Software Update: Directory Opus 11.3

GPSoftware has released version 11.3 of its Directory Opus file manager. This program is in a way similar to Total Commander, but much more extensive. Directory Opus once debuted on the Commodore Amiga platform, on which it was particularly popular in the early 1990s. In 1994, developer Jonathan Potter teamed up with Greg Perry and GPSoftware has been releasing the program ever since.

Directory Opus is versatile and extremely configurable, both in functionality and appearance. That is also the biggest problem, because the program can certainly come across as complex to novice users. Directory Opus runs on Windows XP and above, and is available in a 32-bit and a 64-bit version. The program can be tested for 60 days; after that, a license of 89 Australian dollars has to be purchased, which amounts to about 60 euros. Since version 10.2, there is also a less extended version, which costs just under 33 euros. This release includes a fix for the infamous heartbleed security issue.

Changes:

• Aliases like /hostdocuments are now defined for normal HDD installs, pointing to the same locations as the normal /mydocuments etc. aliases. This allows you to use those aliases in buttons and scripts without worrying about whether or not you are on a USB install.
• When using the Rename dialog and choosing to overwrite an existing file, the recycle bin confirmation dialog could open and then go behind the Lister. This has been fixed.
• The path for configuration backups is now remembered relative to the nearest built-in alias, if possible. For example, if you save your config backup to the desktop folder, it will remember /desktopdir rather than the full path, meaning it will choose the appropriate desktop folder if you then load the same config on another machine where the username, and thus the desktop path is not the same.
• FTP has been updated to the latest version of the OpenSSL libraries, to fix the “heartbleed” security hole.

For a detailed list of changes, please see the What’s New page.

The following downloads are available:
Directory Opus 11.3 (32bit)
Directory Opus 11.3 (64bit)