What's new in Outlook on the Desktop 4.0.329 Pre-release
Mar 26, 2023
- Make window stick to desktop when pressing Win+D (ie show desktop)
- Update to .net 7
- New code signing cert which means Windows does not yet fully trust it and Windows SmartScreen will attempt to prevent it from running, but you can click Run Anyway to bypass.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 4.0.267 (Nov 10, 2021)
- Update to .net 6
- Fixed transparency slider size and location on HiDPI displays
- Fix crash when Outlook is not running
New in Outlook on the Desktop 4.0.221 (Dec 21, 2020)
New in Outlook on the Desktop 4.0.202 (Sep 13, 2020)
- Fix an issue where moving left/right from current date jumped to random dates in certain regions
- Update to .net core 3.1.8
- More robust method of pinning to desktop (though Win+D still hides it)
New in Outlook on the Desktop 4.0.178 (Jun 20, 2020)
- Fix issue where app incorrectly stated that Office 2010 or higher could not be found.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 4.0.176 (Jun 14, 2020)
- The header is now hidden when locking via the tray settings menu
- Other minor fixes and reliability improvements
- Update to .net core 3.1.5 (for security fixes)
New in Outlook on the Desktop 4.0.152 (Jan 20, 2020)
- Update to use .net core 3.1.1
- Fix Logging
New in Outlook on the Desktop 4.0.136 (Oct 14, 2019)
- Fixed issue where calendar could not be interacted with
- Fixed open links in About box
- Runs on .net core 3 instead of .net framework
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.7.5 (Jan 14, 2019)
- Fix issue where opening and closing Outlook while OotD was running, would cause OotD to stop working.
- Potentially fix issue for some where OotD would refuse to start, citing that it could not find Outlook installed on the machine.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.7.0 (Sep 10, 2018)
- Uses .NET 4.7.2 Framework for additional performance and HiDPI improvements
- Other miscellaneous fixes and polish.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.6.0 (Mar 25, 2018)
- Now has a single installer for both 32-bit and 64-bit office, which should reduce confusion quite a bit. If you had the 64-bit version installed, when upgrading, it will reset your OotD settings to the defaults. To get a single installer to work, and in particular, to detect the bitness of Office, the minimum supported version had to be bumped to Office 2010 (from 2003).
- Uses .NET Framework 4.7.1 for additional performance and HiDPI improvements.
- Uses a delayed scheduled task for running OotD on startup, which should reduce startup errors when trying to load Outlook prematurely.
- Updater now shows release notes properly formatted.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.5.3 (Aug 21, 2017)
- Fixed issue that prevented Calendar/Inbox icons from showing up when using non-English language settings.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.5.2 (Aug 21, 2017)
- Fixed additional HiDPI scaling issues (courtesy of .NET 4.7 Framework).
- Fixed an issue where update release notes did not render properly.
- Added additional logging
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.5.1 (Apr 11, 2017)
- Fixed issue where instances would not show up on monitors that had difference scaling factor than main monitor
- Fixed issue where calendar buttons were not showing up on custom calendars
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.5.0 (Dec 7, 2016)
- Updated to use .NET 4.6.2 for even better HiDPI support.
- Fixed laggy resizing of windows.
- Fixed flickering when moving/resizing of windows.
- Misc fixes and performance enhancements to installer.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.4.0 (Mar 30, 2016)
- Added "new email" icon in Inbox view that allows you to compose a new email without having to go into Outlook.
- Fixed issue where toolbar icons did not appear when using a custom folder view.
- Fixed issue where Outlook app running in background was not being closed when shutting down OotD and you are using multiple instances.
- Fixed issue where OotD would crash if you chose a view type that your version of Outlook does not support.
- Upgraded to use .NET 4.6.1 Framework.
