This page lists all the changes made in past revisions of SpeedCommander.

Version 20.30.10800 – March 13, 2023

• Pro version: Sectors are displayed right-aligned and with thousands separator in the ‘Create Disk Image’ dialog
• List view: Special ReparsePoint file attributes for OneDrive directories are ignored when calculating folder sizes
• Folder pane: Special ReparsePoint file attributes for OneDrive directories are ignored when displaying folder information
• File operation: Special ReparsePoint file attributes for OneDrive directories are ignored during file operations
• FileSearch: Special ReparsePoint file attributes for OneDrive directories are ignored during searches
• SpeedEdit: Increase of maximum tab width for better display of longer file names
• fsc: New command line parameter /xj for skipping junctions
• sqc: Support for LZMA2 method (7z) via command switch -SZM2
• The setting options for [FilePreviewWnd] – EnablePreview were limited to Yes/No
• List view: The limit for folder sizes was not calculated correctly when entering a value larger than 4000 MiB
• List view: When displaying maximum limited folder sizes, the correct unit was not used under certain circumstances
• Folder window: The digits for the access of the tabs were not displayed correctly if the UTF8 code page is activated as default in the Windows regional settings
• Pro version: Possible crash when switching to and in OneDrive Business
• 7z: The value for the remaining time during extracting was calculated incorrectly
• SFX: Environment variables in the path to the icon file were not expanded
• FileSearch: When searching for Unicode text, occurrences were also found that included only half of the search text
• FileSync: The direction arrow was missing from the ‘right to left sync’ icon (Dark Office 2019 style, 16×16)
• FileSync: When the profile setting ‘Follow junctions’ was disabled, empty folders were created in the target directory for untracked junctions
• sqc: The environment variables used in the parameter ‘SFX-E’ in script files were already expanded when creating the SFX and not only when invoking it
• sqc: The file names of source files that were not found were not written to the log file
• Update of CRT/MFC/Compiler to Visual Studio 2019 (16.11)

Version 20.20.10700 – December 12, 2022

• Folder pane: For path names copied to the address bar in quotes, the quotes are removed before the folder is changed
• The UAC query was not automatically focused when displaying if the secure desktop is deactivated for User Account Control
• The items in the history and auto-complete windows were no longer darkened in dark mode
• List view: Thumbnails were not displayed in OneDrive when ‘Files on demand’ is deactivated
• List view: The checkboxes for selection were not drawn when file icons display is deactivated
• List view: The checkboxes for selection were displayed incorrectly in the details view when the view is shifted horizontally
• Archives: In a compression profile, the user-defined multivolume size was not saved
• SpeedEdit: When saving a file, elevated permissions were requested if the parent directory of the file to be saved is UAC-protected

Version 20.10.10600 – September 12, 2022

• List view: Thumbnails for small image files are displayed enlarged for better visibility
• List view: New options for setting the maximum size/scaling of thumbnails (Advanced – Tweaks – [Thumbnails])
• List view: ReparsePoint file attributes in OneDrive directories are ignored so that the files and folders are not displayed as junctions
• Quick view: Respect EXIF alignment when displaying photos
• The x64/ARM64 platform addition in the ‘About’ dialog was not displayed for some DPI scalings
• When invoking a folder favorite, the error message “The path is not available.” may have displayed an incorrect path name
• Pro version: File size was not displayed correctly for WebDAV entries > 2 GiB
• Pro version: Files deleted to the trash were still displayed in their respective folder (Google Drive)
• List view: After changing the size for the thumbnail view, some entries did not show any icons anymore
• List view: The selection marker was lost after displaying a UAC dialog under certain circumstances
• File operation: The indication for the remaining time jumped to ‘Unknown’ after some time when copying/moving very large amounts of data
• Folder window: The edit field for renaming a tab could not be closed with if the name was not changed
• Archiver: When double-clicking on a BluRay image file, an error message ‘Invalid TAR archive’ was displayed
• SpeedEdit: The UAC prompt when saving a file was displayed twice if ‘Cancel’ was clicked on the first time

