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DevManView Changelog

What's new in DevManView 1.80

Sep 6, 2023
  • Starting from this version, DevManView doesn't request to run as Administrator when your run it.
  • Added 'Run As Administrator' option (Ctrl+F11). You need to use this option if you want to disable/enable/uninstall devices or to view the install/connect/disconnect time.
  • Added /RunAsAdmin command-line option. For using with the disable/enable command-line options.
  • Added 'Black Background' option (Under the View menu). When it's turned on, the main table is displayed in black background and white text, instead of default system colors.
  • Updated to work properly in high DPI mode.

New in DevManView 1.77 (Aug 1, 2022)

  • Fixed bug: <br> tag was added to the XML file if the device name contained new line character.

New in DevManView 1.76 (Apr 1, 2022)

  • Added new quick filter option: Find a string begins with...

New in DevManView 1.75 (Jun 23, 2021)

  • Added option to change the sorting column from the menu (View -> Sort By). Like the column header click sorting, if you click again the same sorting menu item, it'll switch between ascending and descending order. Also, if you hold down the shift key while choosing the sort menu item, you'll get a secondary sorting.

New in DevManView 1.72 (Oct 5, 2020)

  • Fixed bug with sending the devices information to stdout by specifying an empty filename (e.g: DevManView.exe /scomma "" | more )

New in DevManView 1.71 (Sep 4, 2020)

  • Added 'Copy Clicked Cell' option to the right-click context menu, which copies to the clipboard the text of cell that you right-clicked with the mouse.

New in DevManView 1.70 (Aug 12, 2020)

  • Added new columns: Install Time, First Install Time, Connect Time, Disconnect Time.
  • 'Install Time' and 'First Install Time' fields are available starting from Windows 7.
  • 'Connect Time' and 'Disconnect Time' fields are available only on Windows 8 and Windows 10.
  • These new properties are taken from the 'Properties{83da6326-97a6-4088-9453-a1923f573b29}' Registry subkey of every device.

New in DevManView 1.67 (May 29, 2020)

  • Added the 'Uninstall Selected Devices' option to the context menu.

New in DevManView 1.66 (Feb 6, 2020)

  • Added 'Class Guid' column.

New in DevManView 1.65 (Nov 25, 2019)

  • Added option to create a shortcut on your desktop to enable, disable, or disable+enable the selected device (File -> Create Desktop Shortcut)
  • Added 'Automatically start the Remote Registry service' option. When this option is turned on, DevManView temporarily starts the Remote Regsitry service on the remote machine in order to get the devices information from the Registry and then stops or disables (if it was originally disabled) the service when it finishes.

New in DevManView 1.60 (Oct 16, 2019)

  • Added new option: 'Open Device Properties Window' (F2).
  • Added option to create a shortcut to the device properties window on your desktop ('Create Device Properties Shortcut On Desktop').

New in DevManView 1.56 (Dec 16, 2018)

  • Added /cfg command-line option to start DevManView with the specified config file.
  • When disabling/enabling devices from command-line, DevManView now returns the error code (instead of 0 in previous versions).

New in DevManView 1.55 (Nov 5, 2018)

  • You can now change the number of milliseconds to wait between disable and enable actions when using the 'Disable+Enable Selected Devices' option (or /disable_enable command-line option).
  • In order to change it - edit the config file (DevManView.cfg) and change the 'DisableEnableWaitTime' value (The default is 100 milliseconds).
  • You can now resize the properties window, and the last size/position of this window is saved in the .cfg file.

New in DevManView 1.51 (Mar 12, 2018)

  • Added 'Select All' and 'Deselect All' to the 'Column Settings' window.

New in DevManView 1.50 (Jan 4, 2018)

  • Added 'Quick Filter' feature (View -> Use Quick Filter or Ctrl+Q). When it's turned on, you can type a string in the text-box added under the toolbar and DevManView will instantly filter the devices list, showing only lines that contain the string you typed.

New in DevManView 1.48 (Mar 9, 2016)

  • When you connect a remote computer or external Registry file, DevManView now displays the computer or directory information in the window title

New in DevManView 1.47 (Oct 19, 2015)

  • DevManView now displays an error message when it fails to disable/enable a device

New in DevManView 1.46 (Sep 20, 2015)

  • Fixed the problem with 'Put Icon On Tray' option.

