** What's New/Fixed with 3.0 Beta 1 *** + Added, ^ Updated, x Fixed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Pro Features/Updates + Launch Pad: Customizable Launch Pad area in Main Window, now you can change the programs listed in the main window for quick launching + Encryption: New Encryption Module with BlowFish file & text encryption, working on Base64, MD5, SHA, SHA256, & RC4 + Main Window: Added a "Processor" Tab with CPU Name, CPU Model and system checks for: AMD 3D Now, AMD 3D Now! Extensions, IA MMX, IA SSE, IA SSE2, IA-64 & Hyper-Threading Technology + Main Window: Added "Processor" Tab information to Save Snapshot + General: Increased Application "Process Priority" for faster processing, now it's set to "High" on NT, 2000 & XP + General: Added Product Activation for Pro version only Lite & Pro Features/Updates + Launch Pad: Added Ad-Aware to fill in the TBD stop that was blank (moved Media Player down one slot) + Launch Pad: Click on the label for programs that are not installed will now prompt to see if you want to download them + Main Window: Added Harddrive Serial Number information to the "Drives" tab + Main Window: Added Pagefile & Virtual Memory information to the "Memory" Tab + Cleanup: Added cache cleanup support for Opera 7.5 Preview and added addition security & path checking + General: Super-optimized several key pieces of code for faster program loading & processing + General: Added Enhanced upgrade notification system (build Date for test versions, etc.) ^ HotKeys: Windows & Home key creates a new email, but now uses clipboard for email address or body ^ Launch Pad: Major Second Phase of optimizing Program Launch Pad backend code ^ Launch Pad: Updated code to change Firebird entry to Firefox ^ Launch Pad: Added & fixed detection for older Media Player 6.x for NT 4.0, Windows 95/98, etc. ^ Main Window: Update Save Snapshot layout & minor formatting changes ^ Main Window: Modified Media Toolkit load behavior to bring window to the foreground if minimized or doesn't have focus ^ Main Window: Modified Windows-S (Show Main Window) hotkey to bring to foreground if window is open without focus ^ Tools: Quick Uninstall: Changed the "Change" button to "Modify" to be more consistant with windows Add/Remove ^ Tools: Updated Microsoft Windows Update url to resolve future site changes and a Windows XP specific issue with Driver Updates ^ Tools: Quick UnInstall: Enhanced keyboard support ^ Options: Optimized storage method for Options menu descriptions & other data ^ Options: Optimized keyboard handling and consolidated global variables ^ General: Optimized & fixed the URL Encoding processor for encoding emailed error messages & Windows-Home text parsing ^ General: Increased Max Cached icons tweak from 2000 to 4096 ^ Installer: Optimized Microsoft Interface component download file using LZMA compression reducing file by 45k or 9% ^ Installer: Now using Nullsoft 2.0 Installer ^ Installer: Updated Licensing agreement, added Accept checkbox and corrected some spelling mistakes... x Main Window: Removed mouseover flicker for Temp and Windows directory links and other minor layout changes x Main Window: Properly detect the harddrive filesystem format for: FAT, FAT32, NTFS, Netware, etc x Main Window: General Info tab was not displaying data if 9x/ME user did not login or there was no UserName to read x Main Window: Properly update the Netscape/Mozilla/Firebird menu onClick color x Main Window: General Info tab had IE Hotfix label truncated if only one service pack was installed, ex: SP was shown instead of SP2, etc. x Main Window: Removed flickering in Launch Pad area on mouseover of installed program link x Main Window: Splash modal Error resolved x Cleanup: Added better error checking and message to verify Opera cache path before attempting to delete x General: Issue with reading and autoplaying cd's, sorry x General: Crushed major "Object variable or With Block Variable not set" errors in startup code x General: Program was not properly shutting down on 9x/ME systems if window was open and you choose Logoff, Shutdown, etc. x General: Fixed icon resolution issues if Increase Icon Resolution tweak was disabled. x Installer: Fixed Uninstaller hanging issues ** What's New/Fixed with 3.0 Preview 1 *** Media Toolkit: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + Full read/write support for MP3 id3v2.3 & id3v2.4 tags + Built-in Media Playback for mp3, wma and wav files (with option to use external player) + Right-Click "Organize by Artist" will move files into Artist directory (will create directory if it doesn't exist) + Enhanced file listing added: checkboxes, file size, type and last modified date + File listing is now filetype color coding with background shading + Customizable column sorting and column rearranging + New Enhanced Directory Tree for easier navigation + Organize files easier with full Drag/Drop to new Directory Tree + Delete Empty Directories in Directory Tree with delete key + Move Checked Files between directories with right-click + Added Checked Files to PlayList option in Menu + Select & Unselect all files shortcut keys + PlayList Reordering and drag/drop placement from file list + Search Filter dropdown is now pre-populated with artist names from current directory + Toolbar with Open, Refresh and Delete File options + Saving or Clearing id3 tag will now update the files "Modified Date" for better file management + New Icon that is mirrored in the systray when Media Toolkit is opened + Now supports .m4a format (iTunes compatible) and .mp4 ^ Enhanced file list refresh displaying after renaming and deleting files ^ Updated screen layout for better Playlist positioning ^ Fixed/Enhanced Playlist Drag 'n Drop mouse behavior ^ Enhanced keyboard behavior for Search functionality ^ Made "Play on Select" disabled