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@DrewNaylor DrewNaylor released this 23 Dec 20:23
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I am pleased to announce the release of UXL Launcher Version 3.0 Stable after three (3) months of work on this version alone! It's been almost three and a half years of work total on this app since I started working on Drew's App Launcher, the predecessor to UXL Launcher.

MD5 sum for "UXL-Launcher.exe" in the archive: E79767D259E4D504C0F64EEA2FBFF923

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Below this text is the changelog. It compares Drew's App Launcher version 2.8 to UXL Launcher version 3.0. UXL Launcher is the successor to Drew's App Launcher and was almost completely rewritten from scratch with very little code reused without modification from Drew's App Launcher.

UXL Launcher Version 3.0 Changelog:

  • Added:
    • Support for Office 2010 via 365, Office 2013, Office 2013 via MSI, Office 2016, and Office 2016 via 365.
    • Proper error handlers to tell the user that we can't find the specified program in the folder chosen in the Options window.
    • Context menu to the systemtray/notification icon for quicker launching of most of the apps.
    • Always On Top to keep the window on top of other windows that aren't set to Always On Top. Note that this is disabled temporarily when the Options window and About window are opened.
    • Settings tester button in Tools>Options window>Test settings button to make sure everything is configured properly.
    • Support for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows installs in the same EXE file.
    • Proper About window with tabs for app info, License, and Acknowledgements.
    • Button to open the System Info page in the Control Panel in the Options window>Advanced tab.
    • Better organization with a menubar instead of a tab control.
    • Better code organization.
    • Link to the UXL Launcher wiki via Help>View Help Topics menubar entry which can be opened via Ctrl+F1.
    • Exit button via File>Exit menubar entry.
    • Banner to About window.
    • Part of the boilerplate License notice from the code to About window paragraph.
    • Support for HiDPI screens such as those found on the Surface Pro 4.
    • Debugging labels to the main window for developers and general debugging.
    • "Check for Updates" button in About window. This takes the user to the GitHub Releases feed.

  • Changed:
    • Attempt to conform to Microsoft's UX guidelines.
    • Brand-new icon that's visible at all the supported zoom levels in Windows Explorer.
    • Main window size is smaller and more efficient.
    • The Office Drive Location textbox in the Options window now accepts Backspace and lowercase letters. Note that it automatically changes lowercase letters to CAPITAL LETTERS when the user types in the box.
    • Moved the Options window and Office Language Preferences to the Tools menubar menu.
    • All the groupboxes on the main window have had their text changed.
    • Blue text in the Options window is now black.
    • Redesigned Options window.
    • Reorganized app category groupboxes to an order similar to how people usually list off the Office apps (ie. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
    • Resized all the app icons on the main window to 50x50 pixels.

  • Removed:
    • Support for the internal changelog pages.
    • Support for Windows XP and Windows Vista
    • "Version History" column and buttons from About window.
    • Excess source code files that just add bloat.
    • "Notes" textbox from the About window.
    • Tab control on main window; replaced with menubar.
    • Drew's Modification Exception has been removed in favor of just the Gnu GPL v3+.
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