FolderRewind v1.6.1 Released
FolderRewind v1.6.1
v1.6.1 focuses on stability, performance, and long-running maintainability. It fixes important filter-matching issues and improves metadata storage and background task behavior.
It is recommended to install FolderRewind from Microsoft Store first.
If you use the sideloaded build, run one backup + restore validation in a test directory after upgrading before switching to production data.
Update Content
- Fixed restore-whitelist full-path rules not taking effect.
- Fixed blacklist/whitelist matching being too broad in some cases.
- Fixed template-related UI rendering issues.
- Split metadata storage files to improve long-term performance.
- Switched to 7z-zstd and enabled zstd compression by default.
- Added support for low-priority task scheduling.
- Improved safe-delete performance.
- Other minor bug fixes.
Highlights
Filter behavior fixes
v1.6.1 fixes key matching issues in filter logic, especially:
- full-path restore-whitelist entries not applied correctly
- overly broad blacklist/whitelist matches
This makes filter and restore-policy behavior more predictable in long-running setups.
Metadata and compression improvements
v1.6.1 also improves storage and runtime characteristics:
- metadata file split reduces long-term maintenance overhead
- zstd support is now enabled by default through 7z-zstd
- safe delete is further optimized
If you run high-frequency backup tasks, this update should improve stability.
Better background-task management
You can now run tasks at lower priority, which is useful for backup workloads running while you work or play.
Recommended after upgrading
- review blacklist/whitelist rules and make them more precise where possible
- run one restore drill on critical configs to verify whitelist behavior
- if tasks are heavy, try low-priority mode