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7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable Changelog

What's new in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.15.1.2 Beta

Mar 17, 2024
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5035845 of Windows 10 versions 21H2 and 22H2, which broke the disable_topmost advanced option.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.15.1.1 Beta (Jan 16, 2024)

  • Fixed the "Combine grouped buttons" option and decombining without labels on Windows Server 2022.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.15.1.0 (Dec 13, 2023)

  • A notice regarding Windows 11: 7+ Taskbar Tweaker doesn't support the Windows 11 taskbar, but some of the tweaks are available in Windows 11 as Windhawk mods. Check out the list of mods, and vote for missing mods that you'd like to see implemented:
  • Windhawk mods for the Windows 11 taskbar.
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5032278 of Windows 10 version 22H2.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.15.0.1 Beta (Dec 6, 2023)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5032278 of Windows 10 version 22H2.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.15.0.0 (Nov 9, 2023)

  • A notice regarding Windows 11: 7+ Taskbar Tweaker doesn't support the Windows 11 taskbar, but some of the tweaks are available in Windows 11 as Windhawk mods. Check out the list of mods, and vote for missing mods that you'd like to see implemented:
  • Windhawk mods for the Windows 11 taskbar.
  • Added support for Windows 11 version 23H2 (build 22631) with the old taskbar.
  • For details, see 7+ Taskbar Tweaker on Windows 11 with Windows 10's taskbar.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.3.0 (Sep 15, 2023)

  • A notice regarding Windows 11: 7+ Taskbar Tweaker doesn't support the Windows 11 taskbar, but some of the tweaks are available in Windows 11 as Windhawk mods. Check out the list of mods, and vote for missing mods that you'd like to see implemented:
  • Windhawk mods for the Windows 11 taskbar.
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5030219 of Windows 11 version 22H2 (with old taskbar).
  • Made improvements to reduce the chance of incompatibilities in future updates.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.2.1 Beta (Sep 6, 2023)

  • Fixed compatibility with Windows 11 Beta Channel (with old taskbar), builds 22621.2265 and 22631.2265.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.2.0 (Aug 25, 2023)

  • A notice regarding Windows 11: 7+ Taskbar Tweaker doesn't support the Windows 11 taskbar, but some of the tweaks are available in Windows 11 as Windhawk mods. Check out the list of mods, and vote for missing mods that you'd like to see implemented:
  • Windhawk mods for the Windows 11 taskbar.
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5029331 of Windows 10 version 22H2.
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5029351 of Windows 11 version 22H2 (with old taskbar).
  • Improved compatibility of the "Standard window menu" option with StartIsBack.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.1.4 Beta (Aug 24, 2023)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5029331 of Windows 10 version 22H2.
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5029351 of Windows 11 version 22H2 (with old taskbar).

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.1.3 Beta (Aug 7, 2023)

  • Fixed compatibility with Windows 11 Beta Channel (with old taskbar), builds 22621.2129 and 22631.2129.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.1.2 Beta (May 19, 2023)

  • Improved compatibility of the "Standard window menu" option with StartIsBack.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.1.2 Beta (May 19, 2023)

  • Improved compatibility of the "Standard window menu" option with StartIsBack.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.1.1 Beta (May 19, 2023)

  • Experimental support for Windows 11 Dev Channel (with old taskbar), based on build 25267.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.1.0 (Dec 23, 2022)

  • A notice regarding Windows 11: 7+ Taskbar Tweaker doesn't support the Windows 11 taskbar, but some of the tweaks are available in Windows 11 as Windhawk mods. Check out the list of mods, and vote for missing mods that you'd like to see implemented:
  • Windhawk mods for the Windows 11 taskbar.
  • Fixed the 32-bit-only incompatibility caused by update KB5020030 of Windows 10 version 20H2, 21H1, 21H2 and 22H2.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.1.1 Beta (Dec 22, 2022)

  • A notice regarding Windows 11: 7+ Taskbar Tweaker doesn't support the Windows 11 taskbar, but some of the tweaks are available in Windows 11 as Windhawk mods. Check out the list of mods, and vote for missing mods that you'd like to see implemented:
  • Windhawk mods for the Windows 11 taskbar.
  • Fixed the 32-bit-only incompatibility caused by update KB5020030 of Windows 10 version 20H2, 21H1, 21H2 and 22H2.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.0.1 Beta (Dec 15, 2022)

  • Fixed the 32-bit-only incompatibility caused by update KB5020030 of Windows 10 version 20H2, 21H1, 21H2 and 22H2.
  • Experimental support for Windows 11 Dev Channel, based on build 22478.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.14.0.0 (Oct 15, 2022)

  • A notice regarding Windows 11: 7+ Taskbar Tweaker doesn't support the Windows 11 taskbar, but some of the tweaks are available in Windows 11 as Windhawk mods. Check out the list of mods, and vote for missing mods that you'd like to see implemented:
  • Windhawk mods for the Windows 11 taskbar.
  • Added support for Windows 10 version 22H2 (October 2022 Update, build 19045).

