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File-Ex 3.0.0.24

4.0 (14 votes)

(November 14, 2002)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Shareware; $19.95 / 419 downloads

File-Ex automatically enlarges and enhances the File Open and File Save dialogs of nearly all Windows applications. It also adds handy file management functions to the dialogs, plus Recent and Favorite file/folder lists, and more features designed to save your time. In addition, it adds support for long file names to your legacy Windows 3.x (16-bit) applications.

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Cottonwood Software
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Latest Changes
- Fixed column width remembering in XP

- Fixed so column widths are remembered when just changing views back and forth

- Fixed problem of snapping back columns when sizing the window or columns, causing a re-paint

- Removed the unnecessary "ignored" dialogs from the trained templates

- Fixed a sorting bug in non-details views for Windows 98/Me

- It can now remember the column widths in details view (once you stretch them manually, they will stick if this option is set)

- Sorting! You can set the default sorting (name, type, size, or date), and the direction (ascending or descending)

- Regardless of sort direction, you can force the folders to be at the top or bottom of the list

- Fixed the old problem of "hidden" dialogs in MS Office apps (dialogs that had to be trained to "ignore")

- If the exporer crashes, File-Ex's icon is restored to the taskbar tray automatically

- Added functions to Edit Recent Files and Folders

- The Edit Recent functions can also auto-delete all orphaned entries (paths/files that no longer exist)

- Change the training order so that it asks Add/Replace/Ignore before Open/Save/Folder (since if it's Ignored, there's no need to ask the type)

- Made the Edit Favorites lists multi-selection (so you can delete more than one at a time)

- Edit Favorites -- Disable Move Up/Down & Delete buttons when they don't apply

- Recent list -- fix so the "All Apps" separator line is still present if "include headers" is turned off

- Configuration -- grey out enlargement controls if remember-last-size is checked

- Fixed so it will still enlarge to last size used if remember-last-size checked, even if Enlarge option is not checked

- Configuration, Show Icon -- fixed so the icon is shown immediately when Apply or OK is used (if Show icon is selected)

- Fix the FE! button in trained dialogs so it can be pressed on any dialog (specifically an issue in Open Office)

- Added some training to the included templates

- Fixed some translation errors (German version only)

- Fixed accelerator keys on file management buttons (German version only)

- Included new templates for German Office 97 and German Office 2000, which will hopefully work better (German version only)

- Portuguese version available

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emanresU deriseD
Reviewing 3.0.0.24 (Feb 22, 2010)

Written in AutoIt? How did you arrive at that conclusion? You're the one who should be ashamed, Point Zero.

Even if it were written in AutoIt (it's not), it doesn't matter--it's better than the alternatives. I've used XFilesDialog extensively, and you wanna talk about bugs? XFD has them. Direct Folders crashes on me and the author ignores his users. The freeware alternatives have all been abandoned and suck in their own ways.
Point Zero
Reviewing 3.0.0.24 (Jul 25, 2007)

$20 for some hooking app written in AutoIt, the author should be ashamed.
Deedstyger
Reviewing 3.0.0.24 (Nov 15, 2006)

++ deserves better average rating so 5 instead of 4.

++ really stable.
++ low resource eater.

-- moneyware.
pluto2se
Reviewing 3.0.0.24 (Mar 15, 2006)

I still think this is the best program for it's use, one point reduced though for not being updated anymore and a few bugs still exist in it.
guti
Reviewing 3.0.0.24 (Oct 16, 2005)

It uses fewer resources and is faster than XFilesDialog.

Unfortunatelly it has some problems, and is not updated much frequently, so I have comed back to XFilesDialog.

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