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First stable release. Polished algorithm; works on every screen, with installers and a control panel

The first stable release. Since 0.0.2-alpha, WinHotCorner has been rewritten to feel more like the hot corner on GNOME, and now comes with installers and an optional control panel.

Important

Settings have moved

Settings are now kept in the registry and changed with the control panel. config.xml from the alpha versions is no longer read; set your preferences again in the control panel if you changed them.

Multi-screen

  • Every screen whose top-left corner is free (no other screen directly to its left or above it) has a hot corner, like on GNOME. On a side-by-side setup, that is the left screen.
  • Unlike GNOME, it does not work if there is another screen directly connected to the hot corner. GNOME has a barrier where Windows does not. This behaviour is currently being experimented and is subject to change.

Works everywhere, starts by itself

  • Starts when you sign in, with no window, tray icon or shortcut.
  • Also works while an app running as administrator is in front, such as Task Manager, without a UAC prompt (on administrator accounts).
  • Doesn't trigger while Shift, Ctrl, Alt or Win is held, or while a mouse button is held (dragging).

Installers

  • WinHotCorner-Full: the hot corner and the control panel (recommended).
  • WinHotCorner-HotCornerOnly: the hot corner only, about 2 MB.
  • You only need one. Running Full after HotCornerOnly just adds the control panel.
  • Both appear in Installed apps and uninstall cleanly.

Control panel (optional)

  • Turn the hot corner on or off, keep it from triggering when fullscreen or while a mouse button is held, and set how hard to push.
  • Changes apply immediately.
  • Settings can also be set by Group Policy as managed by your organisation.

Note

  • Requires Windows 10 version 1903 or later, or Windows 11, 64-bit.
  • The installers are not signed yet, so Windows may show a SmartScreen warning: choose More info → Run anyway.
  • If you ran an alpha version, the installer stops it and takes over.
  • If you use a standard user (no Administrator permission), it will not be able to launch as Administrator, hence it will not work if any elevated window is running in the foreground.

Tip

  • WinHotCorner-Full installs both hot corner and control panel
  • WinHotCorner-HotCornerOnly only installs hot corner

You may install full version later after installing hot corner only version

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