FreeCommander XE 2019 build 804 beta released on October 5, 2019
FreeCommander is an easy-to-use free alternative to the standard windows file manager (win explorer). The program helps you with daily work in Windows. Here you can find all the necessary functions to manage your data stock. You can take FreeCommander anywhere - just copy the installation directory on a CD or USB-Stick - and you can even work with this program on a foreign computer.
Main features:
Dual-panel technology - horizontal and vertical (one panel possible too)
Tabbed interface
Full access to desktop
Optional tree view for each panel
Built-in file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format
File viewer and thumbnail view inside archives too
Built-in archive handling: ZIP (read, write)
Nested archive handling
Plugins for other archive (RAR, 7z, ...)
Plain view - structureless view for files and folders
Linked browsing
Easy access to system folders, control panel, desktop and start menu
Copy, move, delete, rename files and folders (alternatively as Windows or FreeCommander operation)
Drag&drop
File searching (inside archive too)
Create and verify MD5 checksums
Wipe files
Multi rename tool
File properties and context menu
Calculation of folder size
Folder comparison
Folder synchronization
Modification of file date and attributes
Folder / program favorites
File filters (regexp possible too) for display and file operations
User defined columns for detailed views
DOS command line
Quick viewer
Quick search
Quick filter
Quick starter
Screenshots
All shortcuts are definable
A lot of settings - you can configure almost all
Multiple language support
what's new in release 804 compared to 790 a
- Bug fix: No auto refresh after deleting file from smartphone
- Bug fix: Exception in internal viewer freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&p=28890#p28890
- Bug fix: If the options "One tree per panel" and "Keep expanded nodes per tab" are active: by switching between left and right pane - the expanded folders in the inactive tree are closed
- Bug fix: Layout switching may cause the exception
- Bug fix: Program start fail on Windows 2003 freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&p=29009#p29009
- Bug fix: Path change through DOS prompt writes the path to the address bar with trailing delimiter.
- Bug fix: After opening the zip file with the internal plugin fc_internal_zip, different unspecific exceptions can occur later.
- Bug fix: Exception on program start if small icons used in the splitter toolbar
- Bug fix: Opening multiple files causes a crash freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9317
- Bug fix: If the option "Quick filter bar always visible" is not active then exception appears on click in main menu
- Bug fix: Tree is not updated correctly after restart; freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9444
- Bug fix: Multirename on smartphone works again
- Bug fix: Synchronize folders - the Quick Viewer does not follow the changes made to the selection in the file list.
- Bug fix: When using "Copy name without extension as text" to copy name of the folder with dot (e.g. aaa.bbbcccddd), only the first part is copied (e.g. aaa)
- Bug fix: Filenames that start with periods (e.g.: .config) are not displayed correctly if the "Right align extension ..." option is active.
- Bug fix: Toolbar buttons for List, Details, Thumbnails stay in down state if "Small icons" or "Large icons" is in menu selected
- Bug fix: Rename of the volume drive does not work if rename operation with dialog is defined
- Bug fix: Search files - Find duplicate files may provide false result freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9669
- Bug fix: Search for files/folders does not work with ";" in path. Use " to enclose path with ";" freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9699
- Bug fix: Quick viewer close button does not work in multi rename dialog freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9707
- Bug fix: New added column profile is not visible on "Auto selectable views" tab freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9678
- Bug fix: Multi rename dialog - "Activate profiles combo box first" broken with quick view freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&p=30211#p30211
- Bug fix: When using a toolbar button "Show main menu as popup menu" some submenus may not work (e.g. Color schemes, Favorite tools)
- Bug fix: Search files dialog - selecting files in the result list does not count selected (if Shift key is used) freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9717
- Bug fix: Favorite folder tree - drop on node with folder is broken
- Bug fix: Favorite folder dialog - active item color is unreadable freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9624
- Bug fix: Chosen custom column profile "A" changes to custom profile "B" when a file is moved freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=30087#p30087
- Bug fix: Scrolling in the details view is slower as in the previous version freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&p=30356#p30356
- Bug fix: Sorting by any column in the search dialog changes the width of the columns freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&p=30358#p30358
- Bug fix: Viewer - zoom with mouse wheel is broken
- Bug fix: Main menu minor issue freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9772
- Bug fix: Minor issue when using multi rename button/hotkey freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9789
- Bug fix: Create new folder tab from file container tab freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=30437
- Bug fix: Release 802 does not run on Windows XP
- Bug fix: Mouse double click may not work properly viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9879
- Implemented: New action "Set Quick Filter from clipboard"
- Implemented: New menu item "Edit -> Filter files with same ext." (Set quick filter to the extension of the focused item in the current panel )
- Implemented: Confirm overwrite dialog - file version info is showed now
- Implemented: Exif info in viewer - Context menu "Copy to clipboard" (selected lines)
- Implemented: Folder view in viewer - Context menu "Copy to clipboard" (selected text)
- Implemented: New option "Always open in new tab" for shell menu settings added
- Implemented: "Redirect Win+E to FreeCommander" function opens the program in the foreground
- Implemented: Create checksum - space characters are ignored in the field "Compare with the pattern sum"
- Implemented: "Make folder/file list..." now possible for archive files and SFTP folders
- Implemented: Thumbnails for epub files
- Implemented: New action for main splitter added "Split 0/100 %" and "Split 100/0%" (Compatibility with old version)
- Implemented: JPG as screenshot format added
- Implemented: Position of the settings dialog is saved
- Implemented: Unpacking the archive file from the desktop to another desktop folder is now possible.
