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SyncBackPro V6.0.12.0 (January 2012)

New: EMAIL_MD5 and EMAIL_IDORMD5 variables for backup of email messages
New: Now supports Amazon S3 server-side-encryption
New: RUNRESULT variable for text of profile result (to use for emailing log, for example)
Updated: Better handling of emails with no message ID (which they should have)
Updated: Better handling of invalid EML filenames
Updated: ExtremeCopy functionality removed
Updated: Wording of text related to case changes on the file and folder decisions settings pages
Updated: Email sending and receiving components
Updated: Help file updated to explain what happens with identical files but different dates and times or attributes
Fixed: Was wrongly assuming files uploaded to the cloud via other utilities were folders
Fixed: Not recording correct error message when failing to retrieve an email
Fixed: SysLog messages can now be sent to localhost
Fixed: Safe copy not used when uploading to cloud unless versioning is used
Fixed: Rare case of skipping a file when dumping from memory to database
Fixed: Was keeping new SBMS login details even if the login failed
Fixed: When using SFTP it would not reconnect if disconnected when checking if a directory existed
Fixed: Taskbar progress fixed (was broken in V6.0.3)
Fixed: Case renaming now renames files instead of re-copying files (if the file is not empty and unchanged)
Fixed: Space bar can now again be used to continue when Differences window appears
Fixed: In rare cases emailing the log may result in a sending data error 5
Fixed: May crash when using DISKLABEL, DISKSERIAL, or DISKHWSERIAL
Fixed: Compressed file contains a different file than expected non-critical error on versioned compressed files
Fixed: File and folder selections no longer cached when profile run as may have slowed performance in some cases
Fixed: Issues related to minimizing and restoring window
Fixed: WmiPrvSE.exe service using high amount of CPU. It will still use CPU time if profiles are set to watch for program starts and stops.
Fixed: Event log wrongly recording that trial has expired
Fixed: Display refresh timer functionality changed to avoid rare Not enough timers available errors
Fixed: Was not deleting a temporary file (live run-time log)
Fixed: Mirror left/right button on Differences screen was sometimes just copying attributes instead of actual file

SyncBackPro V5.17.0.0 (January 2012)

Updated: Email sending component
Fixed: Not recording correct error message when failing to retrieve an email
Fixed: Rare case of skipping a file when dumping from memory to database
Fixed: When using SFTP it would not reconnect if disconnected when checking if a directory existed
Fixed: File and folder selections no longer cached when profile run as may have slowed performance in some cases
Fixed: Issues related to minimizing and restoring window

SyncBackPro V6.0.3.3 (November 2011)

New: EMAIL_IMAPFOLDER variable for when backing up emails
New: Can now get list of IMAP folders
New: Option to ignore S3 bucket naming restrictions
Updated: Cloud code improved to handle errors better and retry in more situations
Updated: Detects IMAP4 servers saying user is over bandwidth quota
Updated: ExtremeCopy DLL updated to avoid crashes
Updated: With backup of email messages it will ignore date and time differences if the email does not have a date
Updated: Installer to get around rare case of translation files being locked during install (because SyncBack is still running)
Updated: The logic on getting version information from a versioned file
Updated: Shows Insert in background column if profile is set to run on insert of a drive/disk
Updated: Small improvement in email performance
Fixed: Gives estimated time left when using cloud
Fixed: Possible crash when uploading to the cloud
Fixed: Backup to single zip on the cloud
Fixed: Email export sub-folder was using wrong default value
Fixed: May corrupt a child profile when running a group via the interface
Fixed: Was not showing filename in lower-left panel in Differences window
Fixed: Was not skipping folders already found but with different case
Fixed: Help file window may lock-up if help displayed from two different windows while keeping help window open
Fixed: Now correctly restores SyncBack window if trying to run a second instance
Fixed: -posreset will now correctly reset the main user window

SyncBackPro V6.0.0.15 (October 2011)

New: Amazon S3 and Google Storage support
New: Microsoft Azure support
New: Backup of emails stored on a POP3/IMAP4 server
New: Integration with SyncBack Management Service
New: Can use a SysLog server for notification about profiles runs, creation, etc.
New: New script functions, function calls, and example scripts
New: SBHistory scripting object for access to profiles run history
New: Detect changes in file and folder name case and optionally correct them
New: SmartSync options to skip and ignore changes
New: Can choose what to do when you are not prompted for action
New: Option to not log successfully copied, moved, or deleted files
New: Option to not send log email if simulated run
New: Can encrypt log file when emailed
New: -log command line parameter to display latest log file for a profile
New: -clearss command line parameter to clear SmartSync data
New: -monoff command line parameter to switch monitors off
New: -importprofile and -importscript command line parameters to import multiple profiles or scripts using wildcards
New: -sbmssync command line parameter and appropriate exit code
New: -profbackup command line parameter
New: -winpassword to specific Windows login password
New: Copy symbolic links as-is
New: Email bodies can now be plain text and/or HTML
New: Profiles can now be stored in the users roaming application data folder
New: Option to ignore NTFS encrypted files
New: Uses Windows 7 taskbar features
New: Can stop Windows sleeping while profile is running, e.g. when burning CD
New: Can use hardware serial number for drive insert detection and in new variables
New: Groups can also have time limits
New: When running a profile because of file or folder changes then can set how long to wait with no changes before running profile
New: Many new variables, e.g. HWSERIAL
New: Regular expressions now treat the backslash character as a line separator
New: Group settings main window lets you filter profiles listed
New: Profile run history can be seen in profile setup window
New: /max prefix to maximize window when running programs in Run Before and Run After
New: On Vista and newer, and if the locking application supports it, it can report the application that has a file locked
New: Profile result shows if profile aborted because too many files would be deleted
New: Stop, pause, and resume buttons in progress panel

