XYplorer 18.00 has been released on 06-Jun-2017. Here’s a quick introduction to the main new features:
Persistent Live Filters. Now optionally Live Filters persist across folders, and are remembered across tab switches and across sessions.
Simply tick Configuration | Filters & Type Ahead Find | Live Filter Box | Persistent live filters to make Live Filters persistent:
Note that the setting is also available in the context menu of the Live Filter Box icon:
User-Defined Preview Handlers. Now you can freely associate particular file types with particular preview handlers. This means full preview control without touching the registry.
In Configuration | Previewed Formats you find a new category "User-Defined Preview Handlers". Here you can associate file types (identified by the extension) directly with the GUID of any installed 32-bit preview handler. It’s your job to find out the GUID and whether the handler is fit to preview this type of files. So this is definitely an advanced feature.
To add a new preview handler you select category "User-Defined Preview Handlers" and press the Add button. The syntax is simple. For example, this definition would associate MSG files with the Quick View Plus handler:
msg>{8B1E92F5-AC8E-4DAB-9804-3C01AA112F17}
The displayed item in the list then comes with some additional human-friendly information for your pleasure, for example:
*.msg, Outlook Item > {8B1E92F5-AC8E-4DAB-9804-3C01AA112F17}, Quick View Plus - Preview Handler
This is the configuration interface (of course, you can add as many definitions as you want):
When you now preview an MSG file you get something like this (if Quick View Plus is installed on your system):