Link Shellextension

ln.exe 2.749 has been released.

Tue, 9 May 2013 09:00:15 +0100

The handling of the compression bit during copying/mirroring/deloreaning for files and directories was broken.

ln.exe 2.748 has been released.

Tue, 5 May 2013 19:00:15 +0100

Fixed a problem in UNC name resolution, when the UNC share was created by the Volume Shadow Service.

Added the vss_unc.cmd to create Volume Shadow Service backups via a UNC share.

LSE 3.748 has been released.

Wed, 5 April 2013 19:00:15 +0100

Enabled Link Shell Extension on ReFs volumes.

Added a Swedish localisation. Thanks to Mikael Grönholm.

Added a Turkish localisation. Thanks to Memet.

Added a Czech localisation. Thanks to Ashus

Added a Slovak localisation. Thanks to RobertS

LSEConfig has been localised.

DupeMerge.exe 1.04 has been released.

Sun, 5 April 2013 18:00:15 +0100

Fixed a crash when files were larger than 16gb.

LSE 3.747 has been released.

Wed, 26 Feb 2013 21:00:15 +0100

symlink.exe was missing in the 32bit version of the x64 install.

LSE 3.746 has been released.

Wed, 24 Feb 2013 20:00:15 +0100

Tested with Windows8, and thus updated the documentation.

The x64 version now contains also a 32bit version in one unified install.

Deinstallation left over a few registry keys.

During installation not all processes were detected, which blocked the installation.

ln.exe 2.746 has been released.

Tue, 10 Feb 2013 20:00:15 +0100

Added kind of 'clonemirror' option: --symbolic combined with --mirror now mirrors symbolic link clones.

Extended the DeloreanCopy.bat with a 'number of keep-entry' argument. Thx to MathiasB for providing it.

The filters for --includeXXX or --excludeXXX are applied on source and destination during --mirror and --delorean.

LSE 3.745 has been released.

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:00:15 +0100

The eunmeration of hardlink siblings didn't work under XP, when the root dir of a drive had to be traversed.

LSE 3.742 has been released.

Tue, 27 Jan 2013 20:00:15 +0100

The OS Version detection during installation went wrong on certain machines causing symlinke.exe missing from the installation.

ln.exe 2.745 has been released.

Tue, 18 Jan 2013 20:00:15 +0100

Directory matches with --excludedir did not work properly with every expression.

Introduced the --include* options.

Added the --skipfiles option.

Sorted the options in the doku alphabetically.

LSE 3.741 has been released.

Tue, 8 Jan 2013 20:00:15 +0100

During SmartCopy/SmartMirror/DeloreanCopy the type (absolute/relative) of symbolic link relation is kept in the destination.

During SmartCopy/SmartMirror/DeloreanCopy the Compression Attribute is copied too.

The check for prerequisites during install is more accurate aka takes mfc80.dll into account.

During un-install it is also checked if the hardlinkshellext.dll is held by some process.

Fixed a problem during SmartMirror when a directory changed into a file or vice versa from one mirror to the next and had exactly the same name.

ln.exe 2.741 has been released.

Tue, 8 Jan 2013 20:00:15 +0100

--timetolerance was introduced so that during --mirror and --delorean timestamp comparison is fuzzy.

Fixed a problem with --mirror when a directory changed into a file or vice versa from one mirror to the next and had exactly the same name.

Compressed files are handled during SmartCopy/SmartMirror and DeloreanCopy.

LSE 3.740 has been released.

Mon, 26 Dec 2012 16:00:15 +0100

For Junctions or Symbolic Links the Target field can be edited in the Properties Dialog.

LSE elevates the creation of hardlinks in system protected directories, e.g.: %systemroot%.

LSE now offers all its function also in the Library folder.

If enabled LSE summarizes the ouptut of operations in a log file.

Fixed a crash related to UNC path and Overlay Icons.

The progress bar showed wrong/incomplete filename-path combinations during operations on large files.

Symbolic links to mapped network drives can be created now via LSE.

Replacement functions can used to repair broken junctions/symbolic links/mountpoints.

ln.exe 2.740 has been released.

Thu, 26 December 2012 08:00:15 +0100

Memory Deallocation at the very end of ln.exe took ages when operating on millions of items.

During --mirror files in the destination with ReadOnly Attribute on were not mirrored.

--mirror didn't report errors at the end.

ln.exe 2.720 extended the documentation.

Sun, 24 November 2012 07:00:15 +0100

Added a section to the documentation of ln.exe how to use the Volume Snapshot Service with ln.exe to create consistent backups

DupeMerge.exe 1.03 has been released.

