Software Update: Directory Opus 9.5.4.0

GPSoftware released version 9.5.4.0 of its file manager Directory Opus earlier this month. This program is similar to Total Commander, but much more extensive. Directory Opus debuted a long time ago on the Commodore Amiga platform, where it was particularly popular in the early 1990s. In 1994, developer Jonathan Potter teamed up with Greg Perry and since then the program has been published by GPSoftware.

Directory Opus is versatile and extremely configurable, which is also its biggest problem, as the program can certainly seem complex to novice users. Directory Opus runs on Windows 2000 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 about 50 euros has to be purchased. More information about Directory Opus 9 can be found in this semi-official manual are being found. The main improvement in version 9.5 is the ability to replace Windows Explorer in Windows 7 with Directory Opus. Version 9.5.4.0 is a bugfix release, and below are the changes and improvements made:

Bugs fixed / minor changes:

• Added move_netshare_semantics advanced Preferences option to work around a problem moving folders caused by PGP Netshare.
• Added support for transparent (alpha-channel) TIFF images (both 8-bit and 16-bit images).
• Added tiff_assume_alpha advanced Preferences flag to force alpha on TIFF images which have a 4th channel but don’t specify its meaning.
• Fixed a crash that could occur if you dragged a file over a sub-folder on an ftp site, and hovered there while a copy to that same site was in progress.
• Fixed a problem when trying to inline-rename a file or folder whose original name contained an environment variable.
• Fixed a problem with the @set command directive that would stop {dlgstring} working correctly with {file} as the default value unless prefixed with @runonce.
• The timestamp of a file with NTFS ADS properties is now correctly preserved when the file is copied.
• ActiveX: Prevents the Syntax-Colored Source preview handler from handling .url files by default. If that handler is installed the plugin will still send .url files to a web browser unless explicitly configured not to.
• Fixed a problem that could cause a crash when editing the defined filter in the Print Folder dialog.
• Fixed a problem that caused the Folder Tree to fail to expand the Desktop branch with a particular combination of settings.
• The FILTER argument for the Print FOLDER command now works correctly.
• If two or more single file-display Listers were open, the Go DUALPATH command used to cause the folder in the destination Lister to change, instead of setting the source Lister into dual-display mode.
• Improved support for the Recorded TV start menu link in Windows 7.
• The Rename command could not move files when the source folder was a file collection.
• If a rename script fails, the rename operation is now aborted.

The following downloads are available:
Directory Opus 9.5.4.0 (32bit)
Directory Opus 9.5.4.0 (64bit)