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Cobian Backup Changelog

What's new in Cobian Backup 11.2.0.582

Dec 6, 2012
  • Russian language updated
  • Ucranian translation added
  • German language added
  • Portuguese-BR files updated
  • Czech help file updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.2.0.580 (Jul 31, 2012)

  • When using ZIP compression, some files where ignored. Bug introduced in 11.2.0.578. Fixed
  • The status bar was showing accelerators in file names
  • The post-backup events where always getting 0 as the number of errors in the task. Fixed
  • When deleting old backups, the name of the files or directories to delete ara now logged
  • When "Calculate source sizes" was checked, the task properties was showing "Calculating..." for ever. Fixed
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • Portugues-PT language updated
  • Czech language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.2.0.578 (Jun 30, 2012)

  • When sending a test SMTP message, UTF encoding was not working in the body of the mail. Fixed.
  • Keep alive is now selected as default for any new FTP connection
  • Reset positions was not working file when the width of the left column was zero
  • A change has been done in the way the zip engine reads the files to avoid problems with files with special temporary attributes
  • If an exception occurred whencompressing or encrypting individually, a wrong message was being logged
  • A bug was fixed when editing ASCII extensions for the FTP
  • Italian language updated
  • Chinese-traditional language updated
  • Turkish language updated
  • Czech language updated
  • Czech help file updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.2.0.575 (Jun 2, 2012)

  • Sorting the list by clicking on the list header was not working ok. Fixed
  • When the list contained groups and you sorted the list, some taks would disappear. Fixed
  • The program could hang when downloading or deleting files from some
  • FTP severs like Serv-U version 6. Should be OK now.
  • Drag'and'drop for the list items is now allowed ONLY when the All tasks tab is selected, to prevent chaos
  • The speed of the tray icon animation has been slightly sped up
  • Spanish language added
  • French language updated
  • Portugues-Brazil language updated
  • Russian language updated
  • Czech language updated
  • Simplified chinese language updated
  • Czech help file updated
  • Polish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.2.0.570 (May 26, 2012)

  • A new set of tray icon is now used by default. Thanks to Tag Solomon (tag824)!
  • The old set of tray icons can be selected from Options-Visuals
  • The default list of uncompressed extensions has been shortened
  • Help file updated
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • French language updated
  • Chinese- traditional language added
  • Italian language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.2.0.563 (May 24, 2012)

  • Fixed a problem when storing the UI positions when the user name contains a dot
  • When making a mirror, files with Readonly or System attribute were not being deleted
  • Simplified chinese language added
  • Czech language updated
  • Czech help file added
  • Russian language updated
  • Portuguese-Brazil language updated
  • The automatic interval when checking for updates has been decreased to once a week
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.2.0.556 (May 14, 2012)

  • Now you can execute a Command Line action as an event. This is great if you cannot use the execute or
  • ExecuteAndWait event for some reason (too many parameters, or for complicated stuff)
  • The interface warns you now when the engine is not found
  • When executing a file externally (by the UI) errors were not marked as such
  • Showing the filter "All files" in some dialog boxes didn't work. Fixed
  • FTP sources and destination can now be parametrized
  • Portuguese-PT language updated
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • The help file has been updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.1.0.545 (May 7, 2012)

  • Portuguese-PT language added
  • Catalonian help file updated
  • Some external links have been updated
  • The help file has been updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.1.0.543 (Apr 27, 2012)

  • Out of the BETA phase. First official release of v11
  • When using "One full of" and no previous full backup was found, a full backup was never triggered
  • "Use fixed days" and "One full of.." are now mutually exclusive
  • Portugues-BR language updated
  • Turkish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.536 Gravity Beta (Apr 20, 2012)

  • Some menu shortcuts were corrected
  • Italian language updated
  • Czech language updated
  • Swedish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.535 Gravity Beta (Apr 17, 2012)

  • When running a task and no duplicated tasks should be queued, the current task is also checked
  • When the interface shows the history list, the last history item is now shown directly
  • Failed FTP backups were listed in the history. Fixed
  • Czech language added
  • Swedish language added
  • French language updated
  • Turkish language added
  • Some typos corrected in the english language files

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.531 Gravity Beta (Apr 12, 2012)

