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4.0.2 beta

2007-05-29

  • Bug fix: Popup menus invoked from buttons were not working.

4.0.1 beta

2007-05-28

  • FTP core upgraded to FileZilla 2.2.32. The upgrade solves some vulnerabilities.
  • When Session sheet is automatically selected on Login dialog (creation of new session, etc.), the Host name box is focused.
  • Username of the main session is reused for background transfers.
  • Different set of keepalive settings is used for FTP. FTP now has keepalives enabled by default.
  • For convenience, file mask “*.” matches files without an extension (even if the name does not include the dot at all).
  • When window is minimized during transfer that is part of synchronization, it stays minimized till the end of synchronization.
  • After failure to open session requested from command line, login window is not shown.
  • Command Open in PuTTY uses tunnel for current session.
  • Global configuration that can be set on login dialog (user interface style, logging) is saved when session it saved.
  • Alt+F6 now edits the link (if applicable).
  • Bug fix: Checksum calculation with SFTP protocol was not working at all.
  • Bug fix: For remote directories with names like “C:”, the icons of local drives were used.
  • Bug fix: Proxy setting were ignored when setting up SSH tunnel.
  • Bug fix: Password for proxy was ignored with FTP.
  • Bug fix: SFTP uploads occasionally hanged.
  • Bug fix: Prompts (such as password prompts) for background transfers froze the main window.
  • Bug fix: It was not possible to change path by Browse button (such as path to a log file).
  • Bug fix: Yes to All on overwrite confirmation box was not working (FTP only).
  • Bug fix: For automatic transfers (uploads from editor, synchronization), the transfer was incorrectly automatically “resumed” when source file was larger than destination one, leaving content of file corrupted (FTP only). The issue may also make uploads from editor impossible in case server does not support (text file) transfer resuming.
  • Bug fix: Local files excluded from transfer (upload) were indefinitely locked by WinSCP.
  • Bug fix: Script failed once it needed to ask for password (with SFTP and SCP only).
  • Bug fix: Open session in PUTTY did not use stored password.
  • Bug fix: When switching back to WinSCP internal editor from another application, the main WinSCP window was focused instead.
  • Bug fix: When synchronization occurred while the Keep remote directory up to date dialog was minimized, it was not possible to restore it.

4.0 beta

2007-04-07

  • FTP support (based on FileZilla project).
  • WinSCP can itself setup SSH tunnel to allow indirect connections through proxy SSH host.
  • WinSCP executable is now named WinSCP.exe instead of WinSCP3.exe. The same change applies to default installation path and Start menu group (for upgrades, existing WinSCP3 path is preserved).
  • Added simple “typical installation” option to setup that requires no further interaction from the user (apart from interface selection for fresh installs).
  • Optional minimization to taskbar notification area (system tray).
  • When executed as standalone (not installed) for the very first time, an INI file is used by default, if user has write permissions to directory, where WinSCP is executed from.
  • Taskbar balloons optionally used for notifications when appropriate:
    • When inactive session is disconnected.
    • When background transfer queue is emptied (except for active session, when queue list is visible).
    • When user interaction is required, while WinSCP is minimized.
    • When new release is detected.
  • File checksum can be calculated from Properties dialog (providing the server supports the functionality).
  • SFTP uploads optimized.
  • New option for handling of remote file timestamps: Preserve remote timestamp.
  • New scripting option option batch continue. When set, WinSCP ignores and skips all errors.
  • New scripting option option echo to enable echoing of commands being executed.
  • New command to execute the last ad hoc custom command.
  • Tabs on Login dialog that have no usable option for current context (e.g. protocol) are hidden.
  • “Host hasn’t answered for X seconds” message disappears itself once the response finally arrives also in scripting.
  • File edited in an internal editor can be reloaded (refreshed).
  • Support for SSPI authentication.
  • Support for Kerberos ticket forwarding.
  • Configuration can be exported to an INI file.
  • New command Duplicate session.
  • Mirror mode for synchronization, where files are updated on any timestamp difference (i.e. even newer files are updated).
  • Custom commands history stores also the command options.
  • Preview changes for synchronization is enabled by default.
  • Quick preset buttons for Windows and Unix systems on Environment tab of Login dialog (visible when advanced options are turned off only).
  • It is no longer required to specify username of login dialog. User is prompted for username once required (and only if required).
  • Information shown on status bar were reduced.
  • Environment variables can be used in most configurable paths (like path to random seed file, log file, configuration INI file, PuTTY executable, folder for temporary files, private key file, etc.). The syntax is %NAME%. Part of U3 support.
  • Script aborts eventually after receiving no answer for prompt (like password prompt), when running in batch mode.
  • Whole authentication prompt is shown, even if it spans multiple lines.
  • When Shift key is hold while New session or Duplicate session commands are selected, the session is opened in new instance (window) of WinSCP.
  • Button Load on Stored sessions tab of Login dialog renamed to Edit.
  • F1 opens help for current tab on Login and Preferences dialogs.
  • What’s this button on dialog caption (?) opens help directly.
  • Button Help replaced with Close on Login dialog.
  • Single log file is used for all connections of one session (background transfer connections, secondary shell connection, tunnel connection).
  • During silent uninstall, user is not prompted for cleanup of application data.
  • Workaround for SSH servers based on cryptlib, which reports invalid files types in response to SSH_FXP_LSTAT request.
  • Configuration of GSSAPI/SSPI authentication is exported to PuTTY sessions.
  • When changing configuration storage, also caches (change directory cache, accepted SSH host keys, accepted banners) are transferred to the new storage.
  • Context menu of permissions popup and input boxes has clipboard management commands.
  • Menu item captions capitalized according to Windows standard.
  • More internal error messages from PuTTY code are being localized.
  • When saving the edited session under the same name, overwrite confirmation is not requested.
  • Shell options of SCP tab of login dialog redesigned.
  • Timestamps are saved in numerical format into an INI file for portability among systems with different date/time format.
  • Status bar message about preset auto-selection can be clicked to reveal information about the preset.
  • Preset information dialog has Configure button that opens preset preferences.
  • Detection of OpenSSH sftp-server is more strict, not to apply on other SFTP servers running under OpenSSH.
  • Pattern hint link for log file name added.
  • For fatal errors (e.g. “lost connection”), original cause of the problem is kept as a top message, as opposite to regular errors, where contextual error message is on top.
  • Buttons Login and Save on Login dialog swapped.
  • When Handles SSH-2 key re-exchange badly bug is enabled, the Key exchange tab is hidden.
  • Web page shortcuts in Start menu are now direct shortcuts instead of shortcuts to URL file.
  • New button What’s new on information box about updates.
  • Bug fix: Failure when changing languages (particularly with “Data execution protection” enabled).
  • Bug fix: Failure, when remote command had character % in its error output.
  • Bug fix: Close button were default even, if path box on Space available tab of Server and protocol information dialog had focus.
  • Bug fix: Remote home directory of session was set to current working directory, after switching sessions.
  • Bug fix: Local home directory were changing while switching sessions, even when changing of local panel state with sessions is disabled.
  • Bug fix: INI file specified by filename-only using /ini parameter was not looked for in current working directory.
  • Bug fix: Ad hoc command executed from file panel context menu was executed for selected files, despite the menu being opened for not-selected file.
  • Bug fix: Infinite loop of error messages when connection was broken while timeout message was being shown.
  • Bug fix: Trailing delimiter text were occasionally left in remote command output.
  • Bug fix: Some authentication progress steps were not shown on authentication window for secondary shell sessions.
  • Bug fix: Inactive sessions were not kept alive.
  • Bug fix: Incorrect sizing of internal editor windows opened on non-primary monitor.
  • Bug fix: Automatic retry after timeout was not working.
  • Bug fix: Stored session may be lost when letter case was changed solely during rename.
  • Bug fix: It was not possible to cancel text mode upload with SCP protocol.
  • Bug fix: Change directory cache may become corrupted when using INI file for configuration.
  • Bug fix: Drag&drop download was not working, if relative path was used for temporary folder. Part of U3 support.
  • Bug fix: After startup, button on taskbar was not “pressed”, even if WinSCP login dialog had focus.
  • Bug fix: Failure when closing console window.
  • Bug fix: When moving files from remote directory tree, the tree was not updated after operation, leaving icon for no-longer-existing directory.
  • Bug fix: Octal display of file permissions was not filled if no permissions were set for a file.
  • Bug fix: Failure to change attributes of local files was not reported sometime.

