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Recent Version History

This is list of changes for each release of WinSCP. See also project history.

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2011-02-17

  • SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0d.
  • Enabled TLS extensions in OpenSSL, what resolves problems with some FTP servers. 658
  • Change: Compare directories command uses Shift+F2 shortcut instead of Ctrl+C. 641
  • Added support for dragging files from WinRAR. 399.
  • Bug fix: Check for application updates was not working.
  • Bug fix: Error response to SFTP initialization request was sometimes parsed incorrectly.
  • Bug fix: It was not possible to skip errors during some operations. 654
  • Bug fix: Home directory was incorrect after reconnect with FTP protocol. 659

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4.3.1 beta

2010-12-11

  • SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0c.
  • File renaming is not started, when only focusing file panel. 570
  • Bug fix: Failure when logging in ad-hoc session. 632
  • Bug fix: Failure when directory is reloaded while renaming file. 633
  • Bug fix: Values with special characters were not exported correctly to PuTTY. 634
  • Bug fix: Invalid DST handling in the Southern hemisphere. 638
  • Bug fix: Synchronized browsing was not preserved, when restarting application. 639

4.3 beta

2010-11-07

  • Increased socket internal buffer size for SSH. It should improve transfer speed. Thanks to ultramage. 615
  • Environment variables are resolved in path to external editor. 563
  • Include/exclude masks can be used when moving files between local and remote directories. 536
  • Add to Bookmarks and Refresh commands added to context menus of panel path labels. 624
  • Change: With FTP protocol, passive mode is used by default. 165
  • Change: Links to website and help are no longer created in start menu folder. 616
  • Autocomplete disabled for most of the combo boxes. 619
  • SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2010-09-27, revision 9010). It brings following changes:
    • Improved port forwarding robustness.
    • When disconnected because there are no supported authentication methods left to try, the error message contains the list of methods sent by the server.
    • Standard GSS libraries are now loaded from standard locations rather than using the default DLL search path.
    • Other small bugs fixed.
  • SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.0a.
  • Bug fix: Error when refreshing panel content. 617
  • Bug fix: Error when more background transfers finish at the same moment. 622
  • Bug fix: Script does not abort after receiving no answer for prompt, when running in batch mode. 623
  • Bug fix: Main window appeared in background, when prompt for master password appeared during authentication. 629
  • Bug fix: Script running in batch mode did not automatically reconnect broken sessions. 517
  • Bug fix: Error when uploading empty file over FTPS. 489

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4.2.9

2010-09-23

  • Never try to rename file to the very same name. 604
  • Bug fix: Failure when executing custom command and not capturing its output. 587
  • Bug fix: GSSAPI/Kerberos was not working. 590
  • Bug fix: Local file timestamp was interpreted incorrectly for synchronization on Windows 7. 591
  • Bug fix: Failure on close scripting command. 599
  • Bug fix: Edited file was reloaded from active session, not from original session. 603
  • Bug fix: Path history was mixed among sessions. 607
  • Bug fix: Session closed after operation completed was automatically reconnected. 608
  • Bug fix: Check for application updates was hanging. 611
  • Bug fix: Missing content on OpenCandy screen. 600

4.2.8

2010-07-14

  • File size masks are allowed in script commands. 555
  • Change: Conversion of timestamps between local and remote systems with respect to DST follows changes introduced in Windows 7. 564 This breaks synchronization when you used previous WinSCP versions.
  • Installation package includes development versions of PuTTYgen and Pageant applications. It brings following changes:
    • PuTTYgen supports importing of new-style OpenSSH private keys (encrypted by AES rather than 3DES).
  • SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2010-05-19, revision 8952). Improving GSSAPI support.
  • Script commands and output are included into session log. 547
  • Bug fix: IPv6 support was broken. 556
  • Bug fix: Protocol ftps was ignored in session URL when port number was also specified. 558
  • Bug fix: Suggested session path was duplicated when saving new session. 562
  • Bug fix: SFTP packet counter overflow. 565
  • Bug fix: Sorting by owner/group was broken. 571
  • Bug fix: Failure when opening session protected with master password from command-line in console. 573
  • Bug fix: Saving password in default session settings did not force prompt for master password, allowing the password being stored unencrypted.
  • Bug fix: Missing OpenCandy DLL on Windows startup. 579
  • Bug fix: Hangs when changing directory using directory tree after toggling showing of hidden files. 580
  • Bug fix: !.! was suggested as name of executable when browsing for previously undefined executable.
  • Bug fix: Failure when running multiple instances of console interface tool in parallel. 581

