Wowl 1.2.0

New

• About dialog — a new ⓘ button in the toolbar shows the version, license and a link to the project.
• In-app updates — Wowl can now check GitHub for a newer release (in the About dialog, or automatically once a day), download it with a progress bar and install it. Every download is verified against a signature key built into Wowl before it is used; anything that doesn't match is rejected.
  • Portable copy: Wowl replaces its own Wowl.exe and restarts. wowl.toml and the history next to it are left untouched.
  • Installed copy: the verified installer is started.
• "Updates" setting — check automatically (default) or only manually.

Fixed

• "Set as lock screen" could fail with "Access is denied (os error 5)" on systems where security software blocks overwriting the previously imported .reg file. Wowl now writes the lock-screen registry values directly (still a single UAC prompt) and no longer creates a .reg file. The leftover C:\ProgramData\Wowl\lockscreen.reg can be deleted.

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Earlier versions have no updater, so download 1.2.0 manually once; later versions can then be installed from within Wowl.

Windows x64 only for this release. macOS and Linux builds are planned.

Wowl is portable: just run Wowl.exe, or use the installer if you prefer a Start Menu entry. Settings are stored as wowl.toml next to the executable.