3.8.2 for U3

2006-10-23

  • U3 support.

3.8.2

2006-06-19

  • Change to overcome URL handler vulnerability: When protocol (sftp:// or scp://) is provided on command line (possible execution from web browser/Windows Explorer), all command-like parameters that cause any automatic action are ignored, including /defaults, /log, /script and /command.
  • Function Copy path to clipboard has keyboard shortcut Shift-Ctrl-P in Explorer-like interface.
  • Address bar of Explorer-like interface has dedicated context menu, with option to Copy path to clipboard.
  • Partial files (.filepart) are no longer considered for synchronization (SFTP-only).
  • Permissions input box has the same context menu as permissions popup box.
  • In scripting mode, the WinSCP can read commands from redirected standard input.
  • UTF-8 encoded script files are supported (byte-order-mask is required).
  • Bug fix: Sorting arrows on synchronization checklist were corrupted on Windows 2000 and older.
  • Bug fix: Permissions popup box was occasionally dismissed, when its context menu was revealed.
  • Bug fix: Menu item Leave as is of permissions box was visible, even if it made no sense in the context.
  • Bug fix: When recursive setting of permissions was turned off on properties dialog, permissions may have possibly retained undefined state, although no longer allowed.
  • Bug fix: Path labels were redrawn each time mouse was moved over them, causing unnecessary flickering.
  • Bug fix: Some dialog labels were not disabled along with associated control.
  • Bug fix: Log window was showing log file name with patterns, instead of actual current log file name.
  • Bug fix: When patterns were used in log file name, the log file was recreated every time configuration has changed.

3.8.1

2006-05-07

  • Notice is displayed for period of time on status bar on various events, including:
    • Automatic selection of transfer setting preset.
    • Turning on/off of synchronised browsing.
    • New version release.
  • Synchronization checklist can be sorted by any column.
  • When downloading, up to date remote file modification time is used, instead of cached time shown in file panel.
  • File masks can select files also by their size.
  • Automatic refresh of remote directory after an operation can be disabled (also by keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+R).
  • Stored session can be renamed.
  • Synchronized browsing state is now part of session state.
  • Options dialogs for uploads, downloads, synchronization and Keep remote directory up to date invoked from command-line can be skipped using /defaults switch.
  • Transfer settings presets drop down menu improved to show information about the preset being selected.
  • Parameters /script and /command can be used without /console to run the script without creating a console window (works for .EXE only).
  • Overwrite configuration message offers possibility to transfer file under different name (SFTP-only).
  • Turning off the advanced options on Login dialog hides also some advanced controls on tabs that are otherwise visible.
  • Edit is now a default action for double-click.
  • When new version release is notified, the message indicates if it is beta version.
  • Exclude file mask in example transfer setting preset Exclude temporaries expanded with *~; #*; .#*.
  • Error “EAccessViolation” is now replaced with more meaningful “Invalid access to memory” also in scripting.
  • Mere change from Exclude mask to Include mask is not shown in transfer setting overview unless the mask itself is specified too.
  • Main window no longer flashes when Preferences dialog is closed.
  • Location profiles are renamed inline now.
  • Confirmation of file recycling is configurable independently of file deleting.
  • Reading of remote directory can be cancelled by Esc key.
  • During authentication, usage of stored password is indicated.
  • Shift+Up/Down selects files.
  • Button Cancel is not disabled on message dialogs, when Never ask me again checkbox is checked.
  • Command Insert to Command Line is no longer shown in file context menu on Explorer-like interface.
  • Bug fix: Menus were always shown on primary monitor in multi-monitor environment.
  • Bug fix: WinSCP was not reflecting system-wide disabling of menu animations.
  • Bug fix: Menus were not animated on Windows XP.
  • Bug fix: Failure when connecting thru proxy.
  • Bug fix: Major CPU consumption during prompt for password/passphrase.
  • Bug fix: It was not possible to edit remote files with name containing characters not allowed on Windows.
  • Bug fix: Timestamp synchronisation was not working properly for remote directory synchronisation.
  • Bug fix: Group control caption was truncated on some XP themes.
  • Bug fix: Button Browse on download options dialog was not preserving trailing backslash and operation mask.
  • Bug fix: Assertion in DirView.pas.
  • Bug fix: Incorrect decoding of SFTP extension version.
  • Bug fix: Command open in scripting failed if password was specified in its parameter.
  • Bug fix: Failure when last access time of file being uploaded could not be retrieved (typical for uploads from CD).
  • Bug fix: Incorrect validation of file masks separated by comma.
  • Bug fix: Before updates information is shown, query is sent to the server, if cached information were retrieved by another version of WinSCP.
  • Bug fix: Transfer option New and updated file(s) only was not being saved.
  • Bug fix: Command line switches /synchronize and /keepuptodate were not documented in syntax overview shown by /help switch.
  • Bug fix: When Never ask me again was checked on query for synchronization before starting Keep remote directory up to date, the synchronization was not performed.

