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MobaXterm Home Preview Edition v26.5_Preview2
(Portable edition)

MD5: cec5a97f021cf48d4bf5f042638d9a2a

MobaXterm Home Preview Edition v26.5_Preview2
(Installer edition)

MD5: 8a6f76f18c942301fbee6c2f7af7a7aa

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Preview version 26.5_Preview2 (2026-07-16) changelog:

  • Improvement: automatic detection of junctions or symlinks used for the slash folder
  • Improvement: added support for WebAuthn redirection in RDP sessions (redirecting Windows Hello requests to the local computer)
  • Improvement: updated the embedded Xorg server to its latest version
  • Improvement: updated the embedded PuTTY-based terminal to its latest version
  • Improvement: updated the embedded OpenSSL library to its latest version
  • Improvement: added support for Ctrl+Mouse Wheel events in VNC sessions
  • Improvement: added support for keyboard shortcuts in VNC sessions using combinations of Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Win, and/or standard keys
  • Improvement: automatically adapts the VNC session size after the remote desktop resolution is changed
  • Improvement: improved copy/paste operations in VNC sessions
  • Improvement: added support for new VNC session encodings: Tight, Hextile, RRE, TRLE
  • Improvement: added support for new VNC session authentication methods: Tight, SASL, UltraVNC, MsLogon2
  • Improvement: several enhancements to VNC sessions for improved speed and compatibility with specific remote servers
  • Improvement: in SFTP sessions, files can now be dragged from the remote server directly into a subfolder of the local browser on the left
  • Improvement: prevented MobaXterm from trying to search for translations files in the installation folder
  • Improvement: added an option to disable all local terminals, including CygUtils and WSL
  • Improvement: added a verification that the CygUtils file has not been altered before unpacking it
  • Improvement: restricted permissions of the installation folder
  • Improvement: prevented MobaXterm from trying to load the "winsta.dll" file at startup
  • Bugfix: the mouse wheel did not work properly in a VNC session on a secondary monitor
  • Bugfix: prevented the clipboard from being held by VNC sessions
  • Bugfix: prevented the "ssh -legacy" command from failing when the server proposed the "ssh-rsa" host key
  • Bugfix: properly handle the DesktopSize encoding in VNC sessions
  • Bugfix: removed an error message that could be displayed when exiting MobaXterm while the "View" menu was still open
  • Bugfix: prevented unexpected word wrapping in the "View" menu title