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BeautySearch Changelog

What's new in BeautySearch 1.17

Feb 7, 2024
  • Compatibility with recent Windows 10 updates

New in BeautySearch 1.16 (Jun 20, 2023)

  • Compatibility with recent Windows 10 updates (1904X.3086+)
  • WMI is no longer used to obtain SID

New in BeautySearch 1.15.2 (Nov 1, 2022)

  • Support for silent uninstall

New in BeautySearch 1.15.1 (Oct 12, 2022)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Removed unnecessary borders accidentally appearing on Windows 10 22H2

New in BeautySearch 1.15 (Aug 22, 2022)

  • Support for Windows 11

New in BeautySearch 1.14.6 (Aug 15, 2022)

  • Compatibility with latest Windows 10 builds

New in BeautySearch 1.14.5 (Jul 1, 2022)

  • Improved consistency with Start Menu in Light Theme

New in BeautySearch 1.14.4 (May 22, 2022)

  • Fixed an issue when a long text could not fit context menu

New in BeautySearch 1.14.3 (May 17, 2022)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed misaligned remove icon

New in BeautySearch 1.14.2 (May 11, 2022)

  • Fixed deformation of icons in context menus

New in BeautySearch 1.14.1 (May 10, 2022)

  • Fixed deformation of icons in context menus

New in BeautySearch 1.14 (Apr 24, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Option to disable Review and Share options for UWP apps
  • Option to disable accent colorized background on builds 1904X.1618+
  • Improvements:
  • Highlighting remove icon on hover

New in BeautySearch 1.13.8 (Apr 18, 2022)

  • ixed controller injection on recent Windows 10 builds and related bugs
  • Fixed the mechanism of returning permissions to Search App files to TrustedInstaller

New in BeautySearch 1.13.7 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved loading speed of Search App on latest versions of Windows 10 (builds 1904X.1618+)
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when BeautySearch was clogging entrypoint file with empty line after each reinstall

New in BeautySearch 1.13.5 (Apr 16, 2022)

  • Fixed detection of System Theme
  • Fixed compatibility with builds older than 1904X.1618

New in BeautySearch 1.13.4 (Apr 12, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved Installer appearance
  • Minor Search UI improvements
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when restoring Modern File Explorer Search could not be re-enabled
  • Fixed an issue when restoring Modern File Explorer Search led to constant Explorer crashes
  • Fixed an issue when 19H2+ Modern File Explorer Search UI Scaling bug mitigation did not work with builds 1904X.1618+
  • Fixed an issue when Installer crashed on first run

New in BeautySearch 1.13.3 (Apr 10, 2022)

  • Fixed keyboard outlines appearance

New in BeautySearch 1.13.2 (Apr 10, 2022)

  • Improved context menus consistency and appearance

New in BeautySearch 1.13.1 (Apr 9, 2022)

  • Fixed numerous user interface issues related to elevation
  • Fixed broken File Explorer Classic Search enabler

New in BeautySearch 1.12.1 (Apr 4, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved recent activity items count adjuster accuracy

New in BeautySearch 1.12 (Apr 4, 2022)

  • New features:
  • BeautySearch will force the Search app to show more or less Recent Activity items depending on Search Window height, which can be changed by resizing the Start Menu
  • This tweak is available on OS builds 1904X.1618 and higher

New in BeautySearch 1.11.1 (Apr 4, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Fixed Microsoft's misaligned jumplist icons in preview pane on builds 1904X.1618+
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when attempt to turn off 19H2+ File Explorer Search led to BeautySearch Installer crash

New in BeautySearch 1.11 (Apr 4, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Support for enforcing Dark Theme for Search Box on taskbar
  • Support for changing Search Box text
  • Support for one-click disabling 19H2+ File Explorer Search Experience
  • Improvements:
  • Improved Light Theme

New in BeautySearch 1.10.2 (Mar 20, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Added proper luminosity for acrylic material in Light Theme to be consistent with the rest of shell on builds 1904X.1618 and higher

New in BeautySearch 1.10.1 (Mar 20, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Re-implemented Light-on-Dark theme for builds 1904X.1618+
  • Improvements:
  • Improved consistency of Light Theme with the rest of shell on builds 1904X.1618+
  • Microsoft is using wrong colors at the moment
  • Improved Dark Theme on builds older than 1904X.1618

New in BeautySearch 1.10 (Mar 15, 2022)

  • Microsoft has released a new cumulative update for Windows 10 (build 19044.1618) into Release Preview channel, which restores acrylic effect that was broken since Windows 10 20H1, adds support for native background accent colorization and updates Search App local instance codebase.
  • This release of BeautySearch adds support for this changes and allows to restore the classic Search Window look by removing new two-panel layout and reducing count of recent activity displayed.
  • After installing the update for Windows 10 and reinstalling BeautySearch, you will get real acrylic effect and proper accent background colorization if enabled.

