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[!] Important [+] New [-] Fixed error [*] Changes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.15.2 (13.11.2024) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Program startup speed is slightly increased and overall security is hardened by adding page hashes to Actual Window Guard executable files. [-] Window Actions: Since the version 8.14.4 the "Move to Monitor - Primary" startup action stopped working as expected. [-] Window Actions: App windows (e.g. Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox) could be closed by pressing Alt-F4 or by making several fast clicks on their Close button even if the "Prevent accidental close" option was enabled. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.15.1 (27.04.2024) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Windows 10+, Window Settings: In some cases, settings stopped being applied to Metro/UWP apps after restarting Actual Window Guard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.15 (26.06.2023) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Security: Now all Actual Tools runtime executables natively support the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) security technologies provided by the system. That hardens the overall system security by preventing various exploit attacks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.14.7 (22.06.2022) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Memory consumption and overall system load is slightly reduced. [!] In some rare cases multi-window applications might crash silently after closing and re-opening a window of the same type (e.g. separate message window in email client). [*] Compatibility is improved with custom cursors provided by Yolo Mouse. [-] After exiting and then starting Actual Window Guard back, some features in some applications might work erratically. [-] In multi-window applications memory leaked slightly after each cycle of closing a window and then opening two windows in a row. [-] Excel 2007+ hung after closing some of its standard dialogs: Protect Sheet, Conditional Formatting, Chart Data, etc. [-] Configuration: The Send to Tech Support feature did not recognize Windows 11 marking the sent configurations as Win10-built. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.14.6 (22.11.2021) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Some internal components are made more concurrency-friendly by removing redundant locks and eliminating bottlenecks that might cause a noticeable system slowdown on multi-core CPUs in some scenarios. [!] Internal consumption of memory and system resources is slightly reduced, some memory/resource leaks are fixed. [+] Windows 10: Some improvements for UWP apps: - extra menu commands added by Actual Window Guard are finally available in the system window menu invoked by a title bar right click - the "Prevent window's accidental close" feature now works as expected [-] Window Settings, Windows 7+: Another proper specific settings did not apply to a File Explorer window with some specific settings already applied when its caption changed after switching to a certain folder and the Explorer option "Display the full path in the title bar" was on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.14.5 (12.02.2021) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows 10 Insider x64 build 21277+: The program crashed at startup. [+] Licensing: The evaluation period is prolonged by a third of its original duration for the update versions released after the Free Updates Subscription expiration date. [-] An invalid memory operation could cause cascading errors in the Control Center at its startup if the "Collect usage statistics" option was enabled. [-] Some application windows (e.g. Directory Opus) stopped reacting on Control Center commands (like pausing/resuming or modifying the settings). [-] Window Actions: The Run Keyboard Macro action forced its target window remain foreground, which was inappropriate if a macro's purpose presumed another window activation (especially when the action was activated by any means other than "At Window Startup"). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.14.4 (10.10.2020) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Internal security has been accurately revised and tightened to follow the principle of least privilege (in particular, for kernel objects used for inter-process communication). [!] Internal error handling has been revised and improved for better interoperability with apps using .NET runtime (and probably some other frameworks). [!] Internal handling of display-related information has been optimized to reduce the overall delay after changing the desktop geometry (i.e. attaching/detaching a monitor or changing a monitor resolution). [+] Window Settings: The ability is added to apply window settings to such system pop-up windows as Action Center, Volume Mixer, Network, and tray notifications. [*] Window Actions: Now the "Prevent window's accidental close" option works in Mozilla-based apps (Firefox, Thunderbird, Pale Moon) and some Chromium-based apps (Google Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, Yandex.Browser, Brave, Skype for Desktop). [-] In some rare cases some apps might get hung after reapplying their window settings or unloading Actual Window Guard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.14.3 (27.12.2019) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] In some rare cases, running applications might crash randomly. [!] Some applications (Adobe products, TechSmith products, Parametric Technologies products, and some others) got hung if two or more Actual Tools programs were running at once (exiting all but one Actual Tools programs made hung applications responsive back). [-] Window Actions: The "Block premature appearance of window" option did not work as declared in Chromium-based applications. [-] Window Actions: Applying the "Send to bottom" action at startup might make the Alt key appear to be pressed (actual pressing/releasing the physical Alt key removed that effect). [-] Text on buttons in the Evaluation dialog was garbled in some Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.14.2 (29.10.2019) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Numerous fixes of runtime internals to improve speed, robustness, and reliability. [+] Ability to update an existing license key is added: see the "Enter new license key" item either in the "Tools - License" Configuration window panel or in the Actual Window Guard notification area icon's context menu. [*] Window Actions: The "Relocate split windows" feature now works right in a multi-monitor environment. [-] Windows Monitoring Log: The following bugs are fixed: - dragging an excluded window filled the log quickly with duplicate "New window" events - a "Caption changed" event was always followed by the duplicate "New window" event - the Log window itself did not appear in the log [-] Configuration: The Index panel of window settings: - did not display specified parameters of the "Fix minimal/maximal size to" items in the Size section - showed internal non-localized identifiers in the Startup section after making any changes at the Startup page ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.14.1 (09.07.2019) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Internal logic of global hook handlers is revised to improve the compatibility with the systems running on multi-core CPUs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.14 (15.05.2019) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Microsoft Office 2013+: Application windows got frozen for a long time (up to several minutes) after locking the user session and then unlocking it back. [*] Configuration: Now configuration windows and dialogs correctly scale their content to a current DPI resolution, including on-the-fly scaling when dragging them between monitors with different DPI resolutions. [-] Window Actions: Google Chrome window did not respect the Restrict Placement and Fix Minimal/Maximal Size actions when it was full screen or in kiosk mode. [-] Configuration: The "Copy settings from" command stopped working. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.13.3 (28.11.2018) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows 10 build 17763+: System SmartScreen process ate up to 100% CPU resources when Actual Window Guard was running. [!] Window Settings: Exclusions stopped working since the version 8.13. [*] Configuration: Specific Settings editing windows now are truly independent of the main Configuration window: - clicking the Apply button in such window now immediately saves the changes (no need to click Apply in the main window as well) - after closing the main window these windows remain fully functional [-] Window Actions: Restrict Placement window action did not affect maximized windows of Google Chrome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.13.2 (12.10.2018) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows Vista/7: Process dwm.exe crashed each time after unloading Actual Window Guard Control Center. [-] Configuration: In really high DPI resolutions (> 200%), caption of a first option in each group overlapped the group's title. