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WinDynamicDesktop Changelog

What's new in WinDynamicDesktop 5.5.0

Apr 24, 2024
  • Enhancements:
  • Added light mode as alternative to dark mode that always shows day images (#547)
  • Added option to show only installed themes in Select Theme dialog (#576)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed error in wallpaper scheduler the day after Daylight Saving Time begins (#579)
  • Fixed invalid format strings for some translations like Javanese (#580)
  • Fixed error when downloading beta translations from POEditor (#581)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.4.2 (Feb 28, 2024)

  • Fixed error when shuffle theme option is enabled and Windows 11 theme gets picked (#535)
  • Fixed error when setting lock screen image and no other displays have wallpaper set (#536)
  • Fixed crash when disconnecting user account if app is running in background (#569)
  • Fixed hang when uninstalling app from Microsoft Store (#570)
  • Fixed ellipsis (3 dots) button in Select Theme dialog not rendering on high-DPI displays

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.4.1 (Feb 16, 2024)

  • Fixed crash when opening Select Theme dialog due to resource missing from Release build

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.4.0 (Feb 15, 2024)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added shuffle option to include only favorite themes (#359)
  • Added shuffle option to change frequency to hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly (#397)
  • Added lock screen as another display in Select Theme dialog which can have a separate theme applied (#500)
  • Added Windows 11 wallpaper to list of built-in dynamic wallpapers (only for Windows 11) (#526)
  • Made wallpaper timing more accurate for polar day and polar night by showing brightest image at solar noon (#545)
  • Added Slovak, Tamil, and Uyghur translations (thanks Ignus, Arjun, and Widio)
  • Updated from .NET 6 to .NET 8 (this should not affect most users)
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed error in Store app when applying theme if name contains special characters (#434)
  • Fixed crash when Microsoft Store force closes app to update to newer version (#512)
  • Fixed misplaced strings in Configure Schedule dialog when localized (#513)
  • Fixed error that could happen previewing theme with only day and night segments (#529)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.3.1 (Jun 20, 2023)

  • Updated dark theme to stop using buggy Mica effect which may prevent mouse clicks (#525)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.3.0 (Jun 18, 2023)

  • Added Sonoma Abstract theme
  • Added support for 3-segment wallpapers (#442)
  • Added Taiwanese translation (thanks SABA)
  • Fixed "The process cannot access the file" error when downloading themes (#492)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.2.1 (Feb 20, 2023)

  • Fixed NullReferenceException when settings.json file is invalid
  • Fixed PowerShell scripts not being invoked with the latest version of PowerShell (v7)
  • Fixed a few strings that were not translatable in Select Theme dialog
  • Fixed font rendering issues on Windows 11 with light theme
  • Added Galician and Luxembourgish translations (thanks Juan Paz and Arno)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.2.0 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • Added dark UI theme using Mica (only for Windows 11 22H2)
  • Added Burmese translation (thanks Febri)
  • Fixed user-defined sunrise and sunset times being stored incorrectly for some locales (#487)
  • Fixed IndexOutOfRangeException that could occur when Select Theme dialog is opened and there are multiple monitors (#498)
  • Fixed error when PowerShell scripts run with blank imagePath parameter because there is no active theme

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.1.0 (Aug 29, 2022)

  • Added Ventura Abstract theme (#451)
  • Added dropdown in theme download dialog to select alternate mirrors that may be faster
  • Added "Hide system tray icon" to menu which hides tray icon until the next time the app is manually launched (#464)
  • Added Estonian translation (thanks ST)
  • Fixed error when applying settings and there is no active theme (#457)
  • Fixed theme not updating on displays that were connected when device is sleeping
  • Fixed error when theme download is cancelled
  • Fixed PowerShell scripts being invoked multiple times with the same arguments
  • Fixed incorrect theme name shown in bold when there is no active theme

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.0.3 (May 29, 2022)

  • Fixed IndexOutOfRangeException when Select Theme dialog is opened and there are multiple monitors (#446)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.0.2 (May 27, 2022)

  • Updated LocationIQ geocoding provider to stop using endpoint that will be deprecated on June 1
  • Fixed display names shown in wrong order in theme dialog (#420)
  • Fixed background not updating when night mode is toggled (#425)
  • Fixed user-defined sunrise and sunset times being stored in wrong locale format (#432)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.0.1 (Apr 3, 2022)

  • Fixed error when wallpaper changes and Change Lockscreen Image is enabled
  • Fixed error when wallpaper changes and PowerShell scripts are enabled
  • Disabled virtual desktop support for Windows 11 Insider builds (#421)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 5.0.0 (Mar 31, 2022)

