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Changes in Backup4all 5.5.835 (07-October-2015)
- New: User interface is now available in Danish
- New: Added Japanese language for the user interface
- New: Added Korean language for the user interface
- New: Added Portuguese Brazil language for the user interface
- New: Added Serbian language for the user interface
- New: Added Vietnamese language for the user interface
- Update: Updated translations for Chinese Simplified, Czech, Dutch, Italian, Romanian and Slovenian
- Update: Fully compatible with Windows 10
- Fix: Scheduled jobs were not displayed in Windows 10
- Fix: Other fixes for Windows 10
- Interface now available in Czech
- French translation updated
- Russian translation updated
- Tray popup menu captions fixes
- Fixed some localization issues
- Smart file scanning mode (improves backup speed)
- Added executed backup type in email notifications
- Updated plugin creator to work with the new version
- Best match tab in ribbon is selected when starting the application
- Added cancel/stop/pause/resume job actions in scheduler
- Allow special XML characters in paths and names
- More information is added to Installer Log
- Integrated help for the activation section
- List excluded files in log
- Fixes for Windows Explorer context menu
- Check for updates didn't install the new version in some situations
- Some keys were not removed from registry on uninstall
- Fixed NTFS journal logging and statistics
- Default language chosen in installer was not used when starting the app
- Smart type wrongfully triggered a full backup in some situations
- Problem while merging the backup
- Update: Notification pop-up window will show if there are important messages
- Update: Drastically reduced drive fragmentation for backups
- Update: Burn engine updates
- Fix: "More details" button for notifications did not appear correctly
- Fix: Run backup at Shutdown showed a pop-up confirmation even after task was deleted
- Fix: History was not updated after execution
- Fix: List index out of bounds error received at limit file numbers
- Fix: Update available window now displays program title
- Fix: Add drive to new job created an invalid .ini file
- New: Email notifications can now be sent in HTML format not only plain text
- New: Added templates for HTML email notifications
- New: Added Catalan language for user interface
- New: The installer will check for updates and offer to install the latest version
- New: Added backup type on statistics page
- New: Folder name case is now updated in destination
- New: Added more information to logs and updated messages
- Fix: Service timeout when starting the computer due to antivirus scan delay
- Fix: Fixed ErrorCode in installer for email subject
- Fix: Restore was not working correctly in certain situations
- Fix: Close after run did not work in certain situations
- Fix: Backup list was not refreshed when using All Users
- Fix: Backup could not be cleaned in certain situations
- Fix: Updated message that shows when an error occurs during installation
- Fix: Added antivirus information in logs for troubleshooting purposes
- Fix: Scheduled tasks were not copied with the job
- Fix: Files were not deleted from ZIP archives when using "Limit number of file versions" for jobs with Outlook custom sources
- Fix: When installation fails users can send log files to support
- Fix: Several other bug fixes
- Interface is now available in German
- New updates can now be installed automatically
- Added "Jobs with warnings" filter in the Navigation pane
- Scheduled jobs now show an extra-icon in the main job layout view
- "Last Run Result" column added on the Scheduler view
- Added new tag for "Scheduled jobs"
- Jobs and tags are sorted alphabetically by default
- In Card and List view mode you can do multiple selections using the keyboard
- Added keyboard shortcuts for Jobs/History/Scheduler buttons in the Navigation pane
- Notifications window completely redesigned (new actions, redesigned icons)
- Total Backup time is now included in the log
- "Alternate zipping mode" is enabled by default for network backups
- Layout actions were renamed
- Renamed customize filter caption
- All notification messages can be configured to display collapsed or expanded
- Disconnected mapped network drives will be re-connected during backup/restore
- Modified displayed text for smart backup type
- Show number of jobs in status bar
- Modified text for customizing ribbon and password options
- "List index out of bounds" when dragging filter checkboxes
- "Remove excluded and deleted files" error when disconnecting mapped network drives
- FROM field for emails will only show the name
- Type of source is included in the log file
- Minor display fixes for radio buttons and tray icon
- Installer text corrections
- "Try Again" after cancelling an installation didn't work
- Fixed errors during update on systems where Italian/French was default language
- Updated language files
- "Launch and visit site" button corrections
- Fixes when changing the location of the temporary folder
- Fixed errors during update on systems where French was default language
- Fixes for installation in Chinese traditional
- Unnecessary warning for splitting zip files in temp folder