Updated: Option to not split files when burning to CD/DVD/ISO
Updated: Profile configuration scripting expanded so that scripts can now have their own profile configuration settings page
Updated: Installation command line parameters for SBM Service connection
Updated: SMART drive failure improved so can now detect failure on more drives including external drives
Updated: Button on Log settings page to perform SMART test on all drives
Updated: The scripting section of the help file has improved formatting to make it more readable
Updated: New schedules are not limited to 1 day run time limit
Updated: On Vista and newer, profiles set to run on shutdown/logoff always run unattended
Updated: Versioning filename format changed so filename is before version information
Updated: Can now specify percentage of files deleted to trigger warn or abort
Updated: Old log files can be viewed for a profile while it is running
Updated: When pausing a profile, it will now pause the FTP upload/download
Updated: Silent fail now tests connection by connecting to the port on the server instead of pinging the server (as many servers disable WAN pings)
Updated: Detection of a profile already being run also checks other sessions (with same user)
Updated: Tweaks to make user interface better with terminal services connections
Updated: Next run date and time column takes into account the next run date and time of parent group(s)
Updated: U3 support dropped as SanDisk began phasing out support for U3 Technology in late 2009
Updated: Text log file format updated so easier to find errors
Updated: FTP resume of upload or download when disconnected will use MD5 hashing instead of CRC32 if server supports it
Updated: Shows if schedule is disabled and does not ignored disabled schedules on Vista and newer
Updated: When profile settings pages now warn if SyncBack is not set to start with Windows
Updated: Log contains warning if profile replaces group level variables and variables setup window also warns user
Updated: Numerous other small changes, fixes, and optimizations
Updated: Numerous interface tweaks to ensure translations are not truncated and translated when possible
Updated: HTML log file creation quicker
Updated: Log file now shows Fast Backup variable and its value if its a rescan
Updated: Renaming profiles is quicker
Updated: Window auto-close now returns windows actual caption on failure
Updated: Window forcibly auto-close more likely to work with non-admin users
Updated: Alternative paths list functionality improved
Updated: Action menu items in Differences window now in main pop-up menu for quicker access
Updated: Differences window and File Prompt now detect if the profile has been aborted, e.g. from tray icon
Updated: New scheduled tasks and imported schedules are now set correctly for Windows 7 or Vista as appropriate
Updated: Will now prompt to remove blank password restriction if set to do so when importing a profile with a schedule
Updated: Option to be prompted to remove Windows blank password restriction is disabled if user does not have access rights to change it
Updated: When importing a profile on pre-Vista versions of Windows it will change the schedule user account and prompt for the login password
Updated: New profile wizard is quicker to populate location drop-down lists
Updated: Tweaks to improve safe copy performance when copying from filesystem to filesystem
Updated: ExtremeCopy component updated to V2.0.1
Updated: Help file now includes details on SyncBack Management Service
Updated: Clears recent and frequent jump lists on Windows 7
Updated: Source and destination folder icons flash to help user know where to click
Updated: Adds bug report file to tech support zip file if it can be found
Updated: Improved speed of saving FB and SS data
Updated: Email addresses can now be separated by commas as well as semi-colons
Updated: Restore wizard displays error immediately when trying to restore from ISO or email backup
Updated: Change in logic for files that have the same date and time and "Use newer" or "Use older" is selected as the action
Updated: After program start the user is prompted if they want to delete corrupted profiles if any are found
Updated: Schedules tasks logon type changed so can run if user logged in even if schedules stored password is wrong
Updated: Fewer screens on installer (especially if already installed) and splash not shown if silent install
Updated: Installer will reboot computer if needed if a file can only be replaced or deleted via a reboot
Updated: Display refreshing optimized to reduce overhead
Updated: Newer version of madExcept exception handler
Updated: Differences window provides progress info

Fixed: Was not allowed to choose roaming folder for profiles if no access to program folder
Fixed: Drive hardware serial profile settings were not being saved
Fixed: Lock-up when testing FTP if it needs to reconnect with different settings
Fixed: Skip and Exclude is not allowed if file and folder selections are disabled
Fixed: Skip and Exclude was not shown in drop-down Action menu in Differences window if it was already selected
Fixed: Dropping files and folders onto main window on Vista and newer
Fixed: On pre-Vista versions of Windows it will attempt to update imported schedules so they use the correct program path and working directory
Fixed: Profile run on login setting can now exported and imported and copied from other profiles
Fixed: Will automatically retry UTF8 encoding if login fails for FTP/SFTP server (as username or password may be Unicode)
Fixed: Detects if FTP server has truncated directory listing
Fixed: Records error if SFX Zip file is too large to be executed by Windows
Fixed: When importing profiles with schedules created by administrators it will now import the schedule instead of giving access denied error
Fixed: Profiles run unattended, e.g. via scheduler, did not run
Fixed: Changes to support screen readers
Fixed: Default colours setting now applied to all windows
Fixed: Was giving access denied errors instead of folder not empty errors
Fixed: NTFS blocked files in destination were getting current date & time for last modification when versioning used
Fixed: If EXE had expired (not same as trial period expired) was not uninstalling everything
Fixed: The users chosen font is now used in the profile configuration window
Fixed: Default location labelling when new profile wizard completed early
Fixed: Showing shortcut keys in Chinese translation
Fixed: Filters not prefixed with *\ if starts with question mark
Fixed: Was creating empty folders even when set to delete all empty folders
Fixed: Pop-up menu on Differences window now hides menu items that cannot be clicked because nothing has been selected

SyncBackPro V5.13.0.5 (October 2011)

