Recent Version History

This is list of changes for each release of WinSCP. See also project history.

Not Released Yet

2011-01-08

Change: Compare directories command uses Shift+F2 shortcut instead of Ctrl+C. 641
Added support for dragging files from WinRAR. 399.
Bug fix: Check for application updates was not working.
Bug fix: Error response to SFTP initialization request was sometimes parsed incorrectly.

4.3.1 beta

2010-12-11

SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0c.
File renaming is not started, when only focusing file panel. 570
Bug fix: Failure when logging in ad-hoc session. 632
Bug fix: Failure when directory is reloaded while renaming file. 633
Bug fix: Values with special characters were not exported correctly to PuTTY. 634
Bug fix: Invalid DST handling in the Southern hemisphere. 638
Bug fix: Synchronized browsing was not preserved, when restarting application. 639

4.3 beta

2010-11-07

Increased socket internal buffer size for SSH. It should improve transfer speed. Thanks to ultramage. 615
Environment variables are resolved in path to external editor. 563
Include/exclude masks can be used when moving files between local and remote directories. 536
Add to Bookmarks and Refresh commands added to context menus of panel path labels. 624
Change: With FTP protocol, passive mode is used by default. 165
Change: Links to website and help are no longer created in start menu folder. 616
Autocomplete disabled for most of the combo boxes. 619
SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2010-09-27, revision 9010). It brings following changes:
- Improved port forwarding robustness.
- When disconnected because there are no supported authentication methods left to try, the error message contains the list of methods sent by the server.
- Standard GSS libraries are now loaded from standard locations rather than using the default DLL search path.
- Other small bugs fixed.
SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0a.
Bug fix: Error when refreshing panel content. 617
Bug fix: Error when more background transfers finish at the same moment. 622
Bug fix: Script does not abort after receiving no answer for prompt, when running in batch mode. 623
Bug fix: Main window appeared in background, when prompt for master password appeared during authentication. 629
Bug fix: Script running in batch mode did not automatically reconnect broken sessions. 517
Bug fix: Error when uploading empty file over FTPS. 489

4.2.9

2010-09-23

Never try to rename file to the very same name. 604
Bug fix: Failure when executing custom command and not capturing its output. 587
Bug fix: GSSAPI/Kerberos was not working. 590
Bug fix: Local file timestamp was interpreted incorrectly for synchronization on Windows 7. 591
Bug fix: Failure on close scripting command. 599
Bug fix: Edited file was reloaded from active session, not from original session. 603
Bug fix: Path history was mixed among sessions. 607
Bug fix: Session closed after operation completed was automatically reconnected. 608
Bug fix: Check for application updates was hanging. 611
Bug fix: Missing content on OpenCandy screen. 600

4.2.8

2010-07-14

File size masks are allowed in script commands. 555
Change: Conversion of timestamps between local and remote systems with respect to DST follows changes introduced in Windows 7. 564 This breaks synchronization when you used previous WinSCP versions.
Installation package includes development versions of PuTTYgen and Pageant applications. It brings following changes:
- PuTTYgen supports importing of new-style OpenSSH private keys (encrypted by AES rather than 3DES).
SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2010-05-19, revision 8952). Improving GSSAPI support.
Script commands and output are included into session log. 547
Bug fix: IPv6 support was broken. 556
Bug fix: Protocol ftps was ignored in session URL when port number was also specified. 558
Bug fix: Suggested session path was duplicated when saving new session. 562
Bug fix: SFTP packet counter overflow. 565
Bug fix: Sorting by owner/group was broken. 571
Bug fix: Failure when opening session protected with master password from command-line in console. 573
Bug fix: Saving password in default session settings did not force prompt for master password, allowing the password being stored unencrypted.
Bug fix: Missing OpenCandy DLL on Windows startup. 579
Bug fix: Hangs when changing directory using directory tree after toggling showing of hidden files. 580
Bug fix: !.! was suggested as name of executable when browsing for previously undefined executable.
Bug fix: Failure when running multiple instances of console interface tool in parallel. 581

4.2.7

2010-03-04

Increased maximal size of accepted SFTP packet. 548
Bug fix: Failure when closing connection after

4.2.6

2010-02-16

ZIP archive with both executables is released instead of just compressed EXE. 523
Automatically named session is renamed when hostname and/or username is modified. 532
When reading of file to be edited fails, empty internal editor is no longer shown.
Forcing width of message box not to exceed screen width.
Environment variables in path to private key file are resolved before passing it to PuTTY to open the session. 524
WinSCP name is included in balloon notifications. 533
Timezone offset can be set up to +/-25 hours. 534
Setup does not query OpenCandy for ads when running silent install.
Small visual changes for Windows 7.
Being tolerant to FTP servers enclosing path in 257 response to single quotes. 541
SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2010-01-17, revision 8846). Fixing memory leak.
SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 0.9.8l.
Bug fix: Bookmarks with equal sign in their name were not preserved when using INI file. 522
Bug fix: Synchronize browsing failed, when entering local directory, while current remote path was root. 525
Bug fix: Having higher logging level set decreased performance even when logging itself was disabled. 526
Bug fix: Error when running ad hoc custom command. 529
Bug fix: Tray icon was sometimes not removed when application closed.
Bug fix: Navigation tree on Preferences dialog was corrupted sometimes. 539
Bug fix: Memory leak while authenticating with private key.
Bug fix: System date/time format was not followed on Windows 7. 537
Bug fix: On some systems winscp.com did not find winscp.exe when executed from search path. 542
Bug fix: Failure when connection was closed while Console window was opened. 544

4.2.5

2009-12-22

Environment variable WINSCP_PATH pointing to path, where WinSCP executable file is located, is set on startup, so it can be used to configure portable paths relative to the WinSCP executable file. 311
It is not possible to cancel master password prompt anymore, when saving session with passwords.
Slash added to names of directories in search results to distinguish them from files.
Keyboard shortcut for finding files changed to F3 in Explorer interface.
Path is recorded in history after changing directory in console window. 518
Replacing characters not allowed in local file names is taken into account with synchronized browsing. 512
Merged error message and directory creation confirmation box into one, when synchronized browsing cannot find corresponding opposite directory. 347
Synchronized browsing can handle change to different directory branch. 101
Placed Use same options next time on synchronization dialog above transfer settings box to make it clear that transfer settings are not saved. 519
SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2009-11-22, revision 8755). It does not bring any notable change.
Bug fix: When master password changing was canceled, message informing about successful change appeared anyway.
Bug fix: No help was associated with Security tab of Preferences dialog.
Bug fix: Passwords in default session settings were not re-encrypted when master password was changed.
Bug fix: Empty session password were in rare situation encrypted using master password, what caused seemingly useless prompts for master passwords.
Bug fix: WinSCP did not offer to unset read-only flag when overwriting local files anymore.
Bug fix: Error when downloading remote files from root directory into temporary local directory. 502
Bug fix: Failure when retrying connect attempt after host is not resolved. 503
Bug fix: Incorrect calculation of DST start/end date. 504
Bug fix: Session data on Login dialog were overwritten when locale is changed. 508
Bug fix: Error when moving local directory to remote side. 509
Bug fix: Help for put scripting command incorrectly claimed that -append switch is valid for FTP protocol only.
Bug fix: Ampersands (&) in names of transfer settings presets and custom commands were handled inconsistently. 506
Bug fix: Excluding file from transfer did not prevent access to the file. 514
Bug fix: Error when daylight saving is not properly configured in Windows. 519
Bug fix: Shell icon for stored session in folder could not be created. 515