Recent Version History

2012-11-21

• Prototype of WebDAV sessions. Thanks to Michael Lukashov. 160
• Workspace can be saved. 776
• Using term Site instead of Stored session.
• When upgrading, setup offers to restart Windows Explorer (or other applications), when drag&drop shell extension needs to be updated. 686
• Tab with disconnected session is greyed.
• Simplified Transfer options dialog:
  • The dialog is shown only on the first transfer, when using drag&drop, unless user explicitly opts to show it the next time.
  • Moved the Newer and updated files only option to Transfer settings.
  • Moved the Do not show this dialog box again checkbox below buttons.
  • Hiding Transfer each file individually when not applicable.
  • Using “Download” and “Upload” labels to distinguish copying to local and remote directories respectively.
  • Icon to distinguish Copy/Move operation.
• Improved working with transfer settings and presets:
  • Not showing default Text mode file mask in Transfer settings box.
  • Showing even default Binary Transfer type in Transfer settings box.
  • Removed “Exclude temporaries” transfer settings preset.
  • Added “Newer and updates files only” transfer settings preset.
  • Reorganized Transfer settings drop down menu, including new Presets header.
  • Hiding unusable presets from Transfer settings drop down menu.
  • Merged configuration of default transfer settings and transfer settings presets.
• Improved user interface:
  • Replaced file operation toolbar and bottom hot key bar with specialized local and remote file toolbars to allow manipulating local/remote files using mouse, without seen to change panel focus (Commander interface only). This also allows using “Download” and “Upload” terms instead of previous generic Copy.
  • Added label to the most important toolbar buttons.
• Whole site folder can be opened at once. 424
• Transfer resume support can be controlled in scripting (-resumesupport switch of file transfer commands) and .NET assembly (TransferOptions.ResumeSupport property). 834
• Site Manager command. 855
• Only shortcut to WinSCP itself is created in Start menu. 616
• Changing session port number on Login dialog to well know port, updates protocol automatically.
• Desktop shortcut to open site folder can be created.
• Session menu and toolbar reorganized.
• Dropped support for Windows 2000. Minimal supported version is Windows XP.
• Using GiB scale for large file sizes. 913
• Option to reconnect disconnected non-active session, when saving file opened from that session. 917
• Use of MLSD FTP command is configurable. 927
• Removed Close toolbar button from Editor and Log windows.
• Bug fix: Scripting command synchronize sometimes did not announce that there is nothing to synchronize.
• Bug fix: First Authenticate log entry was trimmed temporarily.
• Bug fix: Separators on toolbars were showing “E” hint.
• Bug fix: Incorrect file icon overlay positioning.
• Bug fix: Not drawing own shortcut overlay over shortcut icons.

2012-11-19

• Not poping up progress window when application is minimized. 943
• Bug fix: Never create Quick Launch icon on Windows 7 and newer also from Preferences dialog.
• Bug fix: Failure when reconnecting main session while transferring files in the background. 939

2012-11-06

• New VeriSign publisher certificate used for signing binaries.
• Including timezone information in a session log file.
• Installer creates desktop icon for all users by default.
• On Windows 8, installer creates only main icon on the Start screen.
• Added commands to execute PuTTYgen and Pageant to Tools menu on Login dialog.
• Allowing multiple fingerprints in SessionOptions.SshHostKeyFingerprint and SessionOptions.HostSslCertificateFingerprint. 932
• Logging FTP raw directory listing on Normal logging level.
• Raw session setting TunnelHostKey to verify tunnel session hostkey. 938
• Bug fix: Failure when saving file opened from closed session. 918
• Bug fix: Invalid executable signature. 924
• Bug fix: Never create Quick Launch icon on Windows 7 and newer.
• Bug fix: Notifications of completed operation (such as balloon notifications), when application is minimized, were not working.
• Bug fix: Hangs when showing Log windows while logging in. 925
• Bug fix: Retrieving file stats using non-absolute path may fail with FTP protocol. 930
• Bug fix: Error retrieving file stats using full path with FTP protocol. 926
• Bug fix: Treat timestamps in FTP MLSD/MLST results as UTC. 923
• Bug fix: Failure when FTP server returns “parent” directory is MLSD directory listing. 922
• Bug fix: Background transfer queues were not re-arranged with the sessions, when changing session tab order. 928
• Bug fix: Incorrect file was renamed when changing remote directory using directory tree while renaming file. 933
• Bug fix: Incorrect file list/directory tree splitter color (with themes turned off).
• Bug fix: Command on Console windows is not saved to history, when executed using Enter key. 934
• Bug fix: Could not use .NET assembly from path with special characters (like #). 935
• Bug fix: On re-installation, drag&drop shell extension was sometime not activated.
• Bug fix: Hangs when stopping watching for changes in local folder. 915
• Bug fix: Failure when canceling password prompt with FTP protocol. 936
• Bug fix: Empty directory listing was loaded twice with MLSD with FTP command. 937