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.13.0.0 (Jun 19, 2022)

  • A notice regarding Windows 11: 7+ Taskbar Tweaker doesn't support the Windows 11 taskbar, but some of the tweaks are available in Windows 11 as Windhawk mods. Check out the list of mods, and vote for missing mods that you'd like to see implemented:
  • Windhawk mods for the Windows 11 taskbar.
  • Added support for Windows 11 version 22H2 (build 22621) with the old taskbar.
  • For details, see 7+ Taskbar Tweaker on Windows 11 with Windows 10's taskbar.
  • Added support for Windows Server 2022 (build 20348).
  • Made the no_width_limit advanced option less strict to improve compatibility with third party tools.
  • Fixed a rare initialization crash.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.12.3.5 Beta (Apr 16, 2022)

  • An alternative fix for the rare initialization problem from v5.12.3.2.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.12.3.4 Beta (Feb 5, 2022)

  • Fixed a crash on Windows Server 2022.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.12.3.3 Beta (Feb 2, 2022)

  • Added support for Windows Server 2022 (build 20348).

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.12.3.2 Beta (Jan 15, 2022)

  • Hopefully fix a rare initialization crash when the disable_taskbar_transparency advanced option is used.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.12.3.1 Beta (Dec 12, 2021)

  • Made the no_width_limit option less strict to improve compatibility with third party tools.
  • Experimental support for Windows 11 Dev Channel, based on build 22478.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.12.3.0 (Nov 30, 2021)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5007186 of Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.12.2.1 Beta (Nov 28, 2021)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5007186 of Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1.
  • Experimental support for Windows 11 Dev Channel, based on build 22478.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.12.2.0 (Oct 30, 2021)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5006738 of Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.12.1.1 Beta (Oct 27, 2021)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5006738 of Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1.
  • Experimental support for Windows 11 Dev Channel, based on build 22478.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.12.1.0 (Oct 24, 2021)

  • Fixed applying the disable_taskbar_transparency advanced option on Windows 7.
  • Fixed an installer bug which could prevent the newly installed tweaker from launching.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.12.0.1 Beta (Oct 23, 2021)

  • Fixed applying the disable_taskbar_transparency advanced option on Windows 7.
  • Fixed an installer bug which could prevent the newly installed tweaker from launching.
  • Experimental support for Windows 11 Dev Channel, based on build 22478.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.11.3.3 Beta (Oct 17, 2021)

  • Experimental support for Windows 11 Dev Channel, based on build 22478.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.11.3.2 Beta (Oct 12, 2021)

  • Fixed a possible crash with the right mouse button dragging option.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.11.3.1 Beta (Oct 9, 2021)

  • Added support for Windows 11 (build 22000) with the old taskbar.
  • If there are any issues, please let me know.
  • Improved the disable_taskbar_transparency advanced option for Windows 10.
  • Improved the "Drag within/between groups using right mouse button" option by reducing the amount of animations while dragging.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.11.3.0 (Jul 5, 2021)

  • Fixed an incompatibility of Windows 10 version 1909 with the "Combine grouped buttons" option, introduced with update KB5001396.
  • Added an incompatibility notice for Windows 11.
  • The tweaker binaries are now digitally signed.
  • I want to thank Sleeslag for sponsoring the digital signature.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.11.2.1 Beta (Jun 19, 2021)

  • Fixed an incompatibility of Windows 10 version 1909 with the "Combine grouped buttons" option, introduced with update KB5001396.
  • Experimental support for Windows 10 Dev Channel, based on build 21354.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.11.2.0 (Jun 10, 2021)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5003212 of Windows 10 version 1909.
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5003214 of Windows 10 versions 2004, 20H2 and 21H1.
  • Added the sndvol_no_auto_mute_toggle advanced option which turns off automatic change to the device mute status when controlling the volume.
  • Added a Russian help file, by Roman Yarovoy

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.11.1.2 Beta (May 30, 2021)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5003212 of Windows 10 version 1909.
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5003214 of Windows 10 versions 2004, 20H2 and 21H1.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.11.1.1 Beta (May 28, 2021)

  • Added the sndvol_no_auto_mute_toggle advanced option which turns off automatic change to the device mute status when control the volume.
  • Experimental support for Windows 10 Dev Channel, based on build 21354.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.11.1 (May 27, 2021)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5001396 of Windows 10 version 1909.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.11 (May 21, 2021)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5001396 of Windows 10 version 1909.
  • Experimental support for Windows 10 Dev Channel, based on build 21354.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.10.1 (May 12, 2021)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5001391 of Windows 10 versions 2004 and 20H2.
  • Fixed an incompatibility with the "Don't combine grouped buttons" option caused by update KB4601382 of Windows 10 versions 2004 and 20H2.
  • Added the sndvol_step advanced option which allows to control how much the volume changes with each mouse wheel notch.
  • Made the "Reserve empty space on taskbar" option work on secondary monitors.
  • Improved volume scrolling from the notification area on secondary monitors.
  • Volume scrolling: Mute when volume reaches 0% and unmute when it's set to a non-0% value, for consistency with Windows.
  • Fixed opening the correct help file when the program language is Spanish.
  • Fixed pixelated icons with the w10_large_icons advanced option in cases when the tweaker was launched too early (e.g. with a scheduled task).

