Version History of Exiland Backup Professional

This page contains a list of changes made to Exiland Backup Professional. For stable work of Exiland Backup, we strongly recommend that you update the program to the latest version.

HOW TO UPDATE the Exiland Backup Professional to the latest version

Run the program, then select the "Help – Check for Updates" menu and click "Check". If a newer version of Exiland Backup is found, then you can get the instruction on how to update the program using your Exiland Backup user account.

• - Fixed bug when copying NTFS permissions
• - Added progress when scanning the destination folder
• - Added the "Test" button when setting up FTP, SFTP and SMTP connections
• - Fixed the "Range check error" error when creating 7-Zip archives
• - Fixed the problem (code: 5): Access denied when copying a file with the "Read-only" attribute
• - Added output of information to the log every 10% when copying an archive to FTP, SFTP
• - Fixed bugs in Updater
• - Fixed a logical error in detecting changes for incremental/differential copies
• - Fixed the error "EAssertionFailed: <<< Norm_id_st: id_st is not numeric"
• - Added the "Pause / Resume" item to the main and context menus for a backup job
• - Solved the problem with pausing SSH threads
• - Fixed problems in the "When shutting down PC" schedule
• - Fixed a logical error when closing the program
• - Fixed an error in copying file attributes and detecting changes by them
• - Adjusted the operation of the "Destination folder scan frequency" setting
• - Added improvements to the synchronization algorithm
• - Added additional information during the conversion of the settings file
• - Minor improvements in the UI

• - Added the ability to copy NTFS permissions (ACL) and restore them in case of file recovery
• - Added the "[x] Copy NTFS permissions to folders and files" option in the job settings
• - Added saving the creation date of files when copying and restoring files
• - Added copying of file attributes
• - Ability to run a job when connecting any removable device, flash drive, without specifying the volume name
• - Optimized destination folder scanning for some cases
• - Added the value "When a file changed - Do nothing (skip)" to the synchronization rules
• - Fixed logic for deleting backups. Now differential and incremental backups are also taken into account.
• - Fixed algorithm for checking the integrity of files inside ZIP and 7-Zip archives
• - Fixed the problem of false warning about low disk space
• - Fixed flickering of the icon on the taskbar
• - Added checking the status of the "Microsoft Shadow copy provider" and "Volume Shadow Copy" services
• - Fixed errors in the program UI
• - Fixed shortcomings and defects

• - Added a choice on the pop-up panel: Shut down PC, Reboot PC, and Sleep mode after completing jobs
• - Added the "Description" field to the list of connections in the general settings
• - Added "Cancel current job" and "Cancel all jobs" buttons to the "Queue" window
• - The "Tools - Set password" setting has been moved to the general settings of the program
• - Added the "Perform the job if the laptop battery level is at least N %" option in the "Conditions" section
• - Fixed bug with job schedule calculation
• - Solved the problem when deleting a backup job, backups created by the job were not deleted.
• - Solved the problem of periodic stopping of the service
• - Fixed freeze when deleting a backup if there are more than 800 thousand files
• - Fixed an error in case of a sudden PC reboot
• - Fixed an error in saving a template in synchronization rules
• - Fixed other errors and shortcomings

