June 2026 (Version 1.44.0, build 20260626.6)

Welcome to Storage Explorer version 1.44.0. This release focused on bug fixes to improve quality and reliability of sign-in, AzCopy transfers, and SAS attach experiences.

For the full list of fixes, see the 1.44.0 milestone.

Sign-In and Authentication

• Storage Explorer now recognizes .NET 10 runtimes installed by Homebrew on macOS, restoring sign-in for users on that configuration (#8997, #9008).
• Fixed a "Could not find a WAM account for the selected user" error on Windows (#9060).
• Re-authenticating to an existing account now succeeds in cases where the prompt previously failed silently (#9053).
• Resolved a race condition that produced an immediate re-authentication prompt right after sign-in (#9011).
• Addressed a generic authentication-error path that surfaced for some users (#9006).

AzCopy and Data Transfer

• Upload and download work again on storage accounts that have a SAS expiration policy enforced (#8845).
• Downloading from a virtual directory whose name is empty no longer fails (#8744).
• The Activities pane no longer goes blank during large transfers (#8986).
• Blob deletes against hierarchical-namespace (HNS) accounts using a container or account SAS now invoke AzCopy correctly instead of silently succeeding without deleting anything (#9048).

SAS Direct Links and Attach

• Attaching with a SAS direct link to a subdirectory now navigates to that subdirectory instead of opening the container root (#9001).

Managed Disks

• The Download command is now disabled for disks that Azure rejects for SAS read access, including disks that are attached, reserved, frozen, or in any upload-related state (#9009). Previously, only attached disks were excluded, so download attempts against the other states failed without a clear reason.