What's new in Dexpot 1.6.14 Build 2439
Sep 4, 2014
- New:
- Taskbar Pager: Show desktop names as tooltips when hovering
- Interpret command line arguments without a running Dexpot instance
- Improved Hungarian language file
- Simplified license key prompt
- Fixed:
- Backslash was lost with network paths in 'Configure Desktops > Start-up'
- DexControl: Improved window closing on excluded monitors
New in Dexpot 1.6.13 Build 2429 (Jun 10, 2014)
- New:
- Dynamic Taskbar Reordering for Windows 8.1
- Per-monitor DPI awareness for further Dexpot plugins
- Ukrainian language file
- Fixed:
- Fixed rare issue with hidden windows after desktop switch
- Improved compatibility for My Avira notifications
- Enhanced handling of Photoshop palettes
- Certain Windows hotkeys could unhide the Dexpot main menu
New in Dexpot 1.6.12 Build 2416 (Apr 1, 2014)
- New:
- DexControl: Keep taskbar visible
- DexControl: Show desktop names
- DexControl, Dexcube: DPI awareness per monitor
- DexTab: Consider High DPI settings
- Updated Chinese (Traditional) language file
- Updated Russian language file
- Fixed:
- DexControl: Enhanced compatibility with high contrast themes on Windows 8
- DexControl: Changing 'Combine same-sized monitor' did not take effect without a restart
- DexControl: Fixed start-up issues with MouseEvents plugin enabled
- DexControl: Rare crash on start-up fixed
- Compatibility improvements for XYplorer
- Enhanced icon recovery after Explorer restart
- Fixed 'Select all items' in Desktop Windows
- Improved Skype compatibility
- Fixed issues when changing switching sounds in Configure Desktops
New in Dexpot 1.6.11 Build 2394 (Jan 9, 2014)
- New:
- Combine same-sized monitors in Full-screen preview
- Restore desktop background on exit
- Hotkey: Restore last minimized window to tray
New in Dexpot 1.6.10 Build 2373 (Sep 21, 2013)
- New:
- Goodbye, lousy UIAccess!
- Fixed:
- Fixed issues with Winamp and Windows Media Player in Full-screen preview
- Hidden desktop icons were made visible again on Dexpot start
New in Dexpot 1.6.10 Build 2369 (Sep 18, 2013)
- New:
- Updated Portuguese language file
- Updated Russian language file
- Fixed:
- Fixed distorted Desktop Windows after changing the window's dimensions
- Hiding the desktop icons with Windows 8 resulted in a Metro-colored wallpaper
- Minimizing to tray did not work on certain 64-bit systems
New in Dexpot 1.6.10 Build 2362 (Sep 15, 2013)
- New:
- DexControl touch support: Pinch to zoom windows and desktops, two-finger tap for tile view
- MouseEvents: Leap Motion Controller support
- Distribute elevated windows without elevating Dexpot
- Find-as-you-type search for Desktop Windows
- Distribute desktop icons via Desktop Manager's context menu
- High DPI support for tray and SevenDex icons
- Hotkey: Close window (On all other desktops)
- Hotkey: Find window
- MouseEvents: Use 'Find window' as corner action
- SevenDex: Context menu - Gather windows, Change desktop name, etc.
- Span wallpaper style on Windows 8
- Call hotkey functions via the command line
- Updated Portuguese language file
- Updated Simplified Chinese language file
- Fixed:
- Winamp was not visible in Full-screen preview
- Fixed wrap around mouse switching
- Compatibility improvements for Windows 8 Metro start menu parts
- Fixed Adobe Reader activation issues with persistent taskbar enabled
- Improved wallpaper preview on multiple monitor systems in Configure Desktops
- Wallpapers in SevenDex weren't previewed properly on multiple monitor systems
- Fixed a delay when enabling Full-screen preview tile view for all desktops
- Minimized windows could wrongly pop up on different monitors in Full-screen preview
- Fixed Desktop Windows gathering windows crash
- Window copies in Desktop Windows overview mode were missing
- Fixed a DexControl crash with unexpected wallpaper sizes
- Improved support for scaled windows
- Plugins were not activated on super slow Dexpot start-ups
- Redraw taskbar on Windows 8 to prevent wrong icons
- Fixed monster font desktop names with different charsets
New in Dexpot 1.6.9 Build 2285 (Jun 4, 2013)
- New:
- Mouse switching follows the Dexgrid rows and columns layout
- Updated Russian language file
- Fixed:
- IObit Start Menu 8 support
- Fixed Taskbar Pager positioning
- Better window recovering after session unlock
- The grinning Dexpot monitor was missing from the profile list screen
- Enhanced fault tolerance for wrong profile data
- Windows moved to previous desktops in Full-screen preview classic mode
New in Dexpot 1.6.8 Build 2266 (May 2, 2013)
- New:
- Updated Portuguese language file
- Taskbar Pager: Do not show excluded monitors
- DexControl: Close windows with middle mouse button in tile view
- DexControl: Start Full-screen preview in tile view
- DexControl: Start Full-screen preview with current desktop zoomed
- Open the Dexpot main menu when another instance is running
- Fixed:
- Fixed issues with RetroUI start menu replacement
