Project Nightfall

📝 Release Notes – v1.0.0

Initial public release of WinDTool
📅 Date: 2025-05-17

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🚀 Features

🧩 DLL Replacer

• Select one or more DLLs to replace across all subfolders containing Mount\.
• Automatically retries file copy when files are locked.
• Monitors DLLs for hash changes and triggers replacements in real time.

📦 Appx Package Installer

• UI for registering Appx packages using Add-AppxPackage.
• Displays PowerShell output and errors directly in the log.
• Tab auto-disables when not running as administrator.

⚙️ Settings Page

• Configure BaseDirectory and GitHubPath using folder picker dialogs.
• Saves configuration to a persistent config.json file.

📝 Logging System

• Color-coded RichTextBox log viewer:
  • 🟢 SUCCESS
  • 🔵 INFO
  • 🟠 WARNING
  • 🔴 ERROR
• Logs saved to logs.txt and restored on app launch.
• Double-click admin prompt log to restart as administrator.

🛠 Developer Mode Integration

• Detects if Windows Developer Mode is enabled.
• Optionally enables Developer Mode via registry (admin required).

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🔧 Improvements

• Moved configuration loading/saving logic into Config class (Load() / Save()).
• Centralized event-driven logging system via Logger class.
• Better file handling: retry mechanism for locked files.
• Cleaner folder selection experience using shared dialog method.
• Improved UI and log formatting with time and severity.

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⚠️ Known Limitations

• Appx registration still requires admin elevation.
• No auto-update mechanism.

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📁 Included Files

File	Description
WinDTool.exe	Main application binary
config.json	Automatically generated configuration
logs.txt	Persistent log file

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🙌 Credits

Developed by oSerenity

Inspired by common bottlenecks in modding and Appx workflow on Windows.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/oSerenity/WinDTools/commits/1.0