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WinExt Changelog

What's new in WinExt 30.0 Build 099

Sep 9, 2022
  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): to ensure all results are 100% accurate, we changed the default comparing method to "Full comparison" for big files (Duplicates).
  • I: the lists no longer flicker when performing the time-consuming operations, such as adding, deleting, moving, filtering, loading, checking, etc.
  • Fully controls the availability of all UI elements when scanning (Duplicates).
  • Optimized software text for German.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: some operations cannot be finished if you have adjusted the order of columns (Recent).
  • I: on a few computers, fixing the Registry may prevent Windows Security from opening (Clean).
  • I: pressing <Del> key will delete the character after cursor when set shortcut keys (Launch).
  • The context menu has not been fully translated (Duplicates).
  • The result interface has not been properly displayed when loading result from the main interface (Duplicates).

New in WinExt 29.0 Build 096 (Feb 12, 2022)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important:added a new core module - Launch: now you can run program, open file/folder or visit web site/page by keyboard at any place of Windows (Launch).
  • Greatly adjusted the size & location of all buttons & links for all interfaces. Now, the size, margins and spacing of all buttons & links for each interface can be displayed perfectly in any language.
  • Optimized software text for Portuguese (Brazil).
  • Optimized and streamlined the source code.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug fixes:
  • I: the working area of some modules will display as blank if the main window is maximized.
  • I: unable to delete the shortcut of manually added resource (Recent).
  • I: there is a serious potential bug when manually add / move / delete resources (Batch).
  • I: in a few countries which use the period (".") as the digital grouping symbol, the [Size] may be displayed incorrectly, and has not sorted in descending order (Duplicates).
  • The text of "smart selection" related settings cannot be fully displayed in some languages (Duplicates).

New in WinExt 28.0 Build 094 (Jan 2, 2022)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): supports to hide the selected resources, and you can show them again at anytime (Recent).
  • Greatly improved the speed of switching languages, especially, backed to the main interface after scanned and opened the result interface (Duplicates).
  • Can open the Options UI directly on the working interface (Recent).
  • Greatly optimized the Slovenian texts.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: can still filter out the resources by name or path after deleted shortcuts/resources or moved resources (Recent).
  • I: cannot delete the shortcut of applications (Recent).
  • I: the duplicate files that have not an extension may appear even you have not checked "All other types without extension" option (Duplicates).
  • I: if no any file is been tracked, the program will crash when close "Trace file changes" window (Tools).
  • The heights of similar buttons on the same interface are inconsistent (Recent & Activity).
  • The widths of blank areas that used to group the buttons are inconsistent (Recent & Batch).

New in WinExt 27.0 Build 093 (Dec 21, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): supports to customize the theme.
  • I: can manually add resources via inputting / pasting the full path when select them to do something.
  • I: greatly optimized all interfaces.
  • I: friendlier - will close the result interface if you clicked <Cancel> when loading result from the main interface (Duplicates).
  • Removed some unused language items to compact the software.
  • Optimized software text for Polish.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: it allow you to set the startup module as "Tools", but does not work :(
  • I: if you exit program during scanning, the process has not been ended properly.
  • I: if the original file names have the serial number (any position), and you change the file names with serial number, then the original and new serial numbers cannot be corresponding. It should be 1 - 1, 2 - 2... (Batch).
  • If you change the theme after located to "Options -> Recent" interface, and change the theme, the UI will be a little chaotic.

New in WinExt 26.0 Build 090 (Dec 7, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): new tool - traces the file changes in real time (Tools).
  • I: added the "Refresh frequency (seconds)" setting to "Recent" module (Recent).
  • I: now it supports to automatically clean the old log files with corresponding settings (Activity).
  • I: added the "Refresh frequency (seconds)" setting to "Activity" module (Activity).
  • Added "Last" option to the "Automatically switch to this module after started" setting.
  • Accurately displays the singular and plural units of the number of checked files on the result interface (Duplicates).
  • Optimized software text for French.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: cannot access network drives.
  • Corrected multiple grammatical errors, such as "0 byte" should be "0 bytes" (Duplicates).
  • If you're not using English version, when first enter the "Sync" module, the "Add & Remove specific time" buttons may be covered (Sync).

