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30.08.2017 - Release of Version 3.4

Modified: Reimplemented the pools and consolidated related feedback messages to resolve several visualization issues
Modified: For all Windows versions prior to Windows 10, DPI scaling is now performed by the system to solve icon scaling issues. For Windows 10, you need to adapt the program's DPI scaling behavior if icons are displayed too small (see our FAQ on www.clonespy.com)
Fixed: Added an explanation for the formerly unknown error code 53

26.03.2017 - Release of Version 3.34

Added: The update checker can now download and install the latest version (see the Menu bar of the Main window)
Added: A new option remembers size and position of the Main window (see Priority page of the Options window)
Added: A new option remembers size and position of the Result presentation windows (see Priority page of the Options window)
Added: File properties can now be viewed via the context menu of the Result presentation windows
Added: The View CSC-file window now has a search function
Fixed: When scanning against CSC-files, the Single duplicates window now shows all equal files found (regression since v3.2)
Fixed: The pattern matcher now recognizes matching string even if the pattern ends with an asterisk

22.01.2017 - Release of Version 3.33

Added: When moving files to a relative path, the path can now be resolved relative to the respective file (see Deletion page of the Options window)
Added: A checksum is now only stored in the database if the corresponding file is larger than a configurable value (see Database page of the Options window)
Modified: The encoding OEM is now the default setting for batch files
Fixed: Eliminated a bug where an installed version was detected as portable version
Fixed: Added an explanation for the formerly unknown error code 17

31.12.2016 - Release of Version 3.32

Added: The new Extensions page in the Options window allows to specify file extensions that are different but should be considered as equal. This option is enabled by default
Modified: The scan progress window can now be closed via the close button in its title bar after a scan is finished
Fixed: Corrected an overflow of the "Scanning for duplicates" progress bar in the scan progress window (regression since v3.31)
Fixed: If a folder is added to a pool which contains many sub-folders of that folder, then the warning message no longer overflows
Fixed: The uninstaller now works properly for 32-bit Windows

28.10.2016 - Release of Version 3.31

Added: When exporting a list of equal files (see Export page of the Options window) or a CSC-file (see the Export CSC-file window), numbers can now be separated into digit groups
Modified: File sizes in the log file are now separated into digit groups
Modified: When searching for duplicates, the progress bars in the scan progress window now advance more linear on average data
Fixed: The context help now works for the drop-down boxes in the Main window
Fixed: When exporting a list of equal files with aligned columns (see Export page of the Options window), trailing spaces are no longer generated
Fixed: Copying Cyrillic characters to the clipboard no longer fails

27.08.2016 - Release of Version 3.3

Added: The Main window is now resizable
Added: Added new search options to the Main window
Modified: Replaced some radio buttons with drop-down lists to make room for the new search options
Modified: The checksum database journal file is now kept permanently for performance reasons
Modified: Changed the order of buttons in several dialogs to be consistent with the standard button order in Windows
Modified: Moved all context help buttons from the window title bars to the lower right corner of the corresponding dialogs
Modified: The Size of main CloneSpy window option now only changes the Main window size at start-up (see Priority page of the Options window)
Modified: In the default format for exporting lists of equal files, file time now appears before file path
Fixed: The Copy/Move Dialog Box on Windows 8 and higher is now suppressed

07.05.2016 - Release of Version 3.24

Added: After CloneSpy has deleted a file, it can now automatically remove additional files specified in the Options from an otherwise empty folder (see Deletion page of the Options window)
Added: The new command line option -u can be used to disable the automatic check for new versions on program start
Modified: The default format to explore files now highlights the respective file in the File Explorer (see Report page of the Options window)
Modified: Improved database error messages
Fixed: Some file dialogs did not remember the last visited folder correctly
Fixed: Error messages now correctly reflect that CloneSpy can only support file paths up to a length of 258 characters
Fixed: In the All duplicates window files can now be marked based on their path length when searching for files with the same name
Fixed: When merging CSC-files now all duplicate entries are removed

