Rufus Changelog and Release History

Jun 23, 2026 Last updated

Rufus Release History

Rufus release history with versions, dates, official source links, package notes, and concise changelog details.

This page records structured version coverage from official project sources. Full upstream changelog text is not mirrored unless the project license or source terms clearly allow it; each entry links to the official source for complete release notes.

For current package filenames and platform choices, use the current Rufus page. For archived package inventory, use the old Rufus versions page.

Rufus 4.15

Release date: Jun 19, 2026.

Official source: release notes.
- Add RISC-V 64 support to UEFI:NTFS
- Improve the guards for using the _"silent"_ option
- Improve the ability to cancel during write retries
- Improve progress reporting for compressed image extraction
- Fix unrestricted XML entity expansion and integer overflow in ezxml parser (courtesy of @esadowski4) [GHSA-55r2-34wg-8mv9]
- Fix "silent" Windows installation failing at 75% in most cases [#2960]
- Fix a crash during boot when using UEFI:NTFS on Snapdragon X based ARM64 platforms [#2934]
- Fix the first WUE option always being checked by default [#2965]
Rufus 4.14

Release date: Apr 30, 2026.

Official source: release notes.
- _Windows User Experience_ improvements:
- Add a _"Quality of Life"_ option, to disable Teams, Outlook, Copilot and other Microsoft forced nuisances
- Add a _Silent_ installation option, that automatically, and **WITHOUT PROMPT**, installs Windows on the first detected disk on the target platform
- Add an option to copy `SkuSiPolicy.p7b` to the ESP on installation (please refer to KB5042562 for more info)
- Add tooltips for all the dialog options
- Add limited support for El-Torito UEFI image extraction (Mostly for Dell BIOS update ISOs)
- Improve error report when the user tries to use an image that resides on the target drive
- Improve the [UEFI:NTFS](github.com/pbatard/uefi-ntfs) partition label to make the install media more explicit during _Windows Setup_ disk partitioning
Rufus 4.13

Release date: Feb 17, 2026.

Official source: release notes.
- Fix UEFI:NTFS not selecting the proper driver for ARM/ARM64
- Update embedded GRUB to v2.14
Rufus 4.12

Release date: Jan 30, 2026.

Official source: release notes.
- Filter out the new Bitdefender VHDs
- Filter disallowed characters in local account names
- Improve Microsoft Dev Drive detection (#2873, courtesy of @MartinKuschnik)
- Improve the pre-formatting partition cleanup code
- Improve error reporting on ISO extraction issues
- Improve detection of drives with long hardware IDs (typically SSDs) (#2894)
- Improve conflicting process reporting
- Improve support for Nutanix (#2884) and umbrelOS ISOs
Rufus 4.11

Release date: Oct 2, 2025.

Official source: release notes.
- Add a cheat mode (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>D</kbd>) to toggle between Light and Dark mode (#2814)
- Improve WUE option text relating to the CA 2023 option
- Update Linux SBAT / Microsoft SVN Secure Boot revocation values to latest
- Fix some GRUB/Syslinux download dialogs showing only the 'Close' button (#2813)
- Fix an assert being triggered when using the WUE CA 2023 option on its own (#2815, #2818)
- Fix an application crash on systems that have a failed dynamic disk (#2794)
Rufus 4.10

Release date: Sep 24, 2025.

Official source: release notes.
- Add Dark Mode support (courtesy of @ozone10) (#1453)(#2510)(#2713)
- Add support for creating `Windows CA 2023` compatible media (requires a Windows 11 25H2 ISO. For more on this, see this Rufus FAQ entry).
- Add support for saving an existing drive to ISO (UDF only)
- Improve error reporting when saving to VHD/VHDX (with thanks to @Kazkans) (#2779)(#2799)
- Improve persistence support for Linux Mint (#2807)
- Fix UEFI DBX updates being reported in some timezones, even when there are none (#2762)
- Fix a situation where no file system can be selected in ISO mode (#2769)
- Fix a crash when trying to process Windows ISOs with very long paths (#2777)(#2787)(#2793)
Rufus 4.9

Release date: Jun 15, 2025.

