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## File manager: Color Cat: Description

Color Cat - is a file manager with tabs. The main idea is that for people with normal vision, color is the one of the most information sources. And for people with some eye problems (except the color blindness) and older age, the color becomes is even more important source for information. OS supported: Windows, Linux, Android (in future). Language of development: AL-IV. Stage: BETA. If you have not backups configured, it is better not experiment, with important files. Any time something could be wrong. I predicted you!
Important peculiarities of copy/move operations: All the copy/move operations in the session are always sequential, one file by another (or directory, in case of moving directories from one location to another on the same disk). In case when you copy/move some other files while such operation is in progress, new operations are added to the queue. It is always possible to pause the operation; All the operations are written to the operations Journal; There are no drag-n-drop operations so your will never catch your files occasionally and loose it in some unknown place;
## Download (3/17/2025): Download version Color Cat 2025-02-23 compiled for.Net . (Requires .Net installed to run) Download version Color Cat 2025-02-23 compiled in Delphi/VCL . Download version Color Cat 2025-02-23 compiled in Free Pascal (Windows) . Source code are not available. Linux version now is not available.

## Changes history:
(2025-3-10), Version "1.6": Changed: Scanning loop now implemented via {Scan_cat} - faster responding on large directories, loading (and refreshing) its content by portions Fixed: Removing source files even not copied if MOVE operation was failed Fixed: Permanent file delete while renaming it just changing a register case of some letters Added: Create a copy of a file/directory with an unique name when it is copyed and pasted in the same parent dirtory, without any additional questions Fixed: Incorrect error message about impossibility to copy a very large file onto a disk formatted as ExFat Changed: Button CTRL+W/Move here now placed below the CTRL+C/Copy if there is no place right of the last Fixed: Selecting files just renamed Added: Preview of subdirectories Changed: Text nothing found now appear when the directory was scanned at least once and there were not files or subdirectories found there (2025-2-23), Version "1.5": Changed: A lot ... What you think I did for 6 months? (2024-9-16), Version "1.14": Changed: Position in audiofile playing is stored and playing is continued when the session is reoperned next time Changed: When tabs are 30-seconds cycled, these are not attempting to re-create if not exists Fixed: In the searh dupes dialog, hints on a cell under mouse did not change until window redraw Changed: When opening a network (shared) directory, it is attempting to re-connect if not connected Changed: Time delay increased for windows closed 'same time' to 30 seconds to be later re-opened together Added: In the 'Open by...' dialog the button 'Same for entire color group' added which allows to assign the same app to all the extensions of the group Fixed: In then 'Open by...' dialog, the right pane with additional options to configure did not show immediately after the application selection (additional mouse click fixed the problem, though) Fixed: In the configuration of previews dialog, click on 'All' and 'Nothing' buttons had no effect (though visually all the checkboxes were chenged) Added: Menu pop up on the right side of the status panel allows to call show all the fired messages in a separate window (2024-05-02), Version "1.13": Changed: Search pattern for Find files dialog (to search files containing specified pattren) now can be a space separated list of words with possible prefixes +/- (or several words can be quoted to use a a solid sequence) Added: Testing unzip, 7z, unrar in the setup archivers dialog Added: In Find dialog, if there were no files found and unpacking of some files were failed, then in the results table the text is shown describing the problem (about possible problems in archivers setup) (2024-4-30), Version "1.12": Added: Searching text specified in docx, xlsx, odt, ods, zip, 7z, rar files Added: Re-connecting network disks (mapped) on opening (or re-opening) them if these are not in <<connected>> state Fixed: Redraw catalog after enter to a disk from the Computer level Fixed: Attempt to enter another disk root path in the address field was changing it by undesirable way Changed: Arrow down on the last item in directory cleared selection Changed: While selecting