2012-09-24

• Bug fix: Local file/folder got recycled when dropped on folder on the same panel. 911

2012-09-05

• When saving current session over the original stored session, save password by default unless it changed and do not prompt for overwrite.
• Values of .NET assembly properties Session.SshHostKey and Session.SslCertificate are validated for correct syntax.
• Change: Not keeping name of an original stored session for edited ad-hoc sessions.
• Change: In .NET assembly SessionOptions class property SshHostKey renamed to SshHostKeyFingerprint, SshPrivateKey to SshPrivateKeyPath and SslCertificate to SslHostCertificateFingerprint.
• Values of .NET assembly SessionOptions class properties Timeout and PortNumber are validated.
• If FTP connection requires password, prompt immediately, without reconnecting. 653
• Session log includes all script console output, including local errors. 910
• Method Session.EscapeFileMask added. 901
• Bug fix: Ad-hoc sessions were added to the jump list. 894
• Bug fix: Icon on properties dialog was rendered with session color on background.
• Bug fix: Failure after system wide change. 899
• Bug fix: Tray icon was not restored after explorer/taskbar restart. 898
• Bug fix: Session.ListDirectory did not report fatal errors. 900
• Bug fix: External IP address of the server is not used when provided IP address is automatically detected as unroutable. 904
• Bug fix: Error connecting over SOCKS proxy with FTP protocol. 907
• Bug fix: Failure when exiting with default configuration. 908
• Bug fix: Error when listing file with MLST FTP command failed. 905
• Bug fix: Error retrieving file stats, if FTP server returns full file path in MLST response. 906

2012-08-03

• SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1c.
• Drag & drop to re-order session tabs. 862
• Local files can be dragged to session tabs for upload. 865
• Remote files can be dragged to session tabs for duplication. 884
• Color icon on session tab. 863
• FTP passive mode IP address is substituted with connection address automatically when passive mode address is unroutable. 883
• Contents of opened internal editors is automatically backed up, when application is abruptly closed. 886
• Session color menu is available on session tab context menu.
• Filter command added to address toobars and context menu of file panels. 732
• Lock toolbars command added to context menu of file panel toolbars. 754
• Added Session.CreateDirectory and Session.RenameFile methods to .NET assembly. 822 833
• Added Session.Abort method to .NET assembly. 890
• Change: Scripting command rm and .NET assembly Session.RemoveFiles method can remove directories as well. 887
• Postponing upload of modified edited remote file to allow the editor finish saving of the file. 870
• When transfer settings preset selected for transfer or synchronization is changed, the transfer settings are updated to the new preset configuration.
• Support for directory listing with timestamp format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm with SCP protocol. 853
• With scripting exit code is recorded in the session log file.
• Properties of Session class that cannot be changed after session starts, throw an exception when set.
• It is possible to set limit to try reconnecting broken sessions using Session.ReconnectTime. 860
• Change: Remote files are never recycled, unless explicitly enabled. 867
• UTF-8 byte-order-mask is stripped on FTP upload. 888
• Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F4 for internal editor in Commander interface. 827
• Keyboard shortcut Alt+Up for opening parent directory. 605
• Taking tabs into account when calculating column position in an Internal editor. 789
• Double buffered drawing of session tabs to prevent flicker.
• Windows 8 compatibility and certification:
  • Not saving random seed file, when run for maintenance task, e.g. during installation/uninstallation, to comply with Windows 8 certification.
  • Other compatibility improvements.
• Using name of focused file as initial name for a new file. 873
• When generation of temporary file for .NET assembly fails, meaningful exception is thrown and status of temporary folder is logged to help troubleshooting.
• Falling back to Virtual folder when looking for an INI file to maintain compatibility with WinSCP 4.x on Windows Vista and newer. 874
• Parsed directory listing is logged.
• AES is preferred encryption cipher again. 880
• Directory listings lacking inode column are supported. 881
• Dialogs are placed in the center of their parent window.
• Improved debug logging of .NET assembly.
• Logging collection of files for synchronization.
• Beta versions always check for beta versions updates.
• Bug fix: Restore selection command shortcut changed to Shift+Ctrl+R (it used to have the same shortcut as Automatically refresh directory after operation).
• Bug fix: “Operation aborted” messages were not suppressed.
• Bug fix: Failure when reconnect failed (generalizing fix). 829
• Bug fix: Missing icons in jumplist. 854
• Bug fix: Session.FileExists was failing with “Recursive calls not allowed”. 852
• Bug fix: Some UTF-8 encoded files were incorrectly loaded into an Internal Editor. 859
• Bug fix: Failure when changing active session while background transfer queue list was being updated. 864
• Bug fix: Main window was not restoring from system tray sometimes. 745
• Bug fix: Failure was not reported, when opening of secondary shell session to execute remote command failed. 871
• Bug fix: Hidden files were not dimmed, when Name column was not the first one (including the hidden columns). 872
• Bug fix: Instruction-only authentication prompts were failed, when predefined password was used in prior prompt already. 877
• Bug fix: Error when connecting to FTPS servers not supporting SSL session resuming. 879
• Bug fix: Occasional hang when dialog was opened from an internal editor window. 882
• Bug fix: Bugs and other three-state session options were logged incorrectly.
• Bug fix: Switch /xmllog was not working in GUI sessions.
• Bug fix: Could not connect to SSH server without storing hostkey fingerprint. 889
• Bug fix: Support for MLSD FTP command was not detected. 891
• Bug fix: File permissions were not retrieved from MLSD FTP directory listing.
• Bug fix: Searching messages without associated help page on documentation site was not working.
• Bug fix: Warning about overriding script options include and exclude by -filemask switch was sometimes shown incorrectly.