Official source: release notes.
- Fix downloads from no longer working due to recent GitHub server changes
- Fix unofficial Windows ISOs, with single index WIMs, not presenting the WUE dialog
- Note:** The GitHub issue mentioned above means that **NONE** of the existing versions of Rufus are able to automatically detect and update to the 4.9 release.
- You **MUST** upgrade to Rufus 4.9 manually, even if you have check for updates enabled in Rufus... 😢
- Also from Rufus 4.8:
- Switch to wimlib for all WIM image processing:
- Greatly speeds up image analysis when opening Windows ISOs
- Can speed up Windows To Go drive creation (But won't do miracles if you have a crap drive)
Rufus 4.8

Release date: Jun 11, 2025.

Official source: release notes.
- Switch to wimlib for all WIM image processing:
- Greatly speeds up image analysis when opening Windows ISOs
- Can speed up Windows To Go drive creation (But won't do miracles if you have a crap drive)
- Might help with Parallels limitations on Mac (But Rufus on Parallels is still **unsupported**)
- Enables the splitting of >4GB files with <kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>E</kbd> (But still **WAY SLOWER** than using UEFI:NTFS)
- Switch to using Visual Studio binaries everywhere, due to MinGW DLL delay-loading limitations
- Add more exceptions for Linux ISOs that restrict themselves to DD mode (Nobara, openSUSE, ...)
- Improve reporting of UEFI bootloaders in the log, with info on the Secure Boot status
Rufus 4.7

Release date: Apr 9, 2025.

Official source: release notes.
- Add a mechanism to detect and download updated DBXs from the official UEFI repository
- Add ztsd compression support for disk images
- Add a new exclusion feature in the settings, to ignore disks with a specific GPT GUID
- Improve detection for compressed VHD images that are too large to fit the target drive
- Fix commandline hogger not being deleted when running Rufus from a different directory
- Fix FAT filenames from embedded images being potentially truncated on image extraction
- Fix a side-loading vulnerability [CVE-2025-26624] with `cfgmgr32.dll` (with thanks to @EmperialX)
- Fix UI memory leaks (courtesy of @ozone10)
Rufus 4.6

Release date: Oct 21, 2024.

Official source: release notes.
- Add a new `setup.exe` wrapper to bypass Windows 11 24H2 in-place upgrade restrictions (#2568)
- Add TimeZone to regional options replication (#2499)
- Set local account passwords to not expire by default
- Fix an error when trying to write compressed VHD images (#2468)
- Fix an error when invoking Rufus from the PowerShell commandline (#2556)
- Improve revoked UEFI bootloaders check to support Linux SBAT, Windows SVN and cert DBX
- Improve support for ReactOS boot media (#2589)
Rufus 4.5

Release date: May 22, 2024.

Official source: release notes.
- Add new advanced option to perform runtime UEFI media validation of suitable images (Windows, most Linux)
- Move the _Use Rufus MBR_ advanced option to a cheat mode (<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>A</kbd>)
- Fix truncation of VHDX images, as well as a benign error message when writing VHD/VHDX (#2468)
- Fix support for Linux persistence in some configurations (Mint, Ubuntu 24.04)
- Fix multiple potential vulnerabilities (with thanks to __Mansour Gashasbi__)
- Update internal GRUB to version 2.12
- Update UEFI:NTFS to latest (now always uses the ntfs-3g driver, rather than the buggy AMI NTFS one)
- Increase buffer size when copying ISO files, in an attempt to minimize the AMI NTFS UEFI driver bug
Rufus 4.4

Release date: Jan 17, 2024.