an item in a directory, preview is trying to be prepared for the item and for the next item too increasing speed of preparing the next item preview while selecting items sequentially from top to bottom Changed: When a line is doubleclicked in the disk files changing monitor, then not only the item is shown and selected in the directory but the main window is re-selected as the foreground window (and shown if it was minimized) Changed: While searching duplicated files, directories like X:\$RECYCLE.BIN are excluded from looking Fixed: In file search, checking file sizes was in correctly implemented Fixed: Working with files containing some special unicode characters (deleting, copying, moving were not working) Fixed: A lot of file .ok were created and not deleted in the temp directory (2024-3-25), Version "1.11": Changed: Buttons in copy/move and delete progress operations dialogs moved to the right column Changed: Speed re-scanning directory catalog 1st time improved Fixed: Ctrl+Delete did not wipe a file Added: Alerts log can be shown selecting the last (new) section of the log area Added: Filtering shown file/disk events by operations (new button in the status bar) Changed: Deleting with SHIFT speed up a lot (2024-3-21), Version "1.10": Added: Go to link location and Create link for exe file operations Changed: Menu items are moved and re-organized randomly. Find it if you are clever user! (Now I am very similar to Adobe or Microsoft, very proud of this, he-he) Fixed: Find files: checking for '?' worked not very good Changed: In multi-line filters mode, additional lines in extensions are not drawn (2024-3-9), Version "1.9": Added: Grayscale themes (background only/all colors) - not affecting color set by the session name for borders and outer panels Fixed: Colors for buttons < ^ > in the main form in the dark theme Added: Bell button shown in the status if the Monitor_files_changing is active (and it moves it to foreground) Added: Alerts on monitor files events sounds, beeps and button (bell) flashing Added: Preview sound files (mp3, wav, mid), working like a sound player (can play all the filtered tracks in the directory, in direct or in random order) (2024-3-4), Version "1.8": Added: File changing disk monitoring (in separate form) Added: Filters multiline view mode (made default) Fixed: Counting items starting with given letters when translations (from the Find files dialog) are used to short letters used in filters Added: Hieroglyphes also can be used as first 'letters' in the filter panel (optional) Fixed: Find files date conditions and path mask usage Fixed: Sorting by right mouse click in files table header did change selecting Added: Showing progress of copy/move or delete operation in a taskbar button of a correspondent form Changed: If translations are set (in the find dialog), then it is possible to type same keys in any keyboard layout to select/deselect filters (letters and extensions) (2024-2-23), Version "1.7": Added: Network drives are now listed in the Computer tab too Fixed: Size of text in the Computer tab was changing in couple of secands after switching to the top level Fixed: Memory leak in the Computer level tab Changed: Wiping speed increased, finally file is filled with nulls Added: It is now possible to answer <<Ignore>> on the ask <<not enough space on disk>> (2024-2-7), Version "1.6b": Fixed: Could not copy a directory (2024-1-24), Version "1.6": Changed: Tabs scaling together with the entire form (by CTRL-wheel up/down) Fixed: Could not copy files from a network path starting from a \\server-name\... Fixed: While copying files to a root of a disk like F:\file.txt, a directory was created in the C/C program catalog with the name containing only 1 letter ( corresponding to a target disk) Fixed: When a file was selected which had no inner C/C association assigned, then the button to launch it was drawn not right but at the bottom of the right side (in result, previews did not work) (2024-1-13), Version "1.5": Fixed: Target subdirectories were created while copy/move operation too early - even before starting of actiual copying files -- fixed Changed: Positions and size of copy, move and delete progress dialogs now is restored to the last known (rather then to be calculated each time on base of the main window bounds) (2024-01-8), Version "1.4": Added: Circle between tabs each 30 seconds mode (menu Additional) Changed: Refresh of a directory was forced after some operations like tab switching, files delete/rename Added: Simple mark files / directories in the current directory with [+]/[-] (or, [=]/[_]) to later select all the markered items via the bottom menu. It is possible