There is a new update checker that makes use of the Opus RSS feed to update you about Opus news, hints and tips, plus of course information about new versions. The update checker can also be configured to automatically download new updates, and you will be prompted to install these once they are available.
Previously the option for SOCKS proxies was only available for FTP, but Opus now supports the use of SOCKS 4/5 proxies for HTTP as well (e.g. for the update checker).
The CLI DOSPROMPT command will now create an elevated command prompt if CTRL+SHIFT is held down when the command is executed. You can also specify CLI DOSPROMPT=admin to forcibly create an elevated prompt.
Elevated command prompts now appear with their background color set to red to distinguish them from non-elevated prompts. You can configure this color using the color parameter, or use nocolor to disable it. Note that this only applies if UAC is enabled and the command prompt has been specifically elevated by Opus. If UAC is disabled, or Opus itself is running as administrator, then this has no effect.
The CLI DOSPROMPT uses the new “automap UNC” feature in Opus to automatically map a drive letter to a UNC path when needed – so for the first time you can now open a DOS prompt to a UNC location. The temporary drive letter is automatically unmapped when no longer needed.
In Info Tips, the {thumbnail} code can now take a parameter to indicate the border status:
{thumbnail:0} means no border
{thumbnail:1} means display a border (the default)
{thumbnail:2} means only display a border for non-transparent images
Content Type Folder Formats have a new option to consider sub-folder count when calculating content thresholds. This means that if you have a folder containing 100 sub-folders and 1 image file, it will not be considered an image directory (unless the threshold was set to 1%).
There is a new option to automatically select the next file in the file display after a file has been deleted (good for browsing and cleaning up files using the Viewer pane)
Checkbox mode now works in all modes (previously only Details and Power mode supported checkbox mode)
The description field for executable files now includes platform information
The description field for text files now includes the file encoding (if the file has a BOM)
Clipboard Copy/Cut no longer deselects the files that have been put on the clipboard (this is to be compatible with Explorer)
Breadcrumbs path fields have several new optional arguments (specified in Customize mode).
HideDesktopFolders hides child folders and zip files on the desktop from the menu.
ShowFavorites and HideFavorites (override the Folder Tree Preferences to force Favorites to be shown or hidden in the menu – ordinarily the Breadcrumbs field mimics the tree).
ShowEmptyDrives and HideEmptyDrives let you control whether empty disk drives are shown in the dropdowns – again, the normal behaviour is to mimic the Folder Tree.
Finally, if the My Computer item is hidden, the drive list is now shown in the Desktop item’s menu.
Wider and improved support for mice with buttons/wheels for horizontal scrolling, including workarounds for the incorrect behaviour of Logitech’s drivers.
Improved support for managing ‘illegal’ file paths created by other programs. For example, files and folders whose names end in ‘.’ can now be entered, renamed and deleted (provided you bypass the recycle bin). Opus still does not (generally) allow illegal paths to be created because they cause problems in almost all other programs (including Explorer and the common File Open/Save dialogs). The idea is that Opus lets you clean up other programs’ messes without making it easy to create a similar mess yourself.
Improved support for “long” (> 260 characters) path names.
Improved the way virtual folder settings are stored so that huge settings data no longer slows down navigations to and from virtual folders.
When saving a new layout via Settings -> Lister Layout, you can now directly specify options such as whether or not the layout closes existing windows. Previously, this could only be done via the Preferences window after saving the layout.
Folder tabs now, by default, treat the whole tab (icon and label) as the tab (not the folder) when dragged or right-clicked. There is an option in Preferences to restore the old behaviour where dragging or right-clicking the label acts on the folder the tab represents. Renaming a tab still requires that you click the label part.
If you hover the mouse pointer over the Format Lock icon on the status bar a tooltip will appear explaining where the current Folder Format comes from. This can help when it is not obvious which Folder Format, Layout or Style you need to edit to change the format used when you open a new window or change folders. (Don’t forget to read the Folder Format FAQ, too: http://resource.dopus.com/viewtopic.php?t=1369)
Added a new Cancel Checkbox mode when folder is changed option to Folders / Folder Behaviour, to enable checkbox mode to remain active when changing folders.
Also added Go EJECT command to open CD tray and added a link for this to the "no disk in drive" warning that is shown when you attempt to read an empty CD drive
There is a new interface to manipulate the Opus File Collections system from outside the program, using dopusrt.exe with the /col option.