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.13.1 (27.09.2018) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows 10: In some cases the Task View window might get broken when Actual Window Guard was set to load at system startup. [*] Configuration: Now all toobars respect the options of the "Toolbars" group in the "Options - User Interface" panel. [-] Windows 10, Window Settings: Specific settings did not apply to UWP apps running full-screen (e.g. Groove, Solitaire Collection). [-] Configuration: The "Global Options - Start Program" panel accidentally got broken in the previous version. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.13 (21.08.2018) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows x64: The overall workload on a system has been reduced significantly, especially on multi-core CPUs. [*] Configuration: Windows are now properly scaled at startup to conform with the DPI resolution set for a monitor, which they are opening on. [-] Move to Monitor: After moving a maximized Google Chrome window to a monitor with a different DPI resolution, the window got beyond the visible desktop area. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.12.2 (21.05.2018) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.12.1 (21.04.2018) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Windows x64: In some rare cases applications might crash. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.12 (03.03.2018) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Some applications (e.g. Malwarebytes) might hang at startup if Actual Window Guard was running. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.11.3 (30.12.2017) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.11.2 (28.09.2017) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows 10 Creators Update: Metro (UWP) apps crashed at startup if Actual Window Guard was running. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.11.1 (27.07.2017) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Windows 10: Some apps (like Visual Studio 2012 installer and components, or iTunes Helper) crashed when Actual Window Guard was running. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.11 (20.06.2017) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Windows 10: Now you can create specific window settings for Metro (UWP) apps (e.g. Settings, Edge, Skype, Store, Xbox, Calculator, etc.). [*] The factory exclusion rule "All unnamed windows" is added to skip all windows with an empty caption. [-] Configuration: Captions on the Tools panels got cut in high DPI resolutions. [-] Configuration: Exclusion detail panel did not refresh after adding a new exclusion in the list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.10.2 (28.03.2017) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] UltraEdit main window consumed CPU a lot with Actual Window Guard running. [-] Configuration: In Windows 7+, web links always opened in Internet Explorer, not default web browser. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.10.1 (20.02.2017) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Localizaton: Arabic language is added (translation made by Thamer Mousa). [-] Configuration: Test Regexp dialog displayed an error if it was opened on a monitor with high DPI resolution. [-] Updating: If the "New version is available" balloon notification was shown, right click on the Actual Window Guard notification area icon started the installation instead of displaying icon's context menu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.10 (29.12.2016) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows x64: Stability is greatly improved (there should be no more high CPU usage or app crashes at Actual Window Guard startup). [*] Configuration: Test Regexp and Select Window From List dialogs now look and work correct in high DPI resolutions. [-] There was possible (of low probability, though) security breach when running Actual Window Guard library from the %Temp% folder. [-] Configuration: Check box and radio button captions got cut in high DPI resolutions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.9 (22.07.2016) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] The CFL command line switch is expanded with the ability to specify an arbitrary folder where the configuration files should be stored: ActualWindowGuardCenter.exe CFL "<full_path_to_the_folder>" [*] Overall stability is improved. [*] Evaluation dialog has been restyled. [*] Proper scaling in high DPI resolutions has been finally implemented for program dialogs (About, Register, Check for Updates, etc.). [-] Some features stopped working in Skype windows after saving the Actual Window Guard configuration. [-] Windows 7+: Specific window settings with certain Window Caption criterion specified did not apply to Microsoft Management Console windows (Event Viewer, Task Scheduler, Disk Manager, etc.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.8.3 (13.05.2016) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.8.2 (06.05.2016) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Configuration: Navigation pages now display a tooltip with the full caption text over their header if the caption text does not fit the header visible area. [-] Configuration: With large interface font size (either set manually in the User Interface settings or generated automatically because of a high screen DPI resolution), navigation page captions did not fit the headers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.8.1 (29.04.2016) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows 10: False-positive SmartScreen warning about setup file corruption is finally remedied. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.8 (31.03.2016) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Configuration: List of specific Window Settings has been removed from the Window Settings navigation tree. Now, you can edit certain Specific Window settings item in a separate window that can be opened in the following ways: - double click the required item in the Specific Settings list - select the required item in the Specific Settings list and press Enter - use the Edit Window Rule command in either the toolbar or the context menu of the Specific Settings list Known issues (subject to fix in the future updates): 1) the multi-editing of several specific settings does now work as before 2) there is no way to adjust the natural order of specific settings [!] Configuration: Global Options subitems have been removed from the Window Settings navigation tree and transformed into tabs of the Global Options detail panel. [+] Configuration: Back/Forward buttons have been added into each Configuration window to provide the navigation through the user interface panels like in web browsers. [+] Configuration: Incremental Search box has been added into each Configuration window. Now you can quickly discover a panel that contains the required option just by typing several letters of what you want to find. Search engine considers the following text information: 1) captions of user interface panels and all their sub-controls (control hints are ignored at the moment for the sake of search speed) 2) captions of built-in and user-added objects of the following types: - specific window settings - window exclusions - hotkeys - Start Program shortcuts [*] Configuration: Undo/Redo commands now track the changes separately for each window. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.7 (04.02.2016) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The navigation panel in the main Configuration window has been replaced. [!] Configuration: Global options of window settings (like title buttons skin, window menu items order, pre-defined window sizes, etc.) have been moved from the Options category to the Window Settings category in the main Configuration window. [+] Configuration: Ability is added to select all items in the lists with multi-selection allowed by pressing the Ctrl-A hotkey. As this key combination was reserved for adding a new item to a list, the New Item hotkey has been changed to Ctrl-N. [*] Configuration: Hotkey combinations for list operations have been unified for all list-editing panels: Ins, Ctrl-N - add new item Del, Ctrl-D - delete selected item F5 - copy selected item Ctrl-=, Ctrl-Num+ - enable all items (where available) Ctrl--, Ctrl-Num- - disable all items (where available) Ctrl-A - select all items (where available) [*] Configuration: Confirmation request for the Delete Item operation has been removed in all list-editing panels. If you accidentally removed the needed item - you can click the Undo button in the bottom-left corner of the main Configuration window or press the Undo hotkey (Ctrl-Z by default). [*] Configuration: The flickering has been reduced significantly when resizing either the Configuration windows themselves or their internals. [*] Windows 10: Hotkeys now work in Metro apps. [*] Configuration: Separate Window Settings windows now retain their position and size when you open them again. [-] Installer: The uninstaller popped up interactive dialog requests even if it had been launched with /SILENT or /VERYSILENT command line option. [-] Configuration: Minimized windows did not restore on clicking the notification area icon or pressing the Configure hotkey. