QuickMirror Changelog

What's new in QuickMirror 1.82

Mar 30, 2024
  • added File menu option to Save the opened settings file
  • added prompt for saving unsaved changes
  • fixed freezing issue before or during mirroring/previewing if the System tab options to use the Windows/System backup exclude list was checked off in older versions of Windows or when the Windows internal backup exclude list has invalid paths
  • included the final version of unicows.dll (needed by Windows 95/98/ME) which has bug fixes for previous versions

New in QuickMirror 1.81 (Feb 15, 2024)

  • Fixed compatibility errors with Windows XP and earlier.
  • Fixed potential issue when opening a settings file or getting defaults .

New in QuickMirror 1.8 (Nov 28, 2021)

  • added buttons to set/clear all options on the Log tab
  • added a main menu option and a command line option to keep the progress window above other common application windows
  • added the System tab option to exclude system files/folders such as Recycle Bin folders that normally don't need to be mirrored, based on the Windows version
  • added support for wildcards in folder pathnames to include/exclude
  • added support for including/excluding groups of files with no filename extension
  • added help clarification of wildcard use in include/exclude groups
  • the current from/to pair being mirrored/previewed is shown on the progress window
  • the current file name being copied/compared is shown on the progress window
  • excluded additional unnecessary system files and folders from mirroring
  • the System tab option to use the Windows backup exclude list is checked-off by default
  • automatically saves/restores the position of the progress dialog window
  • changed behavior of dropping files/folders on the location list and include/exclude lists
  • fixed issue when a junction is encountered when copying an entire folder may cause the folder copy to fail
  • fixed issue where an invalid log pathname would cause QuickMirror to close
  • fixed issue where mirroring the security attributes of a very long pathname would fail

New in QuickMirror 1.71 (Aug 13, 2019)

  • re-added ability to run on old Windows versions (95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP)

New in QuickMirror 1.70 (Feb 13, 2019)

  • Supports environment variables in the source/destination
  • Changed behavior of prompt for source/destination not found to prompt to retry or cancel, allowing you to connect a missing USB drive, etc. and continue
  • Fixed issue where multithreading was not being used in some instances where it would benefit performance

New in QuickMirror 1.63 (Jan 23, 2019)

  • fixed issue where previewing/mirroring stops if trying to read the contents of a folder fails

New in QuickMirror 1.62 (Jan 22, 2019)

  • Fixed issue when not logging files and folders added to the destination would cause incorrect mirroring of files to the destination

New in QuickMirror 1.61 (Jan 16, 2019)

  • fixed issue where any condition that caused reading a folder's contents to fail was ignored, causing mirroring operations to fail for that folder

New in QuickMirror 1.60 (Jan 11, 2019)

  • Better memory management and performance
  • Uses the latest visual styles depending on Windows version
  • Added marquee to preview/mirror progress window (Windows XP and later)
  • Added support to mirror all reparse point types
  • Added support for drag/drop to location/include/exclude lists if running as an administrator (elevated privileges)
  • Added additional system files to automatically exclude
  • Fixed issue when clicking the Pause/Stop button on the progress window may not pause/stop previewing/mirroring until after many file/folder operations
  • Fixed issue when a folder was encountered having thousands of subfolders would cause mirroring/previewing to stop and close
  • Fixed issue when mirroring a secured file may cause mirroring to stop and close or the file not to be copied

New in QuickMirror 1.51 (Jul 29, 2018)

  • The swapfile.sys file is now automatically excluded
  • Fixed issue when a folder was encountered having hundreds of subfolders

New in QuickMirror 1.50 (Jul 26, 2018)

  • A performance increase, possibly noticeable when previewing/mirroring a large number of files or previewing/mirroring where the source and destination folders are not on same physical drive or server
  • Added optimization information on progress window
  • Fixed issue where a separate instance of explorer.exe was created when displaying text files (readme, license, order or any log file)
  • Fixed issue where excluded folders were not being logged
  • Fixed issue where excluded files were being logged twice when previewing
  • Fixed issue where drag/drop of files/folders to location, include and excluded lists was not working
  • Fixed issue including/excluding files when using wildcard characters

New in QuickMirror 1.4 (Jul 17, 2017)

  • Fxed "accessing registry key" error on startup when not running QuickMirror as an administrator of the computer
  • Added drag/drop ability to Location/Include/Exclude Lists

New in QuickMirror 1.31 (Apr 6, 2009)

  • changed default settings file location to user's documents folder
  • changed default log file location to user's documents folder
  • added support for UNC pathnames (\servershare), which allows mirroring to
  • network shares without having to map drive names
  • changed help file format to compiled html help
  • allow source/destination pathnames up to 32,767 characters (file system
  • dependant)