Recent Version History

2013-04-07

• Prototype of WebDAV sessions. Thanks to Michael Lukashov. 160

2013-08-12

• Bug fix: Failure when opening the first session with Automatically open new session in PuTTY enabled. 1037

2013-08-12

• Convenience and robustness improvements for working with master password: 1023
  • Avoiding repetitive master password prompts, when editing site.
  • Detect and warn when trying to set/clear master password while another instance of WinSCP is running.
  • Saving configuration, including master password, immediately after setting/clearing one.
  • Not prompting for master password for read-only site view.
  • Hiding an actual password length from read-only site view.
  • When setting/changing/clearing master password, collecting errors while recrypting passwords individually, not to abort whole process on a single error.
  • Gracefully handling stray encrypted passwords, when master password is actually not enabled or different.
  • Feedback and repeated prompt on incorrectly entered master password in scripting mode.
• Synchronization preview in scripting. 885
• Showing number of active and pending transfers on queue label. 1031
• Configurable minimal and maximal supported TLS/SSL version.
• Information about TLS/SSL version and cipher used in available on Server and protocol information dialog and main window status bar.
• Ctrl+W shortcut for closing tab (session). 1035
• Bug fix: Local directory box was missing on Advanced Site Settings dialog.
• Bug fix: Redundant reading of directory contents before file download when MLSD is in use. 1021
• Bug fix: Incorrect encryption of passwords protected with master password, potentially leading to loss of stored passwords. 1022
• Bug fix: When adding password to existing site, new password can possibly be unprotected with master password.
• Bug fix: Failure when starting with default session settings having a password set protected with master password.
• Bug fix: Not allowing search path to exceed system limit of 2048 characters. 1025
• Bug fix: Pending queued transfers were omitted from queue status display on taskbar button. 1030
• Bug fix: No error is displayed and session is not immediately closed when detecting variable containing command return code fails with SCP protocol. 1032
• Bug fix: Failure when using context menu of disconnected session tab. 1033
• Bug fix: Failure when right-clicking empty area on site tree. 1036

2013-07-18

• Simplified Login dialog:
  • Both site tree and basic session controls are visible at the same time.
  • Login dialog is resizable. 378
  • Modal editing of sites.
  • Advanced session controls moved to a separate dialog Advanced Site Settings dialog.
  • Context menu for site tree.
  • Site name and path are specified separately when saving site.
  • Separate entry for New Site in site tree.
  • Global settings such as Interface and Logging removed from Login dialog.
  • Language selection moved from Languages button of Login dialog to Languages page of Preferences dialog.
  • Display of sessions in workspace.
  • SSH Private key file box moved to SSH tab of Advanced Site Settings dialog.
• Performance improvement.
• Custom command pattern !`command` that expands to output of local command.
• Subset of custom command patterns can be used in PuTTY path, including !/, !@, !U, !P, !?prompt?! and !`command`. This among other allows opening PuTTY in the same directory as current WinSCP working directory 326; or using different SSH client, such as KiTTY 966.
• Buttons that open drop down menu are marked with an arrow.
• New icons for Console, Find and Synchronization Checklist windows.
• Session settings can be exported also to KiTTY, when opening session in PuTTY/KiTTY.
• Configurable registry key for exporting sessions to PuTTY(-like) clients. 1006
• Suppressing critical error popups. 1007
• New shell icons for site, site folder and workspace.
• Relevant help is available for more error messages.
• Renamed Login and Preferences dialogs’ “tabs” to “pages”.
• Help border button is available on message boxes.
• Prompt answers Yes to All/No to All moved closer to the primary Yes/No answers.
• Internal error message boxes feature Report button to directly report the error on support forum.
• Allowing filtering subdirectories. 1018
• Event Session.FileTransferProgress is always raised when file transfer completes.
• Bug fix: Remote panel state is lost after closing Console window. 1004
• Bug fix: Failure when reading file into internal editor. 1005
• Bug fix: Fragments in Help links were not working.
• Bug fix: Failure when disposing Session of .NET assembly. 1008
• Bug fix: Failure when pressing Shift key in console prompt with winscp.com. 1009
• Bug fix: Constant CPU usage when queue is empty. 1013
• Bug fix: Missing labels for some answers in scripting (such as Yes to All/No to All on overwrite confirmation prompt).
• Bug fix: Option Support for listing if hidden files is not working. 1015
• Bug fix: Cannot open context menu on another list or tree entry or different view location, while another context menu of the same view is already opened.
• Bug fix: SSH vulnerability. 1017
• Bug fix: Mismatched warnings about accepting any SSH hostkey and TLS/SSL certificate respectively.
• Bug fix: Timeout prompt sometime never dismisses, even when host finally replies, with SFTP/SCP protocol.