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.6.2 (23.11.2015) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.6.1 (20.11.2015) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Overall stability is improved. [*] Buttons on the "Tools - Control Center" panel are made more usable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.6 (06.10.2015) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Now you can suspend/resume Actual Window Guard via command line using the following syntax, respectively: ActualWindowGuardCenter.exe suspend ActualWindowGuardCenter.exe resume [*] If Actual Window Guard was installed into a trusted location (such as "Program Files" folder) using administrative privileges and then used under non-privileged user account, Actual Window Guard update installer now warns that it must be run as administrator to update the installation in a trusted location. [-] Windows 10: System Alt-Tab switcher worked wrong if the "Move to monitor at startup - Where mouse pointer" action was enabled in the default window settings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.5.3 (19.09.2015) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] On some combinations of video hardware and drivers Actual Window Guard crashed at startup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.5.2 (09.09.2015) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.5.1 (04.09.2015) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] On some hardware configurations, Actual Window Guard crashed at startup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.5 (26.08.2015) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Windows 10 basic compatibility is added. [!] Windows 10 known issues (subject to fix in the next updates): - hotkeys do not work in Metro apps - extra menu commands do not appear in Metro apps ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.4 (27.05.2015) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Sometimes running programs might crash after unloading Actual Window Guard. [-] The bug prevented NuSphere PhpEd 15 debugger from starting is fixed. [-] Magix products (Movie Edit, Music Maker) stopped responding during loading. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.3 (15.04.2015) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The overall support of high screen DPIs is improved. [*] Last used path is saved in the Configuration Backup/Restore dialogs. [-] The multi-selection of specific window settings got broken. [-] The "Manage Window Settings" window menu item didn't appear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.2.2 (01.11.2014) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.2.1 (24.10.2014) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Minor fixes and improvements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.2 (22.09.2014) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The Configuration Module now can run multiple windows at once. For example, you can open several Window Settings windows using the "Manage window settings" title button (separate window for each settings). When several configuration windows are open at once, changes made within a particular window are isolated there until you click the Apply button in that window. [!] Changes made in the Default Window Settings now are propagated automatically to all existing specific window settings (provided that the old value was the same in both Default and particular specific settings). [+] Quick Setup wizard is added. It allows to tune up quickly the most frequently used features (according to collected and analyzed usage statistics) without diving into details. [*] Compatibility with Windows 8.1 Service Pack 1 has been improved. [*] The window invoked by the "Copy Settings from..." command now does not display the target Window Settings item. [-] Downloaded setups of newer versions were installed automatically even if the automatic updates were disabled (which prevented the rolling back to any previous version if a newer version setup was available). [-] NuSphere PhpEd 12 crashed when trying to scroll the File Explorer view. [-] Unloading 1st Clock right after restoring from hibernation made Windows Explorer hung. [-] Canceling the download in the "Check for Updates" dialog caused an error. [-] Pressing Enter in the "Check for Updates" dialog after the download was started caused the restart of downloading. [-] In the Configuration window, multi-line edit fields reset their scroll bars to the beginning after typing a character when the content exceeded the size of the edit field. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.1.4 (10.04.2014) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] German translation is revised. [-] Some windows might disappear if the "Fix maximal window size" feature was active (in particular, the "Open File" dialogs in Actual Window Guard Configuration). [-] Windows XP/Vista: Command prompt windows launched after starting Actual Window Guard remained unprocessed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.1.3 (20.03.2014) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Incompatibility with Mikrotik's Winbox windows is fixed. [-] Adobe Acrobat Standard X/XI crashed upon trying to start a new scan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.1.2 (04.03.2014) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Ability to specify file masks (using the "*" and "?" symbols) for the Program target window criterion is added. [*] Compatiblity with Agnitum Outpost Security Suite is restored. [*] Compatibility with Foxit PDF Reader is improved. [-] Windows 8/8.1: Internet Explorer 11 closed immediately when running in Metro mode. [-] In some cases opening a new window of Internet Explorer 11 also opened additional unwanted IE window. [-] Adobe Flash Installer crashed after clicking the Quit button if Actual Window Guard was running. [-] PuTTYSessionManager crashed after closing it automatically on window deactivation. [-] In some cases changing Actual Window Guard language made some of additional title buttons and window menu commands disappear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.1.1 (31.01.2014) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Sometimes running programs might crash after unloading Actual Window Guard. [-] Some kinds of windows stopped working correctly when extended by Actual Window Guard (in particular, windows of the Investor/RT app). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.1 (22.01.2014) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Now it is possible to specify the default location of configuration files via command line: run "ActualWindowGuardCenter.exe CFL 1|2|3|-", where 1 - program installation folder 2 - "Application Data" folder in the All Users user profile 3 - "Application Data" folder in the current user profile (default) - - remove the value from the Registry [+] Sending of collected usage statistics is added. [*] When using the Window Finder tool to fill the "Align window" or "Resize window" parameters from an existing window, the actual values are calculated in set measure units and alignment mode. [*] Check for Updates options are moved into separate panel in the Options page. [*] Now it is possible to open the Check for Updates options from the Check for Updates window. [*] Now it is possible to restore the lost registration code from the Registration dialog. [-] Windows 8/8.1: Running programs in "Windows XP/Vista compatibility" mode made them hung at startup. [-] Automatically moving or sizing Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 windows at startup made them unusable. [-] Flash Player running in the Firefox Plugin Container consumed system resources constantly. [-] Unloading 1st Clock made Windows Explorer hung. [-] Zoom screen sharing utility worked improperly when Actual Window Guard was running. [-] Google Chrome crashed when Actual Window Guard tried to display a tooltip showing window position/size when dragging/sizing Chrome window. [-] Windows 8: Pinning a window to desktop caused visual glitches. [-] After pinning a window to desktop its placement might be calculated improperly if the multi-monitor desktop had a negative coordinates area. [-] Windows 7+: The "Program" target window criterion did not work in console windows. [-] Automatic update always downloaded the latest available setup file from the server no matter it was already downloaded or not. