What's new in Password Agent Lite 2022.4.1
Apr 3, 2022
- There are no mobile app related changes in this update. These will be incorpored into next coming update.
- Added password audit function that calculates password strength using ZXCVBN protocol and color codes each password accordingly, so you see which your passwords are weak and need to be replaced. You can invoke this function by menu command Tools | Password Audit or by sorting item list by Password column. Difference with ZXCVBN protocol is that Password Agent treats any passwords shorter than 12 characters as not strong, regardless of ZXCVBN result (which marks shorter passwords that have good entropy as strong). Note that ZXCVBN uses dictionary of common English words, but if you use common words from other languages in your passwords then such passwords are actually weaker than calculated.
- Added keyboard shortcuts to text fields in Item Details panel and now also possible to invoke commands Unmask, Assign e-mail address, Generate password etc by context menu (previously mouse only).
- Added security feature that notifies you that there were number of failed attempts to unlock a file while you were away. Helps to know that someone tried to unsuccessfully unlock the file when you were away.
- Removed size limit of file attachments. Although the program is not designed for large file attachements, you can still add them. But keep in mind that your tiny data file size grows and then it is not as portable and quick. It may be good idea to store larger file attachments in separate data file.
- Added autofill matching with Brave browser (https://brave.com), so you can autofill from PA to Brave browser without leaving Brave, using keyboard shortcut. If you want to use this feature you need to disable built-in password autofill in Brave (https://moonsoftware.com/faq/password-agent/how-to-disable-browser-autocomplete/)
- Improved Windows 11 compatibility.
- Improved CSV import: can create folder structure, auto-detect delimiter and columns, items with no password and user ID are now treated as notes.
- New simple import codecs to import passwords from 1Password, LastPass, Keeper Password Manager, Bitwarden and Password Agent.
- Various high DPI (4K) improvements (toolbar button spacing, Settings window etc).
- Updated program icon.
- New lightweight installer (NSIS) instead of MSI-based installer.
- Increased default key derivation function (KDF) iterations when creating new file (default delay caused by calculating password now 1+ second, was half of that). Can be changed by menu command File | Master password & encryption settings.
- This version contains built-in free license of Unlimited version for Ukrainians as a gift from Estonian friends. Free license is automatically enabled on computers where regional format is set to Ukrainian. This applies to both private and business users. Слава Україні!
- Updated user manual in PDF format (Help | User manual).
- Item details panel is now hidden by default, you can show it by double-clicking an item. If you prefer it to be always visible by default on start then change value of program setting “Item details panel visible by default” to Yes.
- Added Open link command to context menu of items list.
- Added notification that templates are editable.
- Added command Help | Remove license key to turn Unlimited version back to Lite version.
- From image selector removed alien, ghost, skull and few other images. If that was a mistake then please let us know. Actually we do not have a glue if and how many images you actually use.
- Fixed very slow export to XML, especially when attachments were used.
- Fixed slow pasting of many items.
- Fixed missing leaf image in Select item image window
- Fixed wrong font size of unmasked password when application was moved to monitor with different DPI.
- Many smaller fixes and tweaks.
New in Password Agent Lite 2017.12.20 (Apr 25, 2018)
- Fixed autofill matching failure to aquire web page URL from new Chrome browser.
- System now does not beep when Enter or Escape key is pressed in search box.
- Print function does not print items from Trash folder when "All items" option is selected.
- Password field in item details pane was not painted using password font when editing password.
- License key file for all users is now stored in %PROGRAMDATA%Moon SoftwarePassword Agent folder (previously in the registry). Current user's license key remains in %APPDATA%Moon SoftwarePassword Agent. See topic "Where is my license key stored?" in documentation for more details
New in Password Agent Lite 2017.12.12 (Dec 17, 2017)
- Improved communication with web browsers.
- Fixed autofill matching to web browsers that use other than English user interface language. Earlier PA displayed message that it was unable to read web site address from your browser window.
- Fixed: Un-selecting text attribute "bold" for Title field in View Editor reverted to default on next run. Thanks to Steven S. for reporting.
- Fixed: Autofill matching included items from Trash folder
- Improved launching Microsoft Edge web browser (command prompt window does not shortly flicker on screen before displaying browser).
New in Password Agent Lite 2017.7.27 (Jul 28, 2017)
- Corrected spelling & grammar of user interface text. If you still notice mistakes please let me know
- Fixed too large text in passwords popup menu in item details panel, when large system fonts were used
- Fixed empty page from printer when content of Note did not fit the page
- File | Open file location menu command is now available for both locked and unlocked files
New in Password Agent Lite 2017.6.9 (Jun 10, 2017)
- Added new settings Default Sort Field and Default Sort Direction in case you are not happy with ascending default sort by Title field.
