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Directory Compare Portable Changelog

What's new in Directory Compare Portable 3.52

Mar 27, 2017
  • Fixed bug when starting a .dcp file.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.51 (Sep 8, 2015)

  • Animate taskbar icon when the program is working.
  • Fixed bug in File/Create shortcut.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.50 (Jul 9, 2015)

  • New Update all button when comparing file contents.
  • Fixed bug when comparing file contents.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.49 (Jun 12, 2015)

  • New command line options for unattended differential backups: /A and /B.
  • It is also possible to automatically include in the backup folder an increasing serial number or the backup date (and, optionally, time).

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.48 (Mar 30, 2015)

  • New Edit/Exclude name menu to add file names (with extension) to the list of excluded filters. It also appears in the popup menu.
  • New command line options: /R (include ubdirectories) and /N (don't include ubdirectories).

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.47 (Apr 7, 2014)

  • New File/Create shortcut menu to create shortcuts (for automatic backups, ...) and to prepare arguments for Directory Compare, batch files, etc..

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.46 (Oct 1, 2013)

  • Bug fix

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.45 (Sep 2, 2013)

  • Minor bug fixes.
  • Customizable file size format through Options/Main list: File size format, Separator and Even when they are different.
  • File/Export can now create CSV files if the .csv extension is used.
  • Any number of exact hours can be ignored when comparing FAT and NTFS volumes.
  • Swap menu entry moved from File to Edit.
  • New speed button: Options/Preferences.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.44 (May 7, 2013)

  • Fixes for bugs introduced by the upgraded compiler.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.43 (Mar 11, 2013)

  • Minor bug fixes for Windows 8.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.42.2 (Jan 14, 2013)

  • New menu entries in Edit and popup menu: Open/source and target directories, Open/source directory/directories, Open/target directory/directories

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.42.1 (Jan 8, 2013)

  • Minor bug fixes

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.42 (Dec 28, 2012)

  • New options in Options/Unattended mode: Check drive ready status and Check folders exist.
  • New menus (in Edit and the popup): Exclude directories and Exclude file type.
  • Optionally the setup program will install several styles (skins) which change the program appearance. The current style (as well as the use of animations in lengthy operations) is selected from the Options dialog box.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.41 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • New File attributes that cannot be copied section in the help file and documentation.
  • If the program is launched with any command line option the Allow a single program instance option is ignored.
  • By using the command line (for automatic backups, for instance) a command may be executed after the synchronization (for instance to shut down or hibernate the computer).

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.40 (Oct 28, 2011)

  • New menu Check for updates
  • Optionally, schedule automatic checks for updates.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.39.1 (Oct 6, 2011)

  • Fixed bug when reading file attributes.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.39 (Oct 3, 2011)

  • User defined date and time format.
  • Friendlier selection of the external compare program.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.38 (Sep 26, 2011)

  • New option, Use Explorer view, to provide an alternative way to select directories.
  • New option, Show grid lines to separate entries.
  • Now wildcards can be used in excluded source and target directories.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.37 (Jan 7, 2011)

  • Warning on modified .dcp files is now optional-

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.36 (Dec 14, 2010)

  • New menu
  • Warning when a .dcp file has changed
  • Fixed bug in /e command line option

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.35.1 (Sep 7, 2010)

  • Fixed Mirror selected

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.35 (Sep 2, 2010)

  • Refesh works also from the context menu.
  • The Multiple dialog box is now resizeble.
  • A warning is issued if a source/target/excluded directory is not found.
  • The settings Display icons, List, Copy and Delete directories and Automatically update... are also written to and read from .dcp files.
  • New menu: Mirror selected.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.34 (Jun 25, 2010)

  • Export fixed.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.33 (Jun 25, 2010)

  • Minor improvements in the user interface.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.32 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • Columns may be rearranged.
  • New Refresh menu.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.31 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • Bug fixes.
  • Better look.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.30 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • Windows 95, 98, Me and NT are no longer supported.
  • Source and target directories may be dragged from Explorer (and other programs) and dropped over Directory Compare.
  • New command line option /h to run Directory Compare hidden for automatic backups.
  • Full Unicode support.
  • Improved detection of empty drives or unplugged USB discs.
  • Options are no longer stored in the registry.
  • Options can be saved in a portable device.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.22 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • Fixed bug with 0 length files
  • Fixed bug with file names starting with a space

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.10 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • New help system (Vista compatible).
  • Recompiled with old compiler to avoid bug with files starting or ending with spaces.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.02 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • New Options/History lists to clean up history lists.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Directory Compare Portable 3.00 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • Multiple Source/Target pairs.
  • You may specify which directories (and files) will be excluded form the scan.
  • Greatly improved unattended automatic backups: no message box, log facilities, etc
  • New command line options.
  • Minor user interface improvements.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.
  • However, some features are no longer supported after version 2.53
  • No zip file support (it was provided by a third-party component, but it no longer works with my current compiler).
  • No drag and drop from the program support (for the same reason).
  • Only WinHelp is supported in the help system (I personally prefer this format and do not have the time to update two sets of help files)
  • The program will now always use long file names (it was about time to forget about 8.3 format).

New in Directory Compare Portable 2.50 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • Files and directories can be dragged from Directory Compare to any window accepting dropped files (such as the desktop, or My Computer and Explorer views) where they are copied, moved or referenced by a new shortcut.

New in Directory Compare Portable 2.43 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • Fixed bug when copying and deleting directories.

New in Directory Compare Portable 2.30 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • Files patterns may also be excluded from Filter.
  • Filter may be specified in the command lines.

New in Directory Compare Portable 2.21 (Mar 20, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug when displaying colors in main list.
  • A new Options sheet (Color) let you use colors to mark (with user-defined colors) entries with newer Source or Target.
  • The HTML help should now run with all library versions supporting it.
  • The HTML help does not appear always over the current window.