[2024-10-30] The Address Book now fetches all Google Contacts, whereas previously only 100 contacts were synced
In the previous version, OE Classic lacked support for the Google Contacts paging mechanism, which limited contact syncing to only the first 100 contacts, regardless of the actual total. This update addresses the issue by adding paging support, allowing all contacts to sync completely.
Bug fixes
[2024-11-01] Resolved at least 13 known issues (and possibly even more) occurring when starting the program after it was previously minimized to the system tray
It is incredible how one little bug can cause so much trouble in different areas of the program. For a long time there was a misbehavior with the Minimize to system tray option which was particularly difficult to pinpoint and fix. What we did is - we recorded all the misbehavior trying to identify a pattern which caused them. That took a while.
In this update we've finally succeeded and based on user-reports, the following known subsequent issues were all reported as a consequence of this particular bug, which is now fixed:
Error message "Could not obtain OLE control window handle" appeared when closing the program with Minimize to system tray (General options) and IE7 (legacy) or IE-Edge (legacy) (Advanced options) enabled
Folder and message selections incorrectly showed as grey (inactive) instead of blue (active)
Program could only be minimized once; further attempts failed
Arrow key shortcuts for navigating messages stopped working
Paperclip icon indicating attachments disappeared from the Preview Pane header when selecting messages with attachments
Message and Source tabs at the bottom of the Preview Pane would vanish unexpectedly
Right-clicking on contacts triggered actions for the message list instead, such as showing message properties instead of contact properties
Attempting to rename a folder caused the entire folder list to disappear (but only visually, program restart would restore them again)
Drag-and-drop functionality between items in the program stopped working
The TAB key no longer switched focus between items as expected
Selecting a message for standard actions, like Delete, was no longer possible after the message selection would show up as grey
Clicking OK in the Options window caused toolbar icons to disappear
Attempting to sort messages by clicking column headers triggered a "Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window" error after toolbar icons disappeared
All of the above issues are now fixed with this one bug fix, which makes this update a very important one!
It was easy to reproduce most of the issues above (in the old version) once we figured out what was causing them. All that was needed was to start the program with Minimize to system tray option checked, then minimize it, and then start it again, but using the desktop (or taskbar) icon.
The issues didn't happen with the Minimize to system tray being unchecked so that was the workaround we have offered until now. As of now though, you can fully use Minimize to system tray option, if that is your preferred way of using OE Classic.
Minimize to system tray checkbox in Options (General).
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