  • The size of the history was showing files with errors as well. Hopefully fixed
  • Catalonian help file added
  • Polish language added

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.529 Gravity Beta (Apr 11, 2012)

  • Some menu shortcuts where interfering with UI passwords. Fixed.
  • A wrong string was beeing shown in the Options box (Safe mirror)
  • When using encryption without compression and 7zip, the files should be stored and not compressed. Fixed
  • Italian language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.526 Gravity Beta (Apr 9, 2012)

  • French language added
  • Catalonian language updated
  • The main icons for the application and the user interface have been changed
  • When updating the program, the log files are not deleted anymore
  • The animated icons on the tray (when backing up) have been changed
  • The paused icon on the tray has been changed

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.521 Gravity Beta (Apr 5, 2012)

  • When using compression with individual files OR encryption, if 2 files with the same name
  • but different extensions were found, only the last one would be backed up. Fixed
  • Some icons have been changed
  • Service is once again the default installation option
  • Russian language updated
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.518 Gravity Beta (Mar 30, 2012)

  • A warning is now issued when trying to do an incremental or differential backup of FTP sources
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • Russian language updated
  • Catalonian language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.516 Gravity Beta (Mar 29, 2012)

  • The setting "Missed backups interval" can now be controlled from the Options
  • If "Prevent sleeping" was checked, the Sleep event was not working. Doh...
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.513 Gravity Beta (Mar 28, 2012)

  • The default installation mode is now Application. Too many questions of people who don't even try to read the FAQ
  • Run missed backups if now OFF by default. Too many questions from people asking why a task is running out of schedule time
  • The "Open File" dialog should now ignore sharing errors
  • Missed backups were sometimes executed for manual tasks as well. Fixed
  • An error has been fixed when deleting empty read only directories
  • Russian language updated
  • French help file updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.508 Gravity Beta (Mar 24, 2012)

  • Catalonian language updated
  • When executing files externally (by the UI) the name of the file was not been shown

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.503 Gravity Beta (Mar 23, 2012)

  • The scheduler was sometimes ignoring the time when the log was to be mailed. Fixed.
  • The message "Connection Closed Gracefully." is not logged as an error
  • Italian language added

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.499 Gravity Beta (Mar 23, 2012)

  • The deleter should now be able to delete hidden and system files
  • When the Remote Manager closes, this is not longer logged as an error
  • The "Delete log files" option wasn't working. Fixed
  • Missed tasks were still being executed with the Shutdown, Restart, etc post backup events. Fixed
  • The tasks were being executed on batteries even if the option that prevented it was checked
  • Some typos fixed i the english language files
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.495 Gravity Beta (Mar 22, 2012)

  • When deleting old backups, files with the read-only or hidden attributes where not deleted. Fixed
  • The "Log at real time" setting was not correctly set in the user interface
  • Catalonian language updated
  • Russian language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.494 Gravity Beta (Mar 21, 2012)

  • The program wasn't creating manual destinations successfully
  • The settings for the remote server manager must be now configured ON THE SERVER. If you are using
  • the remote manager, configure the manager settings again
  • The tab order in some dialogs has been corrected
  • Catalonian language added
  • When entering simple masks manually, the comma-text result is checked before teh value is added
  • Spanish language updated
  • English language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.490 Gravity Beta (Mar 20, 2012)

  • A bug has been fixed with the "A week ago" filter
  • Russian language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.489 Gravity Beta (Mar 20, 2012)

  • Creating a new task gives now the task a friendly default name
  • Some dialogs are now centered even if the main windows has not been shown yet
  • Inclusion or exclusion filter NEWER THAN/OLDER THAN in relative form didn't work. Fixed
  • The directory for the FTP test contains now a timestamp to prevent an error on retry
  • A warning is now logged if you try to use VSC without having the .NET 3.5 framework installed
  • An error has been fixing with the encoding of the e-mail
  • Russian language added
  • Spanish language updated
  • English file updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.486 Gravity Beta (Mar 20, 2012)

  • A queue manager has been added
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • No more features will be added to the BETA release

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.475 Gravity Beta (Mar 14, 2012)

  • Full import for v10 history implemented
  • Partial import for v9 history implemented (not FTP history because of incompatibility)

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.470 Gravity Beta (Mar 14, 2012)

