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Version History
SyncBackSE
This shows you how often SyncBackSE was updated with us over the past few months. Whenever available, we also include additional information for each update (new features, changes etc.).
version 5.1.0.0 - posted on Oct 03, 2008
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version 5.0.0.13 - posted on Aug 25, 2008
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version 5.0.0.12 - posted on Aug 18, 2008
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version 4.5.16.0 - posted on Jul 23, 2008
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version 4.5.15.0 - posted on Jun 16, 2008
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version 4.5.14.0 - posted on Jun 13, 2008
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version 4.4.14.0 - posted on Apr 15, 2008
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version 4.3.2.1 - posted on Feb 04, 2008
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version 4.3.0.0 - posted on Oct 29, 2007
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version 4.2.7.0 - posted on Sep 26, 2007
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version 4.2.5.0 - posted on Aug 30, 2007
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version 4.2.4.0 - posted on Aug 11, 2007
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version 4.2.3.1 - posted on Jul 31, 2007
- New: Japanese translation by Ikuo Karatsu (also a Japanese translation of the entire help file)
Updated: Czech translations
Updated: %DAYOFMONTH% can be used instead of %DAY%
Fixed: Next Run column shows next run if set to run in background
Fixed: Dialog about new version available is stay-on-top to avoid it being hidden behind main window
Fixed: Exception when a filename in a versions folder starts with a period
Fixed: Was using wrong network login username and password when restoring
Fixed: Restart/shutdown setting now shown in Global Settings->Expert if not using Vista
Fixed: File date & time now unchanged when shortcuts updated
Fixed: Excess versions now deleted when using FTP
Fixed: Removed `cannot use VSS` warnings from log files as they confused many
Fixed: Split Zip files can now be larger than 4GB
Fixed: Ctrl-Shift-R, -S will not force the Differences window to appear (Ctrl-R, -S still will)
Fixed: Resume of FTP upload/download modified to handle local file open errors better
Fixed: The selections and filters can now be changed if the source cannot be reached
Fixed: Open/comparing files in Differences window will now open currently selected version while changing it
Fixed: Cannot choose a filename for a single Zip file that is an existing folders name
Fixed: Renaming of the destination when changing to and from single zip compression
Fixed: Missing links to other log pages
Fixed: Access violation when using Portuguese and going to Fast Backup page of profile configuration
Fixed: Bad variable type error message when using Windows 2000 and exporting profiles or using Zip files
version 4.2.1.0 - posted on Jul 19, 2007
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version 4.2.1.0 - posted on May 14, 2007
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version 4.2.0.99 - posted on May 09, 2007
- New: File Versioning
New: Command to copy newer files over older in Results window (Ctrl-N)
New: Can specify client certificate to use for SSL/TLS FTP connections
New: -affinity command line parameter
New: -posreset command line parameter
New: Can stop, pause, and resume all profiles from main menu and tray pop-up menu
New: Can start and stop a profile from tray pop-up menu
Updated: 3 new FTP proxy types supported
Updated: The filename prefixes used in the Differences and File Prompt window now use the location label
Updated: Fast Backup and SmartSync dates & times stored in GMT/UTC to avoid timezone change problems
Updated: New variables for previous and next days, months, and years
Updated: New Profile wizard will copy all FTP settings, not just hostname, username, and password
Updated: Tech Support Wizard now includes background and drive monitor debug logs
Updated: Can now recognise infinite recursion caused by junction/mount points
Updated: Drag & drop from Differences window can be both files (if icon dragged), or just source or destination (if filename dragged)
Updated: In Vista the users schedules go into their own schedule folder
Updated: Numerous help file updates and corrections
Updated: Automatically uses split instead of spanned Zip files if Zip is not on removable media
Updated: Warning about using network drive letters
Updated: Log filename extension automatically changed if log type changed
Updated: Program filename highlighted in red in External file comparison tools window if program does not exist
Updated: Failure to delete an empty directory is now a warning and not a non-critical error
Updated: Faster single zip compression and ability to abort during compression
Updated: Default is now to disconnect from network share
Updated: If Run Before is on a same network drive as source or destination then connection is made before program is run
Updated: Will try to use SET UTIME FTP command if MDTM does not work
Updated: Tech Support Wizard will default to currently selected profile
Updated: Tray icon bitmap shows if all profiles paused and also if background runs disabled
Fixed: Numerous fixes, some Vista related
version 4.1.2.100 - posted on Jan 08, 2007
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version 4.1.1 - posted on Dec 22, 2006
- New: Supports SSL/TLS connections to SMTP servers (both direct and via STARTTLS)
Updated: Can now schedule profiles and edit schedules in Windows Vista
Updated: Profiles re-sorted when profiles are run
Updated: Log file says computer and username
Updated: Log file shows U3 device information if run from U3 device
Updated: Simple description in profile setup shows expanded source & destination if it contains variables U
pdated: Last Result column for a group profile shows running if any group in the profile is running Updated: Help file
Fixed: Lock-up when testing FTP settings
ixed: Error when testing encrypted FTP settings
Fixed: Failed to access the shadow volume (X:). Error (2147942403): The system cannot find the path specified.
