Some of the new features in Version 9 are: Better support for Unicode files A Greenbar Mode when viewing files An optional search bar at the bottom of the file window (which includes Favorite Searches) A formatted directory listing can now be copied to the clipboard Printer Profiles which allow you to save commonly used printer settings U3 support Other new features include: The ability to view the clipboard contents as if they were a file Alt+A (or Alt+F3) will continue searching the "next file" if no further matches are found in the file being viewed. Ctrl+F3 now searches for the next occurrence of any highlighted text. Gridlines can be printed (by specifying %g in the header/footer) You can now use rules based loading to automatically load a grid based on part of the file name being viewed A Preview window when doing a FileName Modify A new FileName option (Clipboard Rename) which lets you rename files based on the contents of the clipboard A new FileName option (Code Page) which lets you convert file names between different code pages Implemented double-click text selection You can now export/import Favorites (as well as User Commands and Grids). Special numeric drive volumes can be used when specifying paths in Favorites and User Commands (useful in U3 version). %P format specifier in User Commands prompts the user for further options An alternative Command Processor can now be defined in the Editor/CMD tab of Preferences V now tries to automatically recognize "EBCDIC RECFM=U" files Support for BZip2 (.bz2) files New options in Version 9 include: A Display Thumbnail option on the right-click menu. Try to Generate Thumbnails for Folders (in the Thumbnails Tab). Do not sort after rename (Directory Options). Always restore most recent directory on Startup (Directory Options). Do not copy CR/LF to clipboard for wrapped (to screen) lines (File Options). A new Unix Path option on the "Copy to Clipboard" menu. Changed the behavior of Windows Compatibility when dragging files (now use Ctrl key for copy, Shift key for move). Click here for further details on some of the above features Version 9 will no longer run on Windows 9x/Me/NT - it will only run on Windows XP, 2000/2003 and Vista.

Click here to Download V9 The screenshot below shows V displaying a Unicode file with various foreign characters. Previous versions of V could not view such files. Click here to Download V9