New: The installer is now Unicode enabled and uninstaller is signed
Fixed: German translation error (thanks to Joerg Toellner)
Fixed: FTP upload may upload zero bytes if file locked and VSS disabled
Fixed: SFTP folder creation may fail
Fixed: Was not setting directory create date when moving files due to rename
Fixed: Cannot use file hash value comparison with FTP and compression
Fixed: Could not use square brackets with IMAP folder names
Fixed: Can now use SERIAL and LABEL variables when watching for changes
Fixed: Main window minimize and restore problems
Fixed: In some rare cases split/span Zip could not be selected on Decisions->Files settings page visited
Fixed: "You cannot update a zip file and let the zip file span. (510)" when split size very large
Fixed: Was not saving fast backup data when set to save fast backup data for each destination folder
Fixed: Was retrying upload to FTP of file when file is missing
Fixed: Scripts that are not installed are not run
Fixed: Passing command line parameters to installer sometimes failed
Fixed: Resuming of upload of multi-zip files to FTP servers did not resume
Fixed: Incorrectly stated file copied when copying to FTP using safe copy and FTP file locked
Updated: Can detect a rollback from V6
Updated: Improved uninstallation
Updated: Improved scan performance due to in-memory caching of file and folder selections
Updated: Exception (bug report) handler

SyncBackPro V5.11.3.0 (March 2011)

Fixed: Silently fail did not work in some situations
Fixed: Crash at startup if two or more profiles have the same hot-key
Fixed: Sometimes did not email log if profile was aborted
Fixed: Reverts to default filters when only have one filter and change it to a filter that is incomplete and is auto-corrected
Fixed: Conversion of DOS filters to regular expression filters, also stopped forcing double backslash to beginning of reg expr filters
Fixed: Wrongly says trial has expired if entering full Pro serial number (no problem if upgrade serial) and have a registered version of SyncBackSE installed
Fixed: Some email script functions did not work
Updated: German translations (thanks to Sascha Brathe)
Updated: Spanish translations (thanks to Jordi Rodellar)
Updated: Very rare exception related to GetProcessImageFileNameW
Updated: The help section on regular expressions has been changed
Updated: Help file

SyncBackPro V5.9.4 (November 2010)

Fixed: Wrongly stated cannot use compression if backup to Zip files on FTP and set to delete destination only files
Fixed: Copying some locked files to FTP may fail in rare cases

SyncBackPro V5.9.3.16 (November 2010)

Fixed: Loading defaults for new groups
Fixed: Unable to save defaults on Compare Options settings page
Fixed: Drag & drop exception
Fixed: Will copy file instead of applying attributes if using Fast Backup and hashing comparison and destination is set to be deleted if not rescan
Fixed: No longer clears FTP checkbox when selecting FTP shared settings for a profile that was previously not using FTP
Fixed: Problem running groups within groups in parallel. Now a group that contains groups only run serially.
Fixed: Single zip compression to a drive fails if there is a file called SYNCBACK.CAT in the root folder
Fixed: Cosmetic bug where window caption showed unregistered while changing serial number
Fixed: LZMA compression sometimes failing
Fixed: Temporary main user interface lock-up when burning to CD/DVD and spans more than one disk
Fixed: Double-clicking checkbox on scripts page can cause program crash if a checkbox was not selected
Fixed : Restoring from CD/DVD when using single Zip compression
Fixed: Help File does not show all images
Updated: Timer resolution increased to meet Windows 7 energy efficiency guidelines
Updated: Enhanced detection of FTP servers that have restrictions on data channel encryption
Updated: Scheduled tasks now use normal priority instead of default lower priority

SyncBackPro V5.9.2.8 (August 2010)

Updated: Split single Zip file upload to FTP/SFTP improved to reduce renaming steps
Updated: Retries when renaming file on FTP server and FTP server says file is locked
Fixed: When using IMAP for backup to email may have not ignored deleted emails
Fixed: Exception when profile set to detect changes and file selections are disabled
Fixed: Path not found error when copying from shadow volume and using ExtremeCopy
Fixed: Deleting files on FTP server when server disconnects during delete
Fixed: When transferring several tens of thousands of files from FTP server one file may fail to transfer
Fixed: When set to delete all files on folders on FTP server it sometimes (rarely) wrongly reports that it was not able to

SyncBackPro V5.9.1.11 (June 2010)

Updated: Italian and Dutch translations
Updated: Refined change detection for files when profile set to run on change
Fixed: Error in Swedish translations causing a crash
Fixed: Network login failure
Fixed: Naming destination versions wrongly when using multi-zip compression
Fixed: Restoring versions on FTP when versions stored in root folder and folder where file is restored to does not exist
Fixed: Sometimes not deleting old versions when using FTP and multi-zip
Fixed: FTP filename translation with trailing spaces
Fixed: Sometimes failing to unzip files when restoring from multi-zip on FTP
Fixed: No longer uses fast scanning method on Windows 7 as incompatible with some NAS devices
Fixed: SFTP current directory can be wrong when reconnecting
Fixed: Ignores CRC32 hash values from Serv-U if hash value is not 8 digits long
Fixed: Sometimes creating root folder in sub-folders in FTP
Fixed: Maximum compression encryption password length is 79 characters
Fixed: Entering some Unicode characters into input box dialogs
Fixed: Importing profiles which have Unicode names that may be regarded as corrupted
Fixed: Using wrong filename when doing external program open or comparison with a version of a file

SyncBackPro and SyncBackSE V5.9.0.13 (March 2010)

