Locate32 is a program that allows you to find files and directories based on file and folder names stored in a database. It includes a dialog-based application as well as console programs that can be used to update and access the databases. Locate32 saves to a database the names of all files on your hard drives.
v3.1.11.8220 [Mar 4, 2008]
- Loading comments from descript.ion file
- Tooltips shows more informatin (database, title, author, description, comments, file and product version)
- Templates for "File/Save Results" (see some example template file in templates directory)
- "Save data to clipboard" (Special submenu): same options to format data as with Save Results
- It is possible to use keyboard shortcuts to open specifig tab in the settings dialog
- It is possible to open context menu for parent folder (a new option for "Open context menu"-subaction).
- Slashes '/' given in directory names are replaces with back slashes '\' (e.g. "Named:" and "Look in:" fields and in parameters of locate.exe)
- Added Stop button to the update tooltip
- Added "Update title bar when executing search" option (Advanced settings) for instant searching
- Added "Enable shell extension fix" option to Advanced settings. Can be tryed if unexpected crashes occur
- Added new command line arguments for Locate32.exe: '-nf' clears "Named:" field, '-nt' sets "Type:" to "(no extension)" ('-t ""' can new be used to clear "Type" field), and '-P0', -P1', ... can be used to choose 'Everywhere' in 'Look in' (see the help file for more information).
- Added "Update databases of selected files" to Special menu
- Added icons (thanks to Hexaae) and loading some icons from shell32.dll and imageres.dll
- Fixed: locate.exe now understands, say, -t "exe com txt"
- Fixed: "Open Containing folder" and "Special"-menu were missing in simple File MenuCommand
- Fixed: problem with filesizes over 4GB in minimum/maximum when bytes are used
- Fixed: Up and Down buttons in Save Results
- Fixed: "Add Folder" button in database options allows now to specify computers
- Fixed: error related to PCRE and UTF8 when searching folder names
- Fixed: date format errors
- Fixed: applications hangs if "Browse" pressed several times
- Fixed: locate.exe output encoding wrong with some Unicode characters
- Fixed: "updtdb32.exe -d database.dbs" updating network share containing '$'
- Fixed: handling files before 1.1.1980 was arbitrary
- Some other fixes and changes
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