What's new in Free HDD LED 2.10
Apr 12, 2018
- New vertical window style: drives can be shown in vertical mode (as requested by many users). Option can be found in the Window Style menu
- Removed the donate logo for the unregistered version
- Recompiled with Vistual Studio 2017 / Framework 4.5
New in Free HDD LED 2.03 (May 26, 2016)
- updated license module
- recompiled with Vistual Studio 2015
New in Free HDD LED 2.02 (May 12, 2016)
- fixed the free disk check module which caused a random error on some systems ("free_hdd_led stopped working")
- less cpu usage for free disk check module
- some minor fix
New in Free HDD LED 2.01 (May 19, 2015)
- (fixed) enable big led option don't work in registered version
New in Free HDD LED 2.00 (Feb 4, 2015)
- new option: enable big LED! As requested by some users here is the big LED version - enable this option to enlarge the window
- removed Scroll-Lock blink feature. Some users have reported strange crash on Windows 8 while loading Free HDD LED (due to win32 library compatibility)
- drive letter font for low disk space drive is set to bold
- some fix
New in Free HDD LED 1.98 (Nov 28, 2014)
- main window is no more visible while using ALT-TAB
- (fixed) rare crash while closing the software when the systray icon is re-created
New in Free HDD LED 1.97 (Sep 2, 2014)
- fixed the internal reporting engine
- various code fix & updates
New in Free HDD LED 1.96 (Jun 23, 2014)
- fixed the sms registration engine
New in Free HDD LED 1.95 (Jun 19, 2014)
- added a new registration method: SMS. Useful if you don't have a credit card or PayPal
- new error reporting system engine
- various code fix
New in Free HDD LED 1.94 (Apr 4, 2014)
- updated registration library code
New in Free HDD LED 1.92 (Apr 4, 2014)
- updated registration code
New in Free HDD LED 1.90 (Mar 13, 2014)
- added a new registration method: download a temporary license code!
- removed third bundle software
- updated internal libraries code
New in Free HDD LED 1.85 (Dec 12, 2013)
- option "recreate systray icon after 30 seconds" is enabled by default
- added a skip button in the bundle pre-installation message: the third party software installation can be easily skipped
- various fixes
New in Free HDD LED 1.80 (Aug 21, 2013)
- (fixed) on some systems the systray icon is not visible after Windows logon (common Windows problem...). If you encounter this problem, enable the new option "recreate systray icon after 30 seconds"
- internal code updates
New in Free HDD LED 1.76 (Jun 28, 2013)
- added a new option: always on top (under Window Style)
- internal code updates
- small bugfix
New in Free HDD LED 1.75 (May 21, 2013)
- updated the software installer
New in Free HDD LED 1.74 (May 15, 2013)
- (fixed) software updater may fails to update the exe
- (fixed) sometimes the bundle installer does not detect correctly the end of a successful installation
- updated the software installer
New in Free HDD LED 1.73 (May 10, 2013)
- fixed and updated the software installer
New in Free HDD LED 1.72 (May 8, 2013)
- fixed the software installer
New in Free HDD LED 1.70 (May 7, 2013)
- disk space check: when free space on a drive is less than the one configured, the letter color is changed to red
- added a new registration method: now the software can be registered by installing a third party app. Useful for people that don't have PayPal.
- fixed the software updater check
New in Free HDD LED 1.61 (Mar 13, 2013)
- (fixed) auto updater does not works on Windows 7 64 bit when executed on Windows startup
New in Free HDD LED 1.60 (Mar 12, 2013)
- added a new option (under "Disk space check"): show warning message continuously
- changed the software updater module (fixed a possible incompatibility with Norton Power Eraser - which may report a false positive)
- when a new version is available, the list of latest changes is shown in the same window
New in Free HDD LED 1.50 (Mar 8, 2013)
- added a new option "restore window position" in case you cannot find anymore the window
- new software updater: the next new versions will be downloaded and installed without the need to unzip manually!
- recompiled with .NET Framework 3.5
New in Free HDD LED 1.42 (Feb 28, 2013)
- (fixed) on some systems the window cannot be moved on a secondary display
- fixed a bug
- internal code updates
New in Free HDD LED 1.40 (Jan 31, 2013)
- (fixed) after disabling the monitoring of a specific hdd, the systray icon continue to show disk activity
- reduced cpu usage
New in Free HDD LED 1.35 (Jan 3, 2013)
- floppy disk drive (disk letter A:) is no more scanned
- when plugging an usb drive the system is scanned for the new drive letter for 20 seconds instead of 1 minute
New in Free HDD LED 1.30 (Sep 11, 2012)
- added a new menu option "Rescan drives". This force the software to rescan connected drive
- (fixed) sometimes when plugging an usb drive, free hdd led does not recognize it
- (fixed) sometimes on some systems the drives window is not opened over the others windows
- (fixed) on some systems the check for new versions of startup may fail due to slow lan init (now it will retry for 5 minutes)
- internal code updates
- various bugfix
New in Free HDD LED 1.20 (Mar 20, 2012)
- better window movement handling
- improved error handling when Windows Performance Counter is disabled or corrupted
- internal code updates
New in Free HDD LED 1.10 (Dec 23, 2011)
- added error handling on startup
- some minor fix
New in Free HDD LED 1.08 (Dec 14, 2011)
- added compatibility with My Startup Delayer (if the program is delayed, the option "autostart with Windows" is checked correctly)
- various fix
New in Free HDD LED 1.06 (Nov 21, 2011)
- due to some problems reported by few users, the scroll lock key blink is not enabled by default. It can be re-enable in the options.