• - Added the ability to create and edit connection profiles: FTP, SFTP (SSH), and SMTP
• - Added the ability to move backup jobs and groups using the mouse (Drag&Drop)
• - Added the "[x] Check for a previous backup on disk" option in the job settings
• - Improved "Pause after the job has been executed" setting (added selection of condition)
• - Solved the problem of failed completion of a backup job due to a limitation on the number of FTP/SFTP connections
• - Fixed bug with job schedule calculation
• - Solved the problem of "sliding" of some interface elements at a scale of 150% and higher
• - Solved other visual interface scaling issues
• - Fixed 7z archiving error: failed files were not marked
• - Fixed an error in executing a backup job if the source paths are specified by volume name
• - Fixed other bugs and shortcomings
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• - Ability to specify a separate schedule for full and incremental (differential) backups
• - The "Start time" tab at the bottom of the main window was improved
• - Ability to delete incremental (differential) backups after a successful full backup
• - Added setting "Destination folder scan frequency" in synchronization rules
• - Now you can choose when to delete old backups (before or after the backup job)
• - Ability to edit a comment to a created backup
• - Solved the problem of restoring files to the original location via FTP, SFTP (SSH)
• - Added the progressbar when copying large files
• - Reduced probability of the "Access Denied" error
• - Fixed memory leak
• - Fixed some internal problems and defects
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• - Created the Updater program for automatic updating of the Exiland Backup
• - Added the ability to limit the storage of backups by time
• - Added the ability to limit the storage of backups by the total volume of backups
• - Added display of information about the free disks space in the job settings
• - Added columns "Source data size" and "Size of backups" in the list of backup jobs
• - Added "Enable" and "Disable" context menu items to the job list for quick scheduler management
• - Added option "[x] Encrypt file names" for 7-Zip archives
• - Added search by job name CTRL+F (search) and F3 (search continue)
• - Fixed error deleting rows from the "Created backups" tab for jobs with the "Synchronization (Update)" type
• - Fixed some visual and software defects
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• - Added support for 7-Zip format and restore files from .7z archives
• - Added protection against ransomware viruses (ability to save archives with an any extension)
• - Warning about source files encrypted by a ransomware virus
• - Added the new type of job completion notification - Windows Event Log
• - Optimized work of copying threads
• - Improved log message output
• - Translated the program into Italian
• - Fixed small bugs and defects
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• - Added full encryption of the "ExilandBackup.tid" settings file (including IP addresses, server names, logins, passwords)
• - Optimized algorithm for copying files via FTP, SFTP (SSH)
• - Added support for TLS 1.2 when sending e-mail notifications from the program
• - Fixed error deleting a backup from a duplicate location
• - Improved error handling
• - Prevented some potential problems in program algorithms
• - Minor interface improvements
• - Fixed the issue of saving the position of the main window
• - Fixed other bugs and defects

• - Improved source folder properties window
• - Added filters for source files by size, date, and age.
• - Added support for regular expressions for filters of source files (in the paths of source folders, when selecting files by mask and excluding subfolders)
• - Added "Description" column in the job list (hidden by default)
• - If the file is locked by another process, display detailed information about the process that locked the file
• - Added support for high resolutions (High DPI, Per Monitor v2)
• - Correct scaling of fonts and UI elements with a scale of 125%, 150%, 175%, 200%, etc.
• - Added support for the [BackupFullPath_Temp] variable - the full path to the Zip archive created in the temporary local folder
• - RAM memory usage during file scanning was optimized.
• - Fixed memory leak in some cases; added memory leak control
• - Accelerated algorithm for analyzing changes
• - Speed up checking the integrity of a Zip archive
• - Accelerated user interface of the program
• - Fixed bug with creating shadow copy "VSS_E_SNAPSHOT_SET_IN_PROGRESS" sometimes occurring in service
• - Improved behavior of the program when the PC enters Sleep mode
• - Small improvements in the program interface
• - Added support for path by volume name for backing up the "ExilandBackup.tid" settings file
• - If you change the password for the FTP, SFTP account in one job, the password will also change for other jobs.
• - The program has been transferred to a new development environment and will no longer work under the old Windows Server 2003
• - Fixed a number of other bugs and defects
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• - Optimized the structure of data stored in memory; accelerated the algorithms of the program
• - Fixed the "Out of memory" issue with a large number of source files
• - Improved the scan section ("Preview" button on the top panel)
• - Improved the section of viewing and restoring files from a backup
• - Added flexibility when configuring of keeping an original path inside a backup
• - Added support for file versioning during synchronization
• - Added support for masks inside a path of the source folder, for example, "C:\Users\*\My Documents\Images ???.jpg"
• - Added automatic deletion of old logs for job groups
• - Accelerated work with incremental and differential backups
• - Fixed memory leak (Memory Leak) in case of incorrect job completion
• - Solved the problem of switching to summer/winter time
• - Added automatic deletion of old service logs (files from "BackupService\Logs")
• - Fixed the "Access Denied" error when replacing files during synchronization
• - Fixed the problem of saving the position and size of the window
• - More reliable deletion of old backups
• - Fixed the issue of deleting empty folders after deleting old backups
• - Support for paths by volume name in the sections "Job conditions" and "Launch external applications"
• - Added support for variables in the subject of e-mail notifications and when launching external applications: BackupFullPath, BackupFileName, BackupName, Status,% TEMP%
• - Fixed the problem when creating a Differential backup even if there are no changes
• - Fixed some errors when scanning and parsing the listing of FTP/SSH directories
• - Fixed incorrect behavior of the program when double-clicking on the tray icon
• - Fixed file replacement issue when using SFTP protocol
• - Added protection of disconnections when scanning the source FTP/SSH directories
• - Fixed the problem of UAC launching when starting the service from the program
• - Fixed issue with Autostart Explorer after creating a shadow copy
• - Fixed the appearance of the Explorer window after creating a shadow copy
• - Added digital signature for program files
• - Fixed a number of other bugs and defects
• - Translated the program into French and Hungarian
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• - Added: Analyzing ExitCode (ReturnCode) after running external applications
• - Added: Global file masks editor
• - Improved: User interface
• - Fixed: Some bugs and defects