Version 20.00.10500 – June 7, 2022

• New option for the number of decimal places when displaying the file size in KiB/MiB/GiB/TiB/PiB (Advanced – Special)
• List view: The mapping of the icons for the alignment of the columns (Left, Right, Centered) for the Office 2019 style was wrong
• List view: The group headings were partially displayed incorrectly

Version 20.00.10485 – May 16, 2022 (RC2)

• When entering the activation code character by character, the ‘0’ was not accepted
• No access to WSL/RaiDrive/Tresorit network directories as well as to not yet reconnected network drives when offline check for network drives was enabled
• When screen reader menus were enabled, the main menu was not visible when the frame window was displayed in design style
• In the update dialog, the web page with the new features/fixes was not displayed
• List view: Missing thousands separator when displaying file sizes in KiB/MiB/GiB/PiB

Version 20.00.10465 – April 25, 2022 (RC1)

• New Office 2019 style icons for menus and toolbars
• New menu and toolbar icons for dark color schemes (Office 2019 style)
• New color variants Purple, Sky Blue and Teal for Office 2016 style
• Rounded corners for menus and frame windows in design style under Windows 11
• Native ARM64 version for Windows systems with ARM64 processor
• The menu font size can be customized (Customize dialog: Advanced)
• Offline check for network drives
• Logging function for information and debugging purposes
• When the network neighbourhood is displayed, a network query is initiated
• Integration of Microsoft Edge via the WebView2 interface
• Additional options for the folder argument in the application favorites (Inactive/Active/Left/Right)
• When creating a new color scheme, the base scheme is saved as well, so that a color element can be reset to the base standard
• When moving the dockable additional windows, the window content is shown
• Pro version: The content of a folder is reloaded from the server if the Shift key is pressed additionally when invoking the ‘View – Refresh’ menu command
• Pro version: Cloud file operations can be performed in the background
• Pro version: Shared files in OneDrive are listed in the folder
• Folder window: Improved accessibility for the folder switching pane
• Folder window: Additional units for the size values in the Status bar (xxm, xxg, xxt, xxp)
• List view: Optional display of horizontal and/or vertical grid lines in the Details view
• List view: The color of the grid lines in the Details view can be customized (Settings dialog ‘Appearance – Colors’)
• List view: Improved readability for group titles on dark backgrounds
• List view: Improved display of alternating items when group view is activated
• List view: The size of the thumbnails can be changed with Ctrl+mouse wheel or with Ctrl+Shift+Plus/Minus
• List view: The order of the list items (folders/files) can be customized (settings dialog ‘Advanced – Other’)
• List view: The menu commands for the list view (view modes/sorting/grouping) can also be invoked when the tree view is focused
• List view: User folders in ‘This PC’ can be hidden (Appearance – Files & Folders)
• List view: The OneDrive status in the ‘Status’ column is displayed as an icon
• List view: Size values in Details view can be displayed in MiB, GiB, TiB or PiB (Settings dialog: Appearance – Files & Folders)
• List view: The selected items in dark mode can be displayed with either a blue or a gray background (settings dialog ‘Advanced – Tweaks’ – DarkModeSelection)
• Tree view: Folders in the AddIn tree view can be renamed (e.g. cloud folder)
• Quick view: Support for ARM64EC/ARM64X program files
• Quick view: Filtering of single lines according to a search text for text files (Ctrl+Shift+F)
• File operation: Paste files from the clipboard into AddIn directories (e.g. cloud folders)
• Drag&Drop: Support for drag&drop operations from external applications into AddIn directories (e.g. cloud folders)
• Archiver: Displaying and extracting of XZ archives
• Archiver: Displaying and extracting of WIM files
• Archiver: Displaying and extracting of ISO files in Standard version
• Archiver: Extracting ISO files via the menu command ‘File – Extract’
• Macros: Method to scroll the list view to the focused item (FolderWindow.EnsureItemVisible)
• Macros: Method to focus an item by file name (FolderWindow.SetFocusTo)
• AddIn: New constants for FileOpStatusInfo (scFileOpActionNone/scFileOpActionListForceRefresh) when listing folders
• SpeedEdit: Translucent rendering of the selected text
• SpeedEdit: Optional automatic scrolling to the last line after reloading a file (Settings dialog: General)
• SpeedEdit: Monitoring for log files (View – Monitoring for log files)
• SpeedEdit: Filtering of single lines according to a search text (Edit – Filter)
• SpeedEdit: Using the RegEx ruleset set in the SpeedCommander settings
• SpeedEdit: Saving the last screen position for the find/replace dialogs
• SpeedEdit/SpeedView: The MDI windows can be arranged in several workspaces
• SpeedEdit/SpeedView: MDI windows can be detached from the main window
• SpeedEdit/SpeedView: Easier switching between the MDI windows when using Ctrl+Tab
• SpeedEdit/SpeedView: A double click in the window dialog on a selected item activates the window and closes the window dialog
• SpeedView: Filtering of single lines according to a search text for text files (Ctrl+Shift+F)
• Update of Xtreme Toolkit to version 20.3
• 7z: Update of the 7z.dll to version 21.07
• FTP: Update of OpenSSL to version 1.1.1m
• Quick View: Update of DynaPDF to version 4.0.66.172
• SpeedEdit: Update of Scintilla to version 5.1.5

