Hello, we’re glad to announce that a new minor update of WinCatalog 2019 was released. The version number is 19.4.1.
The new version fixes the issue when WinCatalog incorrectly reported that the backup was completed unsuccessfully after a successful backup. Turkish, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese translations were actualized.
Download
To download WinCatalog 2019 version 19.4.1 please click here. You do not need to uninstall a previous version of WinCatalog. Just install the latest version over the existing one.
Posted on: January 16, 2020
Hello, we’re glad to announce that a new version of WinCatalog was released. The version number is 19.4.
The new update introduces Dynamic Patterns for the Name column (we started from ID3 tags), timeouts for all processing modules, grabbing thumbnails from HEIF/HEIC (High-Efficiency Image File Format) and WebP image files, full support of ID3 tags for FLAC files. ZipBackup and CSV reports were updated.
Timeouts for processing files
Previously WinCatalog used timeouts for external processing modules only, now it uses timeouts for all the processing modules. The default value is 10 seconds per file. If processing the file takes longer, WinCatalog stops processing the file and stores a mention in the comments field that the process was terminated by a timeout.
New image formats: HEIF/HEIC and WEBP
Now WinCatalog can generate and keep thumbnails for the High-Efficiency Images (files with .heic and .heif extensions) and .webp files. The current version does not grab EXIF tags for these formats yet, the support of EXIF for HEIF/HEIC images will be added in the subsequent updates.
Full support of FLAC files
Now WinCatalog fully supports FLAC audio files, including album covers (from ID3 tags), and other values that were previously supported for MP3 files.
Compressed backups and CSV reports improvements
The compressed backups feature (ZipBackup) now uses the destination folder as a temp folder for the archiving process. Previously the backup process could fail with an “out-of-space” error message even if the destination drive had enough free disk space (but the drive hosting the system temp folder didn’t).
The CSV reports contained an unnecessary places field delimiter at the end of each line, it was removed.
(!) Dynamic Patterns for the Name field
For files and folders, WinCatalog has two fields called Name and Filename.
Filename contains the name of the file or the folder as it was originally named in the file system. The Filename field is used by WinCatalog to keep a connection with the real file on the disk and cannot be edited in WinCatalog.
The Name field (which may also be called the Display Name) may have any value you want and represents the entry in WinCatalog. The column is editable.
Previously, for music files having ID3 tags, WinCatalog built-up the Name column during the scanning process by placing Artist - Title value instead of a filename.
The current version introduces a different approach. Now WinCatalog just grabs and stores ID3 tags, but does not build the Name field during the scanning process. Instead, the Dynamic Pattern is used to display the Name field when you’re working with WinCatalog.
If you used a previous version of WinCatalog, on the first run WinCatalog will update your catalog file to reset all the previously generated Names for music files (if you didn’t modify them manually) and will make them ready for the Dynamic Patterns.
You can read more about the Dynamic Pattern feature here in the user manual.
Download
To download WinCatalog 2019 version 19.4 please click here. You do not need to uninstall a previous version of WinCatalog. Just install the latest version over the existing one.
Posted on: January 13, 2020
Hello, a new version of WinCatalog 2019 was released today. The version number is 19.3.
This is a maintenance update fixing the issue in the version 19.2 when the size of the disk entry (root entry on the disk) was turned to zero after updating the disk if the disk contains no changes. The issue affected only root entries - sizes of folders remained correct.
To fix the size issue and display the correct sizes please update the affected drives. We apologize for the inconvenience that this issue caused you.
The next feature update will be released later this month (version 19.4), it will contain dynamic display patterns for the Name column and other improvements.
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To download WinCatalog 2019 version 19.3 please click here. You do not need to uninstall a previous version of WinCatalog. Just install the latest version over the existing one.
Posted on: December 3, 2019
Hello, we’re glad to announce that a new version of WinCatalog 2019 was just released. The version number is 19.2.
