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Total Commander v15.2 Changelog Summary

The document outlines the release notes for various builds of a software application, detailing fixes, changes, and new features introduced in each version from v15.2 to v13.0. Key highlights include improvements in file handling, stability fixes, and the addition of new functionalities such as support for audio playback and enhanced search capabilities. Each version also addresses specific bugs and performance issues to enhance user experience.
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Total Commander v15.2 Changelog Summary

The document outlines the release notes for various builds of a software application, detailing fixes, changes, and new features introduced in each version from v15.2 to v13.0. Key highlights include improvements in file handling, stability fixes, and the addition of new functionalities such as support for audio playback and enhanced search capabilities. Each version also addresses specific bugs and performance issues to enhance user experience.
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v15.

2 ( Build 3077 ) - 2025-03-18

FIXED - When copy a file that already exists, and selecting to rename it. But
pressing cancel in rename dialog. The File Already exsits dialog is shown again,
instead of an error
FIXED - FSSFTP all icon sizes for device icon are added.
FIXED - MultiDataViewer searching backwards and then forwards will not go
directly to next match.
FIXED - Pressing Shift+F3 in MultiDataViewer will search backwards
FIXED - Clicking on ".." on virtual device that points to root of device now
works again.
FIXED - Handling error when trying to remove attriubte before overwriting file.
but fails becuse of permission denied.
FIXED - 3 Stability issues

v15.1 ( Build 3074 ) - 2025-02-27

FIXED - If 'Everything' was not configured to index foldersize. The folder size
was set to MAX 64bit value. Now it is set to 0.
CHANGE- Tweaked search parameters for Everything to increase performance
FIXED - 8 Stability issues

v15.0 ( Build 3072 ) - 2025-02-17

65+ Changes

ADDED - New extension for SFTP/SCP (Files over SSH)


ADDED - Added support for the 'Everything' search tool. It can be now used to
always show folder size. (Turn on in Explorer Panel settings)
ADDED - TabSession can now be accessed from the toolbar If you have any tab
sessions defined
ADDED - Checksum tool now support .sha,.sha1, .sha256, .sha512 files to verify
and create
ADDED - During Inline Rename - If you press Ctrl+. (Dot) it will replace all dot
with space (except if the dot is around numbers eg "[Link].v3.5 => "My File v3.5")

ADDED - During Inline Rename - If you press Ctrl+Shift+. (Dot) it will replace
all dot with space
ADDED - During Inline Rename - If you press Ctrl+W it will captalize all words in
the filename
ADDED - MC will set enviroment variables for the MC EXE and Path and more. So all
programs MC starts will see this enviroments variables.
REMOVE- Removed duplicated command for FindFiles.
FIXED - Shortcuts for 'FindFiles' now show assigned hotkey in tooltop and menu
FIXED - FTP - Will now delete target file instead of trying to overwrite if it
already exists.
FIXED - FTP - Better error message if server blocked upload of file with error
533 (not allowed)
FIXED - MultiDataViewer will remember open files in RecoveryRestart
FIXED - MultiDataViewer - Possible to Copy selected text with Ctrl+C from
Highlight and Find edit boxes again.
FIXED - Updated 3rd party Zip library, Now empty folders and empty zip files are
handled correctly again.
FIXED - 15+ Stability issues

v14.5 ( Build 3054 ) - 2024-12-23

40+ Changes
ADDED - Option to change how Preview panel works. "Autoload preview when file
focus changes" (Default) Then it works like before
If turned off, Preview is shown/updated only when the Show Preview
toolbar/hotkey is pressed (Shift+Alt+Q).
ADDED - Command line field command ":find <wildcard>" will start a FindFiles
operation finding files matching the wildcard filter ( Eg ":find *.txt" )
ADDED - Picture viewer can now go to next/prev image in that folder automatically
ADDED - Path history can now be remembered between sessions
ADDED - FolderTree - Highlight of active folder and their parent can now be
configured to be shown with different style/color
ADDED - Some File Drops from some other applications will now be handled better
CHANGE- Preload cache for Picture viewer change from 10 to 5
FIXED - WPD (portable) on some devices did not show all items in a folder if there
was many items in that folder (Only on some devices)
FIXED - Navigating into FTP site now works again
FIXED - Issue with creating very large zip, Sometimes the zip64 header was not
created correctly
FIXED - PictureViewer now always show filename in titlebar, even if it failed to
load it
FIXED - Rename - Replace in file now support large input texts and also remember
last used text again
FIXED - PictureViewer should now work for Win7/Win8 again
FIXED - Cleanup configuration removed for Portable mode
FIXED - 10 Stability issues

v14.4 ( Build 3047 ) - 2024-12-03

25+ Changes

FIXED - FindFiles dialog sometimes failed to load previously used values


ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] now support option "RESDEVICE=<num>"
for what RESx device to show result in
FIXED - MultiDataViewer now calculate width a little better making wordwrap work
better. (but not perfect))
ADDED - Picture Viewer Toolbar dropdown show when width is to small now works
ADDED - Picture Viewer can now show "GPS" information if images contains that
(press 'G')
ADDED - Picture viewer can now open google map at GPS location, after the GPS
infomrmation stored in the image using Ctrl+G
FIXED - Unpacking rar and selecting SkipAll on overwrite, hang the progress window
in a loop
FIXED - Progress dialog when testing a rar archive now works better
FIXED - 7 Stability issues

v14.3 ( Build 3042 ) - 2024-11-25

70+ Changes

ADDED - Major rewrite of MCPictureViewer extension to use WIC (Windows Imaging


Component) and D2D, Support more image formats and faster rendering.
ADDED - Dynamic Extended FileProp "FolderIsEmpty", "FolderHaveFiles",
FolderHaveFiles (Inc Sub)"
ADDED - After folder sizing you can enable columns that show number of sub
files/folders items
ADDED - During folder sizing on normal filesystem the UI will update during the
process and you see the folder size increase.
ADDED - Option to always show tab list button
ADDED - Move operation work now for WPD:
ADDED - More and better debug/log information for WPD:
CHANGE- Changed so when symlink is created. The target does not need to exists.
Symlink are allowed to point to non existing files/folders.
FIXED - Avg Copy speed now works when copy to/from WPD:
FIXED - Some extended file properties was not removed from cache if file was
renamed
FIXED - Hang issue during move if source file was removed during the beginning of
the move process
FIXED - Refreshing extended fileproperties for columns if file/folder is modified
FIXED - File Coloring refresh is triggered for files/folders that are modified
FIXED - A case where color rules did not always refresh
ADDED - MultiScript function "FindFirstFileEx" that also support recursive search
FIXED - When testing archive, The wrong colorprofile was used.
FIXED - When testing archive the volume name is now also shown
FIXED - When testing 7z archive and aborting. It said it was successful even if it
was not.
FIXED - When drag and dropping file on a .exe the option to start the exe with the
dropped files as parameters that option was not always enabled
FIXED - Alias Editor now support type search
FIXED - GetFolder Size now follow settings for how to handle links
(Symlinks/junctions)
FIXED - 8 Stability issues

v14.2 ( Build 3026 )

UPDATE- Updated unrar code to 7.0.9


FIXED - Getting folder size works for OneDrive folder again
ADDED - Tab-area will now show a folder icon if tabs in tabarea is full, When
clicking on icon a popup list is shown with all tabs
ADDED - The dialog shown when closing lock tabs, now has a "Yes to all" option
ADDED - [Link] custom command now has a "DoNotAsk" option to suppress the
dialog that is shown when tabs are locked
FIXED - Focus rect in FolderTree almost not visibile in DarkMode
ADDED - Now possible to change the auto error handing settings from the progress
dialog
ADDED - DataPreview templates now support to change the font.
FIXED - DataPreview that show file content will now respect the font size
specified in the template
FIXED - DataPreview Panel how shown correct in none dark mode
FIXED - 3 Stability issues

v14.1 ( Build 3017 )

FIXED - With CheckSum dialog when calucating checksum.


FIXED - Issue with DeleteDlg causing MC to something crash.
FIXED - Fixed issue with .NL translation file that caused MC to crash.
ADDED - MultiScript can now force define variable in global scope with "@gvar
$varname"
ADDED - Added FileProperty column for Windows FileType name

v14.0 ( Build 3016 )

190+ Changes

** New Feature **
* Auto Handing of copy/move/delete errors
* Show Error report after copy/move/delete operation
* Play audio files
* Scriptable columns
* And more, 190+ Changes
ADDED - When the Crumbbar is in edit mode. Build in Windows autocomplete is now
also active.
ADDED - Right click on 'Play audio' icon on toolbar will allow you to set volume
FIXED - Issue so working folder is set when running a exe from a zip.
ADDED - Zip archive will now store LastAccess and Created time for each item when
creating zip archive.
FIXED - Unpacking will now show that in the title bar of progress dialog
FIXED - Progress bar is now shown correct when transfering to/from portable device
FIXED - Issue when typing path in commandline field.
ADDED - Support for Onedrive for Business accounts that are connected in the
local computer.
ADDED - Popupmenu shown when dragging file with Alt, got a new option if files are
dropped on an exe. Run exe with drogged files as parameters.
FIXED - Option that control if link target should be shown for Symlink/Junction
now works for file.
ADDED - Option to show error report for only Skipped and Failed files. If error
was handled so it was copied/moved. it will not be shown in the error report.
FIXED - Change the layout of the CopyTo Dialog. all option in the two columns have
swap places.
ADDED - Added Column showing onedrive status for files (Experimental. not 100%
yet)
FIXED - Replace files in zip archive sometimes failed
ADDED - 'AllowAsFileProp' Option for MultiScript. And Only script with this option
can be connected in the Scriptable columns dialog.
FIXED - Icon Option to get associated icon or not. Had no effect. Now it works.
FIXED - Delete from zip now update progress bar better
FIXED - Delete from zip can now be aborted.
ADDED - Pressing Ctrl+O in CopyTo Dialog moves focus to Overwrite options
ADDED - Pressing Ctrl+R in CopyTo Dialog moves focus to Protected files options
FIXED - Will no longer fetch icon from exe file if the file is in onedrive folder,
and file is not synced to local.
ADDED - Dialog for 'Compare Folders Advanced' will now remember last used settings
ADDED - Support for adding scriptable columns, Let a MultiScript fetch what should
be shown in a column in the file list
ADDED - MultiScript function "VariableDefined(<str>)" that returns 1 if text
provided exists as a variable.
CHANGE- Major rewrite of error handing of Copy/Move/Delete operations.
ADDED - MultiDataViewer is now language aware when doing find. (Can be turned off
in option for faster search)
ADDED - Opening Zip archive with large number of files is now faster
ADDED - Copy/Move/Delete options for auto handling errors
ADDED - Copy/Move options for auto handle overwrite options.
ADDED - Copy/Move/Delete options for showing error report after operation is done
ADDED - Options for Copy/Move/Delete for System/Hidden/ReadOnly options joined to
be 1 options for "Protected Files" (instead of 3)
ADDED - Support for 64px size thumbnails
ADDED - DataPreview templates can be updated if they are not customized.
ADDED - Playing audio file are now shown in status bar
ADDED - Play Audio Sample command to menu (Will jump 25% into audio file and play
for 15s then stop)
ADDED - Play audio will now try to play
"mp3,wav,mp4,m4a,avi,mkv,acc,wma,wmv,asf,flac" (some are movies but it will play
the audio if possible)
ADDED - Play/Stop Audio file icon button to toolbar
ADDED - Improvements how playing audio files works and are shown.
ADDED - Preview template for audio files can now select to play the audio file
FIXED - Unpacking Zip with had a space in the filename just before the ".zip"
part.
Failed to unpack since it tried to unpack into a folder of the name, and
space at the end is not allowed on Windows.
FIXED - Issue when moving tab to other side and the new active tab in the "from"
panel was delayed loaded.
FIXED - SDK API Cleanup
FIXED - 18 Stability fixes

v13.5 Release ( Build 2983 ) ( 26-Jan-2024 )

33+ Changes - Stability release

FIXED - Issue opening rar files


FIXED - Issue with MultiSctipt function StrFind
ADDED - Experimental support for playing mp3. (Command found under File menu, or
CustomCommand [Link]/[Link])
CHANGE- How some items are loaded during startup
FIXED - Stability issue with unrar
FIXED - 13 Stability issues

v13.4 Release ( Build 2977 ) ( 8-Jan-2024 )

+40 Changes

ADDED - Support for restoring closed tab. Right click on tab area to get popup
list of closed tabs
CHANGE- Code clean up and code restructre, (prepare for future new features)
CHANGE- LogView (Ctrl+L) will now be in unicode so chinese, japanese characters
are show correctly
CHANGE- Logfile will now write in unicode so for eg: chinese, japanese are written
correctly
CHANGE- Upgrade of 3rd party frameworks used.
CHANGE- Lot of code cleanup
FIXED - View file from password protected zip now works again
FIXED - Internal Code strucute. prepare for release.
FIXED - 14 Stability issues

v13.3 Release ( Build 2969 ) ( 11-Dec-2023 )

+55 Changes

ADDED - Can now add favorites folders and favorites from the Favorites popup menu
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] / [Link]
ADDED - Quick search should support special language characters better
ADDED - Keep Alive handing, Prevent system from going to sleep during file
operarations
ADDED - Foldertree now shows virtual folders on root level like
Download,MyDocuments and so on.
CHANGE- Update to use new version of build system and compilers
CHANGE- Change so some configuration to be loaded on demand instead of during
startup
FIXED - Issue with text color for favorites window not read correctly
UPDATE- Updated to Unrar Src 6.2.10
FIXED - Prevent foldertree from adding virtual link items if they already exists
FIXED - Drag and Drop will now always deelect when copy/move operation starts
FIXED - Drag and drop will remeber the selection it had, so they can be retrieved
with NumKey+*
FIXED - Crash if MultiScript Debug window, If it was closed before script was done
FIXED - Quick search issue
FIXED - When clicking on commandline field, All texts is now selected
FIXED - Fav: no longer shows a strange size folders
FIXED - Draw issue in FolderTree
FIXED - Ctrl+A/Ctrl+D works in find fields in text viewer
FIXED - WindowsPreviewHandler (pdf,xls) works better in HoverDataPreview and
PanelDataPreview
FIXED - Better handling of 7Zip that require password to be opened/unpacked
FIXED - 15 Stability issues

Release v13.2 ( Build 2956 ) ( 02-Aug-2023 )

FIXED - Fixes to allow update of MC in Microsoft AppStore

Release v13.1 ( Build 2955 ) ( 25-Jul-2023 )

+ 12 Changes

FIXED - Some Script function did not handle extra long path correctly
FIXED - 5 Stability issues

Release v13.0 ( Build 2953 ) ( 20-Jul-2023 )

+ 55 Changes

ADDED - Device that are marked as offline will now be skipped on a couple of
situations.
ADDED - Dialog warning about not enougth free space when starting a copy operation
will ow show how mush is needed and how much additional free space is needed
ADDED - During start MC will try to ask Windows if a Remote device is availible.
Sometimes Windows will report as availible even if it is not.
But when it does report it as disconnected. MC will not hang waiting for
a timeout at startup.
ADDED - When Previewing images in panel the image will now be fetch using WIC
( Windows Imaging component )
instead of Windows thumbnail system since the thumbnail system always
returned a squered image.
ADDED - Data Preview in panel can now take focus. Allowing for wheelzoom when
preview is showing text
ADDED - Better dark mode support for Data Preview
ADDED - Foldertree can now customize font size
ADDED - Middle click on folder in tree will open folder on other panel
ADDED - Foldertree expand/collapse icon changed
FIXED - When renaming and file is open by other process, MC will now have an
action to retry in the error dialog.
FIXED - Issue when canceling FTP quick connect dialog
FIXED - Editing large QWORD Regvalue in REG:
FIXED - Language pack submit now works again
FIXED - Packing 7z archive, The progress bar will now work better.
However it will not show current file being pack since the newer 7z will
packs files in parallell
ADDED - DataPreview can now also be shown inside a Panel
ADDED - Dropping file/folder on tab header that tab will go to that folder and
file
ADDED - Dropping file/folder on empty tab area and a new tab will be opened for
that folder and file
CHANGE- PASV is now default for new FTP connections
FIXED - FileOperation Progress dialog will now again show if the file operation is
Copy/Move/... in title bar
FIXED - FileOperation Error dialogs will now respect the option to not auto scale
UI
FIXED - 10 Stability issues

Release v12.8 ( Build 2929 )

+20 Changes

FIXED - Crash Issue when copying files


ADDED - Relative/Absolute path conversion for StartFolder / IconPath in
QuickLaunch dialog
ADDED - MultiScript function StrSplitAnyOf , will now split on any of the
delimiters specified
CHANGE- More Code Cleanup and restructing of code.
FIXED - MultiScript function CopyFile now uses the target name of the file if set
and is different that source name.
FIXED - Rare crash issue that could happen during shutdown of program
FIXED - Crash Issue if Renaming many selected item and one of them is deleted
before it gets to that item
FIXED - Rare crash issue with opening RAR archives
FIXED - 5 Stability Issues

Release v12.7 ( Build 2923 )

+45 Changes

CHANGE- Lots of code cleanup and redesign.