Sun, 28 October 2012 20:00:15 +0100

Error message is printed out if the 1024 hardlink limit per file is exceeded.

DupeMerge.exe 1.02 has been released.

Sun, 14 October 2012 11:00:15 +0100

The --output option didn't redirect output properly.

Improved summary statistics

DupeMerge.exe 1.01 has been released.

Sun, 7 October 2012 11:00:15 +0100

The --output option didn't redirect output properly.

The number of new Dupegroups was reported non deterministic when huge amounts of files were scanned, but always calculated correct.

DupeMerge.exe 1.0 has been released.

Mon, 1 October 2012 04:00:15 +0100

In rare situations not all dupes of a group were merged into one group but in e.g two groups.

Fast file enumeration is now the default.

Little tweaks here and there, but in general a long journey has ended and this version qualifies for a 1.0 release

DupeMerge.exe 0.9998 has been released.

Wed, 16 September 2012 13:00:15 +0100

Added the --output option

Added a error reporting capabilty.

Added the --exclude option

Fixed the statistic output so that only new dupegroups are printed out.

DupeMerge.exe 0.9996 has been released.

Wed, 12 September 2012 18:35:15 +0100

Fixed a problem where files larger than 4gb were never detected as dupes.

Files larger than 4gb sometimes might have caused the 'Could map view of file' error message

In general filesize is not a limiting factor anymore

DupeMerge.exe 0.9995 has been released.

Mon, 9 September 2012 20:00:15 +0100

Fixed a bug which caused the message 'Could not map view of file' to show up on certain files, causing the files to be not part of the deduping process

Fixed a problem, where dupemerge did not find all dupes.

Time during operation is printed in readable hh:mm:ss.mss

Dupemerge now uses the fast file enumerator which is also used in LSE and ln.exe. This speeds up file enumeration by the factor 10+

ln.exe 2.720 has been released.

Thu, 24 June 2012 08:00:15 +0100

Fixed a problem with --truesize when used under Windows XP.

LSE 3.719 has been released.

Mon, 27 May 2012 22:00:15 +0100

Fixed deployment problems for the Win32bit version.

LSE 3.718 has been released.

Mon, 25 May 2012 19:00:15 +0100

The status of the privilege for Symbolic Link Creation is checked, so that UAC can be avoided

LSE 3.717 has been released.

Mon, 5 May 2012 09:00:15 +0100

With XP and the symlink driver installed the Delete Junction menue didn't show up.

LSE 3.716 has been released.

Mon, 11 April 2012 09:00:15 +0100

The target of the Symbolic Liks or Junctions can be edited in the properties dialog.

Non administrators could not create symbolic links.

LSE 3.715 has been released.

Mon, 30 March 2012 09:00:15 +0100

LSEConfig has an About Box, which shows the version of Link Shellextension.

Replace Symbolic Link failed when not elevated.

Replace Symbolic Link always created absolute symbolic links regardless of the settings when not elevated.

Drop Symbolic Link sometimes did not create absolute links when needed in certain situations.

The installer now shows the language of the installed OS as default.

The installer provides more info in Control Panel/Program and Features.

LSE 3.714 has been released.

Mon, 30 March 2012 09:00:15 +0100

The installer came up with Chinese as default installation language.

LSE 3.712 has been released.

Mon, 24 March 2012 09:00:15 +0100

Fixed a problem with the creation of absolute symbolic links to directories.

ln.exe 2.712 has been released.

Thu, 24 March 2012 18:00:15 +0100

Added a --truesize option.

More detailed reporting when the restore of a dangling junction under windows XP fails.

LSE 3.710 has been released.

Mon, 17 March 2012 09:00:15 +0100

Overlay Icons for symbolic links under Window XP are available now.

Fixed a few bugs related to WindowsXP and symbolic links handling.

Elevation to symlink.exe now happens only if UAC is on, or the elevation is really neccesary.

LSE 3.700 has been released.

Mon, 10 March 2012 14:00:15 +0100

When working on mapped network drives via SMB or CFIS, as many NAS boxes do, LSE uses a more traditional enumeration mode and this will copy files ( which it did not in any case ).

Multiple locations can be selected and the location are treated as a common root with respect to hardlinks/junctions/symbolic links.

Nested junctions and symbolic links ( aka junctions on junction on junctions ... ) are now properly restored in any situation.

Smartmove had problems with relative symbolic links in rare situations.

Italian translation updated.

Support for symbolic links under WXP.

Can handle subst.exe created driveletters.