3.8 beta

2005-12-20

  • Synchronization enhanced:
    • When option Preview changes is turned on, checklist of synchronization actions is displayed, giving user option to review and confirm them all at once.
    • Option Preview changes works for timestamp synchronization too.
    • When list of directories watched by function Keep Remote Directory Up To Date is changed, new count is shown on log view.
    • Synchronization delay for function Keep Remote Directory Up To Date is configurable (only directly in configuration files).
    • Bug fix: When list of directories watched by function Keep Remote Directory Up To Date was changed, some of the subdirectories stopped being watched.
    • Bug fix: Option Same size only for timestamp synchronization was not working.
    • Bug fix: Newly added subdirectories were not watched for changes, when keeping remote directory up to date from script.
  • The connection can be automatically re-established when lost during file transfer (SFTP-only).
  • When the main session is reconnected the background transfer queue is now preserved.
  • The Server/Protocol Information dialog remade. It now also shows space available for current directory.
  • Color can be associated with session. It is used as background color for file panels.
  • Authentication window introduced. It combines progress display with authentication prompts.
  • Initial permissions can be set when creating new remote directory.
  • File panel can be sorted by extension by clicking on dedicated part of Name/Ext column title.
  • Permission errors when setting attributes (permissions and timestamp) of remote file can be suppressed using new transfer option Ignore permissions errors (SFTP-only).
  • Commands Edit New File and Create Directory moved to New > File and New > Directory. Command Add/Edit Link split into Edit Link and New > Link. Submenu New is also accessible from panel’s context menu.
  • New panel option for Norton Commander-like interface: Full row select (turned on by default). Can be turned off to make panel’s context menu more accessible.
  • New toolbar with custom commands.
  • New toolbar for Norton Commander-like interface with buttons Upload and Download, useful when you want to transfer file without having the source panel active.
  • New command (switch) for queue Disconnect Once Empty closes the session, if it’s idle, when the last scheduled background transfer is finished.
  • System administrators can enforce display of authentication banners.
  • System administrators can restrict connection to servers without having their host keys accepted in advance.
  • Context menu of console output display includes command to resize the console window to fit the command output.
  • If the SFTP server does not provide file permissions/owner/group in directory listing, WinSCP requests them explicitly before showing Properties dialog.
  • Pressing button OK on fatal error message box for the initial session re-opens the Login dialog.
  • Only the last @ in connection string is considered as username/hostname separator, making it possible to easier type username and/or password containing @ from command-line.
  • “Edit” commands now open all selected files, not only focused one, if editing of multiple files is allowed.
  • Edited remote file can be uploaded, even if the session was reconnected meanwhile.
  • Transfer setting dialog has option Do not show this dialog box again, when transfer is invoked using drag&drop to disable future drag&drop transfer confirmation.
  • Optional “Office 2003” theme and few minor changes to toolbars.
  • Size of the console window is preserved.
  • When changing file properties, chgrp and chown are called before chmod, because they change file permissions (SCP-only).
  • If the session is closed due to option Disconnect when operation finishes, associated background transfers are terminated immediately, not only after the user acknowledges the closure.
  • It is now possible to edit two files with the same path/name located on different servers.
  • Logging to file can be enabled using new /log command-line option.
  • Log file name can contain following patterns: &Y (year), &M (month), &D (day), &T (time), &H (hostname), &S (session name).
  • Improved cleaning of directory change cache on symbolic link deletion.
  • SFTP extension “versions”, specifying list of supported protocol versions, is decoded and logged.
  • SFTP extension “supported” is ignored, when extension “supported2” is also sent by the server.
  • Custom transfer settings dialog disables settings unusable in current context (synchronization mode, server capabilities, etc.).
  • Transfer setting preset info tip does not show settings unusable in current context (server capabilities, etc.).
  • Setup does not overwrite update period, if updates were already enabled.
  • Transfer setting options “Permissions” and “Preserve read-only” are disabled when the server does not support permissions.
  • On Windows XP, native column sorting icons are used.
  • Licence of PuTTY updated.
  • Command Copy URL to Clipboard now URL-encodes some characters (space particularly).
  • WinSCP can handle URL with URL-encoded characters in session name.
  • URL handler registered by WinSCP now encloses the URL into quotes to allow handling of URL’s with space.
  • WinSCP can load plain text password from configuration (new attribute PasswordPlain). If possible, it automatically converts the password to encrypted form.
  • File mask *.* is treated exceptionally, matching all files, even those without dot.
  • Internal editor window is activated before associated message box pops up (e.g. save confirmation).
  • Preferences command added to context menu of internal editor.
  • Navigation tree on login and preferences dialogs widened to allow longer translations.
  • When sorting files in file panel, filename is always secondary criteria.
  • INI file name on Properties dialog changes with name of executable.
  • Option /script= without value is ignored.
  • Server response timeout can be set up to 6000 seconds.
  • Popup hints close on mouse click.
  • Bug fix: Fixed resolving symbolic links in sub-directories.
  • Bug fix: After directory refresh, WinSCP sometime incorrectly behaved as if the user were dragging the selected file.
  • Bug fix: SCP fallback for SSH-1 was not working.
  • Bug fix: Uploads of files into previously non-existing directory could not be resumed (SFTP-only).
  • Bug fix: Selection could not be restored after changing file properties.
  • Bug fix: WinSCP hung on start-up occasionally (for example when the main window was closed maximised on different screen resolution the last time).
  • Bug fix: Failure when changing file properties on SFTP server supporting UTF-8.
  • Bug fix: Incorrectly formatted message “Unknown principal”.
  • Bug fix: Hint on status bar for transfer setting preset selector incorrectly showed preset configuration.
  • Bug fix: Custom transfer settings dialog invoked from context menu on synchronization dialog did incorrectly allowed changing all settings, even when time-stamp-only synchronization was selected.
  • Bug fix: When the SFTP server does not support permissions, random permissions were used for the files.
  • Bug fix: Crash when re-key occurred on idle background session and the host key was not cached.
  • Bug fix: Failure when downloading file from different directory than the current one (SCP only).
  • Bug fix: Username was stored incorrectly when exporting session to PuTTY.
  • Bug fix: On the first start-up on fresh installation, default editor settings were not preset.
  • Bug fix: When output of the console was redirected to file, list of transferred files contained only the last file.
  • Bug fix: Editors list was lost when changing configuration storage.
  • Bug fix: Mouse only option of Explorer style selection was not preserved.
  • Bug fix: When password storing is restricted, warning that password is being stored is no longer shown.