Now in addition to other types that were supported previously, WinCatalog can grab thumbnails for Adobe Photoshop (.psd, .psb) files, Encapsulated PostScript files (.eps), and for Scalable Vector Graphic files (.svg).
The new release also contains some other minor improvements: the “Open in the associated app” menu item was added to the context menu for the File Operation Queue. Now you can easily ensure that the files you’re going to delete are the right files just by two mouse clicks.
Scanning speed metric was added to the Progress window, now WinCatalog displays the real-time processing speed when scanning or updating a drive.
Created and Last modified dates were added for disk records. A file system has these dates for files and folders but not for disks. WinCatalog uses the earliest Created date among all files and folders on the disk as the Created date for disk and the latest Modified date among all files and folders as the Modified date for the disk record. Updating the disks is required to show these dates.
The command-line interface was updated: the ability to pass the scanning profile for the -AddNew command (-ProfileId or -pid) was added. The scanning profile ID required for this parameter may be found on top of the General Scanning page for each scanning profile.
For the Update command, as previously, WinCatalog reuses the scanning profile stored on the Volume Info page of the Properties for the given disk or the folder.
The “search syntax error” was fixed when multiple brackets were used in the search queries.
Other minor improvements.
Upgrade
WinCatalog 2019 version 19.2 is available as a free upgrade for everyone who purchased a license for WinCatalog 2019, WinCatalog 2018* or purchased a lifetime upgrade status. Other customers can purchase the upgrade 50% off the regular price.
You can check your upgrade status here by entering your existing registration key or email address that was used to purchase WinCatalog.
To download WinCatalog 2019 please click here. You do not need to uninstall a previous version of WinCatalog. Just install the latest version over the existing one.
_* Meaning the full 2018 license, not an upgrade from a previous version._
Posted on: November 14, 2019
The 18th birthday is such a tremendous celebration for all growing up teenagers, but for a software product, this is the age of maturity. For WinCatalog 18 years mean dozens of releases and thousands of happy clients over around the World.
And in spite of this age, there are still a lot of ideas about what to add or improve in future updates. And most of these ideas were submitted by you.
Today we have a chance to say thank you for supporting us, for inspiring us, for being with us. Thank you for your help to make WinCatalog better!
It’s a cake time now, and… happy birthday, WinCatalog!
Your team.
Posted on: October 15, 2019
Hello, we would like to introduce a Japanese translation of WinCatalog. Please download the latest update if you would like to use WinCatalog in Japanese: /thankyou.html
You can select Japanese (or any other supported language) during the installation or at any time later by clicking the Catalog button (left from the Main tab of the Ribbon toolbar) and then clicking Options. On the Look & Feel tab you will find the Interface Language option.
To the moment, WinCatalog supports 23 interface languages: English (default), French, German, Spanish, two versions of Portuguese, Italian, two versions of Chinese, Czech, Korean, Hungarian, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Japanese, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Arabic, Turkish, and Indonesian.
Posted on: September 16, 2019
Hello, we’re glad to announce the new release of WinCatalog. This is a feature release adding new functions and fixing some issues.
The ability to enter Path to scan when adding a folder (via Add Folder button) was added. Now instead of selecting the path via the Shell Tree, you can just type or paste the path to scan. This may be especially helpful for adding network drives.
Cloud folders friendly (part 2): now WinCatalog can keep some meta-data (catalog-related settings, like the last backup date or additional search options) outside the catalog file. If the new feature is enabled, WinCatalog does not modify the catalog file when you perform a search or create a backup copy. As a result, this does not cause the catalog file uploading to the cloud if the catalog file is stored in a cloud folder like OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. You can activate this option on the Administrative tab of the program options (“Catalog” button -> Options -> Administrative -> Catalog related settings).
Command line “-CatalogPath” parameter allows now skipping the root folder name (“Catalog”) and correctly handles double slash ('\') which allows passing network paths. Slash, double slash, and semicolon may now be replaced by {@slash}, {@dslash}, and {@semicolon} when passing in “-CatalogPath” parameter. Examples may be found here.