FIXED - Another zip issue with empty zip file.
FIXED - Various minor issue when modifying zip archives
FIXED - Issue when when copying single file to a filename that already exists.
FIXED - Tooltip for Path column now show the path
FIXED - 5 Stability issues

Release v12.6 ( Build 2915 )

+20 Changes

FIXED - Browsing empty zip archive now works again


FIXED - Deleting from zip archive now works again
FIXED - 15 stability issues

Release v12.5 ( Build 2912 ) ( 19-Okt-2022 )

+30 Changes

ADDED - Possible to configure devices that should NOT be shown in UI (Device


DropDown/Toolbar/...)
ADDED - Path column will now be shown with ... at the beginning of the path if
full path does not fit
ADDED - Added so logging can be enabled from application parameters
FIXED - Skip works again when unpacking zip archive.
FIXED - Issue when opening a zip after another zip.
FIXED - [Link] CustomCommand now works again
FIXED - Progress counter when unpacking is now correct
FIXED - Improved logging for some rare errors that should happened.
FIXED - 10 Stability Issues ( 6 issue since bulid 2910 )

Release v12.1 ( Build 2906 ) ( 20-Aug-2022 )

+10 Changes
FIXED - 12 Stability fixes

Release v12.0 ( Build 2903 ) ( 10-Aug-2022 )

350+ Changes

-- 2903 - ( 10-Aug-2022 )

ADDED - Hover data preview - Toggled on/off with Alt+Q or click on Talk-Bubble
button on toolbar
ADDED - Menubar now support darkmode.
ADDED - Device dropdown can now show free space on device.
ADDED - Added support for AES-256 encryption for unzip
ADDED - Added support for creating zip archive with encryption PKCrypt or AES-256
ADDED - NODIALOG option to [Link] by default it shows dialog
ADDED - FSZip profile can now configure encoding (Like UTF8 or other)
ADDED - Zip now support LZMA/LZMA2 compression method for zip and unzip
ADDED - Fixed DPI Aware issue with error dialog in file operations.
ADDED - Added more and better logging for when some errors happens
ADDED - Custom command "[Link]" now works again
ADDED - Ask if entire archive should be unpack when executing file from within a
archive.
ADDED - Custom tab color can now be configured with a color for when the tab is
both active and inactive.
UPDATE - Zlib 3rd party library
UPDATE - Zip source updated and rewrites in MC Zip extension because of major zip
api changes.
UPDATE - 7-Zip code to v21.07
UPDATE - Updated unrar source to v6.10.3
UPDATE - Updated 3rd party xml code library
CHANGE- FSZip will by default use UTF8 encoding of filenames
FIXED - Better error handling of volume that require password is opened for
browsing. but Cancelled by user in pwd dialog
FIXED - Better handling when accessing network resources and need to ask for
login.
FIXED - Changing Hotkey was not saved if change was done from the User Defined
Command dialog.
FIXED - Progress dialog will no longer show +1 item when done.
FIXED - Progress dialog elapsed calculation is now better.
FIXED - Thread timing issue that made it fail to get icons at startup
FIXED - Formatter for size will now always show TB size with 1 decimal.
FIXED - Issue when pressing cancel in 7z password dialog
FIXED - Issue when viewing embedded file inside 7z archive
FIXED - Crash issue when pressing abort in copy/move dialog just when file
operation finish.
FIXED - Fixed option "Only auto close on short processes" for Copy/Move file
operations
FIXED - FileProperties (Columns) that should be fetched in the background was not
always fetched in the background.
FIXED - Thread memory leak. Changed the parallel startup to use another thread
method.
FIXED - Overwrite option issue when unpacking multiple zip files.
FIXED - MultiText for a text for FSZip extension used duplicated text id
FIXED - In some rare situation the default icons was not loaded during startup.
FIXED - Moving files via Symlink on other volume that points back to source
volume
FIXED - If custom tab color is used but inactive color is not set. It will now
used the same color for both active / inactive
FIXED - Copy Unpack file operations pluging now detects first rar volume of RAR5
files correct.
FIXED - Filter button below filelist sometimes lost dark mode style
CHANGE- Massive code restructuring of core parts.
FIXED - 12 Stability issues

Release v11.6 (Build 2345) ( 24-Jan-2021 )

FIXED - 2 Stability fixed

Release v11.5 (Build 2342) ( 4-Jan-2021 )

46+ Changes

ADDED - MultiScript function for MultiRename to start a MultiRename with list of


files and a profile without showing UI
ADDED - Fixed Name conflict issue when items from different path but had same
name was being renamed
ADDED - MultiRename window can now be started from MultiScript with a list of
files/folders and what profile to autoload
ADDED - New MultiRename Tag [U] upper case, [L] Lower case [n] Normal case
ADDED - RestartAndRecovery now save recovery data when application is forced down
by restart because of Windows update
ADDED - When option to show Close button on TabPanel is on, the close button now
supports dark mode
ADDED - Support for Application Restart and Recovery, Restarts MC on Crash /
Reboot becuse of Windows Update, Remembering most things as as it was.
CHANGE- Rename, Replace text part in name does now ignore case for find part
CHANGE- Rename, Replace text part in name does now keep dialog open until close
is pressed
CHANGE- How Inline rename works. When pressing left/right arrow key (and also
Ctrl+Arrow)
CHANGE- Changed how MultiRename profiles created/saved/removed
FIXED - High dpi issue with MultiRename window
FIXED - Issue where Crash dumps was not created, Workaround added because of bug
in Google Drive ShellExtension
FIXED - Issue when copying files to extra long path
FIXED - Issue with MultiScript CopyFile(..) , Progress dialog was not able to be
shown.
FIXED - Issue when open path from locked tab, Some configuration option resulted
in 2 new tabs opening instead of 1
FIXED - Never hide ".." folder even if file attribute say so (Win11 sometimes
have .. folder as hidden)
FIXED - 14 Stability Issues
REMOVE- Lots of unused code that was not used anymore since it was rewritten.

Release v11.4 (Build 2831) ( 23-Okt-2021 )

25+ Changes

ADDED - MultiScript function "GetApplicationArch()" that return the Application


architecture 32 or 64
ADDED - MultiScript function "GetSystemArch()" that return the OS architecture 32
or 64
CHANGE- Ignore case is on by default for find content search
FIXED - Filter/Advanced search option for matching extneded attributes like
Symlink/Junction
FIXED - Settings for Sort order for new tabs work now even if column order is
customized
FIXED - Fixed Parallell startup issue that happend rarly in some situations
FIXED - Code cleanup and minor fixes
FIXED - 15 Stability issues

Release v11.3 (Build 2822) ( 29-Sep-2021 )

80+ Changes
CHANGE - Copy/Move Progress dialog changed. Can now show Read/Write speed
separately and some other changed.
ADDED - Some parts of Startup is now run in parallel.
ADDED - Support for Changing Config/Log/Userdata path from a special file
ADDED - Support for redirecting some config files to anohter locations from a
from a special file
ADDED - FileType setup now support the Windows verb 'Enqueue'
ADDED - Path sent as parameter to multicommander now support "." for current
folder
ADDED - Some part of startup process is now run in parallel.
ADDED - Option to prevent Windows from autoscaling in MultiMontor setup with
different monitor scaling.
ADDED - Option to tweak how fast a refresh of the filesystem should happen when
filesystem is changed
ADDED - Setting for gridline line type.
ADDED - Mouse command 'Go to parent folder' for Mouse configuration
FIXED - Changing Attributes/Datetime on items in RESx: virtual device now works.
FIXED - Improved navigation when filelist is in ListView mode.
FIXED - Home/End keys issue in some edit fields.
FIXED - Overwrite Readonly files issue when unpacking zip archive
FIXED - 10 Stability issues

Release v11.2 (Build 2795) ( 3-Jul-2021 )

65+ Changes

ADDED - Paste File/Folder name from clipboard into explorer panel and focus will
move to that file/folder
ADDED - Hold Ctrl while pressing Menu > File > Exit to suppress confirm dialog
ADDED - MultiScript function StrRFind now support offset parameter, this
parameter is at what position the reverse scan should start
ADDED - Can now configure different gridlines colors for horizontal and vertical
gridlines
ADDED - New language Bulgarian, create by Lyuben Penchev
ADDED - Added new command to open folder in new tab or in other panel
ADDED - MultiCommander part in shell menu now show a command for "Open in New
Tab" / "New Tab Other Panel"
ADDED - If ExplorerPanel config is corrupt when starting a messagebox is now
shown asking if it should reset that file.
ADDED - During startup MC verify extensions. This process is now done in parallel
to improve startup speed.
ADDED - Tabs can be have delayed update. They are not updated during startup.
This can be disabled in settings.
ADDED - UI Panel for the FreeSpace Field and the icons after it are rebuilt. A
ExplorerPanel tab UI will now be created faster. Look should be identical with
before.
ADDED - Add Warning and user settings to warn if multiple files are selected when
doing edit operation.
CHANGE - Internal changes to Explorer Panel status bar now it is build. Now using
another UI panel.
CHANGE - Did lots of code cleanup in reading the settings.
FIXED - Problem browsing registry
FIXED - Crash issue with VideoTool Extension
FIXED - Connect to FTP bookmarks now works again
FIXED - FTP Device now has icon on high dpi display again
FIXED - Minor optimizations in various places
FIXED - Missing updated language packas
FIXED - Right click on Show/Hide Hidden files icon now works again
FIXED - Get Filename of folder with dots sometimes cut of the last dot part, Like
it was a file extension
FIXED - Copy fileitems with date to clipboard the date was UTC and not local time

FIXED - WPD: (Portable device) - Now works better when getting disconnected. Will
to a refresh and clear view better
FIXED - Top margin for main toolbar is correct
FIXED - ExplorerPanel loading a corrupted config file showed error dialog behind
splash screen at startup
FIXED - 5 Stability Issues

Release v11.0 (Build 2770) ( 23-Feb-2021 )

ADDED - UserDefinedCommands file format changed.


ADDED - UserDefinedCommands can now be loaded from zip
ADDED - Old UserDefinedCommand scripts will be migrated to scripts/*.udc script
files
ADDED - Minor redesign to UserDefinedCommands dialog (TreeView and Icons and
DarkMode Support)
ADDED - Will show a message at startup if there are problem loading
extension/modules (Failed to be upgraded?)
ADDED - MultiScript with external ref can now be views or converted from
MutliScript editor.
ADDED - :SysInfo command now includes Monitor information and Windows 10 Release
ID
ADDED - New MultiTags ${pid}, ${mctemp} , ${sourcefocusext}, ${targetfocusext}
ADDED - [Link] support ItemFocus= paramter to set focus after scan
ADDED - Heigh of freespace field is now calculated better
ADDED - Example script is included in release
ADDED - [Link] CommandLine command /OPEN now support more paramters
/PANEL=Left|Right|Active|Source|Target and /NONEWTAB is added
ADDED - [Link] CommandLine command /QUIT to exit current running
instance
FIXED - Backup/Restore now also include the new Script files
FIXED - MultiUpdate update will now log everything it does during update to
MultiUpdate_log.txt
FIXED - Various DPI Scaling issue in FolderTree, CheckSum extension, MultiRename
FIXED - FindFiles dialog now closes again when Escape key is pressed.
FIXED - WindowsExplorer styled setup will now map F3 to search again.
FIXED - Scaling issue with the width of items shown on statusbar
FIXED - Toolbar still visible if all toolbars disabled in config
FIXED - Fixed issue with wrong icons sizes used in 125% / 175% scaling, Will now
be drawn in correct sizes and scaled if needed
FIXED - Many icon scaling issues at 125%/175% scaling
FIXED - Copy 1 folder, and it is empty. Datetime is now kept is option for that
is enabled.
FIXED - CommandLine field will now try to do auto complete on paths when
starting to type.
FIXED - MultiDataViewer - HyperLink in text that was formatted was not always
clickable
FIXED - MultiDataViewer - Text Formatting that formated text to end on line. did
not block formatting that was inside.
FIXED - MultiDataViewer - Text with multiple formatting sometimes lost
formatting when parts was selected
FIXED - MultiDataViewer - Sometimes crashed if selection was done over part with
multiple formats
FIXED - Tweaked detection if file is binary during content search and file
viewer
FIXED - Minor tweak and code cleanup
FIXED - 6 Stability Issues

Release v10.2 (Build 2745) ( 16-Dec-2020 )

FIXED - SaveToFile in right click command in logview now works again


FIXED - CheckSum extension now works again in None-Dark mode
FIXED - Tweaked some margin in the new ComboBox
FIXED - DeviceDropDown lost it font style sometimes.
FIXED - Create new UserDefinedCommand did not show up in the list
ADDED - Improved debug logging in some places
FIXED - 2 stability issues

Release v10.1 (Build 2743) ( 4-Dec-2020 )

ADDED - UserDefinedCommand windows can now search/filter commands


FIXED - DPI Scaling issue with header control sort arrow
FIXED - DPI Scaling issue with icon on delete dialog
FIXED - DPI Scaling issue with tab height
FIXED - DPI Scaling issue with custom combobox
FIXED - Tweaked DPI Scaling for fonts in various places
FIXED - 2 stability issues

Release v10.0 (Build 2740) ( 13-Nov-2020 )

ADDED - DarkMode support on Windows 10 in MOST places. MC have over 100 dialog
so only the most common are changed
Using Undocumented Windows 10 API so risk is that it stops to work in
future Windows release.
Also many UI combonents have been rewritten like a new custom drawn
ComboBox and toolbar
ADDED - FindFiles option to do content search in binary files.
ADDED - FindFiles will no longer by default search binary files when doing
content search.
ADDED - Command field command to set position and size of MC. ":setpos x y""
ADDED - MultiScript SaveStringToFile can now append to file
ADDED - Option to now activate tab when dragging over a tab when dragging files
ADDED - Hold shift to allow auto tab activation if the option to not switch tab
while dragging in enabled.
ADDED - CopyTo Dialog now have button for easy adding path from other open
tabs , favorites and recent vistied locations.
ADDED - In FindFiles dialogs, You can now set search path to selected folders in
source/target panel
ADDED - Command to send all columns as displayed to the clipboard
CHANGE- Change some default configurations values
CHANGE- Minor redesign of CopyTo dialog
FIXED - Freespace field will now auto scale font according to DPI settings. So
if you run HighDPI setup you might need to lower the font again
FIXED - Search dialog will not start search if return is pressed when input
focus is in text box.
FIXED - Issue when dragging from search result RESx: devices
FIXED - Right click on rename icon on toolbar now have same items in popup as
rename submenu in menu has.
FIXED - Tab Tooltip wrong if a tab was moved inside the same panel
FIXED - Fixed problem that tab open from locked tab did not receive input focus
FIXED - Dialog size of Filter Editor is now correct
FIXED - High DPI Issues in various places
FIXED - Possible crash issues because of uncommon configuration combinations
FIXED - Common crash that happens a lot of 32bit machines and sometimes on 64bit
FIXED - 6 Stability issues

Release v9.7 (Build 2590) ( 26-Apr-2020 )

ADDED - New Language - Slovenian , created by Jadran Rudec


ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] will now set the exitcode to $__CMDRESULT if WAIT
option was used.
FIXED - Filesearch with date match had an UTC issue when comparing time
FIXED - MultiScript command GetSourceSelectedFileNames(.) now support the optin
"IGNORE_FOCUS" that ignore fouce item.
FIXED - MultiScript command "NetWGET" tried to save to alternative when it
should not.
FIXED - Fixed crash issue with WPD (Portable)
FIXED - Issue when copying from RESx/Flat view and selecting merge folders.
FIXED - 6 Stability Issues

Release v9.6.1 (Build 2582) ( 20-Jan-2020 )

ADDED - So last 10 matches from FindFiles is shown in list during search


FIXED - Issue with FindFiles dialog that stayed disabled
FIXED - Command "Copy path to clipboard" failed for items on RESx:
FIXED - 3 Stability Issues

Release v9.6 (Build 2580) ( 18-Jan-2020 )

FIXED - Issue with build system


FIXED - Issue with tab icon not getting correct icon at startup
FIXED - 3 Stability Issues

Release v9.5.3 (Build 2578) ( 14-Jan-2020 )

FIXED - Spash screen error (Again... Build system failed to pickup the correct
image)
FIXED - 1 Stability Issues

Release v9.5.2 (Build 2577) ( 13-Jan-2020 )

FIXED - Spash screen error


FIXED - 2 Stability Issues

Release v9.5.1 (Build 2575) ( 11-Jan-2020 )

FIXED - 10 Stability Issues

Release v9.5 (Build 2570) ( 30-Dec-2019 )

ADDED - Possible to customzie the font that the tabs will use
ADDED - Possible to limit tab size is with by size
ADDED - Possible to limit tab size is with by characters
ADDED - Video Properties for length,width,size,FPS,BR,FourCC (Using Windows
Shell)
ADDED - Customze Column list now support double click to remove or add items
ADDED - Create MD5/SFV files now support subfolders, however if used that will
make them incompatible with most other checkers
ADDED - New Language Ukrainian, Created by Bohdan Kalynyak
ADDED - MultiScrtip - ArrayToString(arr, delimiter, esacpe yn) that take an array
of string and combine them to a string with delimiters.
FIXED - FindFiles windows enabled/disabled in another way so should work better
for all now
FIXED - Correct [Link] files so icons are now correct again.
FIXED - 5 Stability Issues

Release v9.2.1 (Build 2555) ( 7-Nov-2019 )

FIXED - Possible hang fixed

Release v9.2 (Build 2555) ( 7-Nov-2019 )

80+ Changes

ADDED - WebDownload features. Use from Tools menu or type ":wget <url to file>"
in command line field
ADDED - Added option for FolderTree if auto adjust horizontal scrollbar should be
used
ADDED - Internal command and Menu command to restart current instance as Admin
ADDED - Internal Command to save layout (Just as it is when exiting but without
exiting) (Core.1130) (To be used from own script)
ADDED - Option to sort files so files are shown before folders
ADDED - VirtualDevice created from search will now preset search string for
viewed files if search used content matching
ADDED - MultiScript command "StrToCamel" that convert string to 'Camel Case'
ADDED - Change order of some of the commands sent when connection to FTP using
SSL/TLS, Some FTP server that did not like previous order
ADDED - When renaming folder to already existing folder. You can now selected to
merge content.
ADDED - Toolbar inside FolderTree with Collapse all command
ADDED - Commandline field command ":qexit" That will exits MC quickly without
save cleanup
ADDED - Internal command to launch internal text or picture viewer even if
anohter viewer is configured
ADDED - Extended logging to startup and shutdown proceess, Only active if
loglevel DEBUG is set for Application log
FIXED - SortFolderByName option now works again
FIXED - QuickLaunchbar Icon for local icon works again
FIXED - Added workaround in MultiDataViewer to avoid weird scroll behavior
FIXED - Crash when using Env variables that no longer is valid in QuickLunchBar
FIXED - Using UserDefinedCommands in CustomContextMenu would mess up if you
removed some UserDefinedCommands.
FIXED - Change how Secure FTP (SSL/TLS) communication works.
FIXED - Possible hang issue when expanding FolderTree
FIXED - Sometimes removable devices was added twice to the FolderTreeView
FIXED - MultiDataViewer user profiles could sometimes not be removed
FIXED - MultiDataViewer user profiles with forced view mode did not always load
correct
FIXED - Ctrl+Return now works in VirtualDevice (RESx:)
FIXED - Calculate checksum now shows the CRC32 value in the correct way
FIXED - Progress dialog when using 'Correct folder date/time'
FIXED - Using 'Find And Replace in file' on file in virtual device (ex RESx:)
FIXED - 15 Stability issues
Release v9.0 (Build 2532) ( 28-Jul-2019 )

