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ParkControl Changelog

What's new in ParkControl 5.0.0.37 Beta

Jan 27, 2024
  • Fix issue in build 34 with Windows 7/8 compatibility

New in ParkControl 5.0.0.31 Beta (Jan 23, 2024)

  • Fix inconsistent BHP install link when 'Always show BHP' is checked on power mode systems.

New in ParkControl 4.2.1.10 Beta (Sep 29, 2023)

  • GUI: Expand heterogenous dropdown control widths to improve text fit
  • GUI: Show advanced view by default

New in ParkControl 4.2.0.14 (Sep 16, 2023)

  • GUI.CoreGraphs: Overlay leaf icon on Efficiency cores
  • GUI.CoreGraphs: Append 'Efficiency' to tooltip when E-core
  • GUI.CoreGraphs: Owner draw on light themes (changes appearance)
  • GUI: Expand widths of hetero dropdown controls
  • GUI: Automatically repair registry to fix 'ERROR: The core parking settings could not be applied.' (caused by damage from unidentified third-party software or guidance on web)
  • GUI: Assorted minor adjustments

New in ParkControl 4.1.0.16 (Sep 3, 2023)

  • Add Heterogenous Thread Scheduling Policies
  • Fix an issue where cores could incorrectly show as parked on Intel 12th+
  • (also impacts Task Manager and Resource Monitor)
  • Allow installation of BHP alongside Power Modes by experimental option

New in ParkControl 4.0.0.44 (Sep 3, 2023)

  • Change UI control layout, grouping AC and DC settings
  • Add Recent Power Plan Events display
  • Add Heterogenous Scheduling Policy setting

New in ParkControl 3.0.1.2 Beta (Jan 23, 2023)

  • Fix 'Show park settings in Windows Power Options' checkbox was dysfunctional in last version

New in ParkControl 3.0.0.38 Beta (Jan 7, 2023)

  • Support for Balanced Power Modes (overlays)
  • Refactor Dynamic Boost feature
  • Assortment of other enhancements

New in ParkControl 3.0.0.38 Beta (Nov 11, 2022)

  • Add description to Dynamic Boost config dialog
  • Hide install BHP syslink control on power mode systems
  • On Win10 also unhide class 1 parking settings when unhide option checked (not applicable to Win11)
  • Limit unhide of core parking options specifically to that setting
  • Allow defaults to be restored for power overlays
  • Cosmetic work
  • Add power line (AC/DC) and Battery Saver status
  • During uninstall on overlay systems, change to 'better battery' (middle) overlay

New in ParkControl 3.0.0.25 Beta (Nov 4, 2022)

  • dd app menu to main window

New in ParkControl 2.4.0.2 (Sep 6, 2022)

  • Add Spanish and Korean languages
  • Translation updates

New in ParkControl 2.2.2.2 (May 5, 2022)

  • If system performance counters appear damaged, ask user then attempt repair with "lodctr.exe /R", et. al
  • Don't treat error getting core parking status (broken performance counter) as parked

New in ParkControl 2.2.2.1 Beta (May 4, 2022)

  • If system performance counters appear damaged, ask user then attempt repair with "lodctr.exe /R", et. al
  • Don't treat error getting core parking status (broken performance counter) as parked

New in ParkControl 2.2.1.4 (Apr 15, 2022)

  • Fix tray icon could be missing when app started at login
  • Maintenance to web interface code (updater, activator)

New in ParkControl 2.2.0.8 (Mar 10, 2022)

  • Add 'Restore Defaults' syslink control, shown when a stock power profile is selected
  • Change 'Show Advanced' button text to 'Hide Advanced', instead of using pushed state to indicate status
  • Fix an issue with advanced control

New in ParkControl 2.1.0.32 (Mar 1, 2022)

  • Add registry option to specify update check interval (HKLM UpdateCheckIntervalSeconds), or 0 to disable
  • Make update check when app window opened instantaneous
  • When setting toggled to 'enabled', get system default value for power plan, if it exists and doesn't conflict with enabled or disabled directive
  • Delay background update check at app startup for 60 seconds
  • Better consolidate version info for build
  • Various minor fixes and enhancements
  • Improve rate limiting of power profile change notifications
  • Improvements to event log consumption code
  • Add 'Show Advanced' button to toggle visibility of integers and sliders
  • Improvements to power profile change notification code
  • Minor cosmetic
  • Improve control tab ordering

New in ParkControl 2.0.0.22 (Feb 3, 2022)

  • Fix a rare crash while enumerating Task Scheduler tasks for ‘Start at Login’ setting

New in ParkControl 2.0.0.18 (Jan 29, 2022)

  • Fix ‘efficiency/performance cores’ droplist could be visible on some systems where it is not applicable

New in ParkControl 2.0.0.16 Beta (Jan 25, 2022)

  • Add distinct settings for Alder Lake Performance (P) and Efficiency (E) cores (only supported by Win10, not Win11).