Size column now has an extra space on the right (which increases the readability).
The ability to change the size of the thumbnails in the Thumbnails view was added. The thumbnail size may vary from 50 to 2500 pixels. Please check the view switcher in the top right corner of the grid/thumbnails view. You can also use CTRL+Mouse Wheel or a Touchpad to change the size of the thumbnails in the Thumbnails view. More details are here.
Added an ability to change the size of the thumbnails to be updated via the Thumbnail page of the Properties. Click the Options button to change this value.
Two new drive types were added: SD Card and MicroSD. WinCatalog does not detect these drives automatically, but you can switch the drive type manually on the Volume Info tab for any drive.
Upgrade
WinCatalog 2019 version 19.1 is available as a free upgrade for everyone who purchased a license for WinCatalog 2019, WinCatalog 2018* or purchased a lifetime upgrade status. Other customers can purchase the upgrade 50% off the regular price.
You can check your upgrade status here by entering your existing registration key or email address that was used to purchase WinCatalog.
To download WinCatalog 2019 please click here. You do not need to uninstall a previous version of WinCatalog. Just install the latest version over the existing one.
_* Meaning the full 2018 license, not an upgrade from a previous version._
Posted on: August 30, 2019
Hello, we’re glad to announce that a new version of WinCatalog was just released. The version number is 19.0.2.
The new version includes the updated Swedish translation and a new feature: now during scanning a disk or a folder WinCatalog can handle “files on-demand”: WinCatalog doesn’t initiate downloading these files from cloud storage and grabs just basic file attributes for these files:
WinCatalog now supports cloud files “on-demand”.
The new feature is turned on by default for all scanning profiles, you can change it on the “General Scanning” page for each scanning profile individually.
Files having the “On-Demand” attribute are shown in dark-green color in WinCatalog:
Files having the On-Demand attribute are shown in green.
Upgrade
WinCatalog 2019 version 19.0.2 is available as a free upgrade for everyone who purchased a license for WinCatalog 2019, WinCatalog 2018* or purchased a lifetime upgrade status. Other customers can purchase the upgrade 50% off the regular price.
You can check your upgrade status here by entering your existing registration key or email address that was used to purchase WinCatalog.
To download WinCatalog 2019 please click here. You do not need to uninstall a previous version of WinCatalog. Just install the latest version over the existing one.
* Meaning the full 2018 license, not an upgrade from a previous version.
Posted on: July 23, 2019
Hello, we’re glad to announce that the new version of WinCatalog 2019 (version 19.0) was released.
The main new feature of this update is the ability to delete real files and folders right from WinCatalog. This was the most wanted feature based on the feedback and suggestions we collected among all our customers.
Since the files you delete may be located in various disks and some of them may not be connected to your computer at the moment, the deletion process consists of two steps.
On the first step, you just mark files for deletion and add them to the File Operation Queue to delete them later. And the second step - you click the Start button in the File Operation Queue and WinCatalog performs the real file operations - moving to the Recycle Bin, or deleting permanently: depending on your preferences - asking you to connect missing disks.
This feature may be helpful for those who, for example, want to clean their drives or wipe duplicated contents. File Operaton Queue is documented here.
How to delete real files from WinCatalog
PLEASE BE CAREFUL, this is the very dangerous feature, use it on your own risk and responsibility. We implemented TWO confirmation messages before you delete your files, but, once again, please be careful and review what you’re intending to delete before processing the Queue in order not to lose something important.
So… Select a file, a folder or several entries in WinCatalog. This works both for Search results (for example, after finding duplicates) and for the main grid view when you browsing your catalog file. Then hit Delete. You will see the delete confirmation prompt - exactly the same as previously, but containing one more option - “Delete the real files and folders from the disk(s)”.
On this step, if you click Yes without marking the “Delete the real files…” option, WinCatalog will just remove the selected entries from the catalog. The real files and folder will not be touched. This behavior wasn’t changed in comparison to the previous version.