30+ Changes

ADDED - Redesign of how progress windows are show to get around Windows 10 bug
ADDED - FileSearch is using the new VirtualDevice for search result
ADDED - Google Drive is now detected and show in dropdown and device toolbar
ADDED - Session Tab limit now 70
ADDED - Added option to enable workaround for 7Zip drag and drop issue
ADDED - Search can now have a result limit. So it stops when limit is reached.
FIXED - Fixed issue when selected overwrite if newer when doing move operation
in same disk
FIXED - Fixed crash when aborting file copy during prepare phase
FIXED - Many stability issues fixed

Release v8.3 (Build 2469) ( 7-Aug-2018 )

15+ Changes

ADDED - Executing generate bat script can now accept parameters from commandline
field
ADDED - Can now select Skip All when error is SOURCE and TARGET is same path
ADDED - Create new shell item will now logout what is happening. Some users have
issue with this, and this might solve why
FIXED - Invert selection now works better in Windows Explorer Mode
FIXED - Image library failed on PSD files.. remove PSD support since it was very
buggy
FIXED - Now support more then 300 UserDefinedCommand, New limit is 600
FIXED - 2 Stability issue reported by crash report system

Release v8.1 (Build 2452) ( 5-May-2018 )

10+ Changes

FIXED - Sometimes overwrite of readonly files failed


FIXED - Showing second dialog page in MP3 Info dialog (ctrl+y) caused a crash
FIXED - AudioTool - Create Mp3 Playlist can cause a crash if filter used mp3 genre
matching
FIXED - Crash when trying to replace a file inside a zip archive
FIXED - FSBZip2 extension now support new overwrite system when extracing multile
files from .tar.bz2 file
FIXED - 3 Stability issue reported by crash report system

Release v8.0 (Build 2450) ( 1-May-2018 )

140+ Changes

ADDED - FS7Zip extension is now build using 7Zip SDK 18.01


ADDED - FolderTree now support rename
ADDED - Core Settings to start MultiCommnder minimized
ADDED - Added Command line settings /MINIMIZED to force MultiCommander to start
minimized
ADDED - FolderTree can now show smart expand boxes, That only show the [+] expand
box if folder have subfolders.
(However it can cause performance issuse since it must scan all folders,
Enable settings in Explorer Panel Settings)
ADDED - Copy/Move option to skip copy or move of empty folders
(Moving on same drive with this option will be slower, since optimzied
move cant be used)
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link]/Move now support SKIPEMPTYFOLDERS
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link]/Move Now support overwrite options
OVERWRITE_IFNEWER / OVERWRITE_IFSIZEDIFF / OVERWRITE_IFSIZELARGER /

OVERWRITE_IFSIZESMALLER / OVERWRITE_AUTORENAME_EXISTING / OVERWRITE_AUTORENAME_NEW


ADDED - MultiScipt CopyFile/MoveFile function now support OVERWRITE_IFNEWER /
OVERWRITE_IFSIZEDIFF / OVERWRITE_IFSIZELARGER /

OVERWRITE_IFSIZESMALLER / OVERWRITE_AUTORENAME_EXISTING / OVERWRITE_AUTORENAME_NEW


ADDED - MultiScript function to work with tabs.
(TabActivePanelSide/TabActiveTab/TabCount/TabGetPath/TabLoadTabSession)
ADDED - Option to turn thumbnail on/off in AlreadyExistsDialog
ADDED - Overwrite 'both' works for files copied to/from normal file system
ADDED - Pressing F4 in the Overwrite dialog will change 'Append' button to a
'Resume' button
ADDED - AlreadyExistsDialog shown for virtual filesystems like archive (zip,7zip)
will now support the new overwrite states.
CHANGE- Major internal change for handling of options of overwrite of files.
FIXED - Changed how MultiCommand detects shutdown/restart of Windows 10. So it
should no longer hang around when restarting Windows 10
FIXED - Issue with single instace and show tray icon
FIXED - Issue with minimize to tray icon and but Keep taskbar icon setting
FIXED - Misc uncommon issues with copy overwrite options.
FIXED - AlreadyExistsDialog , Overwrite option now works for Portable device (WPD)
FIXED - Selecting AlreadyExistsDialog Append/Rename for single file in dialog now
works.
FIXED - New AlreadyExists dialog now works with drag/drop of Stream data (eg
Office Outlook)
FIXED - FSRAR,7Zip, FSZip, FSBZip2 now support now file overwrite options better
FIXED - 4 Stability issue reported by crash report system

Release v7.7 (Build 2404) ( 25-Dec-2017 )

172+ Changes

ADDED - New AlreadyExistsDialog that shows thumbnails are more options and new
layout
ADDED - New overwrite option "Overwrite if size differs", "Overwrite if larger",
"Overwrite if smaller"
ADDED - Added so copy path to clipboard can convert mounted path UNC path
ADDED - Rename Dialog for Replace text in name, will now remember last 20 used
texts
ADDED - Create link dialog will now remember last used option
ADDED - Improved logging in some places
ADDED - API to Add/Remove column to current view
ADDED - Added workaround for issue that if network mounted device got unmounted
and remounted it got the same name since Windows Cached it.
ADDED - Settings if FocusItem should be saved on exit or not
ADDED - MultiDataFileViewer got more default setups (thanks to pncdaspropagandas )
FIXED - Fixed issue in FTP and 7Zip that made Keep DateTime not work in some
situations
FIXED - Fixed crash issue with range selection
FIXED - Issue with range selection in WinExplorer setup
FIXED - Issue with tab stealing focus when MultiRename window closes
FIXED - 7 Stability issue reported by crash report system

Release v7.5 (Build 2381) ( 14-Aug-2017 )

90+ Changes
ADDED - Language Aware sorting (Slower, but some language will get a more correct
sorting)
ADDED - Checksum tool now support SHA256/512
ADDED - Settings for Device Dropdown if it should remember last used path or not
ADDED - FolderTree will now show folder with the same colors rules as the normal
list view. (Can be turned off)
ADDED - Holding CTRL while confirming an option in the custom create folder popup
(Ctrl+Shift+F7), It will now enter that folder after creating it
ADDED - MultiDataViewer will now toggle WordWrap with Ctrl+W
ADDED - CommandLine parameter /Instance=NAME , Will load/save config/userdata/log
under its own instance name so you can run Multiple instances with separate config
ADDED - ToClipboard > FileContentAsText menu option is now enabled and works
ADDED - Fixed issue with MultiScript function "SetClipboardText" Can now set
clipboard data that are larger
ADDED - Wheelzoom to change Thumbnail size now support larger sizes
ADDED - When folder sizing is completed a resort is done if sort column is size
FIXED - Issue with corrupted columnsets
FIXED - Tweaked column autosizing when new tab is show the first time.
FIXED - MultiDataViewer will now format hyper links with https: as clickable links
FIXED - FSFTP caused a crash if the server return incorrect information from a
PASV/PORT call
FIXED - Settings might be saved if external program closes MultiCommander while
being minimized to tray
FIXED - Fixed rare crash issue with MultiRename
FIXED - Sometimes when clicking on a item in Multi Commander window when focus was
another app and filesystem slow, the wrong item was set as focus
FIXED - Some OneDrive sync ondemand issues. (Only on Windows Insider edition)
(Some still left)
FIXED - Fixed issues when Windows returned an invalid icon overlay ( Insider
Preview Windows 10 (Fall Creator Update) )
FIXED - Overwrite all issue when unpacking 7zip archives
CHANGE- Major internal change to avoid conflict with new FileSystem changes in
Insider Preview Windows 10 (Fall Creator Update)
FIXED - 4 stability issue reported by crash report system

Release v7.3 (Build 2360) ( 9-Jul-2017 )

90+ Changes

ADDED - Ctrl+Space will toggle selection, Start Folder calculation of the folder
and move focus one step down (Key can be customized to other key)
ADDED - Added setting for Device Filtering that override other settings for the
GlobalDeviceToolbar / ExplorerPanelDeviceToolbar / DeviceDropDown and FolderTree
ADDED - DeviceToolbar inside explorer panel and main UI now shown a popup with
device type to show.
ADDED - MultiTag ${mcinstallroot} and ${mcinstalldevice}
ADDED - When WM_COPYDATA windows message is recieved, It it logged to app log if
debug loglevel is active
ADDED - Tab session can now be set to Autoload at startup
ADDED - Can now remember last used tab session and autoload that on startup
ADDED - FS7Zip - When creating a 7zip archive, A retry dialog is now shown if the
file it wants to pack is used from another program
ADDED - Creating symlinks as normal user is now possible if running Win10 (1703)
och if Developer mode in windows is enabled.
ADDED - Makedir (Custom command and dialog) now support the date tags used when
creating quick create folder commands
FIXED - Natural sorting fails if the numbers was 14digits or more
FIXED - Entring subpaths in the CreateFolder dialog and pressing ctrl+Return. The
browse did not go to the created folder.
FIXED - Horizontal scrolling issues with MultiRename
FIXED - MultiRename will now force column autosize.
FIXED - Toggle FolderTree On/Off will if you have AutoResizeColumns on trigger a
resize of the columns.
FIXED - Backup/Restore did not backup UserData content. (Like Saved MultiRename
profiles, Search Profiles, FTP Bookmarks)
FIXED - Better error handling when doing flat filesystem scanning.
FIXED - Crash happen sometimes when MultiRename windows was closed
FIXED - Column sizing issue when the vertical scrollbar was visible
FIXED - Sort was not always triggered when doing inline rename
FIXED - Advanced filter now support extended property field "[Link]"
FIXED - Tabs was not always loaded into the correct order, If they was moved
around
FIXED - Various minor issues and code cleanup
SDK - SDK and Samples Updated
FIXED - 4 stability issue reported by crash report system

Release v7.1 (Build 2347) ( 13-May-2017 )

35+ Changes

ADDED - Name generate for quick copy will now keep file extension intact and only
change name part
ADDED - Name shown in CopyTo dialog duing quick copy will now have the generated
name part selected for easy changing
FIXED - Switching between advanced and simple mode, The Simple part sometimes used
the wrong text for the matching part.
ADDED - Added Command that canbe assigned to hotkeys that will move active tab
back/forward position in the same panel
ADDED - The new Rename command are now added to the menu shown when right clicking
on rename button on toolbar
ADDED - CustomCommand "[Link]" now support the quick create folder
tags in the FOLDERNAME parameter
ADDED - MultiScript -= operator now works
ADDED - MultiScript accessing array value as right part of an operator now works (
eg: @var $x = $a + $b[$idx]; )
ADDED - MultiScript Adding array item with a value to the right now works ( eg:
@var $x = $b[$idx] + $val; )
CHANGE- MultiScript Debugger window will now replace none breaking space with
normal space (Can happen if you copy/paste script from some web browser)
CHANGE- MultiScript Debugger window, The Tab size is now half. Looks better
FIXED - Copy single file and selecting ".." in the CopyTo Dialog to pick folder
will now keep the filename in the dialog
FIXED - Volume specific ContextMenu item was not shown for virtual devices like
REG:

Release v7.0 (Build 2340) ( 8-Apr-2017 )

250+ Changes, Major new addition are


CustomContext Menu that allows for custom and internal command in
context menu,
And Language Pack can now be downloaded when new updates for them
are available.
Also many more quick rename options, Many new MultiScript functions
And lots of fixes

ADDED - CustomContextMenu - Internal and custom commands can now be shown in the
context popup menu. (right click)
ADDED - Can now disable the Windows Shell and only show the custom context menu
ADDED - Added so updated language packs can be download when updated. (Check for
when new version check is done)
ADDED - MultiScript function min/max (also supports array support) , return min
or max value of all provided
ADDED - MultiScript function IsAllTrue/IsAnyTrue (also supports array support) -
return 1/0 if all provided value are true and any of them are true
ADDED - MultiScript function mod( x, y) - Math function modulo
ADDED - MultiScript function GetRandomValue(min , max) - return a random value
between min and max
ADDED - MultiScript function FormatDateTime/GetTimeInfo - Format datetime, and
return time value as an array of its parts
ADDED - MultiScript function GetFSLinkType(..), GetLinkTarget(..),
GetShortcutTarget(..) will return paths of filesystem links
CHANGE- MultiScript change, Compare of two string using == will now return a
boolean ( 1 or 0 ), not a diff values.
ADDED - QuickLaunchBar now has a "Run as Admin" options.
ADDED - If Rename hotkey is pressed in Inline rename, It will toggle the
selection part of filename/extension
ADDED - Added many more rename option to the Rename submenu in menubar and
context menu
ADDED - Hotkey for the start of MultiRename can now be customized
ADDED - Minor change to allow MultiCommander SE to pass windows store
certification
FIXED - Store Edition did not show thumbnails
FIXED - Store Edition did not launch MCAdmin helper process correct
FIXED - MultiScript debugger sometimes caused a crash if closed before script was
stopped
FIXED - Fixed an issue with the "Find and Replace" and when doing ignoring case
on 32bit builds
FIXED - Some default settings was wrong on fresh install
FIXED - "Replace all older" when moving on same volume works again
FIXED - "Retry as admin" option was sometimes shown even if option of this was
disabled
ADDED - Renaming read only files using MultiRename, the confirm dialog about that
now have a "Do this for all read only files" checkbox
FIXED - When resizing thumbnail size using mouse wheel, The scrollbar was not
updated correct.
FIXED - Recent history path was in some situation corrupted.
CHANGE- Calculate folder size background thread will now run even if other
background thread are running
CHANGE- Background thread that extract extra data can now be aborted easier.
FIXED - 4 stability issue reported by crash report system

Release v6.9.1 (Build 2306) ( 29-Dec-2016 )

15+ Changes, Just Language pack updates and minor fixes

UPDATE- Some Language packs are updated.


FIXED - Some default config values was loaded in a wrong way.
ADDED - New MultiScript engine function : StrReplaceChars(...)
ADDED - New MultiScript engine function : StrReplaceCharsPairs(...)
FIXED - 2 stability issue reported by crash report system

Release v6.9 (Build 2303) ( 23-Dec-2016 )

200+ Changes, Some of the change are

ADDED - New Language - Korean - Created by pCsOrI


ADDED - New TabSession Features - Menu > File > Tab Session (Save/Modify/Switch
tab sessions)
ADDED - Double Hotkey for to Switch TabSession press Ctrl+I and then Ctrl+1 to
switch to first TabSession, and Ctrl+I + Ctrl2 for second and so on, up to 0
ADDED - Creating SFV/MD5 from CheckSum Menu it can now remember the selected text
encoding and will not ask again. (Force show the Ask dialog by Hold Ctrl when
starting checksum)
ADDED - ExplorerPanel send current item to command line field (Ctrl+Return /
Ctrl+Shift+Return) will now add trailing slash to folders and only quote characters
if it have spaces
ADDED - Change DateTime/Attribute dialog now got [*] buttons next to the
Modified/LastAccess dates, pressing this will sync the datetime with value in
modified
ADDED - Commandline field command ":doc" will take active explorer panel to the
documents folders.
ADDED - Simple FindFiles dialog can now save filter to a quickload slots using
Ctrl + (F1 to F12)
ADDED - Simple and Advanced FindFiles dialog can now load quick filters using F-
Keys
ADDED - Advanced FindFiles dialog can reassign quick load key for filters.
CHANGE- FindFiles - Content matching option "Case Sensative" have change to
"Ignore Case", This may break some saved filters
ADDED - Popup in favorite window now got an option submenu where showpath option
can be toggled
ADDED - Settings for Favorites windows to show path instead of name
ADDED - Tweak settings for ExplorerPanel: "Send file to commandline field also
takes the input focus"
ADDED - ExplorerPanel settings for not saving 'not locked tabs' on exit (Only
keep locked tabs)
ADDED - Added option to Explorer Panel so 'Remember of item on focus on path
change' change be disabled
ADDED - Popup menu on Tabs now have command to "Close all none locked tabs"
ADDED - Custom command "[Link]" now have the option "KEEPLOCKED", that
will close all tabs except locked.
ADDED - Custom command "[Link]" to change TabSession from script
CHANGE- Change some default for new installation (Colors and some default
options)
UPDATE- Updated the 3rd party audio library used when getting Audio Metadata.
(More file formats should be supported in some places)
FIXED - Search will no longer cache all scanned items, Making search use less
memory
FIXED - Sometimes when input focus was returned to MC an not needed refresh was
done causing strange jump of item in focus
FIXED - Fixed issue with unpacking rar created on linux
FIXED - Fixed issue with unpacking zip archive created by google drive
FIXED - Forward button on toolbar now works again
FIXED - Create registry key from context menu now works again.
FIXED - 11 stability issue reported by crash report system

Release v6.4.8 (Build 2265) ( 13-Sep-2016 )

35 Changes

FIXED - Find Files - Matching file content in UTF8 failed sometimes.


