VirtuaWin v4.1 beta1 made available.

June 04, 2008 (Wed)

This version has:

* 1869917 Added new dynamic taskbar order feature to support Taskbar shuffle.
* Added dynamic taskbar button removal option as a better fix to long standing issue.
* 1979116 Re-implement taskbar activation option to be a window rule option.
* 1964565 Added crash handler and reimplemented showHelp to avoid rare crash
* 1967494 Close spawned module process handles.
* 1919024 Implemented NAV: Return to last desktop hotkey command.
* 1933182 Improved SetForegroundWindow so focus can be given back to desktop.
* 1930005 Force redraw of activated window hidden using toolwin flag.
* 1953231 Fixed handling of close message so it does exit VW if requested.
* 1950577 Made process name string comparisons case insensitive.
* 1956478 Added portable unicode package creation

See HISTORY.TXT for a full list of changes and our main support page (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/support.php) for more information on test versions.

VirtuaWin 4.0.1 Released!

April 24, 2008 (Thu)

The VirtuaWin team is pleased to announce the release of v4.0.1 of VirtuaWin - virtual desktop manager for Windows.

Download VirtuaWin 4.0.1

Download VirtuaWin 4.0.1 (with Unicode support)

Download VirtuaWin 4.0.1 (portable version)

A complete list of changes are available on the download page as well as in the HISTORY.TXT file that accompanies the install. The complete source code for the 4.0.1 release is available here: VirtuaWin 4.0.1 source code.

After you've installed 4.0.1 come visit us on the VirtuaWin forum!

VirtuaWin v4.0.1 beta1 made available

April 14, 2008 (Mon)

This should be the only beta release of v4.0.1, can all users who raised issues with v4.0 please verify that it has been resolved in v4.0.1.

Also, can all users of this beta version please check that the on-line ehelp works on their system (help has been changed to new chm MS Html help based file).

New to this release is a portable version; simply download, unzip and run (and yes it really is less than 95Kb).

This version has:

* 1924256 Moved the on-line help over to MS HTML help (chm).
* 1938548 Fixed systray icon tooltip when VW is disabled.
* 1936226 Up-dated Setup About copyright to 2008
* 1926893 Fixed ignore activation event flashing all linked windows.
* 1930012 Fixed hidden explorer activation issue.
* 1928095 Added WM_CLOSE message handler prompting user if they want VW to exit
* 1926902 Fixed link window logic bug in window list menu.
* 1923412 Added hotkeys for moving windows Left right up down and added enable toggle hotkey command.
* 1917996 Fixed hiding of FeedReader when maximized
* 1915723 Documented retirement of VW_WINLIST module message
* 1919023 Changed compact window list column cycling so all columns can be accessed
* 1921289 Changed the location of hidden VW window to avoid problem with Multimon
* 1926160 Stored flag for forced unmanaged windows and made its children unmanaged.
* 1926899 Added new VW_WINMANAGE module message to allow modules to force VW to (not) manage a window

See HISTORY.TXT for a full list of changes and our main support page (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/support.php) for more information on test versions.

VirtuaWin 4.0 Released!

March 13, 2008 (Thu)

The VirtuaWin team is pleased to announce the release of v4.0 of VirtuaWin - virtual desktop manager for Windows.

Download VirtuaWin 4.0

Download VirtuaWin 4.0 (with Unicode support)

Please Note: A new window.cfg and window rules dialog replaces pre v4.0 tricky.cfg, sticky.cfg, assignment.cfg and userlist.cfg files and functionality. There is no import or up-grade process available so these configurations must be recreated.

A complete list of changes are available on the download page as well as in the HISTORY.TXT file that accompanies the install. The complete source code for the 4.0 release is available here: VirtuaWin 4.0 source code.

After you've installed 4.0 come visit us on the VirtuaWin forum!

VirtuaWin v4.0 beta4 made available

March 06, 2008 (Thu)

Hopefully this will be the last beta build of 4.0!

The new window.cfg file changed in beta3, a window.cfg file created with an earlier version will not be correctly read. It is strongly recommended that you remove any window.cfg file created using beta1 or beta2 before runing this version.

As with 4.0 beta3, this version should correctly read virtuawin.cfg file of v3.2 and earlier releases but will generate a virtuawin.cfg file which will not be correctly read by these earlier versions.

