Royal TS Releases

Royal TS 6.01.61019

2023-10-19

General

Fixed

Several smaller bugfixes

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Improved

Updated Chromium to V117

Fixed

Fixed CVE-2023-41064, CVE-2023-4863, CVE-2023-5129

Royal TS 6.01.60925

2023-09-25

General

Fixed

Issue when using Connect with Options and specifying credentials

Fixed

Delays and freezes when very long passwords are analyzed for the password strength indicator

Fixed

Issue when moving ad hoc connections to a document

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Fixed

Crash when setting an invalid cache path

VNC (UltraVNC)

Fixed

Auto scaling in Advanced settings

File Transfer

Fixed

Incorrect Transfer Mode configuration saved

Royal TS 6.01.60731

2023-07-31

General

Fixed

Tree and window rendering issues on some machines

Royal TS 6.01.60728

2023-07-28

General

New

Added tab scan command line interface rtscli.exe application tabscan --start|--stop

Fixed

Crash reporter window size

Fixed

Properly handle properties from parent folder in RoyalJson when Path property is used

File Transfer

Fixed

Missing icons when running on 125% display scaling

Royal TS 6.01.60616

2023-06-16

General

Fixed

Issue when closing an external window hosting a tab view

Fixed

Dynamic credential usage after prompting for credentials

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Incorrect session size when using external window mode

External Application

New

Resolve replacement tokens for Window Title Match

Royal TS 6.01.60523

2023-05-23

General

Fixed

Ribbon Auto-Hide is restored when application starts

Fixed

Maximized Royal TS window is restored on the correct screen

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Incorrect session size when using external window mode

Royal TS 6.01.60512

2023-05-12

General

Fixed

Initial scope settings issue

Fixed

Columns in credential picker not movable

Fixed

Deadlock when additional dynamic credentials are resolved

Fixed

Secure Gateway Encryption Key Algorithm descriptions for blowfish-ctr and twofish-cbc

Remote Desktop (Microsoft)

Fixed

Focus issue when using external or fullscreen window mode

Terminal (Rebex)

Fixed

Encryption Key Algorithm descriptions for blowfish-ctr and twofish-cbc

VMware

Fixed

Context menu

File Transfer

Improved

Readability when renaming items

Improved

Keyboard handling when renaming items

Fixed

Encryption Key Algorithm descriptions for blowfish-ctr and twofish-cbc

Royal TS 6.01.60329

2023-03-29

General

Improved

Execution of Reload Document keyboard shortcut

Fixed

Processing of RegisterFileTypes and RegisterUrlProtocols default values

Fixed

Action command issue with Royal Server based dashboards and connections

Fixed

Memory leak

Terminal (Rebex)

Fixed

UI could freeze sometimes when disconnecting a session

Fixed

Port number issue when editing connection properties

Terminal (PuTTY)

Fixed

Port number issue when editing connection properties

Web Page (Internet Explorer)

Fixed

Cross threading error when refreshing the Auto Fill page

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Fixed

Cross threading error when refreshing the Auto Fill page

Royal TS 6.01.60303

2023-03-03

General

Fixed

Several small bugfixes

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Fixed

Random crash when closing connections or the application

Fixed

Web page rendering if scale level is higher than 100%

Royal TS 6.01.60209

2023-02-09

General

Improved

Support for importing and opening .rjson files (RoyalJSON)

Fixed

Communication issues with Royal Server V3 or older

Fixed

Double click behavior Copy Username and Copy Password in Credential panel

Fixed

rtscli.exe issue using --create-link

Fixed

Dynamic folder scripts using bash interpreter use Unix-style line endings

Fixed

Performance issue when using very long passwords

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Removed rounded corners on Windows 11 when using Fullscreen window mode

Terminal (Rebex)