• - Added: VSS (Volume Shadow Copy) support to back up open (locked) files like Outlook (*.pst,*.ost), MSSQL(*.mdf), and etc.
• - Added: Option "[x] Follow symbolic links" in the job settings
• - Fixed: The 'EDatabaseError: Connection is not defined' error when exiting from sleep mode was fixed
• - Fixed: The bug when selecting excluding sub-folders of large nesting was fixed
• - Added: Translated the program into Traditional Chinese (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
• - Fixed: Other inner bugs and defects are fixed

• - Improved: The speed of scanning files over FTP, SFTP (SSH) was increased by 5-10 times
• - Improved: User interface
• - Added: Translated the program into Polish
• - Added: Information about the size of each file being copied is added
• - Fixed: The bug of reading directories over SFTP protocol in UTF-8 encoding
• - Fixed: The bug of reading directories by mask is fixed
• - Fixed: Other bugs fixed

• - Added: Garbage Collector was added ("Tools - Junk / Garbage files" menu item)
• - Added: Deleting already copied files if a job was cancelled.
• - Improved: If connection to the source is broken automatically reconnecting while files scanning
• - Added: Control of an unexpectedly interrupted job and notification.
• - Fixed: Some small errors. Detailed logging of errors.
• - Improved: Limited number of files displayed in the log
• - Improved: Internal optimization of the file scanning is performed

• - Added: New version of website was released
• - Added: SFTP (SSH) protocol support
• - Improved: The algorithm of copying files via FTP was optimized
• - Added: Temporary folder cleanup before each job execution
• - Added: Context popup menu in the tooltip above the notification area
• - Fixed: The bug with restoring files from a Zip archive larger than 2.1 GB
• - Fixed: The problem with parsing of FTP directories was solved
• - Fixed: The problem with long path names on an FTP server (longer than 259 characters) was solved
• - Fixed: Hang of the program when copying files via FTP was fixed
• - Improved: Some improvements in user interface
• - Fixed: Other bugs and defects

• - Added: Now, the Exiland Backup website has its own forum
• - Added: Translated the program into Ukrainian and Turkish
• - Improved: The speed of FTP file transfer was increased
• - Added: On restoring files on FTP (Linux), the access rights (CHMOD) are being restored automatically
• - Added: Now, the integrity of Zip archive is automatically checked after creation
• - Added: The "[x] Overwrite if backup already exists" option
• - Added: Ability to specify source folders by mask, using "*" and "?" as wildcard characters
• - Improved: Now, password is not required for FTP settings
• - Fixed: The problem of synchronization with the root folder on FTP
• - Fixed: Other bugs and defects

• - Added: Translated the program into German
• - Added: Display detailed information on the hint (option "[x] Detailed Information")
• - Added: Option "[x] Compress the settings file when closing the program"
• - Improved: Deleting files during synchronization
• - Fixed: Some problems with unicode characters are solved (for FTP)
• - Fixed: Problem with deleting source files
• - Fixed: Other small defects

• - Added: Ability to specify a path using device name (e.g., "REMOVABLE:\MyFolder", where REMOVABLE is the name of removable disk)
• - Added: Ability to change the font size
• - Added: Ability to move files to the Recycle Bin during synchronization
• - Added: The "[x] Check for free disk space" option to job settings
• - Fixed: The problem with slowly archiving files over a LAN
• - Fixed: The problem with memory leak
• - Fixed: Some errors
• - Fixed: The problem with saving position of the main window
• - Improved: The program behavior after the connection with source was broken
• - Improved: The program behavior after the connection with FTP was broken
• - Fixed: Some small defects

• - Added: Unicode support
• - Added: Ability to reduce the usage of CPU, disk and network usage (by changing the priority of the program)
• - Added: Ability to run multiple versions of the Exiland Backup on your PC
• - Improved: The speed of file copying over the local network was increased.
• - Improved: UTF-8 encoding is now used for sending reports via email
• - Improved: The website of Exiland Backup is now operating via HTTPS protocol
• - Fixed: The "Out of memory" bug
• - Fixed: The "The device is not ready" bug for disabled disks
• - Fixed: The "Not enough timers available" bug was fixed
• - Fixed: The "Integer overflow" and "Division by zero" bugs
• - Fixed: Other small defects

