April 30th, 2012· Added: Reparse points can now be excluded from a scan (see Folders tab of the Options window).
· Modified: File access error message boxes now remind the user of potentially missing administrator rights for Windows Vista and higher.
· Modified: When exporting a list of equal files and no equal files are found then this is now stated in the exported list file.
· Fixed: When searching for files with same name, the context menu of the list box in the All duplicates window now contains options for retaining files based on folder/path length.
· Fixed: The installer now shows the correct license agreement.
· Fixed: Added an explanation for the formerly unknown error code 124.
September 26th, 2011· Added: Exported lists of duplicate files can now be configured to contain a header and a summary (see Export page of the Options window).
· Added: Exported CSC-files can now be configured to contain a header (see the Export CSC-file window).
· Modified: Redesigned the Options window from tab-based to page-based view in order to solve scaling issues with different font sizes.
· Modified: The options for creating batch files and for exporting lists of duplicate files are now separated into two individual option pages.
· Modified: If started for the very first time CloneSpy now asks for saving the settings on program exit.
· Modified: Floating-point numbers are now represented according to the user's preferred native locale.
· Modified: Improved the error message which is shown when hard links cannot be created due to insufficient rights of the user running CloneSpy.
· Modified: Hard links are no longer replaced by new hard links.
· Fixed: The number of hard links that can be created is no longer limited.
· Fixed: The command line options for changing the setting of the Mode frame in the Main window no longer cause a crash (regression since v2.6).
June 27th, 2011· Added: The vertical size of the Main window can now be reduced (see Priority tab of the Options window).
· Modified: Improved the error message which is shown when a file cannot be deleted due to insufficient rights of the user running CloneSpy
· Modified: The folder "$Recycle.Bin" is now ignored by the default settings (see Folders tab of the Options window)
· Fixed: Enlarged the fields showing the numbers of open and closed categories in the All duplicates window to hold more than four digits
· Fixed: Improved the scaling of the tab pages in the Options window for all font sizes on Windows Vista and Windows 7
· Fixed: When resetting all settings then the most-recently-used lists of the pools are now erased
January 30th, 2011· Added: Zero length files can now be handled as normal files (see Time + Size tab of the Option window).
· Added: Checksums can now be exported by using %c in the export list format (see Export tab of the Options window).
· Added: Folders in a pool can now be explored in the Add folder window.
· Added: Default command line parameters can now be specified in the registy.
· Modified: The tree view of the View CSC-file window is now generated faster.
· Modified: The uninstaller now removes CloneSpy.ini for better cleanup.
· Modified: If errors occur while all sibling folders are added to a pool in the Add folder window then more precise error messages are shown.
· Modified: If a settings file cannot be loaded at startup then a more precise error message is shown.
· Modified: The symbol used as digit group separator for large numbers is now taken from the locale settings of the user.
· Modified: Windows 98se and Windows ME are no longer supported (regression since v2.5).
· Fixed: The check boxes in the View CSC-file window are now shown in disabled state because they cannot be modified by the user.
· Fixed: If a settings file could not be loaded at startup then the title of the Main window no longer says the opposite.
· Fixed: The context menu in the Single duplicates window no longer shows wrong entries.
· Fixed: Invalid file errors no longer occur when making a CSC-file from the second pool while logging is enabled (regression since v2.51).
· Fixed: A CSC-file no longer includes an entry about itself, which occurred when the CSC-file was stored in the scanned folder.
August 28th, 2010· Added: The list box of each Result presentation window can now be configured to show the name of scanned CSC-files via the context menu.
· Added: The list box of the All duplicates window now has additional entries in its context menu for unmarking files in a more advanced way.
· Added: Categories in the All duplicates window can now be opened and closed based on whether they contain marked files or not.
· Added: Directory deletion commands are now written to batch file if empty folders should be removed (see Deletion tab of the Options window).
· Modified: Memory management is slightly improved.
· Fixed: The "Stop scanning" button in the Zero length files window is now working again (regression since v2.31).
April 12th, 2010· Added: The list boxes in the Result presentation windows now have a context menu offering copy-to-clipboard operations and grid lines.
· Added: The list box of the All duplicates window has additional entries in its context menu offering more advanced file marking and statistics.
· Added: In the Add folder window it can now be configured whether the last visited folder in the tree view should be remembered for both pools.
· Added: The Add folder window now has a "Remove selected folder from list" button that removes directory paths from the pool list box.
· Added: The user now receives feedback if errors occur while files are being acquired (can be disabled in the Report tab of the Options window).
· Added: The settings associated with a scan can now be written to the log file (see Logging tab of the Options window).
· Added: CloneSpy can now be configured to play a sound when equal files are immediately displayed (see Priority tab of the Options window).
· Added: File entries in the Result presentation windows can now be marked by pressing the Ctrl key plus the left mouse button.
· Added: The installer now allows you to change the folder in the start menu or even to create a new folder.
