FileFilter 
Shell Extension

A Windows Shell Extension. Allow filtering when you copy, move, delete, or compress files and directories.

BestSync 2008 Version History

   BestSync® 2008

• Ver3.7.26
• Bug Fix: When the sync-direction is from Folder2 to Folder1, and the files are set to be synchronized to a flat folder, only the root folder was synchronized.

• Ver3.7.25
• Bug Fix: The month field of the file timestamp of some ftp servers were added 1, for example January was set to February.

• Ver3.7.24
• Bug Fix: Failed to create the encryption engine when the OS has not install the "Microsoft Strong Encryption Provider (128 BIT)".
• Bug Fix: The text of the context menu of the shell extension was empty in English OS.
• Improvement: Added 256 color icons.

• Ver3.7.23
• Bug Fix: Files were not to be copied when sync-direction is from Folder2 to Folder1 and the mode is monitoring change.

• Ver3.7.22
• Bug Fix: Failed to create the encryption engine when the machine level key-container has already existed in the system.

• Ver3.7.21
• Bug Fix: The project name was not displayed on the caption bar.
• Bug Fix: When a preview is start from the Windows Shell, it caused exception error when it is closed.
• Other minor improvements. 

• Ver3.7.18
• Bug Fix: A folder were not  synchronized when there are only  renamed files.
• Other minor improvements. 

• Ver3.7.17
• Bug Fix: The start timing of tasks which are scheduled to start at every weekday were not correct when the date crosses Dec 31st. 

• Ver3.7.16
• Improved the speed of the FTP LIST command when connect with the server by active mode.

• Ver3.7.15
• Bug Fix: The "full backup" option was not available in the preview window.
• Bug Fix: The "Application" settings were not displayed correctly when the task wizard is setup again.

• Ver3.7.13
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused exception error when the file list returned from the FTP server includes a file or folder name that is empty (length is 0).

• Ver3.7.12
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused exception error when there were useless old broken files.

• Ver3.7.11
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that a task would remain running and can not be stopped if the user pressed the "Stop task" button when the task was in the scanning the files.
• Improvement: BestSync can manage the time-stamp of remote files even though the LIST command of the FTP server only includes the date info in the time stamp.

• Ver3.7.09
• Improvement: Improved the stability to synchronize with ftp server on slow network.

• Ver3.7.08
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that would create an deleted folder over and over again in bi-directional real-time synchronization.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that might corrupt the file on FTP server when upload file to FTP server under am unstable network.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that might rename file incorrectly.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that the task-tray icon lost response after it is animated.

• Improvement: Modified the mirroring mode, the new mode allowed the old source file to overwrite a newer target file.
• Improvement: Implemented a more reliable way to resume file transfer from the last broken point. And the delete the useless broken file automatically.
• Improvement: Implemented a new method to manage the timestamp of the FTP files.
• Improvement: Improved the preview window that will continue the synchronization, when a drive is not mounted before the preview window is started, and the drive is mounted during the preview window is opening.

• Ver3.7.02
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that the shell extension could not encrypt and decrypt files.

• Ver3.7.01
• Improvement: Added ftp codepage conversion support.
• Improvement: Supported long file name up to 32768 characters.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that may cost file lost when use real-time monitoring feature.
• And other improvements and bug fixes.

• Ver3.6.20
• Bug Fix: In real-time synchronization, when the network source PC shutdowns and restarts, the synchronization is not recovered from the restart.

• Ver3.6.19
• Bug Fix: Fixed the bug that caused a new project not to be loaded automatically at next run time.

• Ver3.6.18
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug in the scheduler, the bug caused the tasks to be not started in the specified timing.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that causes the exception error when a renamed file is synchronized at next scheduled timing.
• Improvement: Improved the response in the General Page of the Wizard when input the network folder manually.
• Improvement: When the drive is not ready or the network folder is not connected, log the error and send the error by the email.
• Improvement: Add command line to start specified task as Windows service, or stop specified task that is running as Windows Service.

