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Release notes for the Windows desktop app

This article contains the changelog for the windows version of the desktop app.

Version 26.9.2.179064

  • File actions are now available in the file browsers of files on the server. Copying, moving, renaming, creating new folders, deleting, etc.

  • The logic surronding selections in long file lists that have not been fully loaded is more consistent, and acts as if the full list was actually loaded.

  • Sync will no longer refuse to download anything if it can't fit the whole selected lot of files on the disk, instead showing an error for just the files that won't be able to fit.

Version 26.8.4.175461

  • Ensure the suggested backup device name is valid, even on systems with very short computer names

  • Separate stream failures from actual connectivity loss

  • Fix bug where the "locate folder" button in sync could be unresponsive

  • Improved code signing and license attributions

Version 26.6.16.171225

  • Added photo viewer

  • Updated the download dialog

  • Fixed a bug where sync could get stuck

Version 26.3.26.162551

  • Simple screen-reader tags across most of the app

  • Forced attempts to upload files with irregular file flags (could be erroneously tagged as online-only by other cloud service providers)

  • Sporadic crash after sleep

  • Fixed a memory leak in the File Explorer extension when sync restarts very often

  • Being logged out was not always properly detected until restart of app

Version 26.3.3.160257

  • More modern and stable folder selection window

  • Sync handles a large number of file system events more quickly

  • Fixed crash related to Windows unloading the tray icon during hibernation

  • Improved translations

Version 26.2.3.157492

  • In order to make backups reflect the actual state of the computer, one backup "device" can only be linked to one login.

    • Logging in on a new computer requires creating a new backup device.

    • Logging out and back in again requires creating a new backup device.

    • Creating a new devices does not mean reuploading files that already exist on the account. They will merely be identified by checksum and copied on internally on the server.

  • When deleting a backup in the app the remote backup is moved to trash.

  • When renaming a backup (if its location/name changed) in the app the remote backup is also renamedImproved- Reduced memory usage.

  • Added more informative error when the local network doesn't allow grpc.

  • Made backup able to detect deleted files even if the account is full.

  • Login will fallback to "open with..." dialog when the system has no default browser set.

  • Sync will handle files that have corrupted on the local disk.

Version 25.11.25.151437

  • Added settings for disabling shell extension features

  • Better handling of files in local sync folder when hard drive sectors have become corrupt

  • Rare failure when importing settings from the old app

Version 25.11.17.150528

  • Better permissions handling for the updater

  • Detect more disabled Windows features to avoid errors. (Features like the taskbar module and window chrome.)

Version 25.11.4.149337

  • Mb/s now displayed as Mbps to better match ISP designations

  • Added explanatory texts for more error codes thrown by Windows and by network connections, to aid in troubleshooting

  • Fixed behaviour and placement of some dialogs when more than one were needed at the same time

  • Detect if the user had disabled certain window features on their system to avoid errors and unexpected behaviours

Version 25.10.14.147242

  • Improved support for special characters in the Windows Explorer overlay icons and context menu actions

  • Moving the sync folder is now more resilient and on failure it rolls back gracefully

  • File tables show their current sorting setting more clearly

Version 25.10.7.146540

  • Fixed an error importing settings from old application

  • Fixed an issue causing the sync folder shortcut in Explorer to dissapear on some systems

  • Manual proxy settings validates the proxy on apply

Version 25.9.29.145707

  • Ensure all binaries are signed correctly

  • Improve sync behaviour when account is almost full

  • Fixed a bug where the selective sync list did not show previously excluded local only folders

  • Improved the selective sync list totals

  • Added link to support from feedback dialog

  • Cleanup logic for folders in the database with identical names but in different casing

Version 25.9.22.145148

  • Manual download/upload notifications

  • Explorer extension rewrite

  • Tray menu change

  • Quit app confirmation dialog

  • Improved localization

  • Improved performance in general

  • Improved import av settings from old version of application

  • Fixed manual transfer cancelling itself incorrectly on shutdown

  • Fixed invalid filenames in sync

  • Fixed upload download retries of common errors

  • Fixed a rare crash when moving sync folder

  • Fixed several minor bugs

Version 25.7.11.140549

  • Sync folder now has custom folder icon in Explorer

  • Better support for very small screens and very desktop high scaling

  • Fixed certain issues with changing language

  • More robust saving of user settings

Version 25.5.12.136161

  • Changed design and flow of the onboarding for Backup, Sync and Archive

  • Added a "show online" button to manual uploads

  • Improved design of login pages

  • Improved design of settings pages

  • Improved the "paused" state of the current manual transfer

  • Improved the language selection dropdown

  • Fixed paused states loading incorrectly when app starts paused

  • Fixed missing profile pictures on account button

  • Fixed archive drop overlay hanging

  • Hide selective sync options when sync folder has no selectable subfolders

  • Prevent selecting paths on disks with the ExFat file system when choosing sync folder location (ExFat file system prevents sync from working properly)

  • Transfer list now show the local path of the files on hover

Version 25.3.25.132613

  • Added exclude of filen.io app trash folder and .sqlite-wal files in sync folder

  • Fixed a few translation issues

  • Renamed Synk to Sync in Nederlands

Version 25.3.20.132289

  • Really suppress reboots during updates

Version 25.3.19.132187

  • More detailed steps during manual updates

  • Fixing edge cases during install on systems with special Windows accounts

  • Faster install for most users

  • Fixed downloading from shared folders in some cases

  • Fixed rare crash when sync folder was removed on the file system

Version 25.3.12.131516

  • Fixed a translation error

Version 25.3.12.131494

  • New look and feel for the entire desktop app

  • Improved stability and performance

  • Expanded view for backup folders with more details

  • Greater flexibility when pausing

  • Dark mode available

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