Improved

Option Automatically send password when prompted added to Security page

Fixed

Manual fingerprint check on Security page

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Improved

Configuration of Secure Gateway as proxy server

File Transfer

Fixed

Occasional crash when transferring large files

PowerShell

Fixed

Credential usage as param for scripts executed on localhost

Royal TS 6.01.60116

2023-01-16

General

Improved

Royal Server communication

Fixed

Color palette import

Fixed

Bug that could cause LastPass accounts to fail to load

PowerShell

Improved

ANSI output rendering

Royal TS 6.01.51214

2022-12-14

General

Improved

Dynamic Folder File Export using XML

Fixed

Dynamic Folder using bash.exe

Fixed

Ad hoc connection button not updated

Fixed

Document password issue when PolicyDoNotAllowWeakDocumentPasswords is enabled

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Improved

Chromium engine V104 update

Royal TS 6.01.51028

2022-10-28

General

Fixed

Navigation search issue with objects in dynamic folder

Fixed

Action tab command visibility

Fixed

Prompt for credentials issue when reconnecting

Fixed

Legacy rtsx://... link handling

Royal TS 6.01.51025

2022-10-25

General

Improved

The collapsed ribbon command layout state is restored after restart

Improved

Focus handling when using search and full screen connections

Fixed

Ribbon customization is restored after restart

Fixed

Navigation search issue with empty dynamic folder

Fixed

rtscli.exe --property issue

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Smart Reconnect prompts for credentials after initial connect

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Fixed

ENTER key in Key Sequence Tasks

VMware

Fixed

The Restart command was not working

Royal TS 6.01.50929

2022-09-29

General

Fixed

Random crashes when using the Ad Hoc feature in the ribbon

VMware

Fixed

VMware module failed to load

Royal TS 6.01.50927

2022-09-27

General

Improved

KeePass importer ignores Recycle Bin

Fixed

Switching to a connection tab may not activate and show external window

Fixed

Color palette import

Fixed

Automatic dynamic folder reload issue for documents from Royal Server's document store

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Fixed

Pressing the Enter key on some websites behaving like a double keypress

Royal TS 6.01.50722

2022-07-22

General

Improved

Reconnect shows MFA prompt again if credential has MFA configuration

Fixed

Random crashes after closing a dialog or a connection tab

Fixed

Window shadow issue when using Royal TS as a Citrix published application

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Delayed server disconnect

Royal TS 6.01.50712

2022-07-12

General

Fixed

Ribbon Auto-Hide (Fullscreen) state is lost when display settings have changed

Fixed

Incorrect checked state of Prompt for Credentials menu in Connect with Options

Fixed

Incorrect connection state after Save and Merge

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Occasional freeze when a connection is closed due to network outage

Terminal (Rebex)

Fixed

Type Clipboard issue with repeating characters

Fixed

Prevent new connections to receive broadcast input when broadcasting is enabled

Terminal (PuTTY)

Fixed

PuTTY window disappears when using External Window mode

External Application

Fixed

Process tracking occasionally failed and caused connections to immediately close

Royal TS 6.01.50617

2022-06-17

General

Fixed

Prompt for credentials issue when connecting to multiple connections through the Dashboard

Fixed

Random crashes when window modes are switched

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Fixed

Download manager display issue

Web Page (Internet Explorer)

Fixed

Focus issue in external window mode

Royal TS 6.01.50609

2022-06-09

General

New

Debug logging for dynamic folder scripts

Improved

Connections to restore are now updated every time a connection is connected or disconnected

Fixed

Prompt for credentials issue when connecting to multiple connections through the Dashboard

Fixed

Secure Gateway logging

Fixed

Keyboard shortcut handling in active connections

Fixed

Occasional crash when using rtscli.exe

Fixed

Missing custom icons when application starts

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Credential information not always applied correctly

Terminal (Rebex)

Fixed

Reconnect issue with remotely disconnected sessions over secure gateway

Terminal (PuTTY)

New

Embed Method in the plugin settings:

  • Window: Classic re-parenting method. May have ALT+TAB order and focus restore issues.
  • Client Area: Deeper integration with correct ALT+TAB order but PuTTY may appear inactive or unfocused.

VNC (TightVNC)

New

Zoom commands in the Actions tab

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Fixed

Wrong tab size caused close button to disappear

External Application

New

Embed Method setting:

  • Window: Classic re-parenting method. May have ALT+TAB order and focus restore issues.
  • Client Area: Deeper integration with correct ALT+TAB order but there will be no main menu and application may appear inactive or unfocused.