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.10.0.9 Beta (May 9, 2021)

  • Made the "Reserve empty space on taskbar" option work on secondary monitors.
  • Improved volume scrolling from the notification area on secondary monitors.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.10.0.7 Beta (May 3, 2021)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB5001391 of Windows 10 version 2004/20H2.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.10.0.6 Beta (Apr 8, 2021)

  • Experimental support for Windows 10 Dev Channel, based on build 21354.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.10.0 (Oct 30, 2020)

  • Added support for Windows 10 version 20H2 (October 2020 Update, build 19042).
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4580364 of Windows 10 version 2004.
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4580386 of Windows 10 version 1909.
  • Improved support for UWP apps, now settings such as grouping are applied immediately, no need to restart the apps.
  • Fixed: closing a UWP window could cause the app to re-open.
  • Fixed: if more than one instance of the same UWP app was open, and if grouping was disabled with labels hidden, only the first instance had a visible icon.
  • If dark system theme is used, don't use a custom background to keep the text readable.
  • Changed default installation folder to %LocalAppData%Programs.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.1.7 Beta (Oct 24, 2020)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4580364 of Windows 10 version 2004 and Windows 10 version 20H2.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.1.6 Beta (Oct 24, 2020)

  • Added support for Windows 10 version 20H2 (October 2020 Update, build 19042).
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4580386 of Windows 10 version 1909.
  • Fixed: closing a UWP window could cause the app to re-open.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.1.5 Beta (Oct 9, 2020)

  • Experimental support for Windows 10 Dev Channel, based on build 20231.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.1.4 Beta (Oct 3, 2020)

  • Experimental support for Windows 10 Dev Channel, based on build 20226

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.1.3 Beta (Sep 28, 2020)

  • Improved support for UWP apps, now settings such as grouping are applied immediately, no need to restart the apps.
  • Fixed: if more than one instance of the same UWP app was open, and if grouping was disabled with labels hidden, only the first instance had a visible icon.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.1.2 Beta (Sep 11, 2020)

  • Experimental support for Windows 10 Dev Channel, based on build 20175.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.1.1 Beta (Aug 24, 2020)

  • Changed default installation folder to %LocalAppData%Programs.
  • If dark system theme is used, don't use a custom background to keep the text readable.
  • Experimental support for Windows 10 version 20H2, based on build 19042.
  • Experimental support for Windows 10 Dev Channel, based on build 20161.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.1 (Aug 24, 2020)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4568831 of Windows 10 version 2004.
  • High DPI Support for the main dialog.
  • Fixed a problem which could cause slowdown and beeping on rapid volume change on some computers.
  • Disable tweaker UI when not injected into explorer.
  • An error message is no longer shown if the taskbar wasn't found.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.0.11 Beta (Aug 24, 2020)

  • An incompatibility fix for explorer version 10.0.19041.388.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.0.10 Beta (Aug 22, 2020)

  • More incompatibility fixes for update KB4568831/KB4566782 of Windows 10 version 2004.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.0.9 Beta (Jul 28, 2020)

  • Fixed stuck tray icon after exiting the tweaker.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.0.6 Beta (Jul 27, 2020)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4519978 of Windows 10 version 2004 (20H1) and 20H2.
  • An error message is no longer shown if the taskbar wasn't found.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.0.5 Beta (Jul 4, 2020)

  • Fixed volume mute in advanced options, broke in previous update.
  • Disable tweaker UI when not injected into explorer.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9.0.4 Beta (Jul 4, 2020)

  • Updated experimental support for Windows 10 Dev Channel, based on build 20161

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.9 (Jun 28, 2020)

  • Added support for the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (build 19041).
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4520006 of Windows 10 version 1709.
  • Added advanced options to move the button group containing the active window to the left/right.
  • Extended the always_show_tooltip advanced option to allow to always hide the tooltip.
  • Improved the virtual_desktop_order_fix advanced option to keep the order in more scenarios.
  • Set the tweaker to run at startup when installed in silent mode.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.8.0.7 Beta (Jun 24, 2020)

  • Fixed the "Don't combine grouped buttons" option for the most recent update.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.8.0.6 Beta (Jun 22, 2020)

  • Release candidate support for Windows 10 version 20H1, based on final build 19041.
  • Added advanced options to move the button group containing the active window to the left/right.
  • Improved the virtual_desktop_order_fix advanced option to keep the order in more scenarios.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.8.0.5 Beta (Jun 7, 2020)

  • Improved support for Windows 10 version 20H1, based on final build 19041. Some options still don't work properly, but it should be much more stable.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.8.0.4 Beta (Apr 24, 2020)