Please backup your virtuawin.cfg and window.cfg file so you can roll back to an earlier release.

This version does not load your existing tricky.cfg, sticky.cfg, assignment.cfg or userlist.cfg as these files and concepts have been merged into one - Window Types stored in the new window.cfg file. You will need to recreate these configurations using the new Window Type setup dialog.

This version has:

* 1906377 Fixed maximized tricky window hiding problem.
* 1905771 Move the hidden VW off-screen if it moves on screen.
* 1906222 Added get modules button to setup dialog.
* 1905474 Fixed VW_SETSTICKY module message.

See HISTORY.TXT for a full list of changes and our main support page (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/support.php) for more information on test versions.

VirtuaWin v4.0 beta3 made available

February 28, 2008 (Thu)

Test version 4.0 beta3 is now available for download, please read this first:

    The new window.cfg file has changed in this beta version, any existing window.cfg file will not be correctly read. It is strongly recommended that you remove any window.cfg file created using beta1 or beta2 before runing this version.

    As with 4.0 beta2, this version should correctly read virtuawin.cfg file of v3.2 and earlier releases but will generate a virtuawin.cfg file which will not be correctly read by these earlier versions.

    Please backup your virtuawin.cfg and window.cfg file so you can roll back to an earlier release.

    This version does not load your existing tricky.cfg, sticky.cfg, assignment.cfg or userlist.cfg as these files and concepts have been merged into one - Window Types stored in the new window.cfg file. You will need to recreate these configurations using the new Window Type setup dialog.


This version has:

* Change the term 'Window Type' to 'Window Rule'
* 1901183 Changed window flags and changed GETWINDESK to WINGETINFO with enhanced functionality
* 1873544 1897011 Added new 'Group App' window rule and Gather option in window menu
* 1873539 Added a Re-apply Rules option to Control menu
* 1896828 1877997 Implemented new 'Main Window' window rule option
* 1896830 Reimplemented main window hide/show function to improve performance and fix minimize window hiding method
* 1877491 1737872 Resolved long standing pop-up window event issues.

See HISTORY.TXT for a full list of changes and our main support page (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/support.php) for more information on test versions.

VirtuaWin v4.0 beta2 made available

February 07, 2008 (Thu)

Test version 4.0 beta2 is now available for download, please read this first:

    This version is fully compatible with v4.0 beta1.
   
    As with 4.0 beta1, this version should correctly read virtuawin.cfg file of v3.2 and earlier releases but will generate a virtuawin.cfg file which will not be correctly read by these earlier versions.

    Please backup your virtuawin.cfg file so you can roll back to an earlier release.

    This version does not load your existing tricky.cfg, sticky.cfg, assignment.cfg or userlist.cfg as these files and concepts have been merged into one - Window Types stored in the new window.cfg file. You will need to recreate these configurations using the new Window Type setup dialog.

This version has:

    * 1886979 Fixed flag problem which left windows being 'sticky'.
    * 1887127 Automatically change window-list menu to compact.
    * 1843056 WinList: Removed error dialog if taskbar not found.
    * Also see change log for 4.0 beta1

See HISTORY.TXT for a full list of changes and our main support page (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/support.php) for more information on test versions.

VirtuaWin v4.0 beta1 made available

January 31, 2008 (Thu)

Test version 4.0 beta1 is now available for download, please read this first:

This version should correctly read virtuawin.cfg file of earlier releases but will generate a virtuawin.cfg file which will not be correctly read by earlier versions.

Please backup your virtuawin.cfg file so you can roll back to an earlier release.

This version does not load your existing tricky.cfg, sticky.cfg, assignment.cfg or userlist.cfg as these files and concepts have been merged into one - Window Types stored in the new window.cfg file. You will need to recreate these configurations using the new Window Type setup dialog.

This version has:

* Creation of a new Window Type dialog to manage userlist.cfg, tricky.cfg, sticky.cfg & assignment.cfg via a UI - no more hacking!
* 1819203 1810156 Window type identification can now be any combination of class, window or program name.
* 1798648 1796170 1627782 Changed window management to store some info about all non-child windows, allows VirtuaWin to not manage some window types and to manage others.
* Removed upper limit on the number of windows that VW can manage (although the window list menu is still limited to 255 windows)
* 1844268 Added window type option to keep a window's taskbar button visible.
* 1843300 Rewritten main Setup hotkey configuration to allow many more different hotkeys to be created.
* Various fixes including SF 1820531, 1873636, 1843056, 1840887, 1873639

See HISTORY.TXT for a full list of changes and our main support page (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/support.php) for more information on test versions.