New: ExtremeCopy option to improve performance when copying large files (100MB plus)
New: Option to ignore email delete failures on Fast Backup profiles when not a rescan
New: Profile can be automatically exported and added to root folder of CD/DVD/ISO
New: Many SyncBackSE program settings automatically imported when SyncBackPro first run
New: CompareFilenames and SameFilenames script functions
New: Much faster expressions filtering which will reduce profile run time
New: Much faster file verification with large files (6MB+) when copying from filesystem to filesystem and different physical drives
New: Much faster file hash comparison with large files (6MB+) when copying from filesystem to filesystem and different physical drives
New: -procpriority command line parameter
New: %DAYOFQUARTER% and %WEEKOFQUARTER% variables
New: %64@...% to read from 64-bit registry on 64-bit versions of Windows and 32-bit registry on 32-bit versions of Windows
New: Can set the number of log files to keep on a per-profile basis
New: Can stop an individual profile without stopping all the other profiles in the group
New: Finnish translations by Jarkko Mäkineva
Fixed: SendResultViaTwitter script updated to avoid duplicate tweets being ignored
Fixed: Copies directory creation date and time, and if hidden, to CD/DVD/ISO
Fixed: NTFS permissions were not being copied to UNC paths (was broken in V5.8.7.23)
Fixed: Socket timeout error when sending email using SSL on Windows 7
Fixed: Stop All Profiles will now stop profiles passed on command line still waiting to be run
Fixed: Double warning about Zip encryption password change
Fixed: Folder icon and icon for files with no extension now shown correctly on Vista and Windows 7
Fixed: Stop profile names that are too long for filesystem
Fixed: Tray hint text no longer truncated if too long
Fixed: Source and Destination labels when aborting New Profile wizard early
Fixed: Stack overflow and crash in cases where copying file and cannot get attributes of file to be replaced
Fixed: Sometimes emailing previous log file if profile aborted due to timelimit
Fixed: Detects FTPshell servers automatically so uses plain LIST command
Fixed: Error dialog from Windows 7/Vista when choosing files and folders and disk/card not in drive
Fixed: Was naming versions files wrong if profile previously used compression but no longer does
Fixed: Sibling groups not started automatically if previous group profile set to run in parallel
Fixed: Text log was not including total number of bytes copied, moved, or deleted
Fixed: Restore wizard updated to not be confusing when restoring to FTP, script, email, etc.
Fixed: Correctly handle linguistically identical filenames which are not ordinally identical
Fixed: Records error when FTP server has case sensitive filesystem and there are files/folders with names that differ only in case
Fixed: If profiles stored in a junction point then junction point not deleted when renaming, copying, or importing profiles
Fixed: Was not copying from shadow volume with multi-zip compression when profile configured to only use shadow volume
Fixed: Access Denied exceptions and other problems when INI settings files are hidden
Fixed: Comparing shortcuts when shortcuts are automatically updated
Fixed: About window does not fade in if using Windows Terminal Services
Updated: FullBackup is no longer read-only
Updated: If using hashing to compare files for differences, and cannot hash a file, then now will be treated as different instead of just recording an error
Updated: An FTP URL can be used in the FTP hostname field (wizard and profile setup)
Updated: Schedule window shows SyncBack error description for Status
Updated: Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, Norwegian, French, and Catalan translations

SyncBackPro V5.8.7.23 (December 2009)

New: While profile is running can click on number of errors text in main window to display text file containing list of errors so far
New: %ISUNATTENDED% variable
Fixed: Backup to multi-zip on FTP where modification date & time of file was before 2000
Fixed: Backup to multi-zip on FTP where file size was over 2GB
Fixed: Cannot use archival fast backup with multi-zip on FTP
Fixed: Was not deleting destination only files on FTP when using multi-zip
Fixed: Some FTP servers cannot rename files if the destination file already exists
Fixed: Meaning of a single backslash with FTP servers changed to mean root folder instead of login folder (now use period for that)
Fixed: Test for free space on network drive now done only after connection is made
Fixed: If running on Windows 2000 then detects bug where directory listing is not returned from server
Fixed: Get around Internet Explorer bug where it does not open some log files when asked to open many at the same time
Fixed: No longer requires at least 3% free disk space on external drives when creating Zip files
Fixed: GetFolder exception when importing profile on Vista and newer
Fixed: On Vista and newer it will automatically correct the program path when importing schedules
Fixed: Wrongly stating a group was recursive
Fixed: Group and profile selections and expansions retained between runs when using nested groups
Fixed: If erasing CD/DVD and unattended and configured not to prompt then it will erase instead of aborting
Fixed: Was using VSS when told not to
Fixed: Maximum Zip filename length back to 512 from 260
Fixed: Work-around for Windows 7 reporting wrong locale and so date and time formatting incorrect
Fixed: Various minor fixes and improvements
Updated: Uses new Windows features for potentially faster directory scanning on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2
Updated: Improved unzip performance when restoring from a single zip file
Updated: Global Options now includes the FTP buffer sizes
Updated: Profile rename no longer collapses all profiles
Updated: Differences window and collision prompt no longer steal focus (unless "Keep window on top of all others" ticked)
Updated: Added option to skip prompting before erasing CD/DVD
Updated: Option to record warning instead of error for missing files now also applies to copying from FTP
Updated: Dutch translations
Updated: Help File

SyncBackPro V5.8.6.1 (October 2009)

Fixed: Various and random crashes related to memory issues

SyncBackPro V5.8.5.0 (October 2009)

