DeskTask Changelog

What's new in DeskTask 1.61 SR1

Apr 23, 2018
  • Minor bug fixes

New in DeskTask 1.61 (Dec 29, 2016)

  • Added na option to show countdown (in days) to the header date
  • Reorganized some options
  • Minor bug fixes

New in DeskTask 1.6 SR 1 (May 26, 2016)

  • Fixed: An email as a response of an assigned task would generate a "Method 'FlagStatus' not supported by automation object" error

New in DeskTask 1.6 (May 20, 2016)

  • Optionally show flagged emails from your inbox in the task list
  • Added an option to highlight "today's" appointments
  • Support dropped for Office 97
  • Minor bug fixes

New in DeskTask 1.5 (May 3, 2016)

  • Added a "Transparent Background" option to allow non-transparent backgrounds to the Desktop Window
  • Reorganized options in the the "Desktop Window" and the "Tasks" tabs
  • "Ignore ClearType" renamed to "Ignore font smoothing"
  • Renamed task sort option: "Alphabetically" to "Subject"
  • "Advanced" tab is now longer visible in Windows Vista and later versions
  • Added a tray icon with a more modern look
  • Fixed: Task item background when the option "Color tasks based on selected date" was not set
  • Support for Office 2016 (Outlook v16)
  • Support for Windows 10
  • Minor bug fixes

New in DeskTask 1.41 (Aug 25, 2014)

  • Added an additional option method to tasks: "Alphabetically", which sorts the Task subject Alphabetically
  • Fixed: Option to show\hide the Desktop window could not be set in the options dialog
  • Updated Polish Language file
  • Added Greek language file
  • Minor bug fixes

New in DeskTask 1.4 (Apr 28, 2014)

  • Added an option to show the calendar and tasks in the tray menu
  • Added na option to refresh the data when opening the tray menu
  • Clicking on the Header of Calendar and task Items with the shift key down executes the respective Outlook interface to create a new item
  • Main desktop window Visibility option is now preserved across sessions
  • Updated the priority icons to the latest version of Outlook
  • Reorganized Options dialog
  • Removed preview from options dialog
  • Fixed: Hide Window was not working properly
  • General Code revision
  • Minor bug fixes

New in DeskTask 1.3 SR1 (Aug 7, 2013)

  • Fixed: Lock Position was not working
  • Minor bug fixes

New in DeskTask 1.3 (Jun 8, 2013)

  • New option to hide main header icons
  • Calendar: Days to show Ahead now supports 0 to show only calendar items from the current day
  • Updated icons to match the new Outlook 2013
  • Fixed: With Outlook 2007 2007 and higher versions installed, clicking on an item launch the respective outlook interface
  • Support for Office 2013 (Outlook 15)
  • Support for Windows 8
  • Minor bug fixes

New in DeskTask 1.2 (Jun 8, 2013)

  • Added an welcome window
  • Added an option for colorize tasks that are due in the current day
  • Added an option to use the same pin to desktop method used on Windows Vista (when using AERO) in older versions of Windows. This should fix issues with multi-monitor Setup's. This option is not available when running AERO on Windows Vista and Seven since it will always be turned on.
  • Fixed: Sometimes the last task item was not displayed in the list (depending on the font name and size)
  • Fixed: Sometimes the font would be transparent on first run
  • Improved compatibility with latest versions of Outlook including Outlook 2010
  • Minor bug fixes

New in DeskTask 1.1 Beta 3 (Feb 20, 2009)

  • Added an option to draw text without Clear Type (Thanks Anon)
  • Added an option to select if task subject (and location) is HTML aware
  • Added an option to specify maximum number of characters a task subject may have
  • Added an option to show an indicator of the current task in calendar
  • Added an option to display the Day name instead of Today/Tomorrow
  • Added an option to hide Calendar/Tasks if no items are found
  • Indent Items option will now only apply to sub-calendar tasks
  • Fixed : Compatible with Vista running the AERO interface
  • Fixed : When "Hide Past Items in the Day" is checked, the calendar task will only be hidden after the current time has passed the end instead of the start time of the task
  • Fixed : When "Show Priority icons" options is set, tasks without icon are now aligned with tasks with icons
  • Fixed : Color All text in task options was not shown if the tasks were clickable
  • Fixed : If right aligned and the size of the items change, the right position was not preserved
  • Fixed : English language file was not uninstalled
  • Fixed : Item click (to open the respective Outlook item) was activated with the right mouse button
  • Added Hungarian language file
  • Updated Chech language file
  • Minor bug fixes

New in DeskTask 1.1 Beta 2 (Oct 7, 2008)

  • + Added an option to draw text without Clear Type (Thanks Anon)
  • + Added an option to select if task subject (and location) is HTML aware
  • + Added an option to specify maximum number of characters a task subject may have
  • + Added an option to show an indicator of the current task in calendar
  • + Indent Items option will now only apply to sub-calendar tasks
  • + Fixed : Compatible with Vista running the AERO interface
  • + Fixed : When "Hide Past Items in the Day" is checked, the calendar task will only be hidden after the current time has passed the end instead of the start time of the task
  • + Fixed : When "Show Priority icons" options is set, tasks without icon are now aligned with tasks with icons
  • + Fixed : Color All text in task options was not shown if the tasks were clickable
  • + Fixed : If right aligned and the size of the items change, the right position was not preserved
  • Fixed : English language file was not uninstalled
  • + Added Hungarian language file
  • + Minor bug fixes

New in DeskTask 1.0 SR1 (Oct 7, 2008)

  • Language Files have been moved to a sub-folder of the main installation dir
  • Fixed : On Windows Vista, Pressing "ALT" on a the about/settings dialog, some controls would disappear.
  • Added Romanian language file
  • Updated translation of Polish language file
  • Updated translation of Dutch language file
  • Updated translation of Traditional and simplified Chinese language file
  • Minor bug fixes