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AM-DeadLink Changelog

What's new in AM-DeadLink 6.0

Feb 14, 2024
  • Improved checking engine (will also handle Cloudflare protected pages correctly)
  • Bookmarks can be opened directly in the bookmark manager of the selected browser (this makes it simple to edit or delete bookmarks in the browser)
  • Changed shortcuts: Enter = Open URL, Ctrl+Enter = Open URL in bookmark manager
  • Exclusion list to exclude URLs from checking
  • New option: "Always on Top"
  • Sort bookmarks by error improved
  • New system requirement: Windows 10 (64bit) or higher
  • Many smaller improvements and fixes

New in AM-DeadLink 5.0 (Mar 19, 2021)

  • Text documents supported
  • Microsoft Edge supported
  • Brave browser supported
  • Opera browser supported
  • Double clicking a bookmark will automatically open the URL in the selected browser. That means, Chrome bookmarks will automatically open in Chrome, Edge bookmarks will open automatically in Edge, etc.
  • Check HTML documents: Check for missing CSS/Javascript/Image files
  • New option: Show warning if URL redirects from HTTP to HTTPS
  • High DPI support
  • Internal browser (which was based on Internet Explorer) removed. Double clicking a bookmark will open the bookmark in the related browser.
  • Many smaller changes and improvements

New in AM-DeadLink 4.8 (Feb 26, 2019)

  • Vivaldi bookmarks supported
  • Smaller fixes and improvements

New in AM-DeadLink 4.6 (Sep 26, 2012)

  • Firefox 2.x format re-introduced. It's now possible again to check "bookmark.html" files with old Firefox 2.x and Mozilla format.
  • Firefox: Bookmarks are now read-only and can no longer be changed or deleted within AM-DeadLink. This step was required to avoid conflicts due to changes in the Firefox database. AM-DeadLink can however still be used to open and check Firefox bookmarks for dead links.
  • Delete *.URL files: *.URL files are now deleted to the recycle bin
  • Smaller fixes and improvements

New in AM-DeadLink 4.5 (Jun 22, 2012)

  • AM-DeadLink could not find Internet Explorer Favorites under certain circumstances
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in AM-DeadLink 4.4 (Dec 22, 2010)

  • AM-DeadLink could crash with certain Chrome bookmarks
  • Info message if Chrome synchronization is enabled (in that case it's not possible to delete bookmarks within AM-DeadLink)
  • Smaller fixes and improvements

New in AM-DeadLink 4.3 (Sep 10, 2010)

  • Downloading Internet Explorer FavIcons was broken in v4.2

New in AM-DeadLink 4.2 (Sep 9, 2010)

  • [-] Firefox 3: Every bookmark which is tagged appeared as a duplicate in AM-DeadLink
  • [-] AM-DeadLink could crash during a Windows shutdown
  • [x] Setup: It's no longer possible to install the portable edition over the desktop edition or vice versa
  • Smaller fixes/improvements

New in AM-DeadLink 4.1 (May 12, 2010)

  • [+] Firefox 3.x supported
  • [-] IE FavIcons did not work when the FavIcon path contained special characters
  • [-] Internal browser could display script errors
  • Various changes and improvements

New in AM-DeadLink 4.1 Beta 2 (Mar 16, 2010)

  • [+] Find dead links in HTML files
  • [+] Command line parameters to check HTML files (for example to embed AM-DeadLink into a HTML editor)
  • [+] Bookmarks with errors/warnings are displayed in red/blue
  • [+] Automatically find Firefox 3.x bookmark file

New in AM-DeadLink 4.1 Beta 1 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Major new features in that version are full Unicode support and Google Chrome support. Regarding Google Chrome, AM-DeadLink is able to check dead links and duplicates, FavIcons are not supported.
  • This version is also compatible to Opera 10 FavIcons, the previous version (AM-DeadLink 3.3) was only able to download Opera 9 FavIcons.

New in AM-DeadLink 4.0 (Feb 24, 2010)

  • Full Unicode support
  • Google Chrome supported
  • FavIcons of Opera 10 supported
  • Smaller improvements and fixes

New in AM-DeadLink 3.3 (Jul 14, 2008)

  • New FavIcon system of Opera 9.5 supported (this version of AM-DeadLink can no longer download Opera 9.2x FavIcons)
  • Internet-Explorer Favorites: AM-DeadLink preserves the read-only flag of *.URL files
  • Smaller improvements

New in AM-DeadLink 3.2 (Feb 27, 2008)

