[Changelog] Backup4all 7

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Claudiu (Softland)
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[Changelog] Backup4all 7

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Below is the changelog for the public builds of Backup4all 7.0 - Backup4all 7.5. This version was first released in October 2017 and development ended in June 2019. It is currently still SUPPORTED on the following operating systems: Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP SP3, Server 2012/2008/2003 (32/64-bits).

If you are looking for the latest version of Backup4all, you can download it here:
http://download.backup4all.com/download ... p-full.exe

As of October 2022 we have disabled hubiC as a cloud destination because the service was discontinued by its parent company.

Changes in Backup4all 7.5.561 (24-July-2023)
  • Added: New backup plugin for FL Studio
  • Added: New backup plugin for Rambox
  • Added: New backup plugin for Wondershare PDFelement
  • Added: New backup plugin for OnlyOffice Desktop Editor
  • Fixed: Show error dialog instead of balloon for licensing errors
Changes in Backup4all 7.5.555 (10-June-2021)
  • Updated: Links now open with the default browser
  • Fixed: Cloud destination upload for large files
Changes in Backup4all 7.5.543 (20-June-2019)
  • New: Remote monitoring support for backups and other actions
Changes in Backup4all 7.4.528 (24-April-2019)
  • New: Added backup plugin for the Mail App
  • Update: Links on Getting Started page were updated
  • Fix: Version processing fixes
  • Fix: Upload mode for Dropbox
  • Fix: Correction for OneDrive Business in French
  • Fix: Increase file size limit for OneDrive to 15 GB
Changes in Backup4all 7.4.497 (11-December-2018)
  • Update: Improved the Italian translation
  • Update: Improved the Danish translation
  • Update: SSL component was updated
  • Update: Improved the Block Backup type
  • Fix: Restoring backups with filters
  • Fix: Fixes for resumable uploads
  • Fix: Faster restore for block backups
Changes in Backup4all 7.4.479 (29-October-2018)
  • Fix: Restore backups from cloud destinations
  • Fix: Small language corrections
  • Fix: News section changes
Changes in Backup4all 7.4.475 (16-October-2018)
  • New: Use TLSv1.1 or later for cloud destinations
  • New: Retry copying backup catalogs to the destination
  • Update: Session was disconnected after logging into OneDrive
  • Fix: Small language corrections in Russian and French
  • Fix: Access violation error when saving column order
  • Fix: Free space detection for smart backups
Changes in Backup4all 7.4.461 (18-September-2018)
  • Fix: Empty News tab was visible in the Navigation options dialog
  • Fix: Incremental was visible in right-click menu for all editions
Changes in Backup4all 7.4.457 (10-September-2018)
  • New: Backup Plugin for Microsoft Edge Favorites
  • New: Added Russian language for the user interface
  • Update: Improved speed of concurrent cloud backups
  • Update: Improved the Romanian translation
  • Update: Minor interface tweaks
  • Fix: Restoring backups from BOX
Changes in Backup4all 7.3.403 (23-July-2018)
  • New: "Backup view is filtered!" notice and clear filter option
  • Update: Updated the Bulgarian language
  • Update: Updated the Japanese language
  • Fix: Corrected translations for activation screen
Changes in Backup4all 7.3.390 (06-June-2018)
  • Fix: OneDrive for Business authentication
  • Fix: Installation error logs are sent only when the user chooses to do so
Changes in Backup4all 7.3.373 (17-May-2018)
  • New: General Data Protection Regulation compliance changes
  • Update: Check boxes displayed during setup are now more visible on Windows with no theme
  • Update: Minor GUI improvements
  • Fix: Control tab in Main window had hidden buttons
  • Fix: OneDrive for Business connection errors
  • Fix: Custom filters errors in certain situations
  • Fix: Help button from File did not work
  • Fix: Rotate disks on external disk option was not saving state
  • Fix: Don't show warning messages without user interaction
  • Fix: Always add command line in error log
Changes in Backup4all 7.2.349 (20-April-2018)
  • Fix: Backup stopped with error "[DriveLetter] is not a valid integer value" in some situations
  • Fix: Empty folders were not backed up if no file was included in backup
Changes in Backup4all 7.2.346 (12-April-2018)
  • New: Option to Run backup after X minutes/hours (or at preselected time)
  • New: Added German language
  • New: Added Dutch translation
  • New: Added Portuguese (Brazil) language
  • New: Added Korean translation
  • New: Added Romanian language
  • New: Logging support for cloud destination login
  • Update: OneDrive for Business now uses the latest API
  • Update: CD/DVD burning engine was updated
  • Update: Minor user interface language updates
  • Fix: Some FTP servers do not return correctly encoded responses (UTF8)
  • Fix: No mapping for Unicode character exists in the target multi-byte code page
  • Fix: Amazon S3 predefined configuration usage
  • Fix: Temp folder is reset to default
  • Fix: Clean destination folder
  • Fix: USN Journal fixes
Changes in Backup4all 7.1.313 (14-February-2018)
  • Update: Updated the CD/DVD burning engine
  • Update: Activation form enhancements
  • Update: Minor user interface language updates