- Information about operating system, user rights, processor and locale is always added in log file
- Fix empty backup when backing up folders with no files using a plugin
- Added more USN journal info to log
- Changes to the behaviour of the "Use extended passive mode" option
- Added Italian language for the interface
- Added Zip Local Directory and Central Directory information to Smart estimations
- Independent test removes tested zip files from temp folder when completed
- Calculated compression ratio is now more precise
- Show support email when there's an installation error
- Unicode registration names were incorrectly displayed
- Merge backups had errors in certain situations
- Fixed AV when Backup4all.hst is missing
- Fixed AV when clicking on the update notification from tray
- Added French language for user interface
- Added Malay language for user interface
- Added Indonesian language for user interface
- Added Portuguese language for user interface
- Added Spanish language for user interface
- Added Swedish language for user interface
- Added Chinese Traditional language for user interface
- Improved backup speed for backup jobs with lots of files
- Optimized load explore view and backup view for jobs with sources from offline net share
- Show file icons from system using file extension in sources and restore previews
- Added "Last backup size" and "Total size of backup" for statistics view
- Added SettingsAvailableForCurrUser (default true) and AutoStart (default false) command line parameters for EXE setups
- Optimized painting of file/folder icons for offline network shares in Backup view
- GUI was freezing when selecting a job with sources from LAN
- Disabled context menu option re-appeared on updating
- Fixed uploading files with size 0 to Azure problem
- Two radio buttons could be selected in the same time in Compression
- Layout was not preserved when reopening application
- Using the F11 shortcut for scheduler did not work
- Fix when expanding a folder for which GUI did not have the right to access it
- Fixed mirror backup on empty folders with override filters
- Fixed GUI inconsistencies for 125% DPI and 1024x756 resolution
- Fixed "Catalog file does not have a valid signature" error when using local catalogs
- Some info notes will be always visible in log files
- Updated Event Viewer activation messages
- Incorrect text was displayed in card view for backup jobs with email after backup
- Smart backup type problem when adding subsequent backup sources
- Multiple design fixes for the interface when using custom DPI settings
- If VSS could not be started, the backup stopped with "no files to backup"
- The name of the copied filter was generated incorrectly
- Access violation when no sources were set (caused by import from previous versions)
- Added new languages for the interface, Romanian and Malaysian
- Disable journal by default
- Handle catalogs with invalid signatures
- Fix for moving plugins folder (when there is a job using the DLL plugin)
- Change message when plugins are obsolete
- Two scheduler options could not be used in Windows XP
- Runtime error after installation in certain situations
- The folder "Default" was still skipped during backups
- NTFS Journal backup improvements
- New updates to EULA
- Added "Following drive(s) could not be found" message to log when a source drive is not available
- Installation failed in some situations with an exception error
- Tray notifications showed messages even when none were unread
- Backup catalog error: "The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file."
- Fix for Blu-ray backups
- Shutdown after action not executed (force parameter must be set is some cases)
- Backup job for configurations plug-in had errors when backing up the tag
- "Next scheduled backup" information more accurate in log
- Security permissions were not backed up
- "Default" users folder was not backed up when using filters
- Files and folders are now case sensitive in backups
- Improved French translation
- Fix test for split files in backups using plugins
- Fixed outlook backup problems
- Empty warnings in log in certain situations
- Refresh job status in GUI and tray after app restart
- "Invalid floating point operation" and "List index out of bounds (-1)" exception errors
- Update: Added French translation for GUI
- Fix:Large backups to Blu-ray discs failed in some situations
- Fix:Skip files instead of aborting backup for unreadable files in block backups
- Fix:List header font size and row height fixes when using larger DPI
- Fix:Cannot create file "autorun.inf" error in certain specific cases
- Fix:Put the line with "search for warning and error" in info log
- Fix: Small improvements for the cleanup dialog
- Fix: A focus rectangle will be shown in scheduler list/grid
- Fix: Ribbon context menus were shown for history and scheduler even if unrelated
- Fix: Custom filters were not saved in all cases
- Fix: Added more logging when executing tag actions
- Fix: No errors were shown when the statuses for scheduled tasks were enabled or disabled
- Fix: The destination link will not be loaded if not needed
- Fix: History database was locked when deleting old history entries
- Fix: Access violation at address 008563AB in module 'Backup4all.exe'. Read of address 00000008.