2013-05-08

• Not showing disconnect error message before reconnecting inactive session to upload edited file.
• Renamed WinSCP .NET assembly to winscpnet.dll to avoid conflicts with winscp.exe. 945
• Command Clear caches clears also cache of secondary shell session.
• Change: Not trying to kill WinSCP process from .NET assembly Session finalizer.
• Calculating hot track color of path label to be in contrast with background. 992
• Simplifying overwrite confirmation prompt: 993
  • Grouping advanced commands to drop down menu under button with related common command.
  • Added thousands separators to sizes.
• Offering to remember password for duration of session on password prompt (when settings Remember password for duration of session is turned off).
• File sizes on Synchronization Checklist and Find dialogs are optionally shown using short format. Use Show files sizes in short format checkbox in the Panels page on the Preferences dialog to control this feature.
• Changing default tabulator size to 8.
• Swapped order of Use MLSD command for directory listing and Support for listing of hidden files FTP session options. Also disabling the latter unless the first is set to Off.
• Not allowing Timezone offset session setting with FTP protocol, while MLSD listing command is used.
• Not opening session from jumplist in existing instance, if it is showing error.
• Logging parsed directory listing on Normal logging level (previously on Debug 1 level).
• Moved option to remember session password from Background to Security page of Preferences dialog.
• Cached SSH host keys are imported by default.
• Bug fix: It was not possible to pass sequence of consecutive delimiters when skipping to the next “word” in path input boxes.
• Bug fix: Opened/Closed folder icons on Location profile dialog were swapped.
• Bug fix: Build script was not working on 64-bit.
• Bug fix: Build script was calling non-existing target clean.
• Bug fix: Taskbar button does not flash, when message pops up, while WinSCP is on background. 988
• Bug fix: Custom command pattern !/ had incorrect value when executed on existing secondary shell session just after directory change. 989
• Bug fix: Wrong background of path labels with disabled themes. 990
• Bug fix: Cannot import FileZilla sites in folders. 994
• Bug fix: FileZilla site logon type is not imported. 995
• Bug fix: Installer was asking for name of program menu folder, although no folder is created anymore.
• Bug fix: Failure when reconnecting session with automatic remote panel refresh enabled. 997
• Bug fix: Failure when using mouse wheel with mouse cursor outside of WinSCP window. 998
• Bug fix: Failure when canceling FTP password prompt.
• Bug fix: When Change stored password to this one option is checked on password prompt, password is not updated for current session.
• Bug fix: Mouse range selection does not start from focused file after directory reload. 999
• Bug fix: IP address range 172.16-172.31 was not detected as unroutable for FTP passive mode. 1001
• Bug fix: Opening session in PuTTY does not work. 1002

