What's new in ImDisk Toolkit 2024.02.10
Feb 12, 2024
- added traditional chinese language (Hong Kong region)
- updated DiscUtils to .NET 4.8
- minimal recommended requirement is now Windows 7
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2024.01.13 (Jan 15, 2024)
- fix in RamDiskUI: in the synchronization tool, file removal did not work when the data source was an image file (regression from 20211103)
- fix in RamDiskUI: if an image file was used with memory allocated dynamically, "Run after mounting" did not work at system startup
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2022.08.26 (Aug 29, 2022)
- added korean language
- installer: added command line switches to force installation settings
- installer: syntax help no longer requires administrative privileges
- executables are now compiled with MinGW 12.2.1 (instead of 11.2.1)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2022.08.07 (Aug 8, 2022)
- added Hungarian language
- added an icon in context menus (Windows 7 and later)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2022.03.01 (Aug 8, 2022)
- updated to driver 2.1.1 (2.0.9 kept on x64 systems without SHA256 signature support)
- installer: removed the option to disable automatic loading of ImDskSvc
- installer: startup type of ImDskSvc, DevIoDrv and AWEAlloc is now set to manual
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2021.11.03 (Nov 4, 2021)
- RamDiskUI.exe: new dialog box for TEMP variables that allows creating junctions (fix for some MSI installers)
- installer: added an option to create shortcuts for all users instead of current user
- fix for ramdisks: data synchronization could delete files if an error prevented them from being copied at ramdisk creation
- fix in MountImg.exe: drive letter specified in command line did not work in lowercase
- RamDiskUI.exe and MountImg.exe: added a warning in case of lang.txt missing
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2021.01.25 (Jan 26, 2021)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2020.11.20 (Nov 21, 2020)
- Updated russian language
- Fix in the uninstaller: some files were not removed (regression from 20200402)
- Executables are now compiled with MinGW 10.2.1 (instead of 7.3.0)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2020.07.27 (Jul 27, 2020)
- Added brazilian portuguese language
- Config.exe: added an option to avoid Explorer window appearing after volume mounting
- RamDiskUI.exe: tooltips now always appear
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2020.06.09 (Jun 9, 2020)
- added italian language
- installer parameters can now be passed to install.bat
- ImDisk-Dlg.exe: changed notifications while unmounting; this should fix an incompatibility with FreeCommander
- ImDisk-Dlg.exe: while unmounting, dialog boxes are now put above all others
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2020.04.12 (Apr 12, 2020)
- new packages without self-extracting modules
- config.exe: added a command line option to retrieve the version of the package
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2020.04.04 (Apr 4, 2020)
- Removed UPX compression of the SFX module because of antiviruses
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2020.04.02 (Apr 2, 2020)
- Updated DiscUtils: fix for VMDK metadata files larger than 20KB and fix for corrupted GPT images
- Fix in MountImg.exe: VMDK metadata files could be changed even in read-only
- Fix in MountImg.exe: partition display or mounting could fail if DiscUtilsDevio takes too much time to close the image file
- Fix in MountImg.exe: the OK button could stay disabled with the drag and drop of an invalid file
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2020.03.15 (Mar 16, 2020)
- MountImg.exe: added command line parameters
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2019.09.26 (Nov 26, 2019)
- The shortcut for the driver control panel now asks for administrative privileges
- Removed "Request administrator rights in Explorer" from the installer; they are now always required
- RamDyn.exe: performances improved with NT API
- RamDyn.exe: no longer waits for WM_ENDSESSION when executed in session 0
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2019.09.24 (Sep 24, 2019)
- RamDiskUI.exe: renamed Cancel button to Exit
- Fix in MountImg.exe: formatting could fail if the image file was a new created one (regression from 20180917)
- Fix in MountImg.exe: when a non-existent file was selected with the "..." button, the "OK" button was not enabled
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2019.06.29 (Jun 29, 2019)
- Version 20190629
- Fix in RamDiskUI.exe: an error occurred if RamDyn took more than 15 seconds to load an image file (regression from 20160726)