05.01.2016 - Release of Version 3.23

Modified: Exchanged "+" by "&" in the Main window to clarify the meaning of the Search for options
The 64-bit version no longer crashes when clicking the list header in the Zero length files window or the Single duplicates window
CloneSpy no longer crashes when scanning long paths on network drives
Added an explanation for the formerly unknown error code 183

22.08.2015 - Release of Version 3.22

Fixed: CloneSpy no longer fails to move files to the recycle bin or another folder on Windows XP (regression since v3.21)

27.06.2015 - Release of Version 3.21

Added: In two-pool mode, the colors that highlight files from pool 1 and 2 in the Result presentation windows can now be changed by a right-click on the corresponding legend
Added: More dialogs can now be configured to never show up again
Fixed: Unnecessary system messages are no longer shown if deletion of files fails
Fixed: Added an explanation for the formerly unknown error code 206

31.03.2015 - Release of Version 3.2

Added: The installer now allows you to select between a 32-bit and a 64-bit version of CloneSpy
Added: If you push the Delete all marked files button in the Zero length files window or Single duplicates window without first marking any file then an explanation is given on how to mark files
Modified: Optimized the memory management so that now more of the available memory can be used
Modified: Optimized the structure of the checksum database leading to the effect that your database needs to be rebuilt (previously cached checksums will be recreated)
Modified: If you scan a large number of files then the percentages in the scan progress window now have decimal places
Modified: Opening and closing a large number of categories in the All duplicates window are now faster
Modified: Marking a large number of files in the All duplicates window is now faster
Modified: The upper limit for the size of scanned files is now deactivated by default (see Time + Size page of the Options window)
Fixed: If you have a large checksum database then CloneSpy no longer freezes for some time when you open the Options window
Fixed: The Options window no longer freezes while the checksum database is being cleaned up (see Database page of the Options window)
Fixed: In the Options, if Make new file or Replace file is selected then the corresponding file name may no longer be erased
Fixed: The Single duplicates window no longer shows files that were already deleted manually by the user during the scan
Fixed: If CloneSpy is ran from the installer then it now runs with user privileges
Fixed: Corrected the original file name in the version information of the installer

28.06.2014 - Release of Version 3.13

Fixed: Directory symbolic links whose target starts immediately with a directory are now recognized
Fixed: Directory symbolic links whose target starts with a backslash are now resolved correctly
Fixed: The View CSC-file window no longer confuses properties of files with the same path
Fixed: The controls in the View CSC-file window is now wide enough to display the file properties
Fixed: The context help now works correctly for the Options button in the Main window

26.04.2014 - Release of Version 3.12

Added: Equal files can now be explored or marked by an external program (see Report tab of the Options window)
Added: The new pattern %P of the export list format (see Export tab of the Options window) and the CSC-file export format (Export CSC-file window) allow for exporting the source pool number
Modified: Moved Execute selected file function of the Result presentation windows to the context menu of the list of equal files
Fixed: The Override delete selection indication in the Main window is now only shown if the Action is set to automatically delete
Fixed: When a CSC-file is created then only relevant settings in effect are now written to the log file
Fixed: Hard links can be created again on NTFS drives for Windows XP and Windows Vista (regression since v3.0)
Fixed: The silent install command line option /ALLUSERSHORTCUT works now properly

01.03.2014 - Release of Version 3.11

Added: The system can now be automatically shut down after a scan is done
Added: System sleep can now be prevented while scanning (see Priority tab of the Options window)
Added: Some dialogs can now be configured to never show up again
Modified: Mitigated database access problems if several instances of CloneSpy are run in parallel (although not recommended)
Fixed: CloneSpy no longer asks about saving settings when the user selects to automatically exit the program after scanning
Fixed: CloneSpy can no longer be configured to exit automatically if zero length files should be presented to the user
Fixed: If a folder in an inactive pool is also added into the other pool then this conflict is now resolved silently
Fixed: Eliminated a bug that caused a crash while scanning or aborting a scan which happened in rare cases

25.01.2014 - Release of Version 3.1

Added: Integrated a database for caching checksums to speed up scanning (see Database page of the Options window)
Added: All paths written into a batch file can now be converted into 8.3 form (see Batch page of the Options window)
Added: Files generated by CloneSpy can now be encoded in UTF-8
Added: CloneSpy now warns on missing and spurious command line parameters
Added: Before a setting files is upgraded to the current version, the user now has the option to create a backup
Added: The installer now generates a warning if the install path contains a hash character because it will block access to the help file
Fixed: Added an explanation for the formerly unknown error code 80

