HidHide Changelog

What's new in HidHide 1.5.212.0

Feb 26, 2024
  • Changes:
  • New shiny app icon thanks to @RobbyCBennett (#140)
  • Replaced included software updater from Advanced Installer with @nefarius own FOSS creation vīcĭus
  • The new updater will contact the address https://vicius.api.nefarius.systems/ in case your firewall prompts you about it.

New in HidHide 1.4.202 (Feb 5, 2024)

  • Fixed a race condition between the watchdog service and setup which could lead to a bricked system after post-uninstall reboot (reported by @CasperH2O and @Valkirie)
  • Affected users can follow this guide to recover their systems
  • Added error logging to Windows Event Log (Applications, Source: HidHideWatchdog) for watchdog service

New in HidHide 1.4.192 (Nov 12, 2023)

  • Fixed a memory leak in new watchdog service (#126) reported by @rhobiusvoid

New in HidHide 1.4.186 (Nov 2, 2023)

  • Fixed broken path generation in updater config file completely breaking the updater. Thanks a ton, "Advanced" Installer...
  • Replaced update server URL to mitigate ViGEm infrastructure EOL
  • Updated support and other URLs in setup
  • Upgraded everything to Visual Studio 2022 and Windows 11 SDK/WDK
  • Added watchdog Windows service to protect against broken filter configurations (#96)
  • This should eradicate the need to reinstall HidHide e.g. after a Windows Update silently broke it
  • Updated the FAQ entries
  • Fixed an issue when upgrading with the stupid setup project (see)
  • Added WTS session jail support via backwards-compatible API extension (#125) thanks to @Black-Seraph

New in HidHide 1.4.181 (Nov 1, 2023)

  • Replaced update server URL to mitigate ViGEm infrastructure EOL
  • Updated support and other URLs in setup
  • Upgraded everything to Visual Studio 2022 and Windows 11 SDK/WDK
  • Added watchdog Windows service to protect against broken filter configurations (#96)
  • This should eradicate the need to reinstall HidHide e.g. after a Windows Update silently broke it
  • Updated the FAQ entries
  • Fixed an issue when upgrading with the stupid setup project (see)
  • Added WTS session jail support via backwards-compatible API extension (#125) thanks to @Black-Seraph

New in HidHide 1.3.173 Pre-release (Oct 30, 2023)

  • Replaced update server URL to mitigate ViGEm infrastructure EOL
  • Updated support and other URLs in setup
  • Upgraded everything to Visual Studio 2022 and Windows 11 SDK/WDK
  • Added watchdog Windows service to protect against broken filter configurations (#96)
  • This should eradicate the need to reinstall HidHide e.g. after a Windows Update silently broke it
  • Updated FAQ

New in HidHide 1.1.128 (Sep 24, 2023)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Note: This is a hotfix release for v1.2.122 so included driver and binary versions have not changed!
  • Removed the startup Internet connectivity check (#102)
  • This also fixes the setup not being able to launch on AtlasOS according to user feedback
  • Added missing ETW manifest required for driver diagnostics and debugging (#78)
  • Setup and included binaries are signed with a new certificate to mitigate a very edge-case problem where signature validation via WinAPI and 3rd party tools failed
  • Fixed this error after update and first reboot for good now (#110)