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LinkStash Changelog

What's new in LinkStash 3.7.1

Jan 12, 2021
  • Backups can now be created without having to wait until the backup is a day old.
  • Backup file rotation updated to maintain at least daily rotation.
  • Increase folder indent (main window only) to better distinguish indents.
  • Decode HTML entities if using Retrieve to fill in the page title and description.
  • Fix bookmark view has spurious text appended to long labels.
  • Fix Add bookmark from clipboard menu item can become disabled.
  • Fix dead link check incorrect redirect if the server responds with a relative redirect.
  • Fix dead link check failure if the URL contains a fragment (path contains #).
  • Fix dead link check crash if deleting from the deleted folder.
  • Fix bookmark view sorts on Keyword instead of Note column.

New in LinkStash 3.7.0 (Nov 17, 2020)

  • When pasting text URLs show the Add Bookmark dialog and automatically fetch the page title.
  • Improve folder view (main window) with full row select and highlight on mouse over.
  • Reduce folder indent (main window) to improve appearance and reduce wasted space.
  • Improve bookmark view (main window).
  • Show lines between folders in the Add Bookmark dialog.
  • Support Waterfox Current browser.
  • Other code changes and performance improvements.
  • Minimum OS requirement Windows 7 SP 1, remove Vista support.

New in LinkStash 3.6.0 Beta (Jul 10, 2019)

  • Add Firefox extension (separate download), required to add bookmarks from Firefox.
  • Add bookmarks from clipboard text (Bookmark > Add bookmark from clipboard.)
  • Add bookmarks from clipboard text with a hotkey (Tools > Options > Hotkey.)
  • Add bookmarks from clipboard text with tray icon menu.
  • Add "Find folder" to the add bookmark dialog, F3 in the combobox to find next.
  • Dead link checker engine complete rewrite, fast, accurate and responsive.
  • Dead link checker GUI redesign.
  • Auto fetch the bookmark name if it's empty in the add bookmark dialog.
  • Retrieve web page details in the bookmark dialog without blocking the UI.
  • Ignore deleted bookmarks when dead link checking previous failures.
  • Add a "Search" menu item to the main menu.
  • Set the bookmark to unvisited if visit count is 0 in bookmark properties dialog.
  • Remove redundant unvisited checkbox in bookmark properties, set visit count to 0 instead.
  • Rename menu item "New blank bookmark" to "Add blank bookmark."
  • Move the saved search menu items in the find bar to a submenu.
  • Add "Saved Searches" to the Search main menu.
  • Cleanup and rearrange many menu-items.
  • Improve installer appearance.
  • Don't modify the case of the browser path (addresses Firefox 67 bug: case sensitive paths for profiles.)
  • Fix changes to the Windows default web browser are ignored.
  • Fix the issue where pressing the hotkey to send the username/password shows the "Could not add bookmark."
  • Minimum OS requirement Windows Vista, remove XP support.
  • Other code changes and performance improvements.

New in LinkStash 3.5.2 (Apr 24, 2015)

  • Add French translation.
  • Update translations: Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Russian.
  • A normal install over the top of a portable install now changes the installation type from portable to normal.
  • Fix incorrect display of some characters after importing bookmarks containing ampersand HTML codes.
  • Fix incorrect Unicode characters displayed when retrieving a website name for some URLs.
  • Other internal changes.

New in LinkStash 3.5.1 (Sep 12, 2014)

  • A bookmark bar displays the bookmark's properties docked to the side of the main window. It displays the currently selected bookmark allowing it to be edited. Any changes are automatically committed unless you press Escape, in which case the changes are undone. Easily switch to or from the bookmark bar with Ctrl+Enter.
  • More conveniently hide columns with new Hide column menu item in the bookmark list header right-click menu.
  • Add option (startup tab) to exit LinkStash after several (~5) minutes of system inactivity, off by default.
  • Add Clear all search history menu item to the find bar to clear the find bar and advanced find.
  • Show the selected folder's full path in the add bookmark dialog.
  • Allow for longer folder names in the status bar.
  • Fix add bookmark hotkey not bringing its dialog to the front if it's already open.
  • Fix bookmark edit control not resetting the default font after setting no highlight.
  • Fix potential crash when choosing New LinkStash file.
  • 3.5.1 Fix where deleting selected bookmarks can delete unselected bookmarks in 3.5.0.

