Changelog

Version 2.2 (2018-03-25)

Bugs Fixed

• Issue #268: There are multiple warnings when building the documentation.
• Issue #286: Property FileSystemEntryInfo.AlternateFileName is always an empty string.
• Issue #292: CopyOptions.CopySymbolicLink not working in 2.1.2 (Thx v2kiran)
• Issue #325: DeleteEmptySubdirectories (with recursive=true) throws System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException (Thx kryvoplias)
• Issue #328: Several instances of ArgumentException.ParamName not set/used correctly (Thx elgonzo)
• Issue #330: Correct the parameter order for Privilege class constructors using the ArgumentNullException.
• Issue #339: Directory/File.Encrypt/Decrypt should restore read-only attribute.
• Issue #340: DirectoryReadOnlyException inherits from System.IO.IOException, wrong?
• Issue #344: Directory.Copy throws UnauthorizedAccessException “The target file is a directory, not a file”, while it is a file.
• Issue #349: File.GetFileSystemEntryInfoCore should throw Directory/FileNotFoundException, depending on isFolder argument.
• Issue #369: Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntryInfos does not return subdirectories with spaces as name. (Thx Lupinho)
• Issue #371: Fix .gitignore to accommodate new directory structure in AlphaFS.UnitTest project. (Thx damiarnold)
• Issue #372: SetFsoDateTimeCore should always use BackupSemantics. (Thx damiarnold)
• Issue #374: Initializing DriveInfo instance with only a letter throws System.ArgumentException.
• Issue #375: What is the expected result of Path.LocalToUnc() ? (Thx damiarnold)
• Issue #376: Path.LocalToUnc(path, true) does not return UNC path in long path form. (Thx damiarnold)
• Issue #379: Path.LocalToUnc() isn’t handling trailing directory separators for mapped drives. (Thx damiarnold)
• Issue #381: Change property ByHandleFileInfo.VolumeSerialNumber from int to long.
• Issue #386: Network.Host.EnumerateDrives() returns invalid data.
• Issue #400: Directory.CopyDeleteCore creates destination folder when source folder does not exist.
• Issue #412: Method Volume.GetVolumeDeviceName returns wrong result.
• Issue #417: Using a file opened in append mode will fail after a gc occurs (Thx elgonzo)
• Issue #417: File.OpenRead method overloads do not use FileShare.Read (Thx elgonzo)
• Issue #427: System.IO.FileSystemInfo.Refresh() is public; but AlphaFS FileSystemInfo.Refresh() is protected

New Features

• Issue #212: Provide a way to retrieve errors when you choose to ContinueOnException
• Issue #314: Added Feature: Directory.GetFileSystemEntryInfo (Thx besoft)
• Issue #322: Search files/folders using multiple filters. (Thx besoft)
• Issue #336: Implement methods for Directory class: CreateJunction, DeleteJunction and ExistsJunction.
• Issue #338: Add convenience method Directory.IsEmpty
• Issue #342: Add instance method: FileInfo.IsLocked()
• Issue #343: Add method File.GetProcessForFileLock
• Issue #347: Implement method Directory.CreateSymbolicLink
• Issue #348: Implement method Directory.GetLinkTargetInfo
• Issue #351: Enable copying of Directory symbolic links.
• Issue #353: Modify method Directory.GetFileSystemEntryInfo to return FileSystemEntryInfo structure for directories supporting also root directories, e.g., C:\ (Thx besoft)
• Issue #354: Add methods File.GetFileId and Directory.GetFileId to return a unique file identifier. (Thx besoft)
• Issue #370: Relative path from a full path (Thx QbProg)
• Issue #373: Improve method Directory.CreateDirectory to allow creating a folder consisting only of spaces.
• Issue #414: Add additional Network.Host methods.
• Issue #415: Added ProcessContext static class to determine the context of the current process.
• Issue #422: Add Copy-FileWithProgress.ps1 demonstrating file copy with progress report.
• Issue #423: Add Copy-DirectoryWithProgress.ps1 demonstrating directory copy with progress report.