as a default option on install x Removed redundant file listing refresh when "Open Directory" was selected x Clear displayed ID3 file details when deleting a file and directory/file refresh x Set filter pattern to default if none exists x Right-Clicking on file will now select it before presenting the popup menu x Saving id3 tag on read-only file now works Windows HotKeys ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + Windows & Home key to create a new email (uses your default email client) + Windows & PageUP key launches website in clipboard or mrtech.com if clipboard is doesn't have a valid url + Windows & Numpad-Minus & Windows + Numpad-Plus keys to Eject (plus) and Close (minus) CD Door Main Window ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + Slick New Information Panels which are much easier to read and highly optimized + New tabs in main window to clear up the clutter + Direct Links to Microsoft KnowledgeBase for installed Microsoft IE Hotfixes/Patches + Enhanced Video Display information + New Recycle Bin icon with total size of files to be deleted and a quick popup menu + New link for Microsoft Media Player to launch pad area + Now supports Firebird in the Netscape/Mozilla launch pad area + Popup menu on launch pad link if Netscape, Mozilla and/or Firebird are installed + Using Systray icon as a status indicator for Keyboard shortcuts, Cleanup functions, Media Toolkit & Upgrade checks + New toolbar in Main and Options Windows (with updated icons) + New status bar with current date and time ^ Super Optimized code for launching & displaying applications in main window, reducing program size by 12k ^ Shutdown button on toolbar now defaults to popup menu ^ Filenames in status window from the Cleanup steps are now shortened to fit better ^ Optimized generic disk space code, while fixing the Windows 95 OSR1 API issue ^ Fixed enabling Opera Cleanup menu options if Opera was just installed x Shutdown button is now disabled if "Hide & Disable Restart/Reboot Options" checked x Fixed the Windows 95 OSR 1 disk space call issue, finally got around to doing this x Minor text issue with ICQ Pro label (if installed) Options Menu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + All options seperated into 5 sections: Startup, Prefs, Tweaks, Tools and Fixes + Added "Don't Reuse Internet Explorer for Launching Shortcuts" to Tweaks section + Added "Don't Notify When Internet Explorer Download Completes" to Tweaks section + Added "Save & Load Clipboard for Notepad Launch" to Prefs section will save your clipboard to the desktop & open it ^ Enhanced option list displaying and the status information on mouseovers ^ Removed "Show User/Computer Name on Desktop" as a default enabled option for new installs ^ "Kill Hung Apps Faster on Shutdown" will now also shutdown "services" faster also x "Stop Checked Services on Startup" ran when enabled, now only runs on startup x "Check for Newer Version on Startup" ran when enabled, now only runs on startup x "Hide & Disable Restart/Reboot Options" was not properly disabling all shutdown/reboot menus & optimized code x Unchecking the "Add to Windows Startup" was ignored by upgrade/installer x Focus issue with main window when changing certain settings x Status bar wouldn't always fit in window x Disable Personalize Menus in Microsoft Office, wasn't being set properly for Office XP & 2003 x Unchecking "Disable Personalize Menus" wasn't working for Microsoft Office x "Kill Hung Apps Faster on Shutdown" wasn't setting default back properly if unchecked x "Kill Hung Apps Faster on Shutdown" was setting no-working registry keys, fixed & added cleanup code x Regression with window crashing with certain options Tools ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + Quick UnInstall: Now lists any "Quiet Uninstallers" that my be lingering in your system + Quick UnInstall: Added uninstaller icons to list with option for Deeper icon extraction (slow on some pc's) + Notepad tools and options will now launch your default text not just default to "notepad.exe" ^ Quick UnInstall: Complete rewrite of code, reducing program size by 4k ^ Quick JumpList: will now remember last value used between sessions ^ "Open With Notepad" right-click option will now use long file name instead of abbreviated 8.3 names ^ Optimized "Tools" execution code by removing code redundancies ^ Running tools will no longer close main window x Quick JumpList: Obscure crash with checkbox values x The "Notepad" tool will no longer be forced to launch maximized x Fixed weird issues with the 'Change "My Documents" Path' Tool Options General: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ Minor optimizations to Upgrade Checking process and some verbage cleanup ^ Default system directories will now be refresh in case they were changed while the program was runnings x All File Open dialogs where working but were all defaulting to look like the Save dialog x Potentional crash when centering a maximized window has been resolved x Window would not minimize properly on some installations x Fixed crash and weird refresh issue when re-running the program x On startup window would flash on taskbar Installer ----------------------------------------------------------------------- + creating start menu shortcuts is now optional + now remembers checked shortcuts for reinstalling, etc. + now allows you to choose a custom installation path + Uninstaller now asks if you want to remove all of your custom settings also ^ Changed Installer to account for new required components ^ Automatic Clean up of all the old application icons and all other folders ^ Installer now uses the enhanced Nullsoft Installer modern user interface ^ Licensing agreement terms have been updated ^ Removed dependency on seperate "Close Previous Install..." installer option