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Changes from v4.0 Beta 7 -> v4.0 Beta 8

• Native Header Compression: Native article header compression now supported through the usenet server 'XFEATURE' command. The feature can be turned off from: "Settings -> Adv. Nerdy Tweaks -> Article Download Allow XFEAT Compression". Not all usenet servers support this command. NewsLeecher will automatically check for support when it connects to the server, and use the feature if supported. When the feature is enabled, the 'header download' speed should be 2-10X times faster than usual.
• Implemented physical disk cleanup for usenet group caches. It's possible to specify how much garbage a group cache must have before the cleanup routine is triggered. The setting can be accessed at: Settings -> Adv. Nerdy Tweaks -> Article Cache Max Garbage Pct
• (Re)implemented the 'Add to Subject Ignore List' feature for the group headers view. It can be accessed from the popup menu.
• (Re)implemented the 'Add to Poster Ignore List' feature for the group headers view. It can be accessed from the popup menu.
• (Re)implemented the 'Select Smart' feature for the group browsing view, the SuperSearch Service view and the transfer queue. The comparison algorithm used by 'Select Smart' has also been improved a bit.
• (Re)implemented the 'Select Poster' feature for the group browsing view, the SuperSearch Service view and the transfer queue.
• (Re)implemented the 'Export to NZB' feature for the SuperSearch view.
• It's now possible to post text replies to articles, directly from the SuperSearch view.
• All leech methods available in the group article browsing view, are now also available in the SuperSearch view. Including all the 'special leech' commands.
• The overall performance of NewsLeecher has been improved a lot due to internal optimizations.
• Group article headers are now received in a separate CPU thread. Using this multithreaded approach to fecth headers, will make NewsLeecher run smoother on slower computer, while fetching headers.
• When 'Opening' a selected article collection, NewsLeecher will now only open *.NFO article files within the collection, instead of the entire collection.
• The progress bar view in the "Bots" listview, now also shows the download progress of the entire collections belonging to the downloading articles.
• The "Number of New Group Headers at Server"-counters are now updated live, while fetching headers from groups.
• Several optimizations to the internal structures in NewsLeecher, making the app run a bit smoother on slow systems.
• Moved Socks Firewall setup to the Advanced Nerdy Tweaks settings page.
• Improved the appearance of the Nerdy Tweaks dialog a bit.
• Smaller visual improvements here and there.
• The explorer listviews sort column and sort order is now remembered between sessions.
• Fixed bug where articles added to the top of the transfer queue were sometimes reversed in order.
• Fixed bug where the queue status text for downloading articles was sometimes incorrectly set to 'initializing'.
• In the previous betas, the columns in the "all groups" listview were not sortable. Fixed.
• NewsLeeecher would sometimes freeze for some seconds during starup. This has (most probably;) been fixed. Not 100% sure though.
• When exporting articles to an NZB file, the article poster names were sometimes skipped. This has been fixed.
• Sorting by the 'Download Folder' column in the queue listview didn't work properly. Fixed.
• Smaller bugs fixed. (the adv. nerdy tweak 'gui_show_popup_hints' didn't work in the previous beta, etc..)

Changes from v4.0 Beta 5 -> v4.0 Beta 6

• (Re)implemented support for a launch password. The password can be enabled from: Settings -> Adv. Nerdy Tweaks -> Paranoia_Launch_Password
• (Re)implemented the 'Delete From Cache' group cache feature.
• (Re)implemented option to automatically delete newly downloaded files if the files already exists in the download folders. The option can be accessed from: Settings -> Adv. Nerdy Tweaks -> Download_Skip_Existing_Files
• <<< Performance Improvement >>> Optimized the group cache loading code. Depending on various parameters, the new group cache loading code is up to 500% faster in the code used in previous versions of NewsLeecher.
• Simplified the Groups Browsing popup menu and the SuperSearch popup menu.
• Improved the 'Adv. Nerdy Tweaks' dialog interface a bit.
• Lots of smaller improvements.
• Fixed bug introduced in one of the previous betas, where NewsLeecher would sometimes crash when NZB importing articles to the queue, if the articles were already queued.
• Various smaller bug fixes.
• Removed the "Find in SuperSearch" feature. It will be replaced with a more powerful "Find in SuperSearch" feature in a later NewsLeecher V4.X release.