FIXED - Find Files - Matching file content will now use current language settings
for doing a compare with ignore case options on.
FIXED - Find Files - Forcing FileContent matching as Unicode could make MC lock
up if the data was not unicode
FIXED - FileSystem scan can in some very rare and weird situation cause a crash.
This should now be fixed.
FIXED - Flat FileSystem view is now a little bit faster
FIXED - Flat FileSystem view now updates its view correctly if files are deleted
FIXED - 2 stability issue

Release v6.4.7 (Build 2255) ( 31-Aug-2016 )

24 Changes

FIXED - GotoNextSiblingFolder/GotoPreviousSiblingFolder something changes the


tab.
FIXED - Possible crash issue if file system was refresh before UI was updated
from previous scan.
FIXED - Will now only redraw and revalidate file colors if a subfolder was
modified. Was doing a full rescanning. Not needed
FIXED - Explorer Panel lost focused item in some situations when refreshed
FIXED - Copy progress dialog will now show estimated time to complete with hours
and minutes if minutes to complete is more then 60
FIXED - Issue when checking if path exists for a path to a FileSystem Plugin that
was closed.
FIXED - Fixed issue where it lost contact with portable device, So that a manual
refresh was needed to. This is now done automatic (is most cases)
FIXED - Explorer Panel was not always refreshed automatic if folder was created
in virtual location. like REG:
FIXED - 2 stability issue

Release v6.4.6 (Build 2246) ( 16-Aug-2016 )

13 Changes

FIXED - Start with a ExplorerPanel showing the root of REG: now works again
FIXED - Items sometimes got selected when activating application.
FIXED - Focus was sometimes lost if focus was changed during filesystem scan
FIXED - Crash that could happen if item was removed after filesystem scan, But
before UI had refreshed.
FIXED - 1 stability issue

Release v6.4.5 (Build 2242) ( 9-Aug-2016 )

33 Changes

FIXED - Tab with a LockPath, and the locked location was deleted by anohter
program, resulted in new tabs opening up
FIXED - During startup if a tab had a lockpath to a location that did not exists
anymore. The tab was still locked and behaved bad.
FIXED - Watching a folder and that folder was deleted, MC would fallback to
closest path, but the removed folder would still be shown. (Since Windows told MC
it still existed)
FIXED - Ctrl+Return in CreateFolder dialog now works again. (Goto created folder)
FIXED - New Folders now show up faster.
FIXED - Focus moved to ".." when current focus item was lost. Now it works as
before and moves to next or previous item
FIXED - If tab was locked and option to open new tabs was not active. In some
situation did not update.
FIXED - In some situation filesystem change monitoring was removed, even if there
was more ExplorerPanels (other tabs) active for that path
FIXED - Possible buffer overrun in MCAudioTools extension
FIXED - 2 stability issue
Release v6.4.3 (Build 2232) ( 4-Aug-2016 )

10 Changes

FIXED - Sometimes the filesystem was refreshed twice when Creating folder causing
them to come in conflict of each other
FIXED - Create folder could in some situation cause issue where view was not
updated
FIXED - Focus was sometimes lost if it was changed while view was being updated
after a filesystem scan.
FIXED - 1 very stability issue

Release v6.4.2 (Build 2229) ( 3-Aug-2016 )

20 Changes

ADDED - Improved error logging and error handling in a couple of places


FIXED - Context Menu > New Folder now works better both in FolderTree and
FileList
FIXED - FolderTree did not always redraw correct after folder was added/removed
FIXED - Issue with RegEx search from Simple FindFiles Window
FIXED - 3 very rare/possible stability issues.

Release v6.4.1 (Build 2225) ( 31-Jul-2016 )

16 Changes

FIXED - When creating Folder/File from Context Menu, The Rename mode for that
item was not entered.
FIXED - MC Failed to show a subpath to a virtual path like REG: at startup
FIXED - Folder tree did not update correct after rename/delete
ADDED - Improved error logging in a couple of places
FIXED - If column setup was never saved so default was used. And MC started to
fast. The columns sizes was auto sized wrong.
FIXED - Wordwrap in FileViewer did not trigger until after scrolled/resized.

Release v6.4 (Build 2222) ( 29-Jul-2016 )

175+ Changes

ADDED - Major internal redesign of how Filesystem scanning work.


+ Runs in background with less blocking of UI.
+ Improves flat filesystem scanning a lot.
+ Better aborting of filesystem scanning
+ Better startup time when loading many tabs.
- If you have issues, You can in settings enable the old filesystem
scanning engine
ADDED - MultiUpdate tool now support XP edition of MultiCommander. If run on XP
it will check for and upgrade to the XP edition of MC when it exists.
ADDED - File Search "Look In" quick picker (Popup) now as option "Selected
folders in other panel"
CHANGE- Option for CustomCommand "[Link]" changed
ADDED - Custom Command "[Link]" now has option
"SEARCHINALLSELECTED"
ADDED - Custom Command "[Link]" optin "HIDE" should work again
FIXED - Custom Command "[Link]" did not handle Multiple "LookFor"
matches in "SEARCHFOR" correct
FIXED - Fileoperation plugin 'CopyContent' works again
FIXED - Packing with filters so all items in a folders are excluded, The empty
folder was also excluded
FIXED - FindFiles dialogs will now auto switch to wildcard/contains if incorrect
data entered. And add * if no LookFor content is entered
FIXED - If a file search was done with content matching, When viewing a found
file, the context match was not highlighted in the FileViewer.
FIXED - Saving Quicklaunch buttons with "&" character in the path now works
FIXED - Modifying Color filters did not always work
FIXED - Pressing cancel on "Add to queue" when doing Copy/Move now works again.
FIXED - Couple of high DPI issues

Release v6.2 (Build 2147) ( 8-May-2016 )

115+ Changes

ADDED - CustomCommand "[Link]" have a new option parameter : "DONOTASK",


This will prevent confirm dialog for locked tabs.
ADDED - Unpacking Zip file with wrong password will now ask again for password
ADDED - MultiScript functions for using the Advanced Filter engine from script.
CHANGE- Major rewrite how Copy/Move file operation are initialized
CHANGE- Drag on Drop to same location will show the drop popup menu
FIXED - Issue with loading favorites that have duplicated names.
FIXED - Unpacking password protected 7Zip from script now works better
FIXED - FindFiles with content search will stop searching faster if stop command
is issued
FIXED - FindFiles with content search could crash in some very rare situations.
FIXED - Holding ctrl and starting a drag/drop operation now works better.
FIXED - MultiScript handles arrays better
FIXED - 4 Rare stability issues.
FIXED - Many internal changes.

Release v6.1 (Build 2124) ( 9-Apr-2016 )

35+ Changes

ADDED - Language Updates


ADDED - FindFiles now log to FileOperation log what it does.
FIXED - Couple of HighDPI issues fixed
FIXED - FindFiles text content matching could in some situation get stuck on
files with weird mixes of linefeed characters
FIXED - FindFiles hex content matching could get stuck if lots of 0x00 matches
was found at the end of the file.
FIXED - FindFiles Content search for ascii in binary files now works.
FIXED - FindFiles Content search with case sensitive for ascii in binary files
now works.
FIXED - FindFiles Dialogs - Content options now enable/disable them self
correctly
FIXED - Advanced FindFiles filter could fail if user did not enter matching data
correct.
FIXED - Minor memory leak with copy operations.
FIXED - Items added to queue even if user selected skip on free space check.
FIXED - Commandline field now support ..\ relative path better. (relative to path
of active panel)
FIXED - CustomCommand [Link] will now assume SHELL option when using ADMIN
option.
CHANGE- Some Internal changes on how delete works.

Release v6.0 (Build 2118) ( 2-Apr-2016 )

280+ Changes

ADDED - File Coloring engine and Editor is now using the Advanced Filter system
for file coloring.
ADDED - New File search engine. Is now using the advanced filter engine to match
files.
ADDED - New Find Files dialog. dialog is now split in two. some simpler one
advanced
ADDED - Dropping file with "create link" action will show drop popup instead
ADDED - Drop popup now has "Copy and Replace" / "Move and Replace" command if
only 1 file was dropped.
ADDED - Custom command [Link] now have the option "AUTORELOAD" to
enable the autoreload option
ADDED - Commandline field command ":title <text>" that will change caption tag
ADDED - Commandline field command ":autorefresh <0/1>" that will change setting
to enable/disable folder refresh
CHANGE- Changed AppIcon to match Website logo (Provided by Oliver)
FIXED - Copy Progressbar issues when copying more then 4TB or data
FIXED - Updated 3de party 7Zip components to v15.14
FIXED - Fixed a leap year issue.
FIXED - FSReg failed to change registry values that was longer then 255
characters
FIXED - Lots of internal changes.
FIXED - 6 Rare stability issues.

Release v5.9 (Build 2062) ( 13-Jan-2016 )

ADDED - Advanced Filters now support extended file properties.


ADDED - Workaround for faulty zip archive created by OneDrive Web (Download
multiple files from OneDrive Web)
ADDED - Dynamic column properties for showing line number. (Can't be used in
Filters or MultiRename)
ADDED - Copy path to clipboard will append trailing slash for folders.
ADDED - Option to show history popup as sorted or not.
ADDED - Command to show the Panel specific Recent (Back button) Popup. Can now
customize key to show popup
ADDED - Settings to change how Rename Similar works. Ask/No/Always
FIXED - FSFTP will now log what cipher suite that is used better (If doing FTP-
SSL/TLS)
FIXED - PageUp/PageDown navigation sometimes jump to far and missed some items.
FIXED - List ViewMode and ThumbList ViewMode sometimes failed if first column was
not filename
FIXED - Issue when reading default path for new explorer panels.
FIXED - Crash issue for very long network path.
FIXED - 5 Rare stability issues.

Release v5.8.1 (Build 2042) ( 24-Nov-2015 )

6+ Changes
UPDATE- Some language packs are updated
FIXED - Fixed some minor annoying bugs

Release v5.8 (Build 2040) ( 21-Nov-2015 )


135+ Changes

ADDED - Advanced Filters, This filters can be used in Selection and View Filters
(Search and FileColoring will also use them in future release)
ADDED - Custom Command [Link] now has a "FILTERID"
parameter, Use it to select a Advanced filter
ADDED - Custom Command [Link] now has as parameter FILTERID, that
can be used to set an existing advanced filter
ADDED - Custom command [Link] has a new parameter "GOTO" that will
make the Explorer Panel to enter the new folder
ADDED - Hold CTRL while pressing return/OK button in MakeDir dialog and the
ExplorerPanel will enter that folder
ADDED - Explorer panel settings for default path for new tabs
ADDED - Explorer panel settings for column sortby and sort order for new tabs.
ADDED - Explorer Panel tweak settings for enable/disable of context menu for
current location should be shown on ".."
ADDED - File Operation progress now show progress of queuing items for internal
plugin operations.
ADDED - Menu > Edit > Compare Folders Advanced - For advanced compare of the
source/target folders for selections.
ADDED - FSFTP bookmark now has an option if the log windows should be shown or
not when connecting.
ADDED - FSFTP will now log data connections errors better.
FIXED - DuplicateTab will now duplicate most tab/explorer panel settings.
FIXED - QuickLaunchBar will now remember the Right click options for
AllowInsertByDrop/AllowRearrange
FIXED - Fixad issue when unpacking large zip with duplicated files in archive.
FIXED - FSZip issue when overwriting existing files
FIXED - FSFTP now send "AUTH TLS" instead of "AUTH TLS-P" for protected login
FIXED - SetFolderDateTime tool can cause a crash.
FIXED - Icon Override Setup is no longer case sensitive
FIXED - MultiFileViewer - Highlighting was sometimes not shown. Was overdrawn by
Syntax Coloring
FIXED - MultiFileViewer - RegEx syntax coloring rule could sometimes cause a
crash
FIXED - MultiFileViewer - Can now find text part backwards (up) in Unicode text
files again

Release v5.6 (Build 2000) ( 19-Sep-2015 )

165+ Changes

ADDED - MultiRename - Find/Replace Changed now works better


ADDED - MultiRename - Minor UI layout changes.
ADDED - MultiFileViewer - Profiles have changed, Now using Color Themes
configuration for colors
ADDED - MultiFileViewer - Can now easier configure Syntax Coloring
ADDED - MultiFileViewer - Added a couple of default Syntax Color formatting for
common file formats
ADDED - MultiFileViewer - Color syntax formatting for common file formats
ADDED - MultiFileViewer - Can now be configured to Auto copy selection to
clipboard. ( Menu > Options > Options )
ADDED - ExplorerPanel can now disable Auto fade of selection when panel is
inactive in WinExplorer mode.
FIXED - Auto ReSort after rename of folder did not always work
FIXED - Go to Root will now on locked tabs (with allow subpath change) go to the
root of the locked location.
FIXED - Issue when creating MD5 checksum files
FIXED - Copy registry value to new location will now copy "(default)" value
correct.
FIXED - 5 Rare stability issues.
FIXED - 2 Rare stability issues with script engine.

Release v5.5 (Build 1975) ( 1-Aug-2015 )

185+ Changes

Some of the changes are...

ADDED - New Language - Lithuanian - Translation created by Raimondas Duzinskas


ADDED - Explorer Panel now has Experimental Support for "Flat Filesystem View"
(Press View mode button or Shift+Ctrl+B)
ADDED - Path property/column added, Can be used in Flat view to show relative
path.
ADDED - Going to next/prev in QuickSearch will now loop around.
ADDED - Can now select/unselect files/folder with same color rule set Ctrl+Shift+
(Num+) / Ctrl+Shift+(Num-)
ADDED - MultiRename - Find and Replace now support unlimited pairs and easier to
edit many find/replace pairs
ADDED - Tabs Layout can now be saved/loaded to/from file.
ADDED - Audio Tool - Create Playlist (M3U/PLS) with support for advanced filtering
ADDED - SFV Tool can now creates CRC/MD5 files that are encoded in UTF8 or Unicode
ADDED - Favorites Window will reset its view filter when shown next time. (Also
added option to turn that off)
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] / [Link] now support "FLAT"
option to open path in flat mode
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] for starting/creating checksums
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] and [Link] to Load/Save tabs from script
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] that will load a new button panel
layout from script
ADDED - Custom Command [Link] /
[Link]
ADDED - MultiScript function for setting selected items in a view
( SetSourceSelected()/SetTargetSelect() )
ADDED - MultiScript function for getting all items in a view (
GetSourceItems()/GetTargetItems() )
FIXED - MultiScript command "GetFileProp(...) now support a 3rd paramter
(optional). If it is "1",
Then the returned value will be the display value, (else the RAW value is
returned)
FIXED - Will no longer check for availible free space for move operations on same
drive.
FIXED - Copy a 'symlink to a file' Copy/Move Links option active will now creates
a new symlink.
FIXED - Fixed issue with creating .gz files
FIXED - MultiFileViewer did not load settings correct when opened from search
panel
FIXED - 12 Rare stability issues.

Release v5.1.1 (Build 1926) ( 18-Apr-2015 )

Minor Fixes 20+ Changes

ADDED - Commandline field now support "#[devicelabel]" and it switch to the


current path of that device. (Wildcard supported)
ADDED - View filter support filtering on size with ">SizeUnit" / "<SizeUnit", eg
">500M", "<30G" , "<500k"
FIXED - 7Zip error handing improved.
FIXED - Customize Keyboard window should work better in high DPI
FIXED - Page scrolling in thumbnail list mode now works better.
FIXED - Thumbnail detail mode did not always show the thumbnail.
FIXED - Issue with copy progress windows.
FIXED - 2 crash issues reported by Crash report system.

Release v5.1 (Build 1922) ( 4-Apr-2015 )

Mostly fixes. 120+ Changes.

ADDED - ExplorerPanel panel now have an extra 1px padding for the lines (Size can
be tweaked in settings)
ADDED - Installer now accept parameter /CONFIG=<file> that contains a settings
backup that will be installed.
ADDED - Color Rule name used for a file item can be shown as a column.
ADDED - When doing a forced refresh. File coloring will also be forced refreshed.
ADDED - Able to force a solid color for the focus row indicator.
ADDED - Configuration of gridlines colors
ADDED - SFV tool can now read .sfv/.md5 files in unicode.
ADDED - Can now move select name/ext part with Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+End while doing
inplace rename
ADDED - FolderTree now has settings for a filter of what devices should be listed
in the tree view.
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] that will call Windows Shell Paste without the
internal handling.
ADDED - Mouse wheel action is now always forwarded to window under mouse cursor,
even if window is not in focus.
ADDED - MultiScript function LoadArray/SaveArray can now be called with
GetLines/SaveLines
ADDED - MultiScript function "AutoCreateVar(0|1)" to turn the AutoCreateVar
feature in script engine on/off
ADDED - MultiScript Script engine can now declare variables without "@var" in many
situations.
ADDED - MultiScript function NetWGet(<file>, <url>,<opt>) that will download from
web and save to disk.
FIXED - MultiScript function DeleteFile now accept options as comma separated list
FIXED - MultiScript function DeleteFile failed sometimes when deleting zip files.
FIXED - MultiScript function DeleteFile now recpect the option "NOPROGRESS"
FIXED - Can now open some zip archive that have mismatched header data.
FIXED - Use font style from File coloring rules when drawing file item with
Focus/Selected color
FIXED - Crash issue that could happen sometimes when testing archives.
CHANGE- FileType Default setup will open Windows associated editor for images
files when doing edit on an image.
CHANGE- Changed how arrow key behaved in Inplace rename.
FIXED - Issue with date fields in Text Tool SortLines
FIXED - Issue with overwrite with Text Tool SortLines
FIXED - Problem with the response data when using the WM_COPYDATA API and Ascii
FIXED - Fixed issue with the Tray Icon poping up even if disabled
FIXED - FSRar had issue if rar file that was created on linux and contained a path
starting with /
FIXED - 5 crash issues reported by Crash report system.
WEB - Lots of changes in the Online Documentation
WEB - Online documentation can now be downloaded as a PDF

Release v5.0 (Build 1888) ( 1-Feb-2015 )

Many fixes and improvements. Over 220+ Changes


ADDED - New Text Tool - SortLines
ADDED - New Text Tool - FindAndReplace
ADDED - Picture Viewer can now show an overlay with photo info like
FNum,Exposure,ISO (Press P in viewer)
ADDED - Better error message when user tries to copy a placeholder file
ADDED - Custom Command "[Link]"
ADDED - Custom Command "[Link]"
ADDED - Custom Command "[Link]" and "[Link]"
ADDED - View Filter popup now also show previous view filters that was set
manually
ADDED - Holding Shift when entering linked folder it will now follow link instead
of resolving it
ADDED - 3de party programs can now interact with MC using WM_COPYDATA messages.
(like Goto and GetCurrent... )
ADDED - Picture exif properties to be shown as columns
(ISO,Exposure,FNum,ExpBias,Flash)
ADDED - Alternative short admin tag for application title bar is now used if
commandline option -A is set
ADDED - Tooltip delay and timeout times can now be change under tweak settings
(Explorer Panel)
ADDED - Browse timeout can now be tweaked. (Only useful if you get double item
issue)
ADDED - Rar FileSystem extension is now using the UnRAR 5.2.3 source.
ADDED - Thumbnail overlay text can now be set to date or photoinfo
ADDED - Language Editor now remember selected language
ADDED - Language Editor can now filter list and only show text items that are NOT
translated
FIXED - Thumbnail overlay text on thumbnails now works when using the internal
thumbnail engine (WinXP)
FIXED - Loading startup ini is no longer sensitive for pre/post white spaces.
FIXED - When ExplorerStyle settings is used. Changed how color for focus item is
set when panel is not in focus.
FIXED - Fixed issue where device got removed from MC when it was formatted
FIXED - File search sometimes failed to search file content if file was in use.
FIXED - Portable/WPD will now show blank date if date property is not valid
FIXED - Portable/WPD will use created date as default date to show instead of
modified, if modifed is not valid
FIXED - 9 crash issues reported by Crash report system.

