Releases: cairoshell/cairoshell
Cairo Desktop 0.4.245
Cairo requires Windows 7 or later, including Windows 11, and .NET 4.7.1 or later (already included with Windows 10 1709 and newer)
Click "Assets" below to find the installer download. After downloading, Windows Defender will likely require you to choose "more info," then "run anyway." Not sure which one to download? Try 64-bit.
Changes since 0.4.198
- Added new options for multi-monitor taskbars (#203):
- Show all tasks on all monitors (previous behavior)
- Show tasks on the same monitor as the window (new default)
- Show tasks on the same monitor as the window, show all on the primary monitor
- Added Italian translation (#708, thanks @Blastd!)
- Added middle-click on window thumbnails to close the window (#680)
- An ARM64 native version of Cairo is now available as a preview (#703)
- Fixed Cairo hiding behind non-frontmost full-screen windows (#495)
- Fixed context menus not using dark mode in Windows 11 22H2
- Fixed incorrect desktop icons showing with Insider versions of Windows (#712)
- Fixed popup windows going behind their parent when switching to them via the taskbar
- Fixed some notification area icons, such as FastStone Capture, not remembering their pinned setting
- Fixed some notification area popups appearing in the wrong location with multiple monitors
- Improved light themes to invert known white-on-white notification area icons (#709)
- Improved translations:
- Misc under-the-hood improvements
Contributors
Assets 5
Cairo Desktop 0.4.198
Cairo requires Windows 7 or later, including Windows 11, and .NET 4.7.1 or later (already included with Windows 10 1709 and newer)
Click "Assets" below to find the installer download. After downloading, Windows Defender will likely require you to choose "more info," then "run anyway." Not sure which one to download? Try 64-bit.
Changes since 0.4.174
- Added support for notification area balloon notifications (#620)
- Notifications appear in-line in the menu bar
- Hovering a notification expands to show the entire contents
- If a collapsed icon has a notification, it is temporarily shown
- Added Hungarian translation (#653, thanks @cinadr!)
- Enabled using environment variables in the 'go to folder' window (#652)
- Improved reliability of the installer (#656, thanks @sredna!)
- Improved reliability of adjusting pinned notification area icons (#670)
- Improved reliability of system work area adjustments
- Improved taskbar animation curve
- Updated Russian localization (#672, thanks @curoviyxru!)
- Fixed crash after disabling notification area (#658)
- Fixed errors during taskbar flash animation and the Flat theme (#655)
- Fixed Explorer desktop icons occasionally remaining hidden after closing Cairo (#665)
- Fixed quick launch and taskbar icons becoming pixelated when changing their size (#666)
- Fixed the taskbar not properly resizing when the quick launch icons change
Contributors
Assets 4
Cairo Desktop 0.4.174
Cairo requires Windows 7 or later, including Windows 10, and .NET 4.7.1 or later (already included with Windows 10 1709 and newer)
Click "Assets" below to find the installer download. After downloading, Windows Defender will likely require you to choose "more info," then "run anyway."
Changes since 0.4.164
- Fixed an error when starting Cairo after uninstalling a UWP app that was added to App Grabber (#644)
- Several fixes and improvements for the "Application (combined)" taskbar grouping setting:
- Fixed a crash that could occur (#645)
- Fixed progress bars getting stuck after a file transfer completes (#651)
- Fixed unexpected animations when closing the second window for an application
- Fixed task thumbnail window disappearing when opening or closing the second window for an application
- Improved performance
- Improved "add to quick launch" taskbar menu option to set the application name instead of the name of the executable
Cairo Desktop 0.4.164
Cairo requires Windows 7 or later, including Windows 10, and .NET 4.7.1 or later (already included with Windows 10 1709 and newer)
Click "Assets" below to find the installer download. After downloading, Windows Defender will likely require you to choose "more info," then "run anyway."
Changes since 0.4.158
- Added ability to run eligible UWP apps (such as Windows Terminal) as administrator (#605)
- Improved desktop navigation toolbar positioning to better adapt to changing screen sizes (#642)
- Fixed some applications not starting from Cairo due to an incorrect working directory (#640)
- Fixed taskbar thumbnails appearing on the wrong screen when the taskbar is shown on multiple monitors (#636)
- Fixed "always run as administrator" dialog not saving choice
- Fixed "run as administrator" option missing on quick launch items
- Fixed "run as" option missing on quick launch items
Cairo Desktop 0.4.158
Cairo requires Windows 7 or later, including Windows 10, and .NET 4.7.1 or later (already included with Windows 10 1709 and newer)
Click "Assets" below to find the installer download. After downloading, Windows Defender will likely require you to choose "more info," then "run anyway."