12.10.2013 - Release of Version 3.04

Modified: Portable and installed versions can now be run in parallel
Modified: The portable version now initializes paths in the Options window relative to the CloneSpy executable

21.09.2013 - Release of Version 3.03

Fixed: CloneSpy can now represent invalid file dates correctly
Fixed: CloneSpy now supports daylight saving time when displaying file dates
Fixed: CloneSpy no longer crashes if a date in the distant future is chosen in the calendar on the Time + Size page of the Options window
Fixed: The list of equal files in each Result presentation window can now be sorted by the entries in the CSC-file column

31.08.2013 - Release of Version 3.02

Fixed: CloneSpy now correctly resolves relative symbolic links
Fixed: CloneSpy no longer resolves links on a network drive
Fixed: CloneSpy no longer rejects mapped network drives

10.08.2013 - Release of Version 3.01

Fixed: CloneSpy no longer crashes when a file with invalid date is acquired
Fixed: Corrected the version information of the CloneSpy executable
Fixed: Completed information in Windows' Add/Remove Programs
Fixed: Corrected some minor visual glitches

27.07.2013 - Release of Version 3.0

Added: Reparse points and substituted paths can now be resolved to their true paths due to use of new compiler and libraries:
- - A folder will no longer be considered more than once if it is found several times due to reparse points or substituted paths
- - When hard links have to be created, a scan is only started if the true paths of all folders in the pool(s) are on the same drive
- - When hard links have to be created, a sub-folder is ignored if its true path is on a different drive
Modified: Creation of hard links no longer requires administrator rights
Modified: Reduced memory consumption when deleting files to the recycle bin
Modified: Reduced memory consumption when merging CSC-files
Modified: Windows 2000 is no longer supported
Fixed: Deactivated controls on the Time + Size page no longer complain about missing input
Fixed: Deletion of hard links no longer affects the calculation of freed space
Fixed: Corrected several minor visual glitches

15.12.2012 - Release of Version 2.7

Added: The Main window now has an Options button
Added: Folders entered to a pool can now be explored via the context menu
Added: The summary of a log file now also shows the number of categories of equal files found
Added: The scan progress window now also shows the number of categories of equal files found
Added: After a batch file is created or a list file is exported, the scan progress window now shows a button to view that file
Added: Files shown in the Result presentation windows can now be executed by pressing the Return key
Added: Adding all sibling folders to a pool in the Add folder window can now be aborted if errors occur
Added: The new command line option -i can now be used to ignore errors while scanning and to exit automatically afterwards
Added: The installer now offers command line options for silent installation (specify /? on the installer command line for usage details)
Modified: The default for characters that cannot be represented in files with OEM encoding is now the same as for ANSI encoding
Modified: The default for characters that cannot be represented in batch files with ANSI or OEM encoding can now be changed (see Batch page of the Options window)
Modified: When adding file masks in the Files or Names page of the Options window, you can now browse for or paste multiple file names
Modified: Multiple file paths can now be pasted to the Manual input control in the Add folder window
Modified: Windows Nt4.0 is no longer supported
Fixed: If a hard link cannot be created then CloneSpy tries to restore the original file
Fixed: After changing the encoding for batch files or export lists, a new file can now be created without changing the corresponding file path
Fixed: When searching for files with same name, the Single duplicates window now allows to preselect files based on their folder/path length
Fixed: When searching for files with same name, the Action frame of the Main window now allows to automatically delete files based on their folder/path length
Fixed: The default batch file format now also supports hidden file deletion (see Batch page of the Options window)
Fixed: When exporting a list of equal files, the correct encoding is now applied (regression since v2.62)
Fixed: When browsing for a file pattern from the context menu of the All duplicates window, the correct dialog is now shown
Fixed: Added an explanation for the formerly unknown error code 112

