The current version of ScanDBX is 2.20.

December 22, 2006

• Assorted minor GUI improvements
• Impoved IE interaction
• Minor bugfixes

August 16, 2006

• Assorted minor GUI improvements
• Minor bugfixes

August 3, 2006

• New scan filtering shows exactly what needs attention!
• Assorted other GUI improvements
• More sensitive email account scanner
• Minor bugfixes

July 27, 2006

• Assorted minor GUI improvements

July 26, 2006

• New user interface integrates the entire scan into one convenient action!
• More advanced Windows Address Book (WAB) correction wizard and export tools
• Assorted GUI improvements
• Minor bugfixes in account scanner

June 16, 2006

• Now exports contacts from WAB files!
• More advanced Windows Address Book (WAB) correction wizard
• Added new DLL problem repair capabilities
• Assorted GUI improvements

April 7, 2006

• Now exports email accounts as IAF files!
• Minor bugfix in WAB error correction wizard
• Removed some COM files from reregistration list (due to IE7 bugs)
• Assorted GUI improvements

March 23, 2006

• New Windows Address Book fixes: damaged file attributes and registry information
• Enhanced customer support tools
• Assorted GUI improvements

March 9, 2006

• Improved customer support system
• More information in demo mode
• Improved registration dialogs
• New error messages in the database!
• Assorted GUI changes

March 1, 2006

• Improved memory performance
• Added Address Book error resolution tool
• Improved Scan All system
• New error messages in the database!
• Minor GUI changes (including new icons, resizeable dialogs)

December 29, 2005

• New error messages in the database!
• Minor GUI changes (including new splash screen)

December 19, 2005

• Major GUI update!
  • "Tools" section moved to main dialog
  • File scanner shows more information during the scan
  • File scan summary includes information on all messages exported or removed as duplicates
  • Simpler and faster registration wizard
  • Added "Getting Started" page to the main dialog
  • Added new quick-fix entries in the Tools list
• Improved registration system
• Minor bugfix: Correctly parse UNIX-formatted email headers
• Minor bugfix: Correctly report number of exported messages after scan

October 28, 2005

• Now can export messages from any DBX file!
• Email account scanner now fixes proactively
• DBX file deletion now provides a detailed report
• Improved progress bar accuracy
• Added hyperlinks to help videos in product
• Minor bugfix: more accurately detects when Outlook Express is running
• Minor bugfix in COM object reregistration
• Minor GUI improvements

October 13, 2005

• Made manual registration system more accessible
• ScanDBX now automatically re-registers your system DLLs in the event of corruption!
• Minor bugfix in licensing code
• Minor bugfix in backup code
• Added in-product link to help videos
• Minor GUI improvements

September 9, 2005

• Added manual registration system
• Automatic email account correction system can automatically fix even more problems than before!
• Improved information uploaded in feedback report
• Minor bugfix in file scanner summary
• Minor GUI improvements

September 1, 2005

• Added more information to demo mode
• Added more information to the file scan summary
• Updated registration system
• Minor bugfix in file scanner
• Minor GUI improvements

August 19, 2005

• Increase backup compression speed
• Now automatically fix more than 60 different ISP account settings
• Minor bugfix in duplicate remover
• Minor GUI improvements

August 5, 2005

• Added special folder email count scanner to file scan
• Added more information to demo mode results
• Email account scanner now scans network system of the computer for errors
• Minor bug fix in file scanner and duplicate remover
• Minor bug fix in backup system
• Minor GUI improvements

July 28, 2005

• Added file scan summary details pages
• Enhanced Email Account Tester can automatically fix common problems with email accounts
• Integrated network communications tester
• Enhanced duplicate remover uses more complete comparisons of email headers
• Minor GUI improvements

July 11, 2005

• Minor bugfix: rare crash on scanning some files
• Minor GUI improvements

July 1, 2005

• Added ability to delete or compress older backups
• Added ability to change temporary directory location (for users with small hard drives)
• Minor GUI improvements

June 30, 2005

• Backups now compress (zip) the DBX mail files to save space on the user's computer
• NEW! Added an internet connection testing tool to the install package to help diagnose OE network problems
• Added file scan summary screen to give users more information on scan results
• Minor bugfix: file scan now more accurately identifies email errors
• Minor GUI improvements

June 17, 2005

• Improved duplicate remover handles more types of corrupted files
• Added directory tools for locating and transferring mail store files
• Added file size scanner to detect dangerously-large OE mail store files
• Minor GUI improvements

May 26, 2005

• Added error message lookup tool - now look up the error message OE is giving you!
• Completely redesigned email account tester
• Added SSL capability to email account tester
• Added NNTP (news) and IMAP to email account tester
• Added email attachment problem scanner
• More advanced duplicate-message detection and removal
• Minor GUI improvements

April 22, 2005

• Minor bugfix: rare SSL detection error

April 21, 2005

• Added ability to delete specific DBX Files (with backup) for advanced users
• Added ability to select multiple specific DBX files for Export Messages
• Added ability to select multiple files to scan
• Select Directory in the file scannner now starts at the current directory
• Message exporter now no longer creates empty export folder if no messages can be exported
• Improved windows exception handling in the file scanner code (primarily reading the files)
• Minor bugfix: rare "unexpected error" during file scan
• Minor GUI improvements