New in LinkStash 3.5.0 (Sep 3, 2014)

  • A bookmark bar displays the bookmark's properties docked to the side of the main window. It displays the currently selected bookmark allowing it to be edited. Any changes are automatically committed unless you press Escape, in which case the changes are undone. Easily switch to or from the bookmark bar with Ctrl+Enter.
  • More conveniently hide columns with new Hide column menu item in the bookmark list header right-click menu.
  • Add option (startup tab) to exit LinkStash after several (~5) minutes of system inactivity, off by default.
  • Add Clear all search history menu item to the find bar to clear the find bar and advanced find.
  • Show the selected folder's full path in the add bookmark dialog.
  • Allow for longer folder names in the status bar.
  • Fix add bookmark hotkey not bringing its dialog to the front if it's already open.
  • Fix bookmark edit control not resetting the default font after setting no highlight.
  • Fix potential crash when choosing New LinkStash file.

New in LinkStash 3.4.0 (Jul 2, 2014)

  • Improve search results by prefixing a search word with - (dash) to exclude words from the search results. For example (ignore quotes):
  • "news -sport -politics" matches news but without sport or politics
  • "-fiction" matches everything without fiction.
  • Searching searches a folder's full path name by default instead of just the folder name.
  • Clearing the search history now also clears the Advanced Find text.
  • Disable save history for Advanced Find if save history option isn't on.
  • Don't show the duplicates button in the Add Bookmark Dialog for deleted bookmarks.
  • Fix main window popping up when it should stay minimized. For example adding from Chrome should not cause the main window to be restored if it's minimized.
  • Fix high CPU usage with very large number of bookmarks when closing the bookmark file or the duplicate checker dialog.
  • Fix unable to add Firefox or Pale Moon bookmarks unless the page has a title tag.

New in LinkStash 3.3.0 (May 7, 2014)

  • Ability to generate complex passwords (Tools menu, Password generator) with customisable settings.
  • Expand all bookmarks using the Folder menu, right-click menu or Ctrl+Shift+=.
  • Collapse all bookmarks using the Folder menu, right-click menu or Ctrl+Shift+-.
  • Ensure the selected folder remains visible when expanding all folders.
  • Can now Empty Deleted Bookmarks using the Folder menu.
  • Add Greek help file.
  • Add Russian translation.
  • Update translations: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), German, Greek, Italian, Korean and Portuguese (Brazilian).
  • Remove the Change (master password) button from the Sign In dialog for clarity.
  • Remove the Uninstall LinkStash entry from the Start Menu, use the Control Panel instead.
  • Fix bookmark info tip ending in garbage under certain circumstances.
  • Fix the Unvisited check box resetting controls in the bookmark properties dialog.
  • Fix truncated URL on drag drop from Firefox address bar icon to LinkStash.

New in LinkStash 3.2.2 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Add German translation.
  • Add Italian help file.
  • Remember the search folder's sorted column between sessions.
  • Better handling of non-English text when adding bookmarks from Opera (Presto.)
  • Add support for Pale Moon browser (a Firefox fork) as Firefox. To open bookmarks with Pale Moon set the Firefox path in LS Options to Pale Moon's executable.
  • Better error message in the Duplicate URL dialog.
  • Fix drag and dropping an URL from Opera results in a garbage text.
  • Fix where opening bookmarks with IE always opens in a new window.

New in LinkStash 3.2.1 (Nov 14, 2013)

  • Add Portuguese/Brazil (PTB) translation.
  • Fix fetching a web page fails if the meta tag contains single quotes.
  • Fix reporting 0 days evaluation remaining if not registered.
  • Fix duplicate URLs dialog not updating the UI after a folder is deleted.
  • Import text file missing from help.
  • Command line arguments missing from help.

New in LinkStash 3.2.0 (Oct 19, 2013)

  • Support for Chrome v30+ with a Chrome extension.
  • Add command line flag /addurls to add a list of bookmarks from the command line.
  • Add translations: Chinese Traditional, Greek, Italian and Korean.
  • Translate right-click drag and drop menu.
  • Mark the bookmark file as unsaved when pasting bookmarks to a folder.
  • Show backups found in the bookmark file's path in the Restore dialog.
  • Disable unallowed drop menu items in the right-click drop menu.
  • Remove redundant .portable file from portable install.
  • Build against zlib 1.2.8.
  • Update the help file.
  • Many internal changes and enhancements.
  • Fix LinkStash Monitor file in use prompt during install.
  • Fix typo in Synchronize Bookmarks dialog.
  • Fix drag drop from IE to LinkStash folder pane doesn't create a bookmark.
  • Fix drag drop from IE to LinkStash bookmark pane doesn't create a bookmark.
  • Fix crash when pasting bookmarks with tags between bookmark files.