LSE 3.653 has been released.

Mon, 9 March 2012 14:00:15 +0100

Symbolic Link Icon Overlays installation in registry was wrong, causing problems with the green arrow for symlinks.

LSE 3.652 has been released.

Mon, 4 March 2012 14:00:15 +0100

Fixed issue with Windows 8 installation.

ln.exe 2.681 has been released.

Thu, 23 February 2012 22:00:15 +0100

Fixed the problem of dangling junctions/symbolic links caused in certain situations with the multiple source option.

ln.exe 2.680 has been released.

Sun, 12 February 2012 14:00:15 +0100

Introduced a traditional mode for SmartCopy, DeloreanCopy and SmartClone when used on network shared implementing SMBV10 (NAS boxes).

During SmartCopy, DeloreanCopy and SmartClone nested junctions/symbolic link directories were not processed correctly if alphabetical order was bad.

During SmartCopy, DeloreanCopy and SmartClone dangling junctions or symlinks will be at least in the same way dangling restored.

Multiple source locations can be specified with SmartCopy, DeloreanCopy and SmartClone.

SmartRename was introduced.

SmartCopy, SmartMirror and DeloreanCopy accept FAT drives as source directory.

Support for DeepPath operations in SmartCopy, DeloreanCopy and SmartClone, SmartMove.

Fixed a problem in SmartMove which created dangling symbolic links, when using relative symbolic links in certain situations.

LSE 3.651 has been released.

Mon, 13 August 2011 14:00:15 +0100

Russian translation updated.

Installation notifies about already running processes, which would make LSE installation fail, because they have loaded dlls from LSE.

LSE 3.650 has been released.

Mon, 15 May 2011 19:00:15 +0100

Speed improvements during SmartCopy/SmartMirror/HardlinkClone and Delorean Copy.

Introduced new Heap Manager Rockall for x64 and x86 builds to gain performance.

LSE 3.604 has been released.

Mon, 17 Apr 2011 19:00:15 +0100

Symlinks creation resulted in absolute symlinks even if creation of syminks was specified as relative, if their common ancestor was a root dir.

LSE 3.603 has been released.

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:00:15 +0100

Fixed a rare problem with Smartcopying files in root directories, which have been selected alongside directories.

Russian translations completed.

LSE 3.602 has been released.

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:00:15 +0100

Fixed a problem which prevented installation from very scratch to have SmartMirror available in the menue

LSE 3.601 has been released.

Mon, 05 Mar 2011 08:00:15 +0100

Fixed rare glitches in Delorean Copy only called from LSE.

LSE 3.600 has been released.

Mon, 03 Mar 2011 08:00:15 +0100

With all Smart* functionality, Outer Junctions/Symbolic Links can now be unrolled or spliced.

Added SmartMirror.

Speed improvements to Smart Copy, Smart Move and Delorean Copy.

ln.exe 2.59.114 goes beta.

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:00:15 +0100

With all Smart* functionality, Outer Junctions/Symbolic Links can now be unrolled or spliced.

Added SmartMirror.

Improved logging and statistics..

Smart Moves restores timestamps..

ln.exe 2.550 has been released.

Mon, 16 Dec 2010 08:00:15 +0100

Added more powerful options to exclude files/directories via wildcards/regular expressions.

Speed improvemened by about 35% since 2.500 (without virus scanner).

Changed the regular expression machine to tre-0.8.0.

LSE 3.500 has been released.

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:00:15 +0100

Introduced DeLorean Copy, which is a way of creating incremental copies using hardlinks.

LSE 3.5 went beta and ln.exe 2.5 too

Nov, 6 Oct 2010 20:00:15 +0100

Link Shellextension went Beta and ln.exe also.
What's new? DeLorean Copy is available in LSE and ln.exe.
What is this? DeLorean Copy is a incremental way of creating backups using hardlinks very similar to Apples TimeMachine(tm). Read the LSE .html doku, you will find out.
The LSE beta phase lasts till November 14th 2010, so please provide me with feedback if possible.

LSE little sibling can do 'timemachine' functionality for beta testers

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:00:15 +0100

ln.exe, the command line sibling of LSE, can do timemachine functionality now in a beta version. Send me an email if you want to test.

LSE 3.402 has been released.

Sun, 3 Oct 2010 18:00:15 +0100

LSEConfig mixed up the Remote Capabilities bit.

LSE 3.401 has been released.

Sun, 3 Oct 2010 18:00:15 +0100

fixes a little glitch, that prevented the property dialog to show up in the installed language.

LSE 3.400 has been released.

