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TK8 Backup Version History


Version 4.5


New:

  • New scheduler option added: Run this backup task when particular device is connected.
  • Right click option added for scheduler table to skip all missed (red) backups.

Fixed / changed:

  • Restoring speed is significantly improved.
  • Increased compatibility with 64-bit systems.

Version 4.4


New:

  • Backup testing features added.
  • Added support for Windows Live Mail on windows 7 computers.

Fixed / changed:

  • Outlook is now started after the backup only when it was running before the backup.
  • Uploaded backups were tested in FTP server even when testing was not supported by the server. This caused false alarms that backup failed.
  • On some systems Access violation error appeared in program startup.
  • General log email was empty in some situations.
  • FTP upload progress bar was not showing the visual progress.

Version 4.3


New:

  • Advanced filtering now accepts filter masks for folder names. To exclude some folder from the backup, add the following exclusion filter: \FolderName\
  • Shortcuts added To back up Skype and MSN / Windows Live Messenger data.

Fixed / changed:

  • Combined backup: Count the backup only when the file was actually created (not by the execution).
  • History log will now list also those actions where task was executed but backup was not created as there were no changed or New files To back up.
  • First record is now always visible in the scheduled backups table. No scrolling necessary To see the next action.
  • Next backup times in History and scheduled backups table and now updated immediately after the day is changed.
  • Default backup template is now "Taskname year - month - day time.zip"
  • Up & Down Arrow Keys are now working in the History log table To activate task details.
  • Backup type "Full + incremental" is renamed to "Combined backup"
  • Folder selection speed Improved dramatically when selecting folders with hunderds of ZIP files...
  • It is now possible to delete the line from History table manually, using the Del key.
  • When deleting the last task, error: list index out of bounds.
  • Not always the warning was given about locked source files that were left out from the backup.
  • In Backup Retry Window, when hitting OK button and the target drive is full, error message appears.
  • Task preview has incorrect template when the type is "year - month - day time.zip"
  • Backup tasks with only single file selections did not run on some systems.
  • Incremental backups with single file selections did not run when Archive attribute was switched off in options.
  • Tab order when passwords are entered
  • Log emailing with uncompressed backups did not work

Version 4.2


New:

  • Shortcut added to back up Mozilla Firefox bookmarks and settings.
  • Shortcut added to back up Mozilla Thunderbird e-mails and settings.
  • Together with Internet Explorer, also Feeds are now backed up automatically.

Fixed / changed:

  • Single file selection is now using Archive attribute to detect file changes (meaning with incremental backups selected files are now included to the backup only when the file has been changed (and not always as before)).

Version 4.2


New:

  • Shortcut to back up Windows Mail
  • Option to retry all failed scheduler actions automatically
  • General log feature to see successful and failed actions for all tasks in one list (e-mailing with scheduler supported in the Pro version).
  • If the program has to shut down the computer, a 3 minute countdown warning is now appearing. It is possible to cancel the shutdown or push it forward to finish the work.
  • Option to notify about all failed actions (if active, the notification window appears no matter what other program is active at the moment).
  • Option to ask the password before deleting or editing the backup task settings.
  • Option to disable shortcut paths usage in backups.
  • Emailed log file contains also the FTP and disc burning information now.
  • When the program has to monitor file changes, the next backup start time is now automatically calculated when file change is detected.
  • Easier user interface

Fixed / changed:

  • When uploading or burning was active, the program didn't delete the backup after completion, though it was set in options.

