What's new in SyncFolders 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 3.4.493 (Mar 4, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 3.4.351 (Feb 24, 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.
New in SyncFolders 3.4.345 (Feb 22, 2017)
- New: Languages Russian and Ukrainian are supported.
- Changed: Default folder for rules files has changed if running in portable mode.
- Fixed: The background colour of the rules list is not always correct.
- Fixed: The synchronization process does not stop immediately if the target folder on a USB drive cannot be accessed any longer.
- Fixed: The synchronization could fail for files for which the name is formatted like a short file name, for example: SAMPLE~1.DOC.
New in SyncFolders 3.4.297 (Jan 23, 2017)
- New: Language Spanish is supported
- Changed: Overall performance improvements
- Changed: The description of action type 'Synchronize' has changed to 'Synchronize Two-Way'
- Changed: Some improvements to avoid the rare error 'The magic number in GZip header is not correct'
- Changed: The default setting for versioning has changed to 'Move files to time-stamped subfolder within history folder' to make sure novice users do have history
- Fixed: The synchronization process does not stop immediately if there is insufficient disk space in the history folder
- Fixed: Synchronization did not succeed successfully if the length of the source or the target folder was longer than 248 characters
- Fixed: The synchronization process does not stop immediately if the network is not available any longer
- Fixed: Temporary files, created and needed by SyncFolders, could be locked by e.g. Dropbox and Google Drive, which results into unexpected errors during synchronization
- Fixed: The elapsed time is not displayed properly if the synchronization runs more than 24 hours
- Fixed: The initial folder in the Browse Folder dialog is not always visible due to a bug in Windows
New in SyncFolders 3.4.234 (Dec 23, 2016)
- New: SyncFolders is now available in Chinese.
- Changed: handling automatic updates has been improved.
- Fixed: Some minor problems.
New in SyncFolders 3.4.111 (Nov 11, 2016)
- New: Personal text color and background color can be defined for each rule.
- New: Multiple rule selection is enabled in the rule list.
- New: A new option for a rule makes it possible to always use the default history folder of SyncFolders, relative to the target folder.
- Changed: Other colors are used for selecting items in all list views.
- Changed: Handling of temporary files created by SyncFolders during synchronization has been improved.
- Fixed: Folder and file dates in the history are sometimes not properly set.
- Fixed: Some minor problems.
New in SyncFolders 3.4.073 (May 25, 2016)
- New: It is also possible to compare files using the content of the file
- New: Icon 'Edit scheduled task' is added to the rules button bar
- New: Checked rule numbers and names will be written to the log file during processing
- New: Defined rule commands can also be executed during a scan
- Changed: Better progress reporting during the synchronization process
- Fixed: Last Run Time for scheduled tasks shows '30 November 1999' instead of 'Never' in Windows 10
- Fixed: Error window does not respond quickly if many errors are found
- Fixed: Some minor problems
- Note: migrated from .NET Framework 3.5 to 4.0
New in SyncFolders 3.3.044 (Dec 13, 2015)
- Fixed: Scheduled Tasks cannot be added or changed via SyncFolders on Windows XP.
New in SyncFolders 3.3.042 (Dec 9, 2015)
- New: It is possible to use environment variables from Windows like %USERPROFILE% in the source and target folder of a rule.
- New: It is possible to use the name of a volume to identify the source and target folder. Example: Instead of using G:\Backup you can also use %LABEL:name-usb%\Backup, where name-usb is the volume name of the USB.
- New: Setting 'Start SyncFolders as an Administrator' is added to the general user settings.
- New: Option 'Run with highest Privileges' is added to scheduled synchronization tasks.
- New: It is possible to set any folder, including its subfolders and files, in the folder tree of the scanning details to 'No Action' or to 'Action last Scan'.
- New: Command line option '/log' added to store the result in another log file.
- New: Default attributes for the database files can now be configured in the user settings.
- Fixed: The 'creation time' and 'last access time' are not properly set for a synchronized file.
- Fixed: Main window of SyncFolders is not properly displayed in Windows 10.
- Fixed: SyncFolders is not closed properly if setting 'Allow multiple instances of SyncFolders' is not checked.
- Fixed: SyncFolders does not remember the maximized window state of the main window.
- Fixed: Some minor problems.
New in SyncFolders 3.3.022 (Jun 9, 2015)
- New: The database file in the source and target folder will be locked during synchronization.
- New: An exit code will be returned if SyncFolders is started from the command line.
- Fixed: Portable version creates a file on the system outside the portable version folder.
- Fixed: Some minor problems.
New in SyncFolders 3.3.001 (Mar 27, 2015)
- New: Setting 'Show detailed information window when scan or synchronization starts' added.
- New: Some settings are added to control copy performance for Windows Vista and higher versions.