New: Backup to multi-zip files on FTP
New: Support for LZMA compression format (compatible with WinZip 12)
New: Example script OnlyYesterday
New: Support for FTP proxy type used by McAfee Web Gateway (formerly Webwasher)
New: Support for UTF8 storage of filenames in Zip files (compatible with WinZip 12)
New: Can now view all the logs in a group
New: On Vista or newer pop-up balloon appears if scheduled profile failed to run due to wrong password
New: Warning if exiting and have profiles set to run on logoff
Fixed: CD/DVD burning now works on Windows 7
Fixed: Text log file now includes total kbytes copied and deleted
Fixed: Delay after resuming from hibernation/sleep now applies to when periodic profiles are run after waking computer
Fixed: Some pop-up menus were not translated on Vista or newer
Fixed: Keep window on top of all others option in Differences window now works as expected
Fixed: If using FTP server then FTP server is scanned first so filename case from FTP server is used
Fixed: File and folder selections are refreshed to use the case when viewed
Fixed: After Differences window is displayed the network is tested to see if a reconnect is required, if so auto reconnects
Fixed: Sometimes failed to create versions base folder with FTP
Fixed: Occasional access violation (at address 00540D9A)
Updated: Automatically stops using ALLO (allocate) command with FTP servers if they do not require it
Updated: How network connections are made
Updated: Dutch translations
Updated: Help File

SyncBackPro V5.7.5.34 (September 2009)

Fixed: Manifest file changed to stop Windows XP SP1 and SP2 crashing

SyncBackPro V5.7.5.33 (September 2009)

New: Backup to single Zip file on FTP server
New: New variables
New: Can specify email encoding method for header and body
New: -noprofbackup command line parameter
New: Option to skip offline files
New: Last Scheduled Run Error column
New: RunPreCopyCheck run-time script function
Fixed: SMART check takes into account Seagate drives record seek error rate differently
Fixed: With SFTP now returns size of target file and not symbolic link file
Fixed: Burning to rewritable disks sometimes failed because it would not span more than one disk
Fixed: Burning to CD/DVD with multi-zip compression may sometimes get file not found errors
Fixed: Sometimes might miss a drive insert immediately after a reboot when set to run on login
Fixed: Updated manifest file so compression (and profile export and import) works when run from external drives
Fixed: Reduced CPU usage when sending and receiving email and burning to CD/DVD
Fixed: Was not using VSS with Windows Explorer file copying method on Vista or newer when file locked
Fixed: Sometimes VSS would fail with Windows 7 and give an "Unknown error." error message
Fixed: Problems with FTP servers, e.g. LiveDrive, that do not like trailing slash when creating directories
Fixed: Problems with some FTP servers not liking absolute paths when creating or deleting directories
Fixed: Was not deleting FTP folders that were potentially empty, i.e. only contained files that could be deleted to make it empty
Fixed: In rare cases some source files sizes may be reported as being twice its actual size
Fixed: Uses parent group variables now in all cases
Fixed: Silently fail if source or destination not reachable was not silent
Fixed: If chose to silently fail on both source and destination then only source was checked
Fixed: Various minor bug fixes and tweaks
Updated: Changes to avoid problems with broken SFTP server wrongly reporting directories exist
Updated: Run Before program now run before shadow volume is created
Updated: Can use variables for FTP hostname and username
Updated: Help File

SyncBackPro V5.6.0.36 (July 2009)

Fixed: SQLite Error 1 - not an error.

SyncBackPro V5.6.0.34 (July 2009)

Fixed: Imported and old profiles had versioning enabled on destination

SyncBackPro V5.6.0.32 (July 2009)

New: RunShowDiffWindow script function call
New: Proxy support with SFTP
New: Menu item to import SyncBackSE profiles
New: CSIDL variables
New: Option to filter out files Windows itself believes should not be included in a backup
New: Differences window filter option to just list files to be replaced or delete
New: Can change serial numbers
New: Can limit profile run-time
New: Support for repeating in scheduling for Vista and newer
Fixed: Was not prompting for CD/DVD when burning to single Zip on CD/DVD
Fixed: AllDrives script fixed so archive attribute is correctly cleared when safe copies used
Fixed: Archive and read-only file attributes not cleared correctly when using location script
Fixed: When using archival fast backup from a script it was incorrectly describing it as backup to the script
Fixed: New Profile wizard now chooses correct fast backup type when copying from script or email
Fixed: Some SFTP bugs related to creating, changing, and testing folders
Fixed: Timeout for FTP connections when there are tens of thousands of files and FTP server has a short timeout
Fixed: Rare FTP filename parsing problem with an FTP server on some NAS devices
Fixed: Problem when running a group profile that contains a sub-group that only has one disabled profile
Fixed: Failing to copy file attributes when using backup file copy method
Fixed: Exporting or importing profile to or from external drives stopped safe removal of that drive
Fixed: Shift and PageUp or PageDown now selects a block of files in Differences window
Fixed: Skip and Exclude for files in folders not yet expanded in file and folders selection tree
Updated: Embedded database engine updated to improve performance
Updated: Support for SOCKS5, SOCKS4, SOCKS4A, and HTTP proxy servers with FTP, FTPS, and SFTP
Updated: Added PGPWDE01 to default exclusion filter
Updated: Max filename length when using Zip reduced to 512 characters to reduce memory usage
Updated: Can use Windows environment variables for On Insert settings
Updated: Many edit controls now support dropping a filename or folder onto them
Updated: Run Before and Run After date and time variables now expanded to the current date and time
Updated: Log file now shows if fast backup was a full-backup/rescan
Updated: Log file shows recent FTP communication history when there are errors
Updated: SyncBackSE can export all profiles for SyncBackPro to import even if expired
Updated: Japanese translations
Updated: Chinese translations
Updated: Help file now includes a glossary and a new introduction page
Updated: Extensive screen shot updates and text corrections to help file

SyncBackPro V5.5.0.9 (April 2009)