- Improved 'Stick to edge of screen' on resolution changes for Desktop Manager
- Dexcube did not ignore excluded monitors when Dexpot was running as admin
- Fixed another plugin activation issue
- Better visualization of excluded monitors in the Dexpot settings
- Improved window recovering after session unlock
- Start button was not hidden on Windows XP
New in Dexpot 1.6.7 Build 2249 (Mar 12, 2013)
- Tray icon action: Window catalog (all desktops)
- MouseEvents plugin: Double tap events - called "Doppeldrücks"
- Back/forward mouse button switching for the secondary taskbar in Windows 8
- Setup accepts parameters '/company=' and '/key='
- Additional log file outputs
New in Dexpot 1.6.6 Build 2227 (Feb 11, 2013)
- New:
- Desktop Rules Run actions support parameters
- Debug option: Leave tokenized windows enabled
- DPI awareness for all Dexpot components
- Fixed:
- The Windows 8 taskbar wasn't hidden correctly
- Some Windows 8 Metro UI elements caused utterly confusing issues
- Taskbar wasn't hidden after a resolution change
- With persistent taskbar enabled, windows did not receive focus after a desktop switch
- Fixed a rare crash while excluding monitors
- Wallpapers stretched across multiple monitors weren't displayed properly
- Improved corner recognition with multiple monitors using MouseEvents
- Fixed issues with hotkeys on excluded monitors
- Minor correction in the French language file
New in Dexpot 1.6.5 Build 2207 (Jan 2, 2013)
- New:
- Dexcube: Fade effect
- Updated French language file
- Updated Chinese (simplified) language file
- Debug option for Foreground Lock Timeout
- Fixed:
- Improved Window catalog window activation to prevent unintended dragging
- Enhanced support for Actual Multiple Monitors' additional taskbar
- Fixed a rare Taskbar Pager crash
- Some windows on inactive desktops were missing in Taskbar Pager
- 7 Sidebar wasn't visible on all desktops
- Start orb was hidden in Japanese Windows after exiting DexControl
New in Dexpot 1.6.4 Build 2186 (Oct 29, 2012)
- New:
- Dexgrid hotkeys: Move window and switch
- Automatically refresh window titles and icons in Desktop Preview
- Updated Russian language file
- Fixed:
- Desktop colors weren't changed when desktop icons were hidden
- Dexpot Updater didn't update several files with the same name
- Fixed UAC Data Redirection issues with the Dexpot Updater
- Desktop icons were missing after Explorer restart
- Enhanced support for larger font sizes in the splash and about dialog
- Fixed a DexControl problem when a primary monitor was excluded
- The contents of excluded monitors in Taskbar Pager were visible for the current desktop only
- Setup added too many shortcuts to Metro start menu in Windows 8
- Improved depiction of windows without or with broken icons in Desktop Preview
- Ability to double-click iconic previews in Desktop Preview led to unexpected behavior
- Improved compatibility with Terminal4Plus
New in Dexpot 1.6.3 Build 2167 (Sep 21, 2012)
- New:
- Choose your tray icon set via 'Settings > Appearance'
- Hotkey: Gather windows
- Hot Corner action: Minimize all
- Dynamic Taskbar Reordering for Windows 8
- Updated Hungarian language file
- Fixed:
- Improved compatibility with Stardock Start8
- Hidden desktop icons became visible after exiting Dexpot
- Program icons in Desktop Manager's context menu were missing
- Customized icons in Desktop Manager weren't displayed until restart
- Fixed whitespace issue with desktop folders' names when icon customization enabled
- Changes to the master password weren't saved properly
- Improved double-click behavior for Dexpot tray icons in "One icon per desktop" mode
New in Dexpot 1.6.2 Build 2143 (Sep 5, 2012)
- Better readability of both systray and SevenDex icons
- Auto start option for Desktop Slideshow
- Desktop Preview: Adjustable auto-hide delay (via registry key 'VorschauAutoHideDelay')
- Windows 8 support
New in Dexpot 1.6.1 Build 2121 (Jul 26, 2012)
- New:
- Updated Portuguese language file
- Setup prompts for Dexpot profiles (*.dxp) file association
- Fixed:
- Hotkeys could trigger DexControl functions
- Fixed an issue where the original taskbar size was not restored
- Fixed loading rules from profiles
New in Dexpot 1.6.0 Build 2116 (Jul 16, 2012)
- New
- DexControl: Interactive Full-screen preview and integrated Window catalog
- Multiple monitor support
- Icon customization: Create a separate folder for each desktop
- MouseEvents plugin: Hot Corners & Mouse wheel switching
- Ability to exlude monitors from desktop switching
- Assign applications
- Persistent taskbar: Keep all taskbar buttons visible
- Customization of desktop backgrounds for each monitor
- Load Dexpot profiles via shortcut
- Redesigned Desktop Manager and Desktop Preview
- Revised desktop names overlay
- Many beautified dialogs
- Fancy new icons almost everywhere
- Redesigned About dialog
- Plugin API extensions