- New: Command line parameter "/scan" added. Parameters "/background" and "/synchronize" were already available.
- New: SyncFolders can be used as portable application as long as .Net Framework is installed.
- Changed: Window 'Create/Edit Scheduled Task' now also contains the last and next run time.
- Fixed: Option 'Scheduled Sync Tasks' gives an error at start up in some situations.
- Fixed: Settings and help menu is not accessible for screen readers.
- Fixed: Some minor problems.
New in SyncFolders 3.2.256 (Dec 17, 2014)
- Changed: Start up performance improved on 64 bit systems.
- Changed: Better position of the main and detailed window if screen size has changed.
- Fixed: Option "Delete Scheduled Task" could be enabled if the task does not exists.
- Some minor fixes.
New in SyncFolders 3.2.241 (Oct 22, 2014)
- New: SyncFolders will reserve disk space in case of 2-way synchronization to make sure the databases can be saved properly at the end of the synchronization process.
- New: Option 'Delete Scheduled Task' is added to the file rules menu.
- Changed: If the database in the source or target folder cannot be saved at the end of the synchronization process, the previous databases are restored.
- Changed: It is possible to start the synchronization process directly from the result window if a complete scan has been performed
- Changed: DLL for Windows Task Scheduler integration is upgraded to the latest version.
- Changed: Help information in SyncFolders.chm improved.
- Fixed: Installation on Windows XP gives an unexpected error if .Net Framework 3.5 is not installed.
- Fixed: Adding a scheduled synchronization task on Windows XP gives an unexpected error.
New in SyncFolders 3.2.233 (Sep 19, 2014)
- Fixed: option 'Expand All' could freeze the folder tree if the number of multi-level subfolders is high.
New in SyncFolders 3.2.230 (Sep 18, 2014)
- New: Option "Show folder tree" in the synchronization details is saved.
- New: the synchronization for a rule will stop if 10 subsequent files cannot be processed due to disk space is full errors.
- New: The nodes in the folder tree have now a context menu. Options are: Expand/Collapse, Expand All, Collapse All, Explore Source Folder, Explore Target Folder.
- New: Option 'Use local database to track file changes' is added as advanced property of a rule.
- Changed: DLL for Windows Task Scheduler integration is upgraded to the latest version.
New in SyncFolders 3.2.205 (Jun 20, 2014)
- Changed: In case of background processing, the question to install the latest version of Syncfolders is not asked any more. Instead, a notification alert is shown
- Changed: DLL for Windows Task Scheduler integration is upgraded to the latest version
- Fixed: DPI change could result in a strange window height
- Some minor fixes
New in SyncFolders 3.2.192 (Apr 29, 2014)
- New: Option 'Allow multiple instances of SyncFolders' added.
- New: SyncFolders can now also be activated from the icon in the system tray during synchronization.
- Fixed: Synchronization of an encrypted file fails if the target file system does not support encryption.
- Fixed: The help window is still visible if SyncFolders is closed.
New in SyncFolders 3.2.185 (Apr 3, 2014)
- New: Italian language added.
- Fixed: Background processing of SyncFolders is disrupting if an application is running in full screen mode.
- Fixed: SyncFolders sometimes moves the mouse pointer to the upper left corner of the screen if mouse setting 'Automatically move pointer to the default button in a dialog box' is checked.
New in SyncFolders 3.2.177 (Jan 21, 2014)
- New: Option to donate via Paypal implemented.
- Changed: Task Scheduler DLL has been upgraded to latest version.
- Some minor fixes.
New in SyncFolders 3.2.162 (Jan 10, 2014)
- New: Multiple file name filters can also be separated by a comma or semicolon.
- Fixed: Multiple file name filters are exclusive.
- Fixed: some dialogs do not properly resize if font of PC changes.
- Some minor fixes.
New in SyncFolders 3.2.154 (Jul 8, 2013)
- New: Windows Commands for each rule can be defined to be performed before or after synchronization.
- New: Options "Open Source/Target File in Explorer" added to the context menu of itens in the list of detailed results.
- Fixed: Option 'Send to Mail Recipient' is enabled, although Outlook is not installed.
- Some minor fixes.
New in SyncFolders 3.2.144 (Apr 2, 2013)
- New: It is possible to clean the history of SyncFolders after a user-defined number of days, months or years.
- New: Scheduled tasks can be repeated each user-defined number of minutes for a certain period.
- Changed: The file attributes of the SyncFolders database will not be reset anymore after a scan or synchronization.
- Fixed: Some labels and buttons do not resize properly if DPI of PC has changed.
New in SyncFolders 3.2.006 (Mar 6, 2013)
- Startup performance improved.
- Fix: files, which were copied and also renamed, are not always properly synchronized.