to mark the same file up to 3 times to make 3 different sets of items Fixed: Drawing markers R/only, System and Hidden in a multi-column mode Fixed: If the previous deletion is not finished, adding another one interrupted the active deletion Added: Support for preview text about a directory on base of a txt file in the directory which names starts from the same name as entire directory or its part only Fixed: Selection was updated after history back operation not immediatelly but after about a second or two (2023-12-30), Version "1.3": Fixed: Pressing command buttons by mouse LMB when those were moved to the status line Fixed: Drawing long file names on mouse over it Changed: Dragging by left mouse button with Control pressed selects or deselects files/directories which were unselected (or selected, correspondently) before pressing LMB Fixed: Source files were deleted anyway in result of move files operation even if copying was failed Fixed: In the ask about overwrite dialog preview for images / video could not work correctly Changed: In the ask about overwrite dialog, sizes of source/destination files are shown always (but if size is the same, then in BLACK color) (2023-11-21), Version "1.2": Changed: Pressing SPACE on Cancel button in the Copy/Move progress dialog is ignored (2023-11-8), Version "1.1": Added: F1 works like Ctrl-C Added: F4/Ctrl-W + drawn button to move copied/cut files into a selected directory Fixed: Searching duplicated files in several directories (only the first directory actually was handled) Changed: Automatic re-open of nearest sessions only for named sessions now (2023-11-4), Version "1.0": Changed: The application name is changed to Color Cat, and its icon also changed to the haead of the Color cat! Changed: Menu item PASTE moved to the menu shown on the status for some reasons Changed: By the right nouse button on the status panel the same popup menu is shown as by the left mouse buttonn click: Selection controls + Paste + Clear all + flag to skip temp files while copying Fixed: Directory attributes ( hidden, system) didi not copy while copying/moving Fixed: Jumping back in history to the top level (with all the disks of the computer there - in Windows) Fixed: While jumping in history, invert control on filters by an extension did not restored Fixed: Setting tab font to bold now only for the current tab Changed: Some space added between first-letter filetrs and extension filters Fixed: In the Delete progress dialog, current file name was changed only when the percent was changed Fixed: In the Delete dialog, after pressing PAUSE button, the delete operation actually was cancelled Changed: Percents while deleting are raised again (though the progress line still decreasing) (2023-10-27), Version "0.86": Added: Translations while searching files (it is possible to convert some symbols to correspondent latin characters and symbols before comparing strings) Changed: Searching by text in files now case insensitive (and also allows translations, but optionally) (2023-10-21), Version "0.85": Changed: For unfinished files its both extensions are shown in the extension column in the list of files (in detaiuled mode) Changed: Coloring some modal dialogs using the same colors as the main form colors (appropriate to the session name) Fixed: Restoring width of a copy / move / delete progress dialogs Changed: Asking for overwrite is shown before comparing the first pair of files suspecting to be equal (earlier the ask for overwrite dialog was shown after comparing the 1st such pair); if asked to SKIP, comparing is stopped immediatelly; Added: Additional check for directories / disks exist before executing COPY/MOVE TO a permanent target directories set Fixed: CTRL-C/CTRL-V did not work in the Address field (2023-10-9), Version "0.84": Changed: Coloring depending on a session name if specified Changed: Background for files list depends now on the directory path Changed: Scale factor is stored separately for each session Fixed: Some fixes in coloring for the dark theme Changed: Red <-> Blue channel in colors corresponding to directories Added: Custom directory colors ( sets in a dialog, allows to use the same color for all subdirectories) Changed: In Search dupes, it is now possible to specify which way files will be deleted (to Recycle Bin, Permanently, Wiped/Deleted or Wiped+size nullified) Added: In filters it is possible to set a negative filter by an extension (clickin it twice) (2023-10-1), Version "0.83": Fixed: Deleting in subdirectories (2023-9-14), Version "0.82": Added: Delete unfinished (downloading) files - if there are finished with the same name are present Added: Deleting