  • Set the tweaker to run at startup when installed in silent mode.
  • Extended the always_show_tooltip advanced option to allow to always hide the tooltip.
  • Experimental support for Windows 10 build 19608.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.8.0.3 Beta (Oct 31, 2019)

  • Updated experimental support for Windows 10 version 20H1, based on build 19013.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.8.0.2 Beta (Oct 24, 2019)

  • Minor improvement to the detection of various Windows 10 builds.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.8.0.1 Beta (Oct 22, 2019)

  • Experimental support for Windows 10 version 20H1, based on build 18963.
  • Added compatibility to changes caused by update KB4520006 of Windows 10 version 1709.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.8 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • Added support for the Windows 10 November 2019 Update (build 18363).
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4519978 of Windows 10 version 1803.
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4520062 of Windows 10 version 1809.
  • Fixed incompatibility with Windows 10 version 1909 slow ring insider builds (explorer version 10.0.18362.100xx).
  • Added more detailed descriptions for library loading error messages.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.7.1.3 Beta (Oct 21, 2019)

  • Added compatibility to changes caused by update KB4519978 of Windows 10 version 1803.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.7.1.2 Beta (Oct 21, 2019)

  • Added compatibility to changes caused by update KB4520062 of Windows 10 version 1809.
  • Fixed incompatibility with newer Windows 10 version 1909 slow ring insider builds (explorer version 10.0.18362.10024 and newer).
  • Added more detailed descriptions for library loading error messages.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.7.1. (Sep 29, 2019)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4517211 of Windows 10 version 1903.
  • The volume control options are no longer active when no playback devices are available on the system.
  • Added a Slovak help file and updated Slovak program translation, by Vladimír Kubala.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.7.1.1 Beta (Sep 29, 2019)

  • Fixed incompatibility with Windows 10 version 1903 slow ring insider builds (explorer version 10.0.18362.100xx).

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.7.0.3 Beta (Jul 8, 2019)

  • Slovak translation fixes.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.7.0.1 Beta (Jul 1, 2019)

  • Experimental support for Windows 10 version 20H1, based on build 18922.
  • The volume control options are no longer active when no playback devices are available on the system.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.7 (Jul 1, 2019)

  • Added support for the Windows 10 May 2019 Update (build 18362).
  • Made the volume control option use the modern interface on Windows 10 (can be disabled with the sndvol_classic advanced option).
  • Improved the tray_icons_padding option on Windows 10 to allow to reduce the horizontal spacing between icons.
  • Fixed modern app blurry icons when using the w10_large_icons advanced option.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.6.2.4 Beta (Jun 16, 2019)

  • Improved launching of the modern volume control, making it more robust.
  • Respect the "EnableMTCUVC" Windows registry option and disable the modern volume control if it's disabled in the registry.
  • Fixed occasional tray_icons_padding advanced option anomalies.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.6.2.3 Beta (May 5, 2019)

  • Experimental support for Windows 10 version 1903, based on build 18362.
  • Made the volume control option use the modern interface on Windows 10 (can be disabled with the sndvol_classic advanced option).
  • Improved the tray_icons_padding option on Windows 10 to allow to reduce the horizontal spacing between icons.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.6.2.2 Beta (Mar 26, 2019)

  • Fixed modern app blurry icons for pinned items when using the w10_large_icons advanced option.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.6.2.1 Beta (Mar 23, 2019)

  • Fixed modern app blurry icons when using the w10_large_icons advanced option.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.6.1 (Feb 25, 2019)

  • Added Mouse Button Control and Keyboard Shortcuts advanced commands to manipulate the active window - restore, minimize, maximize, close.
  • Added the show_labels advanced option, which allows to override the system settings to hide/show labels.
  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4482887 of Windows 10 version 1809.
  • Fixed the crash caused by update KB4480977 when the w10_large_icons advanced option is enabled.
  • Fixed an issue when sometimes a maximized window could become unmaximized when scrolling to restore it from a minimized state.
  • Fixed blurry icons on DPI change when using the w10_large_icons advanced option.
  • Fixed a possible explorer crash upon system shutdown.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.6.0.4 Beta (Feb 22, 2019)

  • Fixed the incompatibility caused by update KB4482887 of Windows 10 version 1809.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.6.0.3 Beta (Feb 22, 2019)

  • Fixed the crash caused by update KB4480977 when the w10_large_icons advanced option is enabled.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.6.0.2 Beta (Feb 22, 2019)

  • Added Mouse Button Control and Keyboard Shortcuts advanced commands to manipulate the active window - restore, minimize, maximize, close.
  • Added the show_labels advanced option, which allows to override the system settings to hide/show labels.
  • Fixed an issue when sometimes a maximized window could become unmaximized when scrolling to restore it from a minimized state.
  • Fixed blurry icons on DPI change when using the w10_large_icons advanced option.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.6.0.1 Beta (Dec 18, 2018)

  • Fixed a possible explorer crash upon system shutdown.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.6 (Nov 10, 2018)

