What's new in this version of AB Commander

Version 6.96 (January 5, 2008)

The Image Preview command can now display the PNG and TIFF files.
An option to embed an auto-incrementing counter into the file names has been added to the Rename command.
The Store/Restore Columns commands have been added to the Panel menu.
An option to display the path of the active folder on the title of the AB Commander window has been added.
Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 6.95 (June 16, 2007)

A problem has been corrected that caused an extra folder to be selected in the passive panel when starting AB Commander.
A problem has been corrected that produced an invalid settings file when exporting the settings that contained the double quotes and some other special characters.
A problem has been corrected that prevented the context menu for the Zip folders to appear on Windows Server and Windows x64 systems after the update KB921398 has been applied to the system via Windows Update.
The Restart as Administrator/as Standard User commands no longer appear on the menu if the User Account Control of Windows Vista is disabled, or if the user has no "split" token.
Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 6.94 (April 15, 2007)

The Startup page has been added to the Options dialog box, to give you a better control of how to start AB Comander.
For Windows Vista only: You can now press the SHIFT and CTRL keys while running a program from within AB Commander to start that program as administrator.
For Windows Vista only: The Restart as Administrator/as Standard User command has been implemented, to make you able to restart AB Commander with the full administrator or standart user rights, as needed.
A problem has been corrected that caused the Synchronize command not to work properly in some situations.
Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 6.93 (January 25, 2007)

Compatibility with Windows Vista has been implemented.
A new option to add the keyboard shortcuts to the History and Favorites menus has been added.
Some visual options (animated icon, popup indicators) have been eliminated. (Windows XP and Vista provide enough visual options to allow us retire ours).
The Allow quick rename option, if cleared, no longer blocks the rename commands initiated via the F2 key or context menu.
Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 6.92 (August 20, 2006)

A solution to the compatibility problem with the hot fix KB921398 for Windows XP distributed by Microsoft via Windows Update service that caused the shortcut menu not to appear when you right-click on a Zip file has been implemented. If you experience this problem, enable the Show alternative shortcut menu for Zip files option.
Support for computers with multiple monitors has been improved.
An option to never check for the software updates has been added.
Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 6.91 (July 31, 2006)

A problem with the Rename command has been corrected that caused the "Nothing to do" message to appear incorrectly in some situations.
Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 6.9 (May 26, 2006)

Options to enable an alternative drag-and-drop protocol or even disable the drag-and-drop operations within AB Commander.
An option to prompt the user to run a new instance or switch to the already running instance of AB Commander.
An option to open folders with AB Commander instead of Windows Explorer.
New buttons added to the toolbars to quickly navigate to the Desktop and My Computer folders, and to open a command prompt window.
The Copy, Move, and Delete commands can now be used with the compressed (Zip) folders, in addition to the "real" file folders.
Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 6.8 (March 5, 2006)

The x64 Edition of AB Commander for Windows x64 has been released.
A new option "Ignore time differences less than ... seconds" has been added to the Compare and Synchronize commands.
A new option "Refresh panels after each file operation" has been added.
The automatic check for updates has been implemented.
The Server Busy window no longer appears when performing lengthy operations.
Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 6.7 (December 20, 2004)

The Millennium Edition of AB Commander has been renamed to "Classic Edition" and it now supports Windows Me/98/98SE only.
The User's Guide has been rewritten from scratch and is in the HtmlHelp format now.
A new option "Ignore Daylight Savings time differences" has been added to the Compare and Synchronize commands.
You can now compare files not only by the time of their last modification, but also by their size.
You can now use the Split and Merge commands to split and merge files larger than 2GB.
A new command Find File Differences has been implemented, that you can use to determine how any two files are different from each other.
A new option Autoresize columns has been added that you can use to allow the columns of the file panels to automatically adjust as you navigate to different folders.
You can now change the orientation of images from landscape to portrait and back while viewing them with the Image Preview command.
A problem has been corrected that prevented the Drive bar from switching to the virtual or RAM drives.
The Jump and Go to commands on the Folder menu now expand environment variables.
You can now try out a tip without closing the The Tip of the Day window.
The "Stop/Resume icon animation" command has been added to the system menu of the main window.
You can now use the "Split Vertically" and "Split Horizontally" buttons on the menu bar of the main window to adjust the split ratio to 50-50.
The resizing indicators are now displayed in the corners of the resizable windows.
Several other minor improvements made and problems corrected.

Version 6.6 (December 4, 2003)

Each panel now has its own drive bar, in addition to the main drive bar that was available in the previous version of AB Commander.
The Synchronize command has been enhanced to work with files and folder located in the root Desktop folder.
A problem with the Synchronize command has been fixed that caused the identical files last modified while the Daylight savings time was in effect to appear out of synch when synchronizing them between NTFS and FAT volumes and while the Daylight savings time was not in effect;
A problem has been fixed that caused only the last subfolder of a zip file to be displayed in the panel title bar when browsing a zip file with subfolders;
A problem has been fixed that caused the panel filters not to get applied automatically when the program was started;
Several other minor enhancements and corrections have been made.

Version 6.5 (November 1, 2003)

A new software installer with a more attractive user interface is used in this release;
Two new toolbar buttons have been added for the Swap Panels and Select All commands;
You can now delete items from the history lists (by pressing the Del key while the unwanted item is highlighted) of most dialog boxes including Filter, Select, etc.;
A problem has been corrected that prevented the Tools - Folder Options command from working properly on Windows Server 2003 systems;

Version 6.4 (September 1, 2003)

Two new options (Delete orphan files from subfolders and Skip preview this time only) for the Synchronize command have been added;
The List command has been enhanced: you can now select which columns to include in the list;
The Organize Favorites command has been enhanced: you can now make the commands of the Favorites list set a folder not only for the active panel, but also for the passive one, so that you could use just one command to set both the active and passive panels to the pre-defined folders. You can also assign labels to the items of the Favorites menu, which would be used to display the items on the Favorites menu;
A problem has been fixed that caused an application error in ABCMDR.EXE module under some circumstances;
A problem has been fixed that caused a brief flicker of the panel background when changing folders and a custom background color was used;
A problem has been fixed that sometimes caused AB Commander not to start when some other application was running;
A problem with the internal Quick Editor has been fixed that caused it not to prompt to save changes to a file when the file was open over the network and the target computer was off line at the time of closing Quick Editor;
A problem has been fixed that caused an application error in the BROWSEUI.DLL file when typing commands in the command prompt of AB Commander ME, when used on Windows 98 without the latest system updates;
A new command added: Invert Selection;
An option to add the Open with AB Commander command to the Windows shortcut menu for file folders has been added;
The Forward command line to the previous instance option has been added, that gives more flexibility to the Allow single instance only option;
A new restriction has been added, that lets you specify the alternative root path for the second panel;
You can now define your own custom colors for the text and background of the panels;
Several other minor enhancements and corrections have been made.

For the list of changes made in the versions prior to 6.4, please contact our customer support.

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