Recent Version History

2012-02-16

• Prototype of .NET assembly built around WinSCP scripting interface. 147
• SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0g.
• SFTP status packets with missing language tag are accepted. 770
• Disabling session option Optimize connection buffer size disables unlimited SSH window to overcome bugs in some older version of OpenSSH. 635
• When Optimize connection buffer size is enabled, also FTP socket internal buffer size is increased. Thanks to tteras. 787
• Added workaround for Chokes on SSH-2 ignore messages SSH server bug. 577
• SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.62. It brings following changes:
  • Security fix: WinSCP no longer retains passwords in memory by mistake. password-not-wiped
  • Bug fix: Spurious “Access denied” printed in the authentication window after GSSAPI failure. gssapi-access-denied
  • Bug fix: 0.61-style Pageant did not work with 0.60-style WinSCP. pageant-backwards-compatibility
• Several changes to enhance and simplify file masks:
  • Convenient dialog for setting file masks. 98
  • Change: File mask that does not end with slash matched only files, not directories anymore.
  • Change: Include directory masks are recursive.
  • Include directories checkbox on Select mask dialog was replaced with Apply to directories checkbox that suspends the above change.
  • Change: Include file mask that does not contain any directory mask matches any directory.
  • Change: Include/Exclude mask in transfer settings replaced with File mask, what is equivalent of Include mask (as supported already previously, it can contain exclude mask after |).
  • Change: Script options exclude and include deprecated in favor of -filemask=<mask> switch of get, put, synchronize and keepuptodate commands.
  • Change: Special characters ;,|<> in file masks can be used as literals by doubling them.
  • File masks can select files also by their modification timestamp. 672
• Change: Escaping new lines in attribute values in XML log (particularly useful for attribute value of output and erroroutput).
• Change: Script option transfer deprecated in favor of -transfer switch of get, put, synchronize and keepuptodate commands.
• Added scripting command stat to retrieve attributes of remote file, along with associated stat XML log element.
• Added /xmlgroups command-line parameter that causes XML log file generated while scripting, to group elements corresponding to the same script command under group element.
• Added /nointeractiveinput command-line parameter that makes scripting fail all prompts, except for prompts for commands.
• It is enough to click (as opposite to previous double-click) Transfer settings box on Transfer, Synchronize and Keep remote directory up to date dialogs to open Transfer settings dialog.
• Error when looking up user groups are by default suppressed.
• When script is aborted by the user, it is recorded in the session log.
• Timeout prompt suggests turning off Optimize connection buffer size as workaround for some problems.
• “Host key not verified” error messages includes host key fingerprint.
• Host keys (both actual and configured) are recorded in session log.
• Directories in file panel are never sorted by an extension.
• Bug fix: Failure when connection is lost while retrieving file attributes with FTP protocol. 771
• Bug fix: Failure on reconnects. 772
• Bug fix: State of Synchronize on start of Keep remote directory up to date dialog was not preserved. 774
• Bug fix: Operation progress was not shown on taskbar button. 777
• Bug fix: Could not edit files over 64 KiB in an internal editor. 763
• Bug fix: With FTP, particularly in scripting, files could be uploaded to wrong directory. 780
• Bug fix: Could not select files by dragging selection marquee. 778
• Bug fix: “Chokes on SSH-2 ignore messages” SSH bug was always on. 767
• Bug fix: File list flickered on every focus move on Windows XP with Explorer-style selection disabled. 783
• Bug fix: Could not search for +/-/* in filename in file panel by typing. 784
• Bug fix: Failure when cancelling authentication prompt of background transfer. 785
• Bug fix: Password was not remembered for background transfers and/or PuTTY sessions. 786
• Bug fix: Progress window was incorrectly placed when reloading remote file opened in an Internal editor.
• Bug fix: File was uploaded after closing an internal editor even when not changed, but reloaded. 790
• Bug fix: Mask hint for transfer settings preset rules included file size mask.
• Bug fix: With FTP protocol touch element was not generated in XML log file.
• Bug fix: Could not handle less common formats of passive connection data response from FTP server. 793
• Bug fix: Failure exit code always reported when reading script from standard input. 794
• Bug fix: Cannot create desktop shortcut for session with special characters in name. 795
• Bug fix: Progress bar tooltip is not hidden once the progress window disappears. 796
• Bug fix: Failure on fatal script error.
• Bug fix: SFTP file handle is written incorrectly when reading properties of remote file being overwritten. 798
• Bug fix: Undisplayable information were logged/displayed incorrectly

