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== Version 3.5.0 general release (Mar, 2012):

- Added support for Windows 8 Consumer Preview
* Added customizable start button
* Added a Metro skin for the start menu
* Updated all settings for Windows 8
* Fixed the missing caption in IE10

- Added a setting to control the menu shadows

- Added toolbar commands to map and disconnect network drives

- Improved the responsiveness of the check for a new version

- The check for new version is a separate component that can be skipped
during install


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== Version 3.4.1 general release (Jan, 2012):

- Fixed a small problem in the automatic check for a new version


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== Version 3.4.0 general release (Jan, 2012):

- Fixed some minor problems found in the previous release. Most notably the
corrupted text in the toolbar buttons

- Added a check if a new version is available

- Ctrl+Click in the navigation pane opens the folder in a new window

- Alt+Enter in the search box of the start menu shows properties of the
selected item

- The recent documents list can be sorted by name or extension


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== Version 3.3.0 general release (Jan, 2012):

- Fixed some minor problems found in the previous release

- Improved compatibility with Windows 8 and removed the features that are no
longer necessary or possible

- Added customizable "Windows Explorer" item to the start button context menu

- Added a new "paste shortcuts" command to Explorer

- Added an option to hide the user picture from the Windows start menu

- Ctrl+Shift+Enter can launch commands and documents as administrator from
the start menu

- Added a customizable hotkey for the Up button


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== Version 3.2.0 general release (Aug, 2011):

- Fixed some minor problems found in the previous release

- Added new setting to show the title in IE9 with no icon

- Added a new "sortby" command to Explorer to sort the folder by given property

- Added support for F2, Del and Alt+Enter keys in the start menu


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== Version 3.1.0 general release (Apr, 2011):

- Added a new component called Classic IE9. It lets you customize the title bar
and the status bar of Internet Explorer 9

- Added ability to use external search programs from the search box of the
start menu

- Added support for the Lock command in the start menu


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== Version 3.0.0 general release (Mar, 2011):

- Fixed some minor problems found in the previous version

- Added the contents of the GodMode folder to the search in the start menu


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== Version 2.9.3 release candidate (Feb, 2011):

- Added a search box to the start menu

- Improved the responsiveness of the start menu by showing the menu first and
loading the icons later

- Added a command in the start menu to create a new shortcut

- Added a way to include a row of icon buttons in the start menu

- Added an option to hide extensions in the start menu

- Added an option to hide the scroll tip in Explorer

- Improved support for icons larger than 32x32

- Added support for the "don't show common start menu items" group policy

- Improved the option to always navigate to the selected folder


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== Version 2.9.2 release candidate (Dec, 2010):

- Added a toolbar command for creating a new folder

- Added a way for the custom toolbar commands to receive all selected files

- Added a white list and a black list to limit which processes can load Classic
Explorer

- Fixed the Z-order problems when the start menu is activated by hovering

- Fixed the spontaneous expanding of the All Programs menu

- Small improvements to the settings UI


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== Version 2.9.0 beta (Oct, 2010):

- Replaced the ini files with a graphical interface for editing all settings

- Added a setting to force sorting headers in Windows 7 (based on the
Explorer7Fixes tool by Ian Prest)

- Added more settings

- Added special handling for specific folders in the start menu - Computer,
Recycle Bin, Network, etc


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== Version 2.8.3 beta (Jul, 2010):

- Added a way to put shell folders as buttons in the toolbar

- Fixed a crash when browsing the assembly cache in the start menu

- Fixed a problem that may corrupt the registry during uninstall

- Added more troubleshooting capabilities


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== Version 2.8.2 beta (Jul, 2010):

- Added toolbar commands for different Explorer views (Details, List, etc)

- Fixed a freezing bug in the start menu

- Fixed few cosmetic bugs in the skins


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== Version 2.8.1 beta (Jul, 2010):

- Added an option for cascading All Programs in the Windows start menu

- Added an option to open the start menu when hovering over the start button

- Added a possibility for the skins to include the user name in the start menu

- Added support for dropdown menus and chevrons in the Explorer toolbar

- Added an option to automatically open progress dialogs to show more details

- Converted the help to CHM file format

- A much better installer using WiX

- The settings no longer have semicolon in front of them. Just enter the new
value. Leave the value blank to use the default

- Changes to StartMenu.ini no longer require the start menu to be restarted


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== Version 2.0.0 general release (Jul, 2010):

- Fixed a bug in the "EnableContextMenu" setting

- Fixed a compatibility bug with Restorator


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== Version 1.9.8 release candidate (Jun, 2010):

- Fixed a compatibility bug with older applications (you see the message "The
ordinal 345 could not be located in the dynamic link library COMCTL32.dll")

- Fixed a problem with the backing up of the ini files during uninstall


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== Version 1.9.7 release candidate (Jun, 2010):

- Ctrl+Shift+Click in the start menu runs the program as administrator

- The uninstaller offers to back up the ini files

- Some improvements to the settings

- Fixed a bug that was blocking the toolbar on Windows Vista

- Fixed an incompatibility problem with QTTabBar

- Fixed a start menu bug that was causing a flicker when Windows was running
for too long

- Fixed a hovering bug in the start menu


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== Version 1.9.6 release candidate (May, 2010):

