Deleted bookmarks are moved to a Deleted Bookmarks folder enabling you to retrieve them should they be accidentally deleted.
You can search all bookmarks and have them displayed in a Search Results folder by using the Find All search feature.
You can now manage bookmark passwords securely.
Folders can be arranged into any order by drag and drop.
Bookmarks can be arranged into any order by drag and drop.
The bookmark InfoTip displays useful information when the mouse is over a bookmark. The display duration can be changed or it can be turned off in general options.
You can give each bookmark a rating which is displayed graphically as a rating bar in the bookmark list.
Bookmarks can be exported as an HTML file (or other popular formats.) You can export the whole set of bookmarks or just a subfolder.
Automatic duplicate checking helps prevent you adding the same URL twice. You can check your bookmarks for duplicated URLs at any time.
Most dialogs are sizable and the size is remembered.
Bookmarks can be assigned highlights to ensure they stand out from the rest. To do this, right-click the bookmark and choose a highlight from the Highlight menu. All selected bookmarks are affected.
LinkStash keeps multiple backups of your LinkStash bookmark file. You can change this option in advanced options.
LinkStash auto-saves the bookmark file. You can change this option in advanced options.
Folders can be assigned highlights to ensure they stand out from the rest. To do this, right-click the folder and choose a highlight from the Highlight menu.
You can organize folders and bookmarks by dragging and dropping them with the mouse.
You can organize folders and bookmarks with the Windows clipboard, using copy, cut and paste.
You can rename folders or bookmarks by selecting the one you want to rename and pressing F2, or by clicking Rename in the Tools menu.
When you copy bookmarks to the clipboard, as well as the bookmark items themselves being copied, the URLs are copied as plain text too, so you can paste them in to an email for example.
The LinkStash toolbar is customizable, you can add or remove buttons, and even change the order. To do this, right-click on the toolbar and click Customize.
Clicking on a column header in the bookmark pane sorts the bookmarks by that column. Clicking on a column header that is already sorted will reverse the sort order.
The Info Bar displays information about the currently selected bookmark. This information is customizable. This is set up in the Advanced tab in Options (Tools menu.)
When printing bookmarks, you can customize the printing template to control the printed content. This is set up in the Printing tab in Options (Tools menu.)
You can have LinkStash grab URLs from all open browser windows, or just the last active browser window. This is set up in the Browser tab in Options (Tools menu.)
You can have LinkStash open bookmarks by using a single mouse click. This is set up in the General tab in Options (Tools menu.)
You should use Hotkeys to quickly add bookmarks. This is set up in the HotKey tab in Options (Tools menu.)
When hovering the mouse pointer over the name of a bookmark, you will see more information about the bookmark. This is useful if the column headers are not visible, for example if you are working with a large icon view.
The find bar will search for any bookmarks that contains the specified text in any of its text fields.
Confirmation messages (for example when deleting a bookmark) can be turned off. This is set up in the Advanced tab in Options (Tools menu.)
If you have set up LinkStash to minimize when switching away, or when opening a bookmark, you can temporarily keep the window open by clicking Keep Window Visible (View menu) or clicking the pin toolbar button.
You can have LinkStash automatically start when a web browser is started. You can also have LinkStash exit when all browsers are closed. This is set up in the Startup tab in Options (Tools menu.)
You can have LinkStash automatically start when Windows starts. This is set up in the Startup tab in Options (Tools menu.)
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[What's new in this version]
v1.6.10 : Fixed a bug when opening a LinkStash bookmark with Opera, the first time Opera is started in this way it did not show the page.
v1.6.10 : When importing an Opera hotlist, LinkStash starts with a more appropriate folder (this tracks recent changes made in Opera.)
v1.6.10 : When importing Netscape/Mozila bookmarks, the Mozilla Firefox bookmark file is now added to the list of bookmark files to import.
v1.6.10 : When importing bookmarks, non-ASCII characters in bookmark names or descriptions are displayed correctly.
v1.6.10 : When adding a bookmark the "last visit" date is now set to match the date the bookmark is added, and the "number of visits" is 1.
v1.6.10 : The Import Netscape Bookmarks Dialog has been redesigned and is now resizable.
v1.6.10 : Fixed a bug with user registration failing when running under a "Limited" user account.
v1.6.8 : Added support for Mozilla Firefox browser, which replaces Firebird.
v1.6.8 : Optimizations have reduced the executable file size by 10%.
v1.6.7 : FindBar improvements: Search history (previous searches are remembered). Clear all search history. Locate a bookmark when double clicking a search result (instead of opening it). Search by folder name. Search by folder complete path name.
v1.6.7 : Improved the speed of FindAll.
v1.6.7 : Fixed bookmark drag and drop, it's no longer possible to insert a bookmark above or below a folder in the folder list.
v1.6.7 : Fixed a bug requiring a user to sign in to send a password even though the security setting for a bookmark password is None.
v1.6.4 : Fixed a bug where sorting by date (date added or date visited) produced incorrect results.
v1.6.4 : Fixed a bug where in some cases multiple instances of LinkStash could be run, resulting in multiple tray icons.
v1.6.1 : Added Restore to the File > LinkStash File menu to restore from a backup.
v1.6.1 : Added error reporting when exporting IE Favorites fails (for example filename length is over the file system limit.)
v1.6.1 : Added Save To My Order to the View > Arrange Bookmarks By menu, which saves the current order to My Order.
v1.6.1 : Added Import Here to the folder list right-click menu, which imports bookmarks to the selected folder.
v1.6.1 : Added a right-click menu to the bookmark list column header to change the arrangement.
v1.6.1 : Added support for the Mozilla Firebird web browser.
v1.6.1 : Improved the Help file with the addition of an Index tab.
v1.6.1 : When backing up on exit, the backup is made only if the most recent backup file is older than 1 day.
v1.6.1 : Fixed a bug that allowed the root bookmark folder to be collapsed when using Collapse All From Here.
v1.6.1 : Drag and drop sorting when not sorted by My Order is now more intuitive.
v1.6.1 : Minor GUI improvements.
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