Royal TS 6.01.50504

2022-05-04

General

Improved

Documentation of rtscli.exe commands

Improved

Float size when panels are dragged and undocked

Fixed

Key sequence broadcaster selection

Fixed

Screen identifier not recognized in some cases

Fixed

KeePass password field has keyboard focus when enabled

Remote Desktop

Improved

Fast Smart Reconnect is now much faster

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Fixed

Closing a single tab closed all tabs

Fixed

Some characters in key sequence tasks were not sent to the browser

Web Page (Internet Explorer)

Fixed

Focus stealing issue

Royal TS 6.01.50425

2022-04-25

General

Improved

Document load performance

Fixed

Ad Hoc key sequence tasks

Fixed

A GDI object leak

Terminal (PuTTY)

New

Change Settings and Restart Session command in the Actions ribbon bar

Web Page (Internet Explorer)

Fixed

Type clipboard text

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Fixed

Type clipboard text

Fixed

Chromium engine cleanup

Royal TS 6.01.50420

2022-04-20

General

New

Credential configuration for MFA prompt upon connect

Improved

Larger panel resize zone on high DPI displays

Improved

KeePass documents do not prompt for a password if another document with the same password was already opened and password reuse was selected

Improved

MSI installer writes installation directory to the registry

Fixed

Window positioning issues

Fixed

Restore plugin quick access toolbar (QAT) items after application restart

Fixed

Context commands and keyboard shortcut issues fixed

Fixed

Several issues when shared documents are merged

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Custom scaling issues

Fixed

Ribbon fullscreen mode triggers smart reconnect

VNC (UltraVNC)

New

Advanced option to toggle the /nostatus flag

Terminal (Rebex)

New

Revamped log viewer with ability to display large log files

Improved

Log viewer shows files from the log path defined in overrides

Terminal (PuTTY)

New

Revamped log viewer with ability to display large log files

Improved

Log viewer shows files from the log path defined in overrides

Improved

ALT+TAB behavior

Web Page (Internet Explorer)

New

Popups are now opened in a new Web Page tab instead of an external window

New

Links can be opened in a new Web Page tab

Web Page (Google Chrome)

New

Chromium engine has been updated to V96

New

Popups are now opened in a new Web Page tab instead of an external window

New

Links can be opened in a new Web Page tab

New

Downloads are shown in dedicated Web Page tab

New

Client certificate support

External Application

Improved

ALT+TAB behavior

TeamViewer

New

Switched Management Console to Chromium browser

VMware

New

Connect using template for ad hoc instance connections

Hyper-V

New

Connect using template for ad hoc instance connections

Royal TS 6.00.60122

2022-01-22

General

Fixed

Restore plugin quick access toolbar (QAT) items after application restart

Fixed

A link (URL) in the notes panel did not open in the default browser

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Custom scaling issues

Royal TS 6.00.51119

2021-11-19

General

Fixed

Incorrect action tab state when a connection disconnects in background

Fixed

Intermittent crash when opening documents from the backstage view

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Intermittent local zoom issues

Royal TS 6.00.51005

2021-10-05

General

New

Insert environment variables using replacement tokens using the Env.-prefix (e.g. $Env.USERNAME$ for %USERNAME%)

New

Start minimized has been added to Options -> General

New

PolicyDoNotAllowWindowsCredentialManager has been added to the RoyalApplicationSetting object to disable the option to store passwords in the Windows Credential Manager

Fixed

Selecting Do not show this again in the application close confirmation dialog is now persisted

Fixed

Custom protected property display and clipboard issue in Properties view

Fixed

Panels weren't shown in some cases

Fixed

Panel size is sometimes not applied correctly

Fixed

Main filter buttons didn't show up when the Navigation panel was set to auto hide

Fixed

Application focus issue when opening files via the task bar's recent items list

Fixed

Application document password prompt on startup didn't show all available options

Remote Desktop

New

Option for Remote Desktop Gateway Credential Sharing when using Smart Card

Terminal (PuTTY)

New

Upgraded PuTTY Version from 0.73 to 0.76 (PuTTY release notes)

VNC (Integrated TightVNC)

New

Option to disable Tight security

Fixed

SHIFT+TAB wasn't always recognized

File Transfer

New

Ability to change the owner and group of a file or directory

Royal TS 6.00.50824

2021-08-24

General

New

CLI command rtscli.exe document reload --name "My Doc" to reload a document

Fixed

Opening Royal Server documents

Fixed

Installer error when Start Menu shortcut can't be removed

Fixed

Issue with custom configuration paths when the directory does not exist

Fixed

Custom images in dynamic folders weren't always rendered correctly

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Don't show disconnect messages again setting was not persisted