  • Added support for the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (build 17763).
  • Improved tray icon right click menu position and Taskbar Inspector resizing in high-DPI environments.
  • Improved the w10_large_icons advanced option to prevent artifacts such as a large touch keyboard icon and a large right click menu.
  • Wait until explorer is fully initialized before injecting, should fix the rare "taskbar wasn't found" error.
  • Improved tweaker injection cleanup, which probably fixes a crash when manually closing explorer.
  • Upon an update download failure, show the error code that the server returned.
  • Avoid a possible race condition when updating, which could cause the tweaker to become unresponsive.
  • Portable version: allow to save configuration for AppIDs that contain the '=' symbol.
  • Vietnamese translation of the program and the help file, by Chumeo_di_hia.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.5.0.6 Beta (Oct 19, 2018)

  • Improved support for the Windows 10 October 2018 Update: fixed the "Minimize/Close/Maximize/Restore all group items" options in the Mouse Button Control advanced options.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.5.0.1 Beta (Jul 20, 2018)

  • Wait until explorer is fully initialized before injecting, should fix the rare "taskbar wasn't found" error.
  • Improved tweaker injection cleanup, which probably fixes a crash when manually closing explorer.
  • Upon an update download failure, show the error code that the server returned.
  • Avoid a possible race condition when updating, which could cause the tweaker to become unresponsive.
  • Vietnamese translation, by Chumeo_di_hia.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.5 (May 21, 2018)

  • Added support for the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (build 17134).
  • Fixed: if the "Display seconds on the tray clock" option was used, and a new monitor was attached, the option didn't apply for the new monitor.
  • Added more actions for the drag_towards_desktop advanced option.
  • Minor fixes.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.4.0.2 Beta (Mar 24, 2018)

  • Added more actions for the drag_towards_desktop advanced option.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.4.0.1 Beta (Mar 24, 2018)

  • Fixed combining options incompatibility with a recent Windows 10 update.
  • Fixed: if the "Display seconds on the tray clock" option was used, and a new monitor was attached, the option didn't apply for the new monitor.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.4 (Oct 20, 2017)

  • Added support for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (build 16299).
  • The tweaker now shows a warning message for unsupported Windows 10 builds.
  • Added an advanced Mouse Button Control option to alphabetically sorts group items.
  • When the "Control volume when mouse is over: The notification area" option is on, it is being activated over the clock of secondary monitors now, too.
  • Windows 10: Double/middle clicking the taskbar opens the start menu on the correct monitor.
  • Windows 10 and the no_start_btn_spacing advanced option: clicking on the empty corner now opens the start menu.
  • Fixed the "Combine grouped buttons" option when switching virtual desktops on Windows 10.
  • Fixed a bug with the drag_towards_desktop advanced option, which could activate unrelated windows.
  • Added a Spanish help file, by Leonel Mira (carpediemando.890m.com).
  • Added a French help file, by Wullfk (easy-pc.org).

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.3.0.7 Beta (Oct 9, 2017)

  • Initial support for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (build 16299)

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.3.0.6 Beta (Sep 17, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug with the "Combine grouped buttons" option and the "Combine when taskbar is full" configuration, introduced in v5.3.0.5 beta.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.3.0.5 Beta (Sep 12, 2017)

  • Fixed the "Combine grouped buttons" option when switching virtual desktops on Windows 10.
  • When the "Control volume when mouse is over: The notification area" option is on, it is being activated over the clock of secondary monitors now, too.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.3.0.4 Beta (Aug 18, 2017)

  • Windows 10: Double/middle clicking the taskbar opens the start menu on the correct monitor.
  • Windows 10 and the no_start_btn_spacing advanced option: clicking on the empty corner now opens the start menu.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.3.0.3 Beta (Aug 16, 2017)

  • Added a Spanish help file, by Leonel Mira (carpediemando.890m.com).
  • The tweaker now shows a warning message for unsupported Windows 10 builds.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.3.0.2 Beta (Jul 19, 2017)

  • Released on June 9, 2017
  • Fixed a bug with the drag_towards_desktop advanced option, which could activate unrelated windows.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.3.0.1 Beta (Jul 19, 2017)

  • Released on June 1, 2017
  • Added a French help file, by Wullfk (easy-pc.org).
  • Added an advanced Mouse Button Control option to alphabetically sorts group items.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.3 (May 21, 2017)

  • Added support for the Windows 10 Creators Update (build 15063).
  • Added the scroll_no_wrap advanced option, which disables the wrapping around behavior for the "cycle between taskbar buttons" option.
  • Fixed a bug in Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which could cause several options to work incorrectly.
  • Fixed taskbar items reordering while applying tweaks in several cases.
  • Fixed for Mouse Button Control advanced options: custom right click actions could cause the taskbar context menu to show up.
  • Fixed a bug which caused the tray_icons_padding advanced option to get reset sometimes.
  • Added Bulgarian translation.
  • Added Hebrew translation.
  • Updated the Polish help file.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.2.1 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • Hotfix: disabling the thumbnail preview on hover caused the preview to not be displayed when clicking on a combined taskbar group