Official source: release notes.
- Add workaround for distros that use broken symbolic links as their UEFI bootloaders (such as Mint 21.3)
- Add support for GRUB 2.12
- Fix a crash when saving `.ffu` images
- Fix UEFI:NTFS partition not being added, in MBR mode, for some Linux ISOs
- Prevent Microsoft Dev Drives from being listed [#2395]
- Improve support for SDXC card readers
- Improve Large FAT32 formatting by aligning start of data regions to 1 MB (courtesy of **Fred**) [#2387]
Rufus 4.3

Release date: Oct 19, 2023.

Official source: release notes.
- Add support for symbolic link preservation when NTFS is used
- Add an exception to enforce NTFS for Linux Mint's LMDE
- Add an expert feature to restrict a Windows installation to S Mode
- Fix persistence support for Debian 12 in BIOS mode
- Fix a regression that prevented the opening of `.vhd` images (#2309)
- Update UEFI:NTFS to report a more explicit error on `bootmgr` security issues
- Improve the search for conflicting processes, by running it in a background thread
- Improve support for Slax Linux (#2336)
Rufus 4.2

Release date: Jul 26, 2023.

Official source: release notes.
- Add detection and warning for UEFI revoked bootloaders (including ones revoked through `SkuSiPolicy.p7b`) (#2244)
- Add ZIP64 support, to extract `.zip` images that are larger than 4 GB (#2264)
- Add saving and restoring current drive to/from compressed VHDX image
- Add saving and restoring current drive to/from compressed FFU (Full Flash Update) image **[EXPERIMENTAL]**
- Fix a crash when trying to open Windows ISOs, with the MinGW compiled x86 32-bit version (#2272)
- Fix an issue where ISOs that contain a boot image with an `EFI` label are not detected as bootable (#2288)
- Increase the ISO → ESP limit for Debian 12 netinst images
- Ensure that the main partition size is aligned to the cluster size
Rufus 4.1

Release date: May 31, 2023.

Official source: release notes.
- Add timeouts on enumeration queries that may stall on some systems
- Restore MS-DOS drive creation through the download of binaries from Microsoft
- Update the log button icon
- Fix UEFI:NTFS incompatibility with Windows Dev Kit 2023 platform (pbatard/uefi-ntfs#37)
- Fix more GRUB `out of range pointer` errors with Ubuntu/Fedora when booting in BIOS mode
Rufus 4.0

Release date: Apr 25, 2023.

Official source: release notes.
- Fix persistent partition not working with Ubuntu 23.04 (#2231)
- Fix out of range pointer error with Ubuntu 23.04 when booting in BIOS mode (#2233)
- Fix boot freeze with Ubuntu Studio when Secure Boot is enabled (#2210)
- Fix incorrect architecture detection when checking for updates
- Fix a Windows Store application crash when processing GRUB bootloaders
- Fix a Windows Store application crash when enumerating processes that contain a `%` sign
- Fix a Windows Store application crash when using German localization
- Note that the major version was bumped on account of:
Rufus 3.22

Release date: Mar 25, 2023.

Official source: release notes.
- Add SHA-1 and SHA-256 x86 acceleration on CPUs that support it (#2090, courtesy of **Jeffrey Walton**)
- Add an option to disable BitLocker device encryption in the _Windows User Experience_ dialog (#2121)
- Add a cheat mode (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>P</kbd>) to preserve the log between sessions
- Fix potential media creation errors by forcing the unmount of stale `.wim` images (#2199)
- Fix potential access errors in ISO → ESP mode by forcing Large FAT32 formatting
- Fix user-specified label not being preserved on error/cancel
- Fix some large SSD devices being listed by default (#2164)
- Fix processing of Rock Ridge CE fields
Rufus 3.21

Release date: Nov 28, 2022.