3.7.6

2005-08-15

  • Editing files enhanced:
    • There can be several external editors configured.
    • Appropriate editor for particular file can be selected automatically by file mask (i.e. file extension, directory, etc.).
    • Command File(s) > Edit (alternative) replaced with sub menu listing all available editors.
    • Command File(s) > Edit new has now keyboard shortcut originally used by File(s) > Edit (alternative).
    • File can be optionally opened in editor as response to double-click.
    • Change to internal editor configuration is immediately applied to all already opened editor windows.
    • Search options are shared among opened internal editors.
    • Search dialogs have context help.
    • Bug fix: Application could not be closed as long as any internal editor was opened.
    • Bug fix: “Total replacements” message sometime incorrectly appeared, even when Replace All was not used.
    • Bug fix: Find results sometime appeared over the main window instead of over the editor window.
    • Bug fix: Search dialogs were sometime incorrectly placed.
  • Authentication banner, if any, is shown during authentication.
  • New functions for queue management: Suspend, Resume, Suspend All and Resume All.
  • Unix-style approach to Daylight saving time (client does adjustment) is made default. This can affect interpretation of timestamps of your files. Use function Synchronize with option Synchronize timestamps only, not files to resolve it.
  • Button Calculate on Properties dialog calculates also total number of files/directories/symlinks. The button newly also does not show up, when all selected directories are actually symlinks.
  • Several changes to synchronization:
    • Added new option Selected files only for functions Synchronize and Keep Remote Directory Up To Date. It limits the synchronization to files selected in either panel only.
    • Removed option No confirmations for functions Synchronize and Keep Remote Directory Up To Date. Confirmations are now disabled always.
    • Directory number limit for function Keep remote directory up to date can be overruled.
    • Event log is shown for function Keep remote directory up to date.
    • When synchronizing timestamps, only same-sized files can be affected optionally.
    • For Synchronize timestamps only, not files mode the only item of transfer settings that can be set (and that is displayed) is exclusion/inclusion mask.
    • Keep remote directory up to date can be interrupted by Esc.
    • Bug fix: Failure when synchronization before Keep remote directory up to date was interrupted.
    • Bug fix: When time-stamp synchronization was configured as default synchronization action, it was incorrectly inherited by Keep remote directory up to date.
  • Several changes to scripting:
    • New scripting option option batch abort. When set, WinSCP will abort the script as soon as any of the commands fail. Values on and off are still available with unchanged behaviour.
    • New scripting options include and exclude to set include/exclude masks. Only one of the two can be set at a time.
    • Ctrl+C during script file processing breaks whole script, not only current command.
    • During synchronization names of directories where change happened are displayed only.
    • Bug fix: Script file loading errors were displayed in message box instead of console.
    • Bug fix: Scripting have not inherited configured synchronization settings.
    • Bug fix: Incorrect parameter syntax in help for scripting command open. Thanks to Gottfried Haider.
    • Bug fix: Second consecutive put command from script file overwrites output of previous one.
  • When overwriting of remote file fails, WinSCP can try to delete file and create new one (SFTP only).
  • New custom command option Copy results to clipboard.
  • Workaround for OpenSSH limit of 256 KiB for size of SFTP packet. Consequence was occasional interruption of transfer with error “Connection has been unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit status 11.”
  • All new sessions can be automatically opened also in PuTTY.
  • The Office XP-like look can be turned off from Interface tab of Preferences dialog.
  • WinSCP remembers what location profile folders were opened.
  • New Type column for remote panel (hidden by default).
  • Default private key can be specified using /privatekey option.
  • User is notified when selected private key file does not contain private key in supported format or when the private key is for different SSH version than preferred one.
  • New file selection command Restore Selection which restores file selection before last file operation.
  • Characters not allowed in Windows file names are now replaced by %XX (where XX is hexadecimal representation of character ASCII code), instead of underscore (_).
  • Increased chance that files information on overwrite confirmation message are properly aligned (English version only).
  • New optional file selection mode in Norton Commander interface, where mouse behaves as in Windows Explorer and keyboard behaves as in Norton Commander.
  • Files dropped on newly created desktop icons, associated with particular stored session, are uploaded.
  • File mask ending with slash matches directories only. This is particularly useful for include mask to match any directories using mask */.
  • When appending (including alternative resume), the target file is not deleted, when transfer is canceled by user.
  • Custom command parameters are escaped for remote commands. For !?prompt[\]?default! pattern, escaping can be avoided using optional slash (\).
  • Added hint links to several dialogs. They open popup hint describing syntax of masks and custom command patterns.
  • About dialog redesigned. URL links can receive focus, to allow opening the URL using keyboard. Additional URL link can be associated with translation.
  • Confirmation of overwriting read-only files can be suppressed the same way as overwrite confirmation, i.e. by disabling confirmation for synchronization, background transfers or in script.
  • When saving location profile, existing profile can be overwritten (names of existing profiles are provided for selection in drop down menu), giving limited ability to edit profiles.
  • When one of the directories of location profile does not exist anymore, the latter is opened, before error shows up.
  • Added new error messages as defined by SFTP-6.
  • Maximal size of read block as requested by SFTP server using supported2 extension is respected.
  • New option to lock placement of toolbars.
  • Added /command option to usage screen (/help).
  • Cache directory changes checkbox is disabled when Cache visited remote directories is unchecked and SCP-only mode is selected.
  • Empty proxy password is not “saved” to reduce session data size.
  • When reloading directory content, file panel tries to preserve its position.
  • When checking Never ask me again checkbox, all answer buttons are disabled except for the positive one, to avoid confusion.
  • More informative error message when setting permissions of uploaded directory fails.
  • File masks can be separated also by comma (in addition to semicolon).
  • Dialog for entering deselection mask has Deselect title now.
  • It is now possible to specify both password and private key on Login dialog (server may require double authentication).
  • Confirmation is required before stored session is deleted.
  • Too long authentication prompts can be revealed also using keyboard.
  • Queue command Delete renamed to Cancel to avoid confusion with delete file command.
  • Usage of ellipsis (…) and capital letters in menus revised.
  • Splitters have hints describing their specific functionality.
  • Double clicking some of the splitters hide component they resize.
  • Commands toolbar has initially vertical layout when undocked.
  • When reading of local file during upload fails, more descriptive error message is shown and Skip button is not offered (SCP only).
  • When automatic popup of background transfer prompts is disabled, task bar button at least flashes when WinSCP is on background.
  • Obsolete temporary directories are no longer checked, when WinSCP is run for service task (such as registration for URL handling).
  • Bug fix: When using MS Virtual Desktop Manager, the main window of WinSCP was enlarged, when its virtual desktop was activated. Other associated issues are pending.
  • Bug fix: Stored session name was not recognized in URL’s containing path suffix.
  • Bug fix: When remote file was opened (not edited) in an external application that opens multiple files in window (process), WinSCP incorrectly suggested to enable support for this kind of editors. Now it suggests to configure the application as an external editor.
  • Bug fix: Wrong default action was highlighted in remote file context menu when resolving of symbolic links is turned off or impossible.
  • Bug fix: When directory was removed its cache was not, making it possible to enter no longer existing directory by typing its path manually.
  • Bug fix: SCP fallback was not working in 3.7.5.
  • Bug fix: Include mask was not saved in configuration.
  • Bug fix: Command Open in PuTTY was not working when current session was not opened from stored session.
  • Bug fix: When there were too frequent changes to current local directory the panel content was never refreshed.
  • Bug fix: Failure when directory was reloaded while file was being renamed.
  • Bug fix: Layout of some toolbars was not restored when using INI file as configuration storage.
  • Bug fix: Occasional failure when opening Preferences dialog.
  • Bug fix: Custom transfer settings dialog had some controls incorrectly disabled when invoked from Keep remote directory up to date dialog by double-clicking the transfer settings panel.
  • Bug fix: Custom transfer settings dialog had incorrect help context.
  • Bug fix: Incorrect files were selected when using Shift-click after reloading directory after using Left or Right keys to select first or last file.
  • Bug fix: Incorrect help context for message informing about autoselection of transfer settings preset.
  • Bug fix: Incorrect behaviour after two consecutive clicks on Execute command of queue.
  • Bug fix: It was possible to enter invalid mask to transfer setting preset autoselection rule.
  • Bug fix: Help button on console window was incorrectly anchored.