• Ver3.6.14
• Bug Fix: A bug that may block the FTP client function.
• Improvement: Add task description, add an option to display the task description in the task list.
• Improvement: Add an option to backup all the files in the specified time range.
• Improvement: Copy the hidden and read-only attributes from source file, and preserve the hidden and read-only attributes of the target file.

• Ver3.6.08
• Bug Fix: Exception error occurred when compress a large compressed file.
• Bug Fix: Exception error occurred when list files in the FTP server.
• Bug Fix: Restore feature does not function correctly.
• Improvement: Add the auto-response feature when windows query BestSync to end session at shutdown or log-off.

• Ver3.6.06
• Bug Fix: Files are not synchronized if the target folder is not exist. (From Ver3.6.02).
• Bug Fix: Preview does nothing if the task is already scheduled in the queue. (From Ver3.6.02).
• Bug Fix: Some times the time stamp of the file in the FTP server is not parsed correctly.

• Ver3.6.04
• Fixed a bug that caused exception error when it searches new version on the website.

• Ver3.6.03
• Fixed a bug in the log view that caused restoring file to original folder failed.
• Fixed a bug that caused activating license failed with exception error under unstable network.

• Ver3.6.02
• Add a general option to run the scheduled tasks sequentially.
• Add a general option to hide the “Start” button in the main toolbar, to avoid the miss-operation.
• Add an option to the "log" wizard page, to export only failed items to the log file.
• Improved the saving and opening process of the setting file, to prevent the setting file from being crashed, and recover from a crashed setting file by the backup setting file automatically.
• Improved the browser dialog box for selecting the excluding folder in the “My documents” under Windows VISTA.
• Improved the scanning routine to avoid the file lost when the drive or network is disconnected during the scanning.
• Improved the notification window, to display multiple notification windows when multiple tasks are running simultaneously.

• Ver3.5.15
• Improved the preview to display items in color by sync direction.
• Fixed a bug when wrote registry in Windows VISTA.
   
• Ver3.5.14
• Improve the FTP performance.
• Enabled the free license to synchronize folders at start.
• Fixed the bug that if user switched an user account, BestSync failed to create the encryption engine.
• Fixed the bug (from ver3.5.12) that BestSync failed to synchronize files with encryption feature under Windows VISTA.
• Fixed some other bugs (Command line, filtering setting etc).

• Ver3.5.11
• Used a new logo icon .
• Improved the shutdown process, popup message to ask whether to stop the synchronization when Windows is shutting down and BestSync is synchronizing files.

• Ver3.5.10
• Improved the installer when run under Windows VISTA.
• Prevent the main application from starting multiple times under Windows VISTA.
• Fixed a bug that the log view did not export the log data.
• Ver3.5.09
• Minor improvement for the activation process.
   
• Ver3.5.08
• Fixed a bug that caused exception error when there is file to be renamed.
   
• Ver3.5.07
• Fixed a bug in the file excluding engine that caused all the file be excluded if the FTP folder is the root folder.
• Fixed a bug that caused exception error when synchronizing with FTP server.

• Ver3.5.06
• Improved the performance of  the Volume Shadow Copy Feature.
   
• Ver3.5.05
• Improved the real-time synchronization feature.
  Fixed the bug that the real-time synchronization may cause file lost in some cases. For example, When Microsoft Word opens, edits, saves a document, and continues to edit the document.
• Improved the installer to ensure the BestSync Service be uninstalled at uninstall time.
• Implemented the license activation mechanism.
   
• Ver3.4.15
• Improved the scheduler and the preview window.
   
• Ver3.4.14
• Bug fix, BestSync is not set to auto start after install.
   
• Ver3.4.13
• Bug in the French version that "Mirror Mode" can not be selected.
   
• Ver3.4.12
• Improved the exclusion function. Now BestSync 2008 can exclude sub-folders that include specified sub-strings. Also the virtual folders such as "My Pictures" can be excluded from the "My Documents" folder.
   
• Ver3.4.11
• Improved the scheduler.
• Eliminated the possibility that may truncate the file when send file by FTP.
• Fixed the bug that may cause failure when copy locked file.
   
