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v9.90.1101 - 2011-06-18 19:58
    * Edit | Compare: Moved back to the byte-by-byte algorithm (after 
      shortly turning to SHA-1 in v9.90.1014 - 2011-06-02 14:36).
      Reason: The byte-by-byte algorithm has some valuable smartness in 
      checking the tail first, and the moving chunk by chunk through the 
      files. This is likely to save time in real digital life.
    * Catalog: Browse button (labeled "...") now adjusts to the "Action 
      on click" setting.
    * Various lists in the interface now adjust to the Vista/Win7 line 
      spacing, i.e. the lines are 2 pixels higher than in XP. This is 
      Vista/Win7 only. You can tweak it: WinVistaExtraLineSpacing.
    ! Progress Dialog: Different Transfer Rates were shown in interface 
      and reports. The latter weren't up-to-date. Fixed.
    ! List: Could not rename a file to its own DOS name. Fixed.

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v9.90.1025 - 2011-06-14 11:48
    * Updated the help file.

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v9.90.1024 - 2011-06-13 13:11
    + Access Control: Added key "DisallowedDirs" where you can state 
      disallowed paths. Syntax is analog to "AllowedDirs". If both keys 
      are given in Admin.ini then the logic is like this: First 
      AllowedDirs is checked; if the path in question passes then it 
      is checked against DisallowedDirs.
      Examples:
        [AccessControl]
        AllowedDirs=E:|F:
        DisallowedDirs=E:\Test|E:\Secret
      Result: The user is allowed to operate only in drives E: and F:, 
      but not in the folders E:\Test and E:\Secret.
        [AccessControl]
        DisallowedDirs=E:\Test|E:\Secret
      Result: The user is allowed to operate anywhere apart from E:\Test 
      and E:\Secret. 
    ! SC readurl: Did not support https. Fixed.
    ! Access Control: Inline Rename in List was forbidden when it should 
      be allowed. Fixed.
    ! Shortcuts for overlong targets could not be created correctly. The 
      shell simply does not support this. Fixed: Now they are simply not 
      attempted anymore.

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v9.90.1023 - 2011-06-12 18:57
    ! Menu File | File Special | Delete (Skip Locked): Did not recognize 
      certain locked files as "Locked". Fixed.
    ! Backup: Crashed on backing up an empty folder (since about 10 days 
      ago). Fixed.
    ! Fixed a couple of typos and wording glitches in various places. 
      Thanks to Dmitry Fedorov for pointing them out to me!

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v9.90.1022 - 2011-06-10 12:36
    ! CKS: Submenu View | Tab | Columns was wrongly placed as View | 
      Columns. Fixed.
    ! File Find | Follow Folder Links: Did not work reliably under all 
      circumstances when the linked folders were network locations. 
      Fixed.

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v9.90.1021 - 2011-06-08 10:03
    ! Backup: Fixed an overflow error that could happen in the elapsed 
      time calculation.
    ! Backup Progress: Something was not correctly reset between calls 
      so the overwrite prompts could get confused. Fixed.
    % Backup Progress: Removed some superfluous painting with caused a 
      flicker on some systems.
    * Tabs: A unlocked search results tab called "Search Results" now 
      auto-loses this special name when it is used for normal browsing.
      FYI, this is relevant when you opted for 'Show search results in' 
      = '"Search results" tab (unlocked)'.
      This change made another change necessary to prevent undesired
      multiplication of tabs on each search: Now, with setting '"Search 
      results" tab (unlocked)', the search is performed in the current 
      tab, not in a new tab. Unless the current tab is locked, or 
      another tab named "Search results" already exists.

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v9.90.1020 - 2011-06-06 13:37
    + Configuration | File Operations | Backup Operations: Added "Remove 
      read-only attribute". Tick it to remove the read-only attribute on 
      target files if present on the source files.
    + Configuration | File Operations | Backup Operations: Added "Ask 
      before overwriting read-only files". Tick it to get prompted 
      before a READONLY or SYSTEM file is overwritten.
      (SYSTEM is not mentioned in the caption because it would be too 
      long.)
    * Backup: Now READONLY files can be overwritten without "Access 
      Denied" error.      
    * Backup: Now, if "Skip junctions" is off, then symbolic links are 
      copied as symbolic links. If the source file is a symbolic link, 
      the destination file is also a symbolic link pointing to the same 
      file that the source symbolic link is pointing to. Before, the 
      linked files were copied.
      BTW, if "Skip junctions" is on, symbolic links are skipped.

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v9.90.1018 - 2011-06-05 19:22
    + Overlong filenames: Now you can delete a folder with overlong name 
      with all its contents. Before, you could delete it only if it was 
      empty.
    + Backup: Now the available free space on the target drive is 
      checked before each copy operation (per job or per file, depending 
      on the circumstances). The operation is only initiated if enough 
      space is available. This might save you frustration when copying 
      very large files to already packed drives.
    * Backup: Without Safe Overwrite, pausing or cancelling processing 
      while a target file was being overwritten did effectively lead to 
      the deletion of the target. 
      Assuming that this can hardly be a desired outcome of pressing 
      Pause or Cancel, from now on an ongoing overwrite operation will 
      be allowed to finish before processing is paused or cancelled.
      Note that this is not necessary (and therefore not done) when Safe 
      Overwrite is enabled.
    % Backup with Progress Dialog: Improved the logic behind updating 
      the progress. It's now much smoother and, even better, processing 
      got notably faster because paint work has been dramatically 
      reduced.
    ! Progress Dialog: In Windows classic mode (no themes) no progress 
      bar was shown. Fixed.