New in WinExt 25.0 Build 087 (Oct 9, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Can do the smart checking again at anytime on the result interface (Duplicates).
  • Can input your license key on the result interface directly, in order to avoid rescanning or reloading (Duplicates).
  • Can automatically skip the Recycle Bin during scanning (Duplicates).
  • Changed the default sorting column from [Date modified] to [Date accessed] for friendlier UI (Recent).
  • Optimized the "Outputter" interface, make it display as fit width for different languages (Batch).
  • Does not show the progress bar when automatic refreshing the list to make it friendlier (Recent).
  • Lets the text box get focus if you specified the duplicate extensions, in order to correct the input conveniently (Duplicates).
  • Optimized software text for Portuguese (Brazil).
  • Bug Fixes:
  • In Arabic version, it will display the result before the comparison is completed (Duplicates).
  • The [Specify] and [Exclude] text boxes have not been adjusted properly when resize the main interface (Duplicates).

New in WinExt 24.0 Build 086 (Sep 14, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): added [Date accessed] column (Batch & Recent).
  • I: supports to add resources manually by click corresponding menu items (Recent).
  • I: can output or change the [Date accessed] property for target resources (Batch).
  • I: supports to refresh the data manually (Recent).
  • Can automatically removed the application from the list if you uninstalled a software while use WinExt (Recent).
  • Applied current theme to the mouse-over background color for the menu items on "Delete files" interface (Duplicates).
  • Optimized software text for Polish.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: the default sorting column is [Date modified], but not working by default (Recent).
  • The main interface is disabled after finished scanning, especially, the "Find Now!" button is displayed as "Pause", you need to close the result interface to enable the main interface and restore all things well (Duplicates).
  • The prompt of excluded resources is unreadable, it has not been translated, just is a code (Activity).

New in WinExt 23.0 Build 085 (Sep 1, 2021)

  • The file types filter is not available when output resources in French version (Batch).
  • The progress bar has not been fully filled if some files cannot be deleted/moved, but the final result will show as "Done!" (Duplicates).
  • Has not applied current theme to the "Tips" and "Statistics" areas on the result interface (Duplicates).
  • The text of "Clear" and "Delete" buttons are the same in German version (Duplicates).
  • Supports automatic and scheduled scanning by /F startup argument (Duplicates).
  • Can remember and expand the last visited location on "Resources selector" interface (Duplicates, Sync and Activity).
  • Supports to directly clear "Only scan the following folders/files" list (Duplicates).
  • Keeps the height of main window after switched module if it is not maximized.
  • Optimized the location of elements for Options UI, more beautiful and easier to use.
  • Optimized software text for Traditional Chinese.

New in WinExt 22.0 Build 084 (Aug 26, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): new module - "Tools": other useful tools in WinExt® (Tools).
  • I: new tool - Skip UAC prompt: runs your trusted programs without UAC prompt (Tools).
  • I: new tool - Context menus manager: disables the unwanted context menus for files, folders, etc (Tools).
  • I: uses the exact Golden Ratio for the start position of the main interface, in previous versions, the main UI is not located at the exact Golden Ratio position after started if the startup module is not "Duplicates".
  • Made the startup module option as a list to simplify the UI.
  • Optimized the [Times] column header text for most languages (Recent).
  • Optimized software text for French.
  • Bug fixes:
  • I: will lose the inputted "Specify" file type(s) after changed language (Duplicates).
  • If exit program but you have never entered the "Duplicates" module, the saved default sizes condition will be changed - lost the "Medium" size option (Duplicates).
  • The Korean text has not been fully translated.

New in WinExt 21.0 Build 083 (Aug 21, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): greatly improved the loading speed of UI and data for "Sizes" module, now, almost no waiting when switching to it. In all previous versions, it's slow to switch, even it will take more than a minute to switch on some computers with lower configurations. This is a version that must be upgraded (Sizes)!
  • I: can directly display the common locations such as Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Music, Videos and Pictures (Sizes).
  • The result window (especially, the toolbar and filter) can be fully displayed on the screen with 1024 * ? resolution for every supported language (Duplicates).
  • Applied the selected theme to the mouse-over background color of menu items on result window (Duplicates).
  • Optimized software text for Italian.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • The Arabic text has not been fully translated.