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.0.3 (14.09.2013) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] After downloading the update, setup did not run after clicking on the tray balloon "Click here to install it right now" message if the "Load at startup" option was enabled. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.0.2 (30.08.2013) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] With larger size of system dialog font, registration codes were cut down after pasting into the Registration dialog so that the program could not recognize them as valid codes. [-] Installer froze for 10 seconds after copying the files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.0.1 (19.08.2013) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Uninstallation did not work because of the "DLL not found" error. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 8.0 (15.08.2013) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Beginning from the version 8.0, the Licensing Policy changes: now you must purchase as many copies of the program as many users will use the program simultaneously. There is no limit on the number of computers the program can be installed on and registered with the same registration code as long as the number of simultaneous users is less than or equal to the number of purchased copies. For more information, please refer to the license.txt document in the program's installation folder or visit this page. [!] Beginning from the version 8.0, the Upgrade Policy changes: now purchasing the registration code grants you the Free Upgrades Subscription for a certain period (a year). During this period, you are eligible to get any new versions of the program for free. After this period expires, you will have to purchase another registration code to prolong the Free Upgrades Subscription (in case you want to do so). Otherwise, you can continue to use the last actual version of the program, it will remain registered and fully functional. [+] Support of child windows within multi-document interface (MDI) applications is added. The most well-known example of such windows are Microsoft Excel workbooks. However, because of speciality of such windows some window actions cannot be applied to them, and others work differently than for usual top-level windows (for more information, please refer to User Manual). [+] Korean language is added (translation provided by pCsOrI). [+] AutoUpdate is finally available. Now, Actual Window Guard not only checks for a new version but also downloads and installs it automatically. [+] Collection of usage statistics is added. When enabled, it is keeping record of any window manipulation you undertake in a special log file. Collection of usage statistics is enabled by default. If you encounter any problems with it then you can disable it in the "Options - General" panel. Otherwise, please keep it enabled for a sufficient time (at least several days) to let Actual Window Guard collect enough statistical data. Then, please send us your configuration using the Send to Tech Support button in the "Tools - Configuration" panel. This will help us analyze and better understand the preferences and needs of our users and improve our products more consciously and purposefully. [*] Dutch translation is revised. [*] After setting window position using the Align Window action, the window retains the set alignment when changing the size using the Resize Window action, until the user drags the window or changes its size manually. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 7.5.1 (12.04.2013) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Windows x64: In some environments, memory might leak gradually in the Control Center. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 7.5 (25.03.2013) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Global system hooks are replaced with the hooks local for each process. This should fix some known compatibility problems (e.g. with Lotus Notes, Adobe Acrobat) and also improve the overall stability. [*] Hotkeys now work in applications (mostly, video games) that use DirectInput to provide keyboard/mouse control (e.g. Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Battlefield 3, etc.). [-] Windows 7: If Internet Explorer is already open, launching a new instance of it opened an unwanted extra window. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 7.4.3 (19.02.2013) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Compatibility with MAXQDA is improved. [-] In some cases specific window settings did not apply to 64-bit applications (e.g. Waterfox). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 7.4.2 (05.02.2013) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Compatibility with PTC products (Creo, Windchill, Arbortext, Mathcad, Integrity) is improved. [*] Program dialogs now look correct in the systems with the right-to-left writing language installed (like Hebrew, Arabic, etc.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 7.4.1 (31.12.2012) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] The ability to toggle the logging on-the-fly in the Log window is added. [+] The ability to open the Configuration window for certain window settings or an exclusion by double-clicking its entry in the Log window is added. [*] Compatibility with Adobe Premiere is improved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 7.4 (18.12.2012) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] The ability is added to specify a delay before adding/removing standard window parts. [*] Windows 7: The ability to start Actual Window Guard at the end of the installation is restored. [-] SURFCAM 6 crashed in some cases. [-] If there were hotkey combinations already by the system, other hotkey combinations might work incorrectly. [-] Windows 8: When trying to change the position/size of Windows Explorer windows at their startup, they painted incorrectly if the "Block premature window appearance" option was enabled in window settings. [-] Control keys (e.g. Backspace) were blocked while editing file names in the Configuration window. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 7.3 (22.11.2012) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Compatibility with the following programs is restored: - Logitech SetPoint - WordPerfect 12 [*] Compatibility with the following programs is improved: - SmartDraw 12 - HTML-Kit Tools [*] The order of monitors used in the Move to Monitor feature now is the same as in the system. [-] Language Bar's context menu disappeared immediately after popping up. [-] In some cases, on 64-bit systems some windows might display their caption text in Chinese. [-] The "&" symbol did not displayed in window captions. [-] Tooltips disappeared in Microsoft Office 2007 and higher. [-] Windows 8: The "Open With" list of options disappeared immediately if the "Move to Monitor at Startup" feature was enabled in the Default Settings. [-] The "Open as - Maximized" feature worked unstable for the Microsoft Excel main window. [-] Remove Standard Window Parts feature did not work with XBMC media player. [-] The "Startup - Send to Bottom" feature did not work. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 7.2 (16.08.2012) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The library file awgemb64.dll is built using another compiler so we expect the increased stability on 64-bit systems (especially on Windows 7 and Windows 8). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 7.1 (07.07.2012) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Italian language is added (translation provided by Davide Pari). [*] Compatibility with Windows 8 Release Preview is improved: - correct work with 64-bit Internet Explorer and administrative tools [*] Compatibility with NVIDIA nView is improved. [*] Windows 7: The "Run as different user" option of the Start Program action now displays the dialog prompting for credentials (instead of running as administrator by default). [-] Trying to select several Window Settings items in the left panel and delete them resulted in the deletion of a single item only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 7.0 (13.03.2012) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Configuration window has been revamped. [*] Compatibility with Windows 8 Consumer Preview is improved. [*] Compatibility with Windows Snipping Tool is improved. [*] Compatibility with TechSmith's Snagit is improved. [*] Compatibility with GOM Media Player is improved. [*] Compatibility with Gyazo is improved. [*] Actual Window Guard is now compatible with virtual video devices (like those added by MaxiVista or iDisplay). [*] The "C" command line option has been modified: now it expects a fully qualified name of a folder that contains alternative configuration files to load. [-] In some rare cases, window settings did not re-apply after modification. [-] Some window settings re-applied after saving the configuration even if they were not modified. [-] Crashes in dwm.exe happened occasionally. [-] In some cases, Control Center might crash upon reloading the configuration. [-] When launching Actual Window Guard after Stardock DeskScapes, Windows Explorer crashed or became unstable. [-] With Actual Window Guard running, capturing a video in TechSmith's Jing made it crash upon closing. [-] Additional commands did not appear in the Windows Media Center window menu after switching its window back from full-screen. [-] The Remove Taskbar Entry action worked unstable. [-] Maximizing a window pinned to desktop in a multi-monitor system made it span the entire desktop instead of the current monitor. [-] Configuration windows stayed out of sight when they were located on a secondary monitor and the monitor got disabled. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 6.7.2 (22.11.2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Sometimes the dwm.exe process crashed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 6.7.1 (11.11.2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Some Configuration windows (like Select Window from List, Test Regexp) did not return into a visible area after their last monitor was disconnected. [-] Sometimes, empty match lines appeared in the Test Regexp results. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 6.7 (21.10.2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Norwegian language is added (translation provided by Stale Pedersen). [+] Ability is added to toggle the "Run the library from the installation folder" option via program's command line (use the L+/L- command line option to turn this option on/off, accordingly; by default, this option is off). [*] Window rules (specifics and exclusions) are now compatible with windows of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. [*] Compatibility with many Adobe products is improved (however, some functions may be unavailable yet). [*] Compatibility with Mindjet's MindManager is improved. [*] Compatibility with TechSmith's SnagIt is improved. [*] Tracking of window caption changes is improved (in particular, for own Actual Window Guard configuration dialogs). [-] Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 crashed after opening/closing the Chart Source Data dialog. [-] Various Adobe products (like Photoshop, Flash, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Illustrator) crashed upon exiting. [-] Autodesk Softimage hung at startup if Actual Window Guard was running. [-] If a window was made always-on-top, it did not reset to a normal state after unloading Actual Window Guard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 6.6 (01.08.2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Indonesian language is added (translation provided by Elda Taluta). [*] Windows Vista/7: When installing a new version, special system mechanism is used to avoid the reboot after updating program's runtime library. [-] Windows Vista/7: Sometimes Actual Window Guard caused Desktop Window Manager's crash. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 6.5.1 (11.07.2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] Console windows hung for 5 seconds after launching. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 6.5 (25.05.2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Compatibility with the fullscreen mode of Adobe Flash Player is improved. [-] Crashes of skinned Media Monkey windows are fixed. [-] The Restrict Placement action worked incorrect when the restriced area was in negative coordinates. [-] Edit boxes for time delays worked incorrect with large values. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 6.4 (11.02.2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] The ability to backup/restore the configuration is added (see the Backup/Restore commands in the File submenu). [+] The ability to undo/redo made changes in the main Configuration window is added (see the Undo/Redo commands in the Actions submenu). [*] The separate Start/Stop Actual Window Guard hotkeys are replaced with the single Toggle Actual Window Guard hotkey. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 6.3 (19.11.2010) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] The option to select which kind of click (single or double) on the program's tray icon is used to launch the Configuration is added. [+] Experimental feature: now it's possible not only to remove standard window parts (like title bar, resizable border, title buttons, etc.) but also to add them to certain windows (for example, you can add a general title bar to some window that does not have it so that you will be able to control that window via advanced title buttons of Actual Window Guard). Use cautiously! [*] The Pin to Desktop action now works correct under Vista/7 (but it's incompatible with the transparency effect). [*] Multiple Specific settings can be selected in several ways: - by pressing and holding the left mouse button and dragging the "rubber frame" over desired items - by holding the Shift key and clicking on some item above/below the selected one - by holding the Shift key and pressing the Up/Down keys [*] Specific Settings list and Exclusions list do not display the value of criterion (class, caption, program) for a certain item if the criterion in this item is disabled. [*] Configuration panels can be scrolled with the mouse wheel. [-] Invoking the advanced window functions by clicking on standard window parts did not work in Office 2007/2010 windows. [-] If the Configuration window was closed on a secondary monitor and then the monitor had been unplugged - the Configuration window had not returned into a visible desktop area. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 6.2 (04.08.2010) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Support of regular expressions has been added for the Window Caption criterion. [-] At the high load on the system (with dozens of windows opened at once), the program began to consume too much graphic resources under Windows 7 x64. [-] The "Move to monitor at startup" options were not available on the Position property sheet of the Default window settings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 6.1 (03.06.2010) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] The button to invoke the Context Help in the Options window has been added. [+] The ability to create specific window settings from the Windows Monitoring Log window is added. [*] Administrative tools (like Regedit, Event Viewer, etc.) are now extended in Vista/7. [*] Support of console windows under Windows 7 is improved. [*] Separate Configuration dialog opened for certain window settings now displays the name of settings being edited. [*] Monitors' ordinal numbers displayed in the lists of available displays now match actual display device indexes shown when you press the "Identify" button in the Windows Display Properties dialog. [*] Change Window Icon action now uses high quality versions of icons under Windows 7. [*] The multi-selection editing mode is significantly accelerated for large quantities of selected window settings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 6.0 (12.02.2010) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The console windows support is available on Windows 7. [!] Checking for updates online by contacting Actual Tools website and retrieving information about latest version available has been added. The check process can be launched either automatically with the defined period (daily, weekly, monthly) or manually by pressing the Check Now button (see the "Check for Updates" group in the General Options panel). [+] All executable files (including setups) are digitally signed. [+] The option to prevent running the library from the %Temp% folder has been added (see the "Run the library from the installation folder" option in the "Control Center Options" group). [+] Move to Monitor at Startup action is available in the Default settings. [+] You can specify the "Primary" value for the "Target monitor" option of the Move to Monitor at Startup action. [+] The ability to send a window to bottom upon its startup is added. [+] New hotkey combinations to suspend/resume the Control Center (Ctrl+Alt+Num-/Ctrl+Alt+Num+ by default, respectively) have been added. Please note that they are disabled by default. [*] You can finely tune the blocking of window appearance before startup actions (like Align/Resize) are applied: if the default blocking mode causes any problems you can enable the compatibility mode or turn the blocking off completely. [*] Tracking of window caption changes has been improved. [*] The "Keep persistent" option of the Change Window Caption action has been restored so that one might just freeze certain window caption string, without the need to specify the replacing string value. [-] The problem with the not responding Control Center while logging off is fixed. [-] Intermittent crashes of Control Center after reboot are fixed. [-] The intermittent crashes of applications written in Visual Basic have been fixed. [-] Crash of some programs (e.g. WinZip 14 Professional) when using system menu commands has been fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 5.4 (09.07.2009) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The core engine has been slightly improved: now startup actions are applied to a window before it becomes visible so there will be no annoying blinking when changing window's position/size upon its startup. [-] Conflicts with the following products have been fixed: - Microsoft NetMeeting - NetOp Remote Control (Host) - RAdmin Server - Ad Muncher - Calendar Magic - Microsoft Flight Simulator X ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 5.3 (31.03.2009) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] The "Start Program" action is added: you can select a program or document to be launched in a manner similar to defining regular Windows shortcuts and then start it via special title button or system window menu command. [+] The Description field is added for Default settings. [+] The Description field is added for Exclusions. [*] The amount of consumed Windows graphics resources is decreased significantly (this prevents the resource exhaustion when too many windows stay open). [*] Now hotkeys in active window work even if it has no title bar. [*] Now Configuration windows remember their Maximized state between sessions. [*] The Description edit field at the Index panel now automatically wraps its content and automatically fills the rest of panel's area. [-] The bug in Configuration user interface with non-disappearing horizontal scroll bar is fixed. [-] Now the additional title buttons and system window menu items work as expected in Windows Live Mail. [-] Now console windows are correctly extended in the zero user session on Windows XP SP3 and Windows 2003. [-] The long unwanted pause, when closing console windows via Close title button, is removed. [-] Retrieving current displacement for a window with the Window Finder in the "Align at startup to" group now correctly considers multiple monitors (shift values are calculated relative to window's host monitor, not the primary monitor). [-] The "Restrict placement" function now correctly handles the maximized windows. [-] Windows Layout tool now skips the full-screen windows. [-] Windows Layout tool is now compatible with Plemsoft's PowerBar. [-] The crash of Windows Vista Snipping Tool, when closing it, is fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 5.2 (14.10.2008) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Now you can cancel the changes of Target Window edit fields made with the Window Finder by pressing the Escape key. [*] Now the window settings commands (like "Modify applied settings", "Create new specific settings", "Exclude this window") open the specially designed light-weight Configuration dialog containing the subject settings only. [*] The overall stability is improved when running on Windows x64. [-] The bug caused the Explorer crash when trying to delete files under Windows Vista/2008 x64 is fixed. [-] Now Total Commander refreshes its file lists as usual while being pinned to desktop. [-] Now Windows Layout tool is compatible with Vista Sidebar. [-] No more crashes of NoteZilla when closing its Preferences dialog. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 5.1 (15.05.2008) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Now you can edit multiple specific settings at once in the Configuration Module (use Ctrl+<left mouse click> to select several items). [+] The compatibility mode for moving maximized windows between monitors is added: if you have troubles when trying to move a maximized window to another monitor then try to activate this mode to fix the problems. [-] The compatibility with applications written in Visual Basic is improved (in particular, with WorkCentrics and NCSS 2007). [-] The bug is fixed: enabling the Command Prompt Windows Support when Tiny Personal Firewall is running led to system crash. [-] Now window size can exceed the size of a single monitor in multi-monitor configurations when resizing window in pixels and the "Keep window within the desktop boundaries after resizing" option is enabled. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 5.0 (16.01.2008) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The support for command prompt (or console/CMD/DOS) windows in Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista is added. [!] The full support on native 64-bit applications running on any Windows x64 platform is added. [!] Now the Control Center automatically defines the order of specific settings considering their preference rank (this order affects the process of selecting a proper rule for a certain window). See the "Principles of Operation -> Preference Rank" article in program's Help for more information. [+] The ability to change the default window icon to a selected one is added. [+] Now when you resize a window manually (either with a mouse or keyboard) the tooltip is displayed showing the actual window size. [+] Now it's possible to use almost any key when specifying a hotkey combination. [+] Now it's possible to include key combinations involving the special "Win" key into macro sequences. [+] Now it's possible to double-click an item in the list of "Copy Settings from..." window to auto-select this item and close the window. [+] Now it's possible to sort the list of specific settings and the list of exclusions by clicking on their column headers. [*] Both Control Center's and Configuration Module's memory consumption is optimized. [*] In the Configuration window time units are changed from milliseconds to seconds so now it's possible to provide fractional values for time delays (e.g. 0.2 seconds, 1.7 seconds etc.). [*] The Align Window action's detail panel in the Startup property sheet is made identical to its corresponding "Align at startup to" detail panel in the Position property sheet. [*] The "Keep persistent" option is removed from the Change Window Caption action: now after setting the new caption string it prevents further attempts of caption change constantly. [*] Now the "Enable logging" option can be turned on/off via tray icon's menu and the log window is independent of the logging status so the log contents can be viewed any time. [*] Index panel status lines are formatted now to improve their recognition. [*] The "Manage Window Settings" menu is renamed and slightly redesigned. [*] The overall stability of "Send Configuration" commands is improved. [-] The compatibility is improved with the following applications/windows: - Windows Vista Start Menu user picture (doesn't turns black if transparent) - Xfire 1.81 (now it correctly minimizes to tray) [-] The constant CPU utilization by the Configuration Module application is fixed. [-] Crashes of Sysinternals Process Explorer and Microsoft IntelliPoint when using the Window Finder are fixed. [-] The bug is fixed: moving a maximized window to another monitor, then minimizing it (optionally), then restoring it led to appearance of window on the initial monitor. [-] The incompatibility of using "Resize at startup"/"Align at startup" actions together with the "Open as: minimized/maximized" action is fixed: now both specified position and size are correctly set before the target window becomes minimized. [-] The compatibility with the Launchy application is improved. [-] Now the Resize Window action works as expected with PuTTY. [-] Now Configuration window's status bar doesn't cut long hint strings. [-] The incompatibility of the "Send Configuration -> Send to the Tech Support" command and Microsoft Outlook is fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 4.5 (20.06.2007) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows Monitoring Log tool is added into the Control Center. It allows detecting newly appeared windows and check, which window rule has been applied in each particular case. Now you can easily solve any configuration ambiguities and detect properties of short-living windows (like tool tips, popup menus etc.). Be careful using this feature: turned on it may slow down your system! [+] The new great long-awaited "Run keyboard macro" feature is added: now you can define the keyboard macro and send it to a certain window at its startup, thus automating some regular initial actions. [+] The new "Change program affinity" feature is added: if using a multi-processor system, now you can control, which physical processors a particular application