- Hide Dexpot components when a full-screen application is active
- CTRL + Single click on 'One icon per desktop' launches Window catalog for a single desktop
- Automatic recovery of off-screen windows
- Option to allow hotkeys without modifier keys
- Added missing hotkeys, e.g. "Always on top"
- Delete all hotkeys of a category at once
- DexTab Task switcher scrolling capabilities
- DexTab Task switcher drag-and-drop support
- Show empty desktops in DexTab Task switcher
- Middle mouse button closes windows in DexTab Task switcher
- Arrow keys change selection in DexTab Task switcher and Desktop switcher
- Desktop Preview auto-close option
- When disabling the "Always on top" option, the Desktop Manager gets pinned to the desktop
- Wrap-around option for Dexgrid
- Windows can now be dragged along when switching desktops with Dexgrid
- Hiding the system tray on Windows 7 leaves "Show Desktop" button visible
- Fit and Fill wallpaper support for Windows XP and Vista
- Assuming a compatible Dexpot installation is present, dexpot.exe can now be run outside the Dexpot program folder
- Relative paths for portable version
- Automatic transfer of settings when started with an empty portable.ini
- Unicode desktop names and registry access
- Option to disable Dexcube when on battery
- Dexpot64.exe launches Dexpot
- Dexpot Updater can restart Dexpot
- Resizable Desktop Windows
- Easy license key pasting
- 30-day evaluation period for commercial use
- Fixed:
- Fixed errors with windows copied to all desktops, then closed on specific desktops ("Magic sticky")
- Improved compatibility with DisplayFusion 4 Pro
- Fixed Dexcube spinning direction
- Fixed an issue with Taskbar Pager where default settings could not be loaded correctly
- Fixed problem with Remote Desktop windows not being hidden on desktop switch
- Fixed issue with Single Document Interfaces
- Fixed drag-and-drop issues in Desktop Preview
New in Dexpot 1.6 Build 2106 RC (Jul 10, 2012)
- Fixed a crash when clicking a window sketch in Desktop Preview
- Pro version detection fixed in Dexpot Updater
New in Dexpot 1.6 Build 2101 RC (Jul 10, 2012)
- Switching sounds are back
- Display Dual Monitor Taskbar on all desktops
- Disable DexControl if Direct2D is not available on Windows Vista
- Improved handling of windows on monitors excluded from switching in Desktop Preview
- At least one monitor must be enabled in 'Settings > Switching Desktops > Monitors'
- Fixed an issue where copying or moving windows made Dexpot switch to another desktop
- Some moved or copied windows were repositioned to the upper left of the screen
- Removed vertical bar in the desktop name on-screen display
- Fixed a bug in the version compatibility check for plugins
New in Dexpot 1.5.18 Build 2098 (Jul 5, 2012)
- Features:
- Display Dual Monitor Taskbar on all desktops
- This last build of Dexpot 1.5 accepts 1.6 Pro license keys
- Bugs:
- Fixed a problem that occured when aborting a desktop switch to a password-protected desktop
- Fixed gathering windows while moving windows in Desktop Preview
- Plugins are no longer loaded automatically on incompatible Windows versions
- Desktop Manager sometimes displayed wrong icons with 'Show icons of active windows' enabled
- Fixed problem with "no windows" line missing from empty desktops' menus in Desktop Manager
New in Dexpot 1.6 Build 2075 Beta (Jun 27, 2012)
- Keyboard controls for DexControl:
- Arrow keys: Select desktop or window
- CTRL + Arrow keys: Select monitor
- RETURN: Switch to selected desktop/window
- DEL: Close window
- Z: Zoom a desktop
- T: Tile up a single desktop
- SHIFT + T: Tile up all desktops
- Numeric keys: Switch to desktop 1 to 9 (Window catalog: Switch to window 1 to 9)
- DexControl can now show windows on excluded monitors (plus option to disable DexControl on such monitors)
- Improved visibility of desktops with black background color in Full-screen preview
- Window catalog for active application
- DexControl animation speed setting
- Option to hide window labels in DexControl tile view
- Option to switch to an assigned application's desktop when started or activated
- Option to disable full-screen detection ('Settings > Appearance > Full-screen applications')
- CTRL + Single click on 'One icon per desktop' launches Window catalog for a single desktop
- Window tooltips are back in 'Desktop Preview'
- Beautified 'Wallpaper Clock' plugin
- Quickly assign applications via numeric keys
- Automatic recovery of off-screen windows
- 30-day evaluation period for commercial use
- Automatic transfer of settings when started with an empty portable.ini
- Fixed DexControl crash on resolution changes and resuming from standby
- Fixed disappearing windows when using DexControl
- Cropped windows in DexControl weren't displayed properly
- Fixed errors with windows copied to all desktops, then closed on specific desktops ("Magic sticky")
- Desktop Manager' sometimes displayed wrong icons with 'Show icons of active windows' enabled