New in WinExt 20.1 Build 082 (Aug 10, 2021)

  • Greatly improved the loading speed of UI and data for Recent module, now, almost no waiting when switching to it. In version 20.0, it's slow to switch, even it will take more than a minute to switch on some computers with lower configurations or just cannot load data. This is a version that must be upgraded (Recent)!
  • Further improved the loading and switching speed for each module.
  • Shows the progress bar when loading or automatic refreshing recent items, in order to let you know what is it doing now (Recent).
  • If failed to read the recent programs from system, other recent items will show confusion (Recent).

New in WinExt 19.1 Build 077 (Aug 1, 2021)

  • Features/Improvements:
  • Moved .md file type from "Compressed" category to "Documents", although it is also a compressed file type, but it's more common as a document type.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Important: urgent fix: all the context menu items on the main interface have not been translated to the selected language, and the selected theme is not applied to them. This is a version that must be upgraded

New in WinExt 19.0 Build 076 (Jul 20, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): opened all features of Batch module in the Free edition, only limits the number of resources that can be operated (Batch).
  • I: delayed the new version checking after started, this action will greatly improve the starting speed.
  • I: greatly optimized the Korean texts.
  • Can directly visit the localized web pages (e.g. product page, company page) from software when you use German, French, English or Simplified / Traditional Chinese on the UI side.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • The "finding" item has not been translated in German version.

New in WinExt 18.1 Build 073 (May 9, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): greatly improved the speed of comparing files and loading result (Duplicates).
  • Optimized software text for German.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: piracy will be falsely reported on a very small number of computers.

New in WinExt 18.0 Build 072 (Apr 22, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Important (I): supports to find out the empty folders. In previous versions, only supports finding empty files (Duplicates).
  • I: supports to find and check paths by inputted text on the "Check item(s) by paths" interface (Duplicates).
  • I: supports to check/uncheck all paths on the "Check item(s) by paths" interface. In previous versions, only supports unchecking all paths (Duplicates).
  • I: opened the "Smart Selection" feature in the Free version (Duplicates).
  • Optimized the text format of duplicates module (changed bold to green), more readable (Duplicates).
  • Optimized software text for Simplified and Traditional Chinese (Batch).
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: if unchecked all paths and click <OK> on the "Check item(s) by paths" interface, there is no effect on the result interface, the right behavior should be unchecked all items for the result list (Duplicates).
  • You need to confirm twice to exit program while scanning (Duplicates).
  • If the computer uses a non-Gregorian calendar (such as Buddhist calendar, Islamic calendar, etc.), the valid license may be judged as expired.

New in WinExt 17.0 Build 071 (Apr 19, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): can display recently used applications (Recent).
  • I: supports to adjust and remember the sequence of each column (Recent).
  • I: greatly improved the refreshing speed of the list (Recent).
  • Optimized the size of all buttons, especially, the buttons in modules area.
  • Added the tooltip - "Filters the list by [Name] or [Path]." to the text filter (Recent).
  • Optimized the texts in filter area (Recent).
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: if your network speed is very slow, the features in licensed Pro version may be disabled due to the verifying is not completed but the UI is shown. Now, no matter how long the verification takes, the features in Pro version can be displayed properly.
  • I: the xml file type is included in both Documents and Videos, it should be removed from Videos due to xml as a video file only in Linux (Duplicates & Recent).
  • There are 3 language items have not been translated in German.

New in WinExt 16.0 Build 070 (Apr 12, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): can automatically create the restore points in every fixing (Clean -> Registry).
  • I: can restore the Registry from selected restore point (Clean -> Registry).
  • I: the number of built-in "Applications" types has been increased from 5 to 182 (Duplicates).
  • Optimized the CPU usage of the fixing/cleaning operations (Clean).
  • Applied the selected theme to the mouse-over background color of menu items.
  • Optimized the "Upgrade to Pro" interface.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: cannot accurately remember the scanning types(s) (Duplicates).
  • I: cannot show the "Properties" box if the resource name has Unicode characters.
  • If the sorting column is not [Type], the result is not sorted properly after scanning (Clean).
  • The judgment of Excel version in some countries is inaccurate, especially in countries that do not use the period as decimal symbol, such as Germany and France. This will affect whether the resources/issues should be exported as xls or xlsx (Batch & Clean).

