PowerFolder Client 11 SP7
Release date: 21. Dec 2018
Build Number: 11.7.768
Type: Drop-In
Upgrade Information
If you are running the client as a system service on Windows, the following steps have to be done before upgrading to this version:
Stop the system service
Please add the following settings in your wrapper.conf file located in %programdata%/PowerFolder/service
wrapper.app.parameter.2=-c
wrapper.app.parameter.3=PowerFolder
Start the system service
The configuration files gets migrated in this update. It now gets moved from the directory .Powerfolder or PowerFolder to "Distribution Name" or ."Distribution Name".
This enables the possibility to install clients of different branding in the same user account with different configuration files.
Upgrading any previous version is possible.
Clients are compatible with each other from any version.
Downgrade information (optional)
In case a downgrade to a previous version:
Version 11.5 is forward and backward compatible to older and newer versions.
It is not advised to use the setup of the older clients because of the older Java version. Please only replace the PowerFolder.jar in the program directory.
If downgrading a client it is necessary to rename the configuration files back to PowerFolder.* else the client will start without any configuration and recreates a new one.
Bugfixes
[PFC-3114] - Configuration migration doesn't work with Windows system service
Release date: 21. Dec 2018
Build Number: 11.7.768
Type: Drop-In
Bugfixes
[PFC-3137] - Second desktop client cannot be started
Release date: Dec 2018
Build Number: 11.7.766
Type: Drop-In
Bugfixes
[PFC-3078] - No login possible with Shibboleth when password contains umlauts
Release date: Sep 2018
Build Number: 11.7.750
Type: Service Pack
Technical information
[PF-1440] - Updated Java to Version 8 Update 181
Improvement
[PF-1250] - Allow parallel installation of clients with separate configuration
[PF-1386] - Remove messages about member ID is NULL
[PF-1209] - Don't check ECP URL for Shibboleth but the MetaData
Bugfixes
[PF-1110] - Synchronizing files with the client in a federated environment
[PF-1131] - tar.gz setup file not starting
[PF-1131] - Drop client connection if account is de-activated / not longer valid or deleted
[PF-927] - Check if a path is located in the network now working
[PF-1228] - Folder with Read permissions revert local changes even without changes done
[PF-1096] - Improved Spanish translations in PowerFolder client
[PF-1126] - Fixed versioning of client-synchronization while syncing directory structure