Software Update: Directory Opus 11.7

GPSoftware has released version 11.7 of its Directory Opus file manager. This program is similar to Total Commander, but with more extensive options about exactly what information should be displayed and how. The program nestles deep in Windows and is therefore more intended as a replacement for Windows Explorer.

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. The changelog for version 11.7 looks like this:

Changes:

• Scripting changes:
  • Added locked property to the Format script object to retrieve the format lock state.
  • Script configuration variables can now include multi-line strings. To do this, set the variable’s default value in OnInit to a string containing a CR/LF pair (or just a CR/LF pair by itself if you want the default value to be empty).
  • A script’s configuration variables can now have descriptions assigned to them which are displayed in the configuration editor, using the new config_desc property of the ScriptInitData object.
  • If an OnBeforeFolderChange script runs Go BACK in response to a Go BACK command, the history position would end up wrong (you would actually end up two folders back instead of one).
• Fixed problem with the Run Now option when a copy job is queued.
• The way the Rating column was sorted had inadvertently changed – this has been returned to its original behavior.
• Timestamps in RAR archives could be shifted by the current GMT offset (when using UnRAR.dll instead of 7z.dll for RAR).
• Fixed the Folder Formats Labels page enable/disable state not being saved to disk.

For a detailed list of changes in version 11, please see the What’s New page.

The following downloads are available:
Directory Opus 11.7 (32bit)
Directory Opus 11.7 (64bit)