New in WinExt 15.0 Build 069 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • Important (I): added a new core module - Optimize, it has six major features: optimizing start / shut down, stability, system, UI, network and SSD, and there are 38 sub functions in the six features (Optimize).
  • I: the number of built-in "Images" types has been increased from 138 to 1,022 (Duplicates & Recent).
  • I: added the process wrapper to automatically restart program after it exited abnormally.
  • Unified the style of all option pages.
  • Keeps previous width of working area after switched to the Clean module (Clean).
  • Uses the different icon for system drive.
  • Optimized software text for German.
  • I: if the finding task is not finished, will play the completing sound when close the main interface (Duplicates).
  • I: if the file to be opened has no associated execution program, the system "How do you want to open this file?" dialog box will not be displayed on the Win8+ system.
  • Shows the unreadable prompt when choose a nonexistent resource.

New in WinExt 14.0 Build 068 (Mar 8, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): added a new core module - Clean, and made it as the first and default one. It has three major features: fixing Registry, cleaning junk and sweeping privacy, and there are 86 sub functions in the three features (Clean).
  • I: the number of built-in "Videos" types has been increased from 265 to 481 (Duplicates & Recent).
  • I: can remember the latest search conditions (Duplicates).
  • I: can sort the [Size] column accurately (Recent).
  • Optimized the "Renamer" interface (Batch).
  • Uses the Windows 10 style icons for all resources (drives, folders and files).
  • Greatly optimized software text for Korean.
  • Optimized the license verifying module.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: always displays the new version number at the bottom even there is no new version found.
  • Has not selected the module label after changed current theme (Batch).

New in WinExt 13.0 Build 060 (Dec 13, 2020)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): supports to start/pause/continue current finding job. In previous versions, only starting and stopping (Duplicates).
  • I: can reset the scanning conditions separately (previous versions can only reset all conditions, Duplicates).
  • I: fully supports native German.
  • Grouped the toolbar buttons and context menu items (Recent).
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Has not applied current theme to the language selecting menu items.
  • Cannot get the text for "possible_reasons" item in French and Italian.

New in WinExt 12.1 Build 059 (Nov 5, 2020)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): the number of built-in "Audio" types has been increased from 355 to 484 (Duplicates & Recent).
  • I: adjusted the refreshing frequency of the main list, greatly reduced resource consumption (Recent).
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • The context menu items are not fully multilingual (Batch).

New in WinExt 12.0 Build 057 (Oct 26, 2020)

  • Important (I): added the switching theme feature, and elaborately designed 4 sets of beautiful preset color schemes.
  • I: can directly display the common locations such as Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Music, Videos and Pictures on the "Resources selector" interface and "Batch" module.
  • I: the number of built-in "Documents" types has been increased from 90 to 1,160 (Duplicates & Recent).
  • I: unified the style of all interfaces.
  • I: optimized many icons: more beautiful and easier to understand, made the uniform appearance and size.
  • Optimized the data access algorithm for all lists.
  • Needs your confirmation when exiting the program, in order to avoid accidentally closing it.
  • Optimized the appearance of all tree views: more beautiful and easier to use.
  • Optimized software text for Arabic, Russian, Slovenian and Turkish languages.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.

New in WinExt 11.0 Build 055 (Sep 10, 2020)

  • Important (I): greatly improved the reloading speed after deleted / moved duplicate files (Duplicates).
  • I: the number of built-in "Compressed" types has been increased from 22 to 283 (Duplicates & Recent).
  • I: can delete the recent accessed record (shortcut) alone (Recent).
  • I: replaced the difficult to use and powerless "Find" feature with the easy to use but quick text filter to display filtering results instantly and directly on the main list (Recent).
  • I: fully supports native Finnish.
  • Optimized the background color for the selected duplicates group (Duplicates).
  • Optimized the efficiency for smart selection (Duplicates).
  • Keeps the values that controlled by the up / down regulator always to be displayed even you deleted them.
  • Can display program logo in system "Apps & features" list.
  • Optimized software text for Simplified and Traditional Chinese

New in WinExt 10.0 Build 054 (Jul 27, 2020)

  • Important: can check duplicate files by drives and paths (Duplicates).
  • Important: can exclude file types to scan (Duplicates).
  • Important: redesigned the size levels under Windows 10 specification, in order to meet current conditions (Duplicates).
  • Important: can do more operations for the selected resource(s), such as move/copy to other location, rename (Recent).
  • Important: can reset [Times] to 1 (Recent).
  • Optimized the shortcut keys (Duplicates).
  • Options interface: changed the "Warning" text to "Tips" and its color from orange to green, made it friendlier (Duplicates).
  • Optimized software texts for AR, DE, FI, FR, IT, PL, PT_BR, SL and TR languages.
  • Can display the update history for Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.

