Recent Version History

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

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2011-10-16

Recently used sessions are added to taskbar jump list on Windows 7. 527
Queue processing can be disabled. 29
Change: Synchronized browsing state is stored with stored session, not in preferences. 10
Change: In mouse-only Explorer-style selection mode, single-file implicit mouse-selection is not preserved, when focus/selection is subsequently changed using keyboard.
Change: All fatal errors (those that cause exit code of WinSCP to be 1) in scripting are recorded in new subtag failure of root tag session. This includes connection errors, replacing previous recording in result tag.
Change: Value both of synchronize command switch criteria renamed to either to avoid confusion (both is still recognized for backward compatibility). 195
Increased socket internal buffer size for SSH with option to disable it. It improves transfer speed. Thanks to ultramage. 690
File sizes in file panel are optionally shown using short format (KiB, MiB, etc). 421
All binaries are signed with Martin Prikryl publisher certificate. 505
Automatic reconnect, when server stopped responding. 405
When script is aborted by the user, error exit code is used.
Explicit control for specifying anonymous FTP login on Login dialog. 569
FTP account can be specified on Login dialog. 203
MFC building readme file in source code package has wrong content.
When saving opened session, password saving is enabled, when master password is in use.
Connect timeout is configurable.
Information window about updates show times of the last and the next check for updates.
Increased height of Login dialog to fit more stored sessions. 378
Description of rawsettings script added to command-line help screen and open command help.
Change: Silently ignoring, when local file mask in put command matches no file. 746
Added mget alias for get script command and mput alias for put command.
Added echo script command.
URL of Getting started webpage opened from installer includes previously installed

version, so that hints specific to upgrades from the version can be displayed.

Installer starts WinSCP minimized, when it also opens Getting started webpage.
Bug fix: Default session log file path was missing slash before filename.
Bug fix: Duplicate reconnect prompt when connection is lost, while transferring file in subdirectory.
Bug fix: Error was signaled from script when connection stalled even when it was reconnected. 731
Bug fix: Help > Contents command was not working.
Bug fix: Failure to locate GetUserNameEx. 734
Bug fix: Records of files transferred within subdirectory were written at once, not continuously, in XML logging. 739
Bug fix: Switch -rawsettings of open command was not working. 740
Bug fix: In mouse-only Explorer-style selection mode, selecting was not cleared after clicking outside of selection, after focus/selection was previously changed using keyboard.
Bug fix: Mouse cursor stayed “busy” forever after drag&drop operation. 744
Bug fix: Main window was not restoring from system tray sometimes. 745
Bug fix: Session name was not preserved when duplicating session into a new window.
Bug fix: Failure when using an INI file. 747
Bug fix: Installer was not removing translations of previous versions on Windows 7.

5.0.2 beta

2011-09-14

Any session configuration option can be set on command line and/or scripting in raw format using /rawsettings switch. 520
Change: Binary transfer mode is default. 670
Change: Connection error is recorded in XML log in new subtag result of root tag session. 545
Change: With FTP protocol, passive mode is used by default. 165
Environment variables are resolved in session hostname and username. 392
Installer without OpenCandy does not include OpenCandy licence anymore.
Option to enable active mode with FTP protocol in scripting. 669
Both session (text) and XML log can be produced at the same time. 481
Bug fix: Failure when cancelling login dialog. 728
Bug fix: Failure to locate GetTimeZoneInformationForYear. 729
Bug fix: Check for application updates was not working.
Bug fix: Duplicate shortcut key in local Open directory window. 710

5.0.1 beta

2011-09-09

SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0e.
Support for different DST boundaries in the past. 656
Starting renaming the next file after confirming rename with Tab key. 701
External IP address for FTP active mode is configurable. 538
Logging local account into session log. 709
Setup informs at the end about reason restart is required (when it is) and that it does not prevent WinSCP from functioning, apart from the drag&drop shell extension. 686
Setup optionally opens Getting started webpage.
Prevented file virtualization. 719
F10 key closes an internal editor. 711
Error when opening FTP active mode connection, has explicit help link.
Bug fix: Cannot drag&drop files from local file panel. 721
Bug fix: Directory listing was shown as part of the file transfer error message with FTP protocol.
Bug fix: Missing application icon. 722
Bug fix: Internal editor window is not restored when minimized when editing the already file again. 723
Bug fix: Missing build.bat from the source code package. 724
Bug fix: Windows button on taskbar was not hidden when minimizing to tray. 725
Bug fix: Auto arranging of WinSCP window by Windows (and other applications) did not work. 186
Bug fix: Improved compatibility with MSVDM.
Bug fix: Opening session in PuTTY was not working. 726
Bug fix: Failure to store passwords encrypted with master password. 727
Bug fix: Link to a parent directory is not read in an empty remote root folder. 706