Release v4.6.2 (Build 1804) ( 1-Nov-2014 )

5 more fixes that need to be released.


Hopefully no more minor updates to 4.6 is needed

FIXED - 5 Crash issues reported by crash report system


also 150+ Changes since v4.5

Release v4.6.1 (Build 1802) ( 30-Okt-2014 )

7 Changes

FIXED - 3 Crash issues reported by crash report system


UPDATE- Updated language packs.

Release v4.6 (Build 1800) ( 25-Okt-2014 )

Many fixes and improvements. Over 130+ Changes


ADDED - Support for Italian - Created by Aldo
ADDED - Picture Viewer can now adjust colors using gamma, brightness, gray scale,
normalize and more.
ADDED - Picture Viewer can now Save picture in another format.
ADDED - Picture Viewer can now resize image.
ADDED - Picture Viewer support undo (Ctrl+Z) after doing color changes.
ADDED - Picture Tools can now batch resize images.
ADDED - CustomCommand "[Link]"
ADDED - CustomCommand "[Link]"
ADDED - Image dimensions can now be shown as an overlay text on the thumbnail.
ADDED - Button panel wizard will now add icon if the dropped file is a .exe
ADDED - Add/Remove Selection now support regular expressions. start match with
":"
ADDED - View filters now support regular expressions. Start filters with ":"
(File size equal filter moved to "=" )
ADDED - QuickLaunchBar now support ${sourcepath} and ${targetpath} in parameter
field
ADDED - New Option to enable so that parent context menu is shown if user click
on the blank area of an item.
ADDED - MultiRename support moving item up/down from hotkey or popup menu when
right clicking on item
ADDED - MultiRename will now add item to its list in the same order they are
shown in the Explorer Panel.
FIXED - Save current column layout sometimes did not save the columns in the
correct order.
FIXED - Thumbnail detailed view mode did not always show all columns.
FIXED - Will now retry getting .exe icon if default .exe is returned. (Can happen
if AV/Other software has a lock on the file)
FIXED - Icon override if FileType Setup is no longer case sensitive
FIXED - Column resize issue if a column got < 0 is size.
FIXED - When viewing a file using external viewer the focused file will be used.
FIXED - Thumbnail background thread will now update the main ui better.
FIXED - 4 crash issues reported by Crash report system.

Release v4.5.1 (Build 1769) ( 23-Aug-2014 )

This minor release only contains some updated language packs


and one minor fix for the full installer.

FIXED - Installer failed to add shortcuts in some situation.

Release v4.5 (Build 1768) ( 19-Aug-2014 )

Major new additions is the possiblity to browse favorites as a filesystem (FAV:)


Also Thumbnail list mode now support vertical scrolling.
Many fixed and improvments. Over 155+ Changes
Some of them are....

ADDED - FSFavorite Plugin that allows browsing of favorite as a virtual


filesystem.
ADDED - Refresh device item to the Dropdown list of devices.
ADDED - Active tab that are not using custom colors are shown with a lighter
color (eg. Log tab panel)
ADDED - Pack/Unpack window now has settings if it should use target as default
location or not.
ADDED - MultiRename window can be closed by pressing ESCAPE key.
ADDED - Now possible to choose what extended device items should be shown in the
device dropdown list.
ADDED - Explorer Panel has a new experimental view mode 'Thumbnail Detail'
ADDED - New Thumbnail engine option : "Crop to Square" (Only valid if thumbnail
engine is "Windows" and OS is Win8+)
ADDED - Thumbnail List mode now support Vertical scrolling (Up-Down).
CHANGE- Thumbnail queue management will now prioritized item that are currently
visible.
CHANGE- Changed how the tab is drawn. Is now more flat.
CHANGE- Removed some obsolete settings, Change some defaults.
FIXED - MultiRename - Tags with negative value was 0-based, Start value was 1-
based, Now both are 1 based (eg [N-3]).
FIXED - MultiRename - Folder [F] tag rule now works like name tag [N] (Eg [F-4]
works like [N-4]).
FIXED - Copy/Move progress window tries better to keep its since when queue is
shown/hidden.
FIXED - Queue in Copy/Move progress window will try to show the alternative
targetname if one is set.
FIXED - Key combo for Quick Search in Explorer Panel will no longer trigger if
more keys then configured are pressed.
FIXED - Eject/Disconnect command in Explorer Panel can now be assigned to hotkey.
FIXED - Exporting the list of keyboard shortcuts will now be saved as Unicode
(UTF16).
FIXED - Handles insert/removal of devices that are mounted under a folder better.
FIXED - Thread synchronization issue with thumbnail extraction that could
sometimes cause a crash.
FIXED - Couple of issue with Change View mode and refresh issue with view modes
changes.
FIXED - Minor Issues with installer
FIXED - Problem with deleting from zip archive.
FIXED - Quick Connect for FTP work again.
FIXED - 4 crash issues reported by Crash report system.

Release v4.4 (Build 1725) ( 17-Jul-2014 )

Mostly bug fixes but some new features like better support for Remote Desktop
shares (\\TSClient)
and Quick Create Folder (Right click on create folder toolbar icon)
Over 85+ Changes with fixes and improvements. Some of the are...

ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] that can change some Explorer


Panel settings in active panel only (Changes lost on restart)
ADDED - Installer reworked. Can now upgrade current installation and support
installation of both 32bit and 64bit
ADDED - Create Folder dialog now accept Shift+F9 to insert date at caret position
or replacing selected text
ADDED - Remote Desktop client shares \\TSClient now support. "TSClient" is added
to NET: when Remote computer is connected
ADDED - Create Folder button added to toolbar. Right click on it to show a list
of some preset date folders to create
ADDED - Quick Create folder item can now use date/time/filename tags
ADDED - Quick Create folder menu can now be customized and are using
MultiLanguage system
FIXED - Better UTF8 support for FTP
FIXED - Customizing of the keys for ShowFavorites, Back, Forward, Show History is
now kept between restarts
FIXED - When launching multiple items using shell, it will now verify if the
shell really allows the item to be launched
FIXED - Strange rounding that only happened on some file sizes when showing
selected file size as GB
FIXED - Drop popup menu 'extract' will now unpack to the correct path where the
drop happened.
FIXED - MultiScript function CopyFile with a target folder that does not exists
will now update the views better.
FIXED - FreeSpace field was not using the correct font. Was using FileList font
FIXED - Fixed some scrollbar issues with the MultiDataViewer
FIXED - 3 crash issues reported by Crash report system

Release v4.3.1 (Build 1702) (17-Jun-2014 )

FIXED - FolderTree caused a crash on some drop operations.

Release v4.3 (Build 1700) (14-Jun-2014 )

Major new thing is the new Portable Device Plugin


Over 160+ Changes with fixes and improvements. Some of the are...

ADDED - New Virtual filesystem plugin that provides access to portable devices.
(Smartphones/Tables)
ADDED - Create Folder dialog now accept F6 for replacing all illegal folder
characters with spaces
ADDED - Create Folder dialog now accept F7 for removing all spaces
ADDED - Create Folder dialog now accept F9 for inserting todays date as name (ISO
formatted)
ADDED - Create folder dialog now accept a complete path, This will override the
current location.
ADDED - Folder tree now support that a folder might be drag from it or dropped in
it.
ADDED - History popup that shows visited path is now global, Not only for current
panel.
ADDED - Informative tooltip now shows all file dates.
ADDED - Drag and drop data of TYMED_ISTORAGE type now supported
ADDED - CustomCommand to force a refresh of the folder tree
( [Link] )
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] now support optional option "NEWQUEUE",
"USEEXISTINGQUEUE"
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] now support optional option "NEWQUEUE",
"USEEXISTINGQUEUE"
ADDED - MultiScript function CopyFile,MoveFile now support optional option
"NEWQUEUE", "USEEXISTINGQUEUE"
ADDED - MultiScript function "Packfile" / "UnpackFile" / "MakeDir"
ADDED - Added size restriction to external files to 25MB
FIXED - Unpack dialog will now use the source location as default target path.
FIXED - Paths containing ~ sometimes got confused as a shorted 8.3 path
FIXED - Password protected zip archives now works. (Only standard zip password
protection is supported)
FIXED - Password protected 7Zip archives now works better
FIXED - Folder tree now shows the correct folder name for folders that are
mounted devices
FIXED - 6 crash issues reported by Crash report system

Release v4.2.1 (Build 1674) (28-Apr-2014 )

3 Changes. Minor fix.

ADDED - Updated language packs


ADDED - Added missing file to full installer.

Release v4.2 (Build 1672) (18-Apr-2014 )


This release contains lots of fixed and a lot better support for high DPI machines

300+ Changes and some of them are...

ADDED - User Defined Commands can now be duplicated.


ADDED - Button panel changed so it can not be undocked. Then no close button is
shown making it look better
ADDED - Buttons in the Button panel can now be drawn transparent.
ADDED - New column that shows the length of the name or fullpath.
ADDED - Option to enable/disable the refresh tab when application focus is
returned to MultiCommander
ADDED - Command line field can now show hits/tips when not used. (Can be disabled
in core settings)
ADDED - Command line command ":one" now also work for going to OneDrive/SkyDrive
folder
ADDED - Option for "Expand folder hovering over during drag and drop in folder
tree". (Was always enabled before, can now be disabled)
ADDED - Option if a new tab should be opened when browsing to new location in a
locked tab.
ADDED - Rule Based file coloring can now be configured to also change font style
like Bold,Italic,Underline,Strikeout
ADDED - New MultiScript functions PathMakeRelativeMC(...),
PathMakeAbsoluteMC(...), PathTranslatePath(...), TranslateEnvString(...)
ADDED - Custom command [Link] now support
TABCOLORS,TABNAME,TABLOCK paramters
ADDED - New Custom Command [Link]
ADDED - New Custom command [Link] for setting tab properties like
color, on existing tab
ADDED - Duplicating a Explorer Panel tab. or opening a folder from one tab into a
new tab. New tab will get the same custom Tab Colors.
ADDED - Doing TapAndHold on touch devices will now be a right click. (Show
context menu in most places)
ADDED - MultiFileViewer have experimental support for line filtering (grep)
FIXED - Command line fields dropdown history is now shown and saved correct.
FIXED - QuickLaunchBar now works better with relative and environments paths.
FIXED - Color rules are now refresh when files are renamed or attributes changed
(From inside MC)
FIXED - Copying files to folder starting with ".." now works again. Eg
"..Myfolder"
FIXED - FileTypeSetup will not clear extension field if external program is
selected
FIXED - If sorting of columns that shown extended info (info fetched in
background), view will now resort automatically when data is ready.
FIXED - Windows Shell context menu did not work in some locations.
FIXED - A couple of strange issues with context menu handling
FIXED - Issue with overwriting existing file inside a zip archive.
FIXED - Refresh issues when a zip is rebuilt.
FIXED - Lots of DPI scaling issues fixed. MC now look good in 150% DPI. Still
some minor issue with 125%
FIXED - Improved error handling and error reporting of read/write errors.
FIXED - Improved error logging in a couple of places.
FIXED - A lot of minor fixes and changes to error handling
FIXED - Placeholder files is now being identified (Win8.1+ only)
FIXED - When unpacking rar it could happen it complained that disk was full even
if disk was not full.
FIXED - Some icons was messed up if icon cached was cleared
FIXED - Context Menu key on keyboard now works for the ".." item
FIXED - The settings "Remember Selected files/folders when changing path" now
works again. (can be turned off)
FIXED - 14 crash issues reported by Crash report system

Release v4.1 (Build 1620) (1-Feb-2014 )

This release contains only some minor fixed


and includes language packs that did not make it previous release.

70+ Changes and some of them are...

ADDED - Updated language packs for JP,NL,ES,PT,FR,RU


ADDED - Can now Bind/Unbind key from command line field using ":bindkey <cmd>
<key>" , ":unbindkey <cmd>"
ADDED - New Custom Command for bind/unbind keys [Link], [Link]
ADDED - How the Explorer Panel read its settings are change, Tabs are created
faster.
ADDED - Clicking on reset filter button will now toggle between *.* and previous
filter.
ADDED - Better error handling when deleting to recycle bin.
FIXED - Color Rules did not remember if default profile was selected.
FIXED - Color Rules are now refreshed better when they are changed.
FIXED - Show hidden files did not always refresh views after option was changed.
FIXED - When color rules are change the views will now update it self better.
FIXED - Back/Forward button now show the popup menu on right click
FIXED - Rename toolbar icon shows a popup menu with some of the rename options
when right clicked.
FIXED - Loading of custom time format now works again.
FIXED - The change file date/time dialog did not use text from MultiLanguage
system in two places.
FIXED - Multi Commander will now be sent to front if it is already visible and
user click on tray icon.
FIXED - A MultiMonitor issue when doing click and drag.
FIXED - 7 crash issues reported by Crash report system.

Release v4.0 (Build 1611) (12-Jan-2014 )

The focus of this release have been UI and Customization issues.

450+ Changes and some of them are...

ADDED - New Splash - Provided by Patrick of Chasing Carrots ([Link]-


[Link])
ADDED - Icons can now be overrided based on file extension. (Extra Useful for
portable mode, to always show same icons)
ADDED - FileType setup for Viewers and Editors can now also define there own icon
ADDED - Zip Extension now has its own settings page where some zip settings like
CodePage can be configured.
ADDED - Default Tab Colors for all extension can be customized.
ADDED - Explorer Panel can customize the Tab Color and Name for every tab.
ADDED - Explorer Panel now support medium (24) and extra large (48) icons.
ADDED - Column customization have been reworked and dialogs merged.
ADDED - Columns can now be customized to have and extra left/right space in them.
ADDED - Quick Look and Feel Setup window and been redesigned. And the two dialogs
are now one.
ADDED - Buttons in the button panel can now also show an icon.
ADDED - Progressbars colors for the Copy/Move/Delete/Extract dialogs can now be
customized.
ADDED - Scanning Network for computers will now keep cache of found computers. And
also possible to pin computer so they are always shown.
ADDED - Browning NET: will no longer auto scan the network. And when it scan it is
done in the background and will not lock up the main UI.
ADDED - Show ViewFilters button added to Filter input field.
ADDED - View Filters can be customized
ADDED - Right click on Add/Remove selection on toolbar will show a popup menu with
a quick selection list.(Shares some items with ViewFilters)
ADDED - Right click on "Copy Path to clipboard" button on the toolbar will now
show a popup menu with all the "Copy xxx To Clipboard" options"
ADDED - Tray Icon Single click support added
ADDED - "[Link]" now supports SIZE parameters
ADDED - Command line command ":cic" will clear the icon cache
ADDED - The toolbar button "ShowHidden Files toolbar" is shown with a slightly
different icon depending on what the current option is.
ADDED - Rar FileSystem extension is now built using the UnRAR 5.01 source.
ADDED - Show Select/Unselect popup menu can be shown using hotkeys.
UPG - Upgrade the 3d party Metadata library in the MCAudioTools extension, Now
using TagLib 1.9.1
FIXED - Icons cache will be cleared and all views will be refresh if icons are
changed in FileTypeSetup
FIXED - Opening new tab from locked tab issue.
FIXED - Right autoscrolling issue in List/Thumbnail mode
FIXED - Drag/Drop modifier keys
FIXED - Timing Issue resulting in that file items being shown double.
FIXED - Delete dialog does now support MultiMonitor systems again.
FIXED - 8 Rare Crash issues reported by Crash report system.

Release v3.5.1 (Build 1530) (1-Okt-2013 )

The focus of this minor release has been to fix the most common stability issues.

70+ Changes and some of them are...

ADDED - New Language - Portuguese - Translated by Pedro Albuquerque


ADDED - File copy logging will now output time and speed information for the
read/write calls.
ADDED - Shell Context Menu code have been rewritten.
ADDED - MultiCommander will not change to be a toplevel window if it is activated
by starting to dragged a item.
ADDED - MultiScript function to calculate checksum "ChkSum_Create(<filename>,
<checksum type>)"
ADDED - Improved error logging for read/write errors.
FIXED - Inline rename command Ctrl+L and so on. Will not work anymore if AltGR is
pressed. (Conflicted with localized character input)
FIXED - Favorites Window now works again
FIXED - Showing some of the special folder in the device toolbar now works again
FIXED - 14 Rare Crash issues reported by Crash report system.

Release v3.5 (Build 1500) (3-Sep-2013 )

310+ Change and some of them are...

ADDED - File coloring rules editor for creating rule on how files should be
colored. (Multiple profiles supported)
REMOVE- Old file coloring system removed, configuration of it will be converted
to ColorRules automatically.
ADDED - New delete progress window that shows more information.
ADDED - Save Clipboard dialog will now remember format from previous time.
CHANGE- Replace RegEx engine used with one that is more Perl compliant.(Used in
Search/MultiRename/Script)
ADDED - MultiRename now support [F] tag to add the folder name of the folder that
the file is located in.
ADDED - MultiRename tool can now reset filelist with currently selected items.
ADDED - MultiRename now support regular expressions in the Search/Replace part.
ADDED - Windows Control Panels can now be access from the tools menu (And can be
assigned to hotkeys)
ADDED - Find Open Files Windows can not stop a service processes that has a file
opened
ADDED - Inline rename can now more to previous/next item using up/down keys or
return (optional)
ADDED - Inline rename supports Ctrl+N/Ctrl+E for selecting name/extension
ADDED - Inline rename supports Ctrl+U/Ctrl+L to convert to upper/lower case
ADDED - Find Files dialog remembers expanded state between starts
ADDED - Find Files dialog remembers the search filter between restarts.
ADDED - Viewing a file from the file search result will now also transfer over
the find by content (if any) to the viewer.
FIXED - File search using to/from date matches do now correct the time for the
current timezone correctly.
ADDED - MultiDataViewer will now remember maximized size/position between runs.
ADDED - The Main drive bar can be configured to be placed on its own toolbar
line.
ADDED - Can now get the raw LIST result from the FTP (access from the context
menu)
FIXED - FTP Transfer issue if buffer size was too large.
FIXED - FTP Problem when listing root folder on some servers
FIXED - Hang that should happen during file copy in rare situations
FIXED - Very rare hang issue that could happend if a copy operation was aborted.
FIXED - Settings panel will use same font settings thatis set for the Explorer
Panel
ADDED - Command line command ":winerr <num>" that display the error message for
internal windows error codes.
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] now support parameters like
ATTRIBUTES/TIME/TIMEFROM/TIMETO
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] now support LEFTONLY/RIGHTONLY as parameter
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] NAME=<ProfileName>
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link]
ADDED - MultiScript debugger window will now show log output
ADDED - MultiScript function to sort string/num in an array "$arr2 =
ArraySort($arr)"
ADDED - MultiScript can now replace substring using RegEx.
( StrRegExpReplace( ... ) )
ADDED - MultiScript function "DeleteFile/DeleteFiles" now support the option
"AUTOCLOSEPROGRESS"
FIXED - MultiScript now handle spaces inside a syntax better
FIXED - MultiScript initializing a string array using single quote not works
again.
FIXED - 12 Crash issue reported by Crash report system
SDK - Beta SDK is out - Look in the online forum for more information

Release v3.2 (Build 1430) (16-Jun-2013 )

145+ Changes and some of them are....

