March 23rd, 2012· Fix: Customized filters couldn't be modified after creation.
· Fix: Using independent splits when backing up to FTP caused an invalid warning.
January 25th, 2012· Fix: Outlook accounts with special characters in their names were not backed up
· Fix: Backup destination was not changed when opening a catalog from USB
· Fix: Layout.ini file was not correctly recreated
August 8th, 2011· Fix: In some cases, the scheduler password was asked again when saving the job
· Fix: Backup on demand using OTB button was not working
· Fix: When a backup was aborted because the action before it failed, all buttons for that job were grayed out
· Fix: When using Mirror backup, the folders were not removed from FTP destination if they were deleted from sources.
August 8th, 2011· Fix: Successful email was sent even if external drive was disconnected
· Fix: Cache size for burner engine was increased
· Fix: The merged files will be deleted only after the resulting zip is uploaded to destination
· Fix: Scheduled tasks cannot be created if user name contains a space
· Fix: Properties window was not displayed completely for large fonts with small resolutions
April 20th, 2011· New: Added a Backup4all gadget for Windows Vista and Windows 7
· New: The CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning engine was updated
· New: An exclamation sound is played when the CD/DVD/Blu-ray needs to be changed
· New: New backup tags were added for hour, minute and second
· New: When forcing a shutdown during the backup, you will be notified that "Shutting down will corrupt current backup"
· Fix: Excluding a file from sources lead to removing the entire folder
· Fix: If the upload of a file failed, the retry caused the progress to exceed 100%
· Fix: Clean backup was executed on external drives even if those were disconnected
· Fix: Filters could not be changed from Include to Exclude
· Fix: The application did not start when computer was idle
· Fix: When backing up to a CD/DVD/Blu-ray, the fist execution date was not correctly imported after the second session
· Fix: If "Test after backup" option was not used, the application was still asking for the disk
· Fix: Importing backup jobs in Professional or Standard from Lite was not working
· Fix: "After backup" action was not executed if running from command line
· Fix: The zip name in log error messages was empty in certain situations
· Fix: The log was not open with the selected Log Viewer in all cases
· Fix: In the backup list, the last selected group was not saved after a restart
· Fix: The dot character was not allowed in a tag name
· Fix: The default backup type couldn't be changed in scheduler
January 25th, 2011· French language update
· When proxy was not available, check for updates stopped but now tries without proxy too
· Backup jobs were not imported if a job with the same name already existed
· Some errors fixed when backing up to SFTP
· Scheduler at system shutdown did not work correctly when the backup settings were set to All Users
· Changing the scheduler from Main interface to Command line removed the task
November 9th, 2010· Fix: There was a "permission denied" error when backing up to some SFTP servers
October 26th, 2010· Fix: Limit number of file versions did not work for FTP/SFTP
· Fix: Canceling backup in Progress View was hanging the process in some cases
October 26th, 2010· New: Added "Progress view"
· New: The progress bar contains now more details
· New: New GUI translation added (Finnish)
· New: Scheduled jobs now show an extra icon in the backup list
· New: Added command line parameters for "Difference Viewer"
· New: Added "Active" checkbox for filters
· New: Scheduled tasks can be created via Remote Desktop
· New: Shutdown pop-up notification is shown even if backup is running in background
· New: Repair function from "Control Panel" works even if installed from exe
· Fix: Changing the destination folder name was not updated on FTP
· Fix: Pause during merge was not working properly
· Fix: Brief view was not showing the correct details for new open jobs
· Fix: Backup jobs from CD/DVD cannot be open because of read-only attribute
· Fix: Sheduled backups at 00:00 or 12:00 AM were not correctly listed in Backup view
· Fix: Restore Preview page showed the UTC time, not the local time
· Fix: Shutdown after backup did not work if no user was logged in
· Fix: Standalone scheduler does not run at startup or at logon
· Fix: Command line Access Violation when local catalog was not used
· Fix: CD/DVD was not refreshed after backup
· Fix: User intervention was expected for scheduled groups
· Fix: In some cases, the application did not start at Windows startup
· Fix: Message not clear when the CD/DVD was missing for a scheduled job
October 26th, 2010· Fix: Fixed problem with long "Preparing shadow copy" message during the backup
· Fix: Removed false errors during restore of NTFS files with permissions
· Fix: Copy NTFS permissions problem fixed
· Fix: Dll problem fixed for Windows 2000 server
August 13th, 2010· Fix: Vscsrv2008 crashes under Windows Vista / 7 / 2008 32 bit.
August 13th, 2010· Fix: Temporary files were not deleted during the restore of multiple splits.
· Fix: Scheduled backup at system shutdown was asking for a password in some cases.
· Fix: "Invalid request id" warning when backing up to SFTP.
· Fix: Backup view not expanded correctly in some cases.
· Fix: Cannot open catalog from a mapped drive.
· Fix: Vscsrv.exe crashes under Win XP 64-bit.
· Fix: SQL Server Backup was automatically triggered when using backup open files option.
· Fix: Rename backup jobs from removable drives.
· Fix: Select folder and driver destination does not indicate the specified folder.
· Fix: Job was not renamed after changing the destination from CD to local.
· Fix: "Exclude from backup sources" option does not work for new files.
May 18th, 2010· Fix: File/folder icons were not correctly displayed in Explore View.
· Fix: Error while restoring Microsoft Outlook backups to original location.
· Fix: AV when backing up to CD/DVD using command line.