New in ParkControl 2.0.0.13 Beta (Jan 25, 2022)

  • Release prep

New in ParkControl 1.6.0.10 Beta (Nov 21, 2021)

  • Refactor /terminate command line action (to close existing ParkControl instances)
  • Improve ‘save changes?’ on profile selection change
  • Remove ‘changes applied’ messagebox
  • Remove auto-start delay
  • Improve behavior when launched when existing instance already running

New in ParkControl 1.6.0.9 Beta (Nov 21, 2021)

  • Refactor /terminate command line action (to close existing ParkControl instances)

New in ParkControl 1.5.0.12 (Oct 19, 2021)

  • Improve minidump creation if crash occurs

New in ParkControl 1.5.0.10 (Sep 21, 2021)

  • Active power profile is no longer changed back to that when the app started, except when Dynamic Boost is enabled
  • Adjust text control positioning to improve appearance up to 150% font scaling
  • Fix system tray icon state can be out of sync
  • Make Get Process Lasso syslink control bold

New in ParkControl 1.4.0.14 (Sep 7, 2021)

  • Fix issue with hide/show park settings in Windows Power Options

New in ParkControl 1.4.0.12 (Sep 5, 2021)

  • Fix language selection lost on update in last release

New in ParkControl 1.4.0.10 (Sep 3, 2021)

  • Refactored CPU core graphs
  • Minor fixes and enhancements
  • Language updates

New in ParkControl 1.3.1.8 (Aug 15, 2019)

  • Sort power plans alphabetically

New in ParkControl 1.3.0.9 Beta (Dec 19, 2018)

  • Do not allow installation of BHP on power plan locked systems. Advise to use “Performance Mode” slider on the battery icon instead. More info.

New in ParkControl 1.3.0.8 Beta (Dec 2, 2018)

  • Support Bitsum Highest Performance on Microsoft Surface (and other) devices with locked down power plans
  • Cleanup registry debris from attempted installations of Bitsum Highest Performance on Microsoft Surface devices
  • Remove user-induced BHP uninstall marker on user-induced reinstall
  • Dynamically refresh system tray menu power plans
  • Improved system tray icon sync
  • Fix to a potential crash or failed initialization of the main dialog
  • Cosmetic improvements

New in ParkControl 1.3.0.7 Beta (Dec 1, 2018)

  • Support Bitsum Highest Performance on Microsoft Surface (and other) devices with locked down power plans
  • Cleanup registry debris from attempted installations of Bitsum Highest Performance on Microsoft Surface devices
  • Remove user-induced BHP uninstall marker on user-induced reinstall
  • Dynamically refresh system tray menu power plans
  • Improved system tray icon sync
  • Cosmetic improvements

New in ParkControl 1.3.0.3 Beta (Nov 28, 2018)

  • Cleanup registry debris from attempted installations of Bitsum Highest Performance on Microsoft Surface devices
  • Support Bitsum Highest Performance on Microsoft Surface (and other) devices with locked down power plans

New in ParkControl 1.2.8.8 (Nov 16, 2018)

  • Improve parking display for NUMA systems

New in ParkControl 1.2.8.6 (Nov 15, 2018)

  • Improve parking display for NUMA systems
  • Reorder CPU graphs by NUMA nodes (left to right, then top to bottom)

New in ParkControl 1.2.8.4 (Jun 16, 2018)

  • Fix a language selection issue

New in ParkControl 1.2.8.2 (Jun 4, 2018)

  • Don’t show power plan change notification if new power plan is same as old
  • Add Power Plan Change Notifications toggle to main window
  • Refine Power Plan Change Notification setting default value

New in ParkControl 1.2.8.0 (May 7, 2018)

  • v1.2.8.0 – Add support for new Ultimate Performance power plan of Windows 10 for Workstations (still recommend use of Bitsum Highest Performance)
  • v1.2.8.0 – Migrate to latest Bitsum CPU core utilization and parking control (graphs)
  • v1.2.8.0 – Re-position some main window controls

New in ParkControl 1.2.7.6 (Jan 15, 2018)

  • Auto-open GUI on manual launch and post-install

New in ParkControl 1.2.7.2 (Jun 10, 2017)

  • Updates to several languages
  • Improve start at login behavior

New in ParkControl 1.2.6.8 (May 24, 2017)

  • Fix issue where Bring-To-Front of an existing open main ParkControl dialog would cause persistence of TOPMOST style until you close the dialog.
  • Update Russian and Finnish.