28.04.2012 - Release of Version 2.63

Added: Reparse points can now be excluded from a scan (see Folders page of the Options window)
Modified: File access error message boxes now remind the user of potentially missing administrator rights for Windows Vista and higher
Modified: When exporting a list of equal files and no equal files are found then this is now stated in the exported list file
Fixed: When searching for files with same name, the context menu of the list box in the All duplicates window now contains options for retaining files based on folder/path length
Fixed: The installer now shows the correct license agreement
Fixed: Added an explanation for the formerly unknown error code 124

24.09.2011 - Release of Version 2.62

Added: Exported lists of duplicate files can now be configured to contain a header and a summary (see Export page of the Options window)
Added: Exported CSC-files can now be configured to contain a header (see the Export CSC-file window)
Modified: Redesigned the Options window from tab-based to page-based view in order to solve scaling issues with different font sizes
Modified: The options for creating batch files and for exporting lists of duplicate files are now separated into two individual option pages
Modified: If started for the very first time CloneSpy now asks for saving the settings on program exit
Modified: Floating-point numbers are now represented according to the user's preferred native locale
Modified: Improved the error message which is shown when hard links cannot be created due to insufficient rights of the user running CloneSpy
Modified: Hard links are no longer replaced by new hard links
Fixed: The number of hard links that can be created is no longer limited
Fixed: The command line options for changing the setting of the Mode frame in the Main window no longer cause a crash (regression since v2.6)

25.06.2011 - Release of Version 2.61

Added: The vertical size of the Main window can now be reduced (see Priority tab of the Options window)
Modified: Improved the error message which is shown when a file cannot be deleted due to insufficient rights of the user running CloneSpy
Modified: The folder $Recycle.Bin is now ignored by the default settings (see Folders tab of the Options window)
Fixed: Enlarged the fields showing the numbers of open and closed categories in the All duplicates window to hold more than four digits
Fixed: Improved the scaling of the tab pages in the Options window for all font sizes on Windows Vista and Windows 7
Fixed: When resetting all settings then the most-recently-used lists of the pools are now erased

29.01.2011 - Release of Version 2.6

Added: Zero length files can now be handled as normal files (see Time + Size tab of the Options window)
Added: Checksums can now be exported by using %c in the export list format (see Export tab of the Options window)
Added: Folders in a pool can now be explored in the Add folder window
Added: Default command line parameters can now be specified in the registry
Modified: The tree view of the View CSC-file window is now generated faster
Modified: The uninstaller now removes CloneSpy.ini for better cleanup
Modified: If errors occur while all sibling folders are added to a pool in the Add folder window then more precise error messages are shown
Modified: If a settings file cannot be loaded at startup then a more precise error message is shown
Modified: The symbol used as digit group separator for large numbers is now taken from the locale settings of the user
Modified: Windows 98se and Windows ME are no longer supported (regression since v2.5)
Fixed: The check boxes in the View CSC-file window window are now shown in disabled state because they cannot be modified by the user
Fixed: If a settings file could not be loaded at startup then the title of the Main window no longer says the opposite
Fixed: The context menu in the Single duplicates window no longer shows wrong entries
Fixed: Invalid file errors no longer occur when making a CSC-file from the second pool while logging is enabled (regression since v2.51)
Fixed: A CSC-file no longer includes an entry about itself, which occurred when the CSC-file was stored in the scanned folder

28.08.2010 - Release of Version 2.52

Added: The list box of each Result presentation window can now be configured to show the name of scanned CSC-files via the context menu
Added: The list box of the All duplicates window now has additional entries in its context menu for unmarking files in a more advanced way
Added: Categories in the All duplicates window can now be opened and closed based on whether they contain marked files or not
Added: Directory deletion commands are now written to batch file if empty folders should be removed (see Deletion tab of the Options window)
Modified: Memory management is slightly improved
Fixed: The Stop scanning button in the Zero length files window is now working again (regression since v2.31)