Fixed: Empty non-critical errors page
Fixed: Error when viewing `Decisions - Files` page in profile setup in Spanish
Fixed: Only profiles of the first admin user to run new version of SyncBackSE are converted
Fixed: FTP resume check would incorrectly report no resume on some FTP servers
ixed: Dialogs hidden behind Differences window
Fixed: Index out of bounds exception when configured to delete folders when files deleted or moved from them
Fixed: Progress shown if a profile is running and is not currently selected profile
Fixed: Lock-up/crash when expanding large folders, e.g. System32, in file & folder selection tree
version 4.1 - posted on Nov 17, 2006
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version 4.0.11 - posted on Oct 09, 2006
- New: Norwegian translation by Kjetil Birkeland Moe
Fixed: Import of old SyncBack freeware profiles with space character in filters
Fixed: FTP was using UTF8 when configured not to
Fixed: Error message when inserting an external drive and SyncBackSE running and a profile is configured to watch for drive inserts Updated: Small user interface changes
version 4.0.10 - posted on Jul 31, 2006
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version 4.0.9 - posted on Jun 26, 2006
- New: Czech translation
New: Prompted to visit program introduction page when first run
New: Can use /language=`XX` command line parameter with installer to set language (for use with /verysilent)
New: Can use /UpdCheckDays=`30` command line parameter with installer to set update check interval (or disable it with 0)
New: Can use /SN=`XXX` command line parameter with installer to set serial number
New: Can use /Counter=`1` command line parameter with installer to not be prompted to visit introduction page when first run
Updated: Can now switch off safe copies option when using FTP to avoid problems with some FTP servers
Updated: Improved serial number entry form
Updated: FTP component
Updated: anonymous username is used by default with FTP if no username provided
Updated: New Zip filters
Updated: Can stop serial nag until 7 days before trial expires
Fixed: CRC values read correctly from FTP server
Fixed: Fast Backup data saved when a full backup is done via command line
Fixed: Gets file size from FTP when server does not support SIZE or MLST commands
Fixed: Order of profiles in group may be incorrect
Fixed: Email address used as name in From (as per previous versions)
Fixed: Incorrectly states Zip extraction fails when NTFS security settings cannot be set on extracted file
Fixed: Stealing focus
Fixed: Reconnects to FTP server if connection timed out during scan of source
Fixed: False positive about key logger
Fixed: Folders have closed square bracket may be ignored if selected in folder selection tree
version 4.0.8 - posted on Apr 26, 2006
- New: Catalan translation (thanks to Jordi Rodellar Fustero)
New: Progress feedback on profile conversion from old versions
New: -source and -dest command line parameters
New: Bandwidth throttling (not just FTP)
New: Completely new FTP engine to resolve socket errors and other FTP problems
New: Completely new Email engine
New: Filters shown in Profile Setup summary
New: %SBVERSION% variable
New: Option to delete certain files to make a folder empty, e.g. thumbs.db
Updated: Italian translation modified (thanks to Massimo Pedrazzoli)
Updated: Removed `nag` window on program close
Updated: No countdown timer on Evaluation button
Updated: Days left in evaluation shown in Window caption bar
Updated: Exceptions/errors from profile setup can now be caught
Updated: Minor internal fixes/changes
Updated: Prompted when uninstalling so settings are not lost
Updated: Can use arrow keys on Group Profile window to move profiles, and also can tab to profile boxes
Updated: Safe copies made even if destination file doesn t exist
Updated: Will not ask to create new profile on startup if no profiles
Updated: Default exclusion filters updated
Updated: Changed re-scan evaluation so numbers match correctly, e.g. %DAY%=1 and not just %DAY%=01
Updated: File collision window changed to remove hints which may hide filename
Updated: FTP download of file is resumed when connection lost and reconnected (if supported by FTP server)
Updated: FTP upload of file is resumed when connection lost and reconnected (if supported by FTP server)
Updated: Help file
Fixed: SmartSync data is now specific to the drive (based on serial number) as well as the folder
Fixed: Now compatible with other Zip programs when using international filenames
Fixed: Not saving settings correctly for folders with a closed square bracket in name
Fixed: Fixes to a number of translations that may have caused errors
Fixed: Invalid image size error on file/folder selection