New in ParkControl 1.2.6.6 (May 22, 2017)

  • Update to latest internal libraries.

New in ParkControl 1.2.6.4 (May 17, 2017)

  • Force application to terminate existing instances on relaunch to recover from any lost system tray icon and ensure that the main window always pops up.

New in ParkControl 1.2.6.2 (May 12, 2017)

  • Correct version resource block in last build
  • Fix two quick single clicks (not double) with right timing could cause a hang by causing 2 open windows. Synchronization objects fixed.

New in ParkControl 1.2.6.0 (May 12, 2017)

  • Fix missing system tray icon at startup for some users.
  • Improve product uninstaller (requires reinstall to get new uninstall.exe)

New in ParkControl 1.2.5.8 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • Fix ‘Kaby Lake’ labelled as Skylake and update to latest internal libraries (now all VS2015, no XP support).

New in ParkControl 1.2.5.6 (Mar 25, 2017)

  • Fix last build missing unicode languages

New in ParkControl 1.2.5.4 (Mar 25, 2017)

  • Switch to NSIS 3.01, many installer improvements
  • Improved check of compatible OS
  • Improved uninstall to use our new bcleaner.exe tool
  • Switch to NSIS inetc plugin for downloads, and back to HTTPS – no more failed internal installer downloads.
  • Reduce size of one-time (‘do not show again’) solicitation dialog
  • Latest language updates

New in ParkControl 1.2.5.2 (Mar 17, 2017)

  • Start adding new graphics set

New in ParkControl 1.2.5.0 (Mar 9, 2017)

  • Fix power plan change notification in Windows 7 to a more generic message since we have less details in some cases
  • Update languages

New in ParkControl 1.2.4.8 (Mar 2, 2017)

  • Have updater re-check every time dialog is opened
  • Additional UI adjutments for non-standard displays
  • Update French
  • Misc code improvements

New in ParkControl 1.2.4.6 (Mar 1, 2017)

  • Re-apply unhide option on update to support any new power options that need unhidden
  • Control positioning adjustment to help people with non-default text sizes
  • Other UI adjustments
  • Remove web site page open on uninstall

New in ParkControl 1.2.4.2 (Feb 27, 2017)

  • Show auto-update message on main dialog if update detected at startup, so you don’t have to ‘catch’ the notification to auto-update

New in ParkControl 1.2.4.0 (Feb 27, 2017)

  • Fix issue with terminate on first start after update when co-intalled with Lasso v9 beta

New in ParkControl 1.2.3.8 (Feb 20, 2017)

  • Fix language auto-detect in last build

New in ParkControl 1.2.3.6 (Feb 20, 2017)

  • Add support for Microsoft Surface
  • Cosmetic improvements, especially for some languages
  • Attempt automatic language selection
  • Language updates

New in ParkControl 1.2.2.0 (Jan 24, 2017)

  • Fix language selection issue

New in ParkControl 1.2.1.6 (Jan 23, 2017)

  • Add system tray notifications for power plan changes, even by other processes (and able to name those processes).
  • Add Latency sensitivity hint processor performance GUID as an advanced setting we hide/unhide – not applicable to all CPUs or OSes.
  • Update Polish, German, French, Italian, and Russian languages.
  • First build to maintain beta branch (for next beta issue).

New in ParkControl 1.1.9.5 Beta (Jan 16, 2017)

  • Add Latency sensitivity hint processor performance GUID as an advanced setting we hide/unhide – not applicable to all CPUs or OSes.

New in ParkControl 1.1.9.1 Beta (Jan 11, 2017)

  • Add system tray notifications for power plan changes, even by other processes (and able to name those processes)

New in ParkControl 1.1.8.9 Beta (Jan 9, 2017)

  • Add system tray notifications for power plan changes, even by other processes (and able to name those processes)

New in ParkControl 1.1.8.2 (Dec 12, 2016)

  • Add ability to re-hide settings
  • Shell out to powercfg to hide/show core parking settings
  • Fix installer bug when 32-bit OS user uses 64-bit installer
  • Add new sub-GUIDs

New in ParkControl 1.1.7.8 (Nov 24, 2016)

  • Re-open Settings each time Boost is enabled, so the user is more clear on options
  • Default to ‘Balanced’ for Idle power plan of Dynamic Boost
  • Minor fixes and maintenance
  • Update several languages

New in ParkControl 1.1.6.6 (Nov 17, 2016)

