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Unreal Commander Changelog

What's new in Unreal Commander 4.21 Build 1645 Beta 18

Feb 17, 2024
  • Added:
  • The program is adapted for 4K monitors
  • Thumbnail mode and other modes are now applicable for search results
  • Ability to use filename templates in the file/directory creation function
  • Improved the function of displaying the amount of free space
  • Automatic numbering mode has been added to the file renaming dialog displayed when copying
  • Skin change is now possible on-the-fly
  • Optional display of the file system name in the field with the disk label and free space information
  • Added Everything support for the search window
  • Added the ability to sort the list by clicking on the column header in the multi-rename tool
  • Added copy/paste toolbar button function
  • Notification window changed
  • Added space interpretation mode (as a logical AND or as a logical OR) in the search window
  • Hash verification task can now be sent to a specific queue (not just a new one)
  • Added the ability to switch the copy/transfer mode to the opposite in the copy request window
  • and many cosmetic improvements
  • Fixed:
  • Skins now look better when scaled than before. Actual for 4K monitors
  • Fixed bug with date/time display in 12-hour format
  • Fixed a bug due to which the mask for the panel was not saved
  • Fixed bug with file renaming from fx
  • Fixed a bug in the unpack window in :dsm mode
  • Fixed a bug due to which extended functions were sometimes launched only the second time
  • Fixed a bug due to which sometimes drag-and-drop from Outlook did not work
  • Fixed a bug due to which it was impossible to change the virtual flags of the program through the command line if the settings are saved in the registry
  • Fixed a bug due to which deleting the cache caused the toolbar icons to be mixed up
  • Fixed a bug that caused directories not to be created in elevation mode
  • Improved the "Open with Unreal Commander" checkbox
  • Fixed a bug due to which the label was displayed instead of file sizes during deduplication
  • Fixed a bug due to which the program did not start in WinPE if the shfolder.dll file was missing
  • Fixed a bug due to which the icons were not displayed if the program was launched with the network displayed in one of the panels
  • Improved compatibility with some wdx plugins
  • Fixed a bug due to which the attribute window did not open for a file/directory with an incorrect date
  • and many small improvements

New in Unreal Commander 4.21 Build 1555 Beta 1 (Feb 10, 2022)

  • Added:
  • The program is adapted for 4K monitors
  • Thumbnail mode and other modes are now applicable for search results
  • Ability to use filename templates in the file/directory creation function
  • Improved the function of displaying the amount of free space
  • Automatic numbering mode has been added to the file renaming dialog displayed when copying
  • Skin change is now possible on-the-fly
  • Optional display of the file system name in the field with the disk label and free space information
  • Added Everything support for the search window
  • Added the ability to sort the list by clicking on the column header in the multi-rename tool
  • Added copy/paste toolbar button function
  • Notification window changed
  • Added space interpretation mode (as a logical AND or as a logical OR) in the search window
  • Hash verification task can now be sent to a specific queue (not just a new one)
  • Added the ability to switch the copy/transfer mode to the opposite in the copy request window
  • and many cosmetic improvements

New in Unreal Commander 3.57 Build 1219 (Jun 12, 2017)

  • 64-bit version of the program
  • Skins support
  • New Packer module (with Unicode support and 7z)
  • Elevation of privilege
  • Built-in mini-utility for downloading files (Tools ? Files downloading)
  • Built-in backup mini-utility (Tools ? Backup utility)
  • Function of quick change icons of directories (Commands ? Assign directory icon)
  • Action after the completion queues (Sleep mode, Hibernate, Turn Off the computer)
  • Sending tasks to a new queue from an existing
  • The ability to do task "closed"
  • "Keep symbolic links" mode (used for copying and moving files)
  • and a large number of small additions

New in Unreal Commander 3.57 Build 1182 Beta 1 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • 64-bit version of the program
  • New Packer module (with Unicode support and 7z)
  • Elevation of privilege
  • Built-in mini-utility for downloading files (Tools → Files downloading)
  • Built-in backup mini-utility (Tools → Backup utility)
  • Function of quick change icons of directories (Commands → Assign directory icon)
  • Action after the completion queues (Sleep mode, Hibernate, Turn Off the computer)
  • Sending tasks to a new queue from an existing
  • The ability to do task "closed"
  • "Keep symbolic links" mode (used for copying and moving files)
  • and a large number of small additions

New in Unreal Commander 2.02 Build 907 Beta 3 (May 1, 2013)