ADDED - Rules based file coloring now support many more attributes and date rules
and can be loaded/saved. (No UI yet, Create them using script)
ADDED - Better handling of name conflicts when renaming multiple files, by any of
the rename commands under Tools > Rename.
ADDED - Copy/Move Progress window will now show file sizes formatted.
ADDED - Common CheckSum tasks are added to tool menu. So those tasks can now be
used easier.
ADDED - New 'Edit new file' command (Shift+F4 or Shift+F9 depending on setup)
FIXED - GetTime() function in MultiScript now returns the correct time.
FIXED - Test packed files now works better.
FIXED - Issue when creating a folder that already existed.
FIXED - Issue when drag and dropping a single empty folder.
FIXED - Many minor issues with FTP and FTP Logging fixed.
FIXED - Dropping an attachment Outlook would overwrite file if it already
existed.
FIXED - Lots of internal SDK changes and cleanup (Preparation for release of
SDK )
FIXED - Issue that some Explorer Panel tabs change path when removing device (USB
Stick) even if they did not show that path.
FIXED - [Link]/[Link] now
works
FIXED - "Replace all older" when copying files will now skip files if the
filedate are exactly the same.
FIXED - 10 Crash issue reported by Crash report system

Release v3.1 (Build 1401) (26-Apr-2013 )

Over 185+ Changes and some of them are....

ADDED - Support for New Langauge - Romanian Created by Gabriel


ADDED - Auto expansion of subitems can now be disabled in the FolderTree.
ADDED - FTP now support UTF8 encoded filenames and UTF8 encoding in the FTP log.
ADDED - FTP now support context menu. Will for now only show "Edit" for bookmark
items and "Disconnect" for ftp items.
ADDED - MultiRename search and replace part can now be set to only process Name
part or Extension part or Both.
ADDED - Now possible to run file in search result from the context menu.
ADDED - Now possible to customize the key for the Explorer Panel command "Toggle
selection and step down"
ADDED - Now possible to customize the key for the Explorer Panel command "Toggle
selection and calculate folder"
ADDED - Editing an exiting custom command in the editor. The namespace/function
dropdown and description will update to match command
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] now support option ONLYFILES /
ONLYFOLDERS (Works in all panel types)
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link] now support option ONLYFILES /
ONLYFOLDERS (Only for Explorer Panel)
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link]
ADDED - CustomCommand [Link]
ADDED - CustomCommand "SetActiveTab" now support "Next" and "Prev" as tab
parameter.
ADDED - Rename multiple item using move to same path (shift+F6) is now using
target name filter.
ADDED - Rule based file coloring. (Exprimental, no UI to configure it yet. Use
MultiScript to configure)
ADDED - Able to hide delete options dialog when deleting to recyle bin. (Use at
own risk)
ADDED - FileOperations settings that was access from CopyTo dialog is not also
available from configuration menu
ADDED - Change file properties dialog (Attributes and FileTime) can now also
change Created and LastAccess time.
ADDED - Show hidden files command and Search command now available in menu and
toolbar
ADDED - Extended Contextmenu options is shown if shift is pressed while showing
it
ADDED - Hovertime for auto select on hover can now be tweaked
FIXED - QuickLaunchBar handles relatives paths better.
ADDED - QuickLaunchBar can create relative paths better
ADDED - QuickLaunchBar can now be configured on how to handle dropped files.
FIXED - Converting path to absolute/relative in FileTypeSetup now works better.
FIXED - File search handles binary files better.
FIXED - QuickSearch in ExplorerPanel can now be started with none localized alpha
letters.
FIXED - TargetName pattern now supported for copy of multiple files/folders.
FIXED - Path matching settings in FileTypeSetup is now loaded correct.
FIXED - CheckSum checking (SFV) sometimes locked a file if the process was
stopped with the stop button.
FIXED - Issue with move operation leaving a empty folders if SKIP ALL was
selected when an existing file was found when moving a previous folder.
FIXED - Crash problem with FTP on 64bit OS
FIXED - UserDefined Commands of external type will now expand ${xx} tags
correctly.
ADDED - RAR files will now be tested against it bytemark before they are opened
as rar files.
FIXED - File search continue button in dialog now works again
FIXED - Crash issue with Tar/Gz
FIXED - Lots of internal fixes and improvements.
FIXED - 8 Crash problems reported by the Crash Report System.

Release v3.0 (Build 1360) (1-Mar-2013 )

Over 360 + Changes

CHANGE- A lot of internal core changes.


CHANGE- A lot of SDK/API changes.
FIXED - Commands run from the commandline field will now use the FileType setup
to determin how the file should be run.
ADDED - New MultiScript functions StrRFind, PathGetPathPart, PathGetNamePath,
PathGetFileExtPart, PathGetParts
FIXED - Problem with MultiScript function StrRegExpFind
FIXED - Crash problem when running incorrect code as MultiScript
FIXED - Script engine can not return a const array of variables correct.
FIXED - Issues with the MultiScript Debugger.
ADDED - Favorites can now be shown as a popup menu in the crumbbar. (as right
click action on the Path field)
FIXED - Text issue when deleting favorite item.
FIXED - Fixed some strange lost focus problem with Favorites Window.
FIXED - Many texts that did not use the MultiLanguage system is now using it
ADDED - Language selection dialog show on first run. Will now autoselect the
users language if found.
ADDED - Major change on How the MultiLanguage system works.
ADDED - Built in language editor updated with more features.
CHANGE- MultiCommander will now read the language files from the LanguagePack
files named LangPack_xx.zip stored in the Languages folder.
FIXED - Changing hotkey to a extended key did not always survive restart.
FIXED - Extensions that are disabled by the user are now no longer loaded.
FIXED - Issue with pressing right button while dragging
FIXED - Hide/Show state of toolbars might be reset after update because of a fix
in how it remember the state.
FIXED - Extra long path issue fixed when syncing source/target path.
FIXED - Extra long path issue when copy path to clipboard.
FIXED - Extra long path issue when copy long path to a short path.
FIXED - Thumbnail view mode setting was not always saved.
ADDED - Empty folder will now show 0 is size folder when doing folder sizing.
ADDED - Folders can be forced to be sorted by name.
ADDED - MultiUpdate using new way of downloading updates. (Old way can be
activated in settings)
ADDED - The Device Toolbar will now show tooltip for the device/folder icons.
FIXED - Fixed problem when saving a FileOperations presets.
CHANGE- Customized FileOperation Read/Write strategies are no longer stored in
[Link], Now stored in [Link], Will autoconvert.
CHANGE- FileOperationPluginProfiles are no longer stored in [Link],
Now stored in [Link] (Will be autoconvert)
CHANGE- FileOperationPresets are no longer stored in [Link], Now
stored in own file [Link], (Will be autoconvert)
CHANGE- Alias information is moved from [Link] to its own file
[Link]. (Will be autoconvert)
CHANGE- Modules information is moved from [Link] to its own file
[Link]. (Will be autoconvert)
CHANGE- Improved performance when reading config/settings information. (Will
probably not be noticable, but it is a lot faster)
CHANGE- Icons used in [Link] and some of the extensions are moved to
it's one DLL file named [Link]
CHANGE- Lots of internal changes to handle the new Icon system
REMOVE- Many obsolete icons that was still inside [Link] removed.
FIXED - 4 Crash issue reported by crash report system.

Release v2.8.2 (Build 1291) ( 24-Jan-2013 )

Over 25+ Changes.

ADDED - MultiScript function for working with file attributes


( AddFileAttributes/Set.../Remove.../Get../Has...)
ADDED - MultiScript function MoveFile(....)
ADDED - Search now support exclude filtering.
ADDED - Pressing Ctrl+Q in the Favorites Window will now toggle between the Name
and Path
FIXED - If 'New version' checking at startup was aborted or timed out could hang
MultiCommander.
FIXED - Some wildcard matching problem with Search Tool.
FIXED - Crash issue if Multi Commander was closed before all of the startup tasks
was finished.
FIXED - Favorites Windows is now shown in the places that HotPath was shown
before.
FIXED - Some issues with the Favorites Windows
FIXED - 2 Crashes reported by crash report system

Release v2.8.1 (Build 1275) ( 25-Dec-2012 )

Just some minor fixes

FIXED - Missing icons on DriveBar located inside the Explorer Panel


FIXED - Rare crash issue that happen at startup.
FIXED - Some fonts was not using the charset set by Windows.
FIXED - Crash sometimes when copy/pasting in Favorites Window.
FIXED - Favorites Window did not hide if lost focus when in edit/add/delete mode.

Release v2.8.0 (Build 1272) ( 22-Dec-2012 )

Over 130+ Changes.


ADDED - New Favorites/Bookmark System. Press ALT+BackSpace or press Favorites
icon on commandline bar to show it.
ADDED - New Language : Hungarian - Provided by Zityisoft
REMOVE- HotPaths removed. Replaced with quick path in the the Favorite manager.
(HotPath will be converted automatically)
ADDED - The colors for the ProgressBar shown in statusbar can now be configured.
ADDED - Highlights in FileViewer can easier be removed and added from the context
menu.
ADDED - Selection status in Explorer Panel can now be configured to show 0,1,2
decimals
ADDED - Selection status in Explorer Panel can now be configured to
mini/short/long size unit after the size
ADDED - Explorer Panel can now show 0,1,2 decimals in the size column.
ADDED - Explorer Panel can now show none/mini/short/long size unit after the
size.
ADDED - Command to load selection from clipboard.
ADDED - Drive bar in main window can now show Special Folders, Virtual Devices
and Cloud folders.
ADDED - MultiScript can now show a window asking user to select one of many items
from a dropdown list. See : "AskOption"
ADDED - MultiScript function to convert date/time as text to number value. See :
"ParseDateTime"
ADDED - Settings to force what panel side that should be set as active at
startup.
ADDED - Default settings for new tabs, View Mode and FolderTree can be
configured.
CHANGE- Date format settings is now a global settings for all open Explorer
Panels.
FIXED - Some backup/restore issue when running in portable mode.
FIXED - Icon was not shown for Net/Reg/FTP on the Toolbar if icon size was 24 or
48.
FIXED - Fixed problem with launching programs from the QuickLaunch bar, If the
path had dots in a folder name.
FIXED - Multi-Script Debugger will now list script sorted, Work faster and
better.
FIXED - Scrollbar problem in List mode.
FIXED - Problem when running an empty MultiScript
FIXED - Problem with custom command "[Link]" The parameter "STARTIN" did not
work.
FIXED - Pack/Unpack/CopyTo dialog will now use filesystem auto completion.
FIXED - Selection status in ExplorerPanel will now use the thousand separator
defined by Windows.
FIXED - FTP Log tab will now use the same font and colors defined for the other
logs.
FIXED - Will now warn if codepage that can be defined for zip is invalid
FIXED - Crash problem is zip codepage is invalid.
FIXED - Rare crash problem with settings.
FIXED - 6 other Crash problems reported by crash report system

Release v2.7.2 (Build 1200) ( 4-Okt-2012 )

Over 80+ Changes.

ADDED - Removal/Inserts of SD-Card in SDCard reader is now detected correct.


ADDED - Can now run "[Link] /OPEN [path]" to open [path] as a new tab
in an already running instance of MultiCommander
ADDED - Online documentation is updated and new pages are added for features that
was added in previous releases.
ADDED - Can now configure User defined commands to mouse button commands.
ADDED - FTP Bookmark now support remote dir that it should go to when connecting.
ADDED - Now possible to enable 'Auto Select file/folder when hovering over',
Useful for single click configuration.
FIXED - Connecting to FTP using command line command now works again (
[Link] )
FIXED - Various FTP fixes.
FIXED - Context menu on RightClick button now works again.
FIXED - Issues with startup if working directory was not MultiCommander install
folder.
FIXED - Rename action did not work on some mouse configurations, like Click and
Wait action for Right or Middle button.
FIXED - Password problem with 7-Zip.
FIXED - Issue with file property that prints a date/time in MultiRename tool.
FIXED - Some Multi-Language issue when running in portable mode.
FIXED - Issue where some tabs reverted to C:\ when a USB/Removable drive was
removed.
FIXED - Drag and Drop issue when dropping folder from programs that where using
the FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORW, Way of dropping files.
FIXED - Crash problem when using FTP that only affected some languages.
FIXED - 7 Crash problems reported by crash report system.

Release v2.7.1 (Build 1182) ( 4-Sep-2012 )

ADDED - Now possible to assign hotkeys to the different View Modes.


ADDED - Can now change view mode with custom commands. "[Link]"
ADDED - Can now change sorting with custom commands "[Link]"
ADDED - Can now drop link from browser.
ADDED - Support for 7Zip archives that are password protected.
ADDED - Can now auto run a User defined command at startup using
"[Link] -AutoRun=<CommandName>"
ADDED - Support for new language : Spanish - Created by Mauro72
ADDED - Support for new language : Chinese (Simplified) - Created by Tyler
ADDED - Support for new language : Chinese (Traditional) - Created by Tyler
ADDED - (Experimental) Force the zip filesystem to use a custom codepage. Set
Codepage using ":zipcp <cp num>" in the command line field. ( -1 for current system
codepage )
ADDED - (Experimental) Force the zip filesystem to use the extended zip support
for UTF8 when created Zip archive. Use commandline command ":ziputf8 1" to enable
ADDED - Can now configure how many hotpaths to shows. (Right click on whitespace
in path field, or Ctrl+Down)
FIXED - Path and FreeSpace field did not update if Device Dropdown was disabled,
when browsing network paths.
FIXED - Virtual Filesystem for 7-Zip had problem when files inside a .7z archive
had invalid attributes.
FIXED - Crash when adding separator to menu
FIXED - MultiCommander Now works on Windows XP with SP2 again.
FIXED - 4 Crash problems reported by crash report system.

Release v2.7 (Build 1171) ( 19-Aug-2012 )

Over 180+ Changes. Some of the major changes are.

NEW - Can now show files in Thumbnail List mode. Can use both Windows own
Thumbnail system or a Internal one (Internal only available for WinXP)
NEW - Multi-Script debugger. Allowing you to step a Multi-Script line by line
and see variables and their content.
ADDED - Skydrive and Dropbox folder are added to the device dropdown list.
ADDED - Command line command ":ctc" that will Clear Thumbnail Cache.
ADDED - Command line command ":sysinfo"
ADDED - Command line commands ":box" and ":sky" to go to Dropbox/Skydrive folder.
ADDED - Command line commands ":desk" and ":dl" to go to desktop and download
folder.
ADDED - "Copy path to clipboard" as a toolbar button
ADDED - Added Windows 8/Windows Server 2012 as supported OS.
ADDED - When loading an icon of a invalid size. A bigger icons size is chosen and
icon is scaled down. (Not WinXP)
ADDED - Added support for more icon sizes for the main Toolbar and
QuickLaunchbar, Main toolbars can now be shown in 16/24/32/48
ADDED - Option to the mouse configuration to go to parent folder if double
clicking on empty area.
ADDED - Main layout can now be change to show the layout as Top/Down, instead of
Left/Right
ADDED - Quick zoom option to picture viewer. ( Ctrl+1 = 50%, Ctrl+2 = 100%,
Ctrl+3 = 150% , Ctrl+ 0 = Stretch to fit )
ADDED - Device dropdown can now be disabled
ADDED - Can now show used space instead of free space.
ADDED - Free space field can now be disabled
ADDED - Selection status field can now show the size in other sizes then KB.
ADDED - Buttons that are shown after the free space field can now be disabled.
ADDED - Added option to disable the active panel frame highlightning.
ADDED - Language editor can now restore an language export package.
ADDED - Possible to show hidden/system files and folders with special color.
ADDED - Support for new language : Polish - Created by Lukasz Seweryn
CHANGE- The 7-Zip support is updated to a newer version.
FIXED - Some icons was shown incorrect when the command for that button was
disabled.
FIXED - Updated a couple of the icons so they now looks better when showing the
toolbar in 24/32/48 size
FIXED - Picture viewer did sometimes not show the picture at the first request to
show it.
FIXED - Improved the performance a little when getting icons.
FIXED - Special folder that has special icon will now be shown with that icon.
FIXED - Some dialogs did not always open (Alias editor and Extension manager)
FIXED - Problem when unpacking zip using ALT+F6 (File > Menu > Unpack ) and
target folder was a UNC path ( \\server\share )
FIXED - User Defined command on the QuickLauchbar will now recieve dropped files
as parameter.
FIXED - Some icons was loaded incorrectly and was scaled even if they did not
have to be.
FIXED - The entire row QuickLaunch Toolbar can now be disabled from the menu on
XP.
FIXED - Crash bug in MultiScript if StrSub() was called with index that was out
of range.
FIXED - Crash bug if Device dropdown was disabled.
FIXED - Various MultiLanguge issues.
FIXED - Restoring language in Language editor, and pressing cancel will no longer
say that language files was restored
FIXED - Picture Viewer Zoom function 'Stretch to fit' now works better
FIXED - Copy Path/Name/PathName to clipboard will now work if ".." item is in
focus.
FIXED - Problem with minimized to tray.
FIXED - Header in Explorer panel is now using the same font as the list part.
FIXED - Fixed problem after restart when 'lock tab but allow path change' was on.
FIXED - Fixed some drag and drop issue when dragging from some application.
FIXED - Fixed problem when trying to copying a file that are already opened.
FIXED - 12 rare crashes that was reported by the crash report system.
FIXED - Many internal changes and fixes.
Release v2.5.1 (Build 1114) ( 29-Jun-2012 )

Re-Release of v2.5 with a couple or more fixed - 30+ Changes

ADDED - 5 new Custom commands : [Link], [Link], [Link], [Link],


[Link]
FIXED - File Type Setup window was setting the wrong tag, when ${mcpath} was
selected.
FIXED - Mouse cursor problem that happen if mouse was moved fast in the Quick
Launch Bar.
FIXED - Changing focus to View Filter field, Text already there will be selected.
FIXED - 4 crash problems reported by the CrashReport system.
FIXED - Column autosize problem with going to/from maximized mode.
FIXED - Column autosize problem with alias manager.
FIXED - File viewer will now draw line numbers different.
FIXED - File extension not always shown in lit mode with option 'Extension right
aligned'
FIXED - Problem with restoring sort order of previous tab at startup.

