LauncherX v2.0.1

Changes:

New Features:

• Added a link to LauncherX's privacy policy in the 'Settings' window

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the 'Settings' window and the 'Add a website' dialog could be maximised by double-clicking on the window titlebar.

Things to note:

• Included in this release is also an installer for the .NET Framework 4.8 runtime, which is required for LauncherX to run correctly. If .NET Framework 4.8 is not installed on your computer, you can use the attached installer to install it.
• If you encounter problems updating LauncherX, try uninstalling the previous version of LauncherX first. Don't worry, your data will not be deleted.

LauncherX v2.0.0

Changes:

New Features:

• Redesigned user interface: LauncherX's design is now more in line with the design language of Windows 11, with new controls and materials. (Mica backdrop only available on Windows 11)
• LauncherX now sports a more modern and simple icon
• LauncherX now remembers the user's last window position
• Crash protection - items added to LauncherX are now saved every 10 seconds instead of only being saved when LauncherX is closed
• LauncherX now supports AnyCPU instead of only x64
• When adding folders, LauncherX now uses the more modern CommonOpenFileDialog to allow the user to choose a folder instead of the legacy FolderBrowserDialog
• LauncherX now supports dragging and dropping files, folders, and websites directly into the window
• Users can now change their icon scale to a precision of 2 decimal places.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed most graphical glitches that occur in LauncherX
• Fixed an issue where the user was experiencing a lot of lag when moving windows around
• Fixed an issue where LauncherX would not save user settings if an older version of LauncherX was also installed on the same computer
• Fixed an issue where you could not add folders with names that contain non-ASCII characters

Other improvements

• Fully migrated LauncherX from XAML Islands to pure WPF controls for faster rendering of controls with less graphical glitches

Things to note:

• Included in this release is also an installer for the .NET Framework 4.8 runtime, which is required for LauncherX to run correctly. If .NET Framework 4.8 is not installed on your computer, you can use the attached installer to install it.
• If you encounter problems updating LauncherX, try uninstalling the previous version of LauncherX first. Don't worry, your data will not be deleted.

LauncherX 1.0.1

Changes:

• Fixed an issue where LauncherX was unable to load the website icons
• Updated NuGet packages

Things to note:

• LauncherX is compatible with Windows 10 version 1903 and above, and Windows 11. As such, you need to be running 64-bit Windows 10, version 1903 and above to run LauncherX (includes Windows 11).
• Included in this release is also an installer for the .NET framework 4.8 runtime, which is required for LauncherX to run correctly. If .NET framework 4.8 is not installed on your computer, you can use the attached installer to install it.
• If you want to uninstall LauncherX or manually update LauncherX, please remember to uninstall the previous version of LauncherX first. Don't worry, your data will not be deleted.

LauncherX version 1.0

This is the first version of LauncherX. LauncherX is compatible with Windows 10 version 1903 and above, and Windows 11. As such, you need to be running 64-bit Windows 10, version 1903 and above to run LauncherX (includes Windows 11), and need to have at least 20MB of free space to install LauncherX. If you have any problems or would like to feedback to us, please leave your response on GitHub.