Copernic Desktop Search Professional full changelog

New features:
Added new Mozilla Thunderbird extension that supports newer versions (TB 121+) (Emails only).
Added an option to toggle between Mozilla Thunderbird legacy and the new extension under the Extensions / Licenses menu.
A warning message will appear at the top of the results list if Mozilla Thunderbird and/or the extension are not running if Copernic is unable to initialize the connection.
Changes and improvements:
Release 8.3.X no longer supports Windows 7, 8 and 8.1
EULA updated in the installation package.
Updated the index library containing numerous bug fixes and performance improvements.
Improved content extraction by using in-memory streams instead of files if not required.
Improved Microsoft Word extractor and LibreOffice / OpenOffice Writer.
Improved Microsoft Excel extractor and LibreOffice / OpenOffice Cals.
Improved Microsoft PowerPoint extractor and LibreOffice / OpenOffice Impress.
Improved Microsoft OneNote extractor.
Improved Autodesk AutoCAD extractor.
Improved Adobe Photoshop extractor.
Improved Microsoft Visio extractor.
Improved Epub extractor.
Improved Markdown extractor.
Improved offline PST file extractor.
Improved OCR extractor.
Improved Microsoft OneDrive cloud extractor.
Improved Google Drive cloud extractor.
Updated MSI installer packaging (WiX).
Updated log4net logging library.
Updated some archive and zip libraries containing bug and CVE fixes.
Updated third party libraries.
Fixes:
Fixed a potential problem when modifying the Extensions / Licenses options that may trigger an index update on unmodified sources.
Fixed a problem with PDF files indexing preventing the indexation of some fields and annotations.
Fixed a potential problem with queries when document count limit is reached.
Fixed a potential problem with the preview when modifying screen DPI.
Fixed a problem with the importance level on emails. “Urgent” level was missing.
Fixed a potential crash with the preview.
Fixed a potential crash with the Microsoft OneDrive au

New features:
The MP4 video extractor is now indexing Width / Height properties.
Added refinement and sorting options to search by creation date.
Added an option in the PDF previewer to toggle the thumbnails panel visibility.
Added a parameter in the refinesHistory.xml config file to modify the number of visible history elements (Default 5. From 5 to 50)
Changes and improvements:
Release 8.3.X now no longer support Windows 7, 8 and 8.1
Updated Firefox connector to manifest v3.
Updated the Microsoft build tools used to build .NET code from version 2019 to 2022.
Updated MSI installer packaging (WiX) tool to latest major version (v5).
Updated dll/exe packaging tool.
Improved Microsoft Word extractor and LibreOffice / OpenOffice Writer.
Improved Microsoft Excel extractor and LibreOffice / OpenOffice Cals.
Improved Microsoft PowerPoint extractor and LibreOffice / OpenOffice Impress.
Improved Microsoft OneNote extractor.
Improved Autodesk AutoCAD extractor.
Improved Adobe Photoshop extractor.
Improved Microsoft Visio extractor.
Improved Epub extractor.
Improved Markdown extractor.
Improved offline PST file extractor.
Improved OCR extractor.
Improved Microsoft OneDrive cloud extractor.
Improved Google Drive cloud extractor.
Updated CEF Sharp (Chromium) and Newtonsoft.Json libraries that includes critical security updates.
Updated third party libraries.
Improved responsiveness of the indexing status window.
Improve “First Time Introduction” view visibility on lower resolution screens.
Improved paused by user status on the tray icon while in Smart indexing mode.
Fixes:
Removed problematic Visual Studio 2008 merged modules in MSI installer and replaced it by embedded dll files.
Fixed some potential problems with the MSI installer.
Fixed a potential problem preventing the installation of the x86 exe package.
Fixed a potential problem with text ordering in the PDF text pages extraction (Reindexing required).
Fixed a potential problem with the extract OCR text option on PDF