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Fixed

Bulk edit menu caused crash in the Engine page

Royal TS 6.00.50823

2021-08-23

General

New

Added more translations: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Chinese Simplified. There are still translations missing! If you want to contribute, click here

Fixed

All Start Menu links are now removed when Royal TS is uninstalled

Fixed

Focus issue with child windows of embedded applications (i.e. PuTTY)

Improved

Search existing credential

Improved

File operation progress UI

Terminal (Rebex)

Fixed

Mouse wheel scroll direction to increase or decrease the font size

Royal TS 6.00.50805

2021-08-05

General

New

Added the configuration item TrackSystemHighContrastMode to the Application Settings

Fixed

A Windows Hello related crash

Fixed

Incorrect taskbar thumbnails

Fixed

Opening a Royal Server document from the 'Open' popup didn't show the document in the Navigation panel

Fixed

Windows Hello with face recognition failed sometimes

Fixed

Minimize to Systray

Improved

Navigation filter performance when dealing with a huge amount of objects

Improved

Focus handling when external applications (like PuTTY) are involved

Improved

Document password prompt

Terminal (Rebex)

Improved

Sensitivity increased for changing the font size using CTRL+Mouse Wheel

Royal TS 6.00.50710

2021-07-10

General

Fixed

Crash when opening larger KeePass files

Fixed

Startup crash when Windows high contrast theme is configured

Fixed

Invisible text in the installer dialogs when Windows high contrast theme is configured

Fixed

A double click on the Dashboard tab could lead to a crash

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Incorrect local zooming in certain DPI settings

Royal TS 6.00.50707

2021-07-07

General

Fixed

Bulk-edit didn't work

Fixed

A lot of smaller issues and improvements

Fixed

KeePass files with master password and key file protection cannot be opened

Remote Desktop

New

Shadowing option for Control and View Only mode

Fixed

Reverted default value for Resize Mode to Scrollbars

Web Page (Google Chrome)

Fixed

Pressing the return/enter key resulted in two key presses

Fixed

Mouse clicks didn't collapse popups or the auto hide ribbon and panels

File Transfer

Issue

Symbolic links are currently not supported

Terminal Services

New

Shadowing option for Control and View Only mode

Royal TS 6.00.50623

2021-06-23

General

Improved

Navigation filter user interface

Fixed

Copy URL only worked for credentials but not for web page connections

Fixed

appsettings.json now honors the SingleInstanceMode setting again

Fixed

Pressing the ENTER key in the Navigation filter will focus the first available connection

Fixed

Executing 'rtscli.exe' when Royal TS is not running shows an empty message box

Fixed

Right-click, Edit Properties in other panels

Fixed

A lot of smaller issues and improvements

Issue

Some KeePass files with master password and key file protection cannot be opened (files with master password only do work)

Remote Desktop

Fixed

Automatic scaling of the remote session

Improved

Local Zoom setting user interface to be more aligned with Royal TSX

VNC (Integrated TightVNC)

Fixed

The TAB key didn't work

Terminal (Rebex)

Fixed

Some ciphers didn't work even when they were enabled in the Security settings

File Transfer

Fixed

Some ciphers didn't work even when they were enabled in the Security settings

Issue

Symbolic links are currently not supported

Royal TS 6.00.50614

2021-06-14

General

Fixed

Entering a V6 license key resulted in the V5 license key being overwritten

Fixed

Execution of key sequence tasks from the Tasks panel

Fixed

Connection tabs with custom images might appear too big on high DPI displays

Remote Desktop

New

A new resize mode 'Local Zoom' has been added to the display options

Royal TS 6.00.50609

2021-06-09

General

New

All icons in the built in icon library are now color scheme aware SVG images

New

Added the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts for commands

New

Added the ability to create context commands and assign keyboard shortcuts (i.e. shortcut for a key sequence task or starting a specified connection)

New

Added a global search palette window to search objects and execute commands using a keyboard shortcut

New

Added a command palette window to search and execute commands using a keyboard shortcut

New

Added Windows Hello support when password protected documents are opened

New

Dropdown menu for the Open command to gain easy access to the most recently used files

New

Royal Server document open dialog via the Open dropdown menu

New

Secure Gateways can now be configured to be used On Demand

New

Implemented the option Omit Domain in the Secure Gateway Credentials settings

New

New color picker

New

Support for dynamic colors (they change based on the selected UI theme)