Changes from v4.0 Beta 3 -> v4.0 Beta 4

• Lots of bugfixes, changes and additions in this release.

Changes from v4.0 Beta 1 -> v4.00 Beta 2

• Enabled the 'Leech Tweak' option that makes sure that RAR archives are downloaded in correct order. *.RAR articles will be placed in front of *.R00, *.R01, etc. articles in the queue. The tweak option can be found at: Setup -> Download -> Leech Tweaks
• Added functionality to the integrated Explorer, that allows one to prefix selected files and folders with a custom text string. The function can be accessed from: 'Explorer Tab -> Toolbox -> Prefix ...'.
• Changed the way the internet connections maximum download speed is specified.
• The download speed scheduler has been redesigned and moved to the setup dialog, at: 'Setup -> Download -> Speed Scheduler'.
• Added 'msvcr71.dll' to the installer, as the file, which is needed for NewsLeecher SSL connections, were missing on some systems.
• When pressing the SuperSearch 'Stop' button, NewsLeecher would show a dialog stating that you have just pressed the 'Stop' button. That dialog has been removed.
• Lots of internal code clean-up improvements. These improvements should improve both NewsLeecher speed and stability.
• Many smaller improvements, incl. a few visual ones, like the text / hints on the view tabs.
• Fixed bug introduced in NewsLeecher v4 beta 1, where articles were not always leeched to the correct download folders.
• Fixed a bug that caused the first NewsLeecher V4 beta to freeze sometimes while it was leeching.
• Various leech tweaks and filters were ignored when importing transfer queue articles from NZB files.
• Groupname sorting didn't work in the listview. Fixed.
• The system shutdown function didn't always work. This should be fixed now.
• Fixed bug that caused an exception to be thrown, when adding articles from the same collection to the transfer queue independently.
• Lots of smaller fixes. (Pause/Unpause from queue popup didn't work in beta 1, etc.)

Changes from v3.95 Beta 3 -> v4.0 Beta 1

• Note that this NewsLeecher release introduces a completely new article cache system which is significantly different from the previously used cache system. Because of the major change in the format of the cache, it will be necessary to re-fetch headers for any subscribed usenet groups the first time NewsLeecher V4.0 Beta is used.
• Because of the early beta stage of this NewsLeecher V4 release, it is recommended that you keep settings for NewsLeecher V4 separate from settings for earlier releases of NewsLeecher that you might have installed. To setup a separate NewsLeecher V4 settings folder, check: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18326 You can of course also take the chance and simply install this release on top of your currently installed NewsLeecher copy, and hope things work out Doing that will probably also work fine.
• *MAJOR ADDITION*: NewsLeecher now fully supports collections (also known as threading) of binary articles. The collections feature will group associated binary articles together and present them as a single article entry in the NewsLeecher listviews, instead of multiple separate entries. Collections are supported by the entire NewsLeecher interface. That is the article browser, the SuperSearch service and the NewsLeecher download queue. Besides providing better article overview, the collections feature also speeds up group loading by 500%+ for most binary groups aswell as keeping memory usage much lower than what previous NewsLeecher releases does.
• It's now possible to specify separate paths for NewsLeecher to store settings and temporary files. For more info on how to set the paths, check this URL: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18326
• NewsLeecher will now ask for confirmation before closing down, if Repair'n'Extract is actively working on one or more file sets.
• This NewsLeecher release supported mixed-case subject lines returned by SuperSearch. Earlier releases would show all subject lines returned by SuperSearch in lowercase.
• More parts of the internal Windows Explorer are now multi- threaded. This brings a significant speed improvement when browsing folders containing many sub folders.
• The entries in 'Max Days' SuperSearch filter have been re- organized to better suit the new elevated SuperSearch retention.
• Improved 'Leech Specify' dialog to be more intuitive and easy to use.
• Many smaller improvements. (The mouse hint text for the SuperSearch favorite buttons now shows the query to be searched, SSL libraries updated, etc.)
• The entire NewsLeecher codebase has been probed for memory leaks. Lots of leaks have been fixed.
• Fixed a bug prevented NewsLeecher from properly updating groups containing an extremely large amount of headers (such as alt. binaries.boneless). The bug was only triggered on a few usenet servers.
• Fixed bug that somestimes caused NewsLeecher to hang on shutdown.
• Many smaller fixes. (The Repair'n'Extract verification state was sometimes reset between sessions, GUI tweaks, etc.)
• Removed option for turning off error checking of downloaded articles as there's no reason not to check them for errors.
• Removed outdated option to cancel errornous articles from being downloaded as the option could cause some confusion. Also the introduction of PAR2files and the NewsLeecher Repair'n'Extract feature makes errornous files usable.