Official source: release notes.
- Allow the provision of an arbitrary local account username in the _Windows User Experience_ dialog
- Improve Windows version reporting from ISO/.wim
- Update UEFI:NTFS' NTFS drivers to v1.4 and exFAT drivers to v1.9
- Switch to remote download for nonstandard GRUB (Fedora 37, openSUSE Live, GeckoLinux)
- Fix UEFI:NTFS partition not being set in MBR mode for ISOs with a >4GB file (UwUntu)
- Fix GRUB support for Arch and derivatives, when a non FAT compliant label is used (#2086)
- Fix incorrect detection of GRUB with nonstandard prefixes
- Fix tab order not working on the _Windows User Experience_ dialog
Rufus 3.20

Release date: Aug 3, 2022.

Official source: release notes.
- Enable applicable Windows User Experience options for Windows 10
- Remember last Windows User Experience selection between sessions
- Add automatic local account creation and regional options duplication
- _(This is limited to creating an account with the same name as the current user and with an empty password that the user will be prompted to change after first reboot)_
- Add a workaround for ISOs that have a `syslinux` symbolic link to `/isolinux/` (Knoppix)
- Revert to offline insertion of registry keys for the TPM/SB/RAM bypass where possible (#1971)
- Remove storage bypass, since this is a bogus bypass that doesn't do anything (#1990)
- Improve BIOS compatibility when displaying the "UEFI boot only" alert message
Rufus 3.19

Release date: Jul 1, 2022.

Official source: release notes.
- Add a new selection dialog for Windows 11 setup customization:
- Secure Boot and TPM bypass have now been moved to this dialog
- Also allows to bypass the mandatory requirement for a Microsoft account with Windows 11 22H2
- (NB: Network *MUST* be temporarily disabled or unplugged for the local account creation to be proposed)
- Also add an option to skip all collection questions (Sets all answers to _"Don't allow"_)
- Also add an option for setting internal drives offline with Windows To Go
- Note:** These customization options are only proposed when using a Windows 11 image.
- Add support for distros using a nonstandard GRUB 2.0 prefix directory (openSUSE Live, GeckoLinux)
Rufus 3.18

Release date: Mar 11, 2022.

Official source: release notes.
- Fix DLL sideloading vulnerabilities (#1838, #1877)
- Fix ISO → ESP creation when running on Windows 11 (#1855)
- Fix an issue when detecting network connectivity when the DHCP service is disabled (#1801)
- Update FreeDOS to version 1.3
- Add bypass of Windows 11 restrictions for in-place upgrades
- Add Miracle Linux 8 to the list of Red Hat exceptions (#1866)
- Other internal fixes and improvements
Rufus 3.17

Release date: Oct 23, 2021.

Official source: release notes.
- Fix MBR not being properly cleared
- Fix commandline hogger not being deleted on exit
- Improve ReFS handling for platforms that support it
- Update UEFI:NTFS to latest and remove Secure Boot notice since this version is Secure Boot signed
- Update Grub4DOS to latest
Rufus 3.16

Release date: Oct 13, 2021.

Official source: release notes.
- Fix ISO mode support for Red Hat 8.2+ and derivatives [#1777]
- Fix BIOS boot support for Arch derivatives
- Fix removal of some boot entries for Ubuntu derivatives
- Fix log not being saved on exit
- Add Windows 11 _"Extended"_ installation support (Disables TPM/Secure Boot/RAM requirements)
- Add UEFI Shell ISO downloads (retroactively applied through FIDO)
- Add support for Intel NUC card readers
- Improve Windows 11 support [#1779]
Rufus 3.15

Release date: Aug 3, 2021.

Official source: release notes.
- Update GRUB to version 2.06
- Add support for `.vtsi` files (Ventoy Sparse Image, courtesy of __@ventoy__)
- Add workaround for openSUSE Live ISOs
- Move default app directory to `%LocalAppData%\Rufus\` and always save a log there on exit
- Fix AppStore version of Rufus not being able to store downloaded files [#1744]
- Fix failure to open Syslinux/GRUB files when Rufus is located at the root of a drive [#1747, #1761]
- Prevent the creation of `System Volume Information` on ESPs written in DD mode
- Prevent drive letter assignation to the UEFI:NTFS partition [pbatard/uefi-ntfs#25]
Rufus 3.14

Release date: Apr 30, 2021.