Changes since 0.4.133
- Added option to group and combine taskbar buttons by application, like in Windows 7 and up (#52)
- Settings to group by Programs menu category, application, or application (combined)
- When combined, multiple windows appear in the task thumbnail popup
- Added Windows 11 support (#622)
- Network, power, and volume icons show the appropriate Windows 11 controls
- Fixed dark mode context menu
- The Action Center icon now opens the Windows 11 notifications and calendar view
- Added Korean language (#621, thanks @effx13!)
- Improved reliability of the notification area
- Fixed Chromium-based apps, Firefox, and others incorrectly thinking the taskbar is auto-hidden and displaying a gap at the bottom of their window (#356, #401)
- Fixed flickering menu bar and taskbar when displays change (#578)
- Fixed 'run as administrator' option incorrectly appearing for UWP apps (#605)
- Fixed some Windows 8 shell windows unexpectedly appearing in the taskbar
- Fixed task middle-click to open a new instance not working with UWP apps (#627)
- Fixed task progress appearance with task labels hidden (#615)
- Fixed the Windows taskbar not being hidden if it re-appears unexpectedly
Contributors
Assets 4
Cairo Desktop 0.4.133
Cairo requires Windows 7 or later, including Windows 10, and .NET 4.7.1 or later (already included with Windows 10 1709 and newer)
Click "Assets" below to find the installer download. After downloading, Windows Defender will likely require you to choose "more info," then "run anyway."
Changes since 0.4.112
- Added support for taskbar badges used by many apps
- Added support for hiding system notification area icons via GPO (#588)
- Improved flashing window behavior in the taskbar to flash the correct number of times
- Improved performance of the taskbar
- Improved reliability of the notification area
- Fixed minimize/restore sounds not playing (#564)
- Fixed some Explorer taskbar features not working after closing Cairo
- Fixed some windows not being sized correctly when restoring (#564)
- Fixed the "show desktop" file not working with Cairo running
Cairo Desktop 0.4.112
Cairo requires Windows 7 or later, including Windows 10, and .NET 4.7.1 or later (already included with Windows 10 1709 and newer)
Click "Assets" below to find the installer download. After downloading, Windows Defender will likely require you to choose "more info," then "run anyway."
Changes since 0.4.80
App management improvements:
- Added complete app category management to the Programs menu (#549)
- If you'd like to move an app to a category that doesn't yet exist, you can now create a new one via the context menu
- Categories can now be renamed, reordered, or removed via their context menu
- Improved app grabber usability (#405)
- Added tooltips to icons
- Renamed "Hide" button to "Collapse" to better indicate its function
- Improved app renaming (#554)
- Added ability to rename Quick Launch apps
- Replaced clunky inline Programs menu rename with a dialog
- Fixed click area on buttons at the bottom of the Programs menu being too small
- Fixed cut off program labels in Programs menu
- Fixed missing Store app icons, such as Forza Horizon 4 (#531)
- Fixed the Programs menu not re-opening after a dialog is dismissed
General improvements:
- Added Turkish language support (#557, thanks @ysfchn!)
- Added ability to type in a folder path to navigate the dynamic desktop to by either right-clicking the Browse icon on the desktop toolbar and choosing "Go to folder," or shift-clicking the Browse icon (#543)
- Added ability for themes to disable bar transparency (#555)
- Added shell menu dark mode support for Windows 10 21H1
- Shift-clicking the "Exit Cairo" button will now restart Cairo (#528)
- Improved performance of the taskbar
- Improved taskbar app category detection (#562, thanks @kevinboss!)
- Fixed full-screen apps being covered by Cairo when they span multiple monitors (thanks @kevinboss!)
- Fixed Windows desktop icons being hidden with the Cairo desktop disabled (#567, thanks @kevinboss!)
Cairo Desktop 0.4.80
Cairo requires Windows 7 or later, including Windows 10, and .NET 4.7.1 or later (already included with Windows 10 1709 and newer)
Click "Assets" below to find the installer download. After downloading, Windows Defender will likely require you to choose "more info," then "run anyway."