• - Fixed: The problem of determining of the new/modified files was solved
• - Fixed: Cyrillic symbols on notification window
• - Fixed: Bug when you excluding a subfolders/files
• - Improved: When you delete a job the backups remains on the disk
• - Fixed: Some bugs and defects

• - Added: The multi-threaded copying files support
• - Added: Ability to exclude subfolders/files from backup by mask
• - Improved: Reliability of the program was increased
• - Fixed: The problem with the file path length longer than 259 characters
• - Fixed: The "1219 - Multiple connections to a server or shared resource be the same user, using more than one username, are not allowed" bug
• - Improved: The algorithm of the deleting source files was corrected
• - Added: Ability to run a third-party applications under specified account
• - Added: Showing information (time/speed) when backing up files
• - Added: The "[x] Interrupt group execution if this job has errors" option
• - Added: The "Job - Save settings to ..." menu item
• - Added: The "Copy" and "Scan" buttons was duplicated in context menu
• - Added: The "Change" button was added in the "Help - About Exiland Backup" window
• - Improved: Saving positions of the groups in the job list
• - Fixed: The problem of switching between backups and logs was solved
• - Fixed: Some bugs and defects

• - Improved: Procedure of updating of the program is simplified
• - Added: Ability to delete of the source files after performing a job
• - Added: Ability to select of charset e-mail notifications
• - Improved: The "Source files and folders" tab moved to a job properties. Added this column to the job list.
• - Improved: The button of scanning source data/analyzing changes is moved to the upper toolbar.
• - Improved: The log became more informative
• - Fixed: The "Access denied" bug during synchronizing was fixed.
• - Fixed: Some defects

• - Fixed: Fixed an issue where a source remote machine is lost and service is not responding
• - Added: The "Check Settings" button in a source network folder properties is added
• - Added: The option "[x] Compress the source files in the temporal folder, then copy the archive over the LAN"
• - Added: Total time of job execution is added to log
• - Added: Ability to set "Pause after successfully finishing the job" (other job settings)
• - Fixed: Fixed an issue where you can not close the tip window
• - Fixed: some small bugs

• - Added: Executable file icon of Exiland Backup Service
• - Improved: Minor GUI improvements
• - Improved: By default, the program offers the temporary folder for duplicating of settings file
• - Fixed: The error "1053: The service did not respond to the start ... " under Windows 8.x
• - Fixed: The error "1057: The account name is invalid or does not exist"
• - Fixed: Some defects

• - Added: Synchronization files from FTP to a local/network disk
• - Added: Ability to use the "archive bit" to determine whether a source file is changed (attribute of file)
• - Added: SSL/TLS support (ports 465,587) for sending e-mails from @gmail.com, @ukr.net, etc
• - Improved: Algorithm of synchronization files was greatly optimized
• - Improved: Algorithm of copying of files via local network is greatly accelerated
• - Improved: Algorithm of Zip compression was also accelerated
• - Improved: Algorithm of scanning of files was optimized
• - Added: Checking of accessibility of source/destination disk when file copying error
• - Added: Checking of accessibility of main storage location before starting a job
• - Added: Ability to cancel of current job on the top panel (the "Run Job" button changes to "Cancel Job")
• - Added: The "Open folder with backup" context menu item was added to "Created backups" tab
• - Added: The "Tools - Language" menu item
• - Added: The [DayOfWeek] variable for template of backups naming
• - Added: The log became more informative
• - Added: The "Open folder with backup" context menu item is added to "Created backups" tab
• - Added: Scale when deleting files from destination folder (synchronization)
• - Added: The "Columns settings" context menu item was added in the jobs list/backups list
• - Fixed: Fixed an error where hidden main window is incorrectly shown when restoring application from tray
• - Fixed: The problem with cyrillic symbols in the attachment file name
• - Fixed: The error "Access violation at address ... Read of address 0000000A"
• - Fixed: Delete files with Read-Only attribute
• - Fixed: Fixed an issue where the application may create full backup instead of incremental/differential
• - Fixed: The error "Floating point division by zero"
• - Improved: Now, the option "[x] Create FULL backup in any case" is also active for full backup
• - Improved: Minor GUI improvements
• - Fixed: Fixed an error where all files were saved in one folder (synchronization)
• - Fixed: Fixed an errors "invalid REST argument" and "Permission denied" where Exiland Backup download files via FTP
• - Fixed: Other errors and defects

