mbex: New Version (1.2.0) Available
Windows was getting annoyed with some Moodle activities that had very very long names and weird characters 🙁 🙁 . mbex didn’t like this behaviour and took the matter into its own hands. Problems solved...
Category: computing
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mbex release notes (Windows)
[1.2.0.111] – 2022 – 11 – 19 Added Progress indicator for scanning and checking of the backup file Fixed Many times the naming of activities generates long filenames and Windows doesn’t like it. Whenever...
mbex
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