3.7.5 beta

2005-05-07

  • Transfer settings presets:
    • In addition to default transfer settings, any number of presets can be configured on Presets tab of Preferences Dialog.
    • User can make any preset default on Transfer Settings toolbar.
    • The preset can be also made default automatically based on current hostname, username, remote and local directory.
    • User can load settings from any preset on Upload, Download, Synchronize and Keep Remote Directory Up to Date dialogs.
  • Transfers settings can be configured on Synchronize and Keep Remote Directory Up to Date dialogs.
  • New Office XP-like look and functionality of menus and toolbars:
    • Nicer design.
    • Toolbars can be docked virtually anywhere. They can be even left floating.
    • When the whole toolbar does not fit on a window, dropped off buttons can be still shown using drop down menu.
    • Support for large fonts.
    • Limitations to be resolved yet:
      • Session drop down menu cannot be resized anymore.
    • All that thanks to Toolbar2000 library by Jordan Russell and TBX library by Alex A. Denisov.
  • Check for updates improved:
    • Automatic check in regular interval can be enabled. See Updates tab on Preferences dialog.
    • New toolbar Updates with icon indicating the new version.
    • In addition to information about the new version, WinSCP can show message from the server (even when new version is not available yet).
    • The check can pass thru HTTP proxy server.
    • To allow new features, WinSCP sends to the server its current version and UI language.
  • Several changes to custom commands:
    • Custom commands that does not work with files selected in file panels (no !, !&, !^! patterns) are now officially supported. Such commands can be executed anytime, even if no file is selected. Also they are executed only once, despite several files being selected. Options Apply to directories and Execute recursively cannot be configured for them. Command Disk Space Usage added as an example (df).
    • Possibility to run ad hoc custom command (File(s) > Custom Commands > Enter).
    • Custom command that works with local files can be run from the main menu even when local panel is active (Norton Commander interface only).
    • History for custom command parameters.
    • Output to stderr and exit code 1 are not considered as error for custom commands.
    • Example custom command File compare is not shown on Windows 95/98 saving necessity to tag it as NT/2k/XP only.
  • Context sensitive help improved:
    • Button Help added to all dialogs.
    • Virtually all main menu items have context-sensitive help (F1).
    • Many message boxes have context-sensitive help.
    • Context help points to specific tab help for Preferences dialog.
  • Preferred SFTP protocol version can be set. Particularly useful to workaround bugs in implementation of particular SFTP version (both in WinSCP and the server).
  • Functionality of SFTP server bug Does not use UTF-8 for SFTP4 and newer workaround extended. It is now titled Server does not use UTF-8. By setting it to Off, usage of UTF-8 can be forced even for SFTP3 and older (useful for servers using MBCS natively). Thanks to Tommy Wu.
  • Function Keep remote directory up to date can handle subdirectory addition and removal.
  • Function Synchronize can optionally synchronize timestamps of existing files only, instead of actual files (SFTP only).
  • New /command command-line option to pass command to scripting.
  • File size can be optionally used as comparison criterion for synchronization.
  • Files can be excluded from transfer negatively using Include mask.
  • All links now point to winscp.net.
  • Several changes in setup:
    • Link “Using public keys for SSH authentication” is no longer created.
    • Link “Documentation” is added to Start menu.
    • Setup allows user to install WinSCP without accepting the GPL licence.
    • Some Start menu icons have comment (displayed as hint).
  • Direction of synchronization can be saved to preferences.
  • SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.58. It brings following changes:
    • Bug fix: Failure when connecting through SOCKS proxy.
  • SFTP moved before SCP in Login dialog navigation tree as well as in protocol selection box to emphasise current state of art.
  • SFTP server bug Misinterprets file timestamps prior to 1970 workaround introduced in 3.7.4 can be now configured from SFTP tab of Login dialog.
  • Added workaround for some versions of F-SECURE SSH server that incorrectly use attribute SSH_FILEXFER_ATTR_UIDGID with SFTP4.
  • Transfer queue list distinguishes process of “transfer size calculation”.
  • Confirmation messages unified to always show Cancel button. Previously some contained Abort instead.
  • Improved error reporting for Keep remote directory up to date function.
  • Function Keep remote directory up to date can perform full synchronization on start. By default user confirmation is required.
  • Confirmation of transfer resume can be suppressed the same way as overwrite confirmation, i.e. by disabling confirmation for synchronization, background transfers or in script.
  • Function Open in PuTTY is available on Commands toolbar.
  • Error messages have button Skip All to skip all futher errors during batch operation.
  • Single notation consistently used to refer to SSH protocol versions.
  • Proxy password is stored encrypted, while maintaining compatibility with older versions and PuTTY.
  • Some error messages that were previously tagged as Confirmation are now properly tagged as Error.
  • During upload, when overwriting remote file fails and user selects Retry, overwrite confirmation is not requested again.
  • Editor tab of Preferences dialog redesigned.
  • Fixed potential security issue in console interface tool WinSCP3.com (thanks to Paul Ward).
  • Fixed potential security issues when decoding SFTP packets.
  • Confirmations during background transfers can be suppressed from Background tab of Preferences dialog too.
  • Both compare directory criterions (Compare by time and Compare by size) can be unselected making WinSCP select only files not existing in the opposite directory.
  • Functions Synchronize and Keep remote directory up to date do not delete files by default. This affects fresh installation only!
  • Server host key fingerprint verification box reformatted. It also shows key type now.
  • When synchronizing and comparing directories, the time difference of one second is ignored (for compatibility with FAT file systems). It is also ignored when transferring newer files only.
  • New scripting command call to run arbitrary remote shell command. If the current session does not support this (SFTP), separate shell session is automatically opened. Alias for the command is !.
  • File masks can be directory specific, where meaningful (text file mask, exclusion masks). For example mask */public_html/*.php matches only PHP files in directory public_html. It does not matter what slashes are used, the mask always matches both remote and local directories.
  • Lines beginning with ; or # are ignored in script files (can be used for comments).
  • When connected to Vandyke VShell server for Windows, the remote directory tree shows list of drives on the server (implemented support for SFTP extension fs-roots@vandyke.com).
  • Window title and application taskbar button can show name of current directory (default) or current full path.
  • Session toolbar is initially hidden. Shows once you open at least two sessions simultaneously.
  • When authentication using stored password fails while running script, WinSCP does not ask user for another password.
  • Back/forward menu is preserved when switching sessions.
  • Reverted 3.7.2 change “File panel reflects change of system icon font in run time”. It caused file panel fonts to be extremely large on some systems.
  • When the same file is downloaded to editor again and support for editors that open multiple files in one process is enabled, the file is downloaded to the same temporary directory as before. This allows editor to reload the updated file (if supported by the editor).
  • Optional remote file panel column Link target showing target of symbolic links.
  • Context menu for “name” column header of file panel has item By extension to sort the column by file extension.
  • Logging level can be configured from GUI (on Logging tab of Login and Preferences dialog).
  • When changing permissions of one directory, the checkboxes cannot be toggled to “undefined” state unless Recursive options is checked.
  • Progress dialog shows Time left instead of previous Time estimated.
  • Checkboxes on permissions box toggle in order: unchecked, checked, grayed.
  • Existing target file is removed before resumable transfer to verify that user has sufficient permissions as soon as possible (SFTP-only).
  • When downloading to or uploading from the temporary directory (e.g. when editing files), user is not bothered with full path.
  • When uploading from editor using background transfer, the confirmations are always suppressed despite settings of background transfers.
  • Fallback to pre-3.7.2 method of detecting existence of remote directory, in case the server does not support SSH_FXP_LSTAT request (FTPshell Server).
  • WinSCP is no longer sending SFTP extensions winscp@winscp.sourceforge.net and software@generic-extensions. Instead vendor-id is used as proposed by SFTP version 6.
  • Smarter queue visibility toggling.
  • Link to logging configuration from log window toolbar.
  • Internal editor window never falls off the desktop work area. The same is true for default (fresh installation) position of main window.
  • Session name cannot contain some special characters. Especially slash /, that caused problems when parsing URLs.
  • New No to all button on confirmation message, where user can select between appending source file and alternate method for transfer resuming. It makes WinSCP resume transfer whenever it finds smaller file in target directory with the same name.
  • New No to all button on confirmation message for alternative method of transfer resume.
  • Bug fix: Command File(s) > Move to was not disabled for SFTP version 1 and older.
  • Bug fix: It was not possible to change local drive using drop down menu, when the last used path on the drive was removed.
  • Bug fix: Functions Synchronize and Keep remote directory up to date have ignored file for one minute after the target file was changed just at whole minute (0 seconds).
  • Bug fix: Failure when browsing using back/forward buttons on some mouses and there is no path to browse back/forward.
  • Bug fix: Random seed file was not saved at all in most cases.
  • Bug fix: Misleading error message was shown when file in subdirectory was excluded by filemask (SCP-only).
  • Bug fix: When uploading file from editor, Exclude mask was not ignored, what prevented editing some files.
  • Bug fix: Check for suspicious files containing / or \ have not considered Unicode filenames (SFTP-only).
  • Bug fix: Shift+Ctrl+Left/Right in path input boxes was not selecting text.
  • Bug fix: WinSCP failed when keepalive occurred during initialisation of separate shell session.
  • Bug fix: Timestamp was incorrectly shown in terminal window.
  • Bug fix: cd command in terminal window on separate shell session have not changed path in main SFTP session.
  • Bug fix: Function Keep remote directory up to date has watched even directories excluded from transfers.
  • Bug fix: Excluding remote files containing colon (:) from transfer have not worked correctly.
  • Bug fix: Synchronization confirmation message for download referred to “upload” instead.