Official source: release notes.
- Improve DD write speed (uncompressed images only)
- Improve checksum computation speed
- Improve network connectivity detection
- Only prompt for additional GRUB/Syslinux downloads when not writing in DD mode
- Fix potential "loss" of disk after writing Ubuntu 20.10 in DD mode
- Fix GRUB compatibility issue with Ubuntu 21.04
- Fix Rufus MBR not being selected by default for Windows ISOs
- Fix drag and drop being enabled during drive creation
Rufus 3.13

Release date: Nov 20, 2020.

Official source: release notes.
- Add a cheat mode (<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>M</kbd>) to accept disk images without a Boot Marker
- Add marquee operation progress to the taskbar icon
- Add zeroing/image writing progress to the log
- Switch to using `0x55` and `0xAA` instead of `0x00` and `0xFF` for low pass badblock check
- Switch to using fake/manufacturer units when computing the default label
- Fix overnumerous write retries on error when writing a disk image
- Work around Windows' abysmal handling of removable drives that contain an ESP [#1637]
- Improve mounting/unmounting of volumes [#1640]
Rufus 3.12

Release date: Oct 14, 2020.

Official source: release notes.
- Add optional SHA-512 digest algorithm (<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>H</kbd>)
- Add a cheat mode (<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>+</kbd>/<kbd>-</kbd>) to increase/decrease application priority
- Enable direct provision of `install.wim`/`install.esd` for Windows To Go
- Move Windows To Go ESP to the beginning of the drive, on systems that allow it
- Enforce a minimum volume size of 256 MB for `ext2`/`ext3` partitions [#1576]
- Speed up the scanning of ISOs with lots of Rock Ridge deep directory entries [#1575]
- Fix detection of GRUB version and update embedded GRUB for Ubuntu 20.10 support [#1573, #1616]
- Fix user interface labels for accessibility [#1467]
Rufus 3.11

Release date: Jun 18, 2020.

Official source: release notes.
- Add Rock Ridge deep directory support [#1526]
- Add an option to write small ISOs to an ESP (GPT only)
- Add a cheat mode (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>SELECT</kbd>) to extract content from an additional zip archive on top of the ISO
- Add a cheat mode (<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>G</kbd>) to disable Virtual Hard Disk listing
- Add a cheat mode (<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>P</kbd>) to toggle a GPT ESP to Basic Data (Windows 10 only)
- Fix improper x86 32-bit NTFS driver being used for UEFI:NTFS
- Improve UEFI:NTFS compatibility with older UEFI firmwares [#1213]
- Improve startup time by running the ISO download feature check in the background
Rufus 3.10

Release date: Apr 22, 2020.

Official source: release notes.
- Improve support for Ubuntu 20.04 [#1499]
- Improve detection of FIXED drives with no mounted partitions
- Improve `extfs` formatting (courtesy of __Marcos Mello__) [#1516]
- Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to v1.5
- Fix progress not being updated when using the German localization
- Fix primary GPT being overwritten when adding the protective MBR message [#1507]
- Fix a regression with lousy security solutions that prevent the creation of an `autorun.inf` [#1496]
- Fix an assert during FreeDOS drive creation when the Windows system locale is set to UTF-8 [#1468]
Rufus 3.9

Release date: Feb 29, 2020.