Fixed: Default font in HTML log changed so pinyin characters now displayed correctly in Internet Explorer
Fixed: Settings saved while SyncBackSE running and Windows shutdown/restarted
Fixed: On Win98 sometimes failed when saving file/folder selections
Fixed: Auto-clean in file/folder selection window
Fixed: Crash on exit when trying to close any help windows
Fixed: Destination hidden & system when copying from root and copying file security
Fixed: Minimize to system tray now works again on NT 4
Fixed: In rare cases the profile gets stuck freeing memory (happens when attempting to copy open files)
Fixed: Rename of profiles also updates name in group profiles
Fixed: Zip encryption options were in the wrong order for some languages
Fixed: DST changes not ignored in some cases, e.g. using UDF
Fixed: Local temp safe copy file deleted when FTP transfer aborted
Fixed: Multiple dialog boxes/windows are not shown at the same time
Fixed: Waiting for VSS to become available when more than one profile needs to copy an open file at the same time
version 4.0.6 - posted on Dec 01, 2005
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version 4.0.5 - posted on Nov 23, 2005
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version 4.0.4 - posted on Sep 05, 2005
- New: Can check return value of Run Before program
New: DISKLABEL and DISKSERIAL variables to get the disk label and serial number
New: THISPROGRAM variable
Updated: 30 day expiry instead of 15, nag screen only shown on exit and not every time a profile is run
Updated: Can now schedule with trial version as nag screen and serial number prompt not shown when unattended
Updated: French & Polish translations updated
Updated: Help file
Updated: New exception handling
Fixed: Memory leak related to the Windows Task Scheduler
Fixed: BYTESCOPIED and BYTESREPLACED values were incorrect
Fixed: PROFILEFAILED is now equal to 1 on failure (was previously set to zero)
Fixed: File attributes were set wrongly if archive & read-only attributes were to be cleared but not both were already set
version 4.0.3 - posted on Aug 08, 2005
- New: Can press F2 on filter screen to modify currently selected item
New: Profiles can be password protected against modification and deletion
New: Can now export profiles from the command line
New: %PROFILEFAILED% variable that can be used in Run After
New: New copy method: Backup
New: Can now create own email body
New: Numerous new variables (mainly for use in email body)
New: Option not to attach log file to email
New: Right-click in Profile Setup to copy settings from another profile
Updated: Fast Backup can now again be used when compressing to a single zip file
Updated: Shortcut keys on filter screen to add/remove exclude items
Updated: If NTFS security cannot be copied/retrieve to/from Zip file then no error message is given
Updated: NTFS security stored in Zip files only if shell used, or set to copy security, and NTFS is being used
Updated: Crash Test menu item removed
Updated: Differences screen highlights deleted stats in red (bottom right box)
Updated: Differences screen shows count of files to be prompted on and also file collisions
Updated: Quick selection keys for prompt screen
Updated: If SHIFT key is pressed when Restore button is clicked then user not prompted to select source and destination
Updated: Can now send email to SMTP systems that use SASL, One-time-passwords, and CRAM-MD5 for authentication
Updated: Minor user interface changes to support German translation
Updated: When a profile is imported, copied, or created, it becomes the currently selected profile
Updated: Help file
Fixed: Stopping shutdown/reboot
Fixed: Cannot have empty exclude filter
Fixed: %PROFILENAME% and all variables are now expanded when testing from Profile Setup
Fixed: Files are correctly hidden in folder/file selection tree
Fixed: Root folder security copied
Fixed: Text logs now correctly appended to
Fixed: Port 21 can now be used for Implicit FTP SSL connections
Fixed: Missing files on an FTP server no longer cause a delay
Fixed: When English is selected it will be in English when restarted
Fixed: No warnings when zipping from FAT32 or on Windows 98
Fixed: Failure not shown for group profile when one of the profiles has no last result
Fixed: Sometimes abort does not work with some FTP servers
Fixed: Connection close gracefully errors when disconnecting from some FTP servers
Fixed: When a directory cannot be scanned all files in it are now ignored
Fixed: When a files security settings cannot be copied a warning is recorded instead of an error being given
Fixed: Buttons on main window resized (if required) when language changed
Fixed: Correctly creates FTP directories when fast backup data exists but is empty
