■ xplorer² v5.2 released, codename NASA

When you work for NASA or the ISS, and you spread your celestial operations in a few tens of monitors of varying sizes and resolutions, you cannot afford your file manager to get out of shape when moved from one monitor to the next — that's how comets end up colliding with earth. The latest installment of xplorer² saga is "permonitorv2" DPI aware, so its user interface should render smoothly when you pop it from one to a different monitor, maintaining fonts and proportions, and scaled appropriately for the current monitor display resolution. A lot of work has gone into this new multimonitor awareness, sadly destined to remain undiscovered for xplorer² users with less illustrious careers. Still it had to be done, and now it's out of the way.

To activate smooth monitor switching, leave the default installer option Multi-monitor manifest ticked, and make sure you don't override any of the high DPI compatibility settings of xplorer² desktop icon properties.

Other improvements of note include: (see the changelog for the full list of changes)

Dual folder trees. If you can afford the screen space, and prefer a separate tree for each dual pane, use Tools > Options menu and in Window property page tick "Show 2 trees" option. A splitter window manages the tree and folder view in each pane. All other tree options extend for double trees, e.g. you can have them automatically aligh with the folder browsed. If you find that you run out of space in dual tree mode, try stacking the dual panes up/down (see VIEW menu).
Dual tree mode cannot be combined with quick access list, trees show only your system folders.
Find empty folders. Emtpy folders don't take up much space, but for some people consitute a nuiscance to be banished. To find empty folders, first use Tools > Folder statistics command in the tree section where you want to concentrate (or scan your entire hard disk). Once the tree is constructed, use Actions > Emtpy folders menu command in the statistics window, and any empty folders will be loaded in a regular scrap container. In there you can select and delete them all. Empty folders are those that have no files in them, but could have remnant empty subfolders. If a whole hierarchy is folders without files, it is considered empty in this context.
Installer command line arguments. For all you package managers out there, xplorer² installer options are now available as command line options, for silent install. For example /REPLACE=1 is like ticking Replace windows explorer checkbox. See the changelog file for all the details.

Upgrade information

Version 5.2 is a free upgrade for most people that already own v5.x licenses — except those received gratis as a free upgrade from v4.x. These customers as well as those with with old v4.x keys can upgrade to the latest version with a discount.

Please use Help > Check for updates menu command or the equivalent from ribbon's File leftmost tab to get the new version. If you don't have xplorer² installed try the download page for your free trial.