extensions that set a read-only attribute, probably to protect them from delete by the user. However, if a shell extension has an hidden attribute, it'll still be marked as suspicious.
New in ShellExView 1.40 (Aug 22, 2009)
- Added option to submit a report about a shell extension that you disabled to http://shellfix.nirsoft.net
New in ShellExView 1.37 (Apr 6, 2009)
- ShellExView now displays a special warning when trying to disable a shell extension of shell32.dll
New in ShellExView 1.36 (Jan 7, 2009)
- Fixed bug: ShellExView crashed when using it with the save command-line options
New in ShellExView 1.35 (Nov 24, 2008)
- Added support for using ShellExView with external drive (by using /external command-line option).
New in ShellExView 1.30 (Nov 11, 2008)
- Added 'Filter By Extension Type' option - Allows you to select which type of shell extensions you want to view
New in ShellExView 1.25 (Oct 24, 2008)
- New restriction: ShellExView won't allow you to disable at once more than 15 shell extensions created by Microsoft. The reason for this restriction is that recently there were a few cases of people that disabled most of their shell extensions, including system extensions that installed as a part of the operating system, and then found themselves with a system that cannot boot properly.
New in ShellExView 1.24 (Oct 24, 2008)
- Fixed bug: Exception window appeared when starting ShellExView in some systems
New in ShellExView 1.23 (Jul 8, 2008)
- Fixed bug: The dates displayed in system locale format, instead of user locale
New in ShellExView 1.22 (May 15, 2008)
- Added shell extensions under "My Network Places", "Entire Network", and "Remote Computer" Registry keys.
- Added 3 columns: "My Network Places", "Entire Network", and "Remote Computer" (which tells you whether the Shell Extension was added into these folders)
New in ShellExView 1.21 (May 5, 2008)
- Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the user switched to another application and then returned back to ShellExView
New in ShellExView 1.20 (Apr 25, 2008)
- Added support for saving as comma-delimited text file
New in ShellExView 1.18 (Sep 24, 2007)
- Configuration of ShellExView is now saved to a cfg file instead of the Registry.
New in ShellExView 1.16 (Feb 16, 2007)
- Fixed bug: When a filename was enclosed with quotes, ShellExView failed to display the properties of the file.
New in ShellExView 1.15 (Aug 12, 2006)
- A tooltip is displayed when a string in a column is longer than the column length.