  • Added support for setting separate background on multiple monitors
  • Added support for syncing lockscreen image with desktop background
  • Added time of day to preview for downloaded themes
  • Updated from .NET Framework to .NET 6 which is bundled with the app (thanks @sungaila for helping with this)
  • Added Amharic, Catalan, Javanese, Kazakh, Persian, Portuguese, and Thai translations (thanks Yonas, Joaquim, Raihan, Janat, Ali, João, and Chananthip)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 4.7.0 (Jul 9, 2021)

  • Added support for syncing wallpaper across virtual desktops in Windows 11
  • Added Arabic U.A.E., Hungarian, and Icelandic translations (thanks mustafa, DJ Phoenix, and Anonymous)
  • Fixed startup task being created for all users in installer instead of current user

New in WinDynamicDesktop 4.6.0 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Added Monterey Abstract theme
  • Added estimate of disk space usage in theme previewer
  • Added Arabic and Ukrainian translations (thanks Abdul Rahim and ???????)
  • Fixed timezone calculations failing in Oceania
  • Fixed config reload overwriting changes on disk
  • Fixed open dialogs preventing app from exiting

New in WinDynamicDesktop 4.3.1 (Oct 10, 2020)

  • Fixed error when 2-image themes (e.g., Big Sur Abstract) are selected in theme dialog

New in WinDynamicDesktop 4.3.0 (Oct 7, 2020)

  • Redesigned theme selector dialog to show carousel that autocycles through images (thanks @cjvaughter)
  • Added Dutch, Korean, and Indonesian translations (thanks Samuel, jihwan_bong, and @ChrisG661)
  • Fixed error when Windows 10 default wallpaper missing

New in WinDynamicDesktop 4.2.0 (Jun 25, 2020)

  • Add Big Sur and Big Sur Abstract themes
  • Add Bulgarian and Japanese translations (thanks Marin and Syoyusensation)
  • Improve error checking for theme JSON when new themes are installed
  • Fix check for updates failing on Windows 7

New in WinDynamicDesktop 4.1.1 (May 22, 2020)

  • Fix FormatException on startup caused by date/time parse error

New in WinDynamicDesktop 4.1.0 (May 20, 2020)

  • Add support for web proxies set in HTTP_PROXY or HTTPS_PROXY environment variable
  • Fix errors caused by date/time values being handled incorrectly
  • Fix ArgumentOutOfRangeException when right clicking on theme thumbnail

New in WinDynamicDesktop 4.0.0 (Feb 18, 2020)

  • Removed options that are not related to dynamic desktop wallpaper (see why)
  • Added PowerShell scripting capability (options that were removed are still supported as scripts)
  • Added option to shuffle wallpaper daily
  • Added option to pause changing wallpapers while fullscreen app is running
  • Added option to provide specific sunrise and sunset times
  • Added Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, and Portuguese translations (thanks Jrsarath, Rafi, and Geovane Souza)
  • Enabled option to use Windows location service in desktop version of app

New in WinDynamicDesktop 3.4.1 (Nov 13, 2019)

  • Added 17 new themes from 24 Hour Wallpaper
  • Fixed wallpaper fade transition not working in Windows Store version
  • Fixed crash when theme fails to download
  • Fixed error when importing theme from local images
  • Removed requirement for separate ".exe.config" file alongside EXE
  • Updated Chinese, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish translations

New in WinDynamicDesktop 3.4.0 (Oct 16, 2019)

  • Updated Catalina theme to have 8 images instead of 2 (follow instructions here to obtain the new version)
  • Created new theme site with more free themes added
  • Added Italian, Macedonian, Romanian, and Turkish translations (thanks @giorgioshine, @snajdovski, @MegaMarian12350, @EnverBozkaya)
  • Added feature to change display brightness throughout the day (only available if your monitor supports it, thanks @ddasutein)
  • Added option to tell Windows not to compress JPEG wallpapers (thanks @Senexis)
  • Separated "Change Windows 10 theme color" into 2 settings for controlling app and system theme (thanks @Senexis)
  • Added system tray menu item to "Edit Configuration File" (thanks @PetreBoboc)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 3.3.0 (Jun 4, 2019)

  • Added Catalina dynamic wallpaper
  • Allow user to pick themes to download instead of downloading them first time app is run
  • Added Czech, Spanish, and Polish translations (thanks @ondrej-mahdalik, @xoascf, @Sebosz)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 3.2.1 (May 7, 2019)

  • Fix bug where calculating sunrise/sunset times crashed in some European countries

New in WinDynamicDesktop 3.2.0 (Apr 21, 2019)

  • Added Chinese, French, German, Greek, and Russian translations (thanks to users who submitted them)
  • New paid themes available for the app from 24 Hour Wallpaper
  • Fixed bug where wallpapers were based on time of nautical instead of civil dawn/dusk
  • Fixed error on opening theme dialog if Windows isn't installed on C drive (thanks @FloatingShuYin)
  • Added download speed info to theme import dialog (thanks @ddasutein)
  • Improved error handling during theme loading and import process