Improvements

• Issue #273: Improve methods Directory/File.CopyMoveCore: Make code recursive-aware, skip additional path checks and validations.
• Issue #274: Improve methods Directory/File.CopyMoveCore: Improve detection of same volume.
• Issue #275: Improve methods Directory/File.CopyMoveCore: Eliminate recursion.
• Issue #277: Directory.DeleteDirectoryCore(): Eliminate recursion.
• Issue #278: Directory.DeleteEmptySubdirectoriesCore(): Eliminate recursion.
• Issue #303: Path.Constants.cs: Don’t use CurrentCulture (Thx HugoRoss)
• Issue #306: Include ShareInfoLevel.Info502 and set as a fallback in GetShareInfoCore() (Thx damiarnold)
• Issue #326: Add parameter bool preserveDates and created overloaded Directory.Copy methods to support this.
• Issue #331: Rename method File/Directory.TransferTimestamps to CopyTimestamps.
• Issue #335: Add overloaded methods to File/Directory.TransferTimestamps to apply to ReparsePoint.
• Issue #341: Improve usage of method NativeError.ThrowException and Marshal.GetLastWin32Error
• Issue #345: AlreadyExistsException should only throw message from 1 error.
• Issue #350: Add overloaded methods Directory.GetFileSystemEntryInfo
• Issue #352: Ignore NonInterpretedPathPrefix in methods: Path.GetFullPathCore and Path.GetLongPathCore (Thx besoft)
• Issue #355: Methods throwing an IOException due to error code 17 (ERROR_NOT_SAME_DEVICE) now throw a specific exception (NotSameDeviceException)
• Issue #357: Added new Windows 10 property: DirectAccess (Win32 FILE_DAX_VOLUME) to VolumeInfo class.
• Issue #360: Add overloaded Directory.EnumerateDirectories methods that support DirectoryEnumerationFilters. (Thx SignFinder)
• Issue #364: Avoid unnecessary allocations from Random construction in FileSystemInfo (Thx danmosemsft)
• Issue #377: Rename enum member: OperatingSystem.EnumOsName.WindowsServer to: OperatingSystem.EnumOsName.WindowsServer2016
• Issue #378: DiskSpaceInfo should respect CultureInfo.CurrentCulture for number formatting.
• Issue #385: Correct applied fileSystemRights operator in method File.Create().
• Issue #387: Replace handle.IsInvalid checks with a call to method NativeMethods.IsValidHandle().
• Issue #388: Change method Network.Host.EnumerateDrives() return type from string to DriveInfo.
• Issue #394: Improve percentage output of properties DiskSpaceInfo- AvailableFreeSpacePercent and UsedSpacePercent
• Issue #401: CreateDirectory ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED reports parent folder.
• Issue #402: Remove long path prefix from NativeError.ThrowException messages with paths.
• Issue #408: Add FileSystemEntryInfo.Extension string property.
• Issue #416: Rename property DeviceInfo.Class to DeviceInfo.DeviceClass

Breaking Changes

• Issue #331: Rename method File/Directory.TransferTimestamps to CopyTimestamps. Currently non-breaking, the old methods are still there.
• Issue #340: DirectoryReadOnlyException inherits from System.IO.IOException, wrong?
• Issue #350: Add overloaded methods Directory.GetFileSystemEntryInfo. Current code to retrieve a directory using File.GetFileSystemEntryInfo will now fail. Use Directory.GetFileSystemEntryInfo instead.
• Issue #377: Rename enum member: OperatingSystem.EnumOsName.WindowsServer to: OperatingSystem.EnumOsName.WindowsServer2016
• Issue #381: Change property ByHandleFileInfo.VolumeSerialNumber from int to long.
• Issue #388: Change method Network.Host.EnumerateDrives() return type from string to DriveInfo.
• Issue #391: Mark AlphaFS enumerating methods that use both searchPattern and DirectoryEnumerationFilters as obsolete.
• Issue #416: Rename property DeviceInfo.Class to DeviceInfo.DeviceClass

Version 2.1.3 (2017-06-05)

Bugs Fixed

• Issue #288: Directory.Exists on root drive problem has come back with recent updates (Thx warrenlbrown)
• Issue #289: Alphaleonis.Win32.Network.Host.GetShareInfo doesn’t work since 2.1.0 (Thx Schoolmonkey/damiarnold)
• Issue #296: Folder rename (casing) throws IOException with HResult ERROR_SAME_DRIVE (Thx doormalena)
• Issue #297: Incorrect domain returned from Host.EnumerateDomainDfsRoot when specifying domain (Thx damiarnold)
• Issue #299: FileInfo.MoveTo and DirectoryInfo.MoveTo throw ArgumentNullException on empty destination path (Thx doormalena)
• Issue #312: Volume.EnumerateVolumes skips first volume (Thx springy76)
• Issue #313: GetHostShareFromPath() fails with spaces in share name (Thx damiarnold)
• Issue #320: Minor changes in comments in Win32Errors.cs to eliminate compiler warnings. (Thx besoft)
• Issue #321: DirectoryInfo.CopyToMoveToCore() calls Path.GetExtendedLengthPathCore() without Transaction parameter.