Fixed: When using Chinese the log file is now complete and is in the correct dialect
Fixed: The display is updated periodically, e.g. Next Run time is refreshed
version 4.0.2 - posted on Jun 22, 2005
- New: Hungarian version now available (thanks to Jozsef Tamas Herczeg)
New: Select which language you want displayed
New: Debug information can now be switched on/off without needing to download a special version
New: Bug reports can now be created without needing to download a special version
New: Can now change the ignore/include setting for multiple folders in the file & folder selection window
ew: Differences screen now has mirror of files to right or left options
New: Can choose to skip Differences window from within Differences window
New: Four new variables: %DAYOFWEEKNAME%, %MONTHNAME%, %LABELALL%, %SERIALALL%
New: Reason why open/locked files cannot be copied is shown on first page of log file
New: Group profiles now show Success (if all ran with success) or Failure (if one or more failed)
New: Countdown timer shown when copying open/locked files
also allows for immediate abort
Updated: MD5 calculations now twice as fast (speeds up verification, except when using FTP or compression)
Updated: Group profile window now resizes both boxes so can see long profile names
Updated: Language selected during installation will be the language used for SyncBackSE when run
Updated: The variables %LABEL% and %SERIAL% no longer query the disks in drive A or B (use %LABELALL% and %SERIALALL% instead)
Updated: The ignore/include settings in the file & folder selection window are shown even for unselected/unexpanded folders
Updated: If unable to connect to networked destination then you can now select from source only
Updated: FTP directory selection now uses current directory value to guarantee validity
Updated: Fast Backup/Smart Sync not available when compressing to single file
Updated: Some warning messages for compression are now considered errors
Updated: Various small changes to interface to support German and Hungarian translations
Updated: Restore does not update Fast Backup data
pdated: Restore scans destination instead of using Fast Backup data
Updated: Expert Mode is selected automatically when creating new profile to backup an FTP server/Zip file
Updated: SMTP connection and read-timeout increased to 60 seconds
Updated: Now waits up to 2 minutes for open/locked files to be available on shadow volume
Updated: PDF help file
Updated: Help file
Fixed: If FTP server connection times out while Differences screen is shown then it now reconnects automatically
Fixed: SSL FTP connections can now be used on Windows 98 and 2003 (DLL was missing)
Fixed: MLSD used on FTP servers where previously not used, e.g. beta of Serv-U 6
Fixed: When using SmartSync deleted directories are deleted automatically on opposite side
Fixed: Empty read-only directories are now deleted
Fixed: Correctly reports error if Zip filename is too long (max length is 260 characters) when scanning and zipping
Fixed: AES encryption fixed
Fixed: `Unknown errors` when using single Zip file
correct error now shown
Fixed: `Parameter is incorrect` error resolved
Fixed: Multiple browser windows opened when using illegal serial number
Fixed: Countdown parameter
Fixed: Profile import for older profiles
version 4.0.1 - posted on Jun 04, 2005
- Complete Italian translation
Fixed bug where attempt was made to connect to network drive even if it is FTP
Fixed bug where in some instances the filter was not applied
Fixed bug where exception raised if using verification on single zip file
Fixed bug where inserting/removing USB device may raise exception
Increased VSS time-out to avoid problems when copy locked files on slow computers
Help file updated
version 4.0 - posted on Jun 01, 2005
- Smart synchronisation
Faster and improved Zip compression (now Zip64 with AES encryption)
Complete control over which files & folders to backup and restore
Clear & complete control over what to do with changed & new files
Powerful regular expression support to filter out (or in) files and directories
New log file format to clearly show the results of a profile run
More profile configuration options
New folder & file selection tree to allow for complete control over what files & folders are included in a profile
Improved Fast Backup options
Fully Unicode
Revised and extended Help File
version 3.2.7.480 - posted on May 13, 2005
- Fix for updated files not being compressed in single zip file
version 3.2.7.470 - posted on Apr 05, 2005
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version 3.2.7.460 - posted on Mar 21, 2005
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