Recent Version History

2007-10-16

• Speed limit can be actually set in KiB/s.
• Speed limit can be set for background transfers.
• Transfer settings were removed from transfer options dialog to simplify it. The settings can be changed by selecting transfer settings preset or by invoking custom transfer settings dialog (the same way as for synchronization).
• More than one host key for a host may be accepted.
• It is possible to cancel connection attempts of background transfer.
• Proxy settings to check for updates can be automatically detected from system and IE settings.
• When synchronized browsing is on and entered directory does not exist in an opposite directory, WinSCP offers to create it.
• Added several switches to scripting commands to extend their capabilities with functionality available in GUI already: /mirror for synchronize, /delete for synchronize and keepuptodate (obsoletes option synchdelete), /delete to get and put, /timeout and /privatekey to open.
• Added switch /hostkey to command-line and open script command to automatically accept host keys with given fingerprint.
• During resumable transfers, the destination file is not removed (if present) until the transfer actually finishes.
• Transfer and session toolbars automatically stretches to right window edge.
• Command line panel is toolbar (can be docked elsewhere).
• Address and command line drop down boxes follow the toolbar style.
• On Explorer-like interface, path on address toolbar is editable.
• KiB is used instead of KB for kilobyte.
• Estimated time is shown instead of elapsed time in queue list.
• Open in PuTTY makes PuTTY use Telnet or SSH session for FTP sessions in WinSCP.
• Host key confirmation dialog has an option to copy the key into clipboard.
• Server does not use UTF-8 changed to UTF-8 encoding for filenames and moved to Environment tab, as it is used also by FTP protocol.
• Timezone offset moved to Environment tab, as it is used also by FTP protocol.
• Shift-Del deletes to recycle bin, if deletion to recycle bin is disabled, and vice versa.
• Opening bookmarks does not trigger synchronized browsing anymore.
• It is possible to optionally overwrite stored password with new one, if authentication with original stored password fails.
• When saving current session with password, warning is displayed.
• When saving session with password, option is given not to store the password.
• Edit link function is available in context menu of remote symbolic links.
• Size of directory change cache is limited.
• Error messages of background transfer are actually presented as errors.
• Initial size of Commander-like window is increased.
• Improved initial placing of Commander-like window.
• Improved call command description with respect to FTP protocol.
• ftp protocol added to command-line syntax help.
• Change: Transfer option Preserve read-only is off by default.

2007-10-24

• With FTP protocol, errors when parsing file permissions in directory listing are ignored.
• Reading/writing INI files is faster.
• Hostkey of tunneled session is verified against target session of tunnel.
• When opening session in PuTTY, defaults for session options not set by WinSCP are loaded from Default settings of PuTTY.
• Increased maximal length of username.
• Full system error is reported when writing of local file fails.
• Sample custom command Execute changed to ./! (from !).
• When parsing directory listing, plus sign after permissions, separated by space, is silently ignored.
• When uploading to symbolic link with SFTP protocol, resuming is disabled to preserve the link.
• Bug fix: Automatic reconnect in scripting was not working.
• Bug fix: When reading of local file failed, while uploading with SFTP protocol, file transfer was interrupted without reporting any error.
• Bug fix: When file transfer failed with FTP protocol, whole batch was interrupted, without an option to retry or skip the file transfer.
• Bug fix: Failure when parsing of directory listing failed with FTP protocol.
• Bug fix: Background color of directory tree icons has not reflected session color.
• Bug fix: Removed dependency on netapi32.dll (not present on Windows 95/98/ME).
• Bug fix: It was not possible to upload file opened in another application with FTP protocol.
• Bug fix: Missing GSSAPI was incorrectly reported, even when SSPI with GSSAPI support was present.
• Bug fix: Workaround for occasional bug when opening some dialogs.

2007-09-02

• Fallback to simple FTP LIST command, when LIST -a fails.
• Workaround for bug in Windows Vista preventing selection of files with keyboard.
• Offline network drives are not scanned on startup to prevent long delays before a main window is shown.
• Improved security when handling URL’s (from web browser).
• Bug fix: When connection was broken during automatic transfers, program stalled for few seconds.
• Bug fix: Instability the connection was dropped while keep remote directory up to date function was running.
• Bug fix: Malformed prompt for username in scripting.
• Bug fix: Second opened session with enabled SSH tunnel (with automatic selection of tunnel port) actually used the existing tunnel of the first session.
• Bug fix: Memory leak when SSH connection is refused.
• Bug fix: When username is not specified on login dialog, password typing is revealed on authentication dialog.

2007-07-12

• Mask *.php* in default text file mask is replaced with *.php and *.php3.
• Subdirectories of current directory are not scanned for purpose of displaying in tree view when the tree view is hidden.
• Bug fix: Once any transfer is done while keep remote directory up to date is running, its dialog cannot be minimized anymore.
• Bug fix: Failure when automatically reconnecting the session from script with option batch continue.

2007-05-29

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

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.

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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