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Folder Scout 1.1 Build 210 - February 5th, 2008

Folder Scout 1.1 includes new features and solves some issues found in version 1.0

Added new Toolbar for common tasks: Folder Scout 1.1 includes a new toolbar that allows quick access to most frecuently used commands like Add/Refresh drive catalog, Remove drive catalog and Application preferences. Help Topics and Tips & Tricks tutorial can also be accesed from the new toolbar.

Added 'Whole word only' filter in Find Folder : A new 'Whole word only' filter checkbox has been added to perform more selective searches. When the checkbox is activated, the search string typed in the Find Folder Box should appear complete and alone in a certain folder name to include it as a matching result. This reduces the number of results, making easier to locate a certain folder.

Added Tips & Tricks tutorial: A new Help-like tutorial has been added with useful Tips & Tricks to get the most of Folder Scout. The Tips & Trick tutorial can be quickly accessed from the toolbar.

Added user customizable File Search app: This new feature allows the user to customize the File search application that will be invoked when Search command is issued from any of the search buttons or contextual menus. By default, Microsoft Windows® internal search application is used.

Added 'Run maximized' feature for external apps: Under Application Preferences, the user can determine the way externals applications appear when launched from Folder Scout. It is possible to select between Normal or Maximized window. This applies to File Browser app, File Search app and Command Shell.

Minor fixes and changes: Version 1.1 includes minor fixes to known bugs and issues found in previous releases, making this new release more stable than ever.

Folder Scout Previous Versions History

Folder Scout 1.0 Final. Build 209 - October 24th, 2007

Folder Scout 1.0.0 Build 209 is the final release from previous Beta editions. It includes new features and solves some issues found in Build 208.

Standard and Professional Editions: Folder Scout is available in two different editions. Both versions support the same basic features. Professional edition additionally supports Network Drives catalog, allowing fast folder search also in this type of drives. Oriented to bussiness with multiple net drives or multiple servers.

30-day Free Trial: The Evaluation Version of Folder Scout is an unlicensed "try before you buy" version distributed at no charge. The evaluation version is fully functional like Professional Edition for thirty days. All of the features work in the ways described.

Fixed bug with Disk Tree catalog load: There was a known bug at Disk Tree that made Folder Scout to load unavailable/off-line drives catalog.

Fixed bug with drive catalog add or remove: There was a known bug in Catalog Add/Refresh or Catalog Remove where some incoherences occurred. For catalog Add/Refresh, unavailable net drives where shown. For catalog Remove, an error message was shown when trying to delete any unavailable drive (Fixed, CD/DVD, Removable or Network Drive)

Fixed bug when accesing Windows Registry: There was a known bug when trying to read/write Windows registry for users with insufficient privileges.

Folder Scout 1.0 Beta 2 Build 208 - August 10th, 2007

Build 208 includes new features and solves some issues found in Build 207.

Network mapped drives support : Current release now supports cataloging of multiple network mapped drives. Oriented to bussiness with multiple network drives or multiple servers, this feature extends the range of drive types supported by Folder Scout to all drive types: Fixed, Removable, CD/DVD and Network drives. This feature will be available only in future Professional Edition.

Improved Search Engine: New folder search engine is now ten times faster. Folder Scout search engine has been completely rewritten to support big volume of folders, usually found on network drives. Previous version (Build 207) handled easily up to aprox. 50.000 folders, with about one second average search time. Current release has an average search time below one second for aprox. 500.000 folders.

New Drive Type Search Filter Toolbar : A new drive type filter toolbar has been added to filter search results by drive types: Fixed, Removable and Network drives. This allows easier handling of search results.

Fixed bug with removable drives: There was a known bug when extracting a removable drive immediately after uncataloging it. Folder Scout displayed the message 'Could not Delete Volume from Disk Tree'.

Folder Scout 1.0 Beta 2 Build 207 - July 2nd, 2007

Build 207 improves some issues and known bugs detected in Build 206.

Improved Install and Uninstall: Folder Scout can now be installed and uninstalled without taking care if the main executable (FolderScout.Exe) was running or not. In previous versions user must manually close and exit Folder Scout before installing or uninstalling. In case Folder Scout was not stopped manually, installation didn't work and the application continues running on each Windows restart.

Fixed bug at Windows shutdown or session close: There was a known bug with Windows 2000 operating systems (and under certain circumstances also on XP systems) that stops Windows close or shutdown process if Folder Scout was running. To workaround this problem, users of previous versions needed to close Folder Scout before closing or exiting Windows.

Fixed bug in high resolution screen configuration: There was a known bug with systems configured with 1280 x 1024 screen resolution. On such systems, Folder Scout only expanded up to 1024 x 1024.

Fixed issue with Hot Key (by default F7): There was a known issue when pressing Hot Key (by default F7) during Folder Scout start-up sequence. If the user pressed F7 before Folder Scout finished its internal start-up sequence, the main screen shows and then hides quickly, making it necessary to press F7 again to bring the application to the foreground.

Fixed issue with splash screen: There was a known issue on some systems with the splash screen (the banner displayed while Folder Scout is loading) that made the splash screen to appear during several seconds before hidding. On Build 207 , this time is strictly adjusted to aprox. one second.

Folder Scout 1.0 Beta 2 Build 206 - May 20th, 2007

First release public available on the Internet. Drives supported: Fixed, Removable and CD/DVD .