TrayDir Changelog

What's new in TrayDir 3.4.0

Aug 12, 2023
  • Added setting to always create folders as shortcuts
  • Added ability to open tray menu with left click
  • Added Web Link items
  • Web Link items work as an item with a URL that will open up on the default browser application
  • Added validation text boxes to show when a field is incorrect in an edit form
  • Added ability to select any image file as the tray icon
  • Corrected some cases of blurry icons
  • Fixed bug that caused crash when adding a new item
  • Fixed issues with copy/paste
  • Improvements to forms throughout

New in TrayDir 3.3.1 (Aug 5, 2022)

  • Fixed 3.3.0 bug causing items to open twice the second time they were opened in the system tray.
  • Fixed 3.3.0 bug causing plugins to be considered invalid.

New in TrayDir 3.3.0 (Jul 31, 2022)

  • Improved overall performance
  • Updated Help documentation
  • Added ability to hide items from the tray menu
  • Added more options when right-clicking menu items in the system tray and in the main window
  • Added prompt to minimize to tray when closing the main window and the setting Minimize on close is disabled
  • Added ability to configure plugin parameters as required
  • Added plugin scripting (see Script Plugins)

New in TrayDir 3.2.0 (Apr 14, 2022)

  • Added Separator item to separate groups of items without putting them in virtual folders
  • Added ability to open all items in a virtual folder. Right-click on the virtual folder from the system tray menu then click Open all
  • Added ability to drag-drop items within main window to re-organize them
  • Added ability to drag-drop files or folders from File Explorer to main window to insert new items
  • Added instance name to instance options
  • Improved icon loading
  • Improved folder loading. All folders are built as needed when the menu item is expanded. Some delays can be noticed if there are many contents inside the folders.

New in TrayDir 3.1.4 (Mar 19, 2022)

  • Added descriptions to buttons on hover to help with first time use
  • Added Help file. More detail will be included in future releases.
  • Added Bug Report item to allow users to report issues with TrayDir
  • Fixed issue with plugins not behaving as expected. Plugin parameter generation corrected to remove redundant whitespace characters
  • Fixed issue with script execution not starting from their directory. Process's initial directory now matches the file's directory
  • Improved icon loading performance
  • Improved main window user interface
  • Updated installer to allow installing in custom location
  • Updated TrayDir icon

New in TrayDir 3.1.3 (Jan 7, 2022)

  • Added plugin item options when right clicked in the tray menu
  • Added ability to import/export plugins
  • Fixed bug that caused app to crash when restoring an archived instance with Virtual Folders
  • Fixed bug that caused memory use to increase drastically when right clicking on an instance in the system tray
  • Fixed bug that caused plugin mapping to break when deleting an old plugin in the plugin manager
  • Added more complex parameter definition for plugins:
  • Added parameter names
  • Added parameter prefixes (for example, the -f in plugin.exe -f file.txt)
  • Added parameters flags (a checkbox, so when checked the parameter prefix is included in the plugin call. For example, the -h in plugin.exe -h)

New in TrayDir 3.1.2 (Oct 14, 2021)

  • Improved plugin editor
  • Added option to select menu icon for virtual folder. Blue or Yellow folder icon
  • Added function to expand and collapse items in the Instance tree view
  • Added function to right click items in the instance tree view to explore, open in cmd, or open in cmd (Admin)
  • Added function to archive and restore instances

New in TrayDir 3.1.1 (Sep 28, 2021)

  • Added new items: Plugins. Plugins are a link to an executable, where each item added can have its own command-line parameters.
  • Added copy/pasting items and folders

New in TrayDir 3.0.3 (Sep 4, 2021)

  • Added function to set a folder item as shortcut only. You can do this by right clicking on the folder item in the main form
  • Added check so app prompts user if started but already running
  • Fixed bug where cancelling an instance import would display an error dialog
  • Added folder icon to folders in menu when icon loading is enabled

New in TrayDir 3.0.2 (Aug 6, 2021)

  • Fixed bug where startup error would cause app to not start
  • Added unhandled exception handling so app never crashes without displaying an error

New in TrayDir 3.0.1 (Jul 30, 2021)

  • Fixed bug where file/folder dialog did not open in selected item's current path
  • Fixed bug where .url extension menu items did not load correctly

New in TrayDir 3.0.0 (Jul 7, 2021)

  • Changed paths structure to support virtual folders and dynamic link organization
  • Performance improvements
  • Icon loading fixes
  • Added option to hide instances from the tray
  • Fixed menu options when right clicking on a directory

New in TrayDir 2.2.2 (Apr 28, 2021)

  • Corrected bug that deleted wrong instance
  • Corrected bug that did not rebuild a path on changing the path

New in TrayDir 2.2.1 (Apr 25, 2021)

  • Corrected destination for new updates

New in TrayDir 2.1.3 (Apr 21, 2021)

  • Improved icon loading performance
  • Fixed scenario where changes to instances weren't saved and closing app would cause data loss

New in TrayDir 2.1.2 (Apr 18, 2021)

  • Added functionality to group folders at bottom or top of tray menu
  • Added functionality to import/export instances
  • Added option to show icons in the tray menu
  • Saving icon to the instance config instead of referring to a file location
  • Small bug fixes