2012-05-08

• Using MLSD/MLST to list directory with FTP protocol, when supported. Thanks to Michael Lukashov. 568
• UTF-8 support in an internal editor. 78
• Optionally refreshing file panel in regular intervals. 53
• If password is not specified on Login dialog with FTP protocol, connection is first tried without password. 653
• WinSCP can now optionally collect and send to WinSCP team non-personal usage statistics.
• SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1b.
• IDE upgraded to Embarcadero C++ Builder XE2.
• Dropped support for Windows 95/98/ME. Minimal supported version is Windows 2000.
• Warning is printed on console, when user combines -filemask switch with obsoleted exclude or include options.
• Embedded GPL licence text did not contain instructions for how to use GPL on your own programs. 800
• .NET assembly description and consequently type library name modified to start with “WinSCP” for easier look up.
• Remembering the last selected stored session on the Login dialog. 760
• When waiting for external console redirected to a pipe times out, it is suggested to check, if the pipe is being read from.
• Transfer settings panel moved from Preferences dialog into separate dialog.
• Layout of Transfer settings dialog improved.
• Split button is used for Transfer Settings button on Transfer, Synchronize and Keep remote directory up to date dialogs (Windows Vista and newer only).
• Set defaults command of Login dialog placed more intuitively on drop down menu of Save button (On Windows Vista and newer only).
• .NET assembly Session class public methods are explicitly locked against concurrent and recursive access.
• Silently ignoring errors, when implicitly preserving permissions of overwritten file after resumable file upload. 773
• File mask on Find file window can be edited in Edit mask dialog.
• Files in directory excluded from file search are excluded from search too. 730
• Change: Blowfish is preferred encryption cipher. 1
• Fixed mistakes in MFC building readme file in source code package.
• 256px icon embedded directly in the executable file.
• Not considering 3xx error code an error for custom remote commands. 832
• Double buffered drawing of file panels to prevent flicker. 823
• Alpha-blended marquee selection on file panels.
• Hidden columns are reordered to the front, not to interfere with resizing of visible columns.
• Full row select is by default turned ‘off’ to allow easier selection of files by mouse.
• Optional full row select in Explorer interface. 792
• Increased minimal height of directory tree item.
• On Login dialog, Save button is disabled on Logging tab and Preferences tab and Login button is disabled on Preferences tab, to avoid confusion.
• Bug fix: When downloading file with SFTP protocol, overwrite confirmation dialog showed cached timestamp of source remote file instead of actual one. 810
• Bug fix: Shut down once operation completes was blocked by confirmation prompt. 811
• Bug fix: Redirected output of console interface lacked CR. 812
• Bug fix: Window flickered when application was activated.
• Bug fix: Main menu did not open when application was not activated. 813
• Bug fix: When selecting files by mask, all directories were implicitly selected. 808
• Bug fix: When finding files, all directories were implicitly found. 840
• Bug fix: winscp.com did not restore console codepage on exit. 814
• Bug fix: Failure on SSL session resuming. Thanks to Michael Lukashov. 668
• Bug fix: Failure on second failed call to Session.Open of .NET assembly.
• Bug fix: Information about dragged files was generated incorrectly. 828
• Bug fix: Failure when reconnect failed. 829
• Bug fix: Exclusion-only file mask on Edit mask dialog was formatted incorrectly.
• Bug fix: Unicode console output was displayed incorrectly on Windows XP and earlier.
• Bug fix: Failure when generating valid local file name from name containing more than one invalid character. 836
• Bug fix: Path label disappears when clicked. 837
• Bug fix: Authentication prompts with no actual prompt were always failed in scripting. 820
• Bug fix: Default session settings were not preserved, when set based on loaded stored session. 839
• Bug fix: When mask wrapped in Edit file mask dialog, it was split into multiple masks.
• Bug fix: The .NET assembly could not find winscp.exe, when run from network path. 841
• Bug fix: Incorrect timestamp timezone in XML log and .NET assembly. 843
• Bug fix: Rare incorrect conversion of line endings. 845
• Bug fix: Keepalives cause timeouts with FTP protocol. 847
• Bug fix: Occasional failure while authentication prompt is idle. 848
• Bug fix: Selected note in directory tree was drawn incorrectly, when not focused in Explorer interface.
• Bug fix: Temporary file with XML log was not removed with .NET assembly. 849
• Bug fix: Rare incorrect EOL conversion.