should run on. [+] The ability to hide the mouse pointer, while it is floating over the specific window, is added. [+] The ability to copy settings from a selected window rule to others is added. [+] The new hotkeys are added: - "Reapply settings" action (Win+F5 by default) - Configuration Module's launch (Win+C by default) - "Unhide" submenu that shows the list of currently minimized/hidden windows (Win+H by default) [+] Now the hotkey status is displayed in the "Hotkeys" panel of the "Options" window: when defining a new key combination, you can see, if the defined combination is already in use with another application or assigned to another action. [+] The new "Keep window caption persistent" option is added to the "Change window caption" feature. [+] Now the balloon tip is shown over the Control Center's tray icon at first start after the installation. [+] Translation to the Dutch language is added (thanks to Onno Verschoor). [*] The internal mechanism of hotkeys processing is significantly improved. [*] The "Index" window rule panel is updated: now it displays all currently enabled windows settings of a certain rule. [*] The options structure is redesigned: new "Triggers" and "Actions" grouping nodes are added. [*] The "Hide Configuration Module while using Window Finder" option has been moved from General to User Interface. [*] The placement restriction area visualization is improved for non-standard taskbar placements. [-] Compatibility conflicts are solved with: - Quattro Pro X3 menus - GrabIt internal windows - MS Office XP CTFMON.EXE service - X-NetStat application [-] The conflict with the Microsoft Time Zone window is solved. [-] Windows Layout tool now correctly handles maximized windows. [-] Windows Layout tool now correctly handles Photoshop CS2 document windows while working in a multiple display environment. [-] Now the "Configure..." item of Control Center tray icon's context menu is displayed correctly in Windows Vista. [-] The conflict with the IE 7 "Search on this page" window is solved. [-] The bug of incorrect behavior of "Restrict placement" feature in multi-monitor configurations is fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 4.4 (16.04.2007) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The long-awaited feature of "smart saving" is added: now only relevant windows will reapply their settings when the configuration has been saved. [+] The Windows Layout tool is added: it provides the ability to automatically or manually relocate/resize your currently opened windows to keep them within desktop when its resolution is changed (it's very useful when working with the same workstation both locally and through the Remote Desktop client). [+] The long-awaited feature is added: now it's possible to remove the standard window parts like Minimize/Maximize/Close buttons, window icon, window sizeable border, or window caption so fixing window in its current state and preventing its moving/resizing/minimizing/closing. [+] The new Pin-to-Desktop feature is added: when window is pinned it disappears from taskbar and Alt-Tab sequence and can't be minimized in any way so it's visible all the time until it's unpinned. [+] The ability is added to adjust the font used by the Configuration Module (refer to the "User Interface" property sheet in the "Options" window). [+] The ability is added for the "Send Configuration to Tech Support" main menu command: if the automatic e-mail creation is failed then you can save the archive with the configuration files somewhere to send it manually later. [+] Translations to Brazilian Portuguese, Serbian (both Latin and Cyrillic) and Polish languages are added. [*] Run-time memory consumption is slightly reduced. [*] All property sheets for window rule settings are significantly redesigned; the new window rule features' Index panel is added. [*] Now the Configuration Module remembers its main toolbars' placement and column widths in most of list boxes. [*] The Resize Action Options property sheet is improved: now you can copy items and adjust the height of Sizes list box. [*] The visualization of allowed area provided by the Show button of the "Restrict placement" feature is improved: now it displays the semi-transparent green rectangle that shows the area of allowed placement. [-] The bug with Microsoft Project 2002/2003 is fixed. [-] The bug with command shell extenders (like 4NT) is fixed. [-] The bug is fixed: if in multi-monitor configuration some windows were placed to a secondary display, and it was unplugged during the session then such windows are moved automatically to the primary display. [-] The bug with Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar's hang is fixed. [-] Conflicts with Microsoft Office 2007 tool tips and popup menus are fixed. [-] The bug of incorrect window placement to a primary display while it's resized on secondary display is fixed. [-] The bug of adding a new rule to the empty Specific Windows list is fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 4.3 (15.12.2006) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Since this release Actual Tools are fully compatible with Windows Vista. [!] Now all the configuration files are stored in user's profile (in the folder like "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Actual Tools\Actual Window Guard"). [+] The ability to automatically relocate windows split between several monitors is added; it can be used both in the general multi-monitor environment and when using the multi-monitor client system in the Terminal Server environment. [*] Now the Internet Explorer windows are correctly processed in Windows Vista. [-] The old known issue with the Lotus Notes client's crash at startup is fixed. [-] The known issue with the Internet Explorer 7 crash while saving the configuration is fixed. [-] The issue with the Mozilla-based browsers' (like Firefox, Seamonkey etc.) undesired focus switch is partially fixed (the issue still presents in Win9x). [-] The issue of the malfunction of drag-n-drop in the Opera browser is fixed. [-] The issue with the Yahoo! Widgets windows' hang-up is fixed. [-] The visual glitch of Stardock's ObjectDock is fixed. [-] The minimal/maximal window size settings are now correctly maintained in Windows 2003 Server. [-] The multi-monitor issues of the "Restrict placement" feature are fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 4.2 (10.10.2006) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The long-awaited feature is added: now the "Window caption" criterion correctly detects windows which quickly change their captions at startup (like Notepad, Internet Explorer, MS Word, MS Excel etc.). [*] The "Manage Window Rule" submenu is renamed to "Manage Window Settings". [+] The "Modify default settings" command is being included now into the "Manage Window Settings" submenu if the "All Windows" settings were applied. [+] The translations to German, French, Spanish and Ukrainian are added. [+] Now you can strictly but flexibly constrain window placement on the desktop by defining the limits for window's top-left corner (so window can't be upper/left than the defined values) and/or bottom-right corner (so window can't be lower/right than the defined values). [*] The Move-to-Monitor action now works correctly with the maximized windows. [*] The Stretch Window action now remembers the previous sizes for the four main directions independently. [-] The bug with the neglect of options other than "keep aspect ratio" in the "After Moving to Another Monitor" group is fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 4.1 (01.08.2006) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Multi-monitor support: the ability to move a window to the selected monitor at window's startup is added. [+] The ability to maximize window to desktop by the right-click on the standard Maximize title button is added. [+] The ability to stretch window by the right-click on its border is added. [+] The translations to Japanese, Russian, Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional are added. [*] The work speed and overall stability were slightly improved. [-] The bug with the internal windows of MS Visual Studio 2003/2005 is fixed. [-] The bug is fixed: even if the maximal window size was constrained in the configuration, the Maximize button still had expanded it to the whole desktop. [-] The minor visual glitch with the Excluded Windows list in the right pane is fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 4.0 (05.05.2006) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] The Configuration Module's user interface is redesigned totally. [!] Settings file size is significantly reduced comparing to the previous versions. [!] Executable modules' size and run-time memory consumption are slightly reduced. [!] The Help contents is redesigned almost from scratch. [+] The Help system has become context-sensitive. [+] Added the ability to copy window