  • The history is now imported as well for lists from version 11 and version 10
  • The default size for the history window has changed
  • Error with mixed AES and classic encryption used is fixed
  • Error with not detecting wrong CRC in some cases is fixed

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.467 Gravity Beta (Mar 14, 2012)

  • The about box looks now OK when Windows is running without themes
  • Some transparecy problems fixed when running without themes
  • Fixed an error with the dialog box filter for the Execute/Execute and wait events

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.457 Gravity Beta (Mar 12, 2012)

  • Some typos have been corrected
  • English files updated
  • When a task was executed manually and "Shut down computer" was selected, the machine was not closed properly

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.453 (Mar 12, 2012)

  • The size of the backup was sometimes negative or 0 when the total size was large enough.
  • The old bad sizes in the history will, remain wrong, though
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • When checking for new versions, manually, the log tab is now always shown

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.450 Gravity Beta (Mar 12, 2012)

  • The setup was crashing if an script created by an older version was present. You will need to recreate the script to use the new format
  • The task's properties show now "Calculating..." when the size is unknown

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.439 Gravity Beta (Mar 12, 2012)

  • A "Run all tasks on start" setting has been added
  • The Remote Manager has been updated
  • The maximum depth of linked tasks has been increased to 10
  • When refreshing individually compressing files, the existing archive is recreated now (not refreshed) to speed up things
  • The archive attribute was not being respected for individually compressed or encrypted files in FTP backups
  • "Refreshing" non-individually compressed FTP archives forces now a full backup
  • Refreshing a non existing archive forces now a full backup
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.435 Gravity Beta (Mar 8, 2012)

  • "Make one full of..." property is now shown in the task's property
  • The "Keep x differential" is not shown in the task's property list if the task is not differential
  • Some typos corrected in the english version
  • The setup runs now a bit faster

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.433 Gravity Beta (Mar 8, 2012)

  • If a task contains 2 or more "Link task" events, then those events are now executed in order
  • An exc6seption in the engine fixed (when running a new installation)
  • When a task begins and is counting files, the right task is marked as active in the list
  • If a source or destination contained an ampersand, it was shown as an accelarator

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.423 Gravity Beta (Mar 8, 2012)

  • Fixed an error with long paths (paths > 256 characters)
  • Fixed an error when the exclusions were not taken in consideration when showing the source size

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.418 Gravity Beta (Mar 6, 2012)

  • "Low thread priority" option added
  • English language modified
  • Spanish language modified

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.415 Gravity Beta (Mar 6, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug with the interface not loading the days of the week correctly
  • Added an option to show the progress as numbers over the progress bar
  • The size of a task with Inclusions/Exclusions was wrong. Fixed
  • The history items were sometimes showing a wrong size. Hopefully fixed
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.408 Gravity Beta (Mar 6, 2012)

  • The order od the linked tasks was wrong where adding linked tasks to the queue

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.405 Gravity Beta (Mar 1, 2012)

  • The "Test SMTP" function wasn't working as expected. Fixed.

New in Cobian Backup 11.0.0.388 Gravity Beta (Feb 29, 2012)

  • AES encryption (128, 192 and 256 bits)
  • The directories Settings, Logs and DB can now be configured manually
  • A task has now the Priority field
  • A new scheduled type is added: On startup
  • A new scheduled type was added: On first Monday, On third Tuesday, etc...
  • Now you can limit the number of Differential backups as well
  • Now you can select a fixed day of the week to make an incremental or differential backup Full
  • The program can now automatically delete old files
  • Suspend and Hibernate are now Events
  • Sources and Destinations can now be sorted "As Explorer"
  • Delete empty directories is now a Task property
  • A LOT of new parameters can now be used (see the help file)
  • The task list can now be divided and organized in groups
  • Inclusions and Exclusions can now be arranged
  • The Deleter can now delete multiple sources
  • The Safe Mirror directory keeps now the original directory structure
  • You can now link tasks as an event
  • The installer is now improved
  • The application can now be closed from every possible desktop
  • Old encryption methods are now deprecated
  • The decryptor and decompressor accept now multiple sources
  • The decryptor and the decompressor accept command line arguments
  • The program checks the existence of the destination file even when using the attribute method
  • Counting files can now be paused or canceled
  • The body of the mail is now configurable
  • The Remote Manager is fully rewriten and can now show the progress of the remote client
  • The Remote Manager can now get the FULL log file of the client
  • Restart and Shutdown work now even with impersonation
  • Missed backups don't restart or shutdown the machine now if that event is present
  • And a LOT more