2012-02-29

• 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.
• Change: Session option Remember last used directory is enabled by defaut.
• Error when looking up user groups are by default suppressed.
• 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.
• Embedded GPL licence text did not contain instructions for how to use GPL on your own programs. 800
• When checking for updates, version of winscp.com and .NET assembly is also reported.
• When downloading file with SFTP protocol, first open source remote file before deleting original contents of target local file. 803
• 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 was 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
• Bug fix: Output/input from winscp.com is converted to/from Ansi encoding.
• Bug fix: Fallback to registry storage, when implicit INI file storage was not writable, was not working. 801
• Bug fix: Incorrect Base64 encoding in HTTP Basic authentication with FTP protocol. 804
• Bug fix: Could not drop files on file panel (unless started and kept in report view). 806

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

2011-10-21

• Recently used sessions are added to taskbar jump list on Windows 7. 527
• Queue processing can be disabled. 29
• Tab selector for sessions. 77
• Change: Synchronized browsing state is stored with stored session, not in preferences. 10
• Stored session folder opened/closed state is remembered. 220
• 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 in XML log. 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. 551
• 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.
• Session option Allow GSSAPI credential delegation is now configurable on the Login dialog. 583
• When renaming a folder within file panel, whole filename (including an extension) is always selected. 737
• In-application license text updated to GPLv3. 751
• 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, selection 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.

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 was 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 was 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
• Bug fix: Cannot switch to Internal text editor when searching. 679
• Bug fix: Wrong window layout with large fonts. 831
• Bug fix: Minimized snapped window was not restored to its snapped position. 844

2012-10-27

• Bug fix: Icon on properties dialog was rendered with session color on background.
• Bug fix: Tray icon was not restored after explorer/taskbar restart. 898
• Bug fix: External IP address of the server is not used when provided IP address is automatically detected as unroutable. 904
• Bug fix: Error connecting over SOCKS proxy with FTP protocol. 907
• Bug fix: Local file/folder got recycled when dropped on folder on the same panel. 911
• Bug fix: Failure when saving file opened from closed session. 918
• Bug fix: Command on Console windows is not saved to history, when executed using Enter key. 934

2012-07-24

• Back-propagated some improvements and fixes from 5.0.8 beta release:
  • FTP passive mode IP address is substituted with connection address automatically when passive mode address is unroutable. 883
  • Postponing upload of modified edited remote file to allow the editor finish saving of the file. 870
  • Parsed directory listing is logged.
  • Bug fix: Instruction-only authentication prompts were failed, when predefined password was used in prior prompt already. 877
  • Bug fix: Error when connecting to FTPS servers not supporting SSL session resuming. 879
  • Bug fix: Bugs and other three-state session options were logged incorrectly.

2012-06-07

• Back-propagated some improvements and fixes from 5.0.7 and 5.0.8 beta releases:
  • SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1c.
  • Embedded GPL licence text did not contain instructions for how to use GPL on your own programs. 800
  • Full row select is by default turned ‘off’ to allow easier selection of files by mouse.
  • Support for directory listing with timestamp format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm with SCP protocol. 853
  • With scripting exit code is recorded in the session log file.
  • Bug fix: Fallback to registry storage, when implicit INI file storage was not writable, was not working. 801
  • Bug fix: Incorrect Base64 encoding in HTTP Basic authentication with FTP protocol. 804
  • Bug fix: Could not select files by dragging selection marquee. 778
  • Bug fix: Shut down once operation completes was blocked by confirmation prompt. 811
  • Bug fix: Failure on SSL session resuming. Thanks to Michael Lukashov. 668
  • Bug fix: Command lls showed incorrect size for files over 2 GiB. 819
  • Bug fix: Failure when generating valid local file name from name containing more than one invalid character. 836
  • Bug fix: Authentication prompts with no actual prompt were always failed in scripting. 820
  • Bug fix: Default session settings were not preserved, when set based on loaded stored session. 839
  • Bug fix: Keepalives cause timeouts with FTP protocol. 847
  • Bug fix: Incorrect timestamp timezone in XML log and .NET assembly. 843
  • Bug fix: Failure when changing active session while background transfer queue list was being updated. 864

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