yeah powerdesk has lots of liltte helpers, and a nice search util.

dir opus has some great features, but its search util takes about 20 minutes to start up, making it very painful to use.
i think a file explorer review is in the works soon.

i'm uploading a new version to test;
when you get a chance could you let me know if the the launching problems persist in the dif modes;
i just tested it on my win2k vmware machine and it ran ok, so this is one of those things where your help is invaluable.

see future post for url

just exit the program if its currently running, and install this version over old version.

if you'd prefer i upload just the changed exe without installer i'd be happy to do that in the future.

i'm working my way through fix list.  so far things that i addressed:

• fixed bug that could result in program trying to save changed options more than necesary
• changed default launch history to 50 items
• fixed (maybe) gray empty header on launch in details mode with no items
• fixed bug causing flash of previous items when clear on restart is checked
• double click now toggles view when using fast style launcher
• fixed bug where on trigger you would see previous find list first before it resets
• adding exclusion rules for apps now adds these rules to pattern match box not history box, and removes any existing entry from history launch.
• some apparent "hanging" of the program was due to obscured windows, hopefully fixed now.
• adding an exclusion now forces score to -9999 even if a prior rule exists
• new window transparency control in options
• by default moves recent docs and desktop links to top of search list and enabled by default.
• pressing down arrow during search stops search and moves cursor into results view. 
• fixed bug with scrollbars on long listviews.
• slightly improved icon.
• Cursor arrows in and out of search box works better now. 

Note to Upgraders:
i realized from discussions here that the "recent documents" and "desktop" and maybe even "favorites" directory entries in the search path tab should be enabled and moved to top.  they are that way by default with this new version, but if you're upgrading it won't modify your existing settings so i suggest you enable those and move them to top by default.

somone suggested we might keep one day a week rotating..
if we have enough people who might be interested in columns we could alternate authors for more days.

if it's something you think you want to do i'd be happy to set you up for thursday and set up a blog and email.  music software would be nice subject.

i dont have specific areas in mind, the main things i think are:
1) the columnists/bloggers should have fun with this - so pick stuff you want to talk about.
2) we are promising people that we will have a new entry each day; columnists can stop whenever they want as long as they give us a weeks worth of notice so that we have time to find someone to take over.
3) it would be nice to have a sort of theme for each column, just so that they would differentiate from each other somewhat.  its ok if they overlap but i think it would just be funner for readers if each blog had a slightly different slant.

make sense?

if you still want to do it email me a desired login name and password for the blog (and nick for the column if different), and whether you want me to set up a @donationcoder.com email for you, and if so whether you want me to have it just forward mail to another account or whether you want a proper smtp/pop login.

-mouser