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Directory Opus 13 - Detailed release notes

Miscellaneous Fixes & Workarounds

  • Fixed custom scrollbar colors being reset after certain events (e.g. Remote Desktop connection).
  • Fixed problem with New → Rich Text Document not creating a valid empty RTF file.
  • Improved handling of icons that take a long time to retrieve (e.g. due to shell extenions or network drives).
  • Workaround for some issues with MTP devices, where the related Windows component freezes when asked for icons.
  • WSL support now works correctly when the current folder is a \\wsl$ or \\wsl.localhost path (e.g. CLI DOSPROMPT=wsl, or | in FAYT to run a Linux command).
  • Added workaround for the width of columns in the Digital Signatures tab of Properties dialogs:
    • Due to a bug in Windows which Microsoft have never fixed, the columns use a fixed size which doesn't scale with DPI. Affects File Explorer as well.
    • Opus will now resize the columns for high DPI displays, so you don't have to manually resize them every single time while screaming "WHY!?".
    • Only affects Properties dialogs opened in-process, not ones opened via other software (e.g. File Explorer), or via out-of-process context menus.
  • Added workaround for Shell folder thumbnails which sometimes generated with opaque, black backgrounds:
    • This is a very old bug in Windows. Affects File Explorer as well.
    • Opus now detects when it happens and uses an algorithm to remove the black background. The result isn't perfect, but looks a lot better.
    • Only affects thumbnails in Opus. File Explorer will still randomly show black borders around folders until Microsoft fix their bug, probably shortly after the heat death of the universe.
  • Fixed some issues with context menus for shortcuts in newer versions of Windows.
  • Improved how the path field's auto-completion works when typing the name of FTP Address Book branches.
  • Go @BranchName and Go FTPSITE=BranchName now work with FTP Address Book branches, displaying the list of sites (and sub-branches) under that branch in the file display. (Already worked with actual FTP sites from the Address Book.)
  • Go @SiteName NEWTAB=findexisting now correctly finds existing tabs showing the specified FTP site.
  • Improved support for Windows shell "NoDrives" and "NoViewOnDrive" registry settings.
  • The Windows "Install font" context menu item is now trapped and replaced by Opus, since it seems to randomly cause heap corruption and crashes.
  • Fix for some FTP servers and large file sizes in directory listings.
  • Earlier saving of some settings during OS shutdown, where Windows could sometimes kill the process before they had a chance to be saved.

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