10.04.2010 - Release of Version 2.51

Added: The list boxes in the Result presentation windows now have a context menu offering copy-to-clipboard operations and grid lines
Added: The list box of the All duplicates window has additional entries in its context menu offering more advanced file marking and statistics
Added: In the Add folder window it can now be configured whether the last visited folder in the tree view should be remembered for both pools
Added: The Add folder window now has a Remove selected folder from list button that removes directory paths from the pool list box
Added: The user now receives feedback if errors occur while files are being acquired (can be disabled in the Report tab of the Options window)
Added: The settings associated with a scan can now be written to the log file (see Logging tab of the Options window)
Added: CloneSpy can now be configured to play a sound when equal files are immediately displayed (see Priority tab of the Options window)
Added: File entries in the Result presentation windows can now be marked by pressing the Ctrl key plus the left mouse button
Added: The installer now allows you to change the folder in the start menu or even to create a new folder
Modified: The Options window now remembers the last visited tab until the next program start
Modified: The All duplicates window can now be closed with the close button in the title bar
Modified: Improved wording of the header written to the log file
Modified: Improved readability of numbers in the log file summary
Fixed: The option Close categories above selected item no longer affects the currently highlighted category in the All duplicates window
Fixed: Controls in the Logging tab of the Options window are now correctly enabled/disabled if logging is enabled/disabled
Fixed: Corrected the log file entry for deleted or moved zero length files for the case that deletion of equal files is deferred to batch file
Fixed: After clicking one of the Make CSC buttons in the Main window unrelated error messages are no longer shown
Fixed: Added an explanation for the formerly unknown error code 19

16.12.2009 - Release of Version 2.5

Added: CloneSpy now fully supports Unicode
Added: Output files can now be encoded in ANSI, OEM, or Unicode
Added: In two-pool mode you can now click on the legend of the Result presentation windows to mark all files of the corresponding pool
Modified: The Add folder window now remembers the last visited folder for each pool individually
Fixed: CloneSpy no longer fails on finding all equal files when searching for duplicates with the same name which happened in rare cases
Fixed: CloneSpy now handles files with sizes larger than 2 GB correctly
Fixed: When exporting file lists the %f column now gets correctly aligned
Fixed: Added version information to installer and CloneSpy executable
Fixed: Added explanations for the formerly unknown error code 120
Fixed: When adding a folder into a pool while its parent folder is in the other pool then the parent folder is correctly removed again (regression since v2.4)
Fixed: The total time of scanning shown in the scan progress window no longer resets to 00:00:00 after 24 hours
Fixed: File paths longer than 255 characters no longer cause a crash

13.06.2009 - Release of Version 2.41

Added: The expansion progress of the folder tree in the Add folder window can now be aborted by pressing the Escape key
Added: The location of the CloneSpy.ini and the default output folder can now be modified through the registry (only available for standard installation)
Fixed: The creation of the folder for the CloneSpy.ini at program start no longer fails for users with Unicode characters in their names (only occurred in standard installation)
Fixed: The date format is now correctly retrieved from a settings file

21.05.2009 - Release of Version 2.4

Added: CloneSpy now comes with an installer. Alternatively, the program can still be unpacked and executed without installing it
Added: CloneSpy can now create hard links (see Deletion tab of the Options window)
Added: Environment variables can now be used for specifying file and folder paths in CloneSpy (see Specifying paths in the help file)
Added: All folders in the tree view of the View CSC-file window can now be expanded/collapsed at one time via context menu
Added: If a settings file is loaded automatically (see Command line options and Automation window) its path is displayed in the Main window title
Added: The date can now be displayed in ISO 8601 format (see Time + Size tab of the Options window)
Modified: Checking for a newer version is now activated by default (see the Menu bar of the Main window)
Fixed: The list boxes in the Options window (see Files tab, Folders tab, and Names tab) now allow entries that are prefixes of other entries
Fixed: When merging CSC-files entries with the same name and content but different file path are no longer removed
Fixed: The default text color of the pool list boxes in the Main window is now no longer black but taken from the system color scheme

18.10.2008 - Release of Version 2.35

Added: When dropping files into a pool their folders can now be inserted
Fixed: The Add folder window now opens without time lag