Version 19.63.10700 – December 12, 2022

• The UAC query was not automatically focused when displaying if the secure desktop is deactivated for User Account Control
• Archives: In a compression profile, the user-defined multivolume size was not saved

Version 19.62.10600 – September 12, 2022

• When invoking a folder favorite, an incorrect path name was displayed in the error message “The path is not available.” under certain circumstances
• Pro version: The file size was not displayed correctly for WebDAV entries > 2 GiB
• Pro version: Files deleted to the recycle bin were still displayed in their respective folder (Google Drive)
• Folder window: The edit field for renaming a tab could not be closed with if the name was not changed
• File operation: The remaining time information switched to ‘Unknown’ after some time when copying/moving very large amounts of data

Version 19.61.10500 – June 7, 2022

• The keyboard shortcut for numeric-* was not displayed correctly when using the German keyboard layout
• File filter: The filter condition for the frame rate of videos did not work correctly
• List view: After changing the DPI resolution the column widths were sometimes not adjusted correctly
• List view: After renaming an item, it was sometimes not sorted into the correct group
• Quick view: The certificate information for signed PE files was not displayed correctly
• Archives: Error message when unpacking archives into directories with > 260 characters if the zone ID is to be set during unpacking
• CAB: The content of self-extracting CAB files was no longer displayed
• SCBackupRestore: No backups were displayed under ‘Restore’ after backup to the Documents directory

Version 19.60.10400 – February 21, 2022

• Improved detection of the Windows UI language in the setup program
• The web pages invoked via ‘Help – SpeedCommander on the web’ are displayed in the corresponding UI language of the user (German/English)
• Pro version: Update of the WebDAV address for the new Magenta Cloud
• RAR: Improved detection of very large RAR SFXes
• Windows restart/shutdown was prevented under certain circumstances (Windows 7, 32-bit)
• On installation, the AppPaths entry in the registry was not created correctly
• Pro version: After completing a burn, the dialog for continuing the project was sometimes no longer displayed
• Pro version: No progress bar was displayed when uploading files larger than 1 MiB to OneDrive
• Refresh: When deleting folders from virtual document directories below ‘This PC’ (e.g. ‘This PC\Pictures’), the tree view was not updated correctly
• FileSearch: The include text was ignored when searching for folders if a filter was also selected
• FileSearch: Ctrl+A did not work in the edit fields
• SpeedEdit: When Document Tabs were disabled, the MDI client area was not redrawn when closing the last file
• Update of CRT/MFC/Compiler to Visual Studio 2019 (16.7)

Version 19.50.10300 – November 1, 2021

• Support for Windows 11
• Pro version: Logging in to cloud services was partially no longer possible under Windows 7
• Pro version: Logging in to OneDrive Business no longer worked because Microsoft disabled the Azure 1.0 login endpoints
• List view: Italic and bold file/folder names were not displayed correctly in some cases
• List view: Checkboxes for selection were not scaled correctly in some cases
• List view: When creating a folder via the context menu ‘New’ the new folder is not set to edit mode (Windows 11)
• List view: The online status for OneDrive items was not always displayed correctly