  • [ ] AM-DeadLink can be installed as portable application
  • [ ] Check *.URL files on your hard disk
  • [x] Changed shortcut to edit bookmark properties: F2
  • [x] AM-DeadLink no longer reports HTML redirections when they are placed in noscript areas
  • [x] NTLM proxy authentication improved
  • [x] Proxy support with user/password authentication improved
  • [-] AM-DeadLink reported an error if a bookmark had a valid 2xx status code
  • [-] Some servers reported an error when Accept-Language wasn't sent to the server
  • [-] AM-DeadLink could crash when copying a bookmark to clipboard
  • [-] File Export always used the file extension ".txt"
  • [-] FTP addresses didn't work under certain circumstances
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in AM-DeadLink 3.1 (Apr 11, 2007)

  • [-] AM-DeadLink could crash after a check run (seems that this bug was available for years and happened in rare circumstances)
  • [x] Some stability improvements
  • Minor fixes/improvements

New in AM-DeadLink 3.0 Final (Feb 8, 2007)

  • [ ] Windows Vista: Flip3D, thumbnail preview and correct animations supported
  • [x] Windows Vista: Use "Segoe UI" as default font
  • [-] Windows Vista: Several controls could disappear when the ALT key was pressed
  • [x] Internal check technology completely rewritten (should fix several "mysterious" bugs)
  • [ ] Save all Firefox FavIcons to disk (extract embedded FavIcons)
  • [ ] Sort Bookmarks with FavIcons to the top of list (Bookmarks menu)
  • [x] Several user interface tweaks
  • [ ] File Open works also for Opera/Firefox/Mozilla
  • [-] AM-DeadLink could crash on exit when a anti virus software or a desktop search software blocked the configuration files
  • Minor tweaks and fixes

New in AM-DeadLink 3.0 Beta-2 (Jan 31, 2007)

  • [-] Some compatibility problems fixed (WSW couldn't be started on certain systems)
  • [-] AM-DeadLink could be terminated silently when a FTP address timed out
  • [x] Some Vista related tweaks

New in AM-DeadLink 3.0 Beta-1 (Jan 19, 2007)

  • [ ] Windows Vista: Flip3D, thumbnail preview and correct animations supported
  • [x] Windows Vista: Use "Segoe UI" as default font
  • [-] Windows Vista: Several controls could disappear when the ALT key was pressed
  • [x] Internal check technology completely rewritten (should fix several "mysterious" bugs)
  • [ ] Save all Firefox FavIcons to disk (extract embedded FavIcons)
  • [ ] Sort Bookmarks with FavIcons to the top of list (Bookmarks menu)
  • [x] Several user interface tweaks
  • [ ] File Open works also for Opera/Firefox/Mozilla
  • [-] AM-DeadLink could crash on exit when a anti virus software or a desktop search software blocked the configuration files
  • Minor tweaks and fixes

New in AM-DeadLink 2.8.1 Beta-1 (Sep 26, 2006)

  • Delete duplicates from Mozilla/Firefox: Bookmarks were deleted from the wrong folder under certain circumstances
  • Update URL in Mozilla/Firefox bookmarks improved
  • wininet.dll check technology improved
  • Internal check technology improved
  • AM-DeadLink could crash under certain circumstances when the check technology wininet.dll was selected
  • Leading/Trailing spaces in the URL could cause a false positive
  • Smaller improvements/fixes

New in AM-DeadLink 2.8 (Jun 28, 2006)

  • new features / improvements / bugfixes

New in AM-DeadLink 2.8 Final (Jun 26, 2006)

  • [ ] FavIcon download - new option: Override/Keep existing FavIcons
  • [ ] FavIcons can be assigned manually
  • [ ] Find Duplicates: Select all duplicates with a single click
  • [x] AM-DeadLink shows an error message if not all IE Favorites could be loaded due to some Unicode restrictions
  • [x] AM-DeadLink no longer removes manually assigned FavIcons automatically when a server/page doesn't have a FavIcon. FavIcons can now only be removed with the "Delete FavIcons" command.
  • [ ] If you don't work with the internal browser, then the "Open in browser" command will open all selected bookmarks in the external browser
  • [-] The status of the last check was lost when closing AM-DeadLink while the duplicate view was active
  • [-] AM-DeadLink could hang in combination with nVidia graphic drivers
  • [-] AM-DeadLink could crash when aborting a check on some PCs (wininet check technology only)
  • [-] Start maximized didn't work under Win2k under certain circumstances
  • [-] The "One level up" feature didn't work properly for URLs with parameters (?param=...)
  • [-] Check was not finished properly in rare cases (concretely when a windows dll hung)
  • Many smaller improvements and fixes

New in AM-DeadLink 2.8 beta 4 (Apr 7, 2006)

  • Check selected FavIcons: Option to keep/override existing FavIcons
  • The status of the last check was lost when closing AM-DeadLink while the duplicate view was active
  • IE favorites: If favorites could not be loaded due to lack of Unicode support, AM-DeadLink shows the name of these favorites
  • Some stability issues fixed

New in AM-DeadLink 2.8 beta 3 (Mar 13, 2006)

  • "Keep existing FavIcons" didn't work for Firefox bookmarks
  • Smaller tweaks