rules. [+] Added the ability to customize an icon for a particular Specific Window rule. [+] Added the ability to automatically create the e-mail message with the attached configuration file. [+] Window Selector tool form now has the "Refresh" button. [+] Window Selector's "Flash window" indication is improved: now it shows the window border even for a covered windows and also flashes window's taskbar button. [+] "Create/Modify window rule" window menu option was transformed into a submenu named "Manage Window Rule" which provides the following abilities for a particular window: - create a new/modify the existent Specific Window rule - create an Excluded Window rule - reapply the window rule [+] If a window was processed with the particular Specific Window rule the "Modify window rule" window menu item now indicates this rule's name. [+] Added the ability to customize some user interface's options (like toolbars' buttons size). [*] Now every new Specific Window rule is created using the All Windows rule as a template. [+] Added the "Restore to Defaults" command which resets a particular Specific Window rule's options to All Windows rule's options. [*] The correct scaling of the user interface forms is implemented when using the non-standard screen DPIs. [+] Added the ability to set different settings for the different window events/states for the following properties: transparency level - for the creation, movement, resizing, deactivation, mouse hovering, title bar double-click, "Transparency" title button priority level - for the creation, minimization, deactivation, "Priority" title button [+] Added the ability to provide a shift values when a window is aligned. [+] Added the ability to set the desired width/height values as a percent of the corresponding desktop size. [+] Window Finder internal tool was adapted for the detection of the current window size and position. [+] Added the ability to "freeze" the window stay-on-top state which prevents the application from resetting this state. [-] Fixed the bug with Windows Movie Maker: it had hung after stream capture was started. [-] Fixed the bug with Adobe Photoshop: the image window had lost the focus after selecting any tool in the Tools panel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 3.8 (23.09.2005) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Work with almost all integer-valued entry fields has been simplified. Now, one can start entering numbers from empty line and minus as a first symbol in window position fields is possible. [*] Options Dialog: the disappearance of hotkeys list when all flags are disabled and all "Hotkey" values are set to "None" is fixed. [-] Window Rule: "Window class" criterion's "Substring match" option has been removed. Now the criterion's test is always made as checking a join of "Window class" field's entered string into real window class name. [*] Window system menu: the problem with incomplete activation of Configuration Module when choosing command "Create/Modify Window Rule" was finally solved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 3.7 (02.08.2005) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [-] The "Resize Window" action have been improved. The new version restores window sizes correctly. Also the program works fine with windows opened full screen. [+] Added supports of RAdmin remote access windows. [*] We have improved window class identification. Exact matching of the entered window class with the real window class is no longer required. [-] Fixed the bug that didn't allow the Configuration Module's correct restoration when accessed through the "Create/Modify Window Rule" menu command. [-] Fixed the bugs in the contextual menu in the Configuration Module tree. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 3.6 (06.04.2005) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] New way to create the custom options for specific windows. The new item "Create Window Rule" is included in the system window menu of all windows. With a right mouse click on the window title call a menu and follow the item "Create Window Rule" to create a rule for this window. The new rule will be created automatically and what is left is to specify the actions which you would like to apply to this window. [*] The functioning logic of the action Run Mode is modified. Now it's in progress in 100% of cases. In earlier versions Internet Explorer Maximization sometimes failed to function. [*] Custom window rules are added in for the browsers Mozilla Firefox and Opera. Moreover, some settings of already existing rules are modified. [*] The interface of the program is slightly changed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 3.5 (20.01.2005) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Windows Extension Engine is improved. [+] Added "Set Minimum Size" and "Set Maximum Size" actions. [+] Added "Hide Configuration Window when using the Window Finder (gunsight) tool" option. [+] Added "Enable All Rules" and "Disable All Rules" commands. [+] Added context menu for Window Rules. [+] Supports of MFC windows (window class like Afx:X:X:X:X:X) [*] Memory usage and load speed optimization. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 3.0 (13.10.2004) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Maintenance Release ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 2.8 (31.08.2004) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Added command line support. [+] Added a "silent" installation option. [+] Added Dutch language. [*] Some interface features changed and added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 2.7 (28.07.2004) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Added a "Set window position when it is created" action. [+] Added a "Set window size when it is created" action. [+] Added a new "Temporarily stop program" option to a context menu. [+] Now supports Mozilla FireFox and Netscape browser. [*] Some small bugs were fixed. [*] Some interface features changed and added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 2.6 (26.05.2004) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Added Danish and Russian languages. [+] Added a description field for Window Rule. [+] Added commands for moving windows' rules up and down, in order to make them easier to find. [*] Optimized memory usage and increased execution speed. [*] Some interface features changed and added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 2.5 (18.02.2004) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Added the new action "Change Window Title". Now you can replace the original title of a window to say whatever you want to! For example, you can rename your word processor, a game, etc. [+] Added the new action "Change Program Priority". This can change the speed of execution for any program from low to high or back. Be careful, and don't make changes unless you know what you are doing. [+] Added the new action "Remove window from taskbar". [+] Added a command for sorting windows rules by name, in order to make the rules easier to find. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 2.0 (26.08.2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Added "Default Window Rule." The Default Window Rule now lets you define and apply new options to ALL windows in your system. The ability to apply different options to individual windows still exists. [+] Added a "Program" choice for applying individual settings to selected windows. [+] Added a dialog for choosing a window among existing windows to apply individual settings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 1.5 (21.04.2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Added "Prevent accidental close of window". This feature can save you a lot of annoyance! [+] Added German language. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 1.4 (11.12.2002) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*] Some small bugs were fixed. [*] Some cosmetical changes in the user interface. [+] Added Spanish, French, Catalan and Turkish languages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 1.3 (07.11.2002) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Added multilingual support. [*] Program's launching speed is highly increased. [+] Added English, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish and Polish languages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 1.2 (16.10.2002) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] Added a window action "Stay On Top". [+] Added an option "Load at startup". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 1.1 (19.09.2002) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [+] New window action "Save size and position of windows" is added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Window Guard 1.0 (01.09.2002) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [!] Initial Release
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