New in BeautySearch 1.9.1 (Jan 27, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved Top Apps editor appearance
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when changes to Top Apps were not saving

New in BeautySearch 1.9.1 (Jan 27, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved Top Apps editor appearance
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when changes to Top Apps were not saving

New in BeautySearch 1.9 (Jan 26, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Now you can reorder your "Top Apps" section with BeautySearch

New in BeautySearch 1.8.1 (Jan 17, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Dark Theme is enabled by default when System Theme is set to Dark, extending the use of Enhanced Design tweak
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when UWP application uninstall message was using dark color in Dark Theme

New in BeautySearch 1.8 (Dec 12, 2021)

  • New tweaks:
  • Enhanced design tweak
  • This tweak adds more acrylic to the Search Window to make it look more modern like in Windows 11
  • Support for Dark Themed search results with Light Themed apps
  • Now you can use Dark Theme for search results when apps theme is set to light and your system theme is dark - that's how official Windows 10/11 Search dark theme works.
  • To enable this behaviour, change theme from Auto to Dark in the BeautySearch Installer.
  • Improvements:
  • Improved installation process
  • Added some options that allows customization of silent CLI install

New in BeautySearch 1.7.1 (Dec 11, 2021)

  • Console window no longer pops up during the installation

New in BeautySearch 1.7 (Dec 9, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Apply recommended tweaks in silent mode using command line: $ BeautySearch.exe auto
  • Button for clearing Search App icon cache
  • Button for restarting Search App
  • Improvements:
  • Improved speed and accuracy of Fake Acrylic background capture

New in BeautySearch 1.6.3 (Oct 21, 2021)

  • Fixed a regression in v1.6.2 that caused the tile hover highlight effect to not work

New in BeautySearch 1.6.2 (Oct 20, 2021)

  • Improved Top Apps tiles appearance and contrast

New in BeautySearch 1.6.1 (Aug 10, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Installer asks for administrative privilegies on launching
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when installing resulted in error when Fake Acrylic was enabled

New in BeautySearch 1.6 (Aug 3, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Installer default options are now dependent on system settings
  • For example, Installer would not check Accent Background tweak by default if you don't have it enabled for Start Menu, Taskbar and Action Center
  • Added an option that allows to skip wallpaper cropping for Fake Acrylic if you haven't changed wallpaper since the last installation
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when Light/Dark theme was not change

New in BeautySearch 1.5.1 (Aug 2, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved Dark Theme
  • Improved performance by changing theme only on purpose
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when Accent Background was applied in Light Theme

New in BeautySearch 1.5.0 (Jul 31, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Support for different settings for different accounts
  • Improvements:
  • Improved Fake Acrylic wallpaper cropper
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when some elements remained light in Forced Dark Theme

New in BeautySearch 1.4.1 (Jul 13, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved Top Apps Tiles outline look
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when accent background was applied to File Explorer Search
  • Fixed mismatch between script tweak IDs and installer tweak IDs

New in BeautySearch 1.4.0 (Jul 11, 2021)

  • New features:
  • Controller Injection
  • Instant change of Accent Background Color and switching Dark Theme
  • Tweak: Sharp Corners
  • Tweak: Option to make Top Apps look like Start Menu tiles
  • Tweak: Align widths of context menus
  • Improvements:
  • Improved Accent Background Color extraction
  • Improved Acrylic and Fake Acrylic algorithm
  • Improved Context Menu Colors
  • Improved Context Menu Shadows
  • Improved Context Menu Acrylic
  • Improved Context Menu consistency with WinUI
  • Improved Dark Theme consistency
  • Improved Installer UI
  • Explorer Search 19H2+ Tweaks are hidden from Installer
  • Minor bug fixes

New in BeautySearch 1.3.0 (Jul 8, 2021)

  • New tweaks:
  • Fake Acrylic Effect for 20H1+ as a replacement for the broken built-in
  • Mitigation for 19H2+ Explorer Search HiDPI Scaling
  • Improvements:
  • Acrylic support for Dark Theme sidebar
  • Accent color support for Dark Theme sidebar
  • Context menu tweaks are now applied to modal dialog
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue when BeautySearch affected 19H2+ Explorer Search theme

New in BeautySearch 1.2.3 (Nov 1, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed context menus display in Dark Theme
  • Fixed an issue when accent color was applying in Light Theme
  • Fixed an issue when Dark Theme was not applying in force mode

New in BeautySearch 1.2.2 (Sep 16, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Disable "follow system theme" to always show results in Dark Theme
  • Added DPI Scaling support