Changes since 0.4.76
- Fixed an error when right-clicking the task list
- Fixed icons appearing pixelated on high-resolution displays
- Fixed some cases of incorrect categorization in the taskbar
Cairo Desktop 0.4.76
Cairo requires Windows 7 or later, including Windows 10, and .NET 4.7.1 or later (already included with Windows 10 1709 and newer)
Click "Assets" below to find the installer download. After downloading, Windows Defender will likely require you to choose "more info," then "run anyway."
Changes since M3.7174
We've re-written significant portions of Cairo to resolve bugs, improve compatibility, enhance extensibility, and to make it easier for us to add new functionality going forward.
- Extensions built for Milestone 3 builds of Cairo will need to be updated before they will work in newer versions. See cairoshell/CairoExtensionSamples for sample extensions that have been updated.
- Command-line arguments have changed in this version. If you're using these, see the wiki for updated arguments.
Folder browsing improvements:
- Re-implemented folder views to more closely resemble Windows Explorer directory listing results
- Improved performance of loading folders
- File and folder icons now match what is shown by Windows Explorer
- File and folder context menus now appear in dark mode on Windows 10 version 1903 through 20H2 when specified by the selected Cairo theme
- Special shell folders, such as This PC and Control Panel, can now be opened on the dynamic desktop and added as stacks
- ZIP files can now be browsed into on the dynamic desktop or added to stacks (you can even add folders within a ZIP as stacks--neat!)
- Fixed file rename not selecting the last character
Dynamic desktop improvements:
- The desktop now includes items from the common desktop folder, like the Explorer desktop
- The desktop toolbar history menu now shows tool tips with the path of each item
- Improved desktop overlay hiding after selecting an option from the context menu
- Improved desktop toolbar current folder tool tip
- Fixed desktop not getting mouse capture after closing a stack
- Fixed display of folders with an underscore in their name in the desktop toolbar history menu
- Fixed errant drag-drop operations occurring on the desktop
Stacks improvements:
- The shell context menu is now used in stacks (#496)
- Fixed stacks 'open' button always opening in a new window regardless of desktop settings
- Fixed stacks staying open after choosing an icon
Notification area improvements:
- Fixed some icons not appearing (such as OBS and Spotify)
- Fixed some icons not responding to clicks (such as Origin, #517)
- Fixed some icon updates causing a crash on 32-bit systems
- Fixed some menus flashing or not appearing at all (such as EarTrumpet and Steam, #498)
Taskbar improvements:
- Added ability to hide taskbar labels (#510, thanks @Cereal-Killa!)
- Setting to enable/disable the taskbar no longer requires a restart
Search improvements:
- Improved responsiveness
- Improved search results
App Grabber improvements:
- Improved performance
- Fixed App Grabber not getting focus when opening from the Programs menu
- Fixed error on Server Core 2012 (#508)
General improvements:
- Blur behind the menu bar is now enabled by default on supported systems
- Setting to show menu bars or taskbars on all monitors no longer requires a restart
- Updated Russian localization (#530, thanks @curoviyxru!)
- Themes are now stored in a 'Themes' sub-directory
- Themes can now be stored per user in
%localappdata%\Cairo_Development_Team\Themes - Fixed file extensions showing in the Themes drop down
- Fixed Cairo Settings sometimes not correctly showing whether Cairo is set as the shell or not
- Fixed issue with Cairo covering full-screen apps with multiple monitors
Cairo Desktop M3.7174
Cairo requires Windows 7 or later, including Windows 10, and .NET 4.7.1 or later (already included with Windows 10 1709 and newer)
Click "Assets" below to find the installer download.
Changes since M3.7147
- Added support for hiding the volume icon via Group Policy (#484)
- Fixed a crash on startup when using the overlapping taskbar setting (#504)
- Fixed a potential error when right-clicking folders in the desktop folder chooser (#483)
- Fixed blur not being applied to the full-width taskbar after restarting Cairo (#485)
- Fixed desktop icons not moving when changing the overlapping taskbar position (#504)
- Fixed issues with some apps that have multiple notification icons (like Open Hardware Monitor) (#481)
- Fixed some notification area icons missing in the Windows taskbar after exiting Cairo (#481)
- Fixed the Action Center menu extra setting being available while Cairo is running as shell (#500)
- Improved the ease of changing fonts with themes (#450)