New in Cobian Backup 10.1.1.816 (Sep 23, 2010)

  • Now you can show the full path of te current file in the status bar: Options-Visuals
  • When using a monthly task with multiple days, only the first one on the list was being correctly executed
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • Swedish language updated
  • Russian language updated
  • Slovenian language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.1.1.809 (Sep 21, 2010)

  • Now an unattended installation can copy and use a default list (see help file, under Installation)
  • Extra protection added when the current list is missconfigured in the ini file
  • Turkish language updated
  • Finnish language updated
  • Portuguese-PT language updated
  • Swedish language updated
  • Help file updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.1.1.804 (Sep 17, 2010)

  • When "Delete empty directories" is selected, the main destination folder is now deleted as well
  • The number of files processed and the number of errors are now logged per task too
  • When mailing after a task, the number of files and error for the current task are now mailed
  • With annual scheduling, the month part of the date was incorrectly decoded
  • The log file can now be forcibly flushed
  • A manual shutdown is now canceled if the backup is manually aborted
  • The deleter tool has been updated to correctly delete system files
  • The help file has been updated
  • Slovak language added
  • Finnish language added
  • Swedish language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • English language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.1.0.789 (Jul 13, 2010)

  • When deleting old backups, the program clears the read only, hidden and system attributes of the directories before deletion to prevent some problems in Windows Vista and 7
  • Polish language added
  • Partial hungarian translation added
  • Turkish language updated
  • Italian language updated
  • Russian language updated
  • Catalan language updated
  • Korean language updated
  • Portuguese-BR language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.1.0.783 (Jun 29, 2010)

  • The deletion of files to mantain X full copies is now done in the main thread. Hopefully this will fix all the Access denied errors when deleting old directories
  • The interval between two checks for missed backups can now be changed
  • A blank line has been added in the log file between two tasks
  • The clients are now sorted by name in the remote manager
  • Korean language updated
  • Chinese - simplified language updated
  • Catalan language updated
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • Swedish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.3.771 (Jun 22, 2010)

  • The function "Set archive attributes" was clearing the attributes instead. Fixed.
  • Fixed a problem when using AES encryption with ZIP and empty passwords
  • Ucranian language added
  • Catalan language added
  • Russian language updated
  • Turkish language updated
  • Portuguese-PT updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.3.764 (Jun 22, 2010)

  • The zip files were not updated properly in incremental/differential mode
  • The program changes the backup mode to full and warns when updating an archive using the timestamp method
  • Spanish language updated
  • Swedish language updated
  • English language updated
  • French language updated
  • Italian language updated
  • Czech language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.3.762 (Jun 22, 2010)

  • When using customized paths for DB and Settings, the uninstaller respects now those when upgrading
  • Parameters have now an own place in the help file
  • Entering * in the allowed IP list for the remore server gives now access to every possible client
  • Portuguese-BR updated
  • Portuguese-PT updated
  • Turkish language updated
  • Russian language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.3.759 (May 12, 2010)

  • The log level "log errors only" was not working
  • The poll interval for the remote thread can now be changed using the interface
  • The "Size smaller than" and "Size larger than" in the exclusions were actually doing the opposite. Fixed
  • Simplified chinese updated
  • Italian language updated
  • Turkish language updated
  • Korean language updated
  • Portuguese-BR updated
  • English language modified
  • Spanish language modified
  • Chinese-Traditional added
  • Swedish language added

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.3.743 (Apr 28, 2010)

  • When uisng the -list parameter, sometimes the last opened list was used
  • Clearing the archive attribute of the source was also clearing the read only attribute. Fixed
  • Portuguese-PT language updated
  • Partial simplified chinese translation added
  • Russian language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.3.740 (Apr 26, 2010)

  • A restart event has been added
  • Some typos fixed
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • Korean language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.3.731 (Apr 24, 2010)