Changes in Backup4all 7.1.306 (02-February-2018)
  • Fix: Design corrections for high DPI scaling
  • Fix: Errors while running on Windows XP and 2003 Server
Changes in Backup4all 7.1.301 (31-January-2018)
  • Fix: Telemetry option correction
  • Fix: Minor bug report fixes
Changes in Backup4all 7.1.297 (26-January-2018)
  • Update: Danish language is now updated
  • Update: Japanese translation updated
  • Update: Italian language partially updated
  • Update: Swedish language partially updated
  • Update: Added option to send anonymous usage statistics
  • Update: Exoscale endpoint upgrade
  • Fix: Added new translatable strings
  • Fix: Restoring permissions from a Samba share had inconsistencies
  • Fix: Cannot authenticate to HiDrive error in certain cases
  • Fix: Smart backups to FTP ignored the maximum limit
  • Fix: Load catalog from FTP (with wrong pass)
Changes in Backup4all 7.1.251 (3-January-2018)
  • Fix: Updated Chinese Simplified translation
  • Fix: Check for Updates was showing up after each Windows login
Changes in Backup4all 7.1.241 (12-December-2017)
  • New: Added Google Team Drives as a new cloud backup destination
  • New: System icons are now used for folders/files
  • New: Added new file date filter options
  • New: Interface available in French
  • New: Added Simplified Chinese translation
  • New: Added Indonesian translation
  • New: Interface available in Turkish now
  • New: Added Brazilian Portuguese translation
  • Fix: Backup on Box required re-authentication in some cases
  • Fix: Backups to Hubic will show only final files
  • Fix: Job details are loaded better now
  • Fix: HiDrive authentication window didn't close in certain situations
  • Fix: Connection errors when backing up to Hidrive
  • Fix: Do not ask for restart if user pressed Cancel during setup
Changes in Backup4all 7.0.220 (17-November-2017)
  • Fix: Check if another installer is already running during setup
  • Fix: Send logs when installation fails is now a checkbox
  • Fix: File versions incorrectly handled in some situations
  • Fix: Backing up to Amazon S3 buckets with characters in bucket name
  • Fix: Schedulers are moved to another job when duplicating a backup job
  • Fix: Importing tags from previous version added an extra tag
Changes in Backup4all 7.0.206 (02-November-2017)
  • Fix: Import backup jobs with plugins failed in some situations
  • Fix: Interface had translation errors in certain languages
Changes in Backup4all 7.0.199 (30-October-2017)
  • Update: Quick Test option for Scheduler
  • Update: Improved loading of ribbon background image
  • Fix: Scheduled jobs were not imported correctly in some situations
  • Fix: Make sure backup catalogs are not in use during import
  • Fix: Edit scheduled task will display other tasks as modified
  • Fix: "Path not found" error for Dropbox backups
  • Fix: Destination folders were created in the root folder for Dropbox backups
  • Fix: Importing backup jobs with custom plugins in version 7
  • Fix: Load backup catalog when "Use local catalog" is unchecked
  • Fix: Restore default layout
Changes in Backup4all 7.0.181 (17-October-2017)
  • Fix: Scheduled tasks without a password import problem from previous versions
  • Fix: Mirror backups to Dropbox failed in certain situations
  • Fix: Empty folders were not backed up in certain situations for Mirror backups
  • Fix: Small design alignments for user interface
Changes in Backup4all 7.0.174 (12-Oct-2017)
  • New: Added Hubic as a new cloud destinations
  • New: Added Hidrive as a new cloud destination
  • New: Added 37 Amazon S3 Compatible cloud destinations (i.e. Cisco, Google Cloud Storage, Hitachi, Tiscali, Verizon)
  • New: Added option to use block backup "Only for files larger than" a certain size
  • New: Added Scheduled Suspend option to pause backup between specific times
  • New: Added New exclude filters for "Office temporary files", "Linux mapped drives", "Windows system files"
  • New: Added quick email notification settings in the New Backup Wizard
  • New: Control tab added with quick access to suspend/stop/cancel jobs
  • New: Added search option for the Plugin Management section
  • Update: Restyled the ribbon interface
  • Update: Navigation pane can be compacted & customized
  • Update: New structure for the New Backup Wizard
  • Update: Restructured the list of Options
  • Update: Modified application folders paths
  • Update: Option to customize the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Update: "Last Modified" folder date is now also restored
  • Update: Added selectable Region for Amazons S3 backups
  • Update: Backups to Google Drive now show realtime progress
  • Update: Optimized restore for large backups using independent splits
  • Update: Plugin Creator was redesigned to make it easier to create plugins
  • Update: All cloud destinations are now using the latest APIs
  • Update: Activation form redesign
You can read the changelog for different versions of Backup4all here:
Backup4all 9.x (current version)
Backup4all 8.x (previous version)
Backup4all 7.x [YOU ARE READING THIS]
Backup4all 6.x (unsupported version)
Backup4all 5.x (unsupported version)
Backup4all 4.x (unsupported version)
Backup4all 3.x (unsupported version)
Backup4all 2.x (unsupported version)
Backup4all 1.x (unsupported version)