Winslop 26.03.30 – The .NET 10 Release

[Belim]

🎉 Major Release: .NET 10 Migration

What's New

• .NET 10 Migration: Full move to modern .NET (C# 14) with a modernized, SDK-style project setup and overall performance improvements
  Heads-up: this inevitably loses a bit of the classic Winslop/WinForms retro charm (look & feel, packaging, some UI behavior). If we want to move forward, its the trade-off
• Native Dark Mode: System theme detection with smooth light/dark switching
• PowerShell SDK Updated: Bumped to 7.5.4
• Versioning Improvements: Cleaner, more reliable version management
• Modernized project structure with SDK-style
• Numerous Improvements: Better stability, improved async behavior, and a generally modernized codebase

Feel free to test this version and share feedback.

Download & Installation

Requirements: .NET 10 Desktop Runtime (x64)

Download

Version	File	Runtime	Type	Download
26.03.30	Winslop-26.03.30.zip	.NET 10 (Modern)	Ready-to-use binary	Download
26.3.23	Winslop-26.3.23-net48.zip	.NET Framework 4.8	Legacy build	Download

The .NET Framework 4.8 build is provided for compatibility and retains the classic Winslop look and behavior.
The .NET 10 build is the modern version with improved performance and native dark mode support.

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This discussion was created from the release Winslop 26.03.30 – The .NET 10 Release.

[Karl-WE]

Thank you for the .net migration and PowerShell update!

[leoretro64]

Hello, I enconter a problem with the 26.3.22 version. I can't go to certain website for article searching and I can't connect my Microsoft account to my Minecraft launcher I just downloaded. Is there a parameter to fix this ? It happend just after I use Winslop twice

[cobrapl]

But... on every machine we want to apply Deslop we need to install .NET 10 framework...
Which is a hassle a bit - I hope you will port fixes into legacy version.

[Belim]

i havent really decided on a direction yet

[Belim]

either i go fully with winui, or i just stay with .net framework and winforms, i think

[Karl-WE]

@cobrapl @Belim other apps will require this anyway. What bothers me is that the situation is worse as with C++ redist. In worst case you have
Dotnet 3-10 on a machine plus aspnet.
Doubled by x86 and x64 because some devs still don't compile x64 for whatever reason...

Makes 8x2x2 = 16 or more runtimes... It's a nightmare. Not only the understandable venting of @Belim about WinUI3.

@Belim I would like to bring up your concerns in a soon MVP Dev discussion with product management. Would you have time to get me prepared? #NotaDev