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xplorer² 5.4.0.0​

[5.4.0.0] 7 May 23 ----------------

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* FAST SHELL PROPERTIES
A long overdue low level improvement, now xplorer² will show non-stock file properties much quicker, so shell properties are cached like tock properties. You will notice the difference if you are using audio ID3 tags (duration, bitrate etc) and camera EXIF properties. Also works for [X]tended legacy column handlers and WDX plugins. This change affects many program features, showing file details, sorting, filtering and searching for shell column data.

This is a pervasive change, which hasn't been tested very well for older windows, so if you are still on windows XP or older and you discover anything weird with file properties please let me know

Shell properties also work in deep folders (requires windows 10 or later)


* xplorer² can handle floating point properties like System.GPS.LatitudeDecimal, and also any real numbers returned by WDX plugins. If you are searching using such numbers as filter rules, note that at present the limits are integer, e.g. you cannot search for GPS latitude 23.35 but you can search for range from 23 to 24 which is almost the same thing.

* ESCAPABILITY. If xplorer² is busy reading or filtering with slow file properties, you can try pressing ESC key (keep it down for a while if need be) and it will abort whatever slow job it is currently busy with. More potentially slow operations like quick filtering and auto-refreshing will present a progress bar on the status bar, giving you an idea of the remaining time.

* Registry tweak nFastFilterCnt (=512) will switch to a quick sort order by NAME, in case you enter a big folder (with more items than this limit), if you are normally sorting by a slow property like MP3 Duration. This is a temporary measure, the next (not huge) folder you enter will be arranged by your default sort mode. Set nFastFilterCnt to 0 to disable this protection feature.

* FOCUSED DIALOGS. Whenever a dialog window or message appears, the main window is alpha-shaded, to help focusing on the message at hand. This behavior can be turned off setting the advanced registry option GAO2_NOSHADEDLG. This feature requires windows 10 or later.

* EDIT > COPY FILENAMES menu command copies just the filenames (without the path). The older ALT+C command has been renamed to COPY PATH NAMES so you can tell the difference. Each selected filename is copied in a separate line. If CTRL key is pressed, filenames are in one line separated by commas FILE1.TXT , FILE2.TXT

* [P] The results of TOOLS > CHECK DUPLICATES menu command are presented in bands of alternating background colors, so you can tell duplicate file groups apart. Now these bands are better indented using divider lines.

* [P] Custom folder status indicator. When browsing a folder with custom settings (a folder where you have used ACTIONS > FOLDER SETTINGS > SAVE menu command), a status bar icon will appear (next to free space indicator).

* [P] A registry tweak called nMaxMinisearch controls how many items appear in popup minisearch window (a feature introduced in v5.3). When more results are found, xplorer² stops searching and you can use CLICK FOR ROBUST SEARCH to see if there are any more results. The default value of 28 maximum results fits nicely in the available popup window screem area. If you increase this limit, you may need to scroll to see more results.

* Dead (unresponsive) folders in quick access list (folder tree) can be deleted with context (right click) menu as well as with pressing DEL key. Note this doesn't affect the real folder, it will just stop showing in the QAL

* When you click on QUICK ACCESS (top item) in tree's QAL, you get to browse the recent items folder, which will be arranged by DATE automatically, so you can easily see the files you've worked with most recently, regardless of your usual sort mode.

* Dark mode improvements, messageboxes and progress bars now paint in dark colors

* multimonitor DPI improvements

* Browsing into recycle bin is much faster, if there are many items inside. Sorry we lost autorefresh in the bin, but you can manually press CTRL+R to refresh the contents if necessary. In general you should empty the recyclebin from time to time, so you can browse it quicker, and clean up used disk space.

* [P] Delete files in deep folders automatically uses trash (permanent) deletion instead of an error message. Recycle bin doesn't support deep documents, so be careful, your deletions cannot be undone!

* Advanced option GAO2_MIDMOUSETAB (available in the advanced settings editor) lets you open new tabs using the middle mouse button. Click on any folder with the middle button and it will open in a new tab. This will work only when a single folder is selected. It is possible to simulate a middle button click with a 3-finger gesture on your mouse touchpad, see your touchpad windows settings. Without this option, middle mouse button toggles the selection state of the clicked item without harming any other selected items (like sticky selection)

* Folder tab right click menu has a FIND TAB command for ribbon users. Use it to search for a tab by a partial name

* [P] New macro command ADDTEXT can be used to add text to an edit control

* editor² version 2.992 supports ADDTEXT macro and also shading and dark mode improvements.