Version 4.0.3


New:

  • Windows Vista compatibility
  • "Open containing folder" command added to the "Recent backups" menu
  • It is now possible to select single files to the backup task using folder tree (on the "Data to back up" panel)
  • Now when the task is edited, the folder selection tree is automatically expanded at the locations of selected folders
  • The About window will now display if the program is running in the Standard or Professional mode
  • Translation engine needed for localizations is now integrated to the program

Fixed / changed:

  • If the backup file had a comment, it was impossible to open the log file using the Recent Backups menu command.
  • When compression is disabled, the program will show the file copy progress now; useful specially when copying large files
  • Email server settings were not saved in some systems
  • Error message that appeared on Windows 2000 startup
  • Service mode startup failed in some systems

Version 4.0


New:

  • TK8 Backup has now Standard version and the Professional version.
  • New backup types added: Incremental + full backup combination, differential, differential + full combination, inverse.
  • Option added so it would be possible to make (full) backup only if some file has been changed or added, compared to the last backup.
  • You can now select source folders with checkboxes in the folder tree. That will make folder selections easier.
  • Option added to set delay time between running the external application and the backup.
  • If the program is unable to start the backup job, and log emailing is active for that profile, the error notification is emailed
  • Professional version: The program can now access password protected and/or disconnected network paths.
  • Professional version: Advanced file rules added (file inclusion and exclusion based on the last modified date and size).
  • Professional version: Option added to turn off the computer after the backup is completed.
  • Professional version: Possibility to make automatic backups right before the computer is turned off and/or logged off.
  • Professional version: TK8 Backup can now run as a Windows Service.

Fixed / changed:

  • The program can now run under Limited Windows user accounts
  • Other minor improvements.

Version 3.2


New:

  • Added possibility to create profile shortcuts to desktop (from the Edit menu)
  • You can now easily make full backups from your incremental backup profiles
  • Button added to program options to test email delivery
  • Added program option to ignore "The target drive might run out of space ..." message
  • Added advanced profile option to delay with backup start when the external application was launched.
  • Additional name template added to profile dialog where all spaces are replaced with '-' (required by some Unix FTP servers)
  • In profile advanced settings you can now enter multiple processes you want to terminate before running the backup, separated by comma
  • Added program option "On closing don't notify about scheduled backups that might be missed when the program is closed"
  • Added program option "Do not make missed backups on program startup"

Fixed / changed:

  • Some minor speed improvements

Version 3.1


New:

  • Added option (to backup profile, Log panel) to log all file names that were included to the backup
  • In Program Options, on Backup panel you can now set the double-click action. Default action is now "Start the backup".
  • If backup groups are used, there is a new command in the "Back up profile" button drop down menu to back up entire group.
  • In Program Options, on the CD/DVD panel you have now option to disable automatic disc ejection after the burning is completed.
  • The user is now warned if free space in the target drive can run out with next backup.
  • Support for double-layer DVD discs added.
  • FTP and disc burning events are now also added to the log file.

Fixed / changed:

  • Fixed log display problems that appeared with some program settings.
  • Fixed bug that missed folder monitoring schedules for Outlook backups in some systems.
  • Fixed issue that older backups were not removed from some FTP servers automatically (though request was sent to the server by "max backups to keep" feature).
  • File search speed improved.
  • Other minor improvements

Version 3.0.6


New:

  • FTP uploading is now creating all necessary folders and sub folders if they do not exist yet.
  • It is possible now to edit backup profiles at the time they are in progress.
  • Auto burn feature improved so it can now also burn backups where the compression is disabled.

Version 3.0.5


New:

  • Feature added to enter process name that should be terminated before the backup profile is started (Profile; Advanced Options).

Fixed / changed:

  • Outlook integration improved. As Outlook files are opened exclusively in the unique way, they can't be backed up if the Outlook itself is open. But the feature listed above solves this problem, and closes the Outlook automatically soon the Outlook backup is started.

Version 3.0.4


New:

  • Outlook integration added to backup source selection
  • Option added to apply FTP settings to all profiles (from program options, Advanced panel).
  • Option added to profile advanced options panel to start the backup on program startup

Fixed / changed:

  • "Max backups to keep" feature improved so it is now applied also to the backups in secondary location
  • Fixed group name display error on the main table if groups were used.
  • File selection list in the Restoring Wizard supports now sorting (click on the column header).
  • Added support for Japanese language.
  • Restoring Wizard speed improvements

Version 3.0.3


New:

  • Added support for SMTP email accounts with authentication (Program Options, Log/Email panel).
  • Added customizable "From" field for emails (Program Options, Log/Email panel).
  • Added support to send emails to multiple recipients (just separate addresses with comma).