Official source: release notes.
- Add `exFAT` support when creating blank UEFI:NTFS drives __[EXPERIMENTAL]__
- Fix `ext2`/`ext3` corruption for partitions larger than 4 GB [#1396]
- Fix early boot files not being usable on compressed `NTFS` partitions [#1381]
- Fix writing of compressed streams that don't end on sector boundary [#1422]
- Fix percent not being displayed on slow format
- Improve file preallocation and speed up ISO extraction (courtesy of __Mattiwatti__) [#1445]
- Improve `ext2`/`ext3` formatting speed
- Improve protective MBR message for GPT partitioned drives
Rufus 3.8

Release date: Sep 16, 2019.

Official source: release notes.
- Fix a regression where some ISOs (e.g. Debian) would produce a Syslinux error when booted in BIOS mode [#1375]
- Fix a potential `0xC0030057` error when trying to create a persistent partitions on a non-FIXED drive (Windows 10 1703 or earlier) [#1374]
Rufus 3.7

Release date: Sep 9, 2019.

Official source: release notes.
- Finalize persistent partition support for Debian and Ubuntu:
- Debian with persistence should work out of the box with any recent Debian Live ISO.
- Ubuntu with persistence should also work __IF__ using a post 2019.08.01 ISO (such as daily-live)
- Note that, because of bug #1489855, trying to use persistence with Ubuntu ISOs that were released before August 2019 will only result in rescue mode during boot - You have been warned!
- Other distros may work with persistence as long as they use a Debian-like or Ubuntu-like method, and, in the case of Ubuntu-like, if they use casper with the #1489855 bugfix.
- Add cheat mode (<kbd>Alt</kbd>) to switch between percent completed/transfer rate/time remaining on __some__ operations __[EXPERIMENTAL]__
- Report `SuperSpeed+` devices in the log (Come on USB-IF, just add _"Ludicrous Speed"_ already!)
- Fix UI checkboxes (`Extended label`, `Fixes for old BIOSes`) being cleared on `START`
Rufus 3.6

Release date: Jul 18, 2019.

Official source: release notes.
- Add support for persistent partitions __[EXPERIMENTAL]__
- (Note: The above won't work with Ubuntu until Ubuntu bug #1489855 is properly fixed)
- Add a mode to use VDS when partitioning/formatting (<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>V</kbd>) __[EXPERIMENTAL]__
- Add full extraction support for `efi.img` (Solus)
- Fix listing of potentially blocking processes
- Fix NTFS not being selectable when using Grub4DOS
- Fix download script not being launched when the user name contains a space
- Fix translated messages potentially being truncated (e.g. Thai)
Rufus 3.5

Release date: Mar 28, 2019.

Official source: release notes.
- Add a feature to download official retail Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 ISOs (Note: _Check for updates_ must be enabled for this feature to be active)
- Add Windows To Go support for MCT generated Windows ISOs
- Add a notice about the `WppRecorder.sys` Microsoft bug for Windows 10 1809 ISOs
- Add a notice about trying to format a drive larger than 2 TB in MBR mode
- Add a notice about Legacy boot when trying to boot UEFI-only media in Legacy mode
- Report the full PID and command line of potentially blocking processes in the log
- Fix a potential silent abort when the drive is in use
- Fix _Quick Format_ option always being activated
Rufus 3.4

Release date: Dec 5, 2018.

Official source: release notes.
- __Version 3.4__ (2018.12.05)
- Set the default image selection directory to `Downloads\` instead of `My Documents\`
- Add ARM/ARM64 automatic update support
- Improve UEFI:NTFS compatibility [#1213]
- Improve access issues by using VDS to delete all partitions
- Update the `.appx` to include all architectures as well as request elevation
- Fix broken detection of some EFI based images
- Fix broken update check due to server switch
Rufus 3.3

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.
- __Version 3.3__ (2018.09.17) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
- Fix a regression when processing uncompressed bootable DD images [#1206]
- Fix Windows To Go drive creation for ARM64 Windows ISOs [#1111]
Rufus 3.2