* [P] TOOLS > FOLDER STATISTICS command places a question mark icon overlay on folders that were not read for one reason or other (errors or junctions).

* SVG vector images can be previewed and will also show thumbnails

* [P] bigger boolean icons for file search and other similar advanced filtering dialogs

* bugfixes
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xplorer² 5.5.0.0​

December 24, 2023
  • HELP REWRITE:
  • A new help file was written from scratch, which you can enjoy with F1 key in the main program window (HELP > QUICK START menu) and also in many dialogs that have a [?] on their titlebar (pressing F1 in dialogs works too for context sensitive help)
  • It is an amagalmation of program information, tips and tricks, demo videos and the most popular blog posts over the years. Hopefully it will be the only stop you need for getting help on xplorer². It is double the size of the old help manual!
  • As the help rewrite took 2 months, there wasn't time for many new xplorer² features, except for the following small improvements:
  • experimental: fuzzy groups with k-clustering AI algorithm using a negative fuzzy percentage (negative number K is how many clusters to create). It organizes items in terms of mutual "nearness" with respect to the selected property. Text properties like NAME cannot be clustered at present, only dates and numbers. See the documentation on fuzzy groups for details
  • improved dark mode for windows 10/11 (menus, listview headers etc)
  • (same improvements for editor² v2.993)
  • fixed folder background menu problem (e.g. open powershell here etc)
  • better dragdrop images for win10
  • date group "future" for freak files that are modified later than now (!) Probably indication there's something wrong with your system clock
  • symlinks can have their OWN (not that of pointed file's) date changed using ACTIONS > CHANGE ATTRIBUTES menu
  • new tip 34a for faster recycle bin
  • since xplorer² no longer runs on windows 98 (!) I have removed the ANSI versions from the 32 bit installer, only unicode stuff
  • improved performance of thumbnail (large icons) view searching
  • updated advanced settings editor with the following 3 options:
  • GAO2_NOCPWATCHDOG (=32) don't install robust copy watchdog that monitors network availability and raises an alarm if things go slow; allow slow copies
  • GAO2_NOHTMLTHUMBS (=131072) disable HTML thumbnail extraction, if you really hate internet explorer
  • nMaxCopyThreads maximum allowable parallel robust copy operations (you should really use the queue and avoid parallel copies); 0 disables the limit
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xplorer² 6.0.0.1​

Jun 7, 2024
  • French and German translations are back online and available for installation. The only big language missing is Russian, any volunteers for the update?
  • When you move xplorer² (or editor²) to another DPI monitor it makes sure the window fits vertically or resizes itself appropriately.
  • If you use Everything for search, you can install Kilmatead's SizeES WDX plugin for fast folder size calculations straight into the SIZE column. This allows folder size calculations at root level too! For details see
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xplorer² 6.1.0.0​