Release v2.5 (Build 1110) ( 16-Jun-2012 )

Over 345+ Changes. Some of the major changes are.

NEW - Explorer Panel can now show files in List Mode


NEW - Quick launch bar - Toolbar where you can drop file on, and more
NEW - Toolbar system reworked.
Changes - Many of the icons has been updated
ADDED - Toolbars can now be hidden
ADDED - Can now draw file extension right aligned in the filename column
ADDED - File viewer - Has now support for word wrap both fixed and dynamic
ADDED - File viewer - Can now show line number.
ADDED - File viewer - Read entire file now works.
ADDED - File viewer - Can now hide toolbars.
ADDED - An internal icon gallery that can be used by the new Quick Launch bar.
ADDED - Language editor can now launch google translate.
ADDED - Right clicking on a drive button in the drive bar will now show the shell
context menu for that item,
ADDED - Active panel in the left and right panel can now swap places.
ADDED - Active panel can now be moved to other panel.
ADDED - Better error checking for directory monitor.
ADDED - MultiScript function _FindFiles that return string array of found files.
ADDED - MultiScript function
GetFileTime/SetFileTime/IsFolder/GetFileSize/FileExists/TimeLocal2UTC/
TimeUTC2Local/RenameFile.
ADDED - MultiScript function GetFileProp - That will get any exposode file
property like MP3 Genre, Image size, File Size, Version and more
ADDED - Custom Command for closing all Explorer panel tabs.
( [Link] )
ADDED - Can now specify what codepage a Bat script shall be generate and run as.
FIXED - MultiTags ${currentfilepath}, ${currentfilename} now work again when
running a script separetly for all selected files.
FIXED - Custom Command can now handle accept dropped files as parameters and
accessiable using multitag "${param:x}"
FIXED - Problem with MultiScript function _FindFirstFile. Does not work with
fixed name to match.
FIXED - Loading external scripts now work a lot better.
FIXED - When deleting folders to recycle bin on Windows Vista or better. The
folder with it's content will be sent to recycle bin as one item.
ADDED - Custom Command to execute any internal command.
ADDED - When starting search from script it is now possible to set a fixed panel
where it should be opened.
FIXED - Right click on a folder in the folder tree and selecting New->New Folder
now works.
FIXED - The Path in the path field sometimes lagged a bit when entering folder
with many files
FIXED - Sometimes when selecting item the selection status did not update.
FIXED - Problem in Explorer panel settings when settings a custom date/time
format
FIXED - Problem when multiselecting files with "*zip" instead of "*.zip"
FIXED - When drag and dropping a file from a zip archive. It suggested that a
Move operation should be done instead of copy.
FIXED - Improved speed a lot when unpacking many small files from a zip archive
FIXED - Problem when unzipping files into FTP location
FIXED - Unzip problem with some zip archives
FIXED - Problem with moving files under some situations.
FIXED - Some High DPI issues.
FIXED - Menubar and commandline bar will now remember their state between
restarts.
FIXED - Can ow rename Menu items for the custom menu for user commands.
ADDED - View mode button to the Explorer Panel
ADDED - Can now set current column layout as the default by right clicking on the
column header.
ADDED - Pressing Ctrl+T in the Copy Progress Dialog will toggle "Always On Top"
for the Progress Dialog
ADDED - Option for drag and drop copy and move operation, to show CopyTo/MoveTo
dialog or not.
FIXED - When running in Portable mode it did not remember open tabs correct.
FIXED - MultiLanguage problem.
FIXED - Context menu in Search shows blank items.
+ a lot more

Release v2.1.2 (Build 1045) ( 5-May-2012 )

14 Minor changes. Only some important fixes for some stability issues.

FIXED - Drag and Drop issue if a single file was moved.


FIXED - Fixed problem when pressing "..." button multiple times.
FIXED - Issue when opening search with custom command.
FIXED - Stack overflow problem if copying the paths of many thousands of file to
the clipboard.
FIXED - 2 very rare crash problems.

Release v2.1.1 (Build 1038) ( 22-Apr-2012 )

Over 30+ Changes.

FIXED - Cursor problem that happen if right clickmenu was shown while resizing
column.
FIXED - When opening a shortcut file (.lnk file) and if the link target is a
folder, The folder is now opened inside Multi Commander.
FIXED - Custom command for copy and move operations can now be configured to
start directly without showing confirm dialog.
FIXED - 7 Other crash issue that can happens. But happens almost never.
FIXED - Crash problem when customizing columns
FIXED - Crash problem when opening multiple file with a external file viewer.
FIXED - Some minor language issues.

Release v2.1.0 (Build 1030) ( 9-Apr-2012 )


Over 210+ Changes. Some of the changes are.

ADDED - NEW Language support : Dutch - Created by Hans Niesten


ADDED - NEW Language support : Czech - Created by PetRip
ADDED - Large Icons Support for Folder Tree ( 32x32 )
ADDED - Settings to turn off the feature that remember selected files/folders
when returning to previous path.
ADDED - Multi Commander can now be configured to only start a single instance.
ADDED - Multi Commander can now be minimized to a tray icon.
ADDED - Create Links tool can now create shortcut files (.lnk)
ADDED - Shared folder overlay icon is now shown even if you are not running on XP
ADDED - View Filter can now be configured to reset itself when going to a new
path.
ADDED - View Filter can now be configured to restore the view filter you had
before leaving the path.
ADDED - Multi-Rename now shows status of items renamed and error.
ADDED - Quick search now support substring matching.
ADDED - Can now customize what keys to use for moving focus to first and last
item in the explorer panel.
ADDED - Can now customize what key to use to move input focus to the commandline
field.
ADDED - If Viewing an picture and pressing Ctrl+C the picture will be copied to
the clipboard.
ADDED - If needed, It will ask the user if it should enabled linked connections.
ADDED - Can now choose to not separate files and folder when sorting.
FIXED - When packing files a unique filename will be suggested
FIXED - Hight issue with the button panel if it was changed to only show 1 row.
FIXED - Crash problem if adding file to current copy queue and then abort the
copy process, shortly afterwards.
FIXED - Crash Problem if double clicking on Left and right Path Field after each
other a couple of times.
FIXED - REG_MULTI_SZ now shown
FIXED - Unpacking multiple files from a tar.bz2 archive, And files already
exists. The "Overwrite?" dialog was not shown.
FIXED - Delete to recycle bin now works if deleting using "Retry as
administrator"
FIXED - Sorting problem when sorting by extension.
FIXED - Some minor language issues.
FIXED - Picture viewer will now respect the "AutoRotate" option.
FIXED - Move file using Retry as admin did not always work.
FIXED - Packer profiles can now be deleted.
FIXED - Some minor problems with view filters.
FIXED - Problem with quick search. Sometimes it was not possible to remove the
first letter that was typed.
FIXED - Tweaked view filters a bit.
FIXED - Rare crash in MultiRename for files with no file extensions.
FIXED - Live preview did not always update in MultiRename.
FIXED - The File searcher did not always find matching files when searching for
content if the file was in unicode.
FIXED - File Search problem if search for content and 'whole word only' and
matching word was the last line in the file.
FIXED - Fix very rare crash in File searcher when searching for file content.
FIXED - Some large icons was missing and has been added.
FIXED - Suggested source folder when unpacking a [Link] file was wrong. So
instead of unpacking into a folder it would unpack into a new .tar instead
FIXED - Problem with adding files to a tar archive if the file name was very
long.
FIXED - Problem going to ".." when located in a server share ( "\\server\
share\" )
FIXED - Problem restoring Multi Commander from tray if it was maximized before it
was minimized to tray.
FIXED - Even if the option for remember selection was disabled. It remembered
them in some situation.
FIXED - Better error handling on FTP when uploading a file that already exists.
FIXED - tar.bz2 files can now be aborted and/or paused when being unpacked.
FIXED - When running with only allow a single instance, did not work as expected
if it was minimized.
FIXED - Operator += now works with arrays in MultiScripts. ( eg "$res = $arr[$d]
+ "Append" )
FIXED - MultiScript function CopyFile now works better.
FIXED - Fixed problem when unpacking [Link] files that had a path that started
with ".\"
FIXED - Problem when showing the button editor and then other dialog was shown
under that window.
FIXED - Problem with error handling with MultiRename.
FIXED - Problem when opening the CheckSum Extension from the context menu on the
tabarea.
FIXED - Quick search field now accept keypad number keys.
FIXED - Problem with natural sorting.
FIXED - Shortcut files (.lnk) will now show the icon of the target of the link.
FIXED - PackFiles will now use the autoclose settings.
FIXED - Problem when showing some child dialogs from Button editor.
FIXED - Dragging files/folder to the folder tree will now show the correct
drag/drop action. (Copy/Move)
FIXED - A couple of minor memory leaks
FIXED - 8 Crash situations that was reported by crash reports.

Release v2.0.0 (Build 996)

Over 300+ Changes. Some of the major changes are.

ADDED - NEW ! MultiRename with Undo support. Allows for renaming multiple files
using tags and filters.
ADDED - NEW ! Picture Viewer that support Jpg,Bmp,Png,Tif,psd, RAW Digital
Cameras, and more. (Supports Fullscreen and slideshow mode)
ADDED - NEW ! Movable tabs. Tabs can be drag and drop inside the same tab or to
the tab on the other side.
ADDED - NEW ! FileType Management. Configure what Viewer/Editor/Launcher to use
for filetype based on extension and/or path
ADDED - NEW ! DriveBar can now be shown inside the Exporer Panel.
ADDED - Focus frame color can now be customized.
ADDED - Path field colors can now be customized.
ADDED - Support for Japanese language (Created by 'Tilt')
ADDED - Support for Russian language (Created by 'Jangir I. Ganeev')
ADDED - Main Drivebar can now be disabled.
ADDED - Shows a list if available extension to launch when right clicking on
empty tab space.
ADDED - Double click on empty tab space will launch a new tab. (Configurable what
it should be)
ADDED - New File property that shows how many fragments a file has. This can be
shown in a column.
REMOVED - File Editor Setup is removed. The new FileType Management also handles
this.
FIXED - NTFS Take ownership sometimes failed to take ownership even if it has
permission to do it.
FIXED - If assigning new alias with same name as an existing the old will now be
removed.
FIXED - Embedded MultiScript in a CustomCommand could fail if there was multiple
{ } encapsulates.
FIXED - Crash problem if "..." button was click on in MultiUpdate Settings page.
FIXED - Unpacking of RAR archives that are password protected are now supported.
FIXED - CustomCommand [Link] now works.
FIXED - Showing file date as file age does now show the correct time. Was
sometimes wrong by a couple of hours.
FIXED - Unzip now support UTF-8 Encoded filenames.
FIXED - Problem when browsing registry if a value was very long 512+ chars
FIXED - Better support when copy files to/from extra long path.
FIXED - When creating column sets from current setup the current column widths
will be used.
FIXED - MultiDataViewer will now better identify that xml files that are UTF-8
encoded.
FIXED - Minor problem with natural sorting
FIXED - Various high DPI issues.
FIXED - Many many bugs and minor issues are fixed.

Release v1.2.1 (Build 876)

105+ Changes - Some of them are.....

FIXED - Crash issue when using hidden menubar


FIXED - Script defined function that takes more then one parameter did not work
correctly.
FIXED - Various minor GUI fixes with Checksum extension.
FIXED - Compare Folder, Select newest, will now work better if one of the folders
are on FAT32 and the other NTFS.
FIXED - Some special handling for FAT/FAT32 file systems was not activated on USB
Devices that are formated in FAT/FAT32 mode.
ADDED - Added Custom Command GetViewFilter() to be used from MultiScript,
FIXED - Custom Command can now return a value to be use used in MultiScript, Will
be stored in $__CMDRESULT
FIXED - Deleting a junction/symlink with the option "Remove link target and link"
the link target was never deleted.
FIXED - Font sizes in Explorer Panel now work better in High DPI mode.
FIXED - Creating Multiple links now works.
FIXED - When Create links, It will now warn if user try to create symblinks on
XP. (only supported in Vista and better)
FIXED - If all views was set to show filedate as 'age'. The age text was not
loaded. and only a number was shown.
FIXED - Import settings crashed sometimes.
FIXED - Quick Copy did not works on empty folder.
FIXED - When using Windows Explorer styled selection some color configuration was
showed incorrectly.
ADDED - Now possible to add a custom text to be shown in the caption bar using -T
commandline option.
FIXED - Load selection from file failed if the file was saving as unicode.
FIXED - Save selection to file showed the save dialog twice.
FIXED - Sometimes when copying files using the Admin helper, an error was shown
even if the file copy was successful.
FIXED - REG_EXPAND_SZ registry values are now shown when browsing the registry.
FIXED - Creating multiple folder using custom command "[Link]",
did not make the view refesh. and folders was not shown.
FIXED - Restoring configuration will now not fail if a folder is missing.
FIXED - Replacing file inside zip archive sometimes failed.
FIXED - ButtonEditor did sometimes not notice if a change was made.
FIXED - If hiding the main menu some popup menus did not work.
FIXED - Embedded MultiScript inside a CustomCommand now works again.
ADDED - MultiScript function to get date and time.
ADDED - MultiScript function for getting value of a MultiTags inside MultiScript.

FIXED - Buttons in Adjust EXIF date/time dialog was empty.


ADDED - QuickCopy (Shift+F5) now added. Will copy file in focus to same location,
but appen ".bak" to the name
FIXED - VideoTools now support multilanguage.
FIXED - Problem when replacing file inside zip archive.
FIXED - When adding bookmark from quickconnect dialog the bookmarks was not
updated.
FIXED - Bookmarks in FTP when trying to delete bookmarks.
FIXED - If Windows theme was disabled, A colored background was not draw on
buttons in the button panel.
FIXED - Strange problem that sometimes happened if a folder was deleted and then
directly recreated from outside of Multi Commander
ADDED - <DIR> text are now right aligned.
ADDED - Now possible to export settings from the settings panel.
FIXED - Minor changes to some dialogs so none english languages works better.
ADDED - Increased override color profiles from 4 to 8.
FIXED - Minor problem with colors in the Search extension.
FIXED - Problem when opening a [Link] file that has a git header.
FIXED - View filter got broken in last release, Was not able to exclude folders.
FIXED - Read/Write strategy can now be save to FileOperation presets.
FIXED - Crash caused by a rare problem with the toolbar.
FIXED - MultiLanguage problems, Was not possible to translate some texts.

Release v1.2.0 (Build 851)

160+ Changes - Some of them are.....

FIXED - Search panel is now using same color settings as file manager panel.
FIXED - Running from USB did not remember last path, when restarted.
FIXED - If selecting a anohter language then english, Then the device toolbar did
not work.
FIXED - Running External commands without parameters sometimes failed.
FIXED - The Thousen separator that is set in the OS setting will now be used.
FIXED - Many places that was missing multilanguage support.
FIXED - Transfer2USB sometimes hanged.
ADDED - Will remember active tab when restarting.
FIXED - MultiLanguage program in various dialogs.
ADDED - Support for French language added. (Created by St�phane Pierre)
FIXED - Problem if a copy operation was really fast. (Divide by zero problem. for
the elapsted time calculation)
FIXED - If file search was started with a panel in focus that did not provide a
path (eg settings). The path in the file files dialog was corrupt.
FIXED - Some places where texts in various places was hard coded, it now using
the language files.
FIXED - Buffer overflow problem with rar.
ADDED - Language editor can now export the language files into a zip.
FIXED - The path tooltop for tabs now work even if some tab names are truncated.
FIXED - Quick search will now work even if filename column is not the first
column.
ADDED - New custom command "[Link]". Now possible to create
scripts/commands that verify checksum files.
FIXED - Rare crash problem with folder tree.
FIXED - Tab closed if user click where the close button should be, if settings to
not have a close button was set.
FIXED - Crash problem when trying to base64 decode a file that was not a base64
encoded file.
FIXED - Folder sizing a path that is longer then 260 characters.
FIXED - Problem when renaming a file located in a path longer then 260
characters.
FIXED - Problem when viewing a file located in a path longer then 260 characters.
FIXED - Problem when creating new folder in paths longer then 260 characters.
FIXED - Problem when scanning paths longer then 260 characters.
FIXED - Various multi language text problems.
FIXED - Problem if a columnname was empty
FIXED - MultiTags in External command broke in last beta.
ADDED - 6 new MultiTag commands for getting left/right focus item.
FIXED - When copying files and files already exists. The "Replace all older"
option now works.
FIXED - Files dropped on a button will now have quotes around them.
FIXED - Fixed a couple of High DPI related [Link] main GUI should now be
drawn correctly if run under High DPI mode.
CHANGE- Devices where it is not possible to get free/available space will now no
longer show any free space information.
FIXED - Constant string now works with CustomCommands called from MultiScripts.
(eg [Link] Path="c:\bin" )
FIXED - Crash problem if multiple instances of the Language editor was opened.
FIXED - Multi selected problem when running WindowsExplorer mode.
FIXED - Path field, Freespace field, status field, all in the explorer panel,
Will now resize according to the selected font size.
ADDED - Then panel tabs now shows the complete path in a tooltip when hovering
over the tab.
ADDED - MultiCommander can now be started with -F=<startup>.ini file, that
defines multiple paths to show at startup.
ADDED - CustomCommands and External Commands now support single quotes. See
online documentation.
ADDED - ${mcinstallpath} can now be used in the Editor setup, So that relative
paths can be used.
ADDED - 5 new MultiTags added. See Online Documentation.
FIXED - When editing file the quotes around filename to edit was not kept.
FIXED - Device dropdown list lost items when a removable (USB) was removed.
FIXED - File Search could crash if search tab was closed shortly after a search
was finished.
ADDED - From contextmenu it is now possible to copy a calculated CRC32/MD5
checksum to clipboard.
ADDED - Device toolbar will now show USB/Removable device.
ADDED - Bunch of new Multi-tags to be used in custom commands, similar to the new
MultiScript commands.
ADDED - Bunch of new MultiScript function to get source/target focus/selected
files.
CHANGE- MultiCommander will no longer lock the folder it is watching for changes.
ADDED - Menu bar can now be hidden, and then shown by pressing alt key.
FIXED - Double click to close tab in right panel now works again.
FIXED - Various rare problem that can cause a crash in rare situations.
FIXED - Crash problem when doing 'smart' rename and the file did not have a file
extension.
FIXED - Crash if browsing for external multi-script file.
FIXED - Crash if FTP url was empty.