5.0 beta

2011-08-25

Unicode support. 586
Explorer-style file selection with mouse is enabled by default in Commander interface. 718
Bug fix: Buttons on Login dialog sometimes got hidden. 691
Bug fix: ? at the end of file mask did not enforce presence of character. 630
Bug fix: Failure when session is closed unexpectedly in scripting. 716

4.3.5 (hotfix)

2011-09-18

Bug fix: Translations were not included in setup. 713
Bug fix: Versions of 3^rd party components were not updated in translations. 715
Back-propagates some improvements and fixes from 5.0 - 5.0.2 beta releases:
- SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0e.
- Explorer-style file selection with mouse is enabled by default in Commander interface. 718
- Starting renaming the next file after confirming rename with Tab key. 701
- Logging local account into session log. 709
- F10 key closes an internal editor. 711
- Installer without OpenCandy does not include OpenCandy licence anymore.
- Bug fix: Directory listing was shown as part of the file transfer error message with FTP protocol.
- Bug fix: Internal editor window is not restored when minimized when editing the already file again. 723
- Bug fix: Link to a parent directory is not read in an empty remote root folder. 706
- Bug fix: Failure when session is closed unexpectedly in scripting. 716
- Bug fix: Duplicate shortcut key in local Open directory window. 710

4.3.4

2011-07-27

SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.61. It brings following changes:
- When WinSCP fails to get a response from Pageant, it logs the fact.
- Bug fix: Workaround for some servers blithely responding to winadj@putty.projects.tartarus.org with SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_SUCCESS despite probably having no idea what it means. winadj-success
- Bug fix: Pageant authentication was not working. 703
The command list -a is stopped being used when returned listing is empty. 693
Using HTTP/1.1 when checking for application updates.
Bug fix: Unwanted auto-completion in comboboxes when resizing the window.
Bug fix: Arguments (passwords in particular) passed to PuTTY were not escaped correctly. 692
Bug fix: Special permissions were not preserved correctly in configuration. 695
Bug fix: Another invalid timezone shifting of file timestamps with FTP protocol. 696
Bug fix: Failure when connection closes with FTP protocol. 698
Bug fix: WinSCP was hanging when FTP directory listing connection was closed without response to LIST command. 699
Bug fix: Slow startup when there are disconnected network drives. 702
Bug fix: Notification balloon was displayed after finishing of every queue task. 705
Bug fix: No fallback to IPv4 with SSH. 707

4.3.3

2011-05-25

Rolled back increase of socket internal buffer size for SSH. 677
SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2011-03-04, revision 9120). It brings following changes:
- Support for “zlib@openssh.com” compression. 146
- Small performace improvements.
On Windows 7 progress of operation is shown on the taskbar button. 437
URLs with IPv6 address are supported. 681
Removed length limit for FTP Post login commands. 673
Colon in stored session name and IPv6 addresses is escaped when used for generated name of session log file.
State of Advanced options checkbox is always remembered. 650
Source of the configuration is stored into session log. 683
Navigating back/forward with synchronized browsing enabled affects both panels. 625
When renaming a file during transfer, only filename (without an extension) is optionally selected. 664
File renaming is not started, when only focusing application. 651
Session colors are used on stored session list. 687
Setup will default to use the same language as the last time.
Setup will not try to replace the drag&drop shell extension unless newer version is included. This prevents setup from requiring restart in many cases. 686
Bug fix: Incorrect conversion of timestamps between local and remote systems with respect to DST on Windows 2008 R2. 671
Bug fix: Failure on transfer error with SCP protocol. 674
Bug fix: Invalid timezone shifting of file timestamps with FTP protocol. 675
Bug fix: Pageant authentication was not working on x64. 662
Bug fix: Failure when reconnection fails with FTP protocol. 680
Bug fix: Failure when reconnecting with FTP protocol. 676
Bug fix: chmod command was not skipped with SCP protocol, when changing file properties but not changing permissions. 645
Bug fix: Error when uploading file with specific size with FTP protocol. 684

4.3.2

2011-02-23

SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0d.
Enabled TLS extensions in OpenSSL, what resolves problems with some FTP servers. 658
Change: Compare directories command uses Shift+F2 shortcut instead of Ctrl+C. 641
OpenCandy advertising module was suspended from the installer.
Added support for dragging files from WinRAR. 399.
Default ascii file mask extended with *.js. 642
SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2011-02-21, revision 9101).
Bug fix: Check for application updates was not working.
Bug fix: Error response to SFTP initialization request was sometimes parsed incorrectly.
Bug fix: It was not possible to skip errors during some operations. 654
Bug fix: Home directory was incorrect after reconnect with FTP protocol. 659
Bug fix: It was sometimes not possible to initiate file renaming. 657

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