Feb 9, 2025
  • Media (audio/video) quick preview supports Play/Pause keyboard button
  • GOTO > SAME STYLE menu copies the browsing style of the active onto the inactive (dual) pane, so that the 2 panes will look identical. Attributes include pane style (thumbnails, details...), file details (columns), sort order and any custom groups.
  • MASS RENAME IMPROVEMENTS:
  • When you click on PREVIEW button to see the planned filename changes, files that will remain the same (with the current rename settings) will show with a yellow background. That could be an alarm call prompting you to modify the rename template. Note that this is not an error per se, xplorer² doesn't have a problem leaving some (or all!) names unchanged.
  • Any newline characters in names are removed (replaced by underscores as usual) — on top of other illegal characters like :|
  • The mode REMOVE ACCENTS also removes some unicode diacritical marks (underlines and whatnot) that may come from downloaded files, which are hard to get rid of. See
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  • "hidden" menu command to create portable installation of ultimate edition. Once you install and activate xplorer² on your home PC, and apply your customizations (bookmarks etc), use HELP > COMMAND FINDER menu command and search for the special command 33553 and double click on it to execute. It will ask for a USB drive path and then create a X2PORTABLE subfolder that includes the program, license and your settings in an INI file.
  • BOOKMARKS > DUAL submenu now asks you to save folder tabs as well (not just a pair of left/right folders). These "super" dual bookmarks will restore the entire workspace of browsed folders. You may find this handier than defining Layouts just for browsing certain folder sets in dual pane mode.
  • The last (non-default) layout (see WINDOW menu) will be used when xplorer² restarts, even without /S: command line switch.
  • TOOLS > BACKUP COPY menu gets a dialog. It still works the same, copying all files and folders from the active pane to the "backup destination" (inactive pane). The dialog allows you to specify an optional filter if you don't want all the files copied (similar to robust copy F5 command). The copy options used are fixed and include the all important "overwrite if newer else skip" (and IGNORE DST) option, that only copies new and changed files without asking.
  • DEEP PATH IMPROVEMENTS. If you are on windows 10/11 the shell context menu works when browsing folders with deep paths (very long names). There are a few gotchas to be aware of:
  • Only one item may be selected when you right click
  • Many menu commands still don't work e.g. SEND TO
  • Also infotips should work for deep items. Finally, renaming works in transition folders, just before the onset of deep paths. So you can create deep folders easier!
  • New toolbar button OPEN WITH offers easy access to "open with" applet available in the shell context menu. The command is the same only easier to use. Clicking on the button pops a menu with programs available to open the selected file (e.g. Notepad/Wordpad for TXT files). Pick CHOOSE ANOTHER APP command to find a new program, and optionally make it default for this file type.
  • Note old installations must add this button to the toolbar through customization (right click on the toolbar and CUSTOMIZE menu). Press "O" key (for open) a few times till you find OPEN WITH in the available buttons list, then click ADD to insert it.
  • TOOLS > EXTRACT GROUPS in a scrap window can optionally create a HARD LINK instead of copying the grouped files, if you tick the relevant dialog option. This is only supported when the target folder is on the same NTFS partition as the source files. For more information see the documentation.
  • Smarter 48x48 toolbar skin for people with huge DPI monitors, in tune with the smaller skin sizes 16x16 etc
  • HELP > COMMAND FINDER menu also accepts numeric command identifiers, and shows you the help text of the command. This may be used to decipher old automatically generated macro scripts that only show a cryptic command number. E.g. search for 33033 and see what happens
  • TOOLS > FREE SPACE menu command will show free space of mobile phones as well, if you are currently browsing a phone folder. Also shown on the rightmost status bar pane.
  • Mini-drivebar (the leftmost icon in a pane's titlebar) will show any connected phones in the menu, alongside the standard drive letters, so you can easily switch to your phone. This also works for DRIVE toolbar button and <ALT+F1> keyboard shortcut.
  • When a pane is empty because some filter is hiding the folder contents, you can double click to show all files. Easier than VIEW > SHOW ALL menu command.
  • Advanced registry option MGAO3_NOTASKBAR (=128) disables xplorer² (windows) taskbar button functionality, vis. there won't be a progress bar (when robust copying) and you won't see frequent folders ("tasks") when you right click on the taskbar button.
  • Advanced registry option MGAO3_CASEREGEXP (=256) makes wildcard & mass rename regular expressions case sensitive. Note windows filenames are NOT case sensitive so enabling this option will catch fewer filenames; for exceptional use only!
  • Advanced registry option MGAO3_ROOTDIRSIZE (=512) will calculate subfolder sizes everywhere, including roots & networks drives. Not recommended!
  • TOOLS > FIND SIMILAR PHOTOS command (in scrap windows) will find less false positives if you specify a Similarity Threshold >=90% in the dialog. It uses a more stringent comparison method. For best results and more options, try i-DECLONE, which can also find similar music, videos and documents!
  • TIME programmable function corresponds to the file time portion (without date). It is a float number in the form HH.MM that can be used to match files by time of day alone.
  • Dropped pseudo-J (junction) attribute in cloud folders (OneDrive/DropBox), except for offline (pure cloud) files. Only applies for tock attributes column.
    [*]New tip 126b
    [*]A few bugfixes
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