Download WinSCP 5.1.8

An update for version 5.1 of WinSCP has been released. Released under an open source license, this program can securely copy files between two computers. The program supports ftp, secure ftp and the older scpprotocol. WinSCP is not only available as a standalone program, but also as plugin for the file managers FAR and Altap Salamander. Recently, the installation file includes an OpenCandy sponsor module, but there is also a download without this adware. The comprehensive list of changes in version 5.1 is up this page to find. This update contains several improvements and bug fixes coming from the 5.2 development branch.

Back-propagated improvements and fixes from 5.2.4 beta – 5.2.7 RC releases:

• Logging warning when system option Automatically adjust clock for Daylight Saving Time is disabled.
• Reduced chance of collision in .NET assembly session instance name in multi-threaded applications. 1055
• Bug fix: Console input/output was not using UTF-8 encoding on Windows 8.
• Bug fix: Connection gets aborted when TLS/SSL certificate uses ASN.1 GeneralizedTime format. 1044
• Bug fix: Connection gets aborted without any feedback when TLS/SSL certificate cannot be decoded.
• Bug fix: Failure when send buffer or FTP connection is temporarily full.
• Bug fix: External changes to local directory are sometimes not shown on the local panel.
• Bug fix: WinSCP child process was not terminated when process using WinSCP .NET assembly crashed. 1045
• Bug fix: For various errors when cleaning up application configuration, a resource number was shown instead of an actual error message.
• Bug fix: Directory listing was included in transfer error messages with FTP protocol.
• Bug fix: Failure while (or after) creating directory during synchronized browsing. 1046
• Bug fix: Directory masks in autoselection rule of transfer settings preset were not working.
• Bug fix: Failure when manipulating location profiles folders. 1052
• Bug fix: Up to one second delay for transfer of every file with FTP over TLS/SSL. 1058
• Bug fix: Weird incorrect conversion of line endings. 1059
• Bug fix: Timestamps of local files are not shifted when DST starts/finishes on Windows 2008 R2. 1060
• Bug fix: File name was not shown on Progress window when deleting local files.
• Bug fix: Error when downloading empty file/directory using FTPS via proxy. 1068
• Bug fix: Suspend All and Resume all queue commands were not working unless any queue item had focus.
• Bug fix: Color of a directory tree border was not updated in some cases.
• Bug fix: Size of externally removed local selected files is detracted twice from total file size of selected files shown on status bar. 1073
• Bug fix: Failure when disconnecting a session.
• Bug fix: FTPS upload over proxy truncates files. 1092