Software-update: Windhawk 1.7

Vele Tweakers zullen bekend zijn met 7+ Taskbar Tweaker, een programma waarmee de taakbalk van Windows 7 en hoger worden aangepast. Elke keer als er een nieuwe versie van Windows uitkwam was het een hoop werk voor de ontwikkelaar om het weer werkend te krijgen. Hij heeft als alternatief Windhawk ontwikkeld, wat van apart toe te voegen modules gebruik maakt om niet alleen de taakbalk, maar ook andere onderdelen van Windows aan te passen. Versie 1.7 uitgekomen en hierin zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen doorgevoerd:

New:

• Windhawk now downloads pre-compiled mods by default instead of compiling them locally, significantly speeding up installations and updates. This can be disabled in the settings.
• Added support for viewing and installing older mod versions.
• Settings editor improvements:
  • Added a textual mode for editing settings in YAML format.
  • Settings can now be saved with Enter or Ctrl+S.
  • A warning is shown when leaving the settings tab with unsaved changes.
• Multiple user interface improvements, including:
  • Added search, filtering, and list view for installed mods.
  • Added additional filtering options in the Explore view.
  • Mod cards in the Explore view now show additional metadata, and display a rating breakdown on hover.
  • Added back/forward navigation via Alt+Left/Right and mouse back/forward buttons.
  • Added zooming support with Ctrl++/-, and reset zoom with Ctrl+0.
  • Custom process inclusion/exclusion lists for mods are now shown in the target processes tooltip.
• Windhawk can now be updated with a single click from the About tab. (This becomes active starting with the next update.)
• Mod description images now load from GitHub. Previously, some images loaded from Imgur, which is now blocked in the United Kingdom.
• Mod development: Added support for the @license and @donateUrl metadata fields.
• Added the following translations: Arabic, Hindi, and Thai.

Engine improvements and fixes

• Added limited support for multiple concurrent users. Multiple users can now run separate portable Windhawk instances on the same machine, provided no instance is running with administrator privileges.
• If internet connection is unavailable at launch, Windhawk now retries downloading debug symbols several times. This helps in cases where the connection becomes available only after a short delay following system startup.
• Improved error handling for missing debug symbols. The operation is now retried after a long interval instead of repeatedly for each newly launched program.
• Windhawk now uses the SlimDetours library for function hooking, improving compatibility with certain programs. Notably fixes an incompatibility with MacType that could cause a BSOD when exiting Windhawk (issue #527).
• Improved handling of protected processes. Previously, loading or unloading mods in such processes could cause a crash. The list of loaded mods is now kept unchanged until the process restarts. Changes to mod enable/disable state take effect only after restarting the protected process. Fixes an incompatibility with simplewall (discussions #2084).
• Fixed a possible crash when unloading mods.
• Fixed an incompatibility that caused certain applications to fail to launch when Windhawk was running. Affected programs include SideFX Houdini (issue #525), Autodesk MotionBuilder 2020 (issue #687), Movavi Screen Recorder, and other programs by Movavi (issue #533).
• Fixed an issue where some processes failed to shut down and were kept running indefinitely. Affected programs include MTool by AdventCirno (issue #558).
• Fixed a rare crash on systems using certain non-English locales.

Versienummer	1.7
Releasestatus	Final
Besturingssystemen	Windows 10, Windows 11
Website	Ramen Software
Download	https://github.com/ramensoftware/windhawk/releases/tag/v1.7
Licentietype	GPL