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@techygeekshome techygeekshome released this 08 Aug 00:37
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A complete, ground-up reimagining of the Ultimate Settings Panel: a native Windows app and a portable web app, replacing the original C# / WinForms program.

Added

  • Native Windows app (Ultimate Settings Panel.exe) - renders the panel in a Microsoft Edge WebView2 window (Chromium) and launches tools through a small JavaScript-Go bridge (window.uspRun). Every item has a real Run button. No install, Windows 10 & 11.
  • Web app (index.html) - a single self-contained HTML/CSS/JavaScript file. No install, no dependencies, works offline and on any device.
  • Instant search across names, descriptions and the underlying commands (/ to focus, Esc to clear in the web version).
  • New Windows 11 Settings category - ~70 ms-settings: deep links that open the real Settings pages directly.
  • New Terminal & Shell category - Windows Terminal, PowerShell 7 (pwsh) and winget app-management commands.
  • Modern diagnostics - sfc /scannow, DISM .../RestoreHealth, powercfg /batteryreport, powercfg /energy, Wi-Fi report, Winsock and TCP/IP reset, and more.
  • Favourites (saved locally), light / dark theme with system detection, Copy and .bat export (web version).
  • 250+ items across 13 categories in total.

Changed

  • All TechyGeeksHome links updated from the old blog.techygeekshome.info domain to techygeekshome.info (slugs unchanged).
  • Twitter links updated to X (x.com).
  • Dead telnet "tricks" replaced with living web equivalents (ASCIImation Star Wars, Telehack, wttr.in).
  • Internet Explorer entries replaced with Microsoft Edge (including IE mode).

Fixed

  • Windows Terminal (admin) now actually elevates (Start-Process wt -Verb RunAs) instead of launching a normal wt.

Removed

  • Google Analytics tracking - Universal Analytics was permanently shut down in July 2023. The app now collects nothing.
  • Internet Explorer launchers - IE was retired by Microsoft in 2022.
  • Google+ links - the service was discontinued.
  • The unused COM PlaLibrary reference and the old blog-hosted XML updater from the original app.

Security

  • The desktop app no longer uses mshta or drops a script to a temporary folder, avoiding the "living-off-the-land" pattern that anti-virus/EDR heuristics flag.

Web edition: https://techygeekshome.info/ultimate-settings-panel-online/
Windows app: https://techygeekshome.info/product/ultimate-settings-panel-app/

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md

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