Version 2.1.2 (2016-10-30)

Bugs Fixed

• Issue #270: Method File.GetFileSystemEntryInfoCore uses wildcard ? (questionmark) instead of * (asterisk)
• Issue #276: Directory.DeleteDirectory(): Method can get stuck in infinite loop.
• Issue #279: The unit tests for CRC32/64 are failing.

Version 2.1 (2016-09-29)

New Features/Enhancements

• Issue #3: Added methods for backing up and restoring encrypted files:
  • File.ImportEncryptedFileRaw
  • File.ExportEncryptedFileRaw
  • Directory.ImportEncryptedDirectoryRaw
  • Directory.ExportEncryptedDirectoryRaw
• Issue #2 : Unit tests for methods: File.OpenRead(), File.OpenText() and File.Replace() are missing.
• Issue #101: The release now also contains a build targetting .NET 4.5.2.
• Issue #109: Add overloaded methods for Host.EnumerateShares().
• Issue #112: Add CreationTimeUtc, LastAccessTimeUtc and LastWriteTimeUtc to “Info” classes.
• Issue #119: Fix Path.IsLocalPath() issues.
• Issue #125: AlphaFS is now CLSCompliant.
• Issue #127: Modify method Volume.QueryDosDevice() so that is doesn’t rely on Path.IsLocalPath() anymore.
• Issue #130: Modify method Path.LocalToUnc() so that is doesn’t rely on Path.IsLocalPath() anymore.
• Issue #131: Modify method Path.GetPathRoot() to handle UNC paths in long path format.
• Issue #132: Modify method VolumeInfo() constructor to better handle input paths.
• Issue #133: Add missing unit test Host.GetHostShareFromPath().
• Issue #134: Improved upon FindFileSystemEntryInfo.FindFirstFile() when throwing Directory-/FileNotFoundException().
• Issue #138: Modify GetShareInfo() to use SafeGlobalMemoryBufferHandle instead of IntPtr.
• Issue #139: Modify GetDfsInfoInternal() to use SafeGlobalMemoryBufferHandle instead of IntPtr.
• Issue #141: Remove obsolete Resources (resx) string messages.
• Issue #142: Move literal strings to Resources (resx).
• Issue #144: Add DirectoryInfo.EnumerateXxx() methods with support for DirectoryEnumerationOptions enum.
• Issue #151: Add Directory.EnumerateXxx() methods with support for DirectoryEnumerationOptions- and PathFormat enum.
• Issue #154: Modify private method FindFileSystemEntryInfo.FindFirstFile() to report the full path on Exception.
• Issue #146: Add method DirectoryInfo.EnumerateAlternateDataStreams().
• Issue #147: Add overloaded methods to set Reparse Point Timestamp. (rstarkov)
• Issue #150: Enhancement: File.IsLocked()
• Issue #158: Add SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity attribute to [DllImport] tag.
• Issue #184: File.CreateSymbolicLink() should throw PlatformNotSupportedException() if OS < Vista.
• Issue #186: Replace WIN32 API NativeMethods.GetVersionEx() with NativeMethods.RtlGetVersion().
• Issue #188: Make ShareInfo class property setters private: ShareType, ResourceType.
• Issue #189: Improve method Utils.UnitSizeToText().
• Issue #190: Add overloaded methods for File/Directory.Get/SetAccessControl() that accept SafeFileHandle.
• Issue #191: Make class BackupFileStream sealed.
• Issue #192: Add null-checks to SafeHandle.IsInvalid usage.
• Issue #193: Use unicode version of WIN32 API OpenEncryptedFileRaw().
• Issue #194: Add bitshift for Marshal.GetHRForException(ex) usage.
• Issue #195: Add useful FileAttributes as properties to FileSystemEntryInfo class.
• Issue #199: Change FindFileSystemEntryInfo.FindFirstFile() to show actual path instead of inputpath on access error.
• Issue #214: Howto Get-Filehash.
• Issue #235: Implement unicode versions of methods: CM_Connect_Machine and CM_Get_Device_ID_Ex.
• Issue #239: Enable long path support for File.CreateSymbolicLink() source parameter.
• Issue #240: Add KeepDotOrSpace to GetFullPathOptions enum.
• Issue #241: Add method Path.GetFullPath() overload that supports GetFullPathOptions enum.
• Issue #245: Implement CRC-32/64 (Thanks to Damien Guard for implementing his code).
• Issue #247: Add method FileInfo.GetHash().
• Issue #251: Implement unicode versions of Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() and Directory.SetCurrentDirectory().
• Issue #266: Add PowerShell script: Enumerate-FileSystemEntryInfos.ps1