3.7.4

2005-02-10

  • Workaround for OpenSSH SFTP server bug that caused all file modification timestamps older than 1970 be interpreted as timestamps after 2038.
  • Current directory can be changed by pasting (Ctrl+V or File > Paste) path from clipboard.
  • Small improvements for bi-directional languages.
  • Key exchange tab of Login dialog is disabled for SSH-1-only.
  • Improved debug logging.
  • Bug fix: In 3.7.3 the Synchronize dialog failed to open in non-English versions.
  • Bug fix: SCP uploads sometime timed out.

3.7.3

2005-02-07

  • Function Keep remote directory up to date now can watch for up to 500 directories (62 previously).
  • Allowed downloads to UNC paths.
  • When logging is enabled and several sessions (including background transfer connections) are opened at a time, several log files are generated.
  • Exit code is propagated to console interface tool, WinSCP3.com.
  • GUI application, WinSCP3.exe, waits until user pressed any key before exit, when run with /? parameter.
  • When focused control (like directory tree) is hidden, focus is moved to the last used file panel.
  • Default (installation) size of the Norton Commander interface is larger, if the screen resolution allows it.
  • Log file includes timestamps of all events.
  • Bug fix: Crash when using Proxy with Do DNS name lookup at proxy end enabled.
  • Bug fix: Upload hangs on empty (0 bytes) files (SFTP only).
  • Bug fix: Command File Names > Copy to Clipboard have not worked correctly.
  • Bug fix: The last toolbar in a toolbar row is not restored incorrectly right-aligned anymore.
  • Bug fix: WinSCP now restores window size correctly even when it was closed very small.
  • Bug fix: Hangs and other problems when showing control (like queue view) that was previously hidden larger then current window size.
  • Bug fix: Rekey time limit could not be set to zero (to disable time-based rekey).

3.7.2

2005-01-29

  • Scripting commands get, put, ls, lls, chmod, mv and rm support wildcards.
  • SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2005-01-28). It brings following changes:
    • New Key exchange tab on Login dialog. It allows configuration of key exchange algorithm selection policy. It also include options to configure regular key re-exchanged based on time and data transfered.
    • Support for IPv6 (unfix.org’s IPv6 patches up to level 10). IP protocol version can be configured on Connection tab of Login dialog.
    • Removed bug Chokes on Diffie-Hellman group exchange from Bugs tab.
    • Fixed key exchange problems with some servers.
    • Software version strings for adhere to SSH standard.
    • Fixed some potential crashes.
    • Support for diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 group exchange .
    • Keyboard-interactive authentication is offered as long as server offers it, rather than only once, unless the server responds to our initial request with failure.
    • Support for ssh.com “des-cbc@ssh.com” authentication.
  • SFTP protocol optimization, especially for dealing with very small files and directories and when transferring over very fast connections. Downloads, uploads and directory listings now take up to 80%, 80% and 40% less time, respectively. Please report your personal experiences with the change, positive or negative.
  • Implemented support for editors that open multiple files in one process (window).
    • WinSCP can delay deletion of temporary local file until its exit. This is allowed only if Allow multiple opened files (editors) is enabled.
    • The behaviour can be turned on using option External editor opens multiple files in one window (process) (off by default).
    • If the option if disabled and the editor closes too early, WinSCP suggests user to enable the option.
  • When switching sessions, the panel state can be optionally preserved, including selected file and sort column/order. To disable this, go to Panels tab of Preferences dialog. Option Do not change local directory when switching sessions on Commands tab renamed to Do not change state of local panel when switching sessions and now affects this feature too.
  • When INI file is used as configuration storage, SSH host key cache is stored into the INI file too.
  • Transfer queue shows transfer speed and elapsed time.
  • With SFTP it is now possible to enter the traverse-only (chmod 110) directories.
  • Menu Files > File Names includes new command Copy URL to Clipboard. The URL format is: <protocol>://<session>/<path>/<file>.
  • WinSCP now detects dropped connection immediately. It also responds to server keepalive requests immediately (keepalive@openssh.com).
  • It is possible to edit remote files whose filenames contain characters not allowed on Windows.
  • Inline rename box on remote panel now accepts characters not allowed on Windows, but allowed on other systems.
  • Window server/protocol information shows server host key fingerprint.
  • New SFTP tab on session dialog. It contains configuration options for detection of two known bugs in SFTP servers. The first bug Reverses order of symlink command arguments is known on all OpenSSH servers. The second bug Does not use UTF-8 for SFTP4 and newer is known on Foxit WAC server.
  • When overwriting local read-only file, the read-only attribute is preserved.
  • It is now possible to overwrite local hidden file (the attribute is preserved).
  • When changing local drive using drive drop down menu the current working directory on the drive is opened instead of root directory (Norton Commander interface only).
  • Partially transferred files (.filepart) have the same icon as full file would have with “partial file” overlay over it.
  • It is possible to change width of session drop down menu on Session toolbar. Just drag the empty space on the right of the drop down menu.
  • Queue sessions are kept alive if the main session is configured so. As side effect dropped connection is detected immediately (no error is displayed), not only after there is transfer attempt over it. It avoids failing transfer just because of dropped connection.
  • When secondary shell session is dropped on background, no error is displayed and the main session is no longer closed.
  • If the edited file is saved while the previous change is still being uploaded, the error is no longer displayed, re-upload is scheduled instead.
  • Language button on Login dialog includes Get More command to open translation download page.
  • Menu File Names is included in remote panel context menu too.
  • The command Files > Open opens the remote file locally always. It does not imitate double-clicking anymore (when symbolic link resolving is not enabled/supported, double-click tries to open remote file as if it were symlink to directory).
  • Internal editor shows name of the session in the window title.
  • File panel scrolls whole page when visualising batch operation progress.
  • File panel reflects change of system icon font in run time.
  • The same remote file cannot be edited twice.
  • If reading directory takes too long, number of files read is shown on WinSCP button on taskbar.
  • Several changes in installer:
    • When installer finds obsolete default translation in the installation directory, it displays a warning with option to delete the translation.
    • Bug fix: Removed flags: unchecked string from the Add installation directory to search path checkbox.
    • Bug fix: Last few characters of long lines were cut off.
  • Proxy password box is disabled for SOCK4 proxies, as SOCK4 does not support passwords.
  • When transferring files using scripting commands get and put, without explictly specifing operation mask, the mask *.* is used, overriding default operation mask set in GUI.
  • Wildcards in operation mask (* and ?) can be delimited using backslash (\).
  • It is no longer possible to check Disconnect when operation finishes during total transfer size calculation before file transfer.
  • Leading and trailing spaces are trimmed from host and user names.
  • Links to WinSCP homepage in Help menu updated to point directly on respective Wiki topics
  • First attempts for context help. F1 key now opens WinSCP documentation page. On some dialogs it now opens directly help for the dialog.
  • Installation path can be added to system search path from Integration tab of Prefenreces dialog.
  • Bug fix: When synchronizing local directory from console mode using SCP protocol, some files were printed twice. Once with path, once without.
  • When listing directory with SFTP protocol, files whose filenames contain slashes or dots-only are ignored.
  • Bug fix: Duration indicators failed to display more than 24 hours.
  • When WinSCP in console mode were executed from batch file its console title was incorrectly preserved for next commands of the batch
  • Bug fix: Some errors in console mode were displayed in message box instead of being printed on console
  • Bug fix: Scripting command ls has never shown year when full file timestamp was known. Now it shows full timestamp (including year and full precision time).
  • Bug fix: WinSCP crashed when timeout message was shown while reading directory content.
  • Bug fix: Scripting command get with SCP protocol printed downloaded directory twice, the second time with statistics of the last file downloaded.
  • Bug fix: Fixed several bugs when downloading files for which the server incorrectly reports unreasonable file sizes.
  • Bug fix: WinSCP refused to start, when using /ini parameter without session name parameter.
  • Bug fix: The download of files smaller then 4 KiB could not be interrupted.
  • Bug fix: Attempt to open non-existing local directory (Norton Commander interface only) have not displayed any error message. The first existing parent directory (if any) was opened instead.
  • Bug fix: When downloading file to editor, Exclude mask and operation mask were not ignored, what prevented editing some files.
  • Bug fix: When using ls command with --full-time option (SCP protocol) the leading spaces in the filenames were omitted while reading directory.
  • Bug fix: Time estimated showed incorrect values for resumed file transfers.
  • Bug fix: When downloading file with SCP protocol, any leading spaces in the filename were lost.
  • Bug fix: Possible crashes when having more sessions opened in parallel.
  • Bug fix: When using INI file as configuration storage, the quotes enclosing configuration options (particularly path to PuTTY executable) were lost.
  • Bug fix: Directory was randomly selected in remote panel when switching sessions.
  • Bug fix: When upgrading from 3.7 and older, command Open in PuTTY stopped working if path to PuTTY included spaces.
  • Bug fix: Items in queue display menu may have been sometime disabled.
  • Bug fix: When uploading, the contents of selected directories was counted twice into “total size”, making progress indicator inaccurate.
  • Bug fix: When restoring maximised main window it was sometime wider than before maximisation.
  • Bug fix: Fake “Ext” column could be shown by mistake.
  • Bug fix: Sorted On Exit Crash after long periods of use.