April 5, 2005

• Improved memory usage of file scanner
• Improved logging
• Minor bugfix: rare new version detection error

March 30, 2005

• Added "Export Emails" feature to Advanced Menu
• Activation wizard added to make it simpler to activate the product
• Improved embedded feedback file upload
• Improved logging
• Minor bugfix: corrected rare backup problem on Windows 98

March 14, 2005

• ScanDBX Corporation is now a Microsoft Certified Partner!
• Improved embedded feedback system
• "Advanced" menu added for power users
• Demo mode offers more information on scan results
• Minor UI improvements

March 8, 2005

• ScanDBX is now certified as Designed for Windows XP!
• Improved message export in file scanner
• Email account tester now sends test emails and handshakes more thoroughly with POP3 accounts
• Signed executable by Verisign
• Minor UI improvements

February 16, 2005

• New backup system is easier to use
• Now checks for Outlook Express and Google Desktop Search before activation
• More feedback when "Cancel" is clicked
• Improved feedback when user does not have access rights to Outlook Express settings
• Resolved signature corruption on backup/restore
• Minor UI improvements

January 14, 2005

• Email Account Tester now prompts the user for a password when testing an account with no saved password.
• Product activation system added
• Improved logging
• Minor UI improvements
• Improved context-sensitive help

January 10, 2005

• Improved backup system
  • Added manual backup to the backup options dialog, allowing back up to a user-specified directory
  • Backs up only once each time ScanDBX is run (less disk space needed)
  • Backs up user registry settings
  • Backs up WAB files
  • Integrated backup saves data only when ScanDBX is about to change it (increasing efficiency)
  • One-click restore
• Improved context-sensitive help
• Improved, real-time email account testing
• Minor UI improvements

December 7, 2004

• New user interface
  • Added splash screen
  • Added context-sensitive help
• "Scan All" mode automatically scans for and fixes problems with mail files and email accounts
• "Advanced" mode allows the user to select specific modules to run
• Improved memory efficiency of duplicate removal

November 15, 2004

• Added new email account tester
• Account tester automatically reads account information out of the registry and protected storage (for SMTP, POP3, and IMAP accounts)
• Tests account information (username and password) by connecting to the email server and verifying login
• Allows the user to update incorrect data and saves the new information to the registry

November 4, 2004

• Automatic correction in Troubleshooting Wizard
• Troubleshooting Wizard now automatically repairs problems with:
  • Corrupted files
  • Damaged DLLS
  • Corrupted registry settings
  • All other issues except OE configuration settings that must be corrected by the user

November 1, 2004

• Added Troubleshooting Wizard
• Wizard walks the user through a series of questions to identify problems that cannot be automatically detected
• Wizard detects most of the issues discussed in the Microsoft Outlook Express/IE communities:
  • OE will not start
  • Message boxes appear for no reason
  • Emails cannot be sent, cannot be read, or cannot be written
  • OE performance issues
  • Corrupted/damaged toolbars or images
  • Lost or duplicate emails
  • Corrupted/damaged folder files
  • Windows Address Book problems
  • Damaged DLLs

October 20, 2004

• Improved logging
• Improved stability on Windows 95, 98, and Me
• Enhanced structured exception handling
• Improved multithreading behavior

September 16, 2004

• Updated file scanner:
  • Reduced memory usage
  • Enhanced lost/orphan mail detection and recovery
  • Improved MIME parser
  • Improved file handling
• Duplicate message detection and removal
  • Removes only true duplicates according to timestamp and server message ID

August 20, 2004

• Confirms integrity of Folders.dbx and deletes it if necessary (Outlook Express regenerates Folders.dbx on startup). Integrity check performed when OE6 detected on installed system.
• Improved MIME parser.
• Improved scanning for lost messages.
• Improved boundary case handling.

August 2, 2004

• Improved code handling of lost messages. Corrects infrequent assertion when exporting messages not contained in the file index.

July 29, 2004

• Improved code handling of very large DBX files. Corrects rare program assertion when processing very large potentially damaged DBX files.
• UI Enhancement: ScanDBX will now switch back to an identity after choosing a directory or file with only one identity in the registry.
• Improved MIME parsing for messages.
• Updated logo in Help > About.
• Updated File menu.

July 24, 2004

• Reduced memory usage (A typical 2 GB test file uses about 65 MB of RAM).
• Bug fixed in folders.dbx repair (minor bugfix).
• Implemented Windows XP visual style.

July 19, 2004

• Dramatically reduced memory load (reduction of about 80% is typical):
  • Compressed memory usage for file scanning.
  • Serial file repair so only one file is stored in memory at a time.
  • A 'typical' 2 GB file now takes about 90 MB of RAM to scan and repair.
• Increased stability in the message parsing algorithms.
• Improved the feedback to the user:
  • Added a 'per action' progress bar
  • Added more information about what is going on to the log
  • Changed 'Send Bug Report' to 'Send Feedback', which is more in line with the actual desire.
• Added 'Select File' and 'Select Directory' to the 'File' menu, giving advanced users better control.

June 17, 2004

• Improvements to the data scanning algorithms.
• Runs on Windows 98 and ME.

May 20, 2004

• First public release.