Version history for Immersive Explorer

Changes for v1.6.0 - v1.7.0 Beta

Note: You may encounter a security warning from SmartScreen or your Antivirus when downloading this BETA version.
If the file gets blocked by SmartScreen, right click on it, click "Properties", then press the "Unblock" button, and "OK". Then try to run the file again.
If your antivirus blocks the file, you should try adding it to the whitelist.
For verification purpose, the SHA1 hash of SetupImmersiveExplorer.exe version 1.7 is 16A77363FEC4BC5D0F1EDC520D9CB91AF947D1E8.
You may want to download Immersive Explorer version 1.6 if you can't manage to run the version 1.7.

Changes for v1.2 - v1.3.0

-set the expiration date to 2015/09/05
-new: detailed list view (use the "Change view" button, "View as List")
-new: JPEG images and their thumbnail are rotated according to their EXIF information
-new: setting allowing to choose whether to use JPEG EXIF thumbnails when available, or use Windows Explorer thumbnail APIs every time
-new: after navigating back/forward, the previously selected item is selected again and scrolled into view
-new: command line argument now accepts both folders and files (useful if you want to set this app as your photo viewer in Windows Explorer)
-improved: videos are now properly centered when stretched, and seeking through a paused video now updates the image
-improved: keyboard scrolling in vertical list mode
-icons have been changed to better fit the Windows 10 style
-toolbar buttons are now displayed only in the mode in which they are relevant (browse mode or edit mode)

Changes for v1.1.2 - v1.1.3

-set the expiration date to 2015/04/10
-new: drive list is automatically refreshed when a drive/media is inserted/removed
-new: ability to sort by type
-improved: error handling when navigating to folder/drives that can't be loaded
-improved: minor visual changes
-fixed: visual bug when exiting full screen mode on Windows 7

Changes for v1.1.1 - v1.1.2

Changes for v1.1.0 - v1.1.1

Changes for v1.0.9 - v1.1.0

-set the expiration date to 2014/12/15
-upgraded from .NET Framework 4.0 to .NET Framework 4.5
-improved Aero Snap support
-added "Browse" and "Select" buttons (this change makes navigation and selection easier for touch-screen users)
-several minor improvements
-bug fixes

Changes for v1.0.8.1 - v1.0.9

Changes for v1.0.8 - v1.0.8.1

-Sorry, nothing new, the expiration date has been pushed back to 2014/09/01 to give me more time to work on the version 1.0.9
-Immersive Explorer is now digitally signed (authenticode signature)

Changes for v1.0.7 - v1.0.8

set the expiration date to 2014/08/20
new: mouse wheel behavior default setting: Switch back/next if the pointer is near the top or bottom of the window - Zoom in/out otherwise
improved: pinch-to-zoom support in the image viewer
fixed: the window no longer bounces when scrolling using touch
fixed: if the taskbar was docked at the top or the left of the screen, the window would be displayed at the wrong place when switching to full screen

Changes for v1.0.6 - v1.0.7

-new: mouse wheel behavior in the image viewer can be configured: zoom in/out (default), or next/previous
-new: folder previews can be disabled to improve performance (default setting is set during install depending on CPU and amount of RAM installed)
-new: images can be sent to the recycle bin by pressing the DEL key from within the image viewer
-improved: readability of the file and folder labels
-improved: refined user interface
-improved: dialog boxes keyboard support
-fixed: translation bug
-fixed: keyboard right key navigation bug
-fixed: folder thumbnail visual glitches

Changes for v1.0.5 - v1.0.6

-set the expiration date to 2014/07/20
-new: improved user interface
-fixed: scrolling performance issues while loading folder thumbnails or file descriptions

Changes for v1.0.2 - v1.0.5

-set the expiration date to 2014/06/20
-new: images can be stretched to fit the screen in the built-in image viewer (disabled by default)
-new: when using the Chinese (simplified or traditional) translation, text is displayed using the "Microsoft YaHei UI" font instead of "Segoe UI" for better readability
-improved: the folder content preview animation is less annoying (fading instead of sliding)
-improved: scrolling performance in folders containing images
-improved: folders thumbnails load time
-fixed: "Immersive Explorer Optimizer.exe" crash

Changes for v1.0.1 - v1.0.2

-set the expiration date to 2014/05/20
-new: animated GIF support in the image viewer
-new: images smaller than 400x400 are no longer stretched by default in the image viewer
-new: "Immersive Explorer Optimizer.exe" will start right after you close Immersive Explorer for the 1st time
-new: "Immersive Explorer Optimizer.exe" has 2 execution modes (the standard mode will no longer forces a complete NGEN rebuild)
-fixed: after scrolling forward then backward, the animation previewing the content of the subfolders was no longer displayed

Changes for v1.0 - v1.0.1

Changes for v0.9.2 - v1.0

Changes for v0.9.1 - v0.9.2

fixed: bug accidentally introduced in v0.9.1 that may cause the application to crash when clicking on a tile

Changes for v0.9.0 - v0.9.1

-set the expiration date to 2014/03/22
-added: shortcut files (.lnk) support
-added: for touch screen users: multiple items can be selected by touching them in EDIT mode (it's no longer needed to do a long press on the screen to simulate a right click)
-improved: keyboard navigation and scrolling
-improved: checkbox/radiobutton controls on WinVista/7 now look like native Win8 controls

Changes for v0.8.2 - v0.9.0

-set the expiration date to 2014/03/10
-added: sort by name, size, date modified, date created
-added: display hidden items and operating system protected items
-improved: the "en.lang" translation file has been updated
-improved: Immersive Explorer optimizer can detect when optimization is not required
-fixed: various bugs

Changes for v0.8.1 - v0.8.2

-set the expiration date to 2014/03/08
-added: wallpaper options: Desktop wallpaper and Bing Image of the Day
-fixed: screen rotation bug
-fixed: some JPEG images containing wrong DPI metadata were not displaying properly (thanks to "Lestersneed" for reporting this bug and sending me a sample picture)
-fixed: crash on Windows Vista

Changes for v0.8.0 - v0.8.1

-set the expiration date to 2014/02/26
-added: multi-select support (finally!)
-added: network drives support
-added: "Edit location" and "Refresh" commands in the location context menu
-added: "Advanced" button (in the VIEW command bar) with options to open a Command Prompt window and copy an item's path
-improved: "Immersive Explorer Optimizer.exe" now forces a full native image cache reset (takes longer, but should solve the slow WPF app start up problem on any computer)
-fixed: menus not displaying properly in fullscreen mode