SyncFolders Portable Changelog

What's new in SyncFolders Portable 3.6.111

Jul 3, 2023
  • New: It is possible to skip zero-byte files in the synchronization.
  • New: Filter options to filter the synchronization results.
  • New: File modification date added as column in the synchronization details.
  • New: Synchronization speed is available on the processing tab.
  • Changed: The dialog 'Create Rule' will be shown after performing menu command 'New'.
  • Changed: Translation improvements.
  • Fixed: Some minor bug fixes.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.6.013 (Feb 7, 2023)

  • Changed: File filters are now read-only and can only be changed via the filter dialog.
  • Changed: Translation improvements.
  • Fixed: Windows should not go to sleep mode during synchronization.
  • Fixed: File and folder filters, where the name contains a comma, are not handled properly during synchronization.
  • Fixed: Usage of TLS 1.3 is only done from Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 to avoid unexpected errors.
  • Fixed: Logging settings are disabled and cannot be changed anymore.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.5.223 (Sep 5, 2022)

  • New: Exclude subfolders from synchronization using wildcards.
  • Changed. Performance improvement when loading file icons.
  • Changed. Files that are not symbolic links but have attribute ReparsePoint will not be ignored anymore.
  • Changed: Improvements for Russian and Ukrainian translations.
  • Fixed: Some minor bug fixes.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.5.103 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • New: Language Traditional Chinese added.
  • Fixed: A scheduled task with a name containing invalid characters (question marks, double quotes, Asterisks, etc.) could not be saved. Invalid characters cannot be used anymore.
  • Fixed: An unexpected error could occur if a file is moved to a time-stamped subfolder within the history folder.
  • Fixed: The OneDrive folder is not always visible in the folder selection tree.
  • Fixed: Some minor bug fixes.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.5.011 (Jan 12, 2021)

  • New: Notification sounds when the scan or synchronization has been finished.
  • New: Variables %STARTUPPATH% and %STARTUPVOLUME% can be used in the source and target folder names.
  • New: New setting 'Copy to temporary file before target file is overwritten'.
  • New: Multiple items can be selected in the detailed results view.
  • New: Search result in 'Find Files and Folders' can be copied to the clipboard.
  • New: Shortcuts made for the action buttons of the main window.
  • Fixed: SyncFolders tries to make connection to the internet without any reason when 'Automatically check for updates' is disabled.
  • Fixed: Some minor bug fixes.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.4.555 (Sep 25, 2020)

  • New: Subfolders in the target folder can also be skipped if synchronization type is Back up.
  • Changed: Improved handling of mapped network drives when running SyncFolders as administrator.
  • Fixed: SyncFolders stopped the synchronization for the rule when a file did not have a last modification date. However, it should continue with the remaining files and folders.
  • Fixed: The option 'View Log File' does not show the right log file if the command line option /log: is used to indicate an alternative log file location.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.4.527 (Sep 12, 2019)

  • New: Symbolic file and folder links supported.
  • Changed: Check for update added on request of users.
  • Changed: Getting started information added to the help of SyncFolders.
  • Fixed: Resizing the main window could give some flicker effects.
  • Fixed: Unexpected error could occur if SyncFolders has no read access to the target folder.
  • Fixed: Manually added files to the Start Menu of SyncFolders are deleted during an update or re-install.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.4.493 (Sep 12, 2019)

  • Changed: Some translations updated.
  • Fixed: Columns in the rules list could become hidden in rare situations.
  • Fixed: SyncFolders stops working if the image list from Windows cannot be created.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.4.471 (Jul 9, 2018)

  • New: Languages Portuguese (Brazil), Korean and Czech added.
  • Changed: Some translations updated.
  • Fixed: An error occurs if a scheduled task contains a trigger "on an event".
  • Fixed: A folder in %LocalAppData% is created by the portable version of SyncFolders.
  • Fixed: The width of the columns in the rules view are not saved if SyncFolders is maximized.
  • Fixed: SyncFolders is using quite some CPU at startup if started from the Windows Task Scheduler as long as the notification message is visible.
  • Fixed: An unexpected error could occur if the tmp folder of Windows contains more than 65535 temporary files.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.4.456 (Feb 6, 2018)

  • New: A filter option has been added to include only subfolders created before a certain date.
  • New: It is possible to easily switch on or off the filter to skip some subfolders as specified in the folder selection dialog.
  • Changed: Some translation improvements.
  • Fixed: A scheduled task that requires a password could not be saved by SyncFolders.
  • Fixed: The synchronization databases could not be read properly in case the decimal character was not equal to a dot or a comma.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.4.411 (Nov 15, 2017)

  • New: It is posible to undo and redo any change in the rules definition.
  • New: A new option "Swap Source and Target Folder" is available on the rules list view.
  • New: A new option "Keep latest file/folder visible" is available on detailed results window.
  • New: Language Greek supported.
  • New: File date and size is available in the results of the option 'Find Files and Folders'.
  • Changed: An icon in the main window will show the result status of the synchronization process.
  • Changed: Setting "Automatically check for updates" has been removed.
  • Fixed: The option 'Show Errors and Conflicts only' did not always work properly.
  • Fixed: The result message in the detailed results view was not always timely updated.
  • Fixed: The text of column 'size' in some views changed unexpectedly from right aligned to left aligned.
  • Fixed: Some minor issues.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.4.383 (Aug 9, 2017)

  • Fixed: The option 'Check for Update' did not work properly in some situations on Windows 10. In this case the new version needs to be downloaded manually of via the menu option 'Download SyncFolders'.
  • Fixed: An option in the settings window did not have the right label.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.4.382 (Aug 9, 2017)

  • Fixed: The option 'Check for Update' did not work properly in some situations on Windows 10. In this case the new version needs to be downloaded manually of via the menu option 'Download SyncFolders'.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.4.381 (Aug 8, 2017)

  • New: File filters can also be added and changed in a separated window.
  • New: It is possible to only synchronize files that have changed in the last x days.
  • New: Setting 'Activate processing information tab when scan or synchronization starts'.
  • New: Language German is supported.
  • New: Language Polish is supported.
  • Changed: If SyncFolders does not have read access to a folder, it will raise an error and skip this folder and the mirror folder as well.
  • Changed: Header color changed to gradient.
  • Changed: The message to indicate that there is a new version has moved to the header.
  • Changed: The temporary file created by SyncFolders when a file is synchronized is exclusively locked and cannot be read by other processes any more.
  • Fixed: Some minor issues.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.4.369 (May 3, 2017)

  • New: Language French is supported.
  • Changed: The warning 'You have changed the rules since the last scan! It is recommended to do a new scan first' will not be given if setting 'Prompt for confirmation when starting synchronization' is switched off.
  • Changed: The download window will show also the progress and the size of the file.
  • Fixed: Some minor issues.

New in SyncFolders Portable 3.4.351 (Mar 31, 2017)

  • Fixed: Tmp files with names like 3gb12zai.f3e, hnvxwjvu.4hb are created by SyncFolders in root folders but are not always removed.
  • Fixed: Mapped drives are not visible in the browse folder dialogs.