- Improved view editor. You can now customise item list even further to display desired text fields in bold or italic style plus can select custom text color. Default text color of all fields in item list is now black instead of gray to improve readability. You can of course change it back to gray and italic using view editor, if desired.
- Fixed autofill to Microsoft Edge browser in latest Windows build 15063 (Creators Update). Autofilled text now sent to any browser with less delay.
- Fixed autofill matching with Opera 45.
- Fixed rare error "RegisterPowerSettingNotification failed".
- Facebook toolbar button not displayed by default. You can customize toolbar to have it as a button or choose Help | Facebook to launch FB page.
- All existing user licenses that expire before 31.12.2017 are extended to 31.12.2017.
New in Password Agent Lite 2016.10.10 (Oct 12, 2016)
- Data fields on item details pane now switch into edit mode on one mouse click (previously on double-click or pressing Edit button).
- Added program setting "Computer sleep/hibernate action". By default open files are locked when computer goes to sleep or hibernation mode. Now you can override this behaviour in case you don't want to lock files. Old version 2 did not lock files on this case.
- Revised toolbar icons and program icon. Note also that taskbar button shows now "key" overlay when file is unlocked (key inserted), previously it displayed "padlock" overlay when file was locked.
- Added Facebook toolbar button which will open Password Agent Facebook page. If you don't need this toolbar button you can remove it by customixing toolbar (View | Customize toolbar).
- Password Generator stores state of settings panel visibility between sessions. If you press "Show settings" to display password generation settings and close Password Generator then settings pane is visible by default next time you open Password Generator.
- Various other fixes, tweaks and improvements.
New in Password Agent Lite 2016.9.1 (Sep 1, 2016)
- If autofill fails because target process runs with higher permissions than Password Agent then error message is displayed explaining autofill failure.
- Fixed small fonts in Settings window that were caused by previous update. Settings window is now again protected from screen capture if "Block screen capture" is selected.
- Now if updater.exe is deleted from program directory then auto-update is not invoked and "Check for update" is not visible in Help menu. That way system administrators can block users from invoking update check. If program is installed as UWP app then "Check for update" command is not available because app updates will be provided by Windows Update.
- Password Agent is now also available as Windows app (UWP). Only Windows desktop is supported (no XBOX or Windows mobile versions). It is the same program, repackaged as UWP app, so it will be available via Windows Store. See Download section on web site to download .appx package to sideload on Windows 10 as Windows Store is not yet accepting desktop apps. Uninstall desktop version if you install UWP version.
- Password Agent is now available also without installer, as compressed zip archive. See Download section on web site.
New in Password Agent Lite 2016.8.23 (Aug 24, 2016)
- Fixed occasional Access Violation error/crash when scrolling window
- Fixed broken autofill when right side Ctrl and Shift keys were used to invoke autofill via hotkey
- Fixed issue with screen capture blocking where some secondary forms were still blocked even when you unselected "Block screen capture" setting. If you need to unselect "Block screen capture" setting remotely while you see black main screen then you need to invoke Settings window via keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+O as main menu is not visible in black main window (or change that setting locally on remote computer)
- Program files are now available also without installer, as compressed zip archive. See Download section on web site
New in Password Agent Lite 2016.7.14 (Aug 24, 2016)
- Added command "View | Keep window on top" and corresponding toolbar button. To make the toolbar button visible you need to customize toolbar by menu command "View | Customize toolbar"
- Added mouse wheel support to item details panel
- Now existing version 2.x installation is not automatically removed when you install new version 2016. After installing new version you can uninstall old version manually, when needed. Previously it was automatically uninstalled. Helper.exe omitted from installer
- Fixed issue where Password Agent deleted automatically created backup of old version of data file (.v2 file) 30 minutes after upgrading file format. It now deletes data file in old format (.v2 file) after 30 days of migrating to new version
- Fixed "Invalid variable" error message with autofill if password contained "{}"
- Fixed condition where field being edited was not resized when item details panel was resized
New in Password Agent Lite 2016.7.8 (Jul 8, 2016)
- Added security setting "Block screen capture (return black window)" that is enabled by default. Blocking screen capture by default helps to prevent malicious programs from secretly recording your Password Agent window contents. Disable it only if you get black Password Agent window when accessing your computer remotely using TeamViewer, LogMeIn or other remote connection software.
