MS are withdrawing support for MSXML4 in a few months btw.

Version 2.0.1 is available.
It fixes a bug with names that do not contain any meaningful characters (as reported by Tom).

Version 2.0.2 is available.
Bugfix for finding changed last names in cast, e.g. Robin||Wright = Robin|Wright|Penn.

Version 2.0.3 is available.
Names for new localities #32 to #39 added (Argentina, etc).

Version 2.0.5 is now available.
Jumping from a DVD in the report directly to DVD Profiler is now supported for both DVD Profiler 3.0 and 2.4/2.5.

In order to use this, you also need to:

Install the latest version (1.0.2) of the DVD Profiler Automation Object from my website.

Re-create the report file with the new version of Name Variants.

Don't be alarmed, this is not another update.

I'm planning to turn Name Variants into a plugin, effectively making it not only a reporting tool, but a Name Variants Editor.

Basically this means, you will be able to pick one of the name variants for a person as the common name and the program will update all the affected DVDs accordingly to enable full cross-linking. The existing variants will be moved to the Credited As field.

I am currently in the early design stage, so this is your chance to tell me what you like or don't like about the program, and what additional features you may want to see in a future version.

Quoting m.cellophane:

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The exclusion thing seems tricky because I don't want to preclude certain names from popping up in the future as my collection changes.

You won't. The exclusion is context-sensitive. To quote myself from the Readme:

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The context is either defined by the names and the DVDs they appear in, or by the names only. For DVD Profiler 3.0, the birth year is considered a part of the name.

Assume, you have a person P with the name variants V1 and V2.

You exclude V2, which effectively excludes P from subsequent reports.

You add a new DVD, which also contains V2. But this V2 may or may not be the same V2 as on previous DVDs. If your exclusion context is name & appearances, V1 and V2 of P will be reported again, and you can re-evaluate the exclusion. If your exclusion context is name only, the exclusion is still in effect.

Now you add another DVD, introducing the new variant V3 of P. Since V2 has been excluded only in relation to V1, all three variants of P will be reported again, allowing you to re-evaluate the exclusion. This will happen regardless of the exclusion context you have chosen.

Long story short, when using the exclusion file in the names & appearances mode (which is the default), you don't have to worry. If a peviously excluded name appears on a newly added DVD, it will show up again in the next report you create.

Quoting m.cellophane:

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The problem is that I read and didn't understand the Readme.       

Hm, English isn't my native language, so if you want to suggest any improvements to the text...
(Although I thought the example was pretty straightforward)