- Fixed window dragging in 'Desktop Preview' on multi-monitor systems
- Windows from password-protected desktops were gathered on the active desktop when using DexControl
- Fixed an issue with 'Taskbar Pager' where default settings could not be loaded correctly
- Plugins are no longer loaded automatically on incompatible Windows versions
- Minimized windows could be displayed as 'Icons' in Desktop Preview instead of 'Window sketches'
- Fixed display errors using classic Full-screen preview with background customization enabled
- Fixed restoring hidden windows in 'Desktop Windows' when using the persistent taskbar feature
- Application assignments were not affected by desktop reordering
- Fixed Wallpaper Clock crashes when changing the number of desktops
- Fixed flickering of Desktop Preview window in DexControl
- Fixed problem with "no windows" line missing from empty desktops' menus in Desktop Manager
New in Dexpot 1.5.17 Build 1991 (May 30, 2012)
- Fixed double-click action for the additional button in the Desktop Manager
New in Dexpot 1.5.17 Build 1976 (May 25, 2012)
- Features:
- New Serbian (Cyrillic and Latin) translations
- Updated Chinese (simplified) translation
- Bugs:
- Fixed a compatibility problem with Skype
- Fixed a compatibility problem with TeamViewer
- Fixed character set problems in Desktop Preview, Window Catalog, some plugins and the updater
- AutoRule windows could not be activated immediately after opening
- Some dialogs could be closed unintentionally by pressing an ESC key combination
- Tray icon tooltips were not refreshed after changing desktop names
- Fixed a crash when using the up/down selection controls in the settings dialog with certain values
- Fixed a crash when using the additional Desktop Manager button to close the manager
- Fixed a problem with empty desktop backgrounds after increasing the number of desktops
- Dexpot dialogs opened via command line switch were sometimes not focused
- Fixed icon quality issues with some applications in the Taskbar Pager
- Taskbar Pager initially only showed the contents of the current desktop
- Fixed appearance of the Taskbar Pager on themed taskbars with Aero disabled
- Fixed a bug with selecting the interval in the Desktop Slideshow plugin
New in Dexpot 1.5.16 Build 1853 (Mar 21, 2012)
- Features:
- Automatic Rules to save and restore sessions of certain applications
- Customization options for OEM version
- New Greek translation
- Bugs:
- Fixed a rare crash problem on Windows XP
- Fixed problem with lost windows when using certain plugins
- Fixed problem with duplicated windows when using certain plugins
- Windows of full-screen applications were missing from the live full-screen preview
- Fixed a compatibility problem with EasyCODE
- Fixed a compatibility problem with Fences
- Fixed a compatibility problem with HP Remote Graphics
- Fixed a compatibility problem with PowerPoint
- Fixed a compatibility problem with TeamViewer 7
- Fixed issues with language files using character sets for non-Latin alphabets
New in Dexpot 1.5.15 Build 1799 (Jan 17, 2012)
- Features:
- Desktop rules with regular expressions
- Bugs:
- Windows of some applications were closed on desktop switch
- Certain windows no longer appear on all desktops
- Fixed system menu corruption after exiting Dexpot
- Fixed sticky user picture when switching desktops with the Start menu open
- Fixed a problem with the hidden window list
New in Dexpot 1.5.14 Build 1777 (Nov 23, 2011)
- New hotkeys "Move window and switch"
- Automatic restoration of window distribution on resume from standby
- Rule files (*.dxr) may contain multiple rules of the same name
- Added some more programs to the default ignore list
New in Dexpot 1.5.99 Build 1722 Beta (Sep 28, 2011)
- Multi-monitor support:
- Systems with multiple screens are now fully supported by Dexpot 1.6:
- Preview features like the full-screen preview and the SevenDex plugin include all monitors
- The animations provided by the Dexcube and Dexgrid plugins are visible on all monitors
- Individual monitors can be excluded from desktop switching
- The desktop background can be customized for each monitor separately
- Application assignment:
- Using the new application assignment feature, programs can be permanently bound to a particular desktop with just a few clicks.
- Persistent taskbar:
- The taskbar buttons of all windows on all desktops can be kept visible in the taskbar. This option is best suited for Windows 7 users who have pinned all their commonly used applications to the taskbar. When a taskbar button is clicked, Dexpot automatically switches to the desktop the corresponding window is on.
- New desktop icon customization:
- The new icon customization creates a separate folder in the file system for each desktop which stores only this one desktop's icons. It is more intuitive and less error-prone than the old approach.