Changes from v3.95 Beta 2 -> v3.95 Beta 3

• The previous few betas caused problems for many users, due to some incompatibility issues between NewsLeecher and a couple of 3rd party anti virus applications. This has been taken care of.
• Smaller improvements. (Tweaked the way the 'leech specify' dialog works, etc..)
• Fixed bug introduced in previous betas, where the 'not' keyword was ignored when filtering article subject lines: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17437

Changes from v3.95 Beta 1 -> v3.95 Beta 2

• As suggested, the 'Leech Specify' dialog now implements an option to add articles to the download queue in 'paused' mode: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17262
• The previous beta contained some code that seriously impacted the NewsLeecher performance under certain conditions, such as when articles were fetched from SuperSearch. This has been taken care of.
• Improved the way the 'Leech Specify' dialog logic works, so it goes more along the lines discussed here: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16286
• Fixed bug where the queue manager didn't work properly: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17285

Changes from v3.91 Beta 2 -> v3.95 Beta 1

• Please note that the listview column settings (width, visibility, etc) have been reset in this release, due to a bug in the previous beta release.
• NewsLeecher now uses a new license key system, which makes it possible to register NewsLeecher without going to the members area. Note that this is a pretty major change, so there might be a few new betas coming out soon after this one, containing fixes and tweaks related to this change.
• Implemented 3 new skins for the interface in NewsLeecher. The skins can be accessed by the buttons on the right side of the main toolbar.
• Lots of the GUI elements which have never been skinnable, now are. Including the 'please wait' window, the bandwidth graphs, etc..
• It's now possible to replace exisiting SuperSearch bookmarks.
• NewsLeecher now stores 10 rotating backups of the NewsLeecher settings file, "setup.dat", in the "%appdata%\newsleecher\backups\" folder. The backups might be good to have if some of your NewsLeecher settings get deleted, or your setup.dat file corrups for some reason.
• Implemented new feature which makes it possible to show custom messages to the user when NewsLeecher is launched.
• Implemented a new file manager feature, which makes it possible to easily combine/merge selected files in the NewsLeecher File Manager. This can be useful when combining HDTV '.TS' files for example. The feature can be accessed from the 'toolbox' popup placed on the 'Explorer' toolbar.
• Implemented a new file manager feature, which makes it possible to easily create folders based on the names of the files selected in the NewsLeecher File Manager. The feature can be accessed from the 'toolbox' popup placed on the 'Explorer' toolbar.
• NewsLeecher now fully supports networked folder paths for downloading and Repair'n'Extract operations.
• Clicking a 'folder' bookmark on the NewsLeecher File Explorer tab, while holding down the CTRL or Shift key, will open the bookmarked folder in a Windows Explorer window, instead of the internal file explorer window.
• Lots of smaller graphical user interface inconsistencies have been corrected.
• The "Automatic Backup" feature now also backups the state of the Repair'n'Extract sets.
• When launching, NewsLeecher can now detect whether the main settings file, "setup.dat", is corrupted. If it is, instructions on how to restore a "setup.dat" backup (new backup feature described above), will be shown to the end-user.
• The CPU usage has been decreased dramatically under certain circumstances, when updating groups. Especially noticable when updating picture groups.
• The speed of the "Smart Select" feature has been improved several hundred percent over the speed in previous releases.
• Improved error checking performed by Repair'n'Extract.
• Many small improvements. (More data stored in main setup.dat settings file, instead of using multiple separate files)
• Fixed bug where Repair'n'Extract would (rarely) unpause incorrect PAR2 repair files in the download queue, in case many PAR2 sets with almost similar named were queued for RnE.
• Fixed bug where the 'Export to NZB' option didn't always work when exporting headers which had just been received from the usenet: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16465
• Lots of smaller bugfixes here and there. (Connections Panel couldn't always be resized, better unicode support, etc.)