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.
- __Version 3.2__ (2018.09.11)
- Add RSA-2048 signature validation on all the server downloads [#1172]
- Add "Fast zeroing" cheat mode (courtesy of __René van der Zee__) [#1174]
- Add support for XP/Server 2003 x64 ISOs (courtesy of __Mattiwatti__) [#1167]
- Improve ISO extraction performance by preallocating files (courtesy of __Mattiwatti__) [#1170]
- Improve bad blocks check algorithm (from suggestions by __AL.Skywalker__)
- Fix progress not being displayed for Syslinux or GRUB downloads
- Fix unwanted application close when cancelling an image scan
Rufus 3.1

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.
- __Version 3.1__ (2018.06.19)
- Fix extraction of ISO content for GRUB based ISOs (Manjaro, Kaspersky, etc.) [#1145]
- Fix text being truncated on some dialogs (mostly Russian and Thai)
- Add detection & warning about the _Controlled Folder Access_ Windows 10 feature
- Improve retry attempts for transient errors
- Increase size of the ESP to 300MB, for Windows To Go drives partitioned as GPT
- Update GRUB 2.0 and Grub4DOS to latest
- Update libcdio to latest
Rufus 3.0

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.
- __Version 3.0__ (2018.05.29)
- UI redesign to follow the flow of user operations (with thanks to __Fahad Al-Riyami__ for the concept) [#117]
- Drop XP and Vista platform support
- Switch all downloads to SSL and use as the new base URL
- Add ARM64 support for UEFI:NTFS
- Fix delays when querying floppy drives during device enumeration
- Improve support of `efi.img` files on Linux ISOs
- Improve support for non-ISO9660 compliant openSUSE Leap ISOs [#1136]
Rufus 2.18

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.
- __Version 2.18__ (2017.11.07)
- Ensure that the same drive is reselected on device refresh
- Add a cheat mode to cycle the USB port of currently selected device
- Make lookup for updatable .cfg file more generic (e.g. ESET SysRescue) [#1013]
- Fix handling of multiextent ISOs (e.g. BlackArch Linux) [#1007]
- Fix propagation of image decompression errors [#1040]
- Update grub4dos to latest
- __IMPORTANT: THIS IS THE LAST RELEASE TO SUPPORT WINDOWS XP AND WINDOWS VISTA
Rufus 2.17

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.
- __Version 2.17__ (2017.09.12)
- Add support for Debian 9 live ISOs in UEFI mode
- Add support for _Super Floppy Disk_ "partitioning" mode
- Add support for more non-USB card readers [#994] [#998]
- Strengthen download update checks, to prevent attack scenarios that leverage user unawareness [#1009]
- Fix an issue with Spanish translation prompts not displaying properly
- Fix an issue with Windows To Go support on some non-official Windows ISOs [#991]
- Fix an issue with log autoscrolling
Rufus 2.16

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.
- __Version 2.16__ (2017.07.31)
- Add an audiovisual cue on completion/error [#973]
- Add a workaround for ISOs using nonstandard Rock Ridge extensions (looking at you Kali Linux!)
- Notify user when an ISO is broken or truncated [#963]
- Notify user if other processes are accessing the drive before format [#773]
- List processes that are locking a drive on failure
- Improve verbosity of the Windows To Go process
- Other fixes and improvements
Rufus 2.15

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.
- __Version 2.15__ (2017.05.17)
- Fix non-listing of drives that are opened for write access by another process
- Report external processes that may be preventing disk access (in the log)
- Improve Windows To Go support for Windows 10 Creators Update [#931]
- Don't report an error on checkdisk failure
- Update GRUB 2.0 and Grub4DOS to latest
- Other fixes and improvements
Rufus 2.14

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.
- __Version 2.14__ (2017.04.10) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
- Fix inability to create BIOS-bootable drives, in some circumstances, due to write sharing permissions [#924]
Rufus 2.13

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.
- __Version 2.13__ (2017.04.06)
- Preserve _'GPT for UEFI'_ option if the user changed it before selecting an ISO
- Fix unwanted notification sound when closing with the X button [#893]
- Fix inability to restore the minimized application after a popup is displayed [#896]
- Fix an issue when trying to install Syslinux/NTFS twice in a row [#904]
- Work around Microsoft's inconsistent casing of device IDs during device enumeration
- Work around Microsoft's aggressive locking of partitions in Windows 10 Creators Update [#883]
- Restrict write sharing permissions when accessing a device
Rufus 2.12

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.