Sun, 3 Oct 2010 18:00:00 +0100

LSE now by default creates relative target path names when creating symbolic links.
Symbolic Links now have an overlay icon.
Added a configuration tool for LSE options
Added a priority level for the indidual overlay icons.
Added an option to switch of overlay icons totally for each type of overlay.
The Pick Link Source context menue now also shows up on FAT drives, if the item potentially is the source for a LSE operation.
Overlay icons can be disabled.
Documented how the install directory can specified when using silent (un)install.
The menu hydraulics have been reworked, so that it is decided early to only show menue for chioces, which are really possible.
LSE and symlink are now linked with ASLR.
Tranparency glitches in the Junction overlay icon have been fixed.
Hardlink Clone and Symboliclink Clone have been extended so that Inner Junctions and inner Symbolic Links are properly handled.
LSE now supports also the replacement of Mountpoints and Symbolic Links.
LSE shows a dialog box whether explorer should be restarted or not during non silent installation.
Under Windows Vista and Window7 the Delete Junction menue doe not show up anymore.

LSE 3.358 has been released.

Mon, 3 August 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Fixed the problem of Hardlink Clone stopping unsolictedly after about 500msec.

LSE 3.357 has been released.

Mon, 19 June 2010 08:00:00 +0100

gFlags was not properly read from the HKCU registry, causing Smart Move Disable and Remote capabilities Disable to malfunction.

LSE 3.356 has been released.

Mon, 16 June 2010 18:00:00 +0100

Mountpoints could not be properly created under Windows XP.

LSE 3.355 has been released.

Mon, 13 June 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Fixed a crash during undeleting files from Recycle Bin.

LSE 3.354 has been released.

Mon, 6 May 2010 21:00:00 +0100

Polish localisation added. Thanks to Arthur from Poland.

LSE 3.353 has been released.

Mon, 6 May 2010 21:00:00 +0100

Smart Move progress bar showed a wrong caption text in explorer context.

LSE 3.351 has been released.

Mon, 3 May 2010 21:00:00 +0100

Fixed a little but crucial flaw in the installer which prevented Smart Move to work on Vista & Windows 7.
Hardlink Clone now restores the attributes of cloned folders.
Smart Move had a crucial flaw, when just one letter of a folder changed in case.
Smart Move was not enabled under Windows 7 during installation.

LSE 3.350 has been released.

Mon, 30 April 2010 21:00:00 +0100

LSE supports Smart Move functionality, which updates inner junctions/symlinks in case of moving/renaming directories

LSE 3.300 has been released.

Mon, 16 April 2010 21:00:00 +0100

LSE now deals with Symboliclinks during Smart Copy under Vista and Windows 7.
Brazilian Portuguese localization added. Thanks to Marcia R.
LSE has been adapted to the Windows 7 way of automatically renaming in-place hardlinks/junctions/..., e.g. '$Filename - Hardlink.$ext'.
Fixed flaws of the automatically renaming feature with respect to directories under W7
Overriding custom overlay icons under HKCU was flawed

LSE 3.224 has been released.

Mon, 21 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0100

Japanese localization added. Thanks to Taka from Japan.
LSE has been adapted to the Windows 7 way of automatically renaming in-place hardlinks/junctions/..., e.g. '$Filename - Hardlink.$ext'.

LSE 3.222 has been released.

Mon, 30 Jan 2010 13:00:00 +0100

Picking a whole drive as source for Smartcopy ended in a weird error message when droping.
Drives without name created meaningless directory names after droping as junction/mountpoint/smartcopy like ' (F)' instead of 'Drive (F)'.
Files in the root directory of a drive, when selected for smartcopy, were not processed during smartcopy.

LSE 3.221 has been released.

Mon, 16 Jan 2010 19:30:00 +0000

With Vista the first 4 letters of the target of a Symbolic Link where cut off at the property dialog.

LSE 3.220 has been released.

Mon, 03 Jan 2010 08:28:40 +0000

Fixed a few issues with russian localization.
Added a progress bar during Symbolic Link Clone operation.
Introduced a RSS feed for release info.

LSE 3.200 has been released.

Mon, 23 Dec 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Added localisation for Chinese and Russian. Thanks to Zuo Weiming and Ivan(b0s) for the translations.
Longer lasting operations, like Smartcopy, Symbolic Link Clone, Hardlink Clone, Enumerate Siblings show a progress bar.
The properties dialog of an item offers an 'Explore Target' button for Junctions, Mountpoints and Symbolic Links.
The properties dialog for mountpoints shows the drive guid.