27.09.2008 - Release of Version 2.34

Added: The new command line option -csc inserts CSC-files into the CSC-pool
Added: The new command line options -c1 and -c2 allow you to automatically start a CSC-file generation for the corresponding pool
Added: If all files in the Single duplicates window or all files within a category in the All duplicates window are marked while the delete button is pressed then a warning is issued
Added: The new patterns %i and %I of the export list format (see Export tab of the Options window) and %i of the CSC-file export format (see the Export CSC-file window) allow for the enumeration of file entries
Added: When exporting a list of duplicates, alignment of columns can now be switched off (see Export tab of the Options window). The same holds for CSC-file export (see the Export CSC-file window)
Fixed: If Make new file is selected in the Logging tab of the Options window the View log button in the scan progress window now opens the correct log file

12.07.2008 - Release of Version 2.33

Added: A new check box in the scan progress window makes CloneSpy close after a scan if results are exported or deleted automatically
Added: If a log file is generated, it can now be viewed after a scan by pressing the corresponding button in the scan progress window
Added: The date can now be displayed in different formats (see Time + Size tab of the Options window)
Added: Folders entered manually in the Add folder window can now be added to a pool by pressing the Return key
Added: If a pool cannot be scanned because of restrictions in the Options window, CloneSpy now provides a better explanation about the cause
Modified: The command line option -e is now ignored if results are to be handled by the user (see the Action frame of the Main window)
Fixed: Solved some display problems when using large fonts

14.06.2008 - Release of Version 2.32

Added: The command line options -p1 and -p2 can now handle multiple folders
Added: The new command line options -m1, -m2, -m12, -m1c, and -m2c can be used to override the scanning mode
Added: CSC-files can now be merged (see the Menu bar of the Main window)
Added: Data from CSC-files can now be exported to text files (see the Menu bar of the Main window or the View CSC-file window)
Fixed: The command line options -p1 and -p2 can now handle folders that end with a backslash
Fixed: CloneSpy no longer crashes when the View CSC-file window is closed before the tree view is fully generated
Fixed: Folders in the tree view of the View CSC-file window are now shown in the order of acquisition
Fixed: Adding CSC-files to the CSC-pool now works correctly again
Fixed: Solved some display problems when using 120 DPI setting

10.05.2008 - Release of Version 2.31

Modified: If equal files are scheduled to be displayed at the end of a scan and it is aborted, then all equal files found so far are presented
Modified: If the last selected folder in the Add folder tree view no longer exists then its next valid parent is selected rather than the root
Modified: It is now possible to specify relative paths for the log file, the batch file, the export list file, and the move-to folder (see Options window)
Fixed: When exporting a list or batch file the accessibility of that file is now checked at the start of the scan
Fixed: It is now possible to add large amounts of CSC-files to the CSC-pool at one time
Fixed: Read-only files are now correctly deleted if How to delete is set to Really delete (see Deletion tab of the Options window)
Fixed: Deletion of an empty folder works now even if it is read-only (see Deletion tab of the Options window)
Fixed: CloneSpy no longer crashes if the command line option -e is used
Fixed: On Windows Vista the Options window is now displayed correctly
Fixed: Corrected memory leak within file comparison routine
Fixed: CloneSpy message boxes now give audible feedback

21.10.2006 - Release of Version 2.3

Added: The Add folder window has three new button for saving, loading, and merging the content of the pool
Added: A right click on a pool shows a list of pool files recently saved, loaded, or merged. The list can be used for quick loading pool files
Added: The new command line parameters -p1 and -p2 allow you to override the content of the pools at program start
Added: The settings menu of the Main window now has a list of settings files recently loaded or saved. It can be used for quick loading settings
Added: The list in the Ignore specified folders frame can now be individually saved (see Folders tab of the Options window)
Added: To include a summary containing information from the scan progress window in the CloneSpy log file, select the appropriate check box in the Logging properties frame (see Logging tab of the Options window)
Added: The sound playing function announcing the end of the scan can now be disabled (see Priority tab of the Options window)
Modified: The Automation window now allows to specify not only absolute, but also relative paths to settings files
Modified: Changed button label from Load list to Merge list in the Files tab and the Names tab of the Options window as the new description suits better to the function of the buttons
Modified: Improved memory management in file acquisition phase, especially when acquiring huge amounts of files from CSC-files
Fixed: CloneSpy does not crash any more in the file acquisition phase if the system runs out of free main memory
Fixed: When scanning for files with same name and (approx.) same size, the correct file size is now used for comparison
Fixed: When the Delete button in the Single duplicates window is pressed, the application will not drop in the background any more
Fixed: CloneSpy can now be started in Windows XP even if the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is activated
Fixed: Added an explanation for the formerly unknown error code 82