New

Added 'Per-Monitor' - DPI awareness in the User Interface settings

New

Added an option to set a custom tab caption using replacement tokens in the User Interface settings

New

New object type: Information

New

Support for custom property templates

New

New custom property type: Month/Year field

New

Support for new Target. token prefix in Dynamic Credential scripts which can be used to refer to properties of the connection that resolves the dynamic credential

New

Custom Fields and Properties menu with the ability to directly launch URLs and email addresses

New

Custom Properties are now listed in the Properties panel

New

The external host window for connections can now be minimized

New

Improved detection of modified documents which results in less notifications

New

New search and filter user interface in the navigation panel

New

New sort criteria Favorite

New

Favorite indicator is now shown in the folder dashboard and credential picker

New

Credential picker shows favorite credentials first

New

All Command and Key Sequence Tasks are now available in the respective menus (Favorites are at the top level, all others are in a submenu)

New

The Display Name field can now be edited in bulk edit

New

Improved the Gateway selection in the 'Connect with Options' menu

New

The Secure Gateway feature now allows the use of multiple secure gateways in series for nested tunneling

New

Secure Gateways can now also resolve dynamic credentials

New

New button to apply inheritance for Credentials, Tasks and Gateways on folder objects

New

New button to navigate to the configured source object for Credentials, Tasks and Gateways when configured to use from parent

New

Added a new replacement token $DocumentFolderPath$ which resolves to the directory of the object's document

New

Added the ability to provide initial application settings using various configuration sources (JSON file, environment variable, registry)

New

Added the ability to provide and enforce default application settings using various configuration sources (JSON file, environment variable, registry)

New

The DOM parser that lists available fields and other elements in the web Auto Fill configuration page now differentiates between more types of elements

Improved

Performance improvements for rJSON parsing

Improved

Reloading KeePass files will not prompt anymore if the previous settings are still valid

Improved

Better inactive tab rendering

Improved

Many performance and stability improvements

Remote Desktop

New

Added a new setting in the Display Options to specify an initial scaling factor or adjust the scaling factor automatically

New

Added an option in the Advanced page to create a Windows Credential Manager entry instead of sending the credentials to the server

New

Added a new setting in the Advanced page to configure Remote Credential Guard

New

Added a new command to the dashboard to shadow a session using mstsc.exe

New

Added a View Only mode

Terminal (Rebex)

New

Ability to type in multiple terminal sessions at once (Broadcast Input)

New

New Security configuration UI

New

Predefined text highlighting regular expressions are available through the fly-out button

New

The ability to manage, import, and export text highlighting rules

New

Added commands to quickly open SFTP or SCP file transfer connections based on SSH terminal connections

New

Added the ability to import, export and manage terminal color schemes

New

Support for importing Windows Terminal, PuTTY, MobaXTerm and iTerm color schemes

New

Adjust text size using CTRL + Mouse Wheel

Improved

Host key handling

Terminal (PuTTY)

New

Added commands to quickly open SFTP or SCP file transfer connections based on SSH terminal connections

New

Added the ability to import, export and manage terminal color schemes

New

Support for importing Windows Terminal, PuTTY, MobaXTerm and iTerm color schemes

VNC (UltraVNC)

New

Added the ability to specify additional arguments in the Advanced page

Web Page (Internet Explorer)

New

'Open in Default Browser' command added to the Connect with Options menu and the dashboard

Web Page (Chrome)

New

'Open in Default Browser' command added to the Connect with Options menu and the dashboard

New

Ability to specify custom command line arguments for the Chromium engine

New

Ability to open the Chromium developer tools window

File Transfer

New

Support for creating new files

New

Support for copying path to clipboard

New

Support for specifying FTP transfer mode (Stream, Block or Mode Z)

New

Support for configuring a keep-alive interval

New

New Security configuration UI

New

Added the ability to search and filter the file list (CTRL+F)

New

Added commands to quickly open SSH terminal connections based on SFTP or SCP file transfer connections

Improved

Host key handling

Issue

Symbolic links are currently not supported

TeamViewer

Improved

Royal TS will use the password from the Credentials page when TeamViewer password is empty

VMware

New

Added the ability to ignore certificate errors when using HTTPS

New

Added Remote Desktop ad hoc connections if available

Terminal Services

New

Added a new command to the dashboard to shadow a session using mstsc.exe