  • Fixes to ‘show core parking settings in Windows Power Options’ checkbox

New in ParkControl 1.1.6.2 (Nov 15, 2016)

  • Improved some post-update file system cleanup
  • Used latest language sets

New in ParkControl 1.1.6.0 (Nov 4, 2016)

  • Added option to show or hide these settings in Windows Power Options – for applicable CPUs
  • Added more precise CPU generation detection (for Skylake+)
  • Re-arranged dialog a bit and other minor changes
  • Fixed duplicitous language selection on new installs
  • Improved interoperability with Process Lasso (a little left to do for v9)

New in ParkControl 1.1.3.2 (Sep 13, 2016)

  • Add CPU type information to main dialog
  • Revert to prior power plan when Dynamic Boost disabled
  • Improve uninstall scenarios when using Dynamic Boost feature
  • Enable Dynamic Boost ‘Idle Power Plan’ selection
  • Cosmetic improvement to Dynamic Boost settings dialog

New in ParkControl 1.1.2.0 (Aug 27, 2016)

  • Fix issue in prior build where if BHP was not installed, ParkControl as a whole would not run.

New in ParkControl 1.1.1.0 (Aug 26, 2016)

  • Fix issue where Bitsum Dynamic Boost would decide to start using HP instead of BHP
  • Fix some localization issues in dialogs and throughout. Update German
  • Update German and Russian

New in ParkControl 1.1.0.16 (Aug 25, 2016)

  • Improvements to main dialog. Addition of ‘Bitsum Dynamic Boost’ checkbox and localization fixes.

New in ParkControl 1.1.0.0 (Aug 24, 2016)

  • Added ‘Bitsum Dynamic Boost’ feature to keep PC running in Bitsum Highest Performance, then drop to Power Saver on Idle for X seconds. It is Pro-only feature. Some work remains, but this lays down the base functionality (see system tray menu)
  • Improve CPU utilization and core parking graphs/bars. These may now function for a few when they did not in the past
  • Fix expanding power plan combo boxes

New in ParkControl 1.0.9.5 Beta (Aug 22, 2016)

  • NEW FEATURE: Bitsum Dynamic Boost. Auto-switch power plans when your PC goes active or idle.

New in ParkControl 1.0.3.2 (Jul 8, 2016)

  • Update languages.
  • Fix issue with secondary dialog instances having frozen CPU utilization graphs.

New in ParkControl 1.0.3.0 (Jul 8, 2016)

  • Language updates
  • Change code that selects default browser to use when opening hyperlinks.
  • Add capacity to install or remove the Bitsum Highest Performance power plan to the GUI. On uninstall, it is removed if it was created only if Process Lasso is not also present (which also uses BHP).

New in ParkControl 1.0.2.4 (May 16, 2016)

  • Let auto-update work for everyone, licensed or not

New in ParkControl 1.0.2.2 (May 12, 2016)

  • Fix crash seen on right-click of icon in some cases
  • Optimize update check
  • Put Task Scheduler check in asynchronous thread
  • Add minidump support

New in ParkControl 1.0.1.8 (May 12, 2016)

  • Change error message regarding inability to set core parking changes

New in ParkControl 1.0.1.6 (May 12, 2016)

  • Improve updater
  • Fix race condition that could result in two main window instances under very rare timing
  • Update several languages, add Spanish

New in ParkControl 1.0.1.4 (May 12, 2016)

  • Fix to SHA2 binary signatures

New in ParkControl 1.0.1.2 (May 12, 2016)

  • Fix issue with CryptoPrevent security policy blocking ParkControl automatic updates due to temp folder execution prevention (will be noticed as fixed *next* update)
  • Fix Start At Login toggle would not stay off
  • Switch to dual-signing

New in ParkControl 1.0.1.1 (May 12, 2016)

  • Fix license info not visible in last update
  • Switch to dual-signed binaries
  • Updates several languages

New in ParkControl 1.0.1.0 (May 12, 2016)

  • Allow users with < 30 days installed (trial period) perform automated updates
  • Allow officially obtained ‘Free Trial’ license keys to perform automated updates
  • Added menu toggle ‘Start at user login’ to new Settings sub-menu
  • Added menu toggle ‘Check for updates’ to new Settings sub-menu
  • Added Settings sub-menu to system tray context menu
  • Minor fix to some Task Scheduler facilitating code

New in ParkControl 1.0.0.4 (May 12, 2016)

  • Update languages.
  • Latest Bitsum code base.

New in ParkControl 1.0.0.2 (May 12, 2016)

  • Fix issue where tray popup menu would continue to show after being clicked away from.