  • Added:
  • Thumbnail mode
  • WDX plug-in support
  • Hard link creation
  • Sub tool bars in the tool bar
  • File list scaling
  • Placing network resources in the network root
  • Language file editor
  • Tattoo and glass effects for dialog windows
  • Storing the settings in the Windows registry
  • A new style for rendering list items
  • Directory hashing
  • Saving group renaming profiles
  • Quick history clearing
  • Displaying free disk space in the select disk dialog
  • Optional use of IEC standard (KiB, MiB, GiB)
  • some minor improvements
  • Fixed:
  • Some bugs when using drag’n’drop
  • Bug when going to differences found in the file comparison window
  • Bug when running a file search with specifying the file size
  • Bug when splitting a file in the same directory
  • Incorrect column widths in the synchronization window
  • FTP reconnection bug
  • Bug when dimming a background window
  • Bug when saving the ignore list
  • some minor bugs

New in Unreal Commander 0.96 Build 770 (Mar 4, 2010)

  • Added:
  • New panel redrawing system
  • Text comparison mode
  • Multiple archive extraction
  • Multiple file hashing
  • Hash file check by click
  • Possibility to keep the program's ini files in the user profile directory
  • Colored drag and drop cursors
  • ARJ archiver support
  • Panel scrolling while dragging and dropping
  • Striped mode (code name "zebra")
  • Possibility to change the fonts in directory tab headers, file table headers, and FTP client status bar
  • Possibility to cancel task size calculation
  • Prior deletion of existing files when uploading a file with the same name over FTP
  • Choosing the copy direction of all directory files when synchronizing
  • Manual file name editing in the multi-rename tool
  • Automatic plugin installation system
  • Assigning the server’s file date when downloading over FTP
  • Possibility to copy/move directories’ comments
  • Empty directories deletion after synchronization (optional)
  • Network and FTP caching
  • Colored icons for buttons F3-F8 (function buttons)
  • Shadowing background windows (optional)
  • Bigger icon button size
  • Possibility to start the program having another user’s rights
  • Possibility to start a copy of the program from any directory's context menu
  • Use of SSL/TLS for FTP connections
  • Showing tasks queue in the cancel dialog
  • Automatic hot keys assigning mode
  • Fixed:
  • Program's hanging after directory changing or file group renaming
  • Panel's hanging while scrolling line by line
  • Wrong speed calculation while downloading/uploading files
  • Wrong files search in hex mode
  • Wrong sorting of national symbols (in some cases)
  • Problem with uploading a directory when a directory with the same name already exists on the FTP server
  • Incorrect comment saving to .bbs files
  • No possibility to delete a directory when it has a description file
  • Flash disk blocking when the user has changes the drive
  • File blocking while comparison

New in Unreal Commander 0.96 Build 753 (Nov 16, 2009)

  • Added:
  • New panel redrawing system
  • Text comparison mode
  • Multiple archive extraction
  • Multiple file hashing
  • Hash file check by click
  • Possibility to keep the program's ini files in the user profile directory
  • Colored drag and drop cursors
  • ARJ archiver support
  • Panel scrolling while dragging and dropping
  • Striped mode (code name "zebra")
  • Possibility to change the fonts in directory tab headers, file table headers, and FTP client status bar
  • Possibility to cancel task size calculation
  • Prior deletion of existing files when uploading a file with the same name over FTP
  • Choosing the copy direction of all directory files when synchronizing
  • Manual file name editing in the multi-rename tool
  • Automatic plugin installation system
  • Assigning the server’s file date when downloading over FTP
  • Possibility to copy/move directories’ comments
  • Empty directories deletion after synchronization (optional)
  • Network and FTP caching
  • Colored icons for buttons F3-F8 (function buttons)
  • Shadowing background windows (optional)
  • Bigger icon button size
  • Possibility to start the program having another user’s rights
  • Possibility to start a copy of the program from any directory's context menu
  • Use of SSL/TLS for FTP connections
  • Showing tasks queue in the cancel dialog
  • Automatic hot keys assigning mode
  • Fixed:
  • Program's hanging after directory changing or file group renaming
  • Panel's hanging while scrolling line by line
  • Wrong speed calculation while downloading/uploading files
  • Wrong files search in hex mode
  • Wrong sorting of national symbols (in some cases)
  • Problem with uploading a directory when a directory with the same name already exists on the FTP server
  • Incorrect comment saving to .bbs files
  • No possibility to delete a directory when it has a description file
  • Flash disk blocking when the user has changes the drive
  • File blocking while comparison

New in Unreal Commander 0.95 build 717 (May 16, 2009)