Concise changelog notes have not been added for this version yet.
Rufus 2.11

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.

Concise changelog notes have not been added for this version yet.
Rufus 2.10

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.

Concise changelog notes have not been added for this version yet.
Rufus 2.9

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.

Concise changelog notes have not been added for this version yet.
Rufus 2.8

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.

Concise changelog notes have not been added for this version yet.
Rufus 2.7

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.

Concise changelog notes have not been added for this version yet.
Rufus 2.6

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

Official source: release notes.

Concise changelog notes have not been added for this version yet.
Rufus 2.5

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

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Rufus 2.4

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

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Rufus 2.3

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

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Rufus 2.2

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

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Rufus 2.1

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

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Rufus 2.0

Release date: Oct 20, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.12

Release date: Oct 19, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.11

Release date: Oct 19, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.10

Release date: Oct 19, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.9

Release date: Oct 19, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.8

Release date: Oct 19, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.7

Release date: Oct 19, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.6

Release date: Oct 19, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.5

Release date: Oct 19, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.4

Release date: Oct 19, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.3

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.2

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.1

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.4.0

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.3.4

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.3.3

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.3.2

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.3.1

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.3.0

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.2.0

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.1.7

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.1.6

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.1.5

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.1.4

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.1.3

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.1.2

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.1.1

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.1.0

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.0.7

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.0.6

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.0.5

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.0.4

Release date: Oct 18, 2018.

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Rufus 1.0.3

Release date: Oct 19, 2018.

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Rufus Release History

Rufus 4.15

Rufus 4.14

Rufus 4.13

Rufus 4.12

Rufus 4.11

Rufus 4.10

Rufus 4.9

Rufus 4.8

Rufus 4.7

Rufus 4.6

Rufus 4.5

Rufus 4.4

Rufus 4.3

Rufus 4.2

Rufus 4.1

Rufus 4.0

Rufus 3.22

Rufus 3.21

Rufus 3.20

Rufus 3.19

Rufus 3.18

Rufus 3.17

Rufus 3.16

Rufus 3.15

Rufus 3.14

Rufus 3.13

Rufus 3.12

Rufus 3.11

Rufus 3.10

Rufus 3.9

Rufus 3.8

Rufus 3.7

Rufus 3.6

Rufus 3.5

Rufus 3.4

Rufus 3.3

Rufus 3.2

Rufus 3.1

Rufus 3.0

Rufus 2.18

Rufus 2.17

Rufus 2.16

Rufus 2.15

Rufus 2.14

Rufus 2.13

Rufus 2.12

Rufus 2.11

Rufus 2.10

Rufus 2.9

Rufus 2.8

Rufus 2.7

Rufus 2.6

Rufus 2.5

Rufus 2.4

Rufus 2.3

Rufus 2.2

Rufus 2.1

Rufus 2.0

Rufus 1.4.12

Rufus 1.4.11

Rufus 1.4.10

Rufus 1.4.9

Rufus 1.4.8

Rufus 1.4.7

Rufus 1.4.6

Rufus 1.4.5

Rufus 1.4.4

Rufus 1.4.3

Rufus 1.4.2

Rufus 1.4.1

Rufus 1.4.0

Rufus 1.3.4

Rufus 1.3.3

Rufus 1.3.2

Rufus 1.3.1

Rufus 1.3.0

Rufus 1.2.0

Rufus 1.1.7

Rufus 1.1.6