What's new in Windows Update Notifier 1.5.0

Sep 16, 2015
  • New design for the "Metro-Style" popup to look more like the metro popup in Windows 8.1
  • Ignore "Windows 10 Upgrade Info" when searching for new updates (see issue 27)
  • Added support for defining "Additional Kb Ids to install" in the settings dialog (see issue 15)
  • Fixed issue 21: Ignore case in path comparison

New in Windows Update Notifier 1.4.2 (Mar 25, 2014)

  • Corrected menu location if the current culture uses a right to left layout
  • Corrected menu location if the taskbar is placed to another position than the bottom of the screen
  • Hide menu after opening the settings dialog
  • Optimizations for different screen resolutions

New in Windows Update Notifier 1.4.1 (Mar 13, 2014)

  • Fixed issue Version 1.4.0 crash by start: WUN crashes after start because of a missing config file.

New in Windows Update Notifier 1.4.0 (Mar 13, 2014)

  • New design for the context menu (which appears when clicking on the systemtray icon)
  • Show the new context menu on left an right click
  • Show number of updates in the system tray icon
  • Added support for the command line argument -settingsFile, which allows to specify a custom settings file to load
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Windows Update Notifier 1.3.0 (Apr 15, 2013)

  • Added "Disable Notification" to the application settings so it will be persisted upon application life time
  • Corrected the kb-id of windows defender updates for windows 7
  • Added Swedish translation
  • Updated Portuguese translation.

New in Windows Update Notifier 1.2.2 (Mar 27, 2013)

  • Fixed popup-position if the current culture uses right to left layout.
  • Changed handling of the -closeAfterCheck command line switch (see CommandLine arguments)
  • Added Turkish translation

New in Windows Update Notifier 1.2.1 (Mar 14, 2013)

  • Set Icon-state correctly after installing updates via the Windows Update Panel
  • Added Finish translation (thanks to Jani Lunden)

New in Windows Update Notifier 1.2.0 (Mar 4, 2013)

  • Added About-Dialog (can be opend by left-clicking on the system-tray icon)
  • Windows Update Notifier now informs about new available releases of the application
  • Added Italian translation

New in Windows Update Notifier 1.1.0 (Feb 21, 2013)

  • Added a new feature, which enables to automatically install Windows Defender Updates
  • Fixed issue 3: Not obeying "Search for Updates" interval

New in Windows Update Notifier 1.0.1 (Feb 21, 2013)

  • Added Portuguese translation (thanks to Igor Rückert)
  • Added Dutch translation (thanks to Dirk Schuermans)
  • Minor improvements to handle too long texts correctly.

New in Windows Update Notifier 1.0.0 (Feb 21, 2013)

  • Updated version to 1.0 as this version is not in test state anymore.
  • Signed the application with a strong key.
  • Added some CommandLine arguments (see CommandLine arguments)
  • Added german language pack (Installation Instructions).
  • Ensure that only one instance of the application is running. If a second instance is started, the settings dialog of the first instance is opened (see issue Cannot access settings).

New in Windows Update Notifier 0.5 (Jan 17, 2013)

  • Added Settings dialog for changing update interval and configuring the app as auto startup.
  • Select between two popup-styles: The Windows 7 Style and the Metro Style.
  • Hide the system tray icon when no updates are available.

New in Windows Update Notifier 0.4 (Jan 17, 2013)

  • bugfix: do not inform about hidden updates (which are hidden via the windows update control panel)
  • added possibility for disabling popup-notification temporarily (updates will be searched but no popup will be shown). Can be useful for disabling notifications during presentations.

New in Windows Update Notifier 0.3 (Jan 17, 2013)

  • popup redesign
  • if connection to the update-service can not be established, retry every 30 seconds. After 10 iterations search every hour for updates.

New in Windows Update Notifier 0.2 (Jan 17, 2013)

  • search for new updates every hour
  • added icons for the three states: searching, updates found, no updates available

New in Windows Update Notifier 0.1 (Jan 17, 2013)

  • informs about updates via a popup
  • enables to open the windows uipdate dialog directly
  • is shown as a icon in the system tray