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.2 (Sep 9, 2016)

  • Added support for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (build 14393)
  • Added the following supported values for the Mouse Button Control advanced options
  • volumeicon - allows to customize actions for volume tray icon click
  • showdesktop - allows to customize actions for the Show Desktop button
  • Implemented the virtual_desktop_order_fix advanced option for Windows 10. The option preserves the order of the taskbar buttons when switching between virtual desktops
  • Implemented the tray_icons_padding advanced option for Windows 10
  • Fixed the multipage_wheel_scroll advanced option, which didn't work when the mouse was over the empty space of the taskbar
  • Updated tray icon, with anti-aliasing and better support for high DPI
  • Added Slovak translation
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 5.1.10 Beta (Jun 16, 2016)

  • Fixed the advanced option multipage_wheel_scroll when an item is being dragged.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.5.10 (Apr 8, 2015)

  • Added an automatic update feature, which can be enabled from the settings dialog.
  • Added the disable_items_drag advanced option, which disables the drag operation of taskbar items on the task list.
  • The tweaker now prevents explorer from changing AppIDs of folder windows when the current AppID is a random AppID (random_group_xxxxxxxx). This does not work if the folder window runs in a separate process.
  • Fixed: sometime decombining didn't work when taskbar animations are disabled.
  • Fixed an issue of the MinHook library, which could prevent the tweaker from working.
  • Fixed several crashes.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.5.8 (Feb 28, 2015)

  • Quick fix: fixed an incompatibility with several other tweaking programs.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.5.7 (Feb 28, 2015)

  • Added the no_start_btn_spacing advanced option, which allows to control the spacing size when the start button is hidden.
  • Added a new advanced option, right_drag_toggle_labels, which was always turned on with the "Drag within/between groups using right mouse button" option.
  • Added a new advanced option, show_desktop_on_hover, which makes the taskbar to show desktop when a file is dragged over it (similar to Windows XP).
  • Improved the disable_topmost advanced option in Windows 7.
  • If the file "7+ Taskbar Tweaker.ico" exists, it's used as a tray icon.
  • Finnish translation of the program and the help file.
  • Small fixes.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.5.6 (Nov 23, 2014)

  • Added the "disable_taskbar_transparency" advanced option.
  • Added the "always_show_tooltip" advanced option, which forces a tooltip to be shown on hover, even if the text fits the taskbar button.
  • Improved startup time for the case when only specific, lightweight options are used.
  • Fixed a possible crash.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.5.5 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • Made 7+ Taskbar Tweaker compatible with the 7+ Taskbar Tweaking Library
  • Mouse Button Control: added options to minimize/close all items of a button group
  • Fixed a crash with the "Middle click -> Minimize" option, which wasn't completely fixed in v4.5.4
  • Improved the "disable_topmost" advanced option

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.5.4 (Oct 6, 2014)

  • Fixed the "Combining" option.
  • Fixed a crash with the "Middle click -> Switch to", "Middle click -> Minimize" options.
  • Fixed: the combination of the "Middle click" and "Left click on combined item" options didn't work correctly.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.5.3 (Oct 2, 2014)

  • Fixed a crash (Windows 8.1 Update 1 was not effected).

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.5.2 (Oct 2, 2014)

  • Improved support for taskbar items of Metro applications.
  • Improved the disable_topmost advanced option.
  • Implemented an additional configuration setting for the disable_topmost advanced option, which allows to configure maximized windows to overlap the taskbar.
  • Improved the "Decombine: Active group" option when interacting with the task list (e.g. with a middle click).
  • Improved compatibility of Mouse Button Control advanced options with the following options: Pinned items -> Open with double click, Left click on combined item -> Cycle through windows.
  • Fixed: the scroll_maximize_restore advanced option didn't work correctly for IE (and probably for other programs which use multiple thumbnail previews for a single window).
  • Fixed a crash.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.5.1 (Jun 28, 2014)

  • New advanced option: disable_topmost, which allows you to make the taskbar non-topmost.
  • New advanced option: multirow_equal_width, which forces the items on every row of a multirow taskbar to have the same width.
  • New advanced option: scroll_maximize_restore, which extends the "minimize/restore when mouse is over..." option to switch between minimize/restore/maximize.
  • Fixed a crash for the drag_towards_desktop=5 advanced option on Windows 8.1 Update 1.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.5 (May 13, 2014)

  • Windows 8.1 Update 1 support.
  • I want to thank everybody who donated for the porting effort: Charles George, Justin Shillock (Platypus Man), and other contributors.
  • Improved compatibility with the "focus follows mouse" accessibility option.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented the thumbnail preview from closing under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed a rare bug when the shift or ctrl key became stuck.
  • Fixed: the main dialog didn't look correctly with the classic theme (Windows 7) for the following languages: Czech, German, Italian, Polish, Russian.
  • Fixed: explorer could crash under certain circumstances.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.4.6 (Feb 24, 2014)