New in LinkStash 3.1.0 (Jul 27, 2013)

  • Unified setup for both portable and computer installation.
  • Copy and paste bookmarks between LinkStash instances.
  • Add Chinese Simplified (CHS) translation.
  • New look duplicate URL checker dialog box.
  • New duplicate URL checker code, written from scratch.
  • The duplicate URL checker can now check for duplicates in the same or any other folder.
  • Duplicate URL check specific folders from the folder right-click menu.
  • Duplicate URL check on selected bookmarks.
  • Only show the Check Duplicate button in the Add Bookmark dialog if there are duplicate.
  • Dead link check specific folders from the folder right-click menu.
  • Export bookmark Keywords when exporting to Mozilla/Netscape/HTML format.
  • Delete obsolete lsgrab.exe and lsshow.exe, for lsgrab.exe use new shortcut addbookmark for lsshow.exe use new shortcut show.
  • Command line flag "/addbookmark" shows the add bookmark dialog box to add a bookmark from the recently active browser.
  • Command line flag "/show" shows and activate the main window overriding the minimize on startup option.
  • Command line flag "/newinstance" allows multiple instances to run.
  • Move Dead link check Duplicate URL check menus to the Tools menu.
  • Move Duplicate URL check menus to the Tools menu.
  • Move folder right-click Import and Export submenu to a new submenu.
  • Fix auto save option ignored.
  • Update help file.

New in LinkStash 3.0.0 (Mar 21, 2013)

  • Open bookmarks in a new browser tab (Internet Explorer and Firefox) or new window (Chrome.) Note that Firefox requires browser.link.open_newwindow = 1.
  • Greater search precision, search by date added, date visited, number of visits, rating.
  • The bookmark fie is monitored for changes and is reloaded if changes are detected, this is useful is you have two computers using the same bookmark file. You can even use this with cloud storage like Dropbox.
  • Built-in searches for recently added or recently visited bookmarks.
  • The website title and description fields in the bookmark dialog can be fetched from the website.
  • Drag bookmarks from LinkStash to the desktop or Window Explorer to create internet shortcuts.
  • Customizable font size for the bookmark pane and folder pane.
  • Copy bookmarks as text in many ways via right-click Copy as text: URL, name, URL & name, HTML link.
  • Display a document icon for document bookmarks.
  • Opened bookmarks with Safari, Maxthon2 and Maxthon3.
  • Add bookmarks from from Maxthon2.
  • LinkStash starts/stops with Safari and Maxthon browser.
  • Greater password flexibility allows you to submit the website logon after sending the password without the need to send the user name.
  • You can apply the current sort order to all folders or only the sub-folders.
  • Editable saved search criteria.
  • Import URLs from a text file.
  • Export and import tags.
  • Add menu item to toggle the expanded state of a folder and its sub-folders.
  • Add menu item to create a new sibling folder.
  • LinkStash can automatically Sign Out when the computer goes to sleep.
  • Improved and reorganized the layout of the options dialog box and menus.
  • Option to show or hide obsolete browsers in LinkStash.
  • New menu item to open bookmarks in preferred browser new tab.
  • New menu item to open bookmarks in Windows default browser new tab.
  • Search starts after the Find Bar Text combo box selection changes, this removes the extra step needed to start the search.
  • Activate the find box on startup if the Find Bar focus option is enabled.
  • Display folder name in the Search In combo box (find bar and find settings.)
  • The search folder can be be changed in the find settings dialog.
  • Allow more text to be typed in the find bar box.
  • Allow drag and drop URLs from Opera and others.
  • The Escape key closes the Add Bookmark dialog box.
  • Pasting text containing multiple URLs (1 per line) adds multiple bookmarks.
  • New bookmarks field: Keyword and Description.
  • Ability to add doc or folder bookmarks from the toolbar.
  • Make the duplicate warning more vivid in the Add bookmark dialog.
  • Import and exporting tags and highlights via LinkStash proprietary format.
  • The Highlight menu is now in the Folder and Bookmark menu.
  • User selectable IE Favorites path in the Sync dialog.
  • Hide unused browsers from the Open With popup menu to make it cleaner.
  • If backup fails when updating the bookmark file then prompt again for backup.
  • Increase File menu most recently used text so paths aren't shortened.
  • Increase File menu most recently used list to 15.
  • Display the bookmark file full path in the main window title, in portable mode also display the relative path.
  • Add a New Folder button to the export IE Favorites browse dialog.
  • Drag & drop a bookmark file on LS title bar opens the file.
  • Highlight manager dialog interface improvements.
  • Better URL retrieval (ensure http scheme and trailing slash) when bookmarking from Chrome.
  • Add description field and column ordering to the passwords list dialog.
  • To ensure privacy when the password list dialog is open, it closes when automatically signed out.
  • Improved password lookup by adding options to find the password from a bookmark even if the browser URL doesn't match the bookmark URL completely.
  • Passwords list dialog column ordering via left click drag and drop.
  • Add toolbar buttons to open bookmarks with Safari and Maxthon.
  • Add choice to open an existing bookmark file in the Setup Wizard.
  • Add option to select bookmarks via keyboard if the find box is active. Shift + Up/Down changes the bookmark selection up/down. Shift + Enter activates the bookmark. Useful for opening a bookmark if several are listed in the results, there's no need to type more search text.
  • Disable the Skip button in the add bookmark dialog if adding only 1 bookmark.
  • Change search option "locate bookmark on double-click" to make it clearer.
  • Move all the Saved Search menu items to the Find button dropdown menu.
  • All menus and dialog buttons use sentence-style capitalisation.
  • Move confirmation prompt options to their own dialog.
  • Rename My Order to Custom order.
  • On drag and drop from an external app, don't block the external app during bookmark edit.
  • Fix inability to to drag bookmarks to some browsers.
  • Fix the taskbar button appearing depressed when starting minimized.
  • Fix incorrect selection range in various list controls.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in LinkStash 2.1.3 (Jun 25, 2012)