empty subdirectories Added: Continuation of copying of large enough (>2Mbytes) files: copyed as .part files, then renamed. If copied to the same destination after cancelling operation is continued if possible Added: Auto-pause while copying (to fix problems writing enormouse files to SSD disks) Changed: In the copy/move dialog, most of options moved to the menu to free the dialog space Changed: Time elapsed now is calculating (in copy/move operations) on base of file sizes rather then on its count handled/total Added: Naming sessions Added: Drawing amount of available items in filters labels (2023-9-7), Version "0.81": Added: Compact view mode ALT--/ALT-+ - decrease/increase columns count Changed: Faster drawing (2023-8-30), Version "0.80": Fixed: Nullify directories Changed: Launched/queued process buttons at the right side are drawn at the bottom side when the right space is too small (2023-8-26), Version "0.79": Fixed: Wiping files in sub-directories Changed: some small improvements (2023-7-24), Version "0.78": Changed: Change font size in some dialogs/forms on activation if the size was changed in the main window Changed: Shortcuts to close all yhe tabs right/left to the current changed to Ctrl+Alt+R/L, to avoid intersecting with Ctrl+R (Run) or Alt+Letter (Opan a disk) (2023-7-3), Version "0.77": Fixed: Deleting in <<Search dupes>> dialog: empty lines separating groups did not delete Fixed: In Find files window, when another search started, top line did not change, so results of searching could be invisible until manual scroll (very weird) (2023-6-13), Version "0.76": Added: Search of files which names are not satisfying to a pattern specified Changed: Launching unfinished torrent file with double click calls the first command from associations (even when not default) Fixed: After launching unfinished torrent file with mouse double click it was attemting to be opened by its temporary extension (usually not associated in the system) which led to display an annoying message saying that it was not possible to open the file Changed: Faster copying files, showing size of copying files in progress, showing time wasted for the operation at the end of copy Changed: Search duplicated files: colorization, additional space between groups Changed: Find files dialog also colorized Added: In find files, it is now possible to restrict searching by file size Added: Splitting view vertically to show/compare two directories sharing some mouse/keyboard commands to allow navigating them synchronously Changed: Different font size to represent file size (2023-5-21), Version "0.75": Added: Searching duplicated files Fixed: Autoscroll after mouse wheel Added: Eject drive for removable drives (in the below menu called by the left mouse click on the status bar) Fixed: Slowing down for attempts to preview directories Added: Previewing video as 2x2 frames collage using ffmpeg.exe utility Added: Menu on preview area to turn on/off previwing of texts, images, video, archives, using descript_ion file and to set maximum images size allowed to preview Added: Separate button to copy selected files/directories to the clipboard Fixed: Sorting in descendant order in the Find files dialog (2023-5-17), Version "0.74": Added: For extensions .part, .!qb, etc. added to unfinished files by torrent clients / browsers the previous (final) extension is used to open files (configurable: Additionally\Handle unfinished ...) (2023-5-16), Version "0.73": Fixed: When moving directories, after an answer Yes to an ask if to merge existing directories, final names of destination directories was doubled Changed: Speed up copy/move for less info on current progress Changed: Copy/move progress shows now also amount of items left to handle (2023-5-11), Version "0.72": Added: Button <<Stop but finish current>> in the copy/move progress dialog Changed: Double click to select <<Another application>> in the dialog <<Open by>> Fixed: When another application made <<default>>, that time it was not used to open a file - but previously selected <<default app>> Fixed: When skipping draft/temp files by masks while copying/moving letters case was taking into account Added: It is now possible to change option <<Skip temp files>> before starting a copy/move operation, from the below menu Added: Checking thath target file system does not allow large files (greater then 4GBytes) before copy / move operations Added: Protect interval 500 ms after mouse up preventing directory refreshing to minimize wrong double click operations (2023-5-3), Version "0.71": Fixed: Sudden selecting a lot of files when mouse move over the window from outside Fixed: Deleting Read only files