New in Free HDD LED 1.05 (Nov 18, 2011)
- (fixed) on multi monitor, when minimized to systray, the program is always visible on the second monitor
- code fix / update
New in Free HDD LED 1.01 (Nov 15, 2011)
- updated the "new version check" module / md5 integrity test
New in Free HDD LED 1.00 (Nov 5, 2011)
- scroll lock key led blink! It's like a real hdd led ... but on keyboard! (This can be disabled in the menu)
- removed "rescan drives" option (it's useless, new drives are detected automatically)
- autostart with Windows is not enabled by default
- some code optimizations
New in Free HDD LED 0.7c (Oct 21, 2011)
- internal code updates for the new domain
New in Free HDD LED 0.7b (Oct 14, 2011)
- updated modules for the new hosting (0.7b)
- (fix) the floating window can now be dragged on the second monitor
New in Free HDD LED 0.7 (Oct 3, 2011)
- (fix) the floating window can now be dragged on the second monitor
New in Free HDD LED 0.6e (Oct 3, 2011)
- the low disk space alert is displayed for two minutes instead of ten seconds
New in Free HDD LED 0.6d (Sep 26, 2011)
- fixed a bug of the new config module (now the new options are saved correctly)
- (fixed) sometimes in a multi user environment the software reports a write error while accessing the config file
- some code fix
New in Free HDD LED 0.6a (Sep 22, 2011)
- new feature! Now you can choose which drives monitor! Look at the menu "disk drives to monitor" :)
- added two new refresh rate: really fast (10ms) and really slow (750ms - useful when using a remote control)
- (0.6a) the new feature "disk drives to monitor" now works also for free disk space check
New in Free HDD LED 0.5a/b (Sep 9, 2011)
- (fixed) on some systems, floppy drive were identified as removable instead of floppy. This caused an abnormal access to the drive during free disk space check.
- free disk space: by default this feature is disabled
- free disk space: the warning message is displayed only one time
- sorry again for the problems about the floppy access, the problem has been fixed
New in Free HDD LED 0.5a (Sep 7, 2011)
- (fixed) on some systems, floppy drive were identified as removable instead of floppy. This caused an abnormal access to the drive during free disk space check. The problem has been fixed
New in Free HDD LED 0.5 (Sep 6, 2011)
- new feature: free disk space monitor! If the disk space goes below the selected value, a popup will appear! This feature works also for pendrives, network drives and TrueCrypt drives
- a tooltip is displayed when checking for new versions
- reorganized the menu
New in Free HDD LED 0.4c (Sep 2, 2011)
- (fix) the donate window will appear only one time per week
New in Free HDD LED 0.4 (Sep 2, 2011)
- recompiled to run in multiple instances (this is a workaround for users with multiple monitors)
- application exe md5 integrity check (always download the zip package from our site!)
- new versions can be downloaded directly from the software
New in Free HDD LED 0.3 (Aug 5, 2011)
- auto rescan for new drives (useful if you plug an usb hdd)
- the window can be set as transparent (3 different levels)
- admin rights check at startup
New in Free HDD LED 0.2h (May 27, 2011)
- Fixed a bug: the "minimize to system tray" option now works also on startup
New in Free HDD LED 0.2g (May 27, 2011)
- Fixed a bug: the systray icon now blinks again
New in Free HDD LED 0.2f (May 25, 2011)
- added "hide system tray icon" option
New in Free HDD LED 0.2e (May 23, 2011)
- added "autostart with Windows" option
New in Free HDD LED 0.2d (May 20, 2011)
- added a balloon tooltip that displays drive info (name, format, size, free space)
- fixed a crash: if the user doesn't have administrator rights the software cannot save config to disk (now a message box is displayed instead of crashing)
New in Free HDD LED 0.2c (May 18, 2011)
- rescan drives now works correctly
New in Free HDD LED 0.2b (May 18, 2011)
- added menu options to select hdd's refresh rate
- some code optimization & fix
New in Free HDD LED 0.2c (May 18, 2011)
- the code has been completely rewritten
- every drive is monitored separately with a dedicated icon (on screen), and the total activity is monitored in the systray area
- less cpu usage