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v9.90.1017 - 2011-06-04 20:03
    + Configuration | File Operations | Backup Operations: Added "Safe 
      overwrite", an option to minimize the risk of data loss due to 
      failures while overwriting. See how it works compared to normal 
      overwrite:
      
      Normal overwrite
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        - Source overwrites target.
          If there is a failure (e.g. power out) while copying the bytes 
          the target is lost and nothing will bring it back. So you are 
          without any backup now.
      
      Safe Overwrite
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        - Copy: Source is copied to a new temporary target file in the 
          target folder.
        - Optional Verification (you set this under "Verification"): The 
          temporary target is compared with the source.
        - Rename: If the copy (and optional verification) succeeds then 
          the target to be overwritten and the temporary target swap 
          names.
        - Delete: If the name swap succeeds then the target to be 
          overwritten (which now has the temporary name) is deleted.
      
      Note that due to its logic Safe Overwrite needs enough space on 
      the target device to hold the target to be overwritten and the 
      temporary target (same size as the source) at the same time.
    ! Progress Dialog: Fixed a couple of further glitches.

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v9.90.1016 - 2011-06-04 10:51
    * Progress Dialog: Now pressing ESC while the operation is in 
      progress will Pause, pressing ESC while the operation is not in 
      progress (paused or cancelled or completed) will close the 
      dialog.
    ! Progress Dialog: Fixed a couple of further glitches.
    ! List: Size column was wrongly sorted for items of 1 TB or larger. 
      Fixed.

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v9.90.1015 - 2011-06-03 09:56
    * Configuration | File Operations | Backup Operations: Now you can 
      choose between various verification methods:
        - None (no verification)
        - Byte-to-byte
        - MD5
        - SHA-1
        - SHA-256
        - SHA-512
      Note that the latter two are not available on all systems.
    * SC backupto enhanced: The "verify" parameter now takes the 
      following values:
        verify: Verify each copy operation on the fly.
          Empty = Use global setting from Configuration.
          0 = None (no verification)
          1 = Byte-to-byte        
          2 = MD5
          3 = SHA-1
          4 = SHA-256
          5 = SHA-512
    ! Progress Dialog: Fixed a couple of glitches.

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v9.90.1014 - 2011-06-02 14:36
    % New comparison algorithm uses SHA-1 instead of byte-to-byte 
      comparison. It's clearly faster with large files (but slightly 
      slower with small files) and much nicer to your hard disks.
      The new algorithm is applied to Edit | Compare and to verification 
      in Backup operations.
    ! Menu Edit | Compare: Comparisons would still error out with 
      "overflow" on huge files. Fixed.

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v9.90.1013 - 2011-06-01 20:55
    * Progress Dialog:
      - Renamed "Abort" to "Cancel". "Cancel" appears most expected at 
        this position, although "Stop" would be maybe more correct 
        functionally.
      - Renamed "Continue" to "Resume". 
      - Various reports are now found under the new Reports button.
      - Dropped showing msecs, it's overkill.
      - Reorganized the display of progressing copying and verifying.
      - Made it smaller.
    * Backup reports: Redesigned the format. Now only one line per file. 
      Slightly different wording.
    % Verification and Comparison functions: Now the optimal chunk size 
      is determined with more smartness. The result is faster processing 
      and considerably less strain on your hard disks.
    ! Verification and Comparison functions: Would crash with "overflow" 
      on huge files. Fixed.

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v9.90.1012 - 2011-05-31 21:09
    * Progress Dialog: Wider progress bar. More expected, more 
      "natural", and the progress appears faster ;).
    * Backup with Progress: Now you can Abort or Pause processing also 
      *while* a large file is being copied or verified (not only between 
      the files).
      Note that after Pause the process will resume with the file that 
      was being processed when Pause was clicked. So it will be 
      copied/verified again.
    * Backup with Progress: Now the stats are also updated *while* a 
      large file is being copied or verified (not only between the files).
      You will note that estimating the remaining time is difficult when 
      verification is enabled, especially when you copy few large files.
    ! List Empty Message: Was shown too early sometimes. Fixed.

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v9.90.1011 - 2011-05-31 12:38
    * Progress Dialog enhanced:
      - Now also verification has its own numeric progress.
      - Now the currently processed file is shown without full path.
    * Backup: Verification now ensures that the target file is read from 
      disk, not from the Windows write cache. This makes it slower, but 
      more secure. It actually makes it useful.
    + List: You you get a message when the list is empty. There is some 
      additional information if items are present in the folder but 
      currently not shown.
      Examples:
      - This view is empty.
      - This view is empty.
        1 item is hidden.
      - This view is empty.
        349 items don't match the current filter.
      - This view is empty.
        1 item is hidden.
        7 items don't match the current filter.

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