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Changes in FBackup 5.5.839 (20-October-2015)
- Fix: Scheduled tasks don't need elevated user rights to run anymore
- Fix: Other small fixes
- 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
Changes in FBackup 5.4.810 (29-July-2015)- Interface now available in Czech
- French translation updated
- Russian translation updated
- Tray popup menu captions fixes
- Fixed some localization issues
- Fixed an access violation error occurring when cancelling an action
- Fixed error for the update check window position
- Improved backup speed for mirror backups with multiple source files
- Various interface updates
- Allow special XML characters in paths and names
- More information is added to the Installer Log
- List excluded files in log
- Check for updates didn't install the new version in some situations
- Some keys were not removed from registry on uninstall
- Default language chosen in installer was not used when starting the app
- Notification pop-up window will show if there are important messages
- Drastically reduced drive fragmentation for backups
- "More details" button for notifications did not appear correctly
- History was not updated after execution
- List index out of bounds error received at limit file numbers
- Update available window now displays program title
- Add drive to new job created an invalid .ini file
- Added Catalan language for user interface
- The installer will check for updates and offer to install the latest version
- Added backup type on statistics page
- Folder name case is now updated in destination
- Added more information to logs and updated messages
- Service timeout when starting the computer due to antivirus scan delay
- Restore was not working correctly in certain situations
- Updated message that shows when an error occurs during installation
- Added antivirus information in logs for troubleshooting purposes
- Scheduled tasks were not copied with the job
- 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
- 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
- Notifications window completely redesigned (new actions, redesigned icons)
- Total Backup time is now included in the log
- Layout actions were renamed
- All notification messages can be configured to display collapsed or expanded
- Show number of jobs in status bar
- "List index out of bounds" when dragging filter checkboxes
- 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 "Access violation at address 0170B614 in module Fbackup.exe. Read of address 0000000C."
- Added new text to installer window
- Corrected some typos in several messages
- Show explorer context menu didn't remain activated
- Destinations radio controls were not aligned in new backup wizard
- Save columns for scheduler view and other fixes for restore default layout
- Language is preserved during updates
- Preserve language during software update
- bResourceStrings language file was not overwritten in temp after update
- Sorting by size columns in test windows did not work
- Show explorer context menu option was not saved on application restart
- In some cases, the text files were opened automatically after restore
- Added new language translations for the interface: Chinese Simplified, Dutch, Slovenian
- SHORTCUTDIR was added as a parameter for installing the program via command line to tell where the folder in the start menu should be placed
- Check destination is now done after "Run action before"
- Improved loading time when unavailable mapped drives were used as destination
- Fixed Editing/deleting scheduled task for backup jobs having long names
- Taskbar icon was not visible when using old plugins and at activation
- Corrected help links in New Backup Wizard and Register link in Startup dialog
- 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
- Added Italian language for the interface
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Disabled context menu option re-appeared on updating
- 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
- Windows 8 ReFS file system is now fully supported
- Sort files and folders in backup view
- .ost files are excluded from Outlook backups (those are not needed)
- Disabled Try Again link when install conditions were not fulfilled during setup
- Fixed GUI inconsistencies for 125% DPI and 1024x756 resolution
- Some info notes will be always visible in log files
- 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: A focus rectangle will be shown in scheduler list/grid
- Fix: Ribbon context menus were shown for history and scheduler even if unrelated
- 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: 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: FBackup was causing occasionally a computer restart on Windows 7 when no user was logged in</FIX>
- 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: Runtime error when the app doesn't have enough rights to open an sqlite file
- Fix: Several other minor fixes
- Fix: Username in scheduled backups was modified automatically in certain situations
- Fix: Error "Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window"
- Fix: Fixes for tray message notifications (now in perfect sync with main interface)
- Fix: bTray.exe is duplicated when switching from all users to current user
- Fix: Limit bService log size 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 FBackup was running as a standard user (without admin rights)
- 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: "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 backup 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 009AC236 in module 'FBackup.exe'. Read of address 00000000.
- Fix: Several other exception errors and minor fixes
- Fix: Import from previous versions will offer to copy application specific settings too
- Fix: Display updates in List mode for running backups
- Fix: Access violation at address 016242E1 in module 'FBackup.exe'. Read of address 0000000C.
- Fix: Access violation at address 016245CB in module 'FBackup.exe'. Read of address 00000008.
- Fix: Inconsistencies for messages displayed in tray
- Fix: Error "This operation is not valid because the current image contains no valid header"
- Fix: Main update link from check for updates window was invalid
- 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: 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: Other fixes
- Fix: Modified confirmation message shown when importing from previous versions
- Fix: Several fixes when importing backups from other versions
- Fix: Fixed SQL access violation error (TSQLException error)
- Fix: Runtime error at app startup
- Fix: Access violation at address 77C9224D in module ntdll.dll
- Fix: Errors when backing up Outlook 2013
- Fix: Errors in particular situations when backing up jobs on non-English systems
- Fix: Errors during setup when using the web installer (unable to get the full setup)
- Fix: Access violation at address 0052840B in module FBackup.exe. Read of address 00000260.
- Fix: "Destination error (code 127072568). Cannot find description of this error code." (occurred when adding files to an imported fast mirror backup job)
- Fix: Some startup problems on Windows XP/2003
- Fix: Other access violation fixes
Changes in FBackup 5.0 build 300 (Dec 11, 2013):- Scheduled tasks were not created with the highest privileges and thus open files were not backed up
- License agreement was missing from the installer
- Access violation when forcefully closing the tray icon and starting FBackup
- Access violation at address 013E79F4 in module 'FBackup.exe'. Read of address 0000000B.
- Access violation at address 0166B6D6 in module 'FBackup.exe'. Read of address 00000004.
- Minor display corrections for higher DPI
- In some situations Windows was unable to boot in safe mode when the FBackup service was running
- Several other minor bug fixes
- Check for updates now connects via https
- Deleted files showed up as warnings on next run
- "List index out of bounds (-1)" in certain situations
- Access violation at address 00695F0A in module bBackup.exe
- bTray was blocking shutdown
- Several other minor bug fixes
- Drastically improved the backup speed when using the mirror type to backup lots of files (over 80% improvement)
- More than 20 bug fixes
- Added new symbols for backup job warnings and errors to improve visibility
- Added new option to disable the explorer context menu for FBackup
- The built-in scheduled tasks were not imported correctly from version 4
- In some cases the Mirror backup jobs were shown as Full backup jobs
- Several access violation error messages fixed
- Added ribbon button for quick comparison between FBackup and Backup4all
- If the web installer encounters an error in downloading the setup, the link to the full installer will be offered
- "Start at Windows start-up" option was not saved when checked
- Help page for the scheduler section was not loading
- Selecting weekly/monthly option in scheduler without indicating the specific days/months, leads now to the page where the selection has to be made
- Several access violation error messages fixed
- Completely redesigned interface (ribbon style)
- Quick access toolbar
- Navigation pane
- Windows Explorer contextual pop-up menu
- Show job details in card/list mode (with filters and groups)
- Password storage management
- Notification messages
- Allow processes to use up to 4GB of memory
- Access FBackup according to system privileges
- Suspend application, cancel current and all jobs as actions in right-click tasks
- Run missed schedules
- Redesigned Plugin Manager (with automatic plugin load and customization)
- Display progress for the current backup job
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