New in WinDynamicDesktop 3.1.0 (Mar 6, 2019)

  • Register .ddw (Dynamic Desktop Wallpaper) file extension to make importing themes easier
  • Allow multiple theme files to be imported at once
  • Fix blurry text on high DPI screens (thanks to @ddasutein for helping with this)
  • Fix occasional error when app settings were saved
  • Multilingual support coming soon (if you want to translate the app into your language, see here)

New in WinDynamicDesktop 3.0.0 (Jan 16, 2019)

  • Added support for free themes from 24HourWallpaper.com. If you are using one of their wallpapers we listed previously, consider downloading the new versions for improved image quality.
  • Improved accuracy of wallpaper timing with 4 segment format (sunrise, day, sunset, night). See here for how to create your own theme.

New in WinDynamicDesktop 2.3.0 (Dec 28, 2018)

  • Change system theme as well as app theme on Windows 10 Insider build
  • Fix link to get more themes online
  • Themes can now be imported from ZIP files
  • Show image credits in theme dialog
  • Update wallpaper when system time changes
  • Add experimental feature to change lockscreen image

New in WinDynamicDesktop 2.2.0 (Nov 14, 2018)

  • Add ability to import and remove custom themes
  • Start a community created theme index (more submissions welcome)
  • Fix error for some locales if Windows location API was enabled

New in WinDynamicDesktop 2.1.1 (Nov 8, 2018)

  • Changes:
  • Check if .NET Framework 4.5 or newer is present in the installer
  • Add host for theme files that should be accessible in China
  • Improvements to wallpaper changing in UWP app and error logging

New in WinDynamicDesktop 2.1.0 (Oct 23, 2018)

  • Added option to use Windows location in Store app which automatically updates when your location changes
  • Theme dialog now shows split images for preview thumbnails like macOS
  • Main menu layout improved

New in WinDynamicDesktop 2.0.2 (Aug 29, 2018)

  • Fixed bug where theme dialog would not reopen until app was restarted
  • Fixed bug where app could crash when wallpaper changed

New in WinDynamicDesktop 2.0.1 (Aug 24, 2018)

  • Fixed wallpaper not changing/Select Theme dialog not reloading for new users
  • Fixed crash when a custom theme file was used
  • Disabled resizing dialogs which made them look bad

New in WinDynamicDesktop 2.0 (Aug 22, 2018)

  • Added theme manager with option to select new Solar Gradients theme
  • Added option to automatically change Windows 10 app theme (light during the day and dark at night)
  • Fixed several time and language related bugs

New in WinDynamicDesktop 1.4.1 (Jul 29, 2018)

  • Fixed bug where automatic update check caused program to crash if not connected to Internet
  • Fixed bug where in rare occasions wallpaper might not update

New in WinDynamicDesktop 1.4 (Jul 15, 2018)

  • Available on the Microsoft Store now
  • Added About dialog
  • Added manual and automatic update checking to desktop version
  • Fixed occasional crash when wallpaper image changed

New in WinDynamicDesktop 1.3 (Jul 5, 2018)

  • Added a dark mode option in system tray menu
  • Rewrote wallpaper change scheduler code which should hopefully fix some bugs
  • Added option in config file to start app hidden without system tray icon
  • It is no longer possible to run more than one instance of the app at once

New in WinDynamicDesktop 1.2.2 (Jun 23, 2018)

  • Fixed serious bug where wallpaper didn't update automatically

New in WinDynamicDesktop 1.2.1 (Jun 21, 2018)

  • Fixed bug for users with European localization that uses comma instead of period for decimal point.
  • Added ability to Refresh Wallpaper from system tray menu, in case it ever needs to be manually updated.

New in WinDynamicDesktop 1.2 (Jun 20, 2018)

  • Now the wallpaper fades when it transitions between images, like Windows does natively
  • A constant Internet connection is no longer required to get sunrise/sunset times for each day
  • Program now has an installer available for download as well as the portable version

New in WinDynamicDesktop 1.1 (Jun 17, 2018)

  • This update contains lots of bug fixes and new features:
  • Now you can choose your own set of wallpaper images to use (see the README for details)
  • Added an option to start program when Windows boots in system tray menu
  • Fixed bug where program crashed if user set location before ZIP file finished downloading
  • Fixed bug where wallpaper fit (stretched, centered, tiled, etc.) was reset whenever image updated
  • Fixed memory leak which reduces memory usage by about 40MB
  • Error info is now written to log file, so if the program crashes there is useful information to report

New in WinDynamicDesktop 1.0 (Jun 14, 2018)

  • First release, has not been tested much yet. Please report any bugs.