Fixed / changed:

  • Fixed file size and progress bar display errors when large files (over 2 GB) were found in the source folders.
  • Added limit on using single filename template with incremental backups to prevent rewriting incremental backups.
  • Log file descriptions improved
  • Fixed bug that only the first exclusion folder was used on backing up the data. Files from other exclusion folders (and their sub folders) were still added to the backup.
  • Fixed bug that if the backup was encrypted, the program was unable to email and open the log file from inside the program.

Version 3.0.2


New:

  • Option added to format the rewriteable disc (with or without the confirmation) if it is not formatted yet or the backup does not fit to the available space.
  • Option added to skip log files on uploading and burning the backups.

Fixed / changed:

  • Increased ASPI driver compatibility for those few computers where the problem appeared. TK8 Backup uses now its own universal ASPI driver for all burning actions. Also, the CD or DVD is ejected and reloaded automatically after the burning is finished. This eliminates the Windows problem that the files were invisible in the Windows Explorer soon after they were burned.
  • Fixed the issue with disk spanning if the single part size was exceeding the 2000 MB.

Version 3.0.1


New:

  • Incremental backups are now created based on the Archive attribute Windows is managing for all files.
  • Added possibility to view log files from the recent backups menu.

Fixed / changed:

  • Log file viewer has now a button to email the log file.
  • Error message is not generated any more when sending the email and the the backup file was missing (not created because of there was no files to back up)
  • The empty line is not added to the recent backups list any more if the backup was not created (because there was no files to back up)
  • Some CD and DVD burning features added and speed improved

Version 3.0


New:

  • Recent backup list added to main window. Option added to hide / show recent backup list on the main window
  • ZIP compression engine changed - compression ratio improved. TK8 Backup now supports also unlimited file size and unlimited file count per archive.
  • Added possibility to select multiple files and folders in the burner tool
  • Elapsed time counter added to backup progress window
  • Create profile shortcut to desktop
  • New look and customizable toolbars / menus
  • System tray mode added
  • Easy FTP management utility added
  • "Uploads in queue" feature added in case different backups requiring the upload are finishing at the same time.
  • Status bar added containing information about recent backups of selected profile.
  • Estimated time left counter added to backup process window.
  • 'Burning in queue' feature added to support burning for profiles finishing at the same time.
  • Burning and uploading splitted backups is now supported
  • Log file is now saved with the same name as the backup (with TXT extension)
  • Optional secondary destination folder added to profiles
  • Option added to attach also the backup file when sending the log file
  • Customization options for toolbar and table colors added
  • Refresh command added to recent backups menu
  • Support for exclusion folders added
  • Scheduler type "Folder monitoring" added to auto run backup profiles when the content of source folder is changed
  • Option added to ask permission before the burning starts (message is skipped in the silent mode)
  • Compression level is now profile based.
  • Option added to profile window to delete backup after it is burned and/or uploaded successfully.
  • Also mail accounts and mail processing rules are now included to Outlook Express backups.
  • Quick restore feature added to restore backup without any wizard questions asked.
  • Added support for self-extracting backups that will contain both the backup file and the restoring wizard. They can be launched and restored without any other programs.

Fixed / changed:

  • Profile window redesigned.
  • Backup process window redesigned.
  • Bug that caused incomplete uploads in some situations fixed.
  • Error messages removed from profile export / import features.
  • Backup is not burned now in case process cancelled
  • FTP uploading moved from the backup process window to the main window.
  • Removed error message appeared when scheduled backups were uploaded
  • Speed and memory usage optimized
  • Error message removed from scheduling if AM/PM time format was used
  • No backup files and folders are created to target folder any more if the backup is cancelled.
  • When changing the default burning device, the option was not saved if more than one burning device was available.
  • Restoring wizard redesigned.

Version 2.0


Because of so many improvements and new features, we are skipping the version 2 and will release the version 3 instead. A big jump forward!