  • Some optimizations should make copy operations a little faster
  • Marginally faster FTP transfers
  • In some networks destinations after copying a file the program could stall for some seconds. An introduced workaround should make backups go faster for that special case
  • Some controls have now the default focus
  • When using the -list: parameter the engine was not logging the list change
  • A backup could be "double-paused" by mistake. Fixed
  • The FAQ has been updated
  • Turkish language updated
  • Czech language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.3.719 (Apr 22, 2010)

  • FTP downloads accept now relative paths as well
  • Uploading a directory which contained some excluded subdirectory caused the creation of a wrong remote directory structure
  • When using small icons, the list used to show the wrong icon for the current task

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.3.713 (Apr 21, 2010)

  • A keep alive option has been added for FTP (FTP properties-Timeout-Keep alive)
  • When there is a FTP transfer error and we are retrying, the first try will NOT be logged as an error
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.2.703 (Apr 20, 2010)

  • Some changes to the Prevent sleeping function
  • German language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.2.699 (Apr 17, 2010)

  • When compressing several folders with the same root, the parent folder was used as root. Fixed

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.2.695 (Apr 13, 2010)

  • Some optimization done. The pause mutex and the Abort critical section are now called much seldom
  • Some optimizations in the progress status should make operations go faster for small files
  • When using compressing and the task name, illegal characters are now substituted
  • Czech language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.2.692 (Apr 6, 2010)

  • A bug fixed when downloading from a FTP server that uses the NT listing format
  • Some changes done to the "Mail after task" logic
  • Czech language updated
  • French language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.2.689 (Apr 2, 2010)

  • Fixed a problem with FTP transfers and long paths (>260 chars)
  • Turkish language updated
  • Czech language added

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.2.687 (Mar 30, 2010)

  • A bug with mask for file names that contains "[" has been fixed
  • Some changes in mask handling
  • German language updated
  • Russian language updated
  • Portuguese-Br updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.2.683 (Mar 26, 2010)

  • Faster user interface log operation
  • Fixed an "access violation" message that sometimes appeared when closing another instance of the UI.
  • Fixed a deadlock that sometimes happened when closing the user interface
  • When automatically deleting old backups and impersonating, the deletion is now done under the same account
  • Russian language updated
  • Turkish language updated
  • Portuguese-PT updated
  • Spanish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.1.547 (Mar 23, 2010)

  • New "clean" tray icons are now used
  • A lot of optimizations done
  • Out of the BETA cycle. First official release

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.531 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • When retrying a FTP operation, the first error will not be logged as such
  • Sometimes (rarely) a "check for missed backups" operation could be fired at the wrong time
  • Russian language updated
  • Italian language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.521 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Fixed an error in the file names while encrypting or zipping individual files.
  • Russian language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.519 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Turkish language added
  • The CRC control a zip archives was not working for subfolders

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.516 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Some small interface fixes
  • Russian language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.500 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • A bug fixed in the header of the mails, which prevented some clients like Thunderbird to see the attachments
  • Korean language added
  • Russian language added
  • Portuguese-BR language updated
  • Portuguese-PT language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.496 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • The update dialog is now closed automatically after 30 seconds
  • FTP transfers show now the FTP conversation with the server if the log is in verbose mode
  • A collision problem has been fixed when a directory contained both short and long file names
  • Fixed a bug while executing batch files with spaces in the path
  • Some bugs in the mask handling of the french translation fixed
  • The unsafe copy property is now limited to some selected extensions
  • Italian language updated
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.478 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Cannot load SSL libraries error should be gone now
  • The MIME type for compressed logs is now application/x-zip-compressed
  • German translation added
  • Portuguese-PT updated
  • Portuguese-BR updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.475 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • If the destination exists, the program clears not only the Read only attribute, but also the Hidden one
  • A new option called Unsafe copy has been added to disable file checking before copying
  • Spanish language updated
  • English language updated
  • Portugues-BR updated
  • Portugues-PT updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.469 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Defaults settings for a new task have been corrected
  • Small changes to the FTP engine
  • New option to retry failed FTP transfers
  • After canceling a dialog box, sometimes the Exit menu in the tray was disabled
  • If the creation of the tray icon fails when the application autostarts, it will be re-created after 2 minutes
  • Some dialog buttons where untranslated
  • English file updated
  • Spanish file updated
  • Portuguese-PT updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.430 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Events can now be arranged, with an Up and Down pop up menu
  • Sometimes, when the FTP connection was dropped, files where uploaded to the wrong FTP directory
  • A bug in the FTP delete procedure fixed, when using relative paths
  • A new option has been added to log new versions as errors or normally
  • The "Check for updates" function wasn't correctly using SOCKS proxies
  • English language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • Portugues-BR updated
  • Portugues-PT updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.409 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • When using the task name in compression, the file extension was not set
  • Portugues-PT updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.406 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Parameters can now be applied to the ini file in the fields: Temporary directory, ID of the remote client and Safe mirror folder
  • Some internal changes done to allow custom versions
  • Some advanced settings added
  • Portugues-BR updated
  • Portugues-PT updated
  • Italian language added