- Added a setting to track and display the recently used programs

- The middle mouse button can be used to open the start menu

- Fixed an incompatibility with X-Mouse and other mouse bugs

- Fixed some problems with separators


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== Version 1.9.2 release candidate (Apr, 2010):

- This build contains mostly minor bugfixes found in the previous version


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== Version 1.9.1 release candidate (Apr, 2010):

- Some skins can support two-column main menu similar to Windows XP

- Some skins can support showing the user picture in the main menu

- Fixed a bug showing an extra "Empty" item in the start menu

- Fixed a bug that broke most foreign translations

- Fixed a bug with the share overlay in the Recycle Bin items

- Added a new Luna skin that is similar to the Windows XP start menu


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== Version 1.9.0 beta (Mar, 2010) - new skin engine:

- The sub-menus can be skinned like the main menu

- Full glass support, even behind the menu items

- More skinnable elements - the sub-menu arrows, the scroll buttons, the
vertical separator

- Skins can provide customization options (small or large icons, add/remove
caption, and many more)

- The start menu plays the system sounds for opening a menu or selecting a
command


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== Version 1.0.3 general release (Mar, 2010):

- Added an overlay icon for shared folders

- Added a setting for sound alerts when overwriting system or read-only files

- The status bar shows the details of the currently selected file

- The drop down of the address bar is replaced with a list of parent folders
like in Windows XP

- Added translations for Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)


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== Version 1.0.2 general release (Mar, 2010):

- Added a setting to disable the breadcrumbs

- Added a setting to show the path and icon in the Explorer title bar

- Fixed a bug with the resizing of the Search box in Explorer


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== Version 1.0.1 general release (Feb, 2010):

- This is a bugfix-only release. Fixes a few rare crashes in the start menu


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== Version 1.0.0 general release (Feb, 2010):

- Added Up button to the Explorer title bar

- More options for the start menu and for the Explorer toolbar

- The installer supports command line options for logging or unattended install

- Fix for the scroll problems in the Explorer navigation pane (Windows 7 only)


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== Version 0.9.10 release candidate (Jan, 2010) - make your own toolbar:

- The Explorer toolbar can be customized with new icons and additional buttons

- Fixed a crash bug when Windows is restarting

- Fixed a crash bug when Explorer is restarting

- Fixed a bug that was failing to replace the copy dialog for French, Hebrew,
Croatian and Slovenian languages

- Added more options for the navigation pane in Explorer

- Active Accessibility support is enabled by default


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== Version 0.9.9 release candidate (Jan, 2010) - make your own start menu:

- The start menu can be customized with new icons and additional menu items

- The skins in the start menu can have variations

- Added ini files that contain even more customization options for the Explorer
toolbar and the start menu than are available from the Settings dialog box

- Added "New Folder" and "Auto Arrange" commands to the start menu

- The selected menu item fades out like in a real menu

- Added "Email" button to Explorer

- First attempt to support Active Accessibility (disabled by default for now)


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== Version 0.9.8 beta (Jan, 2010) - skins for the start menu:

- Added support for skins in the classic start menu

- Fixed compatibility problems with Unicode-unaware shell extensions (Microangelo
On Display, I'm looking at you)

- The start menu supports auto-hide taskbar and (on Vista only) a taskbar that is
not "always on top"

- Replaced the folder conflict dialog box with a simpler version (similar to the
file conflict dialog box)

- Fixed a crash when right-clicking on the caption area of the start menu

- The start menu remembers the scroll position of scrollable menus

- Added "-open" and "-toggle" command line parameters to ClassicStartMenu.exe to
programmatically open the start menu


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== Version 0.9.7 beta (Dec, 2009):

- Added free disk space and file size to the status bar in Windows 7 Explorer

- Added dragging with the right mouse button for the start menu

- Fixed a few UAC bugs

- Fixed a few drag and drop bugs


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== Version 0.9.6 beta (Dec, 2009):

- Added Properties button to the toolbar

- Added settings for the look of the folder tree in Explorer - XP classic,
XP simple, don't fade buttons

- Added option to expand links to folders in the start menu

- Added option to show a confirmation dialog during Log Off from the start menu

- Added option for a hotkey to replace the Win key for the start menu

- The start menu hides the commands to search for printers or computers if
Active Directory is not available

- The start menu accepts click in all of the start button area even if it is not
exactly on the orb

- The start menu doesn't close if you hold down Shift while launching a program.
Allows the user to start multiple programs more easily

- The start menu follows the group policies for showing Run, Shutdown, Help, etc

- Fixed a bug with sorting Favorites and other top-level folders


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== Version 0.9.5 beta (Dec, 2009):

- Added option to remove the Documents menu and option to use an alternative
search application

- Added more buttons to the toolbar - Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete

- Added option for "big buttons" in the toolbar

- The selected menu item is drawn using the current theme

- Fixed a crash in the start menu

- Fixed a problem when dropping items in an empty sub-menu


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== Version 0.9 beta (Nov, 2009) - first public version:

- Classic start menu

- Replacement for the Copy UI in Vista

- Fix for Alt+Enter in Explorer

- Toolbar for Explorer with Up button

Version 4.0.0 general release (Oct, 2013):

The first official release of Classic Shell 4.0
Improved support for downloading and installing language files
Improved compatibility with Windows 8.1

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