- Misc performance enhancements.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.3.0 (Nov 19, 2015)
- Upgraded to use .NET 4.6 Framework
- Added ability to view To-Do List
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.2.6.0 (Sep 20, 2015)
- Fixed an issue where OotD would not start up in for particular Office configurations. Office 365 being one of them
- Fixed an issue where an instance window could not be moved if configured to be anything other than the calendar view
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.2.5.0 (Aug 10, 2015)
- Fixed issue where OotD wouldn't start on systems with older versions of Office (notably 2007 and 2003).
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.2.4.0 (Jul 29, 2015)
- Fixed issue introduced in 3.2.1 where having OotD running would make Outlook unresponsive after some time
- Fixed various usability issues with top header bar
- Fixed issue where last instance position was not always remembered when starting up (2nd and final attempt)
- Fixed issue where download window on HiDPI displays was cut off at the bottom
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.2.3.0 (Jul 24, 2015)
- Made instances sticky to make it easier to line them up and organize.
- Fixed issue where last instance position was not always remembered when starting up.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.2.2.0 (Jul 24, 2015)
- Fixed issue where top control bar would sometimes not be uniform in color.
- Fixed multiple issues with tray icon context menus showing incorrect items or duplicate items.
- Performance improvements in resizing/moving windows.
- Fixed crash when selecting a folder than clicking cancel.
- Other minor fixes and internal component upgrades.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.2.1.0 (Jun 28, 2014)
- Fixed issue where HiDPI enhancements from .NET 4.5.2 were not being applied properly
- Streamlined installation/upgrade process. Will now offer to automatically close app during upgrade process
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.2.0.0 (Jun 26, 2014)
- Updated .NET framework to 4.5.2 to take advantage of performance improvements and UI fixes for HiDPI. The downside to this is that the lowest supported version of Windows is now Vista SP2. Please use an older verison if you are still using Windows XP.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.1.0.0 (Apr 29, 2014)
- Add HiDPI Support (Requires a version of Microsoft Office that also supports HiDPI - 2010 and higher I believe)
- Minor bug fixes
New in Outlook on the Desktop 3.0.0.0 (Feb 21, 2014)
- Added buttons for: Go To Today, Previous and Next to the calendar view. They are contextsensitive depending on what view you are looking at.
- Replaced text on calendar buttons with images to make it more visually appealing and compact.
- Added currently selected date to the header bar in the calendar view.
- Made transparency slider bar much easier to use.
- Added automatic check for updates functionality:
- Checks automatically every 20 days, or can be triggered via icon in system tray.
- Added new logging framework to capture failures/program flow to help diagnose issues.
- Fixed several bugs, including:
- "Calendar Could Not be Read" no longer pops up when switch calendar views in Outlook 2013
- Fixed issue where month view would not be the default calendar view for new instances.
- Fixed issue where moving cursor down from top of the window onto the calendar buttons would continue to show the resize cursor.
- Fixed issue where "Remove Instance" dialog would pop up behind instance windows.
- When adding a new instance, its position is now properly saved.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 2.1.3 (Jul 9, 2013)
- Fixed an issue where OotD would crash on windows startup if the Windows RPC server was not yet available. It will now silently retry in the background until it is available for up to 1 minute.
- Added a message to let users know if they've installed the wrong version (32-bit vs 64-bit).
New in Outlook on the Desktop 2.1.2 (Jan 24, 2013)
- Fixed issue where right clicking on ootd would show the context menu behind the window, thus not allowing you to click it.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 2.1.1 (Dec 5, 2012)
- Fixed poor performance (flickering, lag) when resizing/moving windows after the 2.1.0 release.
- Fixed issue where the calendar buttons wouldn't show up for the calendar view unless there was at least 1 appointment on your calendar.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 2.1.0 (Dec 3, 2012)
- Fixed issue where other windows could pop up behind Outlook on the Desktop on Windows Vista and above.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 2.0.2 (Jul 5, 2012)
- Fixed issue where Calendar controls in upper right would disappear if you selected a custom folder that was a Calendar.