- Hot corners and mouse wheel switching:
- Using the new MouseEvents plugin, Dexpot functions can be triggered by moving the mouse cursor into screen corners. Global mouse wheel shortcuts can be used for desktop switching.
- Full-screen and Show-desktop detection:
- When a full-screen application like a video player or a Powerpoint presentation becomes active, Dexpot automatically hides the Desktop Manager, the desktop name on-screen display, and similar components. If the Desktop Manager option "Always on top" is disabled, the manager will automatically be shown when "Show desktop" (Win+D) is triggered.
- Improved desktop name on-screen display:
- Cleaner, better readability and freely positionable: the improved desktop name on-screen display.
- New hotkeys, title bar actions and rule actions:
- New items include the window command hotkeys and the rule action "Roll up".
- DexTab improvements:
- Windows can be moved from one desktop to another by dragging them with the mouse in the DexTab task and desktop switchers. Thanks to multi-column display and scrolling, the task switcher can now also cope with extremely high numbers of open windows.
- Loading profiles via shortcuts:
- Profiles can be loaded by opening their .dxp files with Dexpot. This way you can create shortcuts to quickly load a particular profile.
New in Dexpot 1.5.13 Build 1721 (Sep 9, 2011)
- Features:
- Dynamic Taskbar Reordering on Windows 7 (courtesy of RaMMicHaeL)
- New title bar action "Close on all desktops"
- New Farsi translation
- Russian translation update
- Bugs:
- Fixed preselection of last loaded profile
- Title bar actions using the right mouse button set window focus
- Certain programs were missing system menu entries
- Common Controls message boxes were obscured by splash screen
- Fixed window roll-up on 64-bit systems
- "Show icons of active windows" ignores Desktop Manager tooltips
- Added Spotify shadow to ignore list
- Fixed minor Window Catalog bug
New in Dexpot 1.5.12 Build 1690 (Jul 18, 2011)
- Features:
- Desktop icon customization distinguishes icons with identical names
- Bugs:
- Fixed Taskbar Pager crash
- Alt+F4 on empty desktops no longer exits Dexpot
New in Dexpot 1.5.11 Build 1648 (Jun 30, 2011)
- Features:
- Dexpot warns about problems with the Common Controls and can fix some of them
- Ability to add and edit start-up items in Configure Desktops by pressing the enter key
- Taskbar Pager now supports right-to-left languages on Windows 7
- Ctrl-right-clicking a window in the Taskbar Pager opens the Dexpot main menu
- Bugs:
- Fixed problem with desktop switching in TeamViewer remote sessions
- Fixed some bugs when moving and copying windows in the Desktop Preview
- Windows arranged using AeroSnap did not show up correctly in the Desktop Preview
- Desktop Preview could disappear when changing certain settings
- Fixed crash when changing the background of "all desktops" in Configure Desktops
- Fixed some visual artifacts in the Taskbar Pager
- Fixed some minor bugs in the Settings dialog
- Resetting all passwords did not correctly clear the master password
- Desktop Manager tooltips no longer show information about protected desktops
- Eliminated excessive disk accesses when using custom icons in the Desktop Manager
- Fixed tooltip window border bug
New in Dexpot 1.5.10 Build 1579 (May 30, 2011)
- Fixed problem where multiple system menu entries were added to windows
New in Dexpot 1.5.10 Build 1557 (May 24, 2011)
- Features:
- New plugin: Dexgrid
- "Define hotkeys" button for plugins
- Turkish translation update
- Bugs:
- Fixed a compatibility problem with iTunes 10
- Fixed initial selection "Last active window" in DexTab task switcher
- Fixed problems with the Windows 7 wallpaper styles Fit and Fill
- Fixed bug causing Explorer windows to disappear when moving them in the Desktop Preview
- Title bar actions didn't work correctly with MS Office windows
- Title bar actions could be applied to the taskbar
- Title bar actions were not refreshed after changing the interface language
- Fixed issues with dragging windows to other desktops using the mouse switch feature
- Some system menu entries didn't work correctly under certain circumstances
New in Dexpot 1.5.9 Build 1503 (Apr 28, 2011)
- Features:
- Improved automatic application of title-based desktop rules
- Added "normal" switching exception to allow overriding of wechsel.ini defaults in mywechsel.ini
- Minor usability improvements in the Desktop Rules dialog and the rules assistant
- Added several desktop gadget-like applications to the default ignore list
- New Russian language file
- Bugs:
- Fixed problems with windows migrating to other desktops
- Fixed compatibility issues with Internet Explorer 9
- Fixed random desktop icon locations after reboot
- Fixed taskbar auto-hide problem
- Fixed problem with plugins not being restarted automatically
- Fixed crash when changing the screen resolution on desktop switch
- Fixed repositioning of Manager and Preview after screen resolution changes