- Fix in ImDisk-Dlg.exe: when unmounting a ramdisk, the prompt to save it as an image file is now displayed even for dynamic ramdisks
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2019.04.19 (Apr 19, 2019)
- fix in RamDiskUI.exe: copied files might have their archive attribute removed even if the synchronization feature is not used (regression introduced in 20190407) - fix in RamDyn.exe: the cleanup function can work not properly (regression introduced in 20190407)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2019.04.07 (Apr 7, 2019)
- Added simplified chinese language
- Executables are now compiled with MinGW 7.3.0 (instead of 6.2.0)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2019.01.30 (Jan 30, 2019)
- - RamDyn.exe: added a command to manually trigger the cleanup function
New in ImDisk Toolkit 2018.12.21 (Dec 22, 2018)
- - updated to driver 2.0.10
- - RamDiskUI.exe: added an information in a tooltip about the incompatibility between NTFS compression and dynamic ramdisks
- - fix in the uninstaller: some shortcuts were not removed (regression introduced in 20161230)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20170706 (Jul 7, 2017)
- RamDiskUI.exe: added a tooltip about the creation of other folders than Temp - fix in RamDiskUI.exe: ImDiskTk-svc service was not created if the system is shut down without closing the GUI (regression introduced in 20160726)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20170407 (Apr 7, 2017)
- fix: missing error handling for process creation could lead to unpredictable results
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20161231 (Jan 2, 2017)
- fix in RamDyn.exe:
- a bug occured with volumes larger than 4 GB (regression introduced in 20161231)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20161230 (Dec 31, 2016)
- RamDyn.exe: fixed a mistake in the syntax help (since 20161120)
- added a shortcut to the homepage in the start menu
- SFX modules: added version number
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20161204 (Dec 5, 2016)
- service start type is no longer enforced if the service already exists
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20161120 (Nov 21, 2016)
- RamDyn.exe: improved cleanup function (Security Margin parameter removed)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20161105 (Nov 6, 2016)
- RamDiskUI.exe: ramdisks are now created at startup even if the source to load content does not exist
- installer: switched back to the original method of shortcut creation
- executables are now compiled with MinGW 6.2.0 (instead of 5.3.0)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20161025 (Oct 25, 2016)
- RamDiskUI.exe: changed the tests and message for the warning about the Windows fast startup feature
- SFX modules: if the %TEMP% folder is invalid, the current folder is now used to extract the files
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20161021 (Oct 21, 2016)
- ImDiskTk-svc.exe: UNC paths can now be used for ramdisk synchronization at shutdown (remote machines may still be unreachable though)
- fix in the installer/uninstaller: parameters used by the driver to mount files at startup were not saved if the user wanted to keep them
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20161017 (Oct 19, 2016)
- MountImg.exe: added an option to mount the image file at system startup
- ImDisk-Dlg.exe: added support for mount points
- fix in MountImg.exe x64: on Windows 8 and later, the drag and drop could fail if the file is dragged from a 32-bit application
- fix in RamDiskUI.exe: Temp folder was not created for ramdisks that have just been created on mount point
- fix in RamDiskUI.exe: the workaround for non visible drive letters in Explorer fails since 20160726 and never worked for other drive letters than R:
- various minor fixes
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20161005 (Oct 10, 2016)
- fix in RamDiskUI.exe: synchronization options were not properly registered (regression introduced in 20160202)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20160917 (Sep 18, 2016)
- added support of NTFS compression
- fix: data synchronization at system shutdown could not working if another ramdisk was defined
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20160908 (Sep 9, 2016)
- new full 64-bit version
- new 7-Zip SFX modules for the installation packages with improved security
- removed support for Itanium CPUs
- installer: added a choice in case of installation in another directory
- installer: changed method of shortcut creation
- installer: renamed setup.exe to config.exe in order to avoid the Installer Detection of Windows
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20160729 (Aug 12, 2016)
- MountImg.exe: a right-click on "Switch to Driver Interface" now displays the main interface of imdisk.cpl