Version 19.40.10200 – August 2, 2021

• SpeedCommander can be launched with Win+E (settings dialog ‘Advanced – File Associations)
• Pro version: SSL certificate verification can be disabled for generic WebDAV connections
• RAR: When unpacking encrypted RAR5 archives, the password is only prompted once
• Quick View: Support for .obj files in ARM64EC format
• The serial number in the Drive Status window was displayed without leading zeros
• 7z: When extracting was aborted, the partially extracted file was not deleted automatically
• Pro version: Logon was not possible for WebDAV servers with digest authentication
• Pro version: File names containing an opening round bracket and smaller than 1 MiB could not be uploaded to OneDrive
• FileSync: The information about the selected items in the status bar was not always displayed completely under certain circumstances
• fsc: When using a log file, the file names were not properly output
• SCBackupRestore: Stack overflow if no base folder was set before backup

Version 19.30.10100 – April 26, 2021

• Pro version: Cloud library transitioned from C# to C++
• Pro version: Access to cloud storages for ARM64 preview version
• When customizing icons in the toolbar the command ‘Copy button icon’ was without function
• When trying to activate SpeedCommander with restricted rights, an error message was displayed under some circumstances
• The environment variable ‘ProgramW6432’ was lost when refreshing the environment variables
• Folder window: The input field for the integrated browser was displayed bright in dark mode
• Tree view: After moving directories in the tree view, it was sometimes not updated
• Drag & Drop: It was not possible to drag and drop files to the top level of a network share (Windows 10)
• Macros: No error message was displayed for faulty macros when the Microsoft Remote Debugger is installed
• FTP: When downloading from SFTP servers with automatic conversion of end-of-line characters, the content was sometimes corrupted
• FTP: The upload and download speed was partially limited
• FileSync: Superfluous disk space warning when synchronizing from CD/DVD
• SpeedEdit: ANSI files with Cyrillic characters were not displayed correctly
• SCBackupRestore: The backup could not be created if the backup folder is located on the desktop
• Update of UCRT to version 10.0.19041 (2004)
• Pro version: Cloud support for HiDrive has been discontinued, access to HiDrive is still possible via FTP

Version 19.20.10000 – January 18, 2021

• SCBackupRestore: Alternative initialization if essential environment information cannot be determined from SpeedCommander
• SCBackupRestore: Log file creation on the desktop when holding the Ctrl key while starting SCBackupRestore
• Icons in menus and toolbars were sometimes scaled incorrectly on high resolution displays
• Command line parameter /autoactivate did not work anymore
• Folder window: free space in the status bar was not updated after unpacking archives
• Pro version: Logging in to Dropbox was no longer possible because Dropbox no longer supports Internet Explorer 11
• Quick View: Partially broken display of certain PNG image files
• Archives: Possible crash on exit if a file opened from an archive is still open in another program
• Multi-renaming: Files were not renamed correctly if less than 250 ms elapsed between last input and the start of the rename operation
• SpeedEdit: Error message when calling ‘File – Reload’ if the file is exclusively opened in another application
• FileSearch: Result window grows with each start if a themed frame window is enabled
• FileSearch: Input field for text search was not focused when Advanced page was activated
• FileSearch: Additional conditions with time information were not evaluated correctly

Version 19.10.9900 – October 5, 2020

• Preview version for ARM64 systems (e.g. Surface Pro X, Galaxy Book S)
• Pro version: Reading in of large folders in Google Photos can be canceled by pressing Escape
• Pro version: Additional logon option “OneDrive (Legacy)” for OneDrive if the computer is connected to a work or school account
• FTP: IPv6 support can be deactivated in the advanced properties of an FTP site
• SCBackupRestore: Alternate line color for the list of backup events
• Toolbars cannot be toggled by menu if screen reader compatible menus are activated
• Possible delay at startup if mounted network drives are not available
• File operations: SpeedCommander may have stopped responding if many small file operations were started in quick succession
• FTP: Possible crash when canceling an upload/download
• 7z: Archives larger than 2 GiB could not be opened
• GZIP: Archive entry was not displayed if the flag for the original file name is set but the original file name is not included
• FileSync: Folder names with an underscore were sorted after the other folder names (instead of before them)