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.394 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug with the unattended installation script
  • In an unattended installation, placing a cbEngine.ini file in the same directory where the setup is will result in this ini file being copied and used by the installed program
  • Parameters can now be used in the ini file's "Current list" field (only). Useful for unattended installations
  • The root directory for compression has been changed to match the way it worked on Amanita
  • Some typos in the english language corrected
  • Help file updated to explain unattended installations
  • Portugues-PT updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.390 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Critical fix: Some files were being corrupted when uploading to some FTP servers. Fixed.
  • Portugues-PT language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.385 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • The progress of the current operation is now updated more often
  • Mask logic revisited. Fixed bug with masks like *\dir\*\*
  • Optimization. When check the masks, only one IO operation is done
  • The options icon is now the same in the toolbar and the main menu
  • Save empty history items is now off as default
  • The default value of the allowed clients in the remote manager is now 127.0.0.1,192.168.
  • Portuguese-BR language files updated
  • Protuguese-PT language files updated
  • Fixed a problem with the spanish translation

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.380 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug with exclusion masks
  • The FAQ has been updated
  • A warning is now logged about Zip file compatibility
  • Portuguese-Brazil updated
  • Portuguese-Portugal added

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.371 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Tasks can now be forced to backup fully
  • Parameters are now correctly applied to a task's events
  • The program automatically converts to UNC now even when using drag and drop
  • Some typos corrected in the english language files
  • Setting the archive attribute warns the user now
  • The remote manager can now use the language selected by the user
  • Remote manager updated to use the new Force full" command
  • English language modified
  • Spanish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.349 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • French language added
  • Dutch language updated
  • Some tooltips have been corrected
  • When not using the archive attribute all files were copied. Fixed
  • The "Hint color" option is now hidden on Vista or better
  • The installer checks now that the OS is Windows 2000 or better before proceeding
  • Some changes have been done to guarantee a minimun functionality on Windows 2000

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.340 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • FTP can now use relative paths. Just leave the working directory empty and it will be assigned to your default remote directory
  • Some typos in the english file have been corrected
  • The decompressor was not showing the right language
  • Portuguese-Brazil language updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.323 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug when compressing directories and deleting empty ones from the archive. Some files used to be saved "out of place"
  • When "Include backup type in the name" the backup names are now generated as Name Date (Type)
  • The "Select file" dialog will now ignore shared violations
  • Dutch translation added

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.317 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • When compressing files individually, if 2 files had the same name and different extensions, only one archive was being created. Now individually compressed files have double extensions to avoid that problem.
  • The uninstaller respects now the files created by the Trasnslator tool (when upgrading only!)
  • When backing up a root directory (like c:\) the hidden attribute is not copied anymore
  • The installer and uninstaller warn now if you are trying to run them without administrative powers
  • Some typos have been corrected in the English files

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.304 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Livedrive FTP incorrectly replies to the CDUP command, so some hacks have been introduced to make it work
  • Some typos in the english file language have been corrected

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.301 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • The caption of the Task window was not being set properly
  • The default hint delay has been increased to 10 secs
  • A new option has been added to control the format of the date used in the log file name
  • English and Spanish languages updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.285 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug when excluding a directory with the mask *\filename.ext excluded incorrectly all the sources
  • Some cosmetic problems fixed
  • Help file updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.280 (Mar 23, 2010)