Bugs Fixed

• Issue #50 : Path.GetLongPath() does not prefix on “C:", should it?
• Issue #60 : Remove all use of “Problematic” methods such as DangerousAddRef and DangerousGetHandle().
• Issue #160: File.CreateSymbolicLink() creates shortcut with no target. (martin-john-green)
• Issue #162: File.AppendAllLines() concatenates content into one line. (pavelhritonenko)
• Issue #166: File.Exists & Directory.Exists fail when path has leading space(s).
• Issue #168: Error on File.Open() with access-mode Append?
• Issue #169: DirectoryInfo .ToString() returns path with \\UNC prefix.
• Issue #176: At DirectoryInfo.GetFileSystemInfos(), Long path prefix of GLOBALROOT path is missing. (diontools)
• Issue #179: Path.GetFileName() with an empty string throws an exception. (brutaldev)
• Issue #180: Network connects methods hangs in Windows service when credentials fail. (brutaldev)
• Issue #181: File.OpenWrite() should create file if it doesn’t exist. (Thomas Levesque)
• Issue #183: Add SafeFileHandle null check for BackupFileStream.Dispose. (diontools)
• Issue #185: Correct pinvoke signatures of CreateSymbolicLink() and CreateSymbolicLinkTransacted() functions.
• Issue #196: Replace usage of ExtendedFileAttributes.None with ExtendedFileAttributes.Normal.
• Issue #197: Fix: Prevent normalization of GlobalRootPrefix paths.
• Issue #198: Path.GetRegularPathCore() should not normalize \\?\Volume prefix.
• Issue #201: Some exceptions contain an incorrect HRESULT (Thomas Levesque)
• Issue #203: Directory.GetDirectories() and Directory.GetFiles() return absolute paths when given relative argument.
• Issue #204: Giving empty string to Directory.GetFileName() and related methods throws exception.
• Issue #206: File.GetLastWriteTime() throws exception for non-existing path.
• Issue #217: File.Replace() raises an exception.
• Issue #218: Volume.GetVolumeInfo() fails for global root paths.
• Issue #219: Mismatching Implementation to System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName().
• Issue #226: DirectoryInfo using searchoption.
• Issue #232: Enable null for destinationBackupFileName for File.Replace() and FileInfo.Replace().
• Issue #234: Path.CheckInvalidPathChars breaks IsPathRooted for whitespace strings.
• Issue #242: File.Open(file, System.IO.FileMode.Append) does not append.
• Issue #244: File.Copy(src, dst, true) does not respect FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY.
• Issue #246: Using Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries() recursively with a relative path may fail.
• Issue #248: Directory.Move() throws FileNotFoundException instead of DirectoryNotFoundException when source folder doesn’t exist.
• Issue #249: Change File.GetHashCore() .ToString("X2") to .ToString("X2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).
• Issue #252: Correct FileSystemEntryInfos.FullPath property when input path is a dot (current directory).
• Issue #253: Apply Dispose() to method File.GetHashCore().
• Issue #254: Change File.GetHashCore() output from .ToLowerInvariant() to .ToUpperInvariant().
• Issue #255: Creating Folder with Empty name. (ardestan)
• Issue #256: Directory.Move() not working over volumes with MoveOptions.CopyAllowed. (frontier777)
• Issue #263: Directory.GetDirectories() Method (String, String, SearchOption) with pattern “* “ (ardestan)

Breaking Changes

• Issue #113: Change names of time related properties on FileSystemEntryInfo to conform with FileInfo/DirectoryInfo.
• Issue #126: Suffix the name of all methods working with TxF with “Transacted”.
• Issue #128: Remove Path.IsLocalPath() in favour of Path.IsUncPath().
• Issue #140: Replace internal DFS_INFO_4 structure with DFS_INFO_9.
• Issue #184: File.CreateSymbolicLink() should throw PlatformNotSupportedException() if OS < Vista.
• Issue #250: Change FileSystemEntryInfo.ToString() to show full path instead of ReparsePointTag.

