v0.2.2.0 - Appliation Split, Bug Fixes, and Hard Fork

Overview

It's been a while! This is the first hard fork release and official release of the taskbar groups application under this repo. This update introduces many features to taskbar groups, as detailed below. One of the most notable changes is now there is a background exe running to easily start/activate groups faster than before. It should make the whole application feel smoother than before.

Decided this not to be a v3 release, as most updates in this release are for bug fixes for the program. As always, if you encounter an issue please report it here!

Changelog

• Implement the custom selection of a hover color
• Application speed up
  • Split up the application into a main application to create the groups and a secondary application to show the groups
• Portability mode
  • Allow Taskbar Groups to be stored in a local folder and be moved on the go without using the local app folders
  • Note: The background.exe will still use a local folder for consistency sake
• Better error handling (hopefully)
  • Many more catches to stop errors from hard-crashing the application and give the reason
• Remove filter to only allow .exe and .lnk files to allow any extension by @chris-kwl (#15)
• Many bug fixes by @BanCrash (#22)
  • Fixed a bug that caused the program to not start for the first time because the settings folder doesn't exist
  • Fixed error “This program does not have access to this directory”
  • Fixed bug that caused groups not to open due to jumplists being disabled, and thus it failed to write
  • Fixed bug that caused Alt+Enter shortcut to open all programs not work
  • Fixed a bug that caused that group opacity setting was not working
  • Fixed a bug that caused that after exiting a group you won't be able to edit it again until the next restart of the client
• Icon and UI display fix on HDPi-enabled devices by @Fosternator (#30)
• Changed some slight instructions for pinning the first group on the home screen
• Updated application version data for the new forked GitHub
• Fixed non-ASCII shortcut names breaking the application
• Fixed folder image breaking
• Fixed icon caching for programs with the exact name
  • Switched to MD5 hashes of the path for the naming scheme to ensure unique cached icon paths
• Fixed wrong icons for certain Microsoft applications
• Updated Updated TxFileManager to 1.5.0.1
• Implemented multiple methods to attempt to grab shortcut data
  • New library added to the application
  • Fallback would just be the shortcut icon with the arrow as it cannot be grabbed
• Fixed some Windows UWP apps having their icons be broken when added
• Allow changing of icons of the shortcuts manually (drag and drop supported)

Alpha Release

Major updates that are in the pull but not on master yet
No more .DLLs required yay :D

NOTICE BEFORE DOWNLOAD

If there is a problem with this build, please report it in THIS repo. (https://github.com/PikeNote/taskbar-groups-pike-beta/)

Please don't report it on the master one because that is a issue on here and not master. On top of that, please don't close any issues on master that is solved here because there are 2 different repos.

You will notice your Taskbar Groups seem kind of empty. This is because everything storage wise is now moved to
%appdata%\Jack Schierbeck\taskbar-groups

Your current group settings folders are still located in the same folder the program came with. It is a hidden file/folder.
If you don't know how to unhide these files, please refer to here.

If you would like to move it, please move the corresponding folders there. The JITComp is no longer located there and can be deleted along with the other DLLs.

You will notice the version number being the exact same as the one on master (v0.2.0.0). That is alright since I don't want to change any version numbers for this repo since it is under a pull request and I would want to keep most version data the same. That means the GitHub linked will be the master one.

Changes

• Added context menu for created group shortcuts
  • Context menu has quick-edit
  • Context menu can open all program/shortcuts
• Fixed bugs where Microsoft App Store games would not work
• Fix reverse loop breaking UWP apps
• Partial fix to logos having ProgramFiles environment path
• Window now properly scales vertically and horizontally
• Pencil Icon next to textbox (Icon gotten from here under a free commercial use license)
• Delete confirmation
• Stop two instances of the editing window from being open at once
  • Temporary patch until the editing client is merged with the main client
• Stop more than 1 taskbar groups from opening at a time
• Merged (two other repos) to ensure compatibility as this pull is much further ahead of master
  • New paths that are stored in AppData to ensure write access and better storage
• Tooltip for individual apps
• Fix brave issue due to disabling prefer 32bit (and like a million other apps)
• Remove dependencies on DLLs being in the application folder (integrated into application)
• Fixed certain colors not working because RGB values are going into negatives for hover color
• Added icon auto generation based on first 4 applications in the group
• Multi-montor setup fixes forked in