Starlog - File Pilot

User requested features

Features

Stabilized directory change tracking by using ReadDirectoryChanges on the entire drive instead of per folder.
Improved detection of volume ejections (such as USB drives).
Added support for loading network shares.
Added support for persistently keeping missing or offline bookmarks and recents.
Optimized file indexing speed by calling NtQueryDirectoryFile directly on supported drives.
Ctrl + left-click in QuickAccess and Ctrl + double-click in the Panel both open in a new tab, with tooltips shown for each case.
Preserve previous directory scrollbar state to prevent flicker.
Respecting Windows active border settings.
Allow middle mouse click on the New Tab button.
The GoTo window now auto corrects path casing.
Added an option to toggle path breadcrumbs. Show Compact Paths and Path Breadcrumbs options are now available in the address bar right click popup.
Added a command for toggling Sort Recents On Top.
Respecting Windows active border settings.

User reported bugs

[0.5.2] Crash when dragging a folder to a tab.
[0.5.2] Visual glitch when clicking on system buttons.
[0.5.2] Search Tab menu on This PC.
[0.5.0] Animation when refreshing "This PC" from bookmark.
[0.2.8 - 0.5.2] Stable crash - constant folder updates.
[0.5.1] "Open File Explorer" still opens File Pilot when using "Set as default".
Using FOFX_REQUIREELEVATION flag only for installation purposes.

[0.5.1] Scrolling while dragging should not apply when hovering over other panes.
[0.5.2] Shift+Space does not input a space.
[0.5.0] near full drives shown as blue inside This PC under Details View.
[0.5.0-0.5.2 Beta] Crash on startup.
[0.5.1] mass converting files results in strange file types in filter types.
[0.5.2] Newly created files sometimes show wrong types.
[0.2.8] Custom font causes crash.
[0.5.2] Search Tabs does not display long folder name.
[0.2.8] Double borders on the sides and bottom of the window.
[0.5.2] Storage drives time readout is wrong in inspector for all drives internal as external.
[0.5.2] Text is cropped when renaming.
[0.5.2] Text wobbles in text file preview when lines don't fit.
[0.5.2] Wrong reported free space on partition that has symbolic linked folders.
[0.2.8] Network locations removed from bookmarks if unavailable at launch.
[0.5.2] Links from Bookmarks get irreversibly deleted the moment a drive is powered off.
[5.2.0] Address Bar Navigation : File Share not working.
[0.5.2] Windows 11 Dev Drive added NTFS paths cause the program to crash.
[0.5.2] shortcuts show exe size instead of size of the shortcut.
[0.5.2] Dragging a selection will copy instead of move.
[0.5.2] Sudden crash while app was minimized and doing nothing.
0.5.2 Crash while refreshing contents of a file or folder (alt R) while git was cloning the repo.

Bugs

Fixed selecting the first file when navigating upwards in the GoTo window.
Fixed reopening the same path in GoTo triggers a refresh instead of reloading the directory.
Fixed reopening instead of reloading the same directory when triggered from the header path right click options.
If the target path leads to the same directory, select the file instead of reopening the directory.
Fixed Open Console command for root drive paths.
Fixed a bug with default icons on high-DPI monitors.
Fixed tab drag&drop hint on high-DPI displays.
Fixed window animation when starting maximized.
Fixed spinning wheel loading animation not showing in the tab area.
Fixed detection of text file newlines to handle old Mac style \r line endings.

Changes

Defaulting to font size 9.
Rename Cursor to File Cursor.
Special case select file under File Cursor if arrow navigation has no target.
Disabled the slight background dim fade when the GoTo, Options or Commands window is raised.
Links and shortcuts are no longer resolved at listing time.
Links are now viewed as files, even when they point to directories (they will still show directory stats).
Make color scheme fork tooltip more user friendly and descriptive.