  • Added:
  • Action performed by pressing Enter in archive
  • Saving/loading selected items to/from file
  • Creating shortcuts and symbolic links
  • autoRetry and autoSkip functions
  • Opening an existing tab when trying to create it
  • Ignore list
  • Moving the tool bar to the second or a lower line
  • Sorting directories by size
  • Quick search by file extensions
  • Panel "freeze" effect
  • Selecting files with the same name and different extensions
  • Closing all simple tabs upon exit
  • Vertical arrangement
  • Dragging and dropping disk buttons and command line
  • Second quick search type
  • Removing files from the synchronize window
  • Canceling copy/move/delete dialogs
  • Fixed:
  • Incorrect display and copying of certain files when synchronizing
  • Loosing overlay icons when moving panels
  • Incorrect automatic program update on the Internet
  • Playing the system sound when quick search
  • Incorrect calculation of time left to complete download of a file over FTP

New in Unreal Commander 0.92 (Aug 6, 2007)

  • Added: Unicode support (which reduces compatibility between Unreal Commander and Windows 9x)
  • Added: Internal Universal Viewer (Copyright � 2006-2007 Alexey Torgashin), which gives the user a wide range of possibilities to view files of all types
  • Added: Predefined tool bar buttons
  • Added: xUP plug-in in an executable file
  • Added: Non-fixed size of icons on tool bar buttons
  • Added: Non-fixed size of icons on drive buttons
  • Added: Possibility of automatic receiving/updating language files
  • Added: Some of icons are now stored in an external DLL file and can be edited.
  • Added: The possibility to manage tool bar buttons more easily
  • Added: Automatic selection of only the file name (without the extension) when renaming the file
  • Added: The "Compare Directories", "Mark newer, hide same files" functions
  • Added: The possibility of horizontal scrolling in some interface elements
  • Added: The possibility to cancel the calculation of the directory size
  • Added: Icon caching for different file types
  • Added: FTP permissions for subdirectories
  • Added: Authentication types when using an FTP proxy
  • Fixed: No confirmation of re-writing when using FTP
  • Fixed: When deleting a task from a queue, its size was not subtracted from the total size of the files of all tasks in the queue
  • Fixed: Some bugs when renaming files using the Shift F6 keyboard shortcut
  • Fixed: After disabling an FTP connection initiated by a remote FTP server, the connection could not be re-established (the program needed restarting)
  • Fixed: The program might hang up when trying to connect to an FTP server and losing connection
  • Fixed: Some authentication bugs that occured when using a proxy server were fixed

New in Unreal Commander 0.91 (Jun 22, 2007)

  • Added: An easy and user friendly interface for the creation/updating of license keys
  • Added: The possibility to use one license key on multiple work stations
  • Added: The xUP plugin is based on ATViewer, which supports a lot of document, graphics and multimedia formats
  • Added: The speed when opening a directory is now almost twice as high as it was before
  • Added: The free threading of copying/moving/deletion processes
  • Added: A new method of obtaining file icons from the operating system and displaying them on the file panel
  • Added: A new appearance of the disk change window
  • Added: Interface for redefining key combinations (including key combinations for the global call of the program)
  • Added: The possibility to drag and drop a document to the program icon on the tool bar
  • Added: Assigning program startup parameters to the tool bar buttons: %P, %N, %T, %M, %O, %E
  • Added: The possibility to choose system sounds for program events
  • Added: The possibility to choose a compression method for the embedded archiver
  • Added: Supporting TLS when using an FTP connection
  • Added: Supporting a proxy server when using an FTP connection
  • Added: Anonymous FTP connection
  • Added: The possibility to terminate an FTP connection when it hangs up
  • Added: The possibility to copy the file names/paths of selected files to the clipboard
  • Fixed: The program did not provide the possibility to resume file download when using an FTP connection
  • Fixed: A confirmation of rewriting a file when copying multiple directories using an FTP connection removed
  • Fixed: Clicking the left part of a button no longer affects the button to the left
  • Fixed: Pasting a license key no longer leads to a "Range check error"
  • Fixed: When copying a directory, the date "Created" of the directory remains unchanged; in the previous versions, the date "Created" would change to the date when the directory was copied
  • Fixed: The directory size calculation process could not be cancelled when changing a disk or directory
  • Fixed: When an antivirus system was enabled, the program was closed too slowly

New in Unreal Commander 0.90 (May 14, 2007)

  • Added:
  • FTP-client
  • Work with HTTP through proxy
  • Network authentication
  • Background picture stretch to window size
  • Change files/dirs attributes
  • Work with archives locked by passwords
  • Directory tabs hints
  • Fixed:
  • The reference to floppy/CD/DVD at work with a network
  • Activization of directory tab replace mode at change tab
  • Incorrect display of cursor line at brief view mode
  • Error at visual styles deleting
  • Error at the reference to the empty floppy-disk drive
  • Full screen mode loss
  • Long start of the program with disconnected network disks
  • Impossibility to remove the directory after work with it