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4.2.7

2010-03-04

  • Increased maximal size of accepted SFTP packet. 548
  • Bug fix: Failure when closing connection after another failed connection. 547
  • Bug fix: Root path was not remembered as last working path on a drive. 549
  • Bug fix: Hang-up after closing connection. 550

4.2.6

2010-02-16

  • ZIP archive with both executables is released instead of just compressed EXE. 523
  • Automatically named session is renamed when hostname and/or username is modified. 532
  • When reading of file to be edited fails, empty internal editor is no longer shown.
  • Forcing width of message box not to exceed screen width.
  • Environment variables in path to private key file are resolved before passing it to PuTTY to open the session. 524
  • WinSCP name is included in balloon notifications. 533
  • Timezone offset can be set up to +/-25 hours. 534
  • Setup does not query OpenCandy for ads when running silent install.
  • Small visual changes for Windows 7.
  • Being tolerant to FTP servers enclosing path in 257 response to single quotes. 541
  • SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2010-01-17, revision 8846). Fixing memory leak.
  • SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 0.9.8l.
  • Bug fix: Bookmarks with equal sign in their name were not preserved when using INI file. 522
  • Bug fix: Synchronize browsing failed, when entering local directory, while current remote path was root. 525
  • Bug fix: Having higher logging level set decreased performance even when logging itself was disabled. 526
  • Bug fix: Error when running ad hoc custom command. 529
  • Bug fix: Tray icon was sometimes not removed when application closed.
  • Bug fix: Navigation tree on Preferences dialog was corrupted sometimes. 539
  • Bug fix: Memory leak while authenticating with private key.
  • Bug fix: System date/time format was not followed on Windows 7. 537
  • Bug fix: On some systems winscp.com did not find winscp.exe when executed from search path. 542
  • Bug fix: Failure when connection was closed while Console window was opened. 544

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4.2.5

2009-12-22

  • Environment variable WINSCP_PATH pointing to path, where WinSCP executable file is located, is set on startup, so it can be used to configure portable paths relative to the WinSCP executable file. 311
  • It is not possible to cancel master password prompt anymore, when saving session with passwords.
  • Slash added to names of directories in search results to distinguish them from files.
  • Keyboard shortcut for finding files changed to F3 in Explorer interface.
  • Path is recorded in history after changing directory in console window. 518
  • Replacing characters not allowed in local file names is taken into account with synchronized browsing. 512
  • Merged error message and directory creation confirmation box into one, when synchronized browsing cannot find corresponding opposite directory. 347
  • Synchronized browsing can handle change to different directory branch. 101
  • Placed Use same options next time on synchronization dialog above transfer settings box to make it clear that transfer settings are not saved. 519
  • SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2009-11-22, revision 8755). It does not bring any notable change.
  • Bug fix: When master password changing was canceled, message informing about successful change appeared anyway.
  • Bug fix: No help was associated with Security tab of Preferences dialog.
  • Bug fix: Passwords in default session settings were not re-encrypted when master password was changed.
  • Bug fix: Empty session password were in rare situation encrypted using master password, what caused seemingly useless prompts for master passwords.
  • Bug fix: WinSCP did not offer to unset read-only flag when overwriting local files anymore.
  • Bug fix: Error when downloading remote files from root directory into temporary local directory. 502
  • Bug fix: Failure when retrying connect attempt after host is not resolved. 503
  • Bug fix: Incorrect calculation of DST start/end date. 504
  • Bug fix: Session data on Login dialog were overwritten when locale is changed. 508
  • Bug fix: Error when moving local directory to remote side. 509
  • Bug fix: Help for put scripting command incorrectly claimed that -append switch is valid for FTP protocol only.
  • Bug fix: Ampersands (&) in names of transfer settings presets and custom commands were handled inconsistently. 506
  • Bug fix: Excluding file from transfer did not prevent access to the file. 514
  • Bug fix: Error when daylight saving is not properly configured in Windows. 519
  • Bug fix: Shell icon for stored session in folder could not be created. 515

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