Fixed
- Fixed crash in Tree View when rapidly creating and refreshing files.
- Fixed a race in folder statistics that could cause crashes under heavy load.
- Fixed dropping files onto other files in Icons zoom view.
- Fixed expanding %% environment variables without a trailing backslash.
- Fixed D3D11 initialization on Windows 7.
- Fixed a crash on Windows 8.1 during startup.
- Fixed tree chevron animations when opening new panels and tabs.
- Fixed trimming leading and trailing whitespace when renaming files.
- Fixed Tree view folder expansion animations playing when animations are disabled.
Fixed
- Fixed a memory leak related to directory monitoring when logging was disabled.
- Fixed a memory leak when closing the GoTo window.
Improved
- Improved startup RAM usage by unloading unused Windows COM libraries more cleanly.
Fixed
- Fixed a memory corruption bug in the asset cache.
- Fixed crash when deleting a folder during size calculation.
- Fixed reentrancy issues during Win32 callbacks and modal loops.
- Fixed refreshing moving the view up and resetting focus/selection.
- Fixed deleting a file moving focus to the start of the list.
- Fixed single click point selection.
- Fixed custom color scheme JSON formatting.
- Fixed direct folder opening ignoring parent view preferences.
- Fixed text cursor placement on mouse click.
- Fixed text cursor placement for UTF8 characters.
- Fixed loading a maximized layout when the window is already maximized.
- Fixed context aware quoting when copying paths from the header.
- Zero division bug fix.
Improved
- Added program memory state logging to development builds.
Fixed
- Fixed a crash when editing in the address bar.
- Fixed a crash when right clicking the background in filter mode.
- Fixed a threading bug that could cause a crash when calculating directory sizes.
- Fixed a crash caused by reentrant drag and drop handling.
- Fixed a missing null termination bug.
- Fixed a memory leak when logging.
- Fixed a memory leak while filtering in the GoTo window.
- Fixed a bug where FP would occasionally stop tracking changes on a drive.
- Fixed an extra gap appearing in the GoTo window.
- Disabled file thumbnail fade animations when global animations are turned off.
Tree View
- Browse nested folder structures inline.
List View
- Browse files in File Explorer style vertical columns.
Group By
- Organize files into clear and collapsible sections.
Hierarchical Folder Views
- Save view settings per folder, across a folder hierarchy or as system wide default.
New
- Added drag selection across file checkboxes for faster mouse only multi selection in all views.
- Added empty meta columns in Details view for free space for right clicking the folder background or starting rectangular selection.
Improved
- Improved handling of removable drives during eject and reconnect.
- Popups UI rework: less intrusive hotkeys, proper physical sections.
- Quick Access - proper physical sections.
- Added soft fade transitions for newly loaded grid icons and thumbnails.
- Name column can now be reordered in Details view instead of being fixed as the first column.
- Open folder context menu when right clicking non interactive space within items.
- Added a subtle fade out animation for rectangle selection.
- Moved recent file indicator right to fit better in all views.
- Fixed a visual overshoot issue when adding or removing a header column in Details view.
- Improved UI layout and resize animations by reducing rounding jitter and using rect based animation more consistently.
- Reduced grid view item spacing for a tighter layout.
- Disabled stretching item widths in grid mode.
- Emit File Pilot version into log file.
- Don't show File Pilot config files under the Places group in Quick Access.
- More robust version installer present.
Config changes
- Warning: Config file version has been raised, so existing hotkeys, options and color themes will be reset.
- Old config files are backed up automatically, but making your own backup is still advised.
- Alternating Row Colors by default.
- Scroll Beyond Last Item now defaults to false.
- Added new color group for separator on surface.
Fixed
- Fixed the drive fill bar disappearing when spacing is small under the Places group in Quick Access.
- Fixed changing inspector view settings for the inspected folder.
- Fixed incorrectly saving and restoring open/closed groups in the command palette.
- Fixed background file metadata tasks blocking folder sorting during rapid view changes.
- Fixed thumbnail loading sometimes delaying folder updates and view changes.
- Fixed a bug where config file paths could go missing from the sidebar.
March 16, 2026
Insider
New
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Switched to Direct3D by default on Windows.
- Switched to modern Windows file transfer dialog.
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Improved caching for icons, thumbnails and previews, with a new Asset Cache Size setting in Options.
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Inspector now respects EXIF orientation metadata when displaying images.
- Added setting in Options to disable tooltips.
Improved
- Dynamically load image previews based on window size instead of always using full resolution.
- Reduced the constraint on the minimum window size.
- Increased the maximum font size limit.
- Disabled tooltips while renaming files.
- Tooltip delay and animation now apply when switching between nearby targets.
- Select All (Ctrl+A) no longer scrolls to the last item.
- Copy As Path now copies current folder when no files are selected.
- Added button to open installed folder in installer.
Fixed
- Fixed an issue where Ctrl + dragging a tab to copy it did not actually duplicate the tab.
- Fixed an issue where moving the cursor using only Ctrl + arrows did not adjust the scroll position properly.
- Fixed a cascading scroll bug in popups that change the selection on hover.
- Corrected file size unit from kB to KB for Windows consistency.
- Fixed File Pilot staying awake when This PC was listed as closed in the Search Tabs popup.
New
- Drag and drop from external applications (browsers, email clients, etc.).
- Drag and drop from ZIP archives.
- Drop files onto other files (executables, scripts, etc.).
- Right-click drag menu includes third-party extension items.
Fixed
- Fixed incorrect "Can't drop" cursor when dragging files to other applications.
Fixed
- Fixed rare issue that could delete stored bookmarks and recents.
January 11, 2026
Insider
Improved
- Improved stability of bookmark and recents storage.
January 9, 2026
Insider
New
- Show labels for empty and hidden folder contents.
Improved
- Suppressing wait cursor animation when building context menus.
- Improved stability of bookmark and recents storage.