- Fix: Shutdown after backup didn't work in Windows XP/2003/2008 R2 (x64)
- Fix: Custom icons for backup jobs were not correctly loaded
- Fix: Runtime error when cancelling a Test operation
- Fix: Language didn't stay selected when switching from English
- Fix: Auto-dismiss "insert disk" notification when a disk is inserted during spanned backups
- Fix: Notification sounds after backup didn't play entire audio
- Fix: Modified text on notification message for spanned backups
- Fix: Test after backup didn't verify last disk for spanned backups in certain situations
- Fix: Shutdown after backup didn't work in certain situations for test, cleanup and restore operations
- Fix: Improved the speed of mirror backups
- Fix: Added additional information in error messages
- Fix: "Invalid floating point operation" error in certain situations
- Fix: Explore View ribbon menu was not shown in certain situations
- Fix: In certain situations the tray notification app was consuming too much CPU, slowing down the system
- Fix: Abort with "User press cancel" was not shown in log
- Fix: Excluded files not removed even if option was checked for mirror backups
- Fix: The system cannot find the file specified error when browsing for folder in New Backup Wizard
- Fix: Tray menu improvements
- Fix: Show full setup download link on hash mismatch in web installer
- Fix: Limit by file version was not loaded correctly from .ini
- Fix: "Show warning and error messages when scheduled" wasn't showing up in logs
- Fix: "Too many copies" error during activation in some situations
- Fix: Runtime error when the app doesn't have enough rights to open an sqlite file
- Fix: Several other minor fixes
- Fix: Application was freezing when opening a bkc from VPN sources
- Fix: Username in scheduled backups was modified automatically in certain situations
- Fix: Errors with limit by file number and standard zip
- Fix: Error when using a password for the application interface
- Fix: Error "Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window"
- Fix: Fixes for tray message notifications (now in perfect sync with main interface)
- Fix: Backups created with 0 files occurring when using specific options from the Compression tab
- Fix: Sometimes the folder/files rights are not set after moving Backup4all application folder and settings
- Fix: bTray.exe is duplicated when switching from all users to current user
- Fix: bService log size is now limited to 50MB
- Fix: Access violation at address 05B4CF91 in module 'bResourceStrings.bpl'. Read of address 13CB800C.
- Fix: Access violation at address 05B46473 in module 'bResourceStrings.bpl'. Read of address DC458910.
- Fix: Several other minor fixes
- Fix: Settings folder path was reset without user interaction
- Fix: Removable and external drive letters were not detected if Backup4all was running as a standard user (without admin rights)
- Fix: Increased the limit for the port number field in email notifications
- Fix: Improved GUI look for getting started and ribbon backstage on Windows XP and 2003
- Fix: Miscellaneous errors when backing up open files
- Fix: Error when comparing file versions
- Fix: Microsoft Outlook backup problems
- Fix: Opening a .bkc from a very slow network raised a time-out exception
- Fix: "Access violation at address 04C064DD in module bResourceStrings.bpl. Write of address 00000000" when trying to use a particular backup plugin
- Update: Proxy settings are now recognized when backing up to Amazon S3/Azure
- Fix: The password set in "Lock program interface with a password" wasn't saved in certain situations
- Fix: "Restore Default Layout" was showing buttons from "Jobs" on other sections that shouldn't have those
- Fix: Added debug log for loading file/folder dictionary and folder tree from catalog
- Fix: Hash mismatch error while trying to install via the web installer in certain situations
- Fix: Errors when trying to backup to Samba shares were not correctly reported
- Fix: Access violation at address 04B48053 in module 'bResourceStrings.bpl'. Read of address 02650014.