- Fixed problem when indirectly moving windows to other desktops in the Desktop Preview
- Dragging a window in the Desktop Preview could accidentally change the position of other windows
- Fixed manual rule application with certain applications (e.g. NinjaTrader)
- Fixed missing tray icon problem
- Some settings were not saved correctly in the default profile
- Old custom desktop names would be lost when increasing the desktop count
- Fixed some plugin problems when running Dexpot as administrator
- Fixed some bugs in the desktop rules wizard
- Fixed analog clocks in Wallpaper Clocks plugin
- Taskbar Pager configuration dialog didn't work on Windows XP
- Updater no longer starts Dexpot as admin by default
New in Dexpot 1.5.8 Build 1434 (Dec 14, 2010)
- Features:
- Plugin API extensions
- Hungarian translation update
- Bugs:
- Fixed diagonal desktop icon bug
- Fixed Taskbar Pager crash when changing the desktop count
- Fixed appearance of Taskbar Pager on Aero Basic
- Contextual menus in the Taskbar Pager didn't work when running Dexpot as admin
- Fixed wallpaper flashing when switching with Dexcube
- "Hide desktop icons" tool stopped working after a wallpaper change on Vista/7
- Desktop switching using the forward/backward mouse buttons didn't work when running Dexpot as admin
- Esc correctly cancels DexTab
- Fixed positioning of fullscreen preview live windows with certain desktop counts
- Improved compatibility with KeePass
- Desktop Manager no longer restores position on double-click when "Lock position" is enabled
New in Dexpot 1.5.7 Build 1394 (Oct 6, 2010)
- Features:
- Improved desktop switching performance
- Settings dialog for Taskbar Pager
- SevenDex shows number of current desktop when using small icons taskbar option
- Wallpapers transcoded by Windows are automatically copied to the Dexpot folder
- Bugs:
- Fixed taskbar ghost button issue after installation of IE9 beta
- Fixed Z-order preservation for multiple windows of the same application
- Fixed a bug that prevented opening systray info panels when using the Taskbar Pager
- Improved window selection criteria for Taskbar Pager
- Taskbar Pager now works when taskbar is on a non-primary monitor
- Fixed a problem with SevenDex causing random double desktop switches
- Fixed moving back of windows copied by a desktop rule
- DexTab task switcher didn't work after a window had been minimized to tray
- Removed taskbar button of fullscreen preview live windows
- Fixed problems when switching desktops with active fullscreen preview
- Fixed zoom effect in the fullscreen preview for desktops not yet visited
- Fixed "Black-out desktop" on multi-monitor systems
- Fixed a bug that broke certain types of rules when loading them from a pofile
- Fixed default settings for trayicon actions
- "Align to grid" no longer positions icons beneath the taskbar
- Fixed Desktop Preview auto-hide on multi-monitor systems
New in Dexpot 1.5.6 Build 1351 (Sep 15, 2010)
- Features:
- Added Dexpot modules to SevenDex jumplist (right click menu)
- Combined taskbar buttons of Dexpot and SevenDex
- New hotkeys for adding and removing desktops
- New configuration file "mywechsel.ini" for user-defined switching exceptions
- Updated Portuguese and Hungarian translations
- Bugs:
- Fixed disappearing taskbar problem
- Fixed screensaver selection in "Configure desktops"
- Fixed layout of the fullscreen preview when using 9 desktops
- Fixed problem with right mouse button title bar actions
- Fixed hanging taskbar button when moving windows of Delphi applications
- Fixed bugs in the file and color selection dialogs
New in Dexpot 1.5.5 Build 1302 (Jul 20, 2010)
- Features:
- New Taskbar Pager plugin
- Extensions to the plugin API
- Desktop switching by clicking on the taskbar or the desktop with the back/forward mouse buttons
- Bugs:
- Fixed the "Window Catalog (active application)" hotkey
- Better input focus preservation
- Fixed shadow problem with Windows 7 Sticky Notes
- No cross-activation of sticky and ignored windows
- Fixed minor problems when changing the master password
- Fixed readability problems with certain color schemes
- Improved taskbar hiding
- Fixed a plugin password bug
New in Dexpot 1.5.4 Build 1212 (Jun 12, 2010)
- Features:
- New Plugin API functions
- Bugs:
- Fix for sticky window and menu shadows
- Dexcube: Fixed a bug that prevented repeated use of manual mode hotkeys in quick succession
- Improved handling of windows being activated on other desktops
- Window state and input focus are kept more reliably in certain situations
- Correctly restore focus when switching with SevenDex
- Removed unnecessary UAC prompts when changing the "Start with Windows" option
- "Run as administrator" option activated "Hide splash screen" instead on Windows 2000/XP
New in Dexpot 1.5.3 Build 1178 (Jun 4, 2010)
- Features:
- Support for custom tray icons with alpha channel
- Bugs:
- Desktop Rules: fixed a crash when clicking checkboxes when no rules are defined
- DexTab: text was cut off too soon in non-glass mode