3.7.1

2004-10-31

  • SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.56. It brings following changes:
    • Security fix: the vulnerability reported by iDEFENSE is fixed. See details.
    • Several other changes.
  • Added support for UTF-8 encoded filenames for SFTP protocol version 4 and newer.
  • WinSCP returns exit code 1, when any command in console mode is interupted due to an error or any prompt is answered Abort (even automatically in batch-mode).
  • Setup application can add WinSCP installation folder to search path (%PATH%). Thanks to Marco Barisione for his add_path tool.
  • New upload option Clear source file ‘Archive’ flag.
  • Command Open in PuTTY can optionally send password to PuTTY. When the option is on, the password must be kept in memory.
  • Usage of option --full-time with LS command is configurable (SCP only).
  • When the server does not support resolving symbolic links (SFTP version 2 and older), the double-click on regular file (possibly symlink) makes WinSCP try to open directory with the same name.
  • Removed no longer useful button Retry from “timeout” message.
  • Warning is shown when user stores session with filled password.
  • %XX in URLs are decoded. Plus sign (+) is converted to space.
  • New option to swap panels in Norton Commander interface.
  • When LS command does not list anything, error messages are shown even if Ignore LS warning option is turned on (SCP only).
  • Added command Create directory to context menu of file panels.
  • Solved all compiler warnings when compiling WinSCP using makefile.
  • Bug fix: When SFTP server incorrectly replied with packet SSH_FXP_STATUS with “success” status, WinSCP tried to decode the packet as if it were packet of expected type in some cases.
  • Bug fix: Backspace changed to parent directory even during in-place renaming of file.
  • Bug fix: Missing quote in sample custom command File Compare.
  • Bug fix: Keyboard shortcuts for file selection (Grey */+/-) do not beep anymore.
  • Bug fix: Ctrl+C on message dialog has omited some new lines.
  • Other small changes and fixes.