2011-11-08

• Connection attempt can be cancelled. 757
• After cancelling authentication prompt, error message is no longer displayed.
• Bug fix: Failure while logging off the Windows.
• Bug fix: Fixed parsing owner/group with modified ID on Properties dialog.
• Bug fix: Missing animations on Progress window on Windows Vista/7.
• Bug fix: When switching between session and shared bookmarks, path was not updated on the Open directory dialog.
• Bug fix: Internal “Operation aborted” errors were not suppressed for background transfers.
• Bug fix: Path label was not resized with larger shell font size.
• Bug fix: Pageant authentication was not working on x64. 764
• Bug fix: Failure on startup when master password is set. 765
• Bug fix: Upload of non existing file in script using put command did not trigger error.

2011-10-30

• Icon is assigned to all top-level windows, in particular to initial Login dialog, so that there’s always WinSCP icon in the Alt+Tab view.
• Bug fix: Synchronization check list view was corrupted.
• Bug fix: Failure when changing view style in Explorer interface. 753
• Bug fix: It was not possible to drag more than one file. 756
• Bug fix: Default permissions for new remote directory did not include Execute right. 762

VAGINA!!!!!!!!!

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

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

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

2012-02-18

• Back-propagated some improvements and fixes from 5.0.6 beta release:
  • SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0g.
  • Bug fix: State of Synchronize on start of Keep remote directory up to date dialog was not preserved. 774
  • Bug fix: Progress window was incorrectly placed when reloading remote file opened in an Internal editor.
  • Bug fix: File was uploaded after closing an internal editor even when not changed, but reloaded. 790
  • Bug fix: With FTP protocol touch element was not generated in XML log file.
  • Bug fix: Could not handle less common formats of passive connection data response from FTP server. 793
  • Bug fix: Failure exit code always reported when reading script from standard input. 794
  • Bug fix: File list flickered on every focus move on Windows XP with Explorer-style selection disabled. 783
  • Bug fix: Progress bar tooltip is not hidden once the progress window disappears. 796

2011-12-29

• Bug fix: “Chokes on SSH-2 ignore messages” SSH bug was always on. 767
• Back-propagated some improvements and fixes from 5.0.3 - 5.0.6 beta releases:
  • All binaries are signed with Martin Prikryl publisher certificate. 505
  • When script is aborted by the user, error exit code is used.
  • Connect timeout is configurable.
  • When renaming a folder within file panel, whole filename (including an extension) is always selected. 737
  • In-application license text updated to GPLv3. 751
  • Change: In mouse-only Explorer-style selection mode, single-file implicit mouse-selection is not preserved, when focus/selection is subsequently changed using keyboard.
  • SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.62. It brings following changes:
    • Security fix: WinSCP no longer retains passwords in memory by mistake. password-not-wiped
    • Bug fix: Spurious “Access denied” printed in the authentication window after GSSAPI failure. gssapi-access-denied
    • Bug fix: 0.61-style Pageant did not work with 0.60-style WinSCP. pageant-backwards-compatibility
  • Bug fix: Fixed parsing owner/group with modified ID on Properties dialog.
  • Bug fix: When switching between session and shared bookmarks, path was not updated on the Open directory dialog.
  • Bug fix: Internal “Operation aborted” errors were not suppressed for background transfers.
  • Bug fix: Path label was not resized with larger shell font size.
  • Bug fix: Default permissions for new remote directory did not include Execute right. 762
  • 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: 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: In mouse-only Explorer-style selection mode, selection was not cleared after clicking outside of selection, after focus/selection was previously changed using keyboard.
  • Bug fix: Session name was not preserved when duplicating session into a new window.
  • Bug fix: Installer was not removing translations of previous versions on Windows 7.
• OpenCandy advertising module reintroduced to the installer. There’s also ad-free alternative installer available.

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-propagated 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

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

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

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

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

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

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