• - Improved: Reliability of FTP transfer was increased
• - Improved: Installer was perfected. By default, installation folder without a version number
• - Fixed: Status for "Synchronization" type is fixed
• - Fixed: Rare error "Invalid floating point operation" is fixed
• - Fixed: Some defects

• - Added: You can show/hide columns in the main window
• - Added: Two status icons: 1) Job was cancelled 2) No errors, but the backup was not created
• - Added: Column "Previous start" in the job list
• - Added: Animation for executing job in the job list
• - Added: The "[x] Create FULL backup even If no files have been modified since the last full backup" option
• - Improved: Windows size are adjusted to minimal screen resolution 800x600
• - Improved: The restriction of 2147 MB during the Zip archive spliting into volumes is removed
• - Improved: Flashing the proggram on starting Windows is removed
• - Improved: The "Duplication" column contains the list of all destination folders
• - Fixed: The problem with synchronization of root of a disk is solved
• - Fixed: The problem with running of expired job having the "On starting PC" schedule is solved
• - Fixed: "Out of memory" error
• - Fixed: The problem with switching Alt+TAB is solved
• - Fixed: The problem with horizontal splitter is solved
• - Fixed: Some bugs and defects

• - All features of Exiland Backup Standard 3.6
• - Added: Professional version is a Windows service
• - Added: Backup files from many computers in local network
• - Added: Backup files from remote computer using a specified account (login, password)
• - Added: Monitoring state of the "Exiland Backup Professional" service

• - Removed the message window "The Exiland Backup Starter service on Local Computer started and then stopped" on starting the program by the service;
• - Removed the error message Range Check Error on sending a report via e-mail from the program.

• - Added Windows Vista support.
• - Fixed some errors.
• - Fixed the "Could not use "; File already in use" error which appears in Terminal Session.
• - Fixed bug with deleting a job which appears on some computers.
• - Improved interface.

• - Added canceling backup operation during preprocess activity.
• - Added changing a priority of the program during job operation.
• - Fixed bug where command 'Open' the file from a Zip archive had no effect.

• - Fixed error where error message "Insufficient free disk space for the duplication of the backup copy" appears wrongly if an additional folder had not been created.

• - Fixed the "A call to an OS function failed" error which appears on some computers.

• - Fixed the "Multiple transactions are not supported for multi-volume archives - Native error: 00062" error which appears while the splitting a Zip archive into multiple volumes.
• - Fixed problem with extracting of large Zip64 archives.
• - Added extracting files from a Zip archive to the original locations.
• - Added saving size and position of the Main window on closing the program.

• - Added SMTP-authentication for sending a report via e-mail.
• - Added ability to specify a path to a file or a folder like \\comp1\c$\ (i.e. without shared folders)
• - Added ability to select excluded subfolders for each folder.
• - Fixed bug with wrong place of storage of a passwords to an archives.
• - Added support of templates of naming a backup copies.
• - Added skipping files used by another application.
• - Improved interface.
• - Fixed bug with deleting old backup copies.

• - Added simple copying of files (without pack in Zip)
• - Fixed bug with duplicating of archive to an additional folder.
• - Minor performance improvements.

• - Added support of large archives (more than 2,1 Gb). Applying Zip64 format.
• - Added splitting an archive into multiple volumes.
• - Added canceling of a job performance.
• - Added running a third-party utilities before or after a job performance.
• - Improved interface.
• - Added saving and loading a job's settings (*.tsk).
• - Added opening a file from an archive with/without Notepad.
• - Fixed small bugs.

• - Added creating a sequences of the jobs.
• - Added setting conditions of performing a job.
• - Added setting a password for archives.
• - Added setting a limit of amount of backup copies (autodeleting of the oldest backup copies).
• - Added proxy settings of duplicating to FTP.
• - Added launching the program by the service Windows NT.
• - Added hint indicating a backup process.
• - Fixed bug with cutting the backup log.

• - Creating backup copies automatically on the schedule or on the user's request.
• - Selecting files with a mask, excluded subfolders for each folder of backup job.
• - Standard Zip compression data to save disk space or simple copying (copy files as is).
• - Storage of backup copies on various locations: LAN, local disks, removable disks, remote servers, shared folders, etc.
• - Duplication of backup copies to FTP servers, LAN, local disks or USB drives, etc.
• - Viewing of the created backup copies.
• - Restoring a lost files after a virus infection or a hard disk crash.
• - Backing up in the background mode not interfering with the other programs' activity.
• - Logging backup operations.
• - Sending an e-mail or Net Send notification with the backup creation details.