Changes from v3.91 Beta 1 -> v3.91 Beta 2

• Note that due to some internal changes in NewsLeecher, all listview columns will have been reset in width and placement, when you launch this beta. The reset will only happen on the first launch.
• Implemented a history feature for the "Leech Specify" dialog, so a customizable number of previously used "Leech Specify" folder locations can be saved between sessions. The number of locations to save, can be setup from "Setup Dialog -> Interface -> Interface Settings -> Items to keep in history dropdown lists".
• Implemented the "Find in SuperSearch" feature for the articles view. It's now implemented for the articles view, the Repair'n'Extract view and the download queue.
• Added a 'CleanUp' button to the queue toolbar. Clicking the button, simply deletes all 'paused' entries from the queue.
• Much improved error checking when loading and saving the setup files for the NewsLeecher listiews. Prior to this newly introduced error checking, NewsLeecher would, in the worst cases, refuse to launch, or spit out strange error messages, if one or more of the setup files were corrupted. If a corruption is detected now, NewsLeecher will simply reset the corrupted setup file.
• Some smaller visual improvements.
• Fixed bug introduced in previous beta, where the posting feature didn't work.
• Lots of other smaller bugs fixed.

Changes from v3.9 -> v3.91 Beta 1

• NewsLeecher v3.9 Final didn't reset the trial period. This has been fixed.
• Fixed bug where Repair'n'Extract would sometimes delete downloaded articles, if the PAR2 index file had an empty filename. (ie. ".PAR2")
• Fixed bug where NewsLeecher would (rarely) freeze, when using SuperSearch: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=76399

Changes from v3.9 Beta 17 -> v3.9

• Fixed Repair'n'Extract bug that sometimes caused Repair'n'Extract to assemble article collections which should not be assembled.

Changes from v3.9 Beta 16 -> v3.9 Beta 17

• NewsLeecher will now reset the optional 'nl_log.txt' logfile at launch, if the file is larger than 100 MB in size.
• Smaller improvements here and there.
• Fixed bug where NewsLeecher would sometimes pause the download queue because it incorrectly detected there wasn't enough space available on the download drive: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16374
• Fixed bug that sometimes caused SuperSearch to trigger an error when adding SuperSearch articles to the download queue.

Changes from v3.9 Beta 15 -> v3.9 Beta 16

• Extended the functionality of the 'Find in SuperSearch' feature. It's now possible to specify the search category and the 'max days' setting through the feature.
• Smaller improvements here and there.
• Fixed bug where the "Pause queue if disk space is below ..." setting was ignored by NewsLeecher: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16179
• Various smaller bugfixes.

