What's new in this version of AB Commander

Version 8.3 (June 1, 2011)

The Rename and Delete commands are now faster and handle the selection of the files better.
A new option Show Re-establishing/Closing Connections messages has been implemented.
Better handling of some unusual situations that previously might have caused AB Commander to crash.
Several minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 8.2 (March 17, 2011)

A problem has been corrected that prevented the Synchronize command from working properly in some situations.
You can now hide and unhide folders in the list of the Go to folder window.

Version 8.1 (February 12, 2011)

An option for the internal Quick Editor has been added that allows you to enable or disable the warning message displayed when you attempt to open a write-protected file with the internal Quick Editor.
When you sort files by clicking on the columns in the file panels, AB Commander no longer scrolls to the previously selected item.
A problem has been corrected that caused AB Commander to navigate to the parent folder when changing to the Details view.

Version 8.0 (January 2, 2011)

The Tabbed browsing option has been added. You can use the middle button of the mouse to quickly open and close the tabs, to have your favorite folders readily available for browsing. Of course, if you don't like the tabs, you can turn them off by using the commands on the View - Tabs menu.
You can now set up an external file viewer of your choice to use with the file types not supported by the internal image viewer of AB Commander.
Several minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 7.7 (October 5, 2010)

The Wipe the content option has been added to the Delete command. You can use this option to make it much harder (if not impossible) to reconstruct the content of the files being deleted.
The file management commands (Copy, Move, Delete, etc.) are now performed asynchronously. For example, if you've started a long operation to copy a large file, you can continue working with AB Commander without having to wait for the copying to finish.
The Undo command has been added to the Command menu. (Previously, it was only acessible via the Ctrl-Z key combination).
Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 7.5.7 (June 6, 2010)

A problem has been corrected that caused a message asking to enter a valid license key to appear in some situations even if the software was already registered with a valid license.

Version 7.5.6 (June 3, 2010)

A problem has been corrected that caused the drive bar or the toolbar to move to the second row after connecting an external drive to the computer while AB Coimmander window was minimized.

Version 7.5.5 (May 11, 2010)

Integration with Space Investigator .

Version 7.5 (April 8, 2010)

One more way of navigation between different folders: by clicking on their names in the title bars of the file panels. (If you don't like this, you can turn it off).

An option to enable the CTRL+WINDOWS key combination to quickly exit, minimize, or iconize AB Commander.

When you refresh the file panel, its folder bar is now refreshed, too.

Integration with USBCrypt : when you stop a Virtual Encrypted Drive that's currently displayed in AB Commander, it gets released by AB Commander automaticvally.

Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 7.3.2 (December 1, 2009)

A problem has been corrected that caused the columns of the file listings to grow wide when using AB Commander with some configurations of Windows 7.

The Setup utility has been updated to prompt to uninstall any existing version after the license has been verified.

Version 7.3.1 (November 23, 2009)

A problem has been corrected that caused AB Commander not to preserve the ordering of the columns of the file listings on Windows 7.

The Store/Restore Columns commands now preserve the sorting order.

Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 7.3 (September 25, 2009)

AB Commander now conforms to the "Compatible with Windows 7" logo standard.

An option to add the AB Commander submenu to the shell context menu in the AB Commander panels has been reintroduced.

Version 7.2.1 (July 2, 2009)

A problem has been corrected that caused AB Commander to become unresponsive while performing the Synchronize or Split commands under some conditions.

Version 7.2 (July 1, 2009)

The Folder bar has been optimized for better performace.

The file size indicators have been optimized for better performace.

More buttons can now be added to the toolbars.

Handling of the removable drives has been improved: you no longer need to manually navigate away from a removable drive before Windows would let you unplug it.

An option to hide the useless "fantom" symbolic links in Vista and Windows 7 has been added.

An option to hide the Zip folders in the Folder bar has been added.

A command to disable the Zip folders feature of Windows has been added.

Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 7.1 (March 25, 2009)

The "adaptive" file size indicator has been added.

The file size indicators now display the cumulative size of the selected files (rather than the size of the focused file).

The "Save All" command has been added to Quick Editor.

The "full screen" mode of the image viewer has been improved.

Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 7.0 (January 31, 2009)

Each panel now has a built-in Folder bar.
New images from icons-icons.com have been added to the user interface.
The size of the toolbar buttons can now be selected by the user.
Many other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

The first version of this software was released on April 23, 1998, under the name Singularity.