v0.3.0

FileManager 0.3.0

A lightweight, fast file manager for Windows with bounded memory use: no recursive watchers, no recursive folder sizes, byte-budgeted icon and thumbnail caches.

What's new

Working with files

• Multiple selection as in Explorer: Ctrl / Shift + click, Shift / Ctrl + arrows, Ctrl+A, and a rubber band dragged from the empty space, in every view.
• Rename in place (F2), delete to the Recycle Bin (Del) or for good (Shift+Del), cut / copy / paste (interoperable with Explorer), new folder (Ctrl+Shift+N). Operations go through the Windows shell, with its progress, conflict and confirmation dialogs.
• Drag and drop with Explorer and other apps, both ways, and between windows and instances: onto the file view, a folder, a tab, a favorite, a drive or a breadcrumb segment. Same rules as Explorer (moves within a drive, copies to another one, Ctrl copies, Shift moves).
• The listed folder updates by itself when its content changes (watching the visible folder only).
• Shortcuts look like shortcuts, and a shortcut to a folder opens it in the tab.

Recycle Bin

• Browse it inside the app: where each item was deleted from and when, restore, delete for good, empty it. Files dropped on it go to the bin.

Cover Flow

• Pictures and videos in perspective over the details list, with reflections. Drag, use the wheel or the bar to run through them; filter by all files, photos and videos, or photos only; drag the edge to resize.

Context menu

• Windows 11 style: a row of icons (cut, copy, rename, delete), "Open with", and every entry Explorer's menu has, with their icons. A progress bar shows while Explorer's entries load. Works with the keyboard.
• "Show more options" (or Shift+right-click) opens Explorer's own menu, now dark or light with the app (fixes #2) - thanks @kaimoSystem

Settings

• Show hidden files and file extensions.

Installers

• New per-machine setup (-setup.exe) and MSI, alongside the portable exe and zip. Installing a newer version replaces the old one; use one of the two, not both. Silent install: filemanager-v0.3.0-windows-x64-setup.exe /S or msiexec /i filemanager-v0.3.0-windows-x64.msi /qn.

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.3.0

v0.2.0

FileManager 0.2.0

A lightweight, fast file manager for Windows with bounded memory use: no recursive watchers, no recursive folder sizes, byte-budgeted icon and thumbnail caches.

What's new

Views

• View modes: details, tree, list, and M / L / XL icons. Switch with Ctrl + mouse wheel or the picker in the new info bar (folder and file counts, preview pane toggle).
• Tree view expands folders in place; only the expanded folders stay in memory.
• Native Windows icons and shell thumbnails for images and videos, loaded on background threads.
• Preview pane (Alt+P).

Sorting

• Click a column header to sort, click again to flip the direction. Sorting is per tab.
• Keep the view and sorting for a specific folder (right-click a column header or the view button, or use the one-time snackbar). Kept folders are marked with a pin and a bold header.
• "Show hidden files" is now "Hide hidden files", with a crossed-out eye.

Sidebar and tabs

• Favorites (add from the context menu, reorder by dragging) and drives as collapsible sections. Resizable, collapsible with Ctrl+B.
• Tabs: drag to reorder, drag outside to detach into a new window, drag onto another window to move there. A floating preview shows what a release will do.
• Ctrl+N opens a new window. Double-click or middle-click a sidebar folder to open it in a new tab.

Navigation and menus

• Address bar: click to type a path, with folder autocompletion.
• App context menu (open, open in new tab/window, copy path, properties) with "Show more options" for Explorer's native menu; Shift+right-click opens the native menu directly.
• Hamburger menu with Settings (Ctrl+,) and About. About includes a "Check for updates" button that queries GitHub Releases.

Appearance

• Themes: dark, dimmed (blue-grey with five accents), and light.
• English and Italian UI, switchable at runtime.
• New app icon.

Download

filemanager.exe is a single portable executable; the zip contains the same build. Settings are stored in %APPDATA%\FileManager\settings.json.

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

v0.1.0

Full Changelog: https://github.com/XPOL555/GPUIFileNamanger/commits/v0.1.0