What's new in TrayStatus Pro Portable 4.8

Sep 5, 2023
  • Note: This is the last version of TrayStatus that will install and run on Windows 7/8
  • Change: Double-clicking the hard drive activity indicator (when separate indicators per drive are enabled) will open File Explorer
  • Fix: Tray indicators are no longer hung while the Settings window is open

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 4.7.1 (May 1, 2023)

  • Fix: Settings export fix

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 4.7 (Apr 12, 2023)

  • Change: Upgraded to .NET 7 framework (OS support is now Win 10 1607 and higher)
  • Change: Win 7, Win 8/8.1, and Win 10 versions lower than 1607 are no longer supported
  • Change: Dark Mode theme added (settings window)
  • Fix: Minor UI issues
  • Fix: Resolved an issue with not being able to activate more than 1 tray icon
  • Fix: UI scaling and dark theme improvements
  • Fix: Drive letter overlays are no longer too small
  • Fix: Lock Key State Trigger rules now fire when TrayStatus starts
  • Fix: Mapped network drives no longer get tray icons when Hard Drive Activity indicators are enabled
  • Fix: Added an additional step to the Fix Performance Counters script
  • Fix: Resolved an issue that caused TrayStatus to take a long time to startup
  • Fix: Resolved some UI issues
  • Fix: Installer updates

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 4.7 Beta 3 (Feb 4, 2023)

  • Change: Upgraded to .NET 7 (OS support is now Win 10 1607 and higher)
  • Change: Win 7, Win 8/8.1, and Win 10 versions lower than 1607 are no longer supported
  • Fix: Lock Key State Trigger rules now fire when TrayStatus starts
  • Fix: Mapped network drives no longer get tray icons when Hard Drive Activity indicators are enabled
  • Fix: Added an additional step to the Fix Performance Counters script

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 4.7 Beta 2 (Jun 16, 2022)

  • Fix: Resolved an issue that caused TrayStatus to take a long time to startup
  • Fix: Resolved some UI issues

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 4.6 (Dec 14, 2021)

  • Change: Minor tweaks to the Settings window UI
  • Change: Added an option to force a modifier key state to enabled or disabled (for example, you can force NumLock to always be on)
  • Change: If performance counters can't load, the error prompt will now ask if you'd like to attempt an automated repair
  • Change: Trigger rules now fire in order and a "catch-all" rule applies if other rules don't match
  • Fix: CPU performance counter fix
  • Fix: Performance counter stats in edit window for custom counters now update correctly

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 4.5 (Dec 14, 2021)

  • Change: New trigger rule type, "After no Match" allows you to specify key states for all windows that didn't match any specific rules
  • Change: UI updates

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 4.4 (Aug 25, 2020)

  • Change: Added option to Trigger rules to not revert key state after program loses focus

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 4.2 (Dec 20, 2019)

  • Change: Advanced setting and installer switch to skip first run open of the settings window
  • Fix: Drive letter covers part of the write (down) arrow on the hard drive indicator
  • Fix: Hard Drive Activity indicators get jumbled when plugging in a USB stick
  • Fix: Can't launch under multiple user

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 4.1 (Nov 27, 2019)

  • Change: Added anonymized telemetry for crashes (you can disable this with an Advanced Setting)
  • Change: Physical Disk Hard Drive Activity indicators now overlay the disk number instead of a random drive letter from that disk (disable the "Use PhysicalDisk..." checkbox to show the drive letters instead)
  • Change: Hard Drive Activity indicators no longer faded
  • Fix: Hard Drive Activity indicators for removable drives now update automatically
  • Fix: General performance improvements

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 4.0 (May 22, 2019)

  • Change: Added a Triggers feature for automatically toggling caps/num/scroll lock keys
  • Change: Added an option to customize the colour of the drive letter overlays for Hard Drive Activity indicators
  • Change: Added an option to use separate indicators for each logical drive letter instead of each physical drive
  • Change: Added a 'Fix Performance Counters' button in the Settings window
  • Change: More languages included
  • Fix: Double-clicking a tray icon now correctly toggles that key
  • Fix: Restoring settings now uses the custom backup path when it's configured
  • Fix: Resolved an issue that caused the tray icons to get moved around, or moved to the overflow constantly

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 3.2 (Jul 31, 2018)

  • Change: More languages included
  • Change: Hard drive icons now show the drive letters
  • Change: 'TrayStatus Settings' is now a shortcut in the Start Menu for easier access
  • Fix: UI now updates correctly after changing licenses or languages

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 3.1 (Sep 19, 2016)

  • Change:
  • More languages included
  • Fix:
  • Separate hard drive activity indicators are now independent
  • Tray balloon messages now work as expected
  • Double-clicking a tray icon now fires on mouse up, not mouse down

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 3.0 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • New Status Indicator: Kana Lock;
  • You can now create custom status indicators based on Windows Performance;
  • You can now use different icon themes, or create your own;
  • Double-click a key status indicator (like Num Lock) to toggle that key.

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 2.2.1 (Aug 18, 2016)

  • Fix: Resolved an issue where the tray notifications were showing all the time, even when the setting was disabled

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 2.2 (Aug 17, 2016)

  • Change: Added a new option to show a tray notification when a key status changes
  • Change: General performance and stability improvements
  • Fix: App.Config file was missing in the installer, it's included now
  • Fix: No longer crashes when enabling the hard drive icon on a fresh install

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 2.1 (Aug 12, 2016)

  • Change: All new icons with a consistent theme similar to Windows 10
  • Change: Hard drive activity icon defaults to disabled for new installations
  • Change: High-resolution icons for people using DPI-scaling
  • Change: General performance and stability improvements

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 2.0 (Nov 10, 2015)

  • Change: New settings interface
  • Change: Fully Windows 10 tested and compatible
  • Fix: Resolved an issue where error notifications were constantly flashing in Windows 10
  • Fix: Resolved an issue where only selecting WIN status didn't let you save the settings

New in TrayStatus Pro Portable 1.2.3 (Apr 6, 2011)

  • Fixed: TrayStatus will no longer duplicate the system tray icons in some situations
  • Fixed: The system tray menu now looks correct when a custom colour scheme is used