- Fixed several problems with activating windows on other desktops on Windows 7
- Some command line switches opened the "Exit Dexpot" dialog in addition to their intended function
- Enabling/disabling the "Start with Windows" option works more reliably in combination with the "Run as administrator" option
New in Dexpot 1.5.2 Build 1162 (May 27, 2010)
- Features:
- Italian translation update
- Hungarian translation update
- Required minimal size for windows in the Window Catalog
- Operating system dependent switching exceptions
- Middle click action for Desktop Manager additional button
- Command line options for switching to the next, previous, and last desktop (/next, /prev, /back)
- Unlimited number of windows and icons per desktop
- Compatibility with ZBar
- Bugs:
- More reliable unloading of Hooxpot from other processes
- Fixed several SevenDex start-up problems
- Really fixed the missing desktop bug (no icons, no menu)
- Fixed automatic application of desktop rules after using a browse dialog on 64 bit systems
- Warning during installation/removal when Dexpot is running
- Uninstaller uses language selected in Dexpot settings
- Fixed moving of icons onto current desktop in Desktop Windows overview mode
- Minimized console windows don't appear on all desktops on XP and Vista any more
- Mouse switch distance was off by one pixel at right and bottom edges
- Update wallpaper clocks when switching from a desktop with a regular wallpaper
- Keep list position when refreshing the list in Desktop Windows
- Window catalog respects password protection
- Desktop Manager: windows on other desktops didn't show when current desktop was password protected
New in Dexpot 1.5.1 Build 1109 (May 12, 2010)
- Bugs:
- Update failed if UAC is on and Dexpot runs in a standard user account (Windows Vista/7)
- Uninstaller writes correct Control panel item
New in Dexpot 1.5.1 Build 1101 (May 10, 2010)
- Features:
- Korean translation update
- 'Always on top' option in Desktop Manager
- Restore default icon positions when exiting Dexpot
- Mouse wheel support for task and desktop switcher
- Custom action to perform when Ctrl-clicking a Dexpot tray icon
- New hotkeys to move or copy a window to the next/previous desktops
- Support for wallpapers in PNG format
- SevenDex can launch Dexpot when pinned to the taskbar
- Bugs:
- Fixed several problems with desktop icon customization
- Couldn't disable 'Start with Windows' when running as admin
- 'Hide splash screen' option didn't work in some situations
- Fixed empty drop-down boxes in the rule assistant
- Desktop Preview: fixed 'Auto-hide' crashes
- Dexpot updater is once again able to shut down Dexpot
- Fixed display of hotkey descriptions in the settings
- Fixed taborder in the password entry screen
- Respect password protection in Desktop Preview and in the task and desktop switchers
- 'Auto-hide' option of Desktop Preview follows Fitts' Law
- Compatible with 'Taskbar Eliminator' and 'Start Killer'
- Fixed system menu integration for Google Chrome, Office 2010, and others
- Don't show SevenDex in Alt+Tab
- Fixed various bugs related to customization of the display resolution
- Screenshots were cut off in some components when vertical resolution was too high
- Preserve Aero preview thumbnails of minimized windows
- Limited taskbar re-ordering for Windows 7
- Fixed the missing desktop bug (no icons, no menu)
New in Dexpot 1.5.0 Build 1042 (Nov 13, 2009)
- Features
- Option to run Dexpot as administrator
- Singlethread option for Dexcube
- Initial selection for DexTab desktop switcher configurable
- Middle mouse button as a trigger for mouse switch
- Rule database extended
- New Hungarian language file
- Bugs
- Fixed performance problems with Desktop Rules
- Improvements when running Setup from a restricted user account
- Fixed automatic loading of last configuration in Profile selection
- Changed standard hotkeys (AltGr no longer blocked)
- Move/Copy hotkeys distribute icons only if focus is on desktop
- Fixed Dexcube flip bug
- Highlighting of active desktops no longer gets stuck in transparent Desktop Manager under WinXP
- Fixed black box in desktop name display under WinXP
- Fixed rule GUI bugs
- SevenDex-Peek now works even before the first desktop switch
- More than one admin may autostart
- Fixed white full screen preview - again
- Display iTunes in window catalogue
- Fixed wrong tray icon tooltips after increasing number of desktops
- Copy all desktop autostart windows to all desktops
- Display missing entries in outdated language files in English
- Install selected update immediately after Updexer elevation
- Completed English language file
New in Dexpot 1.5.0 Build 1003 (Nov 1, 2009)
- Features
- Live full-screen preview
- Live window catalogue
- All desktops option in window catalogue
- Zoom feature in window catalogue
- More window catalogue improvements
- New DexTab desktop switcher
- Overhaul of DexTab task switcher
- New processes sticking to desktop (Apothem)
- Automatic distribution of "Desktop Start-up" windows
- Database of desktop rules
