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SmartTaskbar Changelog

What's new in SmartTaskbar 1.4.5

Apr 18, 2022
  • Added "Reduce taskbar display" option. When checked, the display of the taskbar is no longer based on whether the current window intersects with the taskbar. but the window that caused the taskbar to hide last time.

New in SmartTaskbar 1.4.4 (Apr 16, 2022)

  • Significantly reduce CPU and memory usage.
  • General performance and stability improvements.

New in SmartTaskbar 1.4.3 (Apr 14, 2022)

  • Hook the taskbar to prevent the taskbar from automatically hiding when closing the start menu, search box and minimizing windows[1].
  • General performance and stability improvements.

New in SmartTaskbar 1.4.2 (Apr 13, 2022)

  • The new version only supports the newer win10 and win11 systems.
  • High DPI support.
  • Reduce unnecessary display of taskbar.
  • General performance and stability improvements.

New in SmartTaskbar 1.1.8 (Aug 26, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Added language support for Russian and Ukrainian. (Thanks to SevereCloud #20)
  • Now Adaptive Mode is the default mode.
  • Some code refactoring and small optimization.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • The taskbar button size can be set correctly when first run.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the status of the taskbar from changing.

New in SmartTaskbar 1.1.7 (Jul 11, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Add "Small Buttons" button, click to change the Taskbar buttons size.
  • Add "Adaptive" button, Click to enable or disable Adaptive Mode.
  • Remove the "Show" and "Hide" buttons.
  • Adaptive Mode:
  • In the Adaptive Mode, SmartTaskbar will set the Taskbar buttons to be smaller when a maximized window exists .
  • Without maximized window, the Taskbar will buttons restores original size.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed #11 , on win7, win8 and win8.1, use the blue tray icon instead of the white icon.
  • Fixed #14 , when the software exits, the taskbar display status will be restored.

New in SmartTaskbar 1.1.6 (Jun 10, 2018)

  • Completely rewrite the application, remove a lot of unnecessary features, reduce memory and hard disk usage.
  • Remove language support for Traditional Chinese, German, and Japanese.
  • Delete "About" Window.
  • Add some necessary code comments.
  • Remain true to my original aspiration and keep this application simple.

New in SmartTaskbar 1.1.5 (May 28, 2018)

  • Auto-Mode can correctly detect the state of UWP Window.
  • Support for win10 Multiple desktops feature.
  • Auto-Mode is faster!

New in SmartTaskbar 1.1.4 (Apr 12, 2018)

  • You can choose the program's installation path now.
  • Added about window.
  • The new version is hundreds of milliseconds faster than the old version! But those old bugs still exist...

New in SmartTaskbar 1.1.3 (Mar 12, 2018)

  • Add "Animation" button, click to open or close the taskbar animation effect.
  • Tray
  • Add language support for Traditional Chinese and Japanese.
  • Some performance improvements.
  • Known Issues
  • If the installation fails, please re-install after installing the .NET Framework.
  • The SmartTaskbar(Auto Mode) cannot autohide or display automatically based on UWP window state.
  • SmartTaskbar(Auto Mode)
  • When using multiple monitors, Auto Mode may not work correctly.
  • Some applications are not compatible with Auto Mode, for example:
  • If you use the Dell Display Manager, the taskbar will switch between Show and Hide frequently.
  • Dell Display Manager，
  • Some applications, such as Steam, cannot be maximized properly(After the taskbar is hidden, it will leave a blank space).
  • Under Windows 10, sometimes the taskbar(Auto-Hide Mode) can't be automatically hidden, the taskbar will blocks the content behind it(This is probably a bug in Windows 10).

New in SmartTaskbar 1.1.2 (Mar 7, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • When users run the application for the first time, a popup message will appear indicating that the application is running in the background.
  • Some performance improvements.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug that may cause multiple instances running at the same time.
  • Fixed an issue where the Auto Mode remains working while the system tray was shut down unexpectedly.
  • The installation and uninstallation process now can correctly close the running program and deletes the users' settings file.
  • During installation, the installer no longer required some users to install the .NET Framework 4.7.1

New in SmartTaskbar 1.1.1 (Mar 5, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • System tray style modification.
  • Some performance improvements and bug fixes.

New in SmartTaskbar 1.1.0 (Mar 5, 2018)

  • Add a system tray.
  • Double-click the tray icon to switch the status of the taskbar quickly
  • Support languages: Simplified Chinese, English and German.
  • Some performance improvements and bug fixes.

New in SmartTaskbar 1.0.3 (Feb 2, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Add a installer and icon

New in SmartTaskbar 1.0.2 (Jan 22, 2018)

  • Disable auto-hide function when using multiple monitors

New in SmartTaskbar 1.0.1 (Jan 20, 2018)

  • Bug fixed:
  • No longer dependent on the VC ++ runtime.