  • Fixed the list_reverse_order advanced option for cases where the list contains lots of items and scrolling arrows are added.
  • Fixed, when using mouse wheel volume control: if a dialog other than the volume control is open (e.g. the Volume Mixer), mouse scroll didn't bring it to front.
  • Added a short delay before checking for an update. This might have fixed a crash which occurred when the PC woke up.
  • Fix: after clicking on the taskbar, volume control was launched even if the mouse is not inside the taskbar.
  • Fix: some windows couldn't be restored from the minimized state.
  • Japanese translation

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.4.5.4 Beta (Feb 10, 2014)

  • Added a short delay before checking for an update. This might have fixed a crash which occurred when the PC woke up.
  • Updated Japanese translation.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.4.5.3 Beta (Feb 10, 2014)

  • More fixes to the list_reverse_order advanced option.
  • Fix: after clicking on the taskbar, volume control was launched even if the mouse is not inside the taskbar.
  • Updated Japanese translation.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.4.5.2 Beta (Feb 10, 2014)

  • Partially fixed the list_reverse_order advanced option for cases where the list contains lots of items and scrolling arrows are added.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.4.5.1 Beta (Feb 10, 2014)

  • Japanese translation

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.4.5 (Jan 6, 2014)

  • Hotfix: tray clock wasn't resonsive to mouse hover events.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.4.4 (Jan 6, 2014)

  • New advanced option: list_reverse_order, which allows to reverse the displaying order of items in the preview list. To be used with the option Hovering -> List.
  • New advanced option: w7_show_desktop_classic_corner, which fixes a bug of Windows 7: when the classic theme is used, clicking on the screen corner where the "Show desktop" button is located doesn't activate the button.
  • Mouse Button Control: options to cycle through windows by clicking the empty space of the taskbar.
  • When the Task Switcher window (Alt+Tab) is open, mouse scroll events aren't being captured by the taskbar.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.4.3 (Dec 17, 2013)

  • Fixed: on Windows 8/8.1 64-bit, clicking on a decombined button opens thumbnail preview instead of switching to the corresponding window
  • Fixed: the no_width_limit advanced option didn't work on Windows 7 if the start button was hidden

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.4.2 (Dec 16, 2013)

  • New advanced option: tray_icons_padding, which allows to customize the horizontal padding between icons in the notification area.
  • New advanced option: no_width_limit, which removes the minimum width limitation of the vertical taskbar.
  • When the option to open pinned items with a double click is turned on, it's now possible to launch applications with Shift+click as well.
  • Advanced options now have more priority than regular options, e.g. if you customize the same key in the main window and in the Advanced Options Editor, the latter will apply.
  • The installer launches the tweaker as non-elevated, even if the installer itself was run as administrator.
  • Bug fixes.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.4.1 (Nov 29, 2013)

  • New advanced option: show_desktop_button_size, which allows to customize the size of the "Show desktop" button.
  • Mouse Button Control: an option to terminate the process associated with a specific window.
  • The Advanced Options Editor is now modeless, i.e. doesn't block the main window.
  • Fixed a serious bug which could lead to a crash or a failure to initialize if both:
  • More than one instance of the tweaker is being used on the PC (e.g. multiuser enviroment).
  • One or more of the "Mouse wheel" options is being used.
  • Minimal support for SysInternals Desktops.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.4 (Nov 13, 2013)

  • New option: Hide the Start button.
  • New option: Show Start menu/Start screen on double/middle click on the empty space.
  • This option is also available for the Mouse Button Control and Keyboard Shortcuts advanced options.
  • Advanced Options Editor. (See Advanced options in help file for more details.)
  • New advanced option: drag_towards_desktop, which was available as a check box.
  • It's not available from the main interface anymore, but the new option provides more customization.
  • Mouse Button Control: an option to show thumbnail previews.
  • Fixed: the window background was shown in high contrast mode.
  • Fixed: volume control sometimes appeared in a wrong location.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.3.1 (Oct 21, 2013)

  • New registry option that allows to hide the start button (currently works only for Windows 8.1).
  • New registry option that allows to scroll a multipage taskbar with the mouse wheel.
  • Improved tooltips on hover: removed delay after the first tooltip.
  • Fixed: Taskbar Inspector doesn't overlap the taskbar when it's set to auto-hide.
  • Arabic translation

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.3 (Oct 4, 2013)

  • Windows 8.1 support.
  • Taskbar Inspector: you can use Ctrl+C to copy selected items as text.
  • New registry options, scroll_reverse_cycle and scroll_reverse_minimize, which allow you to reverse the mouse wheel direction for certain tweaks.
  • Fixed a bug that caused taskbar icons to flicker for certain configuration when the taskbar is full.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause explorer to hang when Taskbar Inspector is open.
  • Fixed: Mouse Button Control options didn't work for X1/X2 mouse buttons, and sometimes didn't work correctly for double clicks.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.2.7 (Jul 19, 2013)