The delete confirmation message now contains the new option: Delete real files from disks:
If you click “Delete the real files and folders from the disk(s)” checkbox, another window will popup where you can review the entries you selected and add them to the File Operation Queue for processing the Queue later.
Adding files to the File Operation Queue:
After adding files and folders to the File Operation Queue, they will be shown in grey color and with the Cross icon in WinCatalog (meaning that they are marked to be deleted) until you process the Queue or remove entries from the Queue.
Entries added to the File Operation Queue marked in Grey:
When you’re ready to process the File Operation Queue, open it by clicking the File Operation Queue button in the right bottom corner of the main window. The File Operation Queue window will popup.
File Operation Queue button:
Here you can review the files and folders to be deleted, open properties of any entry or remove the selected entries from the Queue (without deletion from disk). Make a right mouse click on the selection and hit Properties or Remove.
You can also see which files and folders are online (meaning that the disks with these files and folders are connected to your computer) and which operations will require connecting other disks. You can read more about the statuses here in the manual.
File Operation Queue - Queued Entries:
On the Disks tab, you can see the list of disks you need to connect to the computer to process the Queue. The last tab - Event Log - displays the history of the operations including all the succeeds and errors.
Click the Options button to select if you want to move files and folders to Recycle Bin or delete them permanently. The Refresh button updates the status codes for each entry.
Ensure twice that the File Operation Queue contains the list of files and folders you want to delete and click Start All.
WinCatalog will process the queue starting to delete entries having the online (green) status. After completing all the files and folder WinCatalog could access if any entries remain in the Queue, WinCatalog will ask you to connect other disks to continue.
After the File Operation Queue is processed, information about the files deleted from disks will also be deleted from the catalog. You can always check the Log entries to see which files were deleted. The Log is stored in the catalog file and will appear on the Event Log tab until you clear it. You can export the Log to a text file, or clear it - please use the context menu for these operations.
We’d love to hear from you!
The feature of deleting real files was implemented by collecting your feedback: you asked for it - we implemented it!
Improving is a discussion, please now don’t hesitate to submit your opinion: did you like the new feature or maybe you have an idea of how we can improve it?
Please share your thoughts with us, we’re always happy to receive positive feedback and constructive critique. Please use the feedback form to contact us!
Improvements
Thanks to the recursive queries, the Look In filtering on the cold launches was improved in the Additional Search Options - now WinCatalog builds the “Look In” filter for the deep branches more than 10 times faster. And we’re speaking about minutes, not seconds. For example, filtering a catalog file containing 8,749,219 entries to a branch containing files and folders from 6 hard drives (totally 3,814,782 files and folders) on an average test laptop now took 20 seconds instead of 4 minutes 10 seconds using the previous version.
The difference is more noticeable in “cold” searches (the first search after rebooting the PC or not using WinCatalog for a while).
And if you often use the Look In filter when searching, you will appreciate this improvement.
All other new features will be available in the subsequent updates.
Upgrade
WinCatalog 2019 is available as a free upgrade for everyone who purchased a license for WinCatalog 2018 or purchased a lifetime upgrade status. Other customers can purchase the upgrade 50% off the regular price.
You can check your upgrade status here by entering your existing registration key or email address that was used to purchase WinCatalog.
To download WinCatalog 2019 please click here. You do not need to uninstall a previous version of WinCatalog. Just install the latest version over the existing one.
Posted on: July 8, 2019
Hello, we’re glad to inform that a new update of WinCatalog was just released. The version number is 18.7.
This is a maintenance update fixing an issue when the scanning process crashed on processing “bad” mp3 files containing incorrect (or corrupted) audio frames.
If you didn’t force with this issue, you may skip the update (but installing it is recommended).
To download WinCatalog 2018 version 18.7, please click here. You do not need to uninstall a previous version of WinCatalog – just install the latest version over the existing one.
Posted on: February 4, 2019