· Modified: The Options window now remembers the last visited tab until the next program start.
· Modified: The All duplicates window can now be closed with the close button in the title bar.
· Modified: Improved wording of the header written to the log file.
· Modified: Improved readability of numbers in the log file summary.
· Fixed: The option "Close categories above selected item" no longer affects the currently highlighted category in the All duplicates window.
· Fixed: Controls in the Logging tab of the Options window are now correctly enabled/disabled if logging is enabled/disabled.
· Fixed: Corrected the log file entry for deleted or moved zero length files for the case that deletion of equal files is deferred to batch file.
· Fixed: After clicking one of the "Make CSC" buttons in the Main window unrelated error messages are no longer shown.
· Fixed: Added an explanation for the formerly unknown error code 19.
December 16th, 2009· Added: CloneSpy now fully supports Unicode.
· Added: Output files can now be encoded in ANSI, OEM, or Unicode.
· Added: In two-pool mode you can now click on the legend of the Result presentation windows to mark all files of the corresponding pool.
· Modified: The Add folder window now remembers the last visited folder for each pool individually.
· Fixed: CloneSpy no longer fails on finding all equal files when searching for duplicates with the same name which happened in rare cases.
· Fixed: CloneSpy now handles files with sizes larger than 2 GB correctly.
· Fixed: When exporting file lists the %f column now gets correctly aligned.
· Fixed: Added version information to installer and CloneSpy executable.
· Fixed: Added explanations for the formerly "unknown" error code 120.
· Fixed: When adding a folder into a pool while its parent folder is in the other pool then the parent folder is correctly removed again (regression since v2.4).
· Fixed: The "total time of scanning" shown in the scan progress window no longer resets to 00:00:00 after 24 hours.
· Fixed: File paths longer than 255 characters no longer cause a crash.
November 6th, 2009The new features are:
· Added: CloneSpy now (hopefully) fully supports Unicode.
· Added: Output files can now be encoded in ANSI, OEM, or Unicode.
· Added: In two-pool mode you can now click on the legend of the Result presentation windows to mark all files of the corresponding pool.
· Modified: The Add folder window now remembers the last visited folder for each pool individually.
· Fixed: CloneSpy no longer fails on finding all equal files when searching for duplicates with the same name which happened in rare cases.
· Fixed: CloneSpy now handles files with sizes larger than 2 GB correctly.
· Fixed: When exporting file lists the %f column now gets correctly aligned.
· Fixed: Added version information to installer and CloneSpy executable.
· Fixed: Added explanations for the formerly "unknown" error code 120.
· Fixed: When adding a folder into a pool while its parent folder is in the other pool then the parent folder is correctly removed again (regression since v2.4).
· Fixed: The "total time of scanning" shown in the scan progress window no longer resets to 00:00:00 after 24 hours.
September 7th, 2009The new features are:
· Added: CloneSpy now (hopefully) fully supports Unicode.
· Added: Output files can now be encoded in ANSI, OEM, or Unicode.
· Added: In two-pool mode you can now click on the legend of the Result presentation windows to mark all files of the corresponding pool.
· Modified: The Add folder window now remembers the last visited folder for each pool individually.
· Fixed: CloneSpy no longer fails on finding all equal files when searching for duplicates with the same name which happened in rare cases.
· Fixed: CloneSpy now handles files with sizes larger than 2 GB correctly.
· Fixed: When exporting file lists the %f column now gets correctly aligned.
· Fixed: Added version information to installer and CloneSpy executable.
· Fixed: Added explanations for the formerly "unknown" error code 120.
The beta 3 also fixes a problem of the beta 1:
· Fixed: CloneSpy no longer closes itself when exporting ANSI list or batch files.
July 27th, 2009· Added: CloneSpy now (hopefully) fully supports Unicode.
· Added: Output files can now be encoded in ANSI, OEM, or Unicode.
· Added: In two-pool mode you can now click on the legend of the Result presentation windows to mark all files of the corresponding pool.
· Modified: The Add folder window now remembers the last visited folder for each pool individually.
· Fixed: CloneSpy no longer fails on finding all equal files when searching for duplicates with the same name which happened in rare cases.
· Fixed: CloneSpy now handles files with sizes larger than 2 GB correctly.
· Fixed: Added version information to installer and CloneSpy executable.
· Fixed: Added explanations for the formerly "unknown" error code 120.
June 13th, 2009· Added: The expansion progress of the folder tree in the Add folder window can now be aborted by pressing the Escape key.
· Added: The location of the CloneSpy.ini and the default output folder can now be modified through the registry (only available for standard installation).
· Fixed: The creation of the folder for the CloneSpy.ini at program start no longer fails for users with Unicode characters in their names (only occurred in standard installation).
· Fixed: The date format is now correctly retrieved from a settings file.
May 23rd, 2009· Added: CloneSpy now comes with an installer. Alternatively, the program can still be unpacked and executed without installing it.