  • The exclusions/inclusions logic has been redesigned from scratch. A couple of bugs have been fixed
  • The remote server has been updated
  • The interface warns now when the engine is not running and the user tries to execute a backup
  • You can now decide the format of the date and time to use in the log file
  • The log file and the log tab of the interface use both now the same format

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.272 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • The setup has been rewritten.
  • The setup now starts the interface or the application in non-elevated mode
  • Fixed problem with FTP and simple masks

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.267 (Mar 23, 2010)

  • The mask logic has been redesigned. There were some bugs when including directories with simple masks that is now hopefully fixed
  • The time used to calculate the files to backup has now been reduced
  • The backup should now be going a little bit faster because the size and date of a file is not calculated unless a date or size mask is used

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.264 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • When checking missing backups, disabled task were being executed. Fixed
  • When backing up LOTS of small files, the progress bar was not being updated correctly. Fixed
  • An extra layer of protection has been added to the VSC service to prevent protocol inconsistency problems
  • When a list was edited and a backup was running, the icon that marked the current task was lost. Fixed
  • A new option has been added to prevent the system from entering sleep mode when a backup is going on
  • Two new parameters have been introduced: %FORMATDATETIME and %FNFORMATDATETIME
  • A bug was fixed when using RSA-Rijndael encryption. The interface asked for a passphrase anyway
  • Some typos in the english files have been corrected
  • The FAQ has been updated
  • Help file updated

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.249 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • A bug fixed. If the FTP remote directory do not exists, it is now correctly created

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.246 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • A bug fixed. Sometimes, when the destination directory didn't exist the backup was canceled instead of trying to create it.
  • Copy attributes is back ON as default

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.244 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Some typos have been fixed in the english language files
  • Copy attributes is now deselected by default to speed up the backup
  • When a root directory is copied, the hidden attribute is now cleared
  • The size of the task source is now shown in the task's properties

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.236 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug with the format of the date in the file names
  • The currently running task is now displayed with a special icon in the task list
  • The "Display individual files" settings is now checked by default
  • The Translator now automatically changes to the next line when the editing of a line is done
  • Fixed a bug when the program was executing disabled tasks

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.229 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug when using a timer with time limits

New in Cobian Backup 10.0.0.227 Beta (Feb 4, 2010)

  • Support for Volume Shadow Copy even in 64bit systems Absolute paths can now be created even with uncompressed backups
  • The user interface doesn't ask for privilege elevation anymore on Vista or 7
  • Simple masks can now be applied to FTP sources
  • The timer schedule can now be limited in time
  • The main application waits now for any mail to be send before closing
  • The log file can now be send per task
  • The log file level is now more granular
  • The log file can now be splitted, one file per day
  • The service and application control executes now depending on the UAC settings
  • Fixed a bug when executing batch files with parameters
  • The inclusion/exclusion masks way of work has been re-designed
  • The backup now can be aborted if some event fails
  • A post backup event can now be aborted if a pre-backup event failed
  • Mirror tasks can now be created for uncompressed backups
  • The type of the backup can now be included in the directory name
  • The tray icon signalizes now if there are errors in the last backup
  • Better mask support
  • The speed of the backup has been increased about 200%

New in Cobian Backup 9.5.1.212 (Jan 22, 2009)

  • Fixed a problem with the "Repair permissions" utility
  • Fixed an issue when applying "Full permissions" to the program's files on some operating systems
  • Fixed a small memory leak when applying full permissions to the program's files
  • When the user interface was started maximized and protected, you could close the program without entering the password. Fixed.
  • When using zip compression and updating an archive, the number of compressed files in the log was incorrect. Fixed.
  • When using zip compression, the number of checked files in the log was alwyas zero in some cases. Fixed.
  • FAQ updated
  • Some corrections done in the english file
  • English and spanish help file updated
  • Project web address and forum address updated on the UI
  • Using indy 10.2.3
  • Norwegian language added
  • Dutch language updated
  • Hungarian language updated
  • Turkish language added
  • Taiwanese language added
  • Italian language updated
  • Slovak language updated
  • French language updated
  • Portuguese-brazil language updated
  • Russian languages updated

New in Cobian Backup 9.1.1.178 (Apr 25, 2008)