Changes from v3.9 Beta 14 -> v3.9 Beta 15

• Added a (longtime requested) 'Stop' button for SuperSearch.
• Added an option to let NewsLeecher automatically convert the speed display unit between KB/s and MB/s (or Kbps and Mbps) depending on the current transfer speed.
• Fixed bug where the 'Please Wait' status dialog got stuck after long NewsLeecher operations: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=68026
• Fixed bug where the 'Unpause if only PAR2 Files' option didn't work on imported NZB files: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13237
• Fixed bug where the right-click popup menu didn't work on the 'Leech Specify' dialog: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13509
• Fixed bug where NewsLeecher would sometimes get activated when importing a .NZB file, even if it was setup not to activate: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=75832
• Smaller fixes here and there (a few spelling errors, etc.)

Changes from v3.9 Beta 13 -> v3.9 Beta 14

• We'd like to get the remaining NewsLeecher bugs sorted out asap, so we can begin working on the V4 series. So the upcoming beta(s), released before NewsLeecher v3.9 goes final, will be, almost, purely bug fix releases.
• (Repair'n'Extract) Implemented a Repair'n'Extract "Stop" button which can be used to manually cancel various Repair'n'Extract tsks, such as unpacking and repairing. The button is located on the Repair'n'Extract toolbar.
• The code for checking the availability of disk space on the download drives has been improved. NewsLeecher will now check for needed disk space no matter whether the downloading articles will be placed in the default download location, on a USB stick, a mapped network drive, etc..
• (Repair'n'Extract) The code for checking disk space needed to complete Repair'n'Extract tasks successfully has been improved.
• Lots of smaller improvements here and there. ("[RnE]" suffix has been removed from Repair'n'Extract destination folders, etc.)
• NewsLeecher used to convert the displayed speed unit from KB/s to MB/s when the download speed got above 1024 KB/s. This auto conversion code has been removed, in order to make the download speed reading more precise.
• The computer could go into sleep/hibernate mode when NewsLeecher was actively downloading articles. This is prevented now.
• Fixed a problem introduced in the previous betas, where NewsLeecher would freeze for a period of time just after launch, for some users.
• Many smaller bug fixes.

Changes from v3.9 Beta 12 -> v3.9 Beta 13

• Fixed a bug introduced in yesterdays beta 12 release, which, under certain circumstances, prevented NewsLeecher from running properly.

Changes from v3.9 Beta 10 -> v3.9 Beta 11

• Enabled the Repair'n'Extract option which allows permanently deletion of used set files, when the set has been extracted. The option can be turned on from the 'Setup -> Repair'n' Extract Tab'.
• Further optimized the code used for fetching headers. Uses a bit less CPU and disk resources now.
• Fixed bug introduced in the previous beta, where Repair'n' Extract was unable to extract sets if the 'Time & Date Prefix Subfolder' option was turned on.
• Fixed bug where Repair'n'Extract would go into a loop if all the files in a Repair'n'Extract set were triggered by the user customizable ignore filter.
• Fixed bug where Repair'n'Extract would hang if it tried to unpack a fileset to a folder containing more than 256 characters.
• Fixed bug introduced in v3.9 beta 6, where article sizes and parts count would be exagerated in the articles listview, if headers were fetched from more than a single server: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14953
• Fixed bug where the 'z' character could not be used in 'tray restore' security passwords: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=69809#69809
• Fixed bug where the splash screen would get stuck under certain circumstances: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14407
• (re)Fixed bug where NewsLeecher would always steal window focus when importing NZB files, even if setup not to do so: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13944
• The 'Notify on new Release' option didn't work in the last few betas. This has been fixed.
• Removed the 'Verify' option from the Repair'n'Extract toolbar. Verification will now always be performed, if the Repair'n' Extract feature is enabled.