· Added: CloneSpy can now create hard links (see Deletion tab of the Options window).
· Added: Environment variables can now be used for specifying file and folder paths in CloneSpy (see Specifying paths in the help file).
· Added: All folders in the tree view of the View CSC-file window can now be expanded/collapsed at one time via context menu.
· Added: If a settings file is loaded automatically (see Command line options and Automation window) its path is displayed in the main window title.
· The date can now be displayed in ISO 8601 format (see Time + Size tab of the Options window).
· Modified: Checking for a newer version is now activated by default (see the Menu bar of the Main window).
· Fixed: The list boxes in the Options window (see Files tab, Folders tab, and Names tab) now allow entries that are prefixes of other entries.
· Fixed: When merging CSC-files entries with the same name and content but different file path are no longer removed.
· Fixed: The default text color of the pool list boxes in the main window is now no longer black but taken from the system color scheme.
April 26th, 2009· Fixed: The list boxes in the Options window (see Files tab, Folders tab, and Names tab) now allow entries that are prefixes of other entries.
· Fixed: When merging CSC-files entries with the same name and content but different file path are no longer removed.
· Fixed: CloneSpy no longer crashes when started for the very first time which happened occasionally in version 2.4 beta 1 and 2.
February 21st, 2009· Added: CloneSpy now comes with an installer. Alternatively, the program can still be unpacked and executed without installing it.
· Added: CloneSpy can now create hard links (see Deletion tab of the Options window).
· Added: Environment variables can now be used for specifying file and folder paths in CloneSpy (see Specifying paths in the help file).
· Added: All folders in the tree view of the View CSC-file window can now be expanded/collapsed at one time via context menu.
· Added: If a settings file is loaded automatically (see Command line options and Automation window) its path is displayed in the main window title.
· Added: The date can now be displayed in ISO 8601 format (see Time + Size tab of the Options window).
· Modified: Checking for a newer version is now activated by default (see the Menu bar of the Main window).
October 20th, 2008· Added: When dropping files into a pool their folders can now be inserted.
· Fixed: The Add folders window now opens without time lag.
September 30th, 2008· Added: The new command line option -csc inserts CSC-files into the CSC-pool.
· Added: The new command line options -c1 and -c2 allow you to automatically start a CSC-file generation for the corresponding pool.
· Added: If all files in the Single duplicates window or all files within a category in the All duplicates window are marked while the delete button is pressed then a warning is issued.
· Added: The new patterns %i and %I of the export list format (see Export tab of the Options window) and %i of the CSC-file export format (see the Export CSC-file window) allow for the enumeration of file entries.
· Added: When exporting a list of duplicates, alignment of columns can now be switched off (see Export tab of the Options window). The same holds for CSC-file export (see the Export CSC-file window).
· Fixed: If "Make new file" is selected in the Logging tab of the Options window the View log button in the scan progress window now opens the correct log file.
July 14th, 2008· Added: A new check box in the scan progress windows makes CloneSpy close after a scan if results are exported or deleted automatically.
· Added: If a log file is generated, it can now be viewed after a scan by pressing the corresponding button in the scan progress window.
· Added: The date can now be displayed in different formats (see Time Size tab of the Options window).
· Added: Folders entered manually in the Add folder window can now be added to a pool by pressing the return key.
· Added: If a pool cannot be scanned because of restrictions in the Options window, CloneSpy now provides a better explanation about the cause.
· Modified: The command line option -e is now ignored if results are to be handled by the user (see the Action frame of the Main window).
· Fixed: Solved some display problems when using large fonts.
June 15th, 2008· Added: The command line options -p1 and -p2 can now handle multiple folders.
· Added: The new command line options -m1, -m2, -m12, -m1c, and -m2c can be used to override the scanning mode. See the help file for details.
· Added: CSC-files can now be merged (see the Menu bar of the Main window).
· Added: Data from CSC-files can now be exported to text files (see the Menu bar of the Main window or the View CSC-file window).
· Fixed: The command line options -p1 and -p2 can now handle folders that end with a backslash. See the help file for details.
· Fixed: CloneSpy no longer crashes when the View CSC-file window is closed before the tree view is fully generated.
· Fixed: Folders in the tree view of the View CSC-file window are now shown in the order of acquisition.
· Fixed: Adding CSC-files to the CSC-pool now works correctly again.
· Fixed: Solved some display problems when using 120 DPI setting.
June 17th, 2006· Fixed: When an XP-Style is activated on Windows XP all CloneSpy windows have now a context help button in their title bar.
· Fixed: When a path is inserted manually in the Add folder window leading and trailing white spaces are ignored now.
· Fixed: When searching for duplicates with or without same name the checksum generation progress will not exceed 100% any more.
· Fixed: The icon next to "Sorting acquired files" in the scan progress window will not flicker any more when searching for duplicates.
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