Release v1.1.1 (Build 800)

80+ Internal changes

FIXED - Possible crash in CopyTo Dialog.


FIXED - Rare crash that sometime could happen when a tab was closed.
FIXED - If file(s) was droppped on a button. The dropped files data was reused if
button was click next time.
FIXED - Now possible to remove button from button panel.
FIXED - Double click in tab area. but outside a tabbutton, Will no longer close a
tab.
ADDED - ColorPick dialog now allows the html color to be edited.
ADDED - Custom Command now shows the desciption for the command and parameters.
ADDED - German language support for core parts of MultiCommander added. Thanks
goes to Hajo for that.
FIXED - Two problems that in rare condition could cause a crash.
ADDED - Now possible to configure action for left mouse button, Eg, SingleClick
action for going into folders.
FIXED - Crash program with language editor if a text items was removed.
FIXED - Two internal problems that in rare condition could cause a crash.
FIXED - When saving/applying core settings the edit field in the Address Toolbar
was blanked out. Until mouse was moved over it.
FIXED - Better handling when trying to browse a network server or server share
that does not exists.
ADDED - [Link] now accept commandline parameters for showing path.
/L=<path> , /R=<path>
FIXED - Crash problem with video tools if scanning movie files located in root of
scan path.
FIXED - Overlay icons did not work on files and folder in the root of a device.
(Eg Hand icon on shared folders on WinXP)
FIXED - Searching for files with matching binary content using the HEX option now
works.
FIXED - Crash problem when using context menu->New->Rich Text Document (or when
creating some of the other files there).
FIXED - Update problem of the buttons in file search.
FIXED - Crash problem in some places if a translated text was in unicode. eg
Chinese.
ADDED - The Device combo how has a Network item. This will list all availible
network computers close to you.
ADDED - If double click or press return on a file inside an archive. That file
will be unpack and executed.
FIXED - Crash problem when editing a file without file extension.
FIXED - When Installed on portable. Session information was not stored on
portable device.
ADDED - Easier to add support for new languages.
ADDED - Now possible to add/change and alias for a User Command from the User
Command editor.
ADDED - The CustomCommander "[Link]" can change both the source/target
or left/right view at the same time.
ADDED - Custom command now support external parameters with ${param:0}, $
{param:1} and so on. (Parameters from the commandline)
FIXED - Install on Portable (USB) Device now work again.
FIXED - Sorting bug.
FIXED - Crash problem with the language editor.

Release v1.1.0 (Build 780)

180+ Internal changes

ADDED - Hold ALT while double clicking on file(s) will show properties dialog.
FIXED - Problem with item that is in focus and is selected, they got unselected
after showing the context menu.
FIXED - Problem that sometimes crashed Multi Commander when a tab was closed.
ADDED - If F5 is pressed inside the CreateFolder dialog the first line from the
clipboard is set as foldername.
ADDED - If user stands on a folder and press ctrl+F7, Folder with same name is
created on the target.
ADDED - If user press shift+F7 to create folder the Create Folder dialog will be
preset with the first line of text from the clipboard.
FIXED - Problem when HTTP error happen when getting movie information.
ADDED - When deleting a file and getting shareing violation error. You can now
press "Find Process" from the error dialog.
FIXED - Upgraded to newer Unrar code. Now supports the unpacking of rar 4.0
archives.
ADDED - SDK - HTTP Client interface
ADDED - Possibility to override files/folder colors with custom color based on
file name.
FIXED - Problem with column set dialog.
ADDED - New Extension "Video Tools". Shows Movie information in columns for movie
files.
ADDED - Improved how the configuration of colors works.
FIXED - Rare crash problem when unselection files/folders, when no files or
folders was in focus.
FIXED - Crash problem when creating new column set.
ADDED - RetryAsAdmin now supported when copying files when user does not have
permission to write to target location.
ADDED - New CRC32 algorithm that is 2.5 times faster then the old.
FIXED - Possible crash issue with column headers.
ADDED - Possible to filter the view to only show the selected items with Ctrl+G
(Shift+Ctrl+G will show all items again)
ADDED - View filter will now do live updates and support substring matching when
no without wildcard (*?) characters entered.
ADDED - New and Easier Quick Look'n'Feel Setup dialog.
FIXED - Possible stack overflow problem.
ADDED - New FolderTree View. Toggles it on with Alt+Num* and change focus to to
with Alt+Num/

Release v1.0.2 (Build 735)

FIXED - Problem with missing language file for the AudioTools plugin.
ADDED - User defined commands can now be imported and aliases and menu option to
be automatically setup.
ADDED - The Default column setup can now be changed.
ADDED - It is now possible to create a column set from the current column setup.
ADDED - It is now possible to copy a existing column set to a new one.
FIXED - GUI Problem with the column set dialog.
FIXED - Improved error handling of FTP.
FIXED - Crash problem when having additional file operation after a move
operation.
FIXED - Crash problem when user was asked to to add a new file operation to
existing queue. But the existing queue finished while the question dialog was
shown.
FIXED - Copy registry keys and values as administrator when running as normal
user now works.
FIXED - Multiple \\server path are now shown correct in the device selection box.
FIXED - Possible deadlock when monitoring a folder for change.
FIXED - If starting a new copy process while a previous is started but is
preparing, No option to add new copy operation to existing queue was showed.
FIXED - Sometimes in some situations when added multiple copy operation to the
same queue. Multi Commander would crash.
FIXED - If Copy operation was aborted it was not always cleaned correct. And
Multi Commander could crash later on.
ADDED - When drag and dropping and hovering over a tab. That tab will now be
activated.
FIXED - Some NAS devices do not support the newer faster way of scanning files in
windows 7. It will now revert back to the old way for them.
FIXED - When ejecting USB device some tabs reverted to c:\ even if they did not
show the device that got ejected.
FIXED - Sometimes device icon for network device was not updated as they should.
FIXED - Sometimes when copying using auto unpack plugin, some files that was not
rar files was handled as they were.

Release v1.0.1 (Build 702)

FIXED - If pressing cancel on the "Quick look'n' feel setup' dialog that are
shown after a fresh install, it fails to load configuration.
FIXED - If it failes to load what font name and/or font sizes to use from
configuration a default font and size are used.
FIXED - Some configuration files was not auto copied to users config folder if
missing.

Release v1.0.0 (Build 700)

FIXED - Problem if startup path was "FTP:\"


FIXED - When browsing to a invalid folder it will first try to fallback to
previous folder before falling back to the path of first device.
FIXED - When doing "Context Menu->New->Text File" the file was not entered into
rename mode if explorer styled setting was used.
FIXED - Problem when user click on skip for a copy operation using asynchronous
read/writes.
FIXED - Problem when showing error dialog if progress dialog is minimized.
ADDED - Script function to read/write registry keys and values.
FIXED - Problem with viewing registry values in viewer.
FIXED - Problem with scrollbar update.
FIXED - Possible to copy a file that is located in a path that are longer then
256 characters.
FIXED - Will remember scroll position when going back to previous location.
FIXED - When auto scrolling to item in focus it will now try to center it.
FIXED - Will now show picture properties of .bmp images.
FIXED - Problem with comment EXIF tag.
FIXED - When right clicking on header the focus to that panel was not changed.
CHANGE- Better logging when renaming.
FIXED - Problem when going to a registry path in some situations.
CHANGE- Splash screen changed.
FIXED - Problem when browing registry path with missing backslash in path eg
"REG:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
FIXED - Problem when packing multiple folder into seperated .7z archives.
FIXED - Better error handling when deleting files inside zip archive.
FIXED - PackFiles dialog will now disable "configure" button if packer does not
support it.
FIXED - Packing of 7-Zip archive can now be aborted and paused.
CHANGE- Rename tool "Replace text in name" can now replace extension or just the
filename part or both.
ADDED - When Rotating/Converting/Stipping exif from Pictures now shows a better
result dialog.
ADDED - When Rotating or Converting Pictures it is now possible to get a result
log file.
FIXED - Better error reporting when using FTP.
FIXED - When going to a new location using the crumbbar or device combo,in a
locked tab would open two new tabs.
FIXED - Ctrl+X (cut) on multiple files now works.
FIXED - Highlight history for the fileviewer is now stored correct.
FIXED - 93% speed improvment of the LoadSelectionFromFile feature. Selecting
matching files took 30sec for 1000 filter on 1000 files, now <2sec.
FIXED - Better detailed information when running MultiUpdate with 'show detailed
information' checked.
FIXED - Better updating of log window when using FTP.
FIXED - Better error handling when using FTP.
FIXED - FTP Password is now stored encrypted.
FIXED - Better handling and saving of changes in bookmark dialog.
ADDED - Now possible to connect to FTP Bookmark form the bookmark dialog.
ADDED - Improved startup speed.
ADDED - Improved scanning of filesystem speed.
FIXED - When going into a folder the GUI was sometimes redraw multiple time.
ADDED - CustomCommand for creating links added "[Link]"
ADDED - Links can be copied if CopyLink options is set.
CHANGE- Default link option for copy/move change from CopyLink to Ignore Links.
FIXED - Delete of links that link to folder will now not scan that folder.
ADDED - Better error handling in copy process.
ADDED - Registry key under local machine can now be renamed using administrator
mode.
ADDED - On request, Ctrl+Return/Ctrl+Shift+Return will add the filename or
filepath to the commandline field.
ADDED - Pressing the tab key in the command line field, Will move the focus back
to the tab panel. Without clearing the commandline.
ADDED - FileViewer will now show ever opened file as its own taskbar icon on
windows 7.
ADDED - Now possible to create hardlinks/junctions and symblic links.

Release v0.9.3 (Build 671)

ADDED - Mouse actions of the Path Field can now be customized.


FIXED - Now possible to abort the opening of zip archive.
FIXED - Better error handling when trying to create key in a place where user
has no permission.
FIXED - Dropdown list for the crumbbar is now align to the next crumbbar item.
FIXED - Thread syncing problem when copying many small files.
FIXED - Hanging if trying to start with an extension built using old SDK.
FIXED - Going back in history could sometimes crash MultiCommander.
ADDED - Delete progress dialog will now show progress in taskbar icon on
Windows 7.
ADDED - New column that shows the most common genre of the audio files
located in an folder, Column is named "Genre Agr".
FIXED - Bug that sometimes crashed MultiCommander when browsing root folder
on FTP.
ADDED - Find Opened files now supported by RunAsAdmin.
ADDED - File Security tools now supported by RunAsAdmin.
ADDED - Registry operations now supported by RunAsAdmin.
ADDED - Local file operation like Create/Delete file and folder now supported
by RunAsAdmin.
ADDED - Can now start a Administrator Mode that will allow MultiCommander to
Admin work.
ADDED - MultiDataViewer can now add/clear highlight text from context menu.
FIXED - If MultiCommander was started with a registry path as initial path,
it was not possible to create a registry values at that location.

Release v0.9.2 (Build 660)

ADDED - New command line "cf <file>" that will allow the user to create a new
empty file.
ADDED - New command line "mkdir <folder>" that will allow the user to create
new folders quickly.
FIXED - If Column name is set it is now also used instead of the Title name.
FIXED - Removing columns in the Column customization dialog now removes only
the selected column.
FIXED - Deleting registry keys sometimes complained that "(Default)" item
could not be deleted.
ADDED - Default shortcut key for showing properties of audio files ( CTRL+Y )
ADDED - Default music column set that will be used when user go to the
default windows music folders.
ADDED - New Extension - MCAudioTools - Added Audio file properties and
Remove/Export/Edit of ID3 tags.
FIXED - Column sets assigned to path(s) did not always activate the retrieval
of the extra columns.
FIXED - Sometimes when running CRC Checking, MultiCommander could crash.
FIXED - Problem when renaming files that failed CRC checking.
ADDED - New picture tool to adjust the exif date and time in images.
FIXED - Unzip problem that crash MultiCommander on a very few machines.
ADDED - New tool that set the date/time of folders and subfolders to the
date/time of the latest item in that folder.
FIXED - Folder date is now set when copying and option "Keep Date/Time is
on".
FIXED - Button panel height is now set correct if number of button rows are
changed.
FIXED - Multi language support in various places.
FIXED - Error handling of some very uncommon file errors.
ADDED - Now Possible to test packed files. Zip, 7-Zip, and Rar are supported.
ADDED - Improved the speed when creating and unpacking zip archives.

Release v0.9.1 (Build 628)

ADDED - Navigation to the next or previous selected file with by pressing


shift+ctrl + arrow up or arrow down key.
CHANGE- New Multi Commander application icon.
FIXED - Problem with file system plugins that registered empty extension.
FIXED - When creating folder using context menu when using Explorer Styled
setup, The new Folder was not set into rename mode.
FIXED - Problem that zip archive was not closed after scanning them.
Started to happen after the "4GB+ Zips with CRC error" bug was fixed.
ADDED - File system and Network folders will be scanned faster if Multi
Commander is run on Windows 7 or 2008R2
CHANGE- Registered commands for the Command line is no longer case sensitive.
FIXED - Copying registry values with empty data was not set to the correct
data type.
FIXED - Registry values with \ in the value name could not be deleted.
FIXED - Registry value names with dot in the name is now shown correct.
FIXED - Files larger then 2GB in size will now be shown correct when using
FTP.
FIXED - Download a file from FTP if the file was located in the root of the
ftp server.
FIXED - Refresh problem in the root folder on an FTP device.
FIXED - Problem when deleting files that has READONLY attribute in some
special cases.
FIXED - CustomCommand "[Link]" now works
again.
ADDED - Faster unpack of single zip archives.
ADDED - Multi language support to more dialogs and text.
CHANGE- Better Error dialogs in some places.
FIXED - Better Error handling with zip archives.
FIXED - Problem with Zip archive larger then 4GB that had crc error.
FIXED - Better handling when copying files with option "Do not use system
cache"
FIXED - Possible crash when closing tab while scanning file system.
FIXED - Tooltip text in search dialog.
FIXED - Problem with drag and drop of zip files.
FIXED - Better error handling when errors happening with zip archives.
FIXED - Fixed possible crash problem with send feedback.
FIXED - Missing translations Swedish in some places.

Release v0.9.0 (Build 613)

First public beta release

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Stability has been a focus in recent updates, with numerous fixes targeting crash situations reported by the crash report system. For instance, issues causing crashes in the FTP system, multiselect drag and drop operations, and the MultiRename feature have been addressed . Moreover, stability improvements include better memory management in search operations and updates to third-party libraries used in audio metadata extraction . These measures collectively enhance the reliability and user experience by preventing sudden disruptions during use.

Improvements made to the MultiScript function for handling file operations include the addition of more robust handling options, such as the ability to set clipboard data that are larger and the ability to improve the CopyFile operation . These changes enhance user experience by making file operations within scripts more efficient and flexible, allowing users to manipulate files more effectively and handle larger datasets.

The integration of new features in the device handling systems addressed potential issues by introducing the option to set device filters that override other settings for different toolbars . This allows users to better control which devices are displayed and managed within the software, reducing confusion and enhancing the customization of the user interface.

The addition of the language-aware sorting feature affects sorting operations by allowing the program to sort data in a way that respects specific language rules, providing a more correct sorting for certain languages . However, this feature may result in slower sorting operations, as the language rules add complexity to the sorting process . Therefore, users must consider the trade-off between accuracy in sorting results and performance speed.

The implementation of the CommandLine parameter /Instance=NAME facilitates user processes by allowing multiple instances of the program to run simultaneously, each with its own configuration, user data, and logs . This feature enables users to compartmentalize different tasks or projects, tailor specific environments for each one, and prevent data overlap or conflicts.

The ability to execute commands for closing tabs impacts tab management by allowing users to streamline their workflow, quickly reducing the number of open tabs without manually closing each one . This feature enhances workflow efficiency by automating repetitive tasks and reducing the cognitive load associated with managing numerous tabs, leading to a more organized and effective use of the software.

The feature that improves user experience by optimizing memory usage during searches is the modification that prevents the search function from caching all scanned items, thereby reducing memory consumption . This adjustment not only boosts the software's performance but also allows it to run more smoothly, particularly when handling large datasets or extensive search operations.

Allowing the toggling of WordWrap in the MultiDataViewer enhances data presentation by providing users with the flexibility to display data either wrapped for better readability or as a continuous line to see extended entries without breaks . This capability improves the interaction by enabling users to adapt the data display according to their immediate needs, facilitating both overview and detailed examination of content.

New settings and customization options for the ExplorerPanel were introduced to address challenges such as the need for personalized workspace environments and efficient configuration management. Such features include the ability to disable saving 'not locked tabs' on exit to protect workspace organization . Other challenges like managing focus on path changes and dynamic tab management were also addressed, making the operation smoother and more intuitive for users who require specific interface behaviors.

The benefits of the newly added feature that triggers a resort once folder sizing is complete include accurate data representation and keeping folder views updated with the latest size ranking as the user intends . However, potential drawbacks could involve performance impacts, where frequent resorting might cause slowdowns in environments with a large number of folders or files. This underlines the importance of balancing real-time data accuracy with system performance.

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