2013-04-07

• New toolbar icons and 16×16 icon. 290
• Workspace can be saved. 776
• Using term Site instead of Stored session.
• Sites import from Filezilla. 61
• When upgrading, setup offers to restart Windows Explorer (or other applications), when drag&drop shell extension needs to be updated. 686
• While installing, setup offers sites import from PuTTY or Filezilla.
• Command to Import/restore configuration from INI file.
• On first edit, offers configuration of user’s custom text editor as default editor.
• 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 New 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.
  • Icon to distinguish Copy/Move operation.
  • Do not show this dialog box again implies saving transfer settings
• 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:
  • Using “Download” and “Upload” commands to distinguish copying to local and remote directories respectively.
  • Using “Download and Delete” and “Upload and Delete” commands instead of “Move” to distinguish moving files to local and remote directories respectively.
  • Optionally keeping completed transfers in queue list for configurable period of time. 584
  • Replaced file operation toolbar, bottom hot key bar and upload/download toolbar with specialized local and remote file toolbars to allow manipulating local/remote files using mouse, without need to change panel focus (Commander interface only).
  • Improved incremental search for sites on Login dialog: 984
    • Text is searched anywhere in the site name, not only at the beginning.
    • Next/previous matching sites can be searched for.
    • Search text is shown below site list.
  • Displaying queue status on taskbar button. 151
  • Replaced Selection toolbar with specialized local and remote Selection toolbars (Commander interface only).
  • Added label to the most important toolbar buttons. They can be optionally hidden including already existing labels like Command-line label (Commander interface), Address label (Explorer interface) and New session tab label.
  • Moved Commands toolbar of Commander interface first.
  • Find files command moved from Commands toolbar to Remote Navigation toolbar and is now available regardless of focused panel.
  • Renamed Add to Bookmarks command to Add Path to Bookmarks.
  • Removed Close toolbar button from Editor and Log windows.
  • Session menu and toolbar reorganized.
  • Increased height of path labels (Commander interface only).
  • Single-file queue transfers occupy only single line in background transfer queue list.
  • Increased height of background transfer queue list row.
  • User interface icons are shown also in Setup.
  • Turned off automatic stretching of Transfer settings toolbar.
  • Column Attr is hidden by default on local panel.
  • Default (installation) width of the Commander interface is larger, if the screen resolution allows it.
  • Added Download and Download and Delete buttons on Commands toolbar of Explorer interface.
  • Moved Panels node on Preferences dialog to the top-level to reduce nesting.
  • Horizontal line above file background transfer queue list splitter to highlight its presence.
  • Disabling whole Once Empty submenu, when queue is empty.
  • Using own context menu for local files (similar to existing context menu for remote files) by default. 163
  • First column in Editor list in preferences is editor name.
  • Icons are no longer dimmed with Office XP theme.
  • Tab with disconnected session is greyed.
  • Removed SSH Protocol version from Site tooltip.
  • When file cannot be loaded using selected encoding in Internal editor, error is shown. On error loading default encoding, attempts to load using another encoding. 971
  • On main window views without focus respond to mouse wheel. 846
• Whole site folder can be opened at once. 424
• Change: Session from commandline and/or from jump list is opened by default using existing WinSCP instance. 769
• Transfer resume support can be controlled in scripting (-resumesupport switch of file transfer commands) and .NET assembly (TransferOptions.ResumeSupport property). 834
• Transfer progress feedback using Session.FileTransferProgress event. 818
• For special cases, it is possible to accept any SSH host key or any TLS/SSL certificate (with warning) using -hostkey=* in scripting and SessionOptions.GiveUpSecurityAndAcceptAnySshHostKey or SessionOptions.GiveUpSecurityAndAcceptAnySshHostKey in .NET assembly. 815
• Site Manager command. 855
• Writing INI file to user’s profile, if program path is not writable. 817
• Any mouse or keyboard input cancels or resets reconnect countdown.
• Increased default reconnect interval for idle sessions to 9 seconds.
• Additional F5 shortcut to reload file in internal editor. 986
• Reconnect interval for idle sessions can be configured independently.
• Only shortcut to WinSCP itself is created in Start menu. 616
• In Commander interface, the keyboard shortcuts F3 and F5 can optionally have the same meaning as in Windows Explorer (Find File and Refresh).
• Changing session port number on Login dialog to well know port, updates protocol automatically.
• Reporting an error when reading of local directory fails during operation. 952
• Retrospectively logging previous script records when session is starting.
• When SFTP connection is rejected, knock FTP port. If open suggest using FTP protocol.
• Desktop shortcut to open site folder can be created.
• 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
• Printing transfer progress for small files in bytes in scripting. 964
• Before opening session using command-line parameter in scripting, warning is printed, that this is deprecated function.
• Allowing host key import for SSH protocols only.
• Export to INI file moved from Preferences to Login dialog.
• Added larger values to initial offer of speed limits. 987
• New !P pattern to include process ID into session log path.
• Logging file timestamps when transferring using SFTP protocol.
• Workaround for servers that do not acknowledge file transfer. 976
• 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.
• Bug fix: Records on Authentication window were temporarily truncated.
• Bug fix: Selection on file panel was not visually updated when panel received/lost focus.
• Bug fix: Panel path label was not deactivated when focus moved from directory tree to file transfer queue.
• Bug fix: Download command was not highlighted as default in remote directory context menu when Operation to perform on double-click was set to Copy.
• Bug fix: Text mode transfers should not be resumed FTP protocol. 965
• Bug fix: No error is shown in Internal editor, when file cannot be loaded using selected encoding. 971
• Bug fix: Failure when disposing Session of .NET assembly in process running with restricted privileges.
• Bug fix: open command record in logs with masked-out password did not contain the command name.
• Bug fix: Pointless attempt to update source file timestamp, when uploading with FTP protocol.
• Bug fix: Preserve timestamp checkbox was not available for uploads with FTP protocol.
• Bug fix: Failure when server does not acknowledge file upload with FTP protocol. 982
• Bug fix: Failure when creating local directory. 983
• Bug fix: When user cancels connection, authentication window is not closed.