Fixed: File attributes: attribute <<Read only>> is not showing correctly Changed: Main algorithm placing images in a collage was modified (simplified and improved) (2023-4-28), Version "0.70": Added: Short messages in the bottom right corner of the main window about copying/moving/deleting and copy/cut files operations Changed: While copy/move files, these are opened without taking into acoount their share restrictions so even files opened for write can be copied - but with possible corruptions in the file structure Changed: Shift+DELETE now deletes files/dirs permanently without any asks Fixed: Sudden selecting a lot of files when mouse move over the window from outside (2023-4-25), Version "0.69": Changed: Stop opening same session when restarted even if it was earlier running two instances Fixed: Deleting nesting files with additional options (wipe, nullify etc. was ignored and all then were deleting to Recycle Bin) Changed: Deleting with SHIFT+DEL not empty directories works faster (C#) (2023-4-10), Version "0.68 REL. 2023-4-23": Changed: While previewing from the descript.ion, file name is skept if the first line contains symbol '=' Fixed: Clear all command deleted only not filtered files Fixed: In open by application dialog, parameters stored for an association did not load into editing fields Added: For open by application, an option added: <<Do not wait ending the process>> Fixed: Ambigous error messages <<Could not read source file>> while copying - removed Fixed: Calculating approximated ending time while copying / moving files (2023-2-22), Version "0.67": Added: Automatic opening several sessions (application instances) if these were closed almost at the same time (less then 10 seconds in between) Fixed: Automatic scroll to a selected file in the list after mouse wheel to another position (2023-2-19), Version "0.66": Fixed: An answer about merging directories did not asked while moving directories (the operation just ignored) Fixed: Moving files to the same directory disabled Changed: To ask for replacing a file with a 0 size file, another instance of ask dialog is used then for other overwrite asks (and it has another color to differ it easily) (2023-1-21), Version "0.65": Fixed: Font in preview area was flickering for text from descript.ion file Fixed: Representation of sessions in <<Open session>> menu Fixed: Switching between two last tabs stopped working after changing a current directory in the current tab Fixed: when file was double-clicked without selecting it first, then system default application was used to run it. Fixed: after double-click on a file, not only file was launching but sometimes it was marked as queued to launch again when the process launched finished. Added: Highlighting filters over mouse cursor. Fixed: Asking question about target existing when a directory is copyied to a target via <<Copy to>>/<<Move to>> menu items. Added: Delete files modified erlier then date specified. Changed: Deleting files to Recycle Bin speed improved.
(2023-1-20), Version "0.64": Added: Nullify files operation ( modification of permanent delete): files stay existing but its size becomes equal to 0. Changed: Delete menu becomes the sub-menu with 4 possible operations Changed: Form coordinates saving now done in a context of a session (rather the in the common section of all the sessions) Changed: While sorting by name, first [text] in square brackets and following symbols which are not letters or digits are skept before comparing. Fixed: If double click a file quickly after previous open another file, the same application was used to open the second file. Changed: Amount of tabs is shown in the Color Commander main window header. Added: Hex edit for the color set for an extension in the Setup colors dialog. Fixed: Count of tabs shown in the common menu (pop up on the Address button) was restricted < 10. Changed: Sorting of sessions by date and time provided in the common (Address) menu in the list of sessions to open Changed: <<Open with>> dialog re-designed, double-click opens with a program selected. Changed: Rules on button <<Switch between current and last active tab>> (or CTRL+TAB): selecting a tab now has no effect until any mouse or keyboard click was done in the file list or buttons/preview area. Clicked tab become the last active, and previous active tab is stored to switch later with CTRL-TAB or <<Switch>> button. And when switched these tabs are swapped so switching again will activate these two tabs alternately until another tab will selected and activated. (2022-12-14), Version "0.62": Added: Paste file(s) with SHIFT pressed means overwritign an existing without additional