- Implemented: New quick filter option added: Clear edit field when quick filter is deactivated
- Implemented: Color scheme menu icons can now be used freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9329
- Implemented: Now color scheme is used in Viewer and quick viewer
- Implemented: Two options in "Attributes/Timestamp" dialog added: 'Copy date "modified" to "created" for each file', 'Copy date "created" to "modified" for each file'
- Implemented: Option to define in the freecommander.ini for deactivating of the color scheme in viewer - "ViewerUseColorScheme=0"
- Implemented: Search dialog - file editing from archive file is possible now
- Implemented: Background color of the file list in the search dialog changes if searching is active; line "BusyColor=" in freecommander.find.ini
- Implemented: Multirename dialog - using substring (enclosed with \) for the option "Upper first letter following any of defined characters" is now possible
- Implemented: New command in multirename dialog added - "Copy old name"
- Implemented: New option for "File/folder list" added "Ignore size of link folder (reparse point)"; default value is false; freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&p=29686&sid=ebcde0131eafec4ccc9ada14c4a8b621#p29686
- Implemented: Quick viewer - close button in the title bar added
- Implemented: Additional options for "Close all folder tabs": Close locked tabs too, Apply for both panels
- Implemented: Tab property dialog - icon definition is possible now
- Implemented: Settings - new tab option "Use large images"
- Implemented: Setting for menu font size (Settings->View)
- Implemented: Search dialog - new options for searched text: As entered, Any term, All terms
- Implemented: Search in file container
- Implemented: Quick filter field - with Ctrl+Enter apply quick filter for both panels
- Implemented: Protection against "right to left override" characters in the file name. krebsonsecurity.com/2011/09/right-to-left-override-aids-email-attacks/
- Implemented: Drop operation (while holding down the SHIFT key) on a Folder button in the Favorite toolbar works as "Move".
- Implemented: New condition for "Automatic views": <newtab>; if defined is always active
- Implemented: Settings->Programs - define %AcceptOnlyFiles% as Parameter if you want to ignore the program start for folders
- Implemented: "Alt+Left Click" on folder or archive file opens new tab in other pane
- Implemented: Option "Ignore diacritical marks" added (quick filter, quick search, filter, multirename)
- Implemented: New command line parameters: -LQF (left quick filter, e.g. -LQF=*.png ), -RQF (right quick filter)
- Implemented: Multirename dialog - new command "Copy old name without extension" added
- Implemented: Multirename dialog - new option "Use big icons" added
- Implemented: Viewer, VLC Player - "Play loop" option added
- Changed: Multirename dialog - auto-completion disabled for date field
- Changed: Dos-Prompt field - auto-completion disabled
- Changed: "Attributes/Timestamp..." dialog - "Copy Created -> Modified" changed as suggested freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9199#p29099
- Changed: Computing of folder Size - the size of the symbolic link folder is now always 0; freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&p=29616#p29616
- Changed: Buttons alignmet for left and right toolbar if buttons caption visible
- Changed: Active option "Open folder with one click" opens the link to folder too
- Changed: Tab properties dialog - now the field 'Tab name' is always empty unless you define your own tab name.
- Changed: Address bar alow input of the file URI as suggested freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&p=29991#p29991
- Changed: Loading of the favorite tools faster when many favorite tools (more than 100) are defined.
- Changed: Item colors are no longer set in the background but directly while loading of the file list.
- Changed: Drag&drop key modifier for move (favortite folders tree) changed from CTRL to SHIFT freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9795
Full changelog (pages 1-17): http://www.forum.freecommander.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=775&sid=4a87f38b72b14e9d57449f2391d5ec9c
Home: http://freecommander.com/en/summary/
Download x32 installer (9.1 MB) : https://freecommander.com/downloads/FreeCommanderXE-32-public_beta_setup804.zip
Download x32 portable (11,7 MB) : https://freecommander.com/downloads/FreeCommanderXE-32-public_beta_portable804.zip
FreeCommander XE 64-bit is currently available only as bonus for the donors ( http://freecommander.com/en/donation/ ).