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Open-Shell (Classic Shell) Changelog

What's new in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.191

Aug 29, 2023
  • Separate taskbar icon for Open-Shell menu settings dialog
  • Allow negative horizontal/vertical menu offsets (#1629)
  • Fix checkboxes in settings dialog with custom themes (#1630)
  • Fix search results overlapping (#1648)

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.191 Pre-release (Aug 16, 2023)

  • Display "Searching..." progress always
  • Commit be8568c that introduced option to disable "See more results" also changed behavior of "Searching..." item that indicates search in progress.
  • We will now make sure that the search progress indicator is displayed always. No matter of options.

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.191 Pre-release (Aug 16, 2023)

  • Commit be8568c that introduced option to disable "See more results" also
  • changed behavior of "Searching..." item that indicates search in progress.
  • We will now make sure that the search progress indicator is displayed
  • always. No matter of options.

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.190 Pre-release (Jul 24, 2023)

  • What's Changed:
  • Setup: Don't install Classic IE by default (#1313)
  • Fix Aero button alignment on multiple monitors (#1310)
  • Don't show first-time settings dialog if settings were imported from XML already (#1319)
  • Localization improvements
  • Prevent potential Explorer crash
  • Properly round font size
  • Improve menu animation timing
  • Show shutdown warning if there are multiple users logged in (#1303)

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.189 Pre-release (Jan 19, 2023)

  • Properly scale default skin font according to DPI (#1110)
  • Original fix introduced in 528d15 was not correct.
  • The problem is that `SystemParametersInfo` uses DPI that current session started with.
  • We should use `SystemParametersInfoForDpi` (available since Win10 1607) that returns properly scaled font size.
  • Fixes #1110

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.188 Pre-release (Jan 13, 2023)

  • Setup: Recognize also /h and /help parameters (#1278)
  • Otherwise they will get passed to `msiexec` that will display its help
  • Window that may confuse our users (as they expect our help to be displayed).

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.187 Pre-release (Jan 6, 2023)

  • New default Immersive skin for Win10/11.
  • Use proper modern settings icon.
  • Properly scale modern task icons.
  • Update StartMenuL10N.ini.

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.186 Pre-release (Dec 30, 2022)

  • Select Apps icon based on Windows version
  • We now have nicer Apps icons for Win10/11 so we will select proper icon based on Windows version.

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.185 Pre-release (Dec 28, 2022)

  • Fixed taskbar texture on Windows 11 (#1230, #963, #803)
  • Properly aligned start menu in case of vertical taskbar on Windows 11 (#1231)
  • Tray buttons are properly positioned when custom start button is created (#1232)
  • Show start menu next to taskbar by default
  • Remove duplicates from modern settings (#1031)
  • Search box has focus before activating start menu to avoid triggering accelerator by mistake (#1068)
  • Added new option "Enable accelerators" (#447)
  • Added new option "Require Alt key for accelerators" (#117)
  • Sleep should work on systems with connected standby enabled (#719)
  • Shutdown should be possible even if limited admin doesn't have shutdown privilege (#1015)
  • Windows updates should be not applied when selected restart/shutdown (#1250)

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.184 Pre-release (Dec 24, 2022)

  • Updates to Help.

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.183 Pre-release (Dec 14, 2022)

  • Fix for potential crash introduced in 1b013c3
  • Fixes #1245

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.182 Pre-release (Dec 7, 2022)

  • New icons and installer artwork
  • This adds the new artwork for the main icon and installer screens.
  • Addresses #31.
  • Update classic button thumbnail
  • Improve setup banner icon
  • Fix web.ico size
  • New installer art
  • Fix dialog2

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.181 Pre-release (Dec 6, 2022)

  • Windows 11 start button support
  • Get proper branding string on Windows 11
  • Show Open-Shell version in start context menu
  • Don't track usage of Open-Shell modern settings folder
  • Properly handle automatically hiding taskbar on multi-monitor setup
  • Don't show Windows Shell Experience Host in list of frequent programs

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.180 Pre-release (Oct 15, 2022)

  • Restore Main_no_icons2 behavior for inline subitems (#1172).

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.179 Pre-release (Oct 8, 2022)

  • Add -reloadsettings command line switch
  • It will force Open-Shell to reload settings from registry.
  • Fixes #1157.

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.178 Pre-release (Sep 12, 2022)

  • Revert "Auto-detect when setting is back to default value"
  • This reverts commit 998d83c15c1fe753526a43fb4c182a4b25e83252.
  • This change was wrong and it shouldn't get merged in first place.
  • See https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/pull/829#issuecomment-907667829 for further explanation.
  • Fixes #1135.

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.177 Pre-release (Sep 9, 2022)

  • Fix broken menu sorting
  • It was broken in bb26cec commit.
  • Fixes #1111

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.176 Pre-release (Sep 1, 2022)

  • Update StartMenuL10N.ini (#1125)
  • That's how it's called on Windows. "Configurações do computador" also makes the start menu way larger than it should be.

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.175 Pre-release (Aug 22, 2022)

  • Fix nightly updates by @ge0rdi in #1114

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.170 (May 28, 2022)

  • New:
  • Improved compatibility with WindowBlinds (#433)
  • Show Settings above Control Panel by default (#23)
  • Display Modern settings search results above Control Panel ones (#481)
  • Added options for aligning the start menu at the edge of working area instead of the taskbar
  • Easier access to taskbar options (#600)
  • Don't change Taskbar text color/texture until relaunch (#602)
  • Fixes:
  • Don't show jump list for Settings application (#487)
  • Setup: Fix installer warning on Windows 7 (#507)
  • Use modern Help icon in Classic/Two column menu style (#506)
  • Fix Shutdown item text (#501)
  • Skinning fixes

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.169 Beta (Mar 16, 2022)

  • It's been a while since there was a release and the artifacts have expired so I decided to make a new release.
  • There were several fixes and improvements since the last release, please check the repository for more details.

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.169 Nightly (Jul 11, 2021)

  • It's been a while since there was a release and the artifacts have expired so I decided to make a new release.
  • There were several fixes and improvements since the last release, please check the repository for more details.

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.160 (Oct 19, 2020)

  • New:
  • Support for automatic updates (including optional nightly updates)
  • Support for modern app jump-list tasks (#375)
  • Fixes:
  • Faster recent Metro apps enumeration (#45)
  • Better handling of modern application links
  • Display monochrome icons using color of corresponding text item (#466)

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.152 (Sep 2, 2020)

  • New:
  • Better support for Windows 10 modern settings (#57)
  • Allow Pin to start for desktop applications downloaded from Microsoft Store (such as Windows Terminal)
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with confirmation dialog being blocked (#257)
  • Fixed Invert Metro icon color option for gray-scale icons (#364)
  • Respect Use multiple columns setting for all folder items (#436)
  • Removed non-working update component

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.142 (Nov 14, 2019)

  • New:
  • Added support for silent OS upgrade task (#176)
  • More info on OS upgrade without user interaction wiki page
  • Don't close menu(s) on certain operations (#238)
  • Fixes:
  • ClassicExplorer uses proper theme color to display full path (#147)
  • Fixed Lock button hiding (#173)

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.138 Nightly (Aug 22, 2019)

  • Add support for silent OS upgrade task (#176)

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.135 (Mar 3, 2019)

  • Changed links to github for Update.cpp and Update.rc.

New in Open-Shell (Classic Shell) 4.4.131 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • New:
  • Re-branded to Open-Shell
  • Automatic settings import from Classic-Shell
  • Fixes:
  • Cleanup of the accessibility COM objects (#53)