New: Option to always calculate hash values for file comparison
New: Two new script functions to let scripts add attachments to log email
Fixed: File modification date and time problem with WinSSHD SFTP server
Fixed: Cannot open zip file. (503) error when doing automatic profile backup
Fixed: Last Result was wrongly set to Aborted if empty differences window shown and profile configured not to show empty diff window
Fixed: Choosing email folder with backup to email
Fixed: Versioning for multi-zip
Fixed: Deleting files to make a folder empty when using wildcards
Fixed: Window positions on multi-monitor setups
Fixed: Shared profile settings corrupted when profiles run in parallel that use same shared settings
Fixed: Alternative path button causes crash if path has invalid colon character in filename
Fixed: Script functions DecryptFile and EncryptFile no longer change the files last modification date and time
Fixed: Script functions with ByRef (out) parameters
Updated: Dutch translations updated by Sander Lambregts
Updated: Automatic filename translation for FTP can be switched on or off (used to be on always)
Updated: If a files last mod date and time cannot be retrieved then an empty date and time is used instead of ignoring file
Updated: SyncBack variables, e.g. %_Source%, can now be used in custom log email body
Updated: Can now revert to factory settings for filters
Updated: Help file

SyncBackPro V5.4.0.7 (March 2009)

New: Versions folder can now be a single sub-folder of the base folder instead of in each folder
New: Option to Skip and Exclude files and empty folders in Differences and File Collision window
New: Option to automatically close the Differences window if it is empty (due to filters)
New: Script to send a Twitter message after a profile run
Fixed: Show previous details of the files checkbox in Differences window is now disabled until a file is clicked
Fixed: Detecting changes on a removable drive after removed and re-inserted
Fixed: Can now safely remove external drives when being watched for changes
Fixed: Was not silently failing when asked to if source and/or destination cannot be accessed
Fixed: Was not using user defined profile variables in source and destination with filters and file and folder selections
Fixed: Was creating all the folders on the last disk when burning to CD/DVD or creating ISO
Fixed: Bug when downloading files with %20 in their filename
Fixed: Cannot write to zip file. (507) error when using UNC path for Zip file
Fixed: With SmartSync profiles it was sometimes creating empty folders when it should not have
Fixed: Can now use ^ in regular expressions
Fixed: Any file information changes made in the call to RunBeforeFileCompare were being ignored
Fixed: Not deleting expired versions when using a location script
Fixed: Several issues relating to restoring from CD/DVD backup
Fixed: Access violation in some cases when using private key with SFTP
Fixed: Permission denied errors when creating folders with the SFTP server freeFTPd
Updated: A version of a non-existent file can now be restored and copied/moved in one step
Updated: Windows Event Log not used by default (for new installations)
Updated: Prompt for shutdown/restart decision done before profiles are run instead of after
Updated: Help file

SyncBackPro V5.3.0.18 (February 2009)

New: Profiles can now share some settings, e.g. FTP connection settings
New: Option to use HOST command with virtual hosts (FTP)
New: Option to use LIST command without parameters (FTP)
New: %MONTHOFQUARTER% variable
New: Can prompt for passwords, e.g. FTP login password, instead of storing them in the profiles settings
New: Groups can be part of other groups
New: Example script to send an SMS text message when a profile fails to run
Fixed: Confusion when setting not to minimize to tray on close but does if previously told it to via dialog and not to prompt again
Fixed: When deleting files from FTP it was not trying to CHMOD the files so that can be deleted if told permission denied
Fixed: Connection not timing out when using SFTP
Fixed: File and folder selections not recorded correctly with files and folders that have leading spaces in their name
Fixed: Will immediately abort the profile run if the connection to the FTP server is lost and cannot reconnect
Fixed: File date & time set correctly with zFTPServer when using SFTP (note: at time of writing you must use unstable version of zFTPServer)
Fixed: Item heights on file prompt window
Fixed: Sometimes did not know if running from USB or firewire drive
Fixed: FTP XCRC bug with Serv-U FTP server
Fixed: Was not deleting files being moved to Zip files
Fixed: Run on changes re-enabled for Windows 2000
Fixed: Description of when files are skipped based on last modified/created date
Fixed: To avoid confusion defaults cannot be used on decisions files and folders settings page
Fixed: Remembers unzip passwords so does not keep prompting if password is already known
Fixed: Problems with SFTP servers where base directory does not begin with a backslash
Fixed: NTFS security copied if file system says it supports ACLs (previously only did this if real NTFS was used)
Fixed: Can now use equals (=) in value for user defined profile variables
Fixed: Tries to detect SMTP servers that do not like to say HELO or have problems with IP addresses being used with HELO
Fixed: Not deleting destination versions in some cases when using Fast Backup profiles
Fixed: Not displaying file prompts or differences window on 64-bit Windows when alternative shell is used
Fixed: Some internal SyncBack variables not expanded in Fast Backup rescan evaluation
Updated: Automatic filename translation when using FTP to avoid problems with invalid filenames
Updated: When using FTP or SFTP, initial connect will use the retry attempts number in the FTP settings instead of 5 times
Updated: Safe copy filenames will not use certain extensions, e.g. EXE, to avoid problems with security software
Updated: Will try to correct/fix NTFS security on folder where program settings are stored
Updated: Error message given in SyncBackSE if attempt to use a SyncBackPro serial number is made
Updated: The profile pause is not done if the profile is run on Windows shutdown/logoff
Updated: Can force file and folder selection tree to show source and destination files
Updated: Help file

SyncBackPro V5.2.1.0 (November 2008)

Fixed: Run on Insert for Vista
Fixed: Importing SyncBack freeware profiles

SyncBackPro V5.2.0.0 (November 2008)