  • Support for Volume Shadow Copies. You will be able to backup locked files
  • Support for 7zip compression
  • Now you can pause the backup in any place
  • The update function can now use SOCKS
  • proxy SMTP can now use SOCKS
  • SMTP can now use SSL
  • Autostart the interface can now be set for all users or the current user
  • Autostart options are now playing fair with administrator�s rights
  • Start a backup when autostart
  • The remote directories are now created from the top to the root, thus minimizing the risk for Permission problems
  • Downloading files shows now the percent
  • FTP operations can now use UTF transfers if the server support it
  • FTP operations use now UNICODE for local operations
  • Zip files can now store file names in UNICODE
  • Checking an archive could sometimes delete the archived files. Fixed.
  • Prettier about boxes
  • Icon in task properties for Manual AND ftp where swapped
  • IPC via MMF is now gone
  • The update server can now use MSSQL for logs or can use no logs at all
  • SQX is now gone.
  • Checking archives wrongly displayed Compressing using the verbose log
  • CobDeleter is now an integral part of the UI
  • Fixed the old �Error while connecting to :21:" error
  • A brand new, improved help file and tutorial
  • And MUCH more

New in Cobian Backup 9.1.1.178 (Apr 25, 2008)

  • The remote client can now cancel any operation on the remote machine
  • The favorite list on the Remote client can now be arranged by moving its items up and down
  • When forcing missed backups, the interface will now wait for 30 seconds, just to give time for the engine to start
  • Three new parameters added: %APPLICATIONPATH, �PATH and %SETTINGSPATH. See the help file
  • Polish language updated
  • French language updated
  • Russian language updated
  • Latvian language updated
  • Italian language updated
  • Slovak language updated
  • Taiwanese language updated
  • Korean language updated
  • Spanish language updated
  • Swedish language updated
  • English language updated

New in Cobian Backup 8.4.0.202 (Sep 28, 2007)

  • Vista manifests added to all the executable files. This prevents some problems with Vista virtualization (the engine and the interface were , in some cases, not communicating well)
  • Chinese- simplified language updated
  • Portuguese-br language updated
  • Romanian language added
  • French translation updated
  • Russian translation updated
  • Some errors in the english tutorial have been corrected
  • Swedish language updated

New in Cobian Backup 8.4.0.198 (Mar 21, 2007)

  • The program is now 100% compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista
  • A new Interprocess communication method using named pipes has been added (for Vista)
  • German 2 translation updated.

New in Cobian Backup 8.3.0.189 (Mar 12, 2007)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the program to use SMTP servers with authentication
  • Some problems with permissions on Vista running under User Account Control have been fixed. Note that the program is NOT 100% Vista compatible yet
  • The Update server used to hang if the log file got to big
  • The log file of the update server is now renamed when it's size = 1 GB
  • A buf fixed when detecting Vista

New in Cobian Backup 8.2.0.171 (Nov 17, 2006)

  • If the engine or the interface cannot access the temporary directory, the program will change it automatically and log a warning
  • If the user cancels the backup, and the shutdown flag is set, the program will NOT shutdown the computer
  • The time elapsed for a backup is now shown as hh:mm:ss
  • Fixed a problem when deleting read-only directories
  • Dutch language updated
  • German 2 translation updated
  • Indonesian language updated
  • Finnish translation added
  • The css of the help file works now fine in Firefox
  • French tutorial added
  • French help added
  • French language updated
  • Portuguese files updated
  • Russian translation updated
  • Chinese simplified language added
  • Help file updated

New in Cobian Backup 8.0.0.151 (Aug 8, 2006)

  • Copying a root directory (C:, for example) copied also it's attributes, making the destination hidden. Fixed.
  • The attributes and permissions of a directory are now copied after the contain was copied

New in Cobian Backup 8.0.0.149 (Aug 8, 2006)

  • The caption of the Select directory dialog has been fixed
  • The date/time of the mail send by the program is now correctly set.
  • Tahoma is now the default font for the interface
  • The default color of the hints is now the system default
  • Portugese (Portugal) version added
  • Polish language added
  • The catalonian and portugese files have been renamed to exclude the accents in the file names (there are problems in some chinese systems with this)
  • Czech language updated
  • Italian language added
  • Hungarian language added
  • Alternative german language added
  • French language updated
  • German language updated
  • Indonesian language added
  • Dutch language files updated
  • Dutch help file added