2013-08-11

• Back-propagated some improvements and fixes from 5.2.3 beta release:
  • Bug fix: Not allowing search path to exceed system limit of 2048 characters. 1025
  • Bug fix: No error is displayed and session is not immediately closed when detecting variable containing command return code fails with SCP protocol. 1032

2013-07-29

• Back-propagated some improvements and fixes from 5.2.2 beta and 5.2.3 beta releases:
  • Help border button is available on message boxes.
  • Suppressing critical error popups when creating jumplist. 1007
  • Saving configuration, including master password, immediately after setting/clearing one. 1023
  • Bug fix: Fragments in Help links were not working.
  • Bug fix: Failure when pressing Shift key in console prompt with winscp.com. 1009
  • Bug fix: Cannot open context menu on another list or tree entry or different view location, while another context menu of the same view is already opened.
  • Bug fix: SSH vulnerability. 1017
  • Bug fix: Timeout prompt sometime never dismisses, even when host finally replies, with SFTP/SCP protocol.
  • Bug fix: Redundant reading of directory contents before file download when MLSD is in use. 1021
  • Bug fix: Failure when starting with default session settings having a password set protected with master password.

2013-05-19

• Back-propagated some improvements and fixes from 5.2 beta and 5.2.1 beta releases:
  • New !P pattern to include process ID into session log path.
  • Logging file timestamps when transferring using SFTP protocol.
  • Workaround for servers that do not acknowledge file transfer. 976
  • Logging parsed directory listing on Normal logging level (previously on Debug 1 level).
  • Bug fix: Failure when disposing Session of .NET assembly in process running with restricted privileges.
  • Bug fix: open command record in logs with masked-out password did not contain the command name.
  • Bug fix: Pointless attempt to update source file timestamp, when uploading with FTP protocol.
  • Bug fix: Preserve timestamp checkbox was not available for uploads with FTP protocol.
  • Bug fix: Failure when server does not acknowledge file upload with FTP protocol. 982
  • Bug fix: Failure when creating local directory. 983
  • Bug fix: When user cancels connection, authentication window is not closed.
  • Bug fix: Build script was not working on 64-bit.
  • Bug fix: Build script was calling non-existing target clean.
  • Bug fix: Taskbar button does not flash, when message pops up, while WinSCP is on background. 988
  • Bug fix: Custom command pattern !/ had incorrect value when executed on existing secondary shell session just after directory change. 989
  • Bug fix: Failure when reconnecting session with automatic remote panel refresh enabled. 997
  • Bug fix: Failure when canceling FTP password prompt.
  • Bug fix: When Change stored password to this one option is checked on password prompt, password is not updated for current session.
  • Bug fix: Mouse range selection does not start from focused file after directory reload. 999
  • Bug fix: IP address range 172.16-172.31 was not detected as unroutable for FTP passive mode. 1001
  • Bug fix: Remote panel state is lost after closing Console window. 1004
  • Bug fix: Failure when reading file into internal editor. 1005

2013-02-18

• TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1e.
• Not requiring the .NET assembly to exist in file. 970
• Not considering 3xx error code an error for post-login FTP commands. 972
• Bug fix: Failure after system-wide change. 962
• Bug fix: Issuer and Subject were swapped on Certificate verification prompt. 967
• Bug fix: Traversed subfolders are incorrectly included in find results. 968
• Bug fix: Wrong color indicator on session tab when session was not switched by clicking on the tab. 974
• Bug fix: Failure when auto remote directory refresh was triggered during operation initiated by drag&drop. 975
• Bug fix: Wrong timezone offset was applied with FTP protocol. 977
• Bug fix: It was not possible to preserve timezone offset of 24 hours and greater in stored session.
• Bug fix: Wrong timestamp conversion with FTP protocol. 978
• Bug fix: Error in .NET assembly when temporary path contains exclamation mark. 980
• Bug fix: Indefinite chain of errors when XML logging fails.

2013-01-06

• Masking out password in open command in logs. 957
• Location of XML log file can be configured in .NET assembly.
• Bug fix: Several flaws in file mask validation on Edit mask dialog.
• Bug fix: Selecting and filtering files using exclude mask only was not working. 951
• Bug fix: Failure to open session in scripting from command line was not reported in exit code. 953
• Bug fix: Session settings TunnelHostKey was not working. 948
• Bug fix: Path word-breaking was not working on most dialogs. 954
• Bug fix: Timeout while waiting for user to enter password with FTP protocol. 955
• Bug fix: Newly created local directory is not opened with synchronized browsing. 956
• Bug fix: Cannot change local folder anymore after system-wide change, when local tree is hidden. 959
• Bug fix: Failure in Session.Open on x64 systems. 960
• Bug fix: Failure when starting as user without desktop. 961

2012-12-02

• Not poping up progress window when application is minimized. 943
• Ensuring uniqueness of the XML logging path in .NET assembly. 944
• 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
• Bug fix: Hangs when stopping watching for changes in local folder. 915
• Bug fix: Failure when reporting usage statistics.
• Bug fix: Failure when closing application, while checking for application updates.
• Bug fix: Session and directory information was not shown on tray icon tooltip. 949

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: 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

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