- updated Spanish translation
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20160726 (Aug 12, 2016)
- dynamic ramdisks: TRIM commands can now replace the cleanup function for releasing the unused memory blocks
- fix: data synchronization at system shutdown was not working for dynamic ramdisks that just have been created
- executables now explicitly support DEP and ASLR
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20160202 (Feb 4, 2016)
- updated to driver 2.0.9
- added russian language
- RamDiskUI.exe: added a warning message for issues related to the fast startup feature of Windows
- RamDiskUI.exe: improved tooltips
- fix in General Settings panel: "Restore hidden dialog boxes" button was not working
- fix in ImDisk-Dlg.exe: two buttons were not translated
- executables are now compiled with MinGW 5.3.0 (instead of 4.7.4)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20151213 (Dec 18, 2015)
- updated to driver 2.0.8
- uninstaller: added silent uninstallation
- fix in the uninstaller: some files were not removed
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20151122 (Nov 24, 2015)
- updated to driver 2.0.7
- added german language
- fix in the installer: language was incorrectly preselected on spanish systems
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150818 (Aug 18, 2015)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150809 (Aug 10, 2015)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150805 (Aug 6, 2015)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150804 (Aug 5, 2015)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150802 (Aug 3, 2015)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150729 (Jul 30, 2015)
- MountImg.exe: new mount logic which should fix an issue where partition 1 of some file formats could be not found
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150608 (Jun 9, 2015)
- added ramdisk backup at system shutdown
- RamDiskUI.exe: drive letter used to format mount points is now selected automatically
- MountImg.exe: floppy device type is now preselected for all .vfd files
- removed 24x24 icon size
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150429 (Apr 30, 2015)
- dynamic ramdisks: image files can now be used to load the content
- RamDyn.exe: does no longer require a subsequent call to imdisk.exe (syntax change)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150420 (Apr 21, 2015)
- fix in RamDyn.exe: a crash could occur if the AVX instructions are supported by the CPU but not by the operating system
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150418 (Apr 20, 2015)
- updated to driver 1.9.4
- new dialog boxes for drive letter context menu
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150324 (Mar 25, 2015)
- added Spanish language
- dynamic ramdisks: write speed improvement in some cases when SSE2 or AVX instructions are available
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150316 (Mar 23, 2015)
- fix in RamDyn.exe: cleanup function did not work properly with dynamic ramdisk larger than 2 GB (regression introduced in 20150313)
- fix in RamDyn.exe: error message in case of insufficient memory was not displayed for ramdisks mounted at Windows startup
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20150304 (Mar 5, 2015)
- added partial multiple-language support (with French translation)
- RamDiskUI.exe: access rights of the Temp folder are now explicitly granted to everyone instead of being inherited
- fix: in some cases, a dialog box was displayed at the end of a silent installation (regression introduced in 20140901)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20141217 (Dec 18, 2014)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20141206 (Dec 9, 2014)
- dynamic ramdisks can now allocate memory through AWE
- dynamic ramdisks: minor write speed improvement for new allocated memory blocks
- 32-bit version of RamDyn.exe is now linked with --large-address-aware
- RamDyn.exe: if a command line argument is missing, a syntax help is now displayed
- RamDiskUI.exe: removed "Save as Image File" button (can still be done with a right-click on a drive letter in Explorer)
- minor fixes and improvements
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20141026 (Oct 28, 2014)
- fix: on a new installation, the context menu entry of files was not using MountImg.exe even if installed (regression introduced in 20140920)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20141004 (Oct 6, 2014)
- fix in RamDiskUI.exe: the "Use Awealloc" checkbox was greyed if an image file was selected
- installer: changed file copy method in order to fix an ACL issue on systems with multiple user accounts (only works on new installation)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140920 (Sep 22, 2014)
- updated to driver 1.8.5