- Fix: Access violation at address 008FECF4 in module 'Backup4all.exe'. Read of address 00000010.
- Fix: Access violation at address 008FECF4 in module 'Backup4all.exe'. Read of address 00000010.
- Fix: Access violation at address 0416CF91 in module 'bResourceStrings.bpl'. Read of address 0008C00C.
- Fix: Access violation at address 01645153 in module 'Backup4all.exe'. Read of address 00000018.
- Update: Import from previous versions will offer to copy application specific settings too
- Update: Display updates in List mode for running backups
- Fix: Cleanup runs correctly but reports error for Smart backups
- Fix: Access violation at address 00486D8C in module 'Backup4all.exe'. Read of address 00002D11.
- Fix: Messages count is wrong in Backup4all
- Fix: Error when managing custom filters
- Fix: Inconsistencies for messages displayed in tray
- Fix: Error "This operation is not valid because the current image contains no valid header"
- Fix: Error when backing up on specific hosts using "Explicit SSL"
- Fix: Disabling or changing settings for scheduled jobs didn't work correctly
- Fix: Error when creating scheduled jobs in Windows XP with "Run whether the user is logged on or not" option on
- Fix: Empty notification window when opening from tray
- Fix: "Cannot create a file when that file already exists" error for paths longer than 255 characters
- Fix: Create schedule task fixes
- Fix: Main update link from check for updates window was invalid
- Fix: Access violation at address 00A81D28 in module 'Backup4all.exe'. Read of address 710A12BE.
- Fix: Access violation at address 009AEA06 in module 'Backup4all.exe'. Read of address 00000000.
- Fix: Access violation at address 7C84CD12 in module 'ntdll.dll'. Write of address 00000014.
- Fix: Fixed password import for FTP and SFTP
- Fix: FTP connection error in certain situations
- Fix: Test operation showed full backup as mirror in some situations
- Fix: Modified confirmation message shown when importing from previous versions
- Fix: Out of memory error when importing from version 3
- Fix: Several fixes when importing backups from other versions
- Fix: Fixed SQL access violation error (TSQLException error)
- Fix: Cannot run scheduled tag (Invalid command line parameter or no imtStart messager received error)
- Fix: Runtime error at app startup
- Fix: Removed notification message for statistic calculations
- Fix: Backup for Outlook 2013 failed when using the built-in plugin
- Fix: Errors in particular situations when backing up jobs on non-English systems
- Fix: Errors when running an imported mirror backup job (destination errors)
- Fix: Several other important fixes
- Fix: Backup4all was not starting on Windows XP
- Fix: Problems at startup on Windows 2003 Server
- New: Online backup to Microsoft Azure
- New: Online backup to Amazon S3
- New: True incrementals (bit-level/block level backups)
- New: Smart backup type
- New: Added Repair as a new backup action
- New: Obfuscate file/folders names in zip
- New: Windows Explorer contextual pop-up menu
- New: Group backup configurations using tags
- New: Password storage management
- New: Notification messages
- New: Suspend/resume the entire application
- New: Compress the catalog on destination
- New: Use NTFS change journal to scan for modified files
- New: Allow processes to use up to 4GB of memory
- New: View Statistics log
- New: Copy scheduled tasks
- New: Save scheduler files in bkc
- New: Run missed schedules
- New: Scheduler view
- New: Schedule a restore/repair operation
- New: Use command line as default when scheduling
- New: Restore using command line
- New: Access Backup4all according to system privileges
- New: Test & repair jobs and tags
- New: Display progress for the current backup job
- New: Navigation pane
- New: Quick access toolbar
- New: History view
- New: Show job details in card/list mode (with filters and groups)
- New: Change the backup groups order
- Update: Redesigned interface (ribbon style)
- Update: Redesigned Plugin Manager (with automatic plugin load and customization)
- Update: Windows 8.1 full compatibility
You can read the changelog for different versions of Backup4all here:
Backup4all 9.x (current version)
Backup4all 8.x (previous version)
Backup4all 7.x (older version)
Backup4all 6.x (unsupported version)
Backup4all 5.x [YOU ARE READING THIS]
Backup4all 4.x (unsupported version)