Changes from v3.9 Beta 9 -> v3.9 Beta 10

• (Repair'n'Extract) Added full support for standard split sets.
• (Repair'n'Extract) Added full support for RAR split sets.
• (Repair'n'Extract) Added full support for singe-file PAR split sets.
• (Repair'n'Extract) The type of the individual Repair'n'Extract sets (RAR, PAR Split, etc.) is now shown in the Repair'n' Extract listview.
• (SuperSearch) When performing a SuperSearch search, detailed SuperSearch connection information is now written to the log. Useful when tracking the reason for SuperSearch connection problems.
• (Repair'n'Extract) Fixed a pretty serious bug where the NewsLeecher Repair'n'Extract feature would sometimes delete files which were not supposed to be deleted. Happened with non-archive PAR2 sets, when the 'Extract to sub folder' setting was not enabled.
• Fixed bug where the destination folder wasn't always correctly set when importing NZB files: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14259
• Fixed bug where "When Empty Quit/Shutdown PC" was still activated if group headers were being downloaded: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=70098#70098
• Fixed bug that made it possible to bypass a set tray password: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13209

Changes from v3.9 Beta 8 -> v3.9 Beta 9

• Removed all dependencies of Internet Explorer from NewsLeecher. NewsLeecher usually uses an integrated Internet Explorer based module to fetch SuperSearch connection information, checking for new releases, etc.. This module has now been replaced with a natively build module, which uses fewer resources and is less prone to errors caused by OS security settings, etc..
• If you enter "about:supersearch" (without quotes) in the SuperSearch search field, NewsLeecher will return debug connection info related to SuperSearch.
• It's now possible to see how many articles, aswell as the combined size of the articles, that are currently selected in the SuperSearch window: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14676
• The installer now makes it optional to generate desktop and quick-launch icons.
• Minor improvements here and there. (NewsLeecher writes SuperSearch initialization & connection info in log, optimized compiler update, etc.)
• Fixed bug introduced in previous beta, where the speed scheduler didn't work as expected: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14691
• Few minor bugfixes. (problems with entering key if it contained a whitepspace character, etc.)

Changes from v3.9 Beta 7 -> v3.9 Beta 8

• Added a new, optional, graphical line to the large bandwidth graph, which represents the average download speed
• Added a column to the statusbar, which shows the average download speed. Only available when the large bandwidth graph is set to visible
• Added new functionality to the 'Pause' feature, so it's possible to pause downloads for a specific period of time
• Added an option to hide the category buttons from the SuperSearch toolbar. For more info, check the option at 'Options -> Security -> Hide SuperSearch Categories'
• Added a 'Single Click Bookmark' option to the SuperSearch options menu. When turned on, a search will be initiated immediately after the SuperSearch bookmark is clicked
• Many minor improvements
• Fixed bug where the 'Binary' / 'Text' Filters, located on the Articles View Toolbar, didn't work
• Lots of smaller bug fixes

Changes from v3.9 beta 5 -> v3.9 Beta 6

• Note that this release of NewsLeecher requires you to upgrade your license key from the members area.
• Implemented a new Repair'n'Extract filter, which makes it possible to filter out (ignore) specific files from Repair'n'Extract sets.
• Enhanced the logic that Repair'n'Extract uses, when it automatically unpauses needed repair files for a set.
• Quite a few additional enhancements and fixes related to the Repair'n'Extract feature.
• Changed the format in which NewsLeecher posts text messages to usenet servers with. It should be compatible with more servers now.
• Re-arranged the article filters setup dialogs. They can now be accessed from the toolbars just above the article, queue and Repair'n'Extract listviews.
• Lots of other small improvements (mainly visual ones)
• Fixed a bug where the licensekey was sometimes deleted, if the Internet Explorer cache was cleaned: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12376
• Fixed bug where NewsLeecher would sometimes try opening multiple instances, if several NZB files were imported at the same time.
• Fixed bug where a setting from an outdated "server retention" feature was still used under some circumstances: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=70485#70485
• Lots of other small bug fixes.