- MountImg.exe: if a raw file cannot be mounted by the driver (e.g. partitioned with GPT), it is now mounted through DiscUtils
- DiscUtils library updated in order to fix an issue with the partition sizes in GPT partitioned image files
- removed dependency to the Path environment variable and some executables, this might fix some installation issues
- uninstaller now displays progress status
- minor fixes and improvements
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140913 (Sep 15, 2014)
- fix in MountImg.exe: .nrg files and first partition of multi-partitioned raw image files could not be mounted (regression introduced in 20140221)
- fix in MountImg.exe: some image files could not be mounted with partition number set to 0
- minor fixes and improvements
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140902 (Sep 15, 2014)
- fix: context menus of Explorer was not working properly (regression introduced in 20140901)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140818 (Aug 19, 2014)
- fix in RamDiskUI.exe: in some cases, ramdisks mounted at startup on Vista/7 were not visible in Explorer
- fixed installation issues on XP x64 (regression introduced in 20140307)
- fix: the uninstall did not remove empty installation directory
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140721 (Aug 19, 2014)
- canceled previous change about dynamic ramdisks because of low performances on some machines
- added display of build number in General Settings panel
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140719 (Aug 19, 2014)
- dynamic ramdisks: improved synchronization speed with the driver
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140710 (Aug 19, 2014)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140705 (Aug 19, 2014)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140629 (Aug 19, 2014)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140502 (Aug 19, 2014)
- updated to driver 1.8.0
- minor fixes and improvements
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140323 (Aug 19, 2014)
- installer: changed silent installation method: a command line switch is now used instead of environment variable (use any argument to get informations)
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140307 (Aug 19, 2014)
- installer: updating now asks for a Windows restart if required
- installer: added silent installation (set IMDISK_SILENT_SETUP environment variable to 1 to keep error messages and reboot prompt, or 2 for complete silent)
- installer: if previous parameters are found, the ramdisk service is recreated and started (for ramdisks created with Version 20130905 and later)
- General Settings: added a button to save the parameters (and optionally the TEMP environment variables)
- dynamic ramdisks: performance improvements
- minor fixes and improvements
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140221 (Aug 19, 2014)
- dynamic ramdisk improvement: release of allocated memory does no longer rely only on a timer but can now be tuned by several parameters fix in RamDyn.exe: cleanup of dynamic ramdisk with FAT32 file system bigger than 4GB could take an infinite time
- RamDyn.exe: reduced process shutdown priority for applications that need to access a dynamic ramdisk at shutdown
- minor fixes and improvements
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140216 (Aug 19, 2014)
- fix in RamDiskUI.exe: in some cases, ramdisk was not properly formatted at Windows startup
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140207 (Aug 19, 2014)
- added the ability to define ramdisks on mount points
- changed a tooltip in RamDiskUI.exe to tell that image files are not compatible with dynamic ramdisks
- fix: when a dynamic ramdisk was defined on XP or Vista, system shutdown could be blocked in some cases
- minor fixes and improvements
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140124 (Aug 19, 2014)
- dynamic ramdisks: write speed improvement
- fix: value 0 to disable dynamic ramdisk cleanup was not working
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20140119 (Aug 19, 2014)
- added dynamic memory management for ramdisks
- fix in RamDiskUI.exe: size limits beyond 10 GB were incorrect
- cosmetic: slightly reduced font size of RamDiskUI.exe
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20131026 (Nov 20, 2013)
- Updated to driver 1.7.6
- Minor fixes and improvements
New in ImDisk Toolkit 20130905 (Nov 20, 2013)
- RamDiskUI.exe: added the ability to mount several ramdisks at startup
- Installer: in case of update, options are now checked according to the previous installation
- Fix in RamDiskUI.exe: service used for startup was removed with the Unmount button even if you chose to keep it with the driver dialog boxes
- Minor fixes and improvements