Version 19.00.9800 – July 6, 2020

• Dark window elements and dark system menus in the main windows when a black 2007/2010/2016 Office design or a dark VS2012/2015 design is used (Windows 10-1809 and later)
• Built-in template for a bright color scheme (Settings dialog, Appearance – Colors)
• Built-in template for a dark color scheme (Settings dialog, Appearance – Colors)
• Day/night mode for switching between light and dark designs/color schemes
• Automatic switching between day and night mode after preset time or after sunrise/sunset (Settings dialog, Advanced – Miscellaneous)
• Automatic search for updates
• Simplified software update by downloading the installation archive and starting the update process directly from SpeedCommander
• Folder views for FTP, AddIns, burning projects and file containers
• Deleting multiple layouts at once by multiple selection in the Delete Layout dialog
• Command line parameter /colorscheme to specify a specific color scheme at startup
• Additional option for the PowerShell Core command interpreter (Settings dialog, Advanced – Tweaks)
• Separately configurable command interpreters for integrated command output window and external command prompt (Settings dialog, Advanced – Tweaks)
• User tools can be launched with reduced privileges when SpeedCommander is executed with elevated privileges
• Programs launched in the command prompt and in the run dialog can be started with reduced privileges while holding down the Windows key, if SpeedCommander is executed with elevated privileges
• Optional filtering of all commands without keyboard shortcuts in the keyboard layout dialog
• Select/deselect all items in the list view of the keyboard mapping dialog with Ctrl+A/S
• English help file
• Pro version: Support for Google Photos
• Pro version: Support for OneDrive Business
• Macros: New properties for MainWindow object to query and set the design and color scheme
• Archive: Unpacking .gz archives with multiple chunks
• Multi-rename: Placeholder [r,x] for the generation of random numbers, where x stands for the number of digits
• Multi-rename: Deleting multiple profiles at once by multiple selection in the Delete Profile dialog
• FTP: Support for IPv6
• FTP: Support for TLS v1.3
• FTP: Support of client certificates for FTP/SSL
• FTP: Protocol and ciphers used for FTP/SSL and SSH are shown in the status window
• FTP: Internal certificate store can be reseted (Settings dialog, Advanced – FTP Client)
• FTP: Optional use of the server’s IP address for PASV connections if the FTP server is incorrectly configured (FTP Site properties)
• FTP: Overall progress of file download
• FTP: Support of OTP MD4/MD5/SHA/RMD160 for FTP/SSL
• FileSearch: Deleting multiple profiles at once by multiple selection in the Delete Profile dialog
• FileSync: Separate color settings for light and black/dark designs
• FileSync: Profile option for ‘Follow junctions’
• FileSync: Folder names in the list view are displayed relative to the base directory
• FileSync: Deleting multiple profiles at once by multiple selection in the Delete Profile dialog
• FileSync: Profile setting “Add left path components to right path” for using a main backup folder for different drives
• FileSync: Profile setting “Compare after sync” allows overwriting the global setting for individual profiles
• FileSync: Comparison can be started automatically after the program start or after selecting a profile
• SpeedEdit: Separate color settings for light and black/dark designs
• SpeedEdit: Separate color settings for caret line/framed caret line
• SpeedEdit: New syntax highlighting definitions for Swift, AutoIt, registration files, ASN.1, JSON, YAML, Inno Setup and NSIS
• SpeedEdit: Improved syntax highlighting definitions for Assembler, CSS, C++, C#, IDL, Java, Pascal, VB, HTML, PHP, Perl, Bash, Batch, SQL, Python and Powershell
• fsc: Environment variables can be used for parameters in script files
• fsc: Command switch /apc adds the path components of the source folder to the target path
• sqc: Environment variables can be used for parameters in script files
• SCBackupRestore: Dark window elements when a black 2007/2010/2016 Office design or a dark VS2012/2015 design is used (Windows 10-1809 or later)
• SCBackupRestore: Optimized scanning of backup points
• SCBackupRestore: When restoring backup points, the original SpeedCommander version is taken into account (if available)
• SCBackupRestore: Deleting multiple backup points at once by multiple selection
• Update to Xtreme Toolkit 19.1
• FTP: Update to OpenSSL 1.1.1g
• SpeedEdit: Update to Scintilla 4.3.0
• License agreement: Single user license activation on up to five computers for private use only