Network Aware Printing Changelog

What's new in Network Aware Printing 5.0

Apr 16, 2024
  • Fixed issue "the same variable cannot be used for more than one control"
  • Fixed issue not be able to read the printer list due to "file in use". Now uses a
  • random number for the printer list file name.
  • Fixed incorrect filename being read to retrieve the list of installed printers in some
  • situations
  • Fixed issue with "Number of seconds on startup to delay displaying the Invalid Default
  • Printer" dialog. The delay was pausing the entire program instead of pausing only the
  • Invalid Default Printer" dialog

New in Network Aware Printing 4.5 (Feb 1, 2023)

  • Fixed issue caused by windows update breaking function to retrieve the network name and program update.
  • Added VMware and Hyper-V Virtual to the list of adapters to exclude.

New in Network Aware Printing 4.4 (Feb 7, 2022)

  • Minor Update:
  • Made Network Aware Printing Free

New in Network Aware Printing 4.3 (Feb 7, 2022)

  • Added full path to wmic.exe to fix issue when wmic.exe is not in the system path
  • that was missed in Version 4.1

New in Network Aware Printing 4.2 (Oct 16, 2020)

  • Fixed issue where a Windows update added TAP-Windows Adapters as a connected network. This caused Network Aware Printing to detect TAP-Windows Adapters instead of the correct connected network adapter.

New in Network Aware Printing 4.1 (Oct 16, 2020)

  • Added full path to wmic.exe to fix issue when wmic.exe is not in the system path

New in Network Aware Printing 4.0 (Oct 16, 2020)

  • Minor Update:
  • Added option to exclude certain network adapters
  • Added default printer to system tray icon

New in Network Aware Printing 3.9 (Jul 10, 2019)

  • Removed "About" and added "Help" to the "Manage Default Printers" configuration
  • page
  • Moved "Do not notify me of an invalid printer for any networks" to be a part of
  • the other 3 options on the notification message that the current network does not
  • have a valid default printer
  • Fixed an issue on the "Manage Default Printers" configuration page where it would
  • occasionally show connected to the wrong network.
  • Added code to ignore Hyper-v virtual network connections
  • Added code to detect when the Print Spooler service is not running.

New in Network Aware Printing 3.8 (Jul 10, 2019)

  • Added option to detect Networks via Ip Address
  • Added "Do not show this again" option to the "Unsupported Language" message popup
  • so that it will not be shown every time Network Aware Printing is started.
  • Added option to be notified when the default printer has been changed.
  • All networks are now stored in and retrieved from a text file instead of
  • retrieving the list from Windows each time it is needed.
  • Fixed an issue with invalid message being displayed when clicking on Save on the
  • "Manage Default Printers" configuration page.

New in Network Aware Printing 3.7 (Nov 29, 2018)

  • Added ability to filter the network and printer dropdown lists on the "Manage
  • Default Printers" configuration page
  • Now able to choose more then 1 network to "Do nothing at this time" (Resets on
  • Program start up) on the "Invalid Default Printer!" notification screen.
  • Added All Other Networks, if the new network does not have a printer assigned to
  • It a printer of the users choice will be assigned.

New in Network Aware Printing 3.5 (Jun 15, 2018)

  • Fixed a display issue when using the Volume License registration method
  • Added feature to not prompt when a new network was found without a valid printer.
  • Found an issue when Network Aware Printing would pop up the window to choose a
  • printer when a printer had already been chosen for that network

New in Network Aware Printing 3.4 (Apr 23, 2018)

  • Fixed an issue when the default printer remembered by Network Aware Printing was
  • no longer installed in Windows.
  • Put in check to see if the folder the Network Aware Printing is located in is a
  • writable folder
  • Put in checks for non English Locale
  • Fixed an issue where a double click on the system tray icon caused an error.
  • Fixed an issue where the network/printer configuration was lost when clicking "Ok"
  • before the listview was finished populating on the "Network Aware Printing Menu"

New in Network Aware Printing 3.2 (Jan 3, 2018)

  • Recoded "detecting new network" to be more reliable and use less resources (specifically less file reads)
  • Fixed issue with program updating

New in Network Aware Printing 2.0 (Nov 20, 2017)

  • Fix issue with not changing default printer when exiting the Manage Default
  • Printer dialog screen.
  • Added "Do nothing at this time" when prompted to select a default printer for a
  • new network connection.