May 18th, 2010· New: Option added to open backups from specific locations (Local, Network, FTP/SFTP)
· New: Backup jobs can now be moved in the backup list(drag-and-drop)
· New: Test runs after the merge operation too
· Fix: The number of warnings in email notification was not correct
· Fix: Backup4all froze while paused for a longer period of time
· Fix: Mirror backup to CD/DVD/Blu-ray spaning on multiple disks
· Fix: Warning message when cannot open read-only catalog file
· Fix: Restore with problems from "Getting Started" page
· Fix: Some fixes when backing up open files
· Fix: AV when backing up to CD/DVD/Blu-ray using command line
· Fix: "Open" and "View with Notepad" options fixed
May 18th, 2010· Fix: Deleted or excluded files were restored all the time
· Fix: Notification sounds not reflecting the backup status.
· New: Estonian language was added.
· New: SFTP host keys are also backed up with Backup4all configurations plugin.
May 18th, 2010· Fix: Problem when switching between backup limitation options
· Fix: Deleted files were restored all the time
· Fix: "Backup all groups" radio button does not correctly work
· Fix: Sort files after size does not work correctly
· Fix: Backup open files problem fixed
November 7th, 2009· New: Backup to SFTP was added
· New: Added a new option that lets you Backup all groups
· New: Option to split files larger than a specific size for FTP backups
· New: Select the scheduler priority
· New: Split the backup according to a number of files/folders
· New: Change the scheduler username and password for multiple jobs
· New: New option to "Store temporary catalog data in memory"
· New: "Minimize to tray when finished" added for backup on demand
· Fix: Pressing Cancel during the Clean operation is not possible anymore
· Fix: "Last Backup" and "Last backup status" from Brief view will be updated even if no files were backed up
· Fix: Cancel backup during catalog upload will not result in a corrupt catalog
· Fix: Test with warnings for Backup4all configurations plugin on Vista
· Fix: Index out of bounds during independent test for mirror
· Fix: Backup4all did not close after run for backups on demand
· Fix: Standalone scheduler fix (was not starting if application was not started)
· Fix: Backup open files on 64-bit OS
· Fix: Desktop.ini file was modified after backup on Windows 2008 R2
· Fix: The scheduled task was not created if switching to another application during setup
· Fix: Incorrect OTB device detection fixed
· Fix: Skipping files from disconnected source drives is faster
· Fix: Restoring file with non-English characters
· Fix: Cannot run Backup4all Portable U3 from a limited account
· Fix: Backup at system shutdown was not turning the computer off
March 17th, 2009· New: Backup to Blu-ray discs and HD-DVD (or from Blu-ray/HD DVD) is now supported
· New: Added support for backing up to dual layer DVDs
· New: Added plugin to backup Microsoft Outlook automatically
· New: Added show excluded file no. and excluded folder no. (in Test/Cleanup window, Backup View, Restore/Choose backup numbers window)
· New: Added text description field for selected filter in Options->Filters
· New: "Check all"/"Uncheck all" buttons were added to Restore Wizard
· New: Added the possibility to enable/disable automatic weekly updates during setup
· New: Added new predefined splits for Blu-ray and dual layer DVDs
· New: Predefined global filters are added automatically to new backup jobs
· Update: Optimized "Update catalog" process for jobs with many backup numbers
· Update: Before/After actions now allow shortcuts
· Update: Faster "Expand all" in Backup View and Explore View
· Update: Faster catalog update after backup
· Update: Plugins are listed in alphabetical order
· Update: Explorer like multiselect handling in Backup View / Explore View
· Update: Added text box on the Compression page, informing about the encryption feature applicability
· Update: During open file backup, if a file is not found via the shadow copy volume service, it looks for it directly in the source
· Update: Optimized the speed for backup jobs that were created using predefined plugins.
· Update: Modified the merging procedure when using independent zip splits
· Update: Drastically reduced the time needed to reindex the backup catalog (after a backup terminated abnormally)
· Update: Automatic detection and conversion of backup catalog from version 3 to 4 (when needed)
· Update: Added command line parameters for setup
· Update: Compatible with Windows 7 (beta)
· Fix: When using mirror with zip, files with long path were not copied
· Fix: "Delete sources after successful backup" did not remove folders from sources
· Fix: ICO images with resolution over 32x32 and alpha blending were not loaded as backup job icons
· Fix: Filters containing absolute paths were ignored
· Fix: Testing a mirror backup (with zip and AES encryption) to FTP returned errors even when successful
· Fix: Timeout while waiting to stop expand
· Fix: In specific cases, "Close after run" was ignored for scheduled groups
· Fix: Disabled schedulers were still executed on Vista
· Fix: Files were not deleted during incremental backups set to keep only 3 versions
· Fix: Use existing FTP configuration in New Backup Wizard
· Fix: "Limit number of backups" and "Merge backups" are now taken into account when backing up to USB flash drives (if the backup is not spanned)
· Fix: Scheduled jobs for other users were available for the current user too
· Fix: Miscelaneous fixes for filters
· Fix: When running a full backup to an external drive, no error was shown in some cases if the drive was disconnected
· Fix: Bandwidth limitation was ignored when set through the Options-Ftp window
· Fix: When using the Merge backups option, files that only have one version and have the status excluded will be deleted
May 9th, 2007· "Clean backup" action added
· Option to set a destination folder for FTP backups
· Option to use extensive passive mode for FTP transfers
· Added XML plug-in system
· CD/DVD burn fixes