New: Option to delete profiles log files in profile configuration
New: Log includes average file compression ratio
New: Option to add files and folders to selection tree
New: Global option to be prompted to run profiles on shutdown/restart
New: Clear History button on the Decisions - Files settings page (for SmartSync profiles)
New: Self-correct option in FTP settings to try and ensure the FTP server sets the correct file date and time
Fixed: Now prompted again for compression password when Apply button pressed
Fixed: "The file exists" errors when creating directories that already existed
Fixed: FTP debug log is now not deleted when reconnecting
Fixed: Unable to enter serial number once evaluation expired
Fixed: Selection tree auto cleans invalid entries if option enabled and folder expanded and contains invalid entries
Fixed: Compression 999 errors (were caused by filenames being too long)
Fixed: Max time to keep file versions was ignoring fractions of days
Fixed: File and folder selections in folders with large number of files
Fixed: When using FTP and active connections, now uses IP router to try and get external IP address
Fixed: Unexpected SyncBackPro termination after 30 minutes when registered SyncBackSE installed and unregistered SyncBackPro installed
Fixed: Bug fixes for SFTP protocols 5 and 6
Updated: Zip filenames now limited to 4096 characters in length instead of 260 (MAX_PATH)
Updated: Ejection of disks and safe-removal of removable devices
Updated: FTP and SFTP connections automatically set send and receive buffer sizes
Updated: Files to delete to make folder empty can now include wild cards
Updated: Scheduled profile information now shows any error message from last attempt to run profile
Updated: Help file

SyncBackPro V5.1.1.0 (October 2008)

New: Can use key pairs for SFTP authentication (Pro)
New: Option to record warning and not failure when a file cannot be copied because it has been deleted/renamed before it can be copied
New: Can mask attachment filename when doing backup to email (e.g. bypasses Gmail blocking exe attachments)
Fixed: You cannot update a zip file and let the zip file span. (510) error when backup to split Zip and set to delete destination
Fixed: Folder icon in profile setup (and full fast backup) will open an ISO file instead of a folder when backup is to ISO file
Fixed: When a group is auto-deleted because it is empty, the groups schedule (and other files) are now also deleted
Fixed: ISO files were incorrectly limited to 1024MB when splitting
Fixed: Log file showing wrong destination information when using backup to single zip on Email or CD/DVD
Fixed: Some paths, e.g. when using variable, not working when profile is set to run on changes
Fixed: File & folder selections when not using filters
Fixed: Email was sent if profile was run and is disabled, now not sent
Fixed: Unable to expand folders in file and folders selection window when copying from FTP and FTP path without trailing slash
Fixed: The drive does not exist error message now shows variable (e.g. LABEL or SERIAL) if set to silently fail and fails
Fixed: Norton Internet Security 2009 corrupting menus (shortcut key in menus now not shown if corrupted by NIS 2009)
Fixed: User defined variables in profile used when clicking Test button in Run Before and Run After
Fixed: Did not resume FTP upload or download if FTP server did not support XCRC
Fixed: Multi-zip compression was using shadow volume when did not need to
Fixed: List index out of bounds (-1) error in file prompt window
Fixed: FTP/SFTP component updated
Fixed: Rare looping problem trying to delete empty directories from 'broken' NAS devices
Fixed: Min and max sizes were ignored if value over 2GB
Fixed: Burn service started automatically to avoid rare crashes when creating new profile
Fixed: CD/DVD burner component updated
Updated: German translations
Updated: Will check to see if ISO filename is an existing folder
Updated: Ctrl-U will unselect all profiles
Updated: Faster minimize when minimize on close enabled and program closed
Updated: Error message displayed if try to view log that does not exist
Updated: Versioning now works with DriveHQ.com (work around limitation in FTP server software)
Updated: Backup to multi-zip (or split single Zip) on network drive may now be faster
Updated: Run unattended via hotkey, on shutdown/logoff, disk insert, and periodically, now possible with group profiles
Updated: Help file

SyncBackPro V5.0.1.0 (August 2008)

Updated: Email attachments now have same filename as file instead of just Attached
Updated: Catalan translations
Updated: Warning given in log files if FTP server does not support hashing and profile has verification enabled
Updated: File & folder icons in File and Folder Selection Windows not ghosted if unchecked and SmartSync profile
Updated: When testing UNC connections it will now say if there is already a connection (because if so then the username and password cannot be used)
Updated: Log is no longer displayed if the Result column is clicked
Updated: Differences window shows total number of unchanged files
Fixed: Installation failure of AOSMTPEX DLL on Windows 2000
Fixed: Fast Backup and Smart Sync data no longer updated if disk burn or email upload failure
Fixed: Could not send log to SMTP with SSL unless "Only send the email if an error occurs" was ticked
Fixed: Versioning filters always switched off
Fixed: Access is denied error message when using UNC path

SyncBackPro V5.0.0.12 (August 2008)

First Public Release

SyncBackPro has inherited the significant features, changes and updates of SyncBackSE, but has the following new features:

