Gotcha! Backup Utility Changelog

What's new in Gotcha! Backup Utility 16.11.13.0

Dec 2, 2016
  • Fixed: Issue with Office Signatures causing a fatal error in Gotcha Data Backup.

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 16.10.11.0 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • New: Office Signatures are now Backed up and Restored.

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 2016.9.30.0 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • New: Added support for Office 2016 Product Key Backup
  • New: Added support for Office 2016 PST and Email settings Backup and Restore.
  • New: Added support for 16.0 Office 365 Office PST file and Email settings Backup and Restore.
  • Fix: No more asking user to allow Registry imports during Restore process.
  • Fix: Restoring from within a non-Admin User account had issues restoring data into the Admin logged in profile instead of the current users profile.
  • New: Backup will now check Desktop shortcuts for possible hijacking of iexplore.exe, chrome.exe and firefox.exe. User will be prompted if they wish to remove any possible hijacked shortcuts from the backup.

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 2015.1.31.1 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • Fix: Logos and Icons were not loading in the GUI on certain builds on WinPE
  • Improvement: When launching in WinPE Gotcha will now auto recognize the drive of the WinPE environment and not give it as an option to select for backing up.

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 2014.7.19.0 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • Fix: There was a bug in some cases that IE Homepage was restored as a http:///

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 2014.7.8.1 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • Improvement: Now supports long file paths.
  • New: File version of Gotcha now is a dated version (v2014.7.8.1)

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 0.5.1.1 (Oct 8, 2013)

  • New: IE Start Pages Backup
  • New: Opera Backup
  • New: Apple Safari Backup
  • New: IncrediMail Backup
  • Fixed: Google Chrome Backup
  • Fixed: Backup/Restore while running in a Limited User Account should be functioning better.

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 0.5.0.9 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • FIXED: Somehow I let a minor typo in my code slip by. Which was causing Gotcha to fail to find some user data in specific circumstances.

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 0.5.0.8 (Aug 18, 2013)

  • NEW: Windows 8 Product Key Backup.
  • NEW: The ability to Backup/Restore while logged into a Limited Account. UAC was causing issues because it would forward all read write tasks into the Admin account that Gotcha was being run with instead of the currently logged in user.
  • NEW: Progress Bar now shows progress when Copying Large Files.
  • NEW: Graphical Interface Update. Looks much nicer.
  • NEW: Windows WiFi Profiles Backup/Restore! (Works for Vista + Operating Systems. Will add XP support soon)
  • NEW: IE Favorite sorting order is now Backup/Restored.
  • NEW: Mapped Network Drives can now be Backup/Restored.
  • NEW: Desktop Icon Layout is now Backup/Restored.
  • Changed: Product Keys are now backed up to an ini file (SystemKeys.ini).
  • Changed: Windows and Office Keys now specify whether they are x86 or x64 installs.
  • Changed: Detect if OEM Product keys are Royalty Keys or not. (Only Windows 7 is checked for now)
  • Fixed: Backing up some features while running Gotcha within a Preinstallation Environment (Like LiveXP or MiniXP) would be unsuccessfull. Now all options that are possible to backup within a live environment can be backed up in a WinPE.

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 0.5.0.4 (Jan 8, 2013)

  • Fixed - Firefox backup was not working correctly while running Gotcha through a WinPE environment while attempting to do a backup of a Windows Vista+ machine.
  • Fixed - Thunderbird backup was not working correctly while running Gotcha through a WinPE environment while attempting to do a backup of a Windows Vista+ machine

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 0.5.0.3 (Oct 29, 2012)

  • Changed -I got rid of MD5Hash Checking. It was too slow. Now Gotcha checks file dates and only overwrites if the date does not match. This makes Gotcha super fast when dealing with files that already exist.

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 0.5.0.2 (Oct 20, 2012)

  • Fixed - Data Restore was not working properly. The MD5Hash checking code was messed up.

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 0.5.0.1 (Oct 20, 2012)

  • Enhanced - Microsoft Office Outlook Default Profile now Backed Up.

New in Gotcha! Backup Utility 0.5.0.0 (Oct 20, 2012)

  • Enhanced - Microsoft Office Outlook backup now backs up all pst files as well as email settings.