- Application of desktop rules re-implemented
- Fenstermitnahme bei Hotkeywechsel
- New Windows 7 wallpaper styles (Fit
New in Dexpot 1.4.2 Build 757 (May 22, 2009)
- Features
- New Polish translation
- Bugs
- Fixed highlighting of multiple desktops in Desktop Manager with transparent background
- No more icon chaos after reboot
- Consider drag&drop of startup entries in Configure Desktops as a modification
- Wallpaper can now be changed when the desktop icons are hidden on Windows XP
- Broadcasting of wallpaper changes made by Dexpot - this time it actually works
- Fixed a compatibility problem with Miranda
- Improved support of languages using Eastern European or Cyrillic character sets
- Fixed some Updexer problems
New in Dexpot 1.4.2 Build 691 (Apr 27, 2009)
- Features
- Dexpot Updater
- Ability to take along windows on mouse switch
- Mouse buttons as mouse switch triggers
- Increase desktop work are when hiding the task bar
- Keep selection when refreshing Desktop Windows
- Copy the Settings window to the current desktop when it was opened on another desktop
- Activate window when single clicking on a sketch in Desktop Preview
- Keep windows' tray minimizing state in window distribution
- Edit Desktop Start-up entries by double clicking
- New switching exceptions (ignore and hide in wechsel.ini)
- New and updated language files
- Bugs
- White window drawing problem on Vista fixed
- On Windows shutdown all the icons on the current
- Some settings didn't get saved in profiles
- Some settings were not displayed correctly after loading a profile
- Fixed loading of Desktop Start-up entries from profiles
- Remove old start up entries and rules from portable.ini
- Automatic loading of the last configuration in the profile selection fixed
- Compatibility with some applications improved
- Fixed a memory leak
- Fixed a crash when repeatedly refreshing the Window Catalogue
- Correctly activate icon customizarion when dropping icons onto the Desktop Manager
- Maximizing a window minimized to the system tray removes it from the tray
- The Fullscreen Preview screenshots are no longer deleted when changing the number of desktops
- No more accidental shutdown of Dexpot by pressing Alt+F4
- Check passwords in Desktop Windows
- Select textbox content when entering wrong password
- Don't show contents of protected desktops in Desktop Manager
- Hide the start button on Vista (somewhat)
- Re-enable the button to start the slideshow after stopping it
- Fixed the mysterious problem restoring a maximized window after the first desktop switch
- Respect the group policy to disable the desktop
- Broadcasting of wallpaper changes made by Dexpot
New in Dexpot 1.4.1 Build 553 (Oct 7, 2008)
- Features
- No more restrictions when running Dexpot as administrator on Vista (dexwork/-around.exe)
- Faster switching between desktops with different wallpapers
- Dexpot Portable: use system language as the default language
- Compatibility with CursorXP and -FX: cursor visible on all desktops
- Show Dexpot windows in the task bar by default
- New Simplified Chinese language file
- Bugs
- Dexpot Portable: don't create any registry entries
- Fixed Explorer crashes on Windows 2003 Server
- Dependency on C runtime library MSVCR90.dll removed
- Desktop preview with hidden title bar no longer moves across the screen
New in Dexpot 1.4.1 Build 533 (Oct 6, 2008)
- Features:
- No more restrictions when running Dexpot as administrator on Vista (dexwork/-around.exe)
- Faster switching between desktops with different wallpapers
- Dexpot Portable: use system language as the default language
- Compatibility with CursorXP and -FX: cursor visible on all desktops
- Show Dexpot windows in the task bar by default
- New Simplified Chinese language file
- Bugs:
- Dexpot Portable: don't create any registry entries
- Fixed Explorer crashes on Windows 2003 Server
- Dependency on C runtime library MSVCR90.dll removed
- Desktop preview with hidden title bar no longer moves across the screen
New in Dexpot 1.4.1 Build 528 (Sep 1, 2008)
- Support for 64-bit operating systems
- Dexpot Portable
- More languages supported
- Improved support for Windows Vista
- [Bug 59] Desktop Preview in Vista (Auto-hide)
- Show start button and Sidebar on every desktop
- Autorun Dexpot using the Task Scheduler
- JPEG wallpaper support
- Run Dexpot as administrator (.manifest)
- [Bug 52] Dexpot starts twice after being registered
- [Bug 54] Hide protected desktops in the fullscreen preview
- [Bug 55] Password prompt concealed by fullscreen preview
- [Bug 58] Disabling full screen preview causes desktop preview malfunction
- Sticky menu shadows fixed
- Reordering of taskbar buttons improved
- Don't close windows that are present on the current desktop on shutdown
- Hide fullscreen preview from context menu in preview when fullscreen preview is disabled
- Automatically show content of a protected desktop in the preview after switching to this desktop
- Adjust size of the desktop preview when showing/hiding its title bar
New in Dexpot 1.4 Build 472 (Sep 1, 2008)