New in DevManView 1.45 (Sep 18, 2015)

  • Added 'Show Only Devices With Location String' option.
  • Added 'Auto Size Columns On Load' option.

New in DevManView 1.43 (Sep 18, 2015)

  • Added 'Container ID' column.

New in DevManView 1.42 (Sep 19, 2014)

  • Added secondary sorting support: You can now get a secondary sorting, by holding down the shift key while clicking the column header. Be aware that you only have to hold down the shift key when clicking the second/third/fourth column. To sort the first column you should not hold down the Shift key.
  • Fixed to display date/time values according to daylight saving time settings.

New in DevManView 1.41 (Nov 15, 2013)

  • Added 'Clear Recent Files List' for the 'Recent Disabled Devices Profile' option

New in DevManView 1.40 (Oct 10, 2013)

  • Added /use_wildcard command-line option. You can use it with /disable, /enable, /disable_enable , and /uninstall commmand-line options to specify wildcard instead of full name, for example: DevManView.exe /disable "USBSTOR\CdRom&???_*" /use_wildcard

New in DevManView 1.35 (Oct 1, 2013)

  • Added 'Recent Disabled Devices Profile' submenu, which allows you to easily load the recent 10 profiles you saved.

New in DevManView 1.30 (Jan 16, 2013)

  • Added 'Save Disabled Devices Profile' and 'Load Disabled Devices Profile' options. You can now save the list of all devices that are currently disabled into a simple config file. Later, when you want to load the same disabled devices configuration, you can load the file using the 'Load Disabled Devices Profile' option, and then DevManView will disable all devices found in the file and enable all other devices that are not stored in the file.
  • Added /load_disabled_profile and /save_disabled_profile command-line options.
  • Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option, which allows you to automatically resize the columns according to the row values and column headers.
  • Fixed issue: Dialog-boxes opened in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.

New in DevManView 1.27 (Jul 24, 2012)

  • Changed the Registry key that is used to get the value of 'Device Registry Time 1', under Windows Vista/7/2008. In previous versions, this field usually displayed the same value for all devices under Windows Vista/7/2008.

New in DevManView 1.26 (Apr 17, 2012)

  • Added 'Start As Hidden' option. When this option and 'Put Icon On Tray' option are turned on, the main window of DevManView will be invisible on start

New in DevManView 1.25 (Nov 3, 2011)

  • Added 'Put Icon On Tray' option.

New in DevManView 1.23 (Jun 30, 2011)

  • Added a second Device Registry Time value, which usually displays the installation time of the device.

New in DevManView 1.22 (Apr 11, 2011)

  • Added 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's turned on, the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to make it easier to read a single line.

New in DevManView 1.21 (Mar 18, 2011)

  • Added 'Mark Connected Devices' option. When it's turned on, connected devices are marked with green background color.

New in DevManView 1.20 (Jan 31, 2011)

  • Added 'Open .INF File' option (The .inf file is opened in Notepad)
  • Added 'Google Search - Device Name' for searching the device name in Google.
  • Added 'Drive Letter' column, which displays the drive letter for devices with assigned drive letter.

New in DevManView 1.15 (Jan 10, 2011)

  • Added command-line options to disable, enable, and uninstall a device (Use them very carefully !!) - /enable , /disable , /disable_enable , and /uninstall

New in DevManView 1.12 (Oct 17, 2010)

  • You can now send the devices information to stdout by specifying an empty filename ("") in the save command-line options. (For example: DevManView.exe /stext "" > c:\temp\devices.txt)

New in DevManView 1.11 (Aug 18, 2010)

  • Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.

New in DevManView 1.10 (Jul 29, 2010)

  • Added 'Disable+Enable Selected Devices' option (Disable and then enable again).

New in DevManView 1.07 (Jul 8, 2010)

  • Fixed issue: removed the wrong encoding from the xml string, which caused problems to some xml viewers. Also, removed invalid dot character from xml name of '.inf section'.
  • Fixed focus issue after save.

New in DevManView 1.06 (Mar 28, 2010)

  • Fixed bug: When saving the devices list from command-line, DevManView always saved all devices, without considering the show/hide settings, like /ShowLegacyDrivers parameter.

New in DevManView 1.05 (Dec 7, 2009)

  • Improved the 'Connected' column.
  • Added 'Show Only Connected Devices' option, which allows you to filter obsolete devices that are not currently connected.