asks (2022-12-10), Version "0.61": Added: The button to jump to the last active tab (where at least mouse or keyboard key was pressed on files) Changed: Rename of a single file done in a memo control with wrapping text by words, to fit long file names without resizing the dialog Added: Optional skipping first [text] in square brackets while sorting and filtering files (2022-12-4), Version "0.6": Fixed: Small fixes in mouse event handlers (2022-10-23), Version "0.59": Changed: Lighter colors for light colors scheme (2022-9-26), Version "0.58": Changed: Show tree of directories function improved (and fixed) (2022-9-1), Version "0.57": Changed: Resizing columns speed optimized (less drawing while dragging the mouse) Added: Controlling additionally added copy/move tasks from the Copy details dialog (these can be removed or moved to the start or to the end of queue) Fixed: Cancelling use of descrpt.ion as a source to preview text file in the ask overwrite dialog while copy/move files Added: Sorting by columns in the Find files dialog Added: Sorting by descript.ion records corresponding to catalog items Added: In the Catalog to text operation the option added: Quotations for file names having spaces Added: Displaying an image in the background of the preview text, if it's (relative) path is specifyed in the last line of the file/directory description (of the destcript.ion or description.XX file). Gif, Jpeg and png are supported as such preview images Added: Displaying an image as a preview for a file for which an image file exists in the same directory with the extension .jpg, .gif or .png (2022-8-23), Version "0.56": Changed: Color specific for a directory used to fill the extension column, and the color of the parent directory is used as the background of the header of that column Fixed: Preview ZIP, 7z etc. in Linux Fixed: Pressing keys twice in Linux (Free Pascal): filtering with keyboard did not work (2022-8-20), Version "0.55": Changed: Colors used to represent directories now selected from a wide set of 'safe' Web colors on the base of the directory path (calculated hash), so directories now save that corlor forever. This color is used for the tab abd to fill the right side of the files list (as the background for command buttons and previews) Changed: Sometimes while copying large directories progress stopped for a long time without understanding the user what is doing: actually this was a period of saving several not too long files in the (slow or remote) destination directory. Now the progress shows in such case names of saving files, the application stays responsible and looking more stable Fixed: Sometimes menu item <<Open with>> did not work until reopen the application Fixed: Showing changes history in the About dialog (2022-8-4), Version "0.54": Added: Ctrl-O to use/ignore file descript.ion / description.XXX Changed: More readable text (file names) over hatched lines (when hatching is used to indicate recently accessed files), more correct color tone calculating when creation time changed for files by another applications Changed: In Linux, button '+' on tabs just duplicates current tab (earlier it did nothing) Fixed: Better working in Linux (earlier, crashed too often) Added: Option <<Run as another user>> in <<Run>> command dialog (available on executable files .exe, .bat, cmd) (2022-8-1), Version "0.53": Added: Flag <Start paused> in the target selection dialog (called by F5/F6 and correspondent menu items) Added: Hints on some items, and special mouse icons on some items to indicate that the hint is available and/or mouse operations at that locations Added: Mount ISO image as a virtual disk (in Windows10+ only) (2022-7-11), Version "0.52": Added: Silent mode while Copy/Move, with all question 'answered' with default answers Added: Button to do something on the end of long Copy/Move operation (there are 3 possibilities: to beep, to shutdown or to launch some application/command file) Added: Opening home directory ( Desktop directory in Windows) with CTRL-W Changed: Showing amount of skept objects in the copy/move progress and in the ending message (which now closed automatically after 10 seconds of exposing it) Changed: Catalog-to-text now works for several catalogs selected as well as for an entire disk; aloso options were added: Sorting and including top-level directory in results Fixed: Freezing after asking on deleting file which could not be deleted Fixed: While copy/move to non-present disk (operation Copy-to /Move-to with a predefined target(s)) operation could not work and did not resume when disks were attached. Now, an error is shown on each directory which is not accessible Changed: When file is copied in-place (copy/paste in the same directory), and it is locked by another application, it is therefore can be allowed to try read fro copy (it is failed only in case when opened for totally exclusivbe access) Changed: In ask for overwrite dialog, when two text files are different, difference is shown more visually by another colors from the first really different line Fixed: Not all copy/move operations were logged in the Journal of operations Added: Capability to view last 3 auto-hiding messages (about copy/ move operations results) Changed: Text preview style when info about file or directory was extracted from the descript.ion file Fixed: descript.ion did not reaload when modified (2022-7-1), Version "0.51": Changed: Loading directory faster on first enter: first only names are load, then attributes are loaded in the background Changed: Faster adding just created files/directories, and marking just deleted files/dirs with gray colors Added: Indication of process of collecting data in the form <<Catalog to text>>, + several additional options (Sort by names, Include top level directory), + capability to work the operation on several directories selected, too (2022-6-29), Version "0.50": Changed: Progress dialogs for copy, move and delete operations Fixed: C#: positioning copy dialogs when shown first Fixed: When all files shown only because of filters are gone, filtering become off automatically (2022-5-30), Version "0.49": Fixed: After ''moving'' enough small files, source files did not deleted in some cases (actually copying was performing there) Added: An option <<Run command on finish>> was added for commands which can be run with buttons on the right side panel Added: In the Find files dialog, an option added to exclude files present in the specified target directory (only file names, sizes and modification date are compared) Changed: In the Find window and in the Journal of operations, full length text from cells under the mouse cursor is shown like hints in status panel (2022-5-11), Version "0.48": Added: Showing/changing attributes of files/directories (via menu calling dialog forms implementing the functions); also showing / changing file owner and grant full access rights to a current user are possible in those dialogs Changed: Top & bottom dashed lines in the file list to show if the start /end of the list is in view: blue if all the files/dirs are visible, red when some files are filtered or not shown still these are system/hidden Changed: In asks to overwrite/ merge while copying the checkmark <<Apply to all>> made unchecked by default Changed: In Find files, by default searching is done without any special order (2022-4-11), Version "0.47": Fixed: Gradient fill added for top and bottom line if those lines are not first/last in a list of filtered files/dirs (2022-4-2), Version "0.46": Added: Show long file names under mouse cursor Added: Scroll to selected lines (1st or last) by mouse wheel rotation on the status line Changed: Option <<Store time used/ Highlight used files>> now does not affect network files/directories Changed: The option above (Store time used) now works for directories too (time when it was visited last time from the Color Commander via ENTER/double click is stored in time creation of the directory) Changed: In Find dialog, selecting the edit with file name pattern on the dialog show Fixed: In Rename dialog, on CTRL+V all CR/LF are replaced to spaces Fixed: Setting top position to show the last page Fixed: Too slow moving lot of files Fixed: Updating directory view, when a file downloading ended Fixed: Sudden changing top position and hiding moving items out of view when files list was sorted other then by names and directory changed (level up button or BACSPACE/ESCAPE) Fixed: Shorten long file names function did not work (2022-2-13), Version "0.45": Fixed: In case a directory contains a comma, operation Copy-to/Move-to via a menu failed Changed: Localization added for some buttons (Find dialog, Copy/Move progress) Changed: In the Find dialog, an option added Only directories, and the Reset button (2022-1-30), Version "0.44": Fixed: C#: faster scanning root of the Computer, for CD/DVD, and avoiding rescanning fixed HDD labels Fixed: Resizing columns in Find files dialog Added: Buttons +, x Added: Switching to a previosly active tab clicking on an active (2022-1-26), Version "0.43": Added: WEBP images preview Fixed: Copy/Move very large files (more then 4Gbytes) Changed: If file with size greater then 1Gbytes can not be deleted to Recycle Bin, it is asked to be deleted permanently Changed: Maximal image file size for previeing it increaed to 2Mbytes (2021-9-22), Version "0.41": Added: Option to store time when file was last time used from the CC (stored as file create time), with additional colorization such files. Changed: It is possible now to open files with .cmd/.bat files in Windows, not only with .exe executables Fixed: Showing percents in copy/move progress dialog Fixed: Slow speed of copying files in directories having a lot of files (2021-4-25), Version "0.40": Added: Filter <> to filter files only / Directories only Changed: If the is no active process and only possible, then the larger button used to show that process and to avoid miss clicks on it while the active process is ending and we are targetting the next process to launch using this button (2021-4-7), Version "0.39": Fixed: Localization under Linux Fixed: Preview of Windows-oriented files .ico and .cur does not occur in Linux now (led to crash the application) (2021-4-3), Version "0.38": Changed: Better copy files speed Fixed: Delphi/FPC versions could not work correctly due to a bug in {Thread} implementation (2021-4-1), Version "0.37": Changed: Copy/paste of a directiry in place creates a copy of the directory in the same parent directory (changing its number suffix to 1, 2, etc.) Fixed: Sloooow copying files due an annoying typo (2021-3-17), Version "0.36": Added: Working with paroled 7z archives, too (same delting problems) Changed: Updating tree of directory if one of directories in tree was disappeared (deleted or renamed or something else) (2021-3-11), Version "0.35": Added: Chain (of 2 items): buttons showing a process started from the CC and a queued or possible to put to the queue (current file). The item queued (selected with AQUA) will start immediately then the active process (yellow-dashed) is ended Fixed: Deleting a paroled rar archive file (with filenames paroled). (2021-2-15), Version "0.34": Fixed: Restoring order paremetes when returning back in history (2021-1-31), Version "0.33": Added: Preview images/texts/... for conflicting files while copy/ move operations Changed: Searching in correspondance to a direction specified improved, finding results faster Added: Shortening too long file names while copying/moving (optional) Fixed: Jornal operations - fixed Fixed: FPC: Encoding problems fixed for {Config} in Windows (FPC uses UTF8, but strings in the registry are stored natively as WideStrings) Changed: Before renaming a set of files these are sorted alphabetically in ascending order (2021-1-26), Version "0.32": Added: List catalog to text (2021-1-18), Version "0.31": Added: Preview Zip/7z/Rar/Tag/Gz/ Bz2 catalogs Fixed: In linux, typing in the Address edit is unlocked Changed: To switch to dark theme, intermediate converting colors to HSL used: result seems to be ideal (2021-1-13), Version "0.30": Added: Find files dialog Added: Common menu item <Apply language file> (simplifying) installing localization files Added: Preview for images and text files, and a capability to represent a directory in form of color blocks tree (on demand only) (2021-1-12), Version "0.29": Added: Run menu for executables, with capability to add parameters, if there are files copied in the Clipboard, these are inserted as parameters -- this is a good replacement for drag files on an executable to run it with files as parameters as implemented in the Explorer Changed: Menu Open with/Run moved to the top position Fixed: Menu Copy to... Changed: Sort order options are saved separately for each tab (and in between sessions, too) Changed: In list of sessions to open, [Today]/[Yesterday] are placed in the date position, if the session was saved today/yesterday. Added: Command <Separate this session> in the common menu Added: Option <Skip temporary files> in Copy/Move operation, with a capability to adjust masks of skipping files. Fixed: Better calculating items handled while showing prrogress in copy/ move operations. Added: Estimated time left is showing while copy/move (though very approximate still objects can be added dynamically into queue to handle nested subdirectories) Changed: Most operations getting information on disks which could freeze executing are moved to threads making the CC more resposible Changed: A list of already selected applications is available to select in dialogs <Open with...> and <Select another> simplifying associating apps with extensions Added: In About dialog, changes history can be shown (controlled by checkbox) Fixed: Restore tabs closed after commands Close tabs left/ Close tabs right and restoring a closed tab Computer (2021-1-7) , Version "0.28" by "Vladimir Kladov": Added: Published 1st release

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