RoundedTB 1.1.0 — Windows 11 ready

Summary

RoundedTB v1.1.0 (Raikadier fork) is built and validated for current Windows 11 (.NET 8 / net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0).

This release confirms you can use RoundedTB on recent Windows builds with Dynamic mode, tray hosting, and Windows taskbar auto-hide (with the settings below).

Highlights

• Windows 11 / recent builds: worker stability, crash logging, tray close without exiting, Exit restores stock taskbar
• TaskbarWatchdog: Task Manager kill restores SetWindowRgn
• Windows Automatically hide the taskbar + RoundedTB Always show: works when margins are 0 (especially Top). Non-zero top margin clips the hover strip so the bar never appears
• Removed experimental AH flash machines (peek-strip / overlay / registry animation hacks) that caused regressions — behaviour aligned with Gniang/RoundedTB
• Quality notes: QUALITY.md (ISO/IEC 25010)
• Smoke script: scripts/smoke-test.ps1 (build + soak passed on release machine)

Install

1. Download RoundedTB-1.1.0-win-x64.zip
2. Extract and run RoundedTB.exe (or use build-install-run.ps1 from source)
3. Requires .NET 8 Desktop Runtime if not already installed

Recommended settings (Windows AH)

Setting	Value
Windows auto-hide taskbar	On (optional)
RoundedTB Auto-hide	Always show
Margins	0
Fill when maximised	Off for Dynamic over maximised apps

Test plan (manual)

• Smoke: build, start (2 processes), 20s soak, no crash log markers
• Tray: X hides UI; Close restores taskbar
• Dynamic segments; calendar without infinite flicker
• Windows AH + margins 0 → hover reveals TB
• End task main → watchdog restores RGN

Credits

torchgm · Gniang · this fork’s hardening for modern Windows 11.