  • Labels on thumbnails are now displayed for items that were set to never show labels on the taskbar
  • Added a new registry option, always_show_thumb_labels, which makes labels on thumbnails always visible
  • Greek translation

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.2.6 (Jun 3, 2013)

  • Improved closing with a middle click - if a notification is shown before closing, the window is brought to the foreground.
  • Improved handling of hung windows.
  • Fixed a possible crash caused by the "When not grouping, place new items next to the existing ones" option.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.2.5 (May 14, 2013)

  • Added Keyboard Shortcuts advanced options. See help for more details.
  • Improved reordering between groups using the right mouse button.
  • When closing a window with a middle click, allow it to gain focus.
  • Fixed the tooltip volume control registry option.
  • Added access key shortcuts (Alt+X) to the tray icon right click menu.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.2.4 (May 1, 2013)

  • Made volume control compatible with the Volume Mixer.
  • Reverted a fix for Windows 7, which appears to be incompatible with other apps such as QTTabBar (now available as a registry option).
  • Fix: the option to not show jump list when dragging made thumbnails appear in an incorrect position.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.2.3 (Apr 27, 2013)

  • Registry option: fix taskbar buttons rearrangement caused by hung windows. Enabled by default.
  • Turkish translation of the help file, by Fatih F?r?nc?.
  • Fix: use a more reliable injection method. Previously, the tweaker could silently fail to inject.
  • Fix: wait until explorer is completely initialized before attempting to inject.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.2.2 (Apr 16, 2013)

  • Fixed a serious bug that could lead to an explorer crash when Taskbar Inspector is open
  • Turkish translation update

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.2.1 (Apr 15, 2013)

  • Fix: apply correct width when showing seconds on the tray clock. Mostly affects users of classic theme with small icons preference.
  • Registry option: fix clock width, which is wider than it should be, when using small icons.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.2 (Apr 14, 2013)

  • New option: Display seconds on the tray clock.
  • New option: Don't show jump list when dragging a taskbar item towards the desktop.
  • Simplified Chinese translation of the help file, by horan.
  • Improved the "decombine active group"/"decombine on mouse hover" options compatibility with jump lists.
  • Improved the injection method.
  • Small fixes.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.1.8 (Apr 2, 2013)

  • Quick fix: clicking the clock doesn't work on Windows 7.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.1.7 (Apr 1, 2013)

  • Macedonian translation
  • Small fixes.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.1.6 (Mar 24, 2013)

  • Right Click -> Standard window menu: Applies for keyboard as well (Windows + T -> Menu key).
  • Mouse Button Control: Fixed double click control (See help for more information about the option).

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.1.5 (Feb 23, 2013)

  • Serbian translation

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.1.4 (Feb 11, 2013)

  • Ukrainian translation
  • Czech translation
  • Polish translation of the help file
  • Latvian, Polish, and Russian translation updates.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.1.3 (Jan 25, 2013)

  • Dutch translation of the help file

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.1.2 (Jan 19, 2013)

  • Detect target version from explorer's version info, not from the OS. Now the tweaker works with exotic stuff like Windows 7 explorer on Windows 8
  • Slovenian translation update

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.1.1 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • Hungarian translation, by Tóth Ádám.
  • German translation of the help file, by Daniel Reiners, the first hero to translate the whole help file!

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.0.11 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • Update notification: A checkbox for not notifying about a particular version.
  • Latvian translation
  • Windows volume control (SndVol.exe) runs in higher priority for better performance.
  • Fixed right drag detach on vertical taskbar (“Drag within/between groups using right mouse button” option).
  • Rebuilt the portable launcher to support older processors (versions 4.0.4 to 4.0.10 supported only processors with SSE2 instruction set).

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.0.10 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause a crash

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.0.9 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • Fixed the always-combine option and combining per Application ID in several situations.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 4.0.8 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • Improved the always-combine option and combining per Application ID (fixes combining with a vertical taskbar).
  • Fixed a possible crash when clicking on a pinned item.
  • Dutch translation.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 3.4 (Feb 27, 2012)

  • Option: Thumbnails reordering by mouse dragging.
  • Option: Left click on combined item -> Open last window if inactive, otherwise open thumbnail preview.
  • Option: Toggle mute system volume on empty space dobule/middle click.
  • Update checker.

New in 7+ Taskbar Tweaker Portable 3.3.1 (Jan 16, 2012)

  • Option: Left click on the active thumbnail minimizes the window. Windows 7′s taskbar provides no easy way to minimize a window in a combined item. The whell scroll options help here, but when a mouse wheel is not available (e.g. a laptop), they don’t help much. The new option provides a way to minimize the active window by clicking on it’s thumbnail.
  • Fix: Multiple thumbnails now show up when grouping is disabled. This bug existed since the first version of the tweaker. When grouping was disabled programs which used to show multiple thmubnails for a single window (like IE and it’s thumbnails for tabs) showed only one thumbnail.
  • Italian language.