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Very nice application and very useful, too.
Francisco Jorge Guillem
June 24, 2007
The Simplified and Traditional Chinese Language files are now available.
We thank our contributor Willy Wong for his work.
March 31, 2007
The Russian and French Language files have been updated to support Version 0.4.3 Build 162.
March 24, 2007
Version 0.4.3 Build 162 is available. What's new in this release:
  • Windows Vista support
  • Icon handling optimizations
  • Major and minor bugfixes
February 1, 2007
Version 0.4.2 Build 135 is available. What's new in this release:
  • Drag and Drop support
  • Major and minor bugfixes
January 3, 2007
We have released a new plugin for KO Approach!
InstantTxt enables you to preview TXT files right from KO Approach menus.
Read more about InstantTxt.
December 24, 2006
KO Software wishes you happy holidays!
We have released version 0.4.1 Build 132. This is a FINAL release featuring useful improvements and bugfixes.
What's new in this release:
  • Approach Items now displays menus much faster
  • Approach Items can now be populated via a Contextual Menu command
  • Trace Mode is implemented for testing purposes
  • The Scope plugin is optimized for quicker handling large amounts of graphics files
  • Major and minor bugs are fixed
December 5, 2006
The Developer Section of our site has been updated. The work has only started, more info will be added real soon!
December 3, 2006
French language file has been updated.
We thank our contributor, Labbaipierre, a lot for helping us broaden the program audience.
November 8, 2006
Version 0.4 beta 1 is available. What's new in this release:
  • implemented Titlebar Menus -- a feature allowing you to navigate parent-to-child menus from any Explorer Window
  • implemented unlimited menu depth support
  • reduced CPU usage in the Folder Menus feature
  • major and minor bugs are fixed
July 13, 2006
Version 0.3 beta 1 is available. What's new in this release:
  • added support for interface localization
  • major and minor bugs are fixed
July 10, 2006
Our site is getting a fresh new look. We hope that it will be more informative and user-friendly. During this transition period you may occasionally experience difficulties accessing the site or its parts; however, we assure you that we are working hard towards completing this phase as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience and please come back soon.
April 13, 2006
Version 0.2.1 is available. What's new in this release:
  • several unpleasant program bugs are now fixed
  • minor help improvements and fixes are made
March 16, 2006
Version 0.2 is available. What's new in this release:
  • added the Tray Menu allowing you to access your favorite files immediately
  • improved program stability
  • improved plugin functionality
  • added an image-rich help file
December 7, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 13 is available. What's new in this release:
  • added processing of Shell notification events - menus are automatically updated in case a file is moved/deleted
  • added options for item ordering
  • improved the Setup program
  • fixed minor bugs
November 27, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 12 is available. What's new in this release:
  • improved icon handling and program responsiveness
  • improved theme support in Windows XP and Server 2003
  • misc major and minor bugfixes
November 10, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 11 is available. What's new in this release:
  • improved plugin interoperability
  • fixed minor bugs
November 2, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 10 is available. What's new in this release:
  • added several additional options
  • improved the Scope plugin -- all popular graphics formats are now supported!
October 27, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 9 is available. What's new in this release:
  • added the Scope plugin which enables previewing BMP files right from Approach menus
  • improved the setup program
  • misc bugfixes
October 17, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 8 is available. What's new in this release:
  • improved icon support
  • icon caching
  • misc bugfixes
October 12, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 7 is available. What's new in this release:
  • improved support for contextual menus
  • support for shadows under menus (not a 'major' feature really)
  • misc bugfixes
October 9, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 6 is available. What's new in this release:
  • support for task-based Explorer view
  • support for single click icon opening mode
  • support for contextual menus
October 1, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 5 is available. What's new in this release:
  • improved mouse-click monitoring
  • several additional options: browse for folders mode, activate items with a single or double click
  • miscellaneous bugfixes
September 24, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 4 is available
In this release there are actually no new features at all. However, I concentrated on stability this time. Those of you who frequently use KO Approach may have already noticed those annoying Explorer crashes. Well, finally, this if fixed. Also, refer to whatsnew.txt for additional info.
September 19, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 3 is available. What's new in this release:
  • support for Windows 2000
  • several additional options: hidden files mode, mouse wheel scrolling speed, etc.
  • miscellaneous bugfixes
September 16, 2005
Version 0.1 alpha 2 is available. What's new in this release:
  • support for Windows Server 2003
  • support for mouse wheel
  • support for PageUp/PageDown keys
  • support for searching by name