New: Backup to CD/DVD with disk spanning (compression not required)
New: Number of files included in backup/sync is no longer limited by free RAM
New: Backup to and from email (SMTP and POP3/IMAP4)
New: BZip2 compression (better compression rate than Zip)
New: Can check for drive warnings or failure using S.M.A.R.T. (recorded in log file)
New: Scripting support (program and profiles can be configured using user created scripts)
New: Search profile settings
New: Traditional archive bit backup (incremental and differential)
New: Can specify a different folder to use for full backups
New: Can get registry values using variables, e.g. %@HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\CurrentVersion%
New: Clicking on Result column will display profiles log file
New: Prompted for confirmation when mirroring files in Results window
New: If all files & folders are to be deleted then user now prompted first (if attended)
New: Last mod date & time of multi-zip files now set
New: Can rename multiple profiles
New: Easy/Expert (shortcut) node in profile configuration tree
New: Re-adding a filter that already exists will now re-apply the filters
New: Can right-click on file/folder in file & folder selection tree to select it
New: Can speak (or play WAV) when profiles start, finish, or require attention
New: View Log sub-menu shows if profile aborted (for profile run using this new version)
New: A profile run at different priority when run manually
New: Can log the drives serial and model
New: -countdownmsg command line parameter
New: Restore versions pop-up menu items on Differences window
New: User definable variables (also at group level that can be used by profiles in the group)
New: New main menu item to shutdown computer once all profiles have finished
New: File versioning filter (can now decide what files to version or not)
New: Copy from shadow volume only (snapshot)
New: Can add notes/comments to a profile. Notes are also displayed when importing a profile (not if unattended import via command line)
New: Option to copy desktop.ini files correctly
New: Option to hide the button panel
New: Filename extension column in Results window
New: Many new variables
New: Mirror right or left quick config buttons on Decisions - Files profile config page
New: Main window shows mirror right or left profile type if that is the profile type
New: Can set local computer name to send to SMTP email server
New: When a profile is selected in the main window the same profile(s) in other groups are also highlighted
New: Uses MFMT automatically when FTP server supports it
New: Can detect file renames with SmartSync profiles
New: Option not to record skipped files in log file
New: Option not to pause profiles when computer is suspended
New: Option to silently fail profile if the source or destination cannot be reached (network down, drive does not exist, or not disk in drive)
New: Aternatives given for the source or destination path, e.g. using disk serial number instead if external drive
New: Option to only run Run After program if any file changes made
New: Option to open folder of file in the Differences window
New: If an attempt is made to move, replace, or delete a Windows protected file then the error message in the log indicates it is a protected file
New: KBps is now shown when copying files (no longer just with FTP)
New: Remembers which profiles were selected in main window
New: Tray icon indicates if profiles have failed (optional)
New: File and folder selection tree shows if a file or folder exists in source and/or destination (sync profiles only)
New: Option to stop using Windows Event Log
New: Can switch off filtering for increased performance
New: Can switch off file and folder selections for increased performance
New: Can now use /silent or /verysilent command line param with uninstaller
New: Can set number of seconds to sleep after system wakes from hibernatin/sleep
Updated: Faster HTML log file creation
Updated: Faster filtering with DOS expressions
Updated: Ctrl+Enter can also be pressed to modify a profile (alternative is Ctrl+M)
Updated: HTML log files have source and destination paths at top of every page
Updated: To improve performance FTP resume only hashes last 128K to check for corruption when resuming upload or download
Updated: Special failed profile result if log of email fails to be sent, even if profile backup is switched off by default. Error also recorded to Windows event log.
Updated: Max waiting time for shadow volume creation is now 5 mins (was 2 mins)
Updated: Can also single click tray icon to hide or show main window (previously could only double-click)
Updated: Hostname can now be used for external IP address in FTP
Updated: Status shows if verifying/comparing source or destination
Updated: Run After can be run after log is closed
Updated: File system Properties in log file now lists more properties
Updated: Non-critical error record if connected to network but using default instead of supplied username and password
Updated: Can now schedule monthly on Vista
Updated: Files modified since filter now supports weeks, months, and years
Updated: %NONCRITICALERRORS% variable no longer exists
Updated: Will encrypt data channel if FTP server requires it
Updated: In file and folder selection window can choose to show or not files and folders in both source/left and destination/right
Updated: If SHIFT key is pressed on exit then a backup of all the profiles is made
Updated: Only one serial number entry window (and program has expired dialog) no matter how many instaces of program are running Updated: The safe filename extension is now random to avoid profiles stepping on each others toes when running at the same time in the same folder
Updated: If the safe copy file is locked then a new safe copy filename is used (avoids NAS bug where it holds the lock)
Updated: The safe filename extension is now random to avoid profiles stepping on each others toes when running at the same time in the same folder
Updated: The countdown window now has an OK button to skip the countdown
Updated: On XP or 2003, if a VSS snapshot cannot be taken because there already is one then it will keep trying until a time limit expires
Updated: Differences window shows how much disk space will be used
Updated: When adding to Auto Close list user given a choice of existing Window titles
Updated: Log shows total time in days, hours, minutes, and seconds (no longer just in seconds)
Updated: Option in Run Before to not create a log file or record an error if return value is not as expected
Updated: The source/left and destination/right labels are automatically changed to reflect the settings (if the default labels are used)
Updated: Records warning if file skipped because unattanded run and user cannot be prompted
Updated: The FTP send and receive buffer sizes have been changed so that in some cases file transfers are much faster
Updated: Improved performance in XP when there are many profiles
Updated: Variables can be used in Zip filename when emailing log files
Updated: Unselect All pop-up menu item on Differences window
Updated: If "Force date & time" is ticked, and using Fast Backup, then the files date & time on the FTP server
will be updated
Updated: Extensive help file updates
Fixed: Prompt for Zip password, and can also abort profile when prompted for Zip password
Fixed: File and folder decision choices when using fast backup
Fixed: Uses Windows Event Log correctly
Fixed: Cancelling restore to or from selection now does not move on to next step
Fixed: Re-checks if drive/card removed or network connection lost after scan and before copying, deleting, etc.
Fixed: Scanning of sub-folders when folder selected in selection tree and parent folder cannot be scanned
Fixed: Open Left/Right Folder pop-up menu item now expands variables when opening folder
Fixed: Using Delete key on Differences window now faster when multiple files selected
Fixed: Delete All Log Files button in Logging Settings will also delete all the debug log files
Fixed: Cannot have log history if appending to text format log files
Fixed: Update of "partial" icons in file and folder selection tree
Fixed: When profile set to run on changes then now not triggered if change is in a folder that is excluded
Fixed: Now only connects to source or destination first only if Run Before on UNC path of source or destinat
Fixed: Recursive prompting when SERIAL or LABEL variables used and disk not initially available and prompting if disk not available enabled
Fixed: Access Denied when creating NTFS encrypted folders on shares