Changes from v3.9 Beta 4 -> v3.9 beta 5

• Due to popular request, the 'Move Small Articles to Top of Transfer Queue' feature has been readded.
• Added a "Find in SuperSearch" feature to the transfer queue. It can be accessed from the queue popup menu.
• The 'Pause Download' filter will now be ignored for articles which are added to the queue in non traditional leech modes, such as 'Open' / 'Execute' Mode, 'Show Header' Mode, 'Download Raw' Mode, etc..
• Improved the "Collapse Virtual Groups" feature introduced in the previous beta, so 'Uncategorizes' groups are never collapsed.
• Repair'n'Extract will now, optionally, remove excess PAR2 set files from the transfer queue, right after having verified that the set is OK. Previously excess files were not removed until after a set archive had been unpacked.
• The 'subscribed groups' dropdown menu has been improved. The virtual groups in the dropdown menu now have the same collapsed/expanded states as the virtual groups in the 'subscribed groups' listview.
• Tweaked parts of the NewsLeecher source in various places.
• Fixed bug from beta 2, where the Repair'n'Extract didn't always recognise articles in the transfer queue, if the transfer queue filter was in use.
• Various other smaller bugfixes.

Changes from v3.9 Beta 3 -> v3.9 Beta 4

• Added an option to 'Collapse Virtual Groups' in the 'Active Group' dropdown menu on the main menu.
• A few improvements and changes here and there.
• Fixed bug where group activation didn't always work: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13849
• Fixed bug introduced in beta 3, where the 'Shaded Sort Column' option was ignored: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13846
• Fixed character stripping bug when using the RnE 'Find in SuperSearch' feature: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13842
• GUI themes didn't work since last beta. This has been fixed, but one of the themes has been removed due to problems with the theme painting: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13842
• Fixed bug where font settings were incorrect under Windows XP, if Office 2007 had been installed: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12613
• Refixed bug related to toolbar items not being shown when using low screen resolution (800x600): http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13859
• Other small fixes.

Changes from v3.9 Beta 1 -> v3.9 Beta 2

• All the search filters inside NewsLeecher have been replaced with new ones. The search filter syntax is now the same as the syntax used by SuperSearch, which means that it's possible to exclude specific words, etc.. Help buttons next to the search filters have also been added.
• Added a new option to cancel all 'paused' articles in the transfer queue, when NewsLeecher is closed down. The option can be accessed from the transfer queue toolbars 'cancel' submenu.
• (RnE) Added an option to cleanup the transfer queue for unneeded PAR2 Set articles when the Set has been successfully processed. Option can be accessed from: "Options -> Repair'n'Extract -> Delete Unneeded Articles from Queue"
• (RnE) When using the Repair'n'Extract "Find in SuperSearch" feature, NewsLeecher used to search the current category and set the max-days to "30". This has been changed so the search category is auto-set to "General", and the max-days is set to the highest possible days value (currently "120").
• Lots of users pressed the cancel buttons on the queue toolbar by mistake, so the queues "Cancel All" / "Cancel Paused" and "Cancel Selected" buttons have now been moved to a submenu on the queue toolbar.
• (RnE) Fixed a bug where articles were auto-unpaused incorrectly, or not auto-unpaused at all when they should be.
• Fixed a bug where the Download Pausing Filter was ignored when importing articles to the transfer queue from NZB files.
• (RnE) Fixed a Repair'n'Extract bug where the RAR unpacking would enter a repeated loop if one or more of the RAR archives were corrupt or password protected.
• (RnE) Fixed a bug where NewsLeecher would strip the first subject character when using the Repair'n'Extract "Find in SuperSearch" feature.
• (RnE) Repair'n'Extract is now automatically paused (disabled) if there's too little diskspace for auto unpacking archives.

Changes from v3.8 -> v3.9 Beta 1

• NewsLeecher now implements a new feature called Repair'n'Extract (RnE) which makes article verification, repairing and extracting fully automatic. Note that this is an early beta so the feature might still contain various bugs. Bugfixes and more RnE funtionality will be implemented in the forthcoming betas.