• Ver3.4.07
• Bug Fix: Can not decrypt file from the windows shell. this is a bug from Ver3.4.06.

• Ver3.4.06
• Bug Fix: General Wizard Page did not get the device id string when the folder paths are edited by keyboard input.
• Ver3.4.05
• Bug Fix: Exception error happens when preview a task with VSS.
• Ver3.4.04
• Improvement: Support the combination of real-time sync and bi-directional sync.
• Improvement: Support the combination of  copying locked/opened file and real-time sync.
• Improvement: Add a test dialog box to test the SMTP and POP3 setting.
• Other improvements.
• Ver3.3.03
• Fixed the problem that the installer interrupted before completion.
• Bug Fix: When run as service, BestSync can not log CSV/HTML file correctly.
• Ver3.3.02
• Bug Fix: When run as service, BestSync can not get the time stamp of FTP file correctly, this causes all the files to be synchronized.
• Improvement: Improved the action of the horizontal scrollbar of the Preview and Log view.
• Fixed the problem that the installer interrupted before completion.
• Ver3.3.00
• Improvement: Support the real-time bi-directional  synchronization. And other improvements.
• Ver3.2.07
• Bug Fix: The POP3 server address of the e-mail setting in the global option dialog box is not displayed correctly. It causes the POP authentication can not be performed correctly.
• Ver3.2.06
• Bug Fix: Backup files are not encrypted if the original files are in Folder2.
• Bug Fix: File tree of the LogView is not displayed correctly.
• Ver3.2.05
• Bug Fix: FrontPage publishing function does not filter file correctly.
• Improvement: Support MUI language packs of OS.
• Add Brazilian Portuguese Language Pack;
• Ver3.2.03
• Bug Fix: Exception error occurs when a Free License user try to use expired advanced feature.
• Ver3.2.02
• Bug Fix: The register button is missing under Windows 2000.
  Installer improvement, no need .NET framework 2.0 now.
• Ver3.2.01
• Bug Fix: "tmpmdmt*.htm" file is remained after synchronization.
  Bug Fix: The starting minute of the every hour schedule is always 0 minute.
• Installer improvement for Windows VISTA.
• Ver3.2.00
• Improvement:
  Add hot key support;
  Add French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese Language Pack;
  Support long file path up to 2048 characters.
• Bug Fix: Exception error when list files in some FTP servers.
• Ver3.1.16
• Bug Fix: Application locks when close the preview window occasionally.
• Ver3.1.15
• Bug Fix: Exception error happens while rename files.
• Ver3.1.14
• Improvement: Fix the timeout problem when BestSync list file on some FTP server.
• Bug Fix: When a removable media is mounted to a different drive number, BestSync can not detect the change correctly.
• Ver3.1.13
• Bug Fix: SyncDiff.exe can not be started.
• Bug Fix: Exception error happens when encryption feature is used in trial period.
• Ver3.1.12
• Improved FTP performance while listing remote file.
• Ver3.1.11
• Let "Basic License" to sync with removable media when it is inserted.
• Support FTP proxy which has virus scanning function.
• Ver3.1.10
• Bug fix:  Close the preview window while it is synchronizing file may cause exception error.
• Bug fix:  Some tool button of preview window does not action correctly.
• Ver3.1.09
• Supports Windows VISTA/XP/2000/Server2003.
• Adds following new features:
  Synchronize with FTP server with encryption and compression option; 
  Support FTP proxy to synchronize file behind firewall;
  Synchronize with FTP server even though the server does not support the timestamp modification command.
  Resume from last break point to copy large file in unstable internet environment; 
  Backup updated file/full files with encryption and compress feature;
  Automatically clear old versions and log data by option;
  Restore backup file easily by LogView;
  Send log data by email;
  Support add-on DLL, etc.
• Improves the user interface and add new commands to the preview window and LogView.

BestSync Previous Versions (BestSync Folder Synchronizer)

• Supports Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003

BestSync Home

Folder Synchronization Software, FTP synchronization Software, USB encryption, File Backup, Data Replication, Folder Mirroring, PC Sync Software, File Sync Utility, Data Synchronization Software, Opened/Locked file backup