Version 2.0.1 (2015-02-07)

Bugs Fixed

• Issue #104: VolumeInfo.Refresh() fails with System.IO.IOException: (234)”.
• Issue #108: Volume.Refresh() should throw DeviceNotReadyException.
• Issue #110: Directory.GetDirectoryRoot() should throw System.ArgumentException.
• Issue #117: Fix Path.GetFullPath() issues.
• Issue #123: When Directory.Encrypt/Decrypt() is non-recursive, only process the folder.
• Issue #124: Unit tests for long/short path are failing.

Version 2.0 (2015-01-16)

• New: The public key of AlphaFS.dll has changed, delay-signing is no longer used.
• New: Unit Tests, also act as code samples.
• New: Numerous bugfixes, optimizations and (AlphaFS) overloaded methods implementations.
• New: Complete implementation of .NET 4.5 File(Info) and Directory(Info) classes.
• New: Complete implementation of .NET 4.5 DriveInfo() class and with UNC support.
• New: Complete implementation of .NET 4.5 Path() class.
• New: Implemented Unicode aka “Long Path” handling for all Win32 API functions that support it.
• New: Added support for NuGet.
• New: Added support for building against .NET 4.0, 4.5, and 4.5.1 in addition to 3.5.
• New: Supports networking by enumerating hosts and shares (SMB/DFS) and connect/disconnect to/from network resources (AlphaFS.Network.Host() class).
• New: Supports working with NTFS ADS (Alternate Data Streams) on files and folders (AlphaFS.Filesystem.AlternateDataStreamInfo() class).
• New: Supports enumerating connected PnP devices (AlphaFS.Filesystem.Device() / AlphaFS.Filesystem.DeviceInfo() classes).
• New: Supports extracting icons from files and folders (AlphaFS.Filesystem.Shell32Info() class).
• New: Supports PathFormat parameter for numerous methods to control path normalization. This speeds up things internally (less string processing and GetFullPath() calls) and also enables working with files and folders with a trailing dot or space:
  • RelativePath (slow): (default) Path will be checked and resolved to an absolute path. Unicode prefix is applied.
  • FullPath (fast): Path is an absolute path. Unicode prefix is applied.
  • LongFullPath (fastest): Path is already an absolute path with Unicode prefix. Use as is.
• Mod: Enabled KernelTransaction parameter for all Win32 API functions that support it.
• Mod: Added public read only properties to class FileSystemInfo(). Available for: DirectoryInfo() / FileInfo():
  • EntryInfo : Instance of the FileSystemEntryInfo() class.
  • Transaction : Represents the KernelTransaction that was passed to the constructor.
• Mod: Added more entries to enum ReparsePointTag.
• Mod: Removed method Directory.CountFiles() and added method Directory.CountFileSystemObjects().
• Mod: Removed method Directory.GetFullFileSystemEntries() and added method Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntryInfos().
  • Note: This new method currently does not support DirectoryEnumerationExceptionHandler, this will probably be added in a future release.
• Mod: Renamed method Directory.GetFileIdBothDirectoryInfo() to Directory.EnumerateFileIdBothDirectoryInfo().
• Mod: Method Directory.CreateDirectory() signature change: Using template directory. Ability for NTFS-compressed folders added.
• Mod: Method Directory.GetProperties() signature change.
• Mod: Renamed method File.GetFileInformationByHandle() to File.GetFileInfoByHandle().
• Mod: Removed overloaded method File.GetFileInformationByHandle(FileStream).h
• Mod: Removed overloaded AlphaFS methods File.Move() using MoveFileOptions and CopyProgressRoutine, and added method File.Move().
• Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetDeviceForVolumeName() to Volume.GetVolumeDeviceName().
• Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetDisplayNameForVolume() to Volume.GetVolumeDisplayName().
• Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetVolumeInformation() to Volume.GetVolumeInfo().
• Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetVolumeMountPoints() to Volume.EnumerateVolumeMountPoints().
• Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetVolumePathNamesForVolume() to Volume.EnumerateVolumePathNames().
• Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetVolumes() to Volume.EnumerateVolumes().
• Mod: Method Volume.DefineDosDevice() signature change.
• Mod: Method Volume.QueryDosDevice() signature change.
• Mod: Method Volume.QueryAllDosDevices() signature change.
• Mod: Removed method Volume.GetLogicalDrives() in favor of method Directory.GetLogicalDrives().
• Mod: Class VolumeInfo() constructor signature change.
• Mod: Class VolumeInfo() properties updated/changed.
• Mod: Added method Volume.Refresh().
• Mod: Changed struct DiskSpaceInfo() to class.
• Mod: Class DiskSpaceInfo() constructor signature change.
• Mod: Class DiskSpaceInfo() properties added.
• Mod: Added method DiskSpaceInfo.Refresh().
• Mod: Refactored Path() class.
• Mod: Improved upon the correct (.NET) exceptions thrown. Added AlphaFS specific: DirectoryReadOnlyException and FileReadOnlyException.
• Removed classes PathInfoXxx().
• Removed method Path.IsValidPath(), was part of PathInfo() class.
• Removed IllegalPathException.
• Removed enum DriveType in favor of System.IO.DriveType enum.
• Removed enum FileAccess in favor of System.IO.FileAccess enum.
• Removed enum FileAttributes in favor of System.IO.FileAttributes enum.
• Removed enum FileMode in favor of System.IO.FileMode enum.
• Removed enum FileOptions in favor of System.IO.FileOptions enum.
• Removed enum FileShare in favor of System.IO.FileShare enum.
• Removed enum FileSystemRights in favor of System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemRights enum.
• Removed enum FileType, obsolete.
• Removed enum EnumerationExceptionDecision, obsolete.
• Removed enum IoControlCode.cs, obsolete.
• Renamed enum CopyProgressResult to CopyMoveProgressResult.
• Renamed enum MoveFileOptions to MoveOptions.
• Renamed class DeviceIo to Device.
• Renamed delegate CopyProgressResult to CopyMoveProgressResult.