  • Fix LinkStash and LSMon not recognising Chrome 19.0.1084.46.
  • Add Dutch translation to installer.

New in LinkStash 2.1.2 (Jun 25, 2012)

  • Add Turkish translation.
  • Add Swedish translation.
  • Fix setup wizard hotkeys not always saved to the options dialog box.
  • Fix setup wizard hotkeys not correctly enabled.
  • Fix setup wizard import stock bookmarks choice is ignored.
  • Fix setup wizard invalid path error when in portable mode.
  • Fix bookmark name is truncated when bookmarks added from Chrome under certain circumstances.

New in LinkStash 2.1.1 (Aug 29, 2011)

  • When searching, hitting the Enter key opens the currently selected bookmark (if search as you type is enabled) so no need to use the mouse to open the bookmark.
  • Firefox bookmark keywords are now imported into the comment field.
  • Setup wizard detects correct path for Opera.
  • Fix unable to bookmark Opera URLs.
  • Fix unable to bookmark Chrome 13 URLs.
  • Fix LinkStash not starting with Chrome.
  • Fix adding bookmarks from non-English Chrome.
  • Fix LSMon accidentally restarting LinkStash.
  • Fix bug where LinkStash thinks the system default browser path is empty.
  • Fix "could not add the bookmark" error message if Thunderbird open.
  • Don't show "path doesn't exist" error in backup options if "backup to path" unselected.

New in LinkStash 2.0.13 (Sep 15, 2009)

  • Fix incompatibility when adding bookmarks from Chrome 2.0.172.43.
  • Fix MRU (Most Recently Used) file list not loading files with relative path names.
  • Paths in options browser tab reports an invalid file location when it's valid.
  • Add Czech translation.
  • Add German translation.

New in LinkStash 2.0.12 (Apr 23, 2009)

  • Add experimental support for Google Chrome browser.
  • Add Spanish translation (GUI and Help.)
  • Show the localized Print Dialog instead of it always being in English.
  • The tooltip for the Tag toolbar button displays the wrong accelerator.
  • Fix bug with sync not deleting folders in IE Favorites.

New in LinkStash 2.0.11 (Aug 22, 2008)

  • When entering suspend mode power-management LinkStash will now automatically sign out.
  • Better support for relative paths in portable mode. This change means you may need to re-open the bookmark file if it's not found the first time.
  • The most recently used file list (at the bottom of the file menu) now shows more of the path instead of just the file name.
  • Allow import of comments on multiples lines in a Firefox2 bookmark file.
  • Fixes bug with non-ASCII chars appearing as garbage when viewing an exported HTML bookmark file in a browser.
  • Fix the Help button in the Password Required dialog failing to launch Help.

New in LinkStash 2.0.8 (Dec 18, 2007)

  • Add a compression option to advanced tab to change the compression level of the saved bookmark file.
  • Improved performance when saving bookmarks files that have lots (e.g. 30,000 ) of bookmarks.
  • The following files are no longer part of the portable archive: lsgrab.exe and lsshow.exe - they are not required in portable mode.
  • After entering the serial name/number the thank-you message now displays the product type purchased (LinkStash or LinkStash Family Pack.)
  • When running in portable mode without a serial number a message displays appropriate text instead of saying trial expired.
  • Setup wizard option 'start with browser' should default to unchecked in portable mode.
  • Windows Vista users will no longer see an "unidentified program" warning when launching the uninstaller from outside of Control Panel.
  • Fix issue with LinkStash portable, it shouldn't remove the LinkStash entry from Start Menu|Startup group.
  • Fix crash when re-creating a new bookmark file under certain situations.
  • Fix crash when LinkStash creates the bookmark file for the first time under Windows 98 only.
  • Fix bug where it was impossible to exit LinkStash without saving the bookmark file in certain situations.
  • Fix issue with portable mode not remembering its settings on some systems. A side effect is that everyone must re-enter their settings (including the serial number) one more time in portable mode.