v5.2 [Mar 13, 2013]
Version 5.2 (Released on Mar 12th, 2013)
[+] Option to fix several drives to the same drive letter added
[+] Windows 8 support & Metro UI skin
[*] A special sign is displayed for fixed drive letter in the menu
[*] Folder mount points are now displayed in full size (not truncated as earlier)
[*] Verbose logging was enabled by default
[*] Card reader drives are displayed even when the option "Display storage device
volumes" is disabled
[*] Skin scheme file now has usual web format of the colors
[-] "Extend license" menu item could display "Order" page rather than "Extend"
[-] Autorun programs called before changing drive letters (e.g. for fixed
drive letters). This caused double calling of the autorun programs.
[-] The device menu might be displayed when user launched TaskManager (Win 8)
or Customize tray icons dialog (Win 7, 8)
[*] The SATA system drive was displayed in the list by default. Now it's
displayed only when you enable the option "Display all storage devices"
[*] Now the program doesn't add itself to the Windows startup on each launch,
it does this when it's needed.
v4.7 [Aug 4, 2011]
Almost al critical bugs fixed.
v4.3 [May 1, 2010]
"Unable to stop" window has been reworked
"Forced Stop" button became smarter, now it not only closes all files opened by the processes on the device, but it tries to close portable applications (applications that are run from the external drive you are intending to stop). USB Safely Remove sends command to close the application so they can normally stop and save their settings. If the application refuses to be closed (e.g. it displays message "Are you sure you want to exit?") you have to find the application on your desktop and close it manually...
... or you can bring it to the front of the desktop or just forcibly kill it.
Also we simplified this window interface by removing "Close programs" button. Now considering that "Forced Stop" feature became smarter, this button became useless, moreover it was confusing and a bit unsafe as pressing it could lead to closing of some important processes (e.g. your whole desktop in case if Explorer were opened on the removable drive). However we still leave the ability to close or forcibly terminate a specific program on the list from the context menu of the process (by right clicking to the process).
Bugs fixed
"USB Safely Remove assistant service" crashed if there were too many files opened from the drive that was being stopped
Better compatibility with Win Vista & 7 (sometimes program may not launch on these OSes)
Sometimes the program may not restore hidden drive letters (if "Hide drive letters" option was disabled)
v4.1 [Mar 10, 2009]
* Hiding drives of empty card reader slots!
* Ability to eject card reader memory cards
* Drive letter management
* Prohibit assigning specified letters to hot-plug drives
* Supports any kind of hot-plug device, including PCMCIA
* Snappy scanning of locking processes
* Stopping via "disabling"
* Multimonitor support
* Vista UAC as well as Windows 64 bit support
* "Return device back!" feature
v3.3 [Feb 18, 2008]
1) Automatic device icons detection
2) New 6 languages support
3) Stopping mechanism are improved
4) Proxy server support are added
5) Catched and fixed some bugs
Program to prepare bootable USB flash drives for Integrated Fiery servers.
