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FingerprintLauncher v1.1.0

FingerprintLauncher v1.1.0 is a stability and maintainability update focused on safer fingerprint capture, improved diagnostics, cleaner architecture, and expanded project support options.

This release remains fully compatible with configurations created in v1.0.0.

What's New

  • Added a Ko-fi support option alongside Monobank.
  • Added the application name tooltip when hovering over the system tray icon.
  • Added a complete Privacy Policy.
  • Added links to the official FingerprintLauncher website and download page.
  • Updated project documentation, installation instructions, badges, screenshots, and contributor information.

Stability Improvements

  • Fixed stale action widgets remaining visible after rebuilding an action list.
  • Fixed the “No action selected” message overlapping added actions in the fingerprint wizard.
  • Improved cancellation and shutdown handling for fingerprint capture workers.
  • The wizard now waits for active biometric capture threads to stop before closing.
  • Active fingerprint capture is stopped safely during application shutdown.
  • Improved protection against background thread crashes and unexpected application termination.

Diagnostics

FingerprintLauncher now records persistent diagnostic information for:

  • Unhandled Python exceptions
  • Background thread exceptions
  • Qt warnings, errors, and fatal messages
  • Native process failures and fatal traces

Diagnostic files are stored locally in:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\FingerprintLauncher\logs

The log directory contains:

  • fingerprint-launcher.log
  • fatal.log

Application logs are rotated automatically to prevent unlimited disk usage.

Internal Improvements

  • Extracted reusable UI widgets and shared window components.
  • Centralized frameless window and title bar behavior.
  • Split settings and fingerprint wizard construction into smaller components.
  • Centralized hotkey parsing and normalization.
  • Deduplicated database lookups and command decoding.
  • Moved GitHub release checking into a dedicated service.
  • Improved version comparison and handling of repositories without releases.
  • Removed obsolete widgets, unreachable code, duplicate implementations, and unused imports.
  • Expanded automated test coverage for UI rebuilding, capture cancellation, release checks, hotkeys, translations, themes, and tray integration.

Current Features

  • Create and manage multiple fingerprint profiles.
  • Assign ordered action sequences to each finger.
  • Enable or disable profiles from the main table.
  • Search actions by name, keyword, synonym, or category.
  • Run FingerprintLauncher from the Windows system tray.
  • Pause or resume hotkey handling from the tray menu.
  • Configure automatic startup, including starting directly in the tray.
  • Review recent fingerprint scans and execution events in the activity log.
  • Use single-key or modifier-based global hotkeys.
  • Add explicit delays between actions.
  • Create quick timers with a live countdown, reminder text, and optional custom sound.

Available Actions

Basic

  • Open an application or file
  • Open a website in the default browser

Keyboard and Macros

  • Press a hotkey
  • Run a PowerShell command
  • Copy text to the clipboard
  • Add a delay
  • Start a quick timer

Windows System

  • Lock the screen
  • Minimize all windows
  • Close the active window
  • Mute or unmute system audio
  • Increase or decrease system volume
  • Put the computer to sleep
  • Restart the computer
  • Shut down the computer

Themes

Six interface themes are included:

  • Light
  • Dark
  • Onyx
  • Graphite
  • Blue Gradient
  • Purple Gradient

Languages

The interface is available in:

  • English
  • Ukrainian
  • Russian
  • French
  • Spanish

Privacy

FingerprintLauncher uses Windows Hello and the Windows Biometric Framework for fingerprint recognition.

The application does not store raw fingerprint images or biometric templates. Finger identifiers, configured actions, preferences, timers, and activity information are stored locally on the computer.

Read the complete FingerprintLauncher Privacy Policy.

Requirements

  • Windows 10 or Windows 11
  • A Windows Hello-compatible fingerprint reader
  • At least one fingerprint enrolled in Windows Hello

Installation

New installation

  1. Download FingerprintLauncher_Setup_1.1.0.exe.
  2. Run the installer.
  3. Open FingerprintLauncher.
  4. Configure the scan hotkey in Settings.
  5. Add a finger and assign one or more actions.

Updating from v1.0.0

  1. Close FingerprintLauncher, including its tray process.
  2. Run FingerprintLauncher_Setup_1.1.0.exe.
  3. Install it over the existing version.

Existing fingerprint profiles, actions, preferences, and local configuration should remain available after the update.

Important

This release is not digitally code-signed. Windows SmartScreen may display an Unknown publisher warning.

Download FingerprintLauncher only from the official website or this GitHub repository. Always verify the installer checksum before running it.

Verification

File

FingerprintLauncher_Setup_1.1.0.exe

Size

23,224,952 bytes

SHA-256

DBFC37AF918EED2AF819B719D91323A9FD9EC18BDEB6066533286EFF4DF5E74F

Feedback

If you encounter a crash, fingerprint reader issue, translation problem, or visual defect, please create a GitHub issue and include:

  • Windows version
  • Fingerprint reader model
  • Selected language and theme
  • Steps required to reproduce the problem
  • Relevant screenshots
  • Files from %LOCALAPPDATA%\FingerprintLauncher\logs
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