05.06.2006 - Release of Version 2.21

Fixed: When an XP-Style is activated on Windows XP all CloneSpy windows have now a context help button in their title bar
Fixed: When a path is inserted manually in the Add folder window leading and trailing white spaces are ignored now
Fixed: When searching for duplicates with or without same name the checksum generation progress will not exceed 100% any more
Fixed: The icon next to Sorting acquired files in the scan progress window will not flicker any more when searching for duplicates

09.04.2006 - Release of Version 2.2

Added: All pools are now Drag & Drop enabled so that folders dragged from the Windows Explorer can be dropped on the pools
Added: A right-click on an item of the folder tree in the Add folder window will add the clicked folder to the pool
Modified: If the mode Pool1/2 + CSC and the action Automatically delete is selected in the Main window then the option only in Pool 1/2 is automatically chosen in the Action frame as it is the only one
Modified: The Single duplicates window is now closed right after the Delete button is being clicked to avoid double clickings
Modified: Points are inserted between every three digits of large numbers in the scan progress window in order to improve readability
Fixed: The automatic update checker does not crash any more when there is no or a bad internet connection
Fixed: When folders are excluded from a scan, CloneSpy no longer mistakenly interprets those folders as files while scanning
Fixed: The recursive deletion of empty folders is working now
Fixed: The message that appears because a folder being added to a pool collides with the existing pool content is not corrupted any more
Fixed: The icon that appears on Windows' Alt-Tab screen for CloneSpy is now the correct one
Fixed: Added explanations for the formerly unknown error codes 31 and 32

06.06.2004 - Release of Version 2.11

Fixed: The program now does not crash any more when exporting a list or a batch file while searching for files with same name or with same name + (approx.) same size

09.05.2004 - Release of Version 2.1

Added: The Add folder window now allows to enter folder paths manually
Added: The scanning process can now be started automatically by Command line parameters. The program can also be exited automatically this way
Added: The priority of the scanning process can now be changed in the Scanning priority frame (see the new Priority tab of the Options window)
Added: Besides deleting files on shorter/longer file name, this decision can now be made according to their file path or directory path (see the Action frame in the Main window, the Single duplicates window, and the All duplicates window)
Added: CloneSpy can now be exited without automatically saving the settings if this is chosen in the Automation window (see the Menu bar of the Main window)
Added: All batch files generated by CloneSpy now present a warning when being executed
Fixed: All pools now offer a horizontal scroll bar if necessary
Fixed: The scanning process can now also be paused while it acquires CSC-files
Fixed: The scanning process now runs at normal speed while it acquires CSC-files
Fixed: The location of CSC-files is now remembered correctly if multiple files are added to the CSC-pool simultaneously

28.12.2003 - Release of Version 2.0

Complete re-implementation of CloneSpy in order to integrate a wide variety of new features:

Exclude files or file patterns from a scan
Case sensitive file name comparisons
Advanced log file options
Presentation of all duplicates at the end of a scan
Presentation of duplicates together in one large list
Lockable pools for faster scans if the content of a pool is used more than once
Search for same-name files with same size or approximately same size
File deletion decision based on length of file names
Export duplicates as list to a text file
Defer handling of duplicate files to a batch file in order to apply arbitrary file operations

Release dates of former versions:

30.03.2002 - Release of Version 1.51
24.03.2002 - Release of Version 1.5
28.12.2001 - Release of Version 1.41
16.12.2001 - Release of Version 1.4
02.09.2001 - Release of Version 1.3
28.07.2001 - Release of Version 1.2
09.07.2001 - Release of Version 1.11
08.07.2001 - Release of Version 1.1
24.06.2001 - Release of Version 1.0

More information on former versions can be found in the history section at www.clonespy.com.

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