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registry fix for Beta 2
As we were tipped by some users (thanks!!) that BETA 2 of our Program lets some “breadcrumbs” on the users’s PCs, I present you a simple fix for this problem: regfix.reg(96 bytes, 153 Downloads) Execute the .reg file with administrator privileges and re-check your right-click menu, the shortcut should be away now. Screenshot of the menu...
read moreA big thank you from JaykeBird!
I remember when I joined the BetterExplorer team about 8-ish months ago. I worked with Dimitar Tsenev, the creator of BetterExplorer, and we talked to each other over e-mail at first, and then through Facebook. As we worked on BetterExplorer, I began seeing comments from users who enjoyed our product, and seeing every single positive note just brought a smile to my face. One such user was Sebastien, and he loved BetterExplorer so much that he began to help us by offering feature requests, bug reports, and all kinds of help. I honestly must...
read moreBeta 2 Released!
It finally was released, and on Christmas Eve of all days. (If you’re in the Christian faith.) We’re all very excited about Beta 2. It offered a lot of features that now puts BetterExplorer on par with other explorer replacements, and also just makes it that much easier to use. If you haven’t taken a look, or if you have Beta 1, I highly suggest giving Beta 2 a try. (As always, though, we’re still using the “Beta” label, since there’s still some kinks to work out.) Some of the features I’m...
read moreBeta 1 Icon Available
In the past, I know some people preferred the old BetterExplorer icon (the blue and orange one) over the yellow and brown one we have now. In case someone wants to use the old icon instead, they can do so. You can download the old icon here: Old BetterExplorer Icon(149.4 KiB, 36 Downloads) How to put it into the program For those of you who aren’t programmers, we have the “How to Build BetterExplorer” page. After completing step 2, open the folder you created, and you should see a number of folders. Open the BExplorer...
read moreA Word about Michael Hardy (The RipOff Artist)
We were recently threatened by a guy who calls himself “Michael Hardy” . He stole our source code and claimed the program as something he created. He is well-known on the Internet for stealing (ripping off) open-source code and modifying it (adding in his own credits) plus trying to sell it. ( a search on Google or Yahoo should give enough proof.) We once sent him a warning about a site of his and now we have discovered a site where he claimed again better explorer is his software. In addition to that, he even edited the...
read moreA Note about Open-Source
I thought I might take this opportunity to talk about us and our code, and also something else I feel it pretty important. First of all, after a huge disagreement over licenses, we are now under the Common Development and Distribution License, and it will continue to be our license moving forward. However, I cannot stress enough how much we would like it if you credited us. CDDL does require that you keep our copyright intact, but we'd also like to add on a little message of our own. We do a lot of work to make BetterExplorer even better...
read moreFor all users
For all that encounter problems (crashes, errors and so on) during usage of Better Explorer: please when you report problems on this website, attach the log file (located in [Better Explorer install dir]\Log.txt ). Without it, we can’t help you to solve your problem! Thanks!
read moreWindows 8
I am happy to announce that Better Explorer works successfully on Windows 8 Release Preview. Tested with the public build available from Microsoft site. Only thing that have to be done is to install Visual C++ 2010 redistributable package. The only issue i was found is that Panes section does not exactly work as expected. Everything else works just fine.
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