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+---------------- VERSION 3.1.3  --------------
+Improvements:
+- New Embedded File Extractor module that incorporates ZIP file module and extracts images from Office documents
+- Views area counts updates when ZIP files and such are found
+- Updates to python scripting for new version of Python, scripts are reloaded each time ingest is run, and errors are better shown.
+- Updated right click actions to be consistent accross all file types
+- Changed logic of Interesting Files module to look for substrings of parent path. 
+- Lots of minor fixes and enhancements
+
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 ---------------- VERSION 3.1.2  --------------
 Improvements:
 - New PhotoRec carving ingest module