Changes from v3.8 Beta 9 -> v3.8

• The setup archive of this final release is around 40% smaller than the setup archive of the v3.7 final.
• While this release will work on Microsoft Vista without problems for the vast majority of users, there are still a very few issues (mostly license key related) which might cause problems for some users under Vista. We're planning on getting the last Vista related issues fixed in the upcoming v3.9 series.
• Specific entries in the 'Quick Search' filter dropdowns in NewsLeecher can now be deleted, using the DEL key: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12532
• Even if no NZBs were imported, NewsLeecher would auto reconnect if the NZB scanner was enabled and the 'Auto Connect on NZB Import' option was turned on. This has been fixed.
• The status for the same articles differed when shown in the SuperSearch pane and in the Articles pane. This has been fixed.

Changes from v3.8 beta 8 -> v3.8 Beta 9

• Added option to move empty (index) PAR2 files to the top if the transfer queue when added.
• This beta uses quite a lot less CPU resources compared to the previous betas, due to a change in the licensing system.
• Many smaller improvements. (Sort order in the integrated explorer view is saved now, etc.)
• The /settingsFile switch has been replaced with a non-switch solution for pointing NewsLeecher to a non-default settings file. More info on that here: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12413
• Fixed a bug where NewsLeecher would show an error message when opening doubleclicked .NZB files.
• The small statusbar bandwidth graph didn't always work. This has been fixed.
• Lots of smaller bugfixes.

Changes from v3.8 Beta 7 -> v3.8 beta 8

• Changed from the previous beta: NewsLeecher will no longer automatically move the NewsLeecher application settings from the 'Program Files' hierarchy to the User Profile hierarchy. On a clean install, NewsLeecher will automatically store its settings and data in the User Profile hierarchy, but if current settings are detected under the "Program Files" hierarchy, NewsLeecher will continue to store them there. To move NewsLeecher settings and data to a new location, use the new "Advanced Folder Location" setting mentioned just below.
• It's now possible to setup where the NewsLeecher data files and temporary files should be located. But it's recommended to keep the default locations unchanged, unless there's a good reason to change them. Locations can be changed from: Options -> Advanced -> Folders
• NewsLeecher normally loads settings from a default settings file. It's now possible to specify a custom settings file, by using the new "/settingsFile=[filePath]" command line parameter. More in here: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12250
• Improved Preview (Image View) Mode. Support for Vista fonts and the height of the preview panel is now stored separately.
• The NewsLeecher Splashscreen now gives more detailed info during NewsLeecher launch.
• NewsLeecher launches a little faster now.
• Bug introduced in a previous beta, where the Preview mode didn't work properly has been fixed: http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12244
• Fixed a few Windows Vista UAC permission issues.

Changes from v3.8 Beta 6 -> v3.8 Beta 7

• There are lots of internal changes in this beta release of NewsLeecher. Just to make sure you don't lose any settings due to a bug caused by the changes, it is highly recommended that you make a backup of your NewsLeecher settings before installing.
• The 'perform cache cleanup' prompt can now be turned off from the options dialog: "Options -> Downloads -> Groups Cache -> Ask before ...".
• Added a few settings related to the speed bar on the tray icon. "Setup -> Interface -> Tray Icon Settings".
• NewsLeecher will now store settings in the personal Windows profile folder, to be more compatible with Windows application guidelines. The new settings location will also fix some User Access Control problems that Vista users have had with previous versions of NewsLeecher. Note that NewsLeecher will automatically move current settings to the new location, so this release can easily be installed on top of an earlier release without causing problems.
• NewsLeecher now uses a new license key system which offers better compatibility with Windows Vista. Registered users will have to fetch a new licensekey for this release of NewsLeecher. That can easily be done from the NewsLeecher Members Area at: http://www.newsleecher.com/?id=members
• Various other small improvements which makes NewsLeecher more Windows Vista friendly. (Font changes, etc.)
• Sometimes the NewsLeecher auto-close feature didn't work, because the cache-cleanup prompt prevented the application from closing down. This has been fixed.
• Many smaller bug fixes.

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