- Fixed issue that caused groups list to flicker and scroll back to top when different group was selected.
- Fixed error message "Commiting a new jump list".
- Fixed missing 64-bit executable when using Take with me feature on 32-bit Windows.
- If user data file is in "C:Program Files" system folder then program will notify user that he/she should move data to Documents folder as system programs folder is not writeable.
New in Password Agent Lite 2016.6.28 (Jul 8, 2016)
- Added back Autofill toolbar button that was present in version 2. It is not displayed by default, you'll need to customize toolbar to make it visible (menu command View | Customize toolbar). It is not recommended to use toolbar button for autofill but global shortcut key, because if invoked by toolbar button autofill is not very reliable, plus you do much more work by switching between Password Agent and your web browser. If you use autofill please learn new "autofill matching item" function that was added to 2016 version, so you can autofill without leaving your web browser.
- Added new program setting "Lock on minimize", default value is No.
- Improved Unlock screen: If you press Ctrl+Enter instead of just Enter after typing master password then after unlocking file Password Agent will be automatically minimized. Useful if you use mostly new "autofill matching item" functionality that does not require you to select item in items list to autofill from.
- Improved recent files list management so you can remove specific file names from the list one by one or use new "Remove all" command.
- Added "Lock" command to taskbar button's tasks list (only visible when there are any files open).
- Added /LOCK command line parameter which allows you to lock any opened files in running instance.
- When starting editing Note field, text is not selected by default.
- Improved "No data file is open" screen with list of recently used files.
- Take with me: Added overwrite confirmation prompt if data file in destination is newer than source file.
- Added notification that explains automatic clipboard clearing after specified timeout.
- Fixed erratic behavior under remote desktop/terminal services session.
- Fixed "The specified module could not be found" error message on startup.
- If you have pinned Password Agent to taskbar then when running this version you may notice that it will create duplicate taskbar button and your already pinned button is not activated. You'll need to unpin existing button first and pin it again.
New in Password Agent Lite 2016.6.1 (Jun 7, 2016)
- Added documentation. I suggest to read it as I'm sure you'll learn some new tricks.
- Added Go to item folder command to Item menu and context menu of items list. If item has no parent folder or parent folder is alredy selected in folders list then the command is not enabled.
- Added label displaying search options below search box.
- Old file versions again use extension .oldN as in version 2, not .backupN as in beta versions (as file is actually old version, not typical backup file). You can delete your automatically generated .backup files from your data file directory, new old versions files will have .oldN extension.
- Fixed Access Violation/Application Stopped Responding crash when dragging items. Thanks to JohnRF for reporting the issue.
- Fixed issue with notes of built-in template items. When creating a new item based on built-in template it was possible that multi-line contents of Note field of created item was on single line when putting Note field into edit mode (but it was properly displayed when Note field was not in edit mode). If you encounter this condition you need to update your built-in template item(s) in templates folder to have multi-line text in Note field.
- Fixed condition when new data file was created without having file extension ".pwa".
- Fixed Open link command failure when Link contained executable file path that contained space(s) and no double quotes were used around the executable path.
New in Password Agent Lite 2.6.3 (Oct 3, 2012)
- FIXED: Problem with column headers automatically collapsing when trying to resize column. This only happened on systems with multiple displays where Password Agent window was displayed on monitor that was at left or above of default monitor.
- FIXED: QuickSearch and Find did not match internation accented characters if there was case difference between search text and actual text.
- FIXED: It was possible to enter group name containing more than 30 characters but only max 30 characters are supported by file format.
New in Password Agent Lite 2.6.2 (Oct 3, 2012)
- CHANGE: introduced new password input boxes that had key logger prevention feature activated by default. User response showed that many people had compatibility problems with this setting, causing valid master password being often rejected. From now on default password input box type is "Custom without key logger prevention" and user can activate key logger prevention feature by himself if required or revert to classic password input box for maximum compatibility.
- CHANGE: Changing password input box type option in Unlock window now changes global option. Next time you see Unlock window it defaults to last used setting.
- FIX: Lock timer minimised program when no data file was open and if there were any modal dialogs displayed these were still hidden when application was restored, rendering main application window unresponsible.
New in Password Agent Lite 2.6.1 (Nov 9, 2009)
- Key logger prevention when entering master password, quick search multiple fields etc.
New in Password Agent Lite 2.6.0 (Nov 2, 2009)
- Key logger prevention when entering master password, quick search multiple fields etc.