New in WinExt 8.0 Build 047 (May 27, 2019)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): fully supports native Português (Brasil).
  • I: fully supports native Türkçe.
  • I: fully supports native Polski.
  • I: modified the [Spent] field of the statistics area, more fluent syntax and more concise (Duplicates).
  • I: the singular and plural problems of some units about time and size.
  • Optimized the online help.
  • Optimized software texts.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: cannot properly save and open the result file in Arabic (Duplicates).
  • I: if you are an old user and upgraded the product version, WE's Windows Service maybe cannot work.
  • I: translation error for [Times] column in French (Recent).

New in WinExt 7.0 Build 037 (Sep 28, 2017)

  • New features and improvements:
  • Important (I): can move the duplicate files to other place (Duplicates).
  • I: fully supports native العربية.
  • I: can display latest news (not only new version notice, such as promotions) at the bottom of the main interface.
  • I: the list no longer flashes when deleting items or moving items to Recycle Bin (Recent).
  • I: the list no longer flashes when removing resources, deleting resources or moving resources to Recycle Bin / other place (Batch).
  • Changed the "Reload" drop-down menu items from "Reload..." to "Reloads...", to unify the grammar (Sizes).
  • Translated all Russian texts.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug fixes:
  • I: it may remove unselected resources from right list when press <Ctrl+D> (Sizes).
  • A spelling mistake of Simplified Chinese language.

New in WinExt 6.0 Build 035 (Sep 11, 2017)

  • Important (I): added a switch - enable or disable monitoring (Activity).
  • I: made the progress window for deleting duplicate files - lists the files to be deleted for confirmation, displays progress bar, dynamically updates list during deleting, prevents the UI to be not responded during deleting files. Also available for moving duplicate files to Recycle Bin (Duplicates).
  • I: gives you a report after deleted duplicates: number of files, released space, the files that cannot be deleted and reasons. Also available for moving duplicate files to Recycle Bin (Duplicates).
  • I: displays the new version notice at the bottom of the main interface (previous versions will show you a message box when starts), greatly improved the friendliness.
  • I：fully supports native 한국어.
  • I: fully supports native Slovenščina.
  • I: added the "Features List & Editions Comparison" webpage.
  • I: added the "View full features list & editions comparison" feature to the "Upgrade to Pro" and "About..." interfaces.
  • Compacted the program by removing some unused texts.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.

New in WinExt 5.0 Build 031 (Aug 30, 2017)

  • New features and improvements:
  • Important (I): added option - "Automatically switch to the following module after started:".
  • I: fully supports native Français.
  • I: added the Splash (start) window, shows the progress and tells you what it is doing on this window, to avoid that you thinking the program does not respond. Greatly improved the friendliness.
  • I: can immediately refresh the sum of checked resources when check/uncheck the resources on the tree (Sizes).
  • I: adjusted the default size of working area and the splitter location, easier to use (Sizes).
  • Added "Update history" function.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Optimized software texts.
  • Bug fixes:
  • I: at the Service side, cannot get local Gregorian time on a few PCs, especially in the countries which have their own calendar. This may cause the Service cannot work properly (Activity & Sync (Auto)).
  • I: if you refreshed the resources tree and some resources in right list are not existing, then press <Ctrl+D> cannot remove them from right list (Sizes).

New in WinExt 4.0 Build 028 (Jul 30, 2017)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): fully supports native Русский.
  • I: removed many useless logs, in order to quickly load them (Activity).
  • I: algorithm optimization - does not recompute the folder size when add it to the right list, greatly improved the efficiency (Sizes).
  • I: now can show the update history directly if the new version is available and you chose to view the updates (in previous versions, just only jump to the 'Update History' segment, but have not expanded it, you need to expand it manually to see the update history).
  • Optimized official website.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Optimized the translation interface files.
  • Optimized the Windows Service side.
  • No longer open the discounted buy now page after uninstalled it.
  • Bug fixes:
  • When you are viewing the "Options -> Activity" interface and resized the window, the controls of "Monitored type(s)" area have not been resized properly (Activity).