3.7

2004-10-13

  • Scripting/automation.
  • Custom commands enhanced:
    • New pattern !& for remote commands to insert space separated list of selected files. Only one command per selection is executed. The pattern cannot be combined with pattern !. Sample command Tar/GZip now uses the pattern as well as new sample command Grep.
    • New option Show results in terminal. Used by new sample command Grep.
    • Custom commands can be executed locally on temporarily downloaded files.
    • Local custom commands can be executed on pairs of remote (temporarily downloaded) and local files (Norton Commander interface only). New sample command File compare uses the option. Replace simple fc command with your favourite diff tool.
  • New command-line parameters /synchronize and /keepuptodate. Both have two optional arguments for local and remote directory. If parameter is preceded by stored session name, it is opened automatically. Otherwise login dialog is shown.
  • For SCP protocol the directory is read with --full-time option to get second-precision timestamp (necessary for synchronization). When the reading of the first directory fails (for whatever reason), the directory is reloded without the option and the option will no longer be used. Next version will include option to control the behaviour manually.
  • “Host hasn’t answered for X seconds” message disappers itself once the response finally arrives.
  • WinSCP can be now compiled using Personal edition of Borland C++Builder 6.
  • New browsing shortcuts:
    • Alt-Left and Alt-Rigth to browse backward and forward.
    • Back/forward buttons on some mouses supported (Microsoft Intellipoint particularly).
    • Support for Back, Forward, Reload, Home and Favorities buttons on multimedia-keyboards.
  • SSH core upgraded to current development snapshot of PuTTY. It brings following changes:
    • Support for CHAP (digest-based) authentication when talking to SOCKS 5 proxies. Configures itself transparently (if the proxy offers CHAP it will use it, otherwise it falls back to ordinary cleartext passwords).
    • Negotiated SSH-2 MAC algorithm(s) are mentioned in the Event Log.
    • OSU_1.5alpha4 added to list of known servers with bug Chokes on SSH-1 ignore messages. Now it is possible to login to the server with the respective bug-option set to default value Auto.
    • Several other bug fixes.
  • Bookmarks and location profiles changes:
    • Buttons to switch between bookmark and location profile modes.
    • Local path box has history drop-down.
    • Reordering bug fixed.
  • Support for dd mmm yyyy format of ls command output (for example Mac OS X 10.3 Panther).
  • With SCP protocol -p option is used with cp command to preserve attributes when duplicating files.
  • Parameter /help shows command-line option overview.
  • For entering the initial remote directory the directory changes cache is not used to guarantee that the initial directory really exists on the server.
  • New popup menu for blank space on file panels with some common directory commands (reload, etc.).
  • Directory tree node automatically expands itself when selected.
  • Direction switch on synchronization dialog separated from other options to emphasise that its state is not stored, when Use same settings next time is checked.
  • Button Cancel on Cleanup application data dialog renamed to Close, so, when invoked during uninstallation, it does not make impression that it cancels the whole process.
  • Fixed bug in SCP protocol “dummy command” keepaliave mode.
  • Bug fix: If the option Preview changes was stored in preferences for Synchronize command, it affected incorrectly the Keep up to date command too.
  • Bug fix: When uploading using drag&drop, confirmation was required even when it was turned of.
  • Bug fix: For SFTP protocol, directory content cannot be read, if the server provides extended file attributes (e.g. IBM zOS).
  • Bug fix: Backslash in username caused bookmarks not to load.
  • Bug fix: Refresh command on disconnected session aborted the application.
  • Bug fix: On Windows XP the keyboard accelerators as well as focus rectangles and similar were not shown sometime. On the other hand, the system-wide option Hide keyboard navigation indicators until I use the Alt key is now ignored.
  • Bug fix: For SCP protocol, after cached directory change to no-longer existing directory, the file panel preserved its previous contents.
  • Bug fix: Initial state for Use the same settings next time check on Synchronize dialog was undefined.
  • Bug fix: When creation of local directory failed, no error message was displayed.
  • Bug fix: When download using drag&drop in Temporary directory mode finished while the computer desktop was locked, the download failed, and it was no longer possible to use drag&drop.

3.6.8

2004-08-25

  • New function to duplicate remote files. Implemented natively only for SCP protocol as SFTP does not have the functionality. With SFTP the command can open secondary shell session, like with Open Terminal (and other functions), to perform the duplication.
  • Function to create new file and open it in default editor.
  • Remote recycle bin may be configured for session. Deleted and overwritten files may be optionally moved to defined remote directory.
  • During synchronization user may optionally request confirmation before each change.
  • Path label above file panel is now click-able. User may click on any part of the path to enter that directory (Norton-Commander interface only).
  • Size of the translation files reduced by 40% (more than 200 KiB each).
  • New filename modification option: lower case only DOS names (8.3).
  • On startup program checks for obsolete temporary folders. If it finds any, it offers user their deletion. Obsolete directories maybe also deleted manually from Cleanup window (see Tools button on Stored session tab of Login window).
  • Confirmation option Exiting application on operation completion affects now also, whether confirmation is shown once upload invoked using Explorer’s Send to menu is finished.
  • When importing stored sessions from PuTTY, default values are used for options not set by PuTTY (like transfer protocol).
  • In file panel, when horizontal scroll bar is hidden, left and right arrow keys moves selection to first and last file respectively (Norton-Commander interface only).
  • Bug fix: With some specific devices, prompt to insert media was shown just before the main windows of application was displayed (Norton-Commander interface only).
  • Bug fix: The check for obsolete default translation files failed to display complete error message when the translation file was really very old.
  • Bug fix: When drive (like USB memory stick) was attached or detached the local directory tree was not refreshed, making the new drive inaccesible from local panel (Norton-Commander interface only).
  • Bug fix: Remote path history was corrupted, when directory was changed using directory tree.
  • Bug fix: Assertion error in attempt to use Desktop or My documents in local path drop-down menu.
  • Bug fix: Under specific circumstances application failed when closed, while having some editors still opened.
  • Bug fix: Error message was shown in infinite loop, when error occured in attempt to open file in an external editor.
  • Bug fix: Small problems with Kerberos authentication.
  • Bug fix: Local recycle bin could not be left using .. link (Norton-Commander interface only).
  • Bug fix: Setup failed to detect that the application is running during upgrade.

3.6.7

2004-08-09

  • This security fix release is initially available in English version only. Other languages can be downloaded from downloads page once finished.
  • SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.55. It brings following changes:
    • Security fix: the vulnerability found by the Core Security Technologies is now fixed. See advisory numbered CORE-2004-0705
    • General robustness of the SSH-1 implementation has been improved.
    • Bug fix: Random noise generation was hanging some computers and interfering with other processes’ precision timing.
    • Several other bug fixes.
  • Multiple files can be edited and/or opened at the same time. Modified files are uploaded back using background transfer queue. To revert to previous behaviour, see Editor settings.
  • With SFTP protocol, it is possible to open separate shell session to execute user-defined commands. The server must provide Unix-like shell and the shell must use same path syntax as SFTP session for this to work. This enables Open Terminal, Custom commands and command-line features in SFTP sessions (the shell session is opened automatically when they are used).
  • Experimental support for version 5 of SFTP. Currently it brings only better error reporting. In future the upgrade may allow file verification using MD5 algorithm. Note that as I do not know any server supporting SFTP5, the funtionality was not tested at all.
  • When obsolete translation file is found in WinSCP startup directory, warning is shown, as it may cause program not to work properly.
  • Command Open directory/bookmark added to panel context menu (Norton-Commander interface only).
  • Some SFTP error messages were clarified.
  • Temporary directory options moved from Drag&drop tab of Preferences dialog to Storage tab as the settings are actually used by other features as well.
  • Bug fix: Save toolbar button was sometime disabled, when it should not and vice versa.
  • Several other bug fixes.

3.6.6

2004-07-15

  • Symbolic links on remote tree has “arrow” icon overlay.
  • Only session properties whose values are different from factory defaults are stored. It dramatically decreases space occupied by stored sessions in windows registry and/or INI file.
  • Remote directory whose parent directory was never visited can be dragged from remote tree now.
  • Warning about possible lack of space in temporary directory when using temporary directory download mode now shows total transfer size even if dragging directories.
  • When uploading new directory with SFTP, WinSCP does not look for partial upload files, which may slightly decrease upload time.
  • It is not possible anymore to duplicate file from local panel using drag&drop.
  • Bug fix: Keepalive interval could be set to 60 seconds only instead of intended 60 minutes.
  • Bug fix: Keepalive interval was not imported correctly from PuTTY sessions.
  • Bug fix: When using INI file as configuration storage, persistent directory changes cache was not loaded correctly.
  • Bug fix: Pressing “X” button on message boxes had unpredictable results. Now it has the same effect as pressing Esc key.
  • Bug fix: Change to file size due to text mode transfer was not reflected on transfer progress indicator.
  • Bug fix: Parent directory of directory dragged from remote tree was needlessly reloaded.
  • Bug fix: Several drag&drop fixes.