- Better compatibility with older versions of Office
New in Outlook on the Desktop 2.0.1 (May 24, 2012)
- Added ability to lock all window positions and opacity in the tray icon menu to prevent accidental movement.
- Fixed issue where ootd windows would flash intermittetently.
- Other minor fixes.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 2.0.0 (Jul 26, 2011)
- Completey new way to move and size windows. Grabbing the header allows for movement and grabbing any edge allows for sizing. The cumbersome preferences window is gone.
- Opacity slider directly in header of each instance window.
- Day/Work/Work Week/Month buttons in the header for the Calendar view.
- Outlook 2003 is now the minimum required version.
- Multiple fixes and enhancements when working with multiple instances.
- Other various bug fixes.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.6.1 (Jul 26, 2011)
- Added option to allow disabling editing in any given instance.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.6.0 (Aug 30, 2010)
- Support for Outlook 2010 both 32-bit and 64-bit.
- Fixed issue where ootd would crash or hang after opening and closing an item.
- Fixed issue where ootd would fail to start on Vista/Windows 7 with the message: "Unable to get the window handle for the 'AxOVCtl' control. Windowless ActiveX controls are not supported."
- Fixed issue where changing the view type to something other than calendar and then restarting ootd would result in a crash.
- Known Issue(s):
- You cannot interact with the calendar view when using Outlook 2010. Every other view works fine. This appears to be a bug on Microsoft's end, and will hopefully be fixed in a future update.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.5.4 (Apr 17, 2010)
- On Windows 7, the calendar will always remain visible when you hover over the "Show Desktop" button.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.5.3 (Apr 17, 2010)
- Several under the hood cleanups and fixes resulting in a smaller download package.
- Several improvements to the installer, including:
- Proper Windows 7 support
- Removed option to create Desktop and Quick Launch icons since the app should always be running anyway and goes against the philosophy of this program (to have as little icons on the desktop as possible).
- Ability to run the application after installing on Vista/Windows 7.
- Web site and Uninstall shortcuts in the Start Menu Group
- Uninstall now fully cleans up any files left behind.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.5.2 (Feb 12, 2009)
- Fixed issue where it incorrectly reported that Outlook was not installed when regional settings were set to a non-english setting.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.5.1 (Jan 10, 2009)
- Better detection of required version of Outlook. Previously, it incorrectly reported that Outlook was not installed if it was installed to a non-standard location.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.5.0 (Dec 12, 2008)
- [Feature] Jon Bullen Implemented Outlook views. You can now select one of the built-in Outlook views for each instance.
- [Fixed] Better detection of whether Outlook 2000 or higher is installed. Previously, it would report that Outlook was not installed in some cases even if it was. Note. This requires that Office was installed to the default location.
- [Fixed] "OutlookDesktop" and "InstanceManager" windows no longer appear when alt-tabbing in Windows.
- Added tray icon notification baloon to indicate for new users that the tray icon is used to configure OotD.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.4.5 (Aug 6, 2008)
- [Fixed] Startup problems encountered by some people.
- [Fixed] Various minor bugs.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.4.0 (Jan 3, 2008)
- [Feature] Ability to have multiple instances pinned to the desktop, all managed by one instance of the program and one instance of Outlook
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.3.5 (Dec 6, 2007)
- Bug which prevented moving the window to another monitor.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.3.4 (Nov 23, 2007)
- [Feature] Ability to select any folder within Outlook, including shared and public folders.
- [Fixed] Some multi-monitor fixes. A bug where it jumps on certain multi-monitor setups still exists.
- [Fixed] An extra instance of Outlook will no longer be loaded, it will always use the already open instance if there is one.
New in Outlook on the Desktop 1.2 (Dec 23, 2006)
- Upgraded to .NET Framework 2.0
- Nicer looking Application Icon
- Fixed Non-US regional settings crash on application launch