Version 1.6


New:

  • Cycled backup type
  • Recent backup list
  • Possibility to add comments to backups (zip comment and comment to file name)
  • Save the full path of source folders option added to advanced panel of profiles.
  • Import / export functions added to File menu
  • Option to password protect options window
  • Option to hide the system tray icon.
  • System-wide hotkey added to bring up the program (if password is set in options, it should be entered to bring up).
  • Burning utility enchantments - file and folder selection, possibility to select files from recent backup list.
  • Encryption algorithm replaced with quicker and stronger - "Rijndael" (AES)

Fixed / changed:

  • Default backup folder was not saved properly in options
  • Windows restart failed if the 'Close to system tray' was checked in options

Version 1.5


New:

  • CD-R / CD-RW / DVD-R / DVD-RW support
  • Option for backup encryption and decryption with strong BlowFish algorithm
  • Last backup size column added to the main table
  • Table column customization function added to File menu

Fixed / changed:

  • Duplicate did not copy filter conditions correctly.
  • If the SMTP port / profile email was not set, sending log file resulted error message
  • After restarting the program, it was unable to open / upload / e-mail last created backup

Version 1.4


New:

  • Support for huge zipped backups (over 2GB)
  • Option to include/exclude files based on the file size
  • Option to set the subject manually in the log mailing
  • Option to email log file only if error occurred during the backup
  • Option to run backups silently in the background, without the process window

Fixed / changed:

  • With large backups (source files greater than 2 GB), the file size counter display (above the progress bar) was switched to negative number in some situations.
  • Run on windows startup resulted access violation error on Windows XP/2000
  • Some exclusively opened files gave modal error messages (produced by Windows) if TK8 Backup tried to backup them.
  • A bug related with canceling backups in progress on some computers.

Version 1.3


New:

  • Profile window, filter panel: added option to include/exclude files by the status of hidden / read-only / system.
  • Added warning message to the backup process if the file is near to the limits of zip file format (if the file count is greater than 65 500 or size exceeds 2GB).

Fixed / changed:

  • Large backups (over 950 MB) produced error message on the beginning of backup step 'Creating zip file'.
  • Added additional verification for scheduler if trying to save profile with scheduling but schedule settings are not set actually. This caused the profile to backup in the looping mode.
  • Improved search speed and feedback information on using exclude filters on collecting data step of backup
  • If the profile had no scheduler, the next run was still scheduled after the backup in version 1.2
  • Using single files was not showing the increase of backup size on the backup indicator.
  • If error was occurred in the file search process (for example source folder was not found), the backup was cancelled, even if there was more folders to backup
  • If no files was found to backup, a message was displayed, but the backup window was not closed automatically.

Version 1.2


New:

  • Support for CPU priorities in program options
  • Duplicate function added to Edit menu
  • Option to limit automatically started backups at the same time (program options).
  • User manual and help file are now available.

Fixed / changed:

  • Improved language system.
  • Running the backup with type modified files only on the first time, caused no files backed up
  • Schedule handling and running multiple scheduled backups at same time caused anomalies on calculating the next backup time and sometime resulted error messages on closing backup process window, although the backup was made

Version 1.1


New:

  • Possibility to include into zip files also exclusively opened (not just read opened) files, if set in options.
  • Added possibility to cancel backup process already during the file search.
  • Possibility to automatically e-mail the log file after backup completion.
  • 'Close to system tray' option added.
  • Added possibility to minimize backup process window.
  • E-mail notifications based on the backup logs.
  • Possibility to group profiles.
  • Other minor improvements.

Fixed / changed:

  • Now it is possible to start only one TK8 Backup host application at same time (limit for program session, not for backup processes of course).
  • Window refresh not-refreshing problem fixed when returning to backup process during the file search step from other program.
  • If added a new profile, but cancelled in the profile window, still a new line was added to the table.
  • Single file opening dialog in the Profile window: removed the default filter for Executable files.
  • Disabled running of same backup in the same time. It was possible for example if user did dbl-click on the Backup button.

Version 1.0


First public version.