Version 1.5 (2014-05-20)

• New: Various file system objects enumeration methods in Directory class.
• Numerous bugfixes and optimizations
• New: more unit tests
• New: VS 2010 help file format, aka Help Viewer 1, dumped MS HELP 2 format

Version 1.0

• New: Directory.GetFileIdBothDirectoryInfo, which provides access to the GetFileInformationByHandleEx Win32 API function with the FileInformationClass set to FileIdBothDirectoryInfo.
• New: Directory.CountFiles
• Mod: Additional overloads for File.Open method.
• Mod: FileAttributes.Invalid flag removed.
• New: Directory.GetProperties method for retrieving aggregated information about files in a directory.
• New: File.GetFileInformationByHandle added providing information about file index and link count.
• New: KernelTransaction can now be created from a System.Transaction to participate in the ambient transaction
• New: File.GetHardlinks providing an enumeration about all hardlinks pointing to the same file.
• Mod: Many improvements and bug-fixes to Path/PathInfo path-parsing.
• Mod: More functions for manipulating timestamps on files and directories.
• Mod: Directory.GetFullFileSystemEntries added to provide more convenient usage of the FileSystemEnumerator.
• Mod: … and many more minor changes and fixes.

Version 0.7 alpha

• New: DirectoryInfo and FileInfo classes added
• New: PathInfo.GetLongFullPath() and Path.GetLongFullPath() methods added
• Mod: Path and PathInfo got many bugfixes, and some new functionality was added.
• Mod: AlphaFS now targets the .NET Framework 2.0 instead of 3.5 previously.
• Mod: KernelTransaction can now be created from, and participate in a System.Transactions.Transaction.
• New: BackupFileStream added, in support of the BackupWrite(), BackupRead() and BackupSeek() functions from the Win32 API.
• Mod: Inheritance structure for several classes was modified, mainly to add MarshalByRefObject to the relevant classes.
• Mod: FileSystemEntryInfo was changed to a reference type (class) instead of the previous value type (struct).
• Mod: PathInfo now accepts more types of internal paths, such as \?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy5\ etc.
• … and many minor changes and fixes, not mentioned here.

Version 0.3.1

• New: Added support for hardlinks and symbolic links in File.
• New: Added Directory.EnableEncryption() and Directory.DisableEncryption()
• New: Added File.GetCompressedSize()
• Mod: Applied CLSCompliant(false) to the assembly
• Mod: Improved error reporting, and cleanup of internal class NativeError.

Version 0.3.0

• Initial release