Recent Version History

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.

2006-10-23

• U3 support.

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.

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.

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