VirtuaWin 3.2 Released!

November 08, 2007 (Thu)

The VirtuaWin team is pleased to announce the 3.2 release of the VirtuaWin virtual desktop manager for Windows.

Download VirtuaWin 3.2

Download VirtuaWin 3.2 (with Unicode support)

A complete list of changes are available on the download page as well as in the HISTORY.TXT file that accompanies the install. The complete source code for the 3.2 release is available here: VirtuaWin 3.2 source code.

After you've installed 3.2 come visit us on the VirtuaWin forum!

VirtuaWin v3.1 test 3 made available

September 19, 2007 (Wed)

Test version 3.1 test 3 is now available for download, this version has:

• New -msg command-line option for sending a message to a running VirtuaWin, try:

virtuawin.exe -msg 1034 1026 0

• Added new module messages to give modules access to new features.
• Fixed several raised bugs.
  

See HISTORY.TXT for a full list of changes and our main support page (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/support.php) for more information on test versions.

VirtuaWin v3.1 test 2 made available

July 16, 2007 (Mon)

Test version 3.1 test 2 is now available for download, this version has:

- Support for more than 9 desktops
- Support for hiding desktops
- Major improvements to WinList
- Quite a few improvements to other areas, see HISTORY.TXT for mre details

See our main support page (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/support.php) for more information.

Note: This version will correctly read virtuawin.cfg files of earlier releases but will generate a virtuawin.cfg file which will not be correctly read by earlier versions.

If you intended to roll back to an earlier release please backup your config files.

SwitchDesk Module Updated

June 14, 2007 (Thu)

SwitchDesk v1.7 has now been released.

This release includes:

• Updated to use v3.0 user config path for roaming profile support.
• Correctly sets/restored centered/stretched status.
• Fixes windows jpg to 'Wallpaper1.bmp' issue by copying the bmp files to the users config path.

See the Modules page for more information.

VWDesktopIcons & VWTimeTracker modules added

June 13, 2007 (Wed)

2 new modules are now available:

• VWDesktopIcons - Allows the user to configure which icons are visible on each desktop.

• VWTimeTracker - Records the time spent on each desktop.

See the Modules page (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/modules.php) for more information.

VirtuaWin v3.1 test 1 made available

June 12, 2007 (Tue)

Test version 3.1 test 1 is now available for download, this version has:

- Fixes to SF bugs 1731298, 1731312, 1723458
- Fixes to disabled mode violations
- Fix to window reappearing after menu assignment.

See our main support page (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/support.php) for more information.

VirtuaWin 3.1 Released!

May 19, 2007 (Sat)

The VirtuaWin team is pleased to announce the 3.1 release of the VirtuaWin virtual desktop manager for Windows.

Download VirtuaWin 3.1

Download VirtuaWin 3.1 (with Unicode support)

A complete list of changes are available on the download page as well as in the HISTORY.TXT file that accompanies the install. The complete source code for the 3.1 release is available here: VirtuaWin 3.1 source code.

After you've installed 3.1 come visit us on the VirtuaWin forum!

VirtuaWin v3.0 test 7 made available

April 19, 2007 (Thu)

Test version 3.0 test 7 is now available for download, this version has:

- New window menu, accessed via new hotkey or middle click on window title bar (setup enabled).
- Access to window list menu via middle click on desktop (setup enabled)

See our main support page (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/support.php) for more information.

Reviews of VirtuaWin 3.0

March 26, 2007 (Mon)

Here are 3 recent reviews of VirtuaWin 3.0 that came to our attention.

• 4sysops.com: http://4sysops.com/archives/virtuawin-a-powerful-virtual-desktop-manager/

• June29.com: http://www.june29.com/cfs/index.php?archive=20070201

• Vnunet.com: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2167405/virtuawin

VirtuaWin 3.0 Released!

September 16, 2006 (Sat)

The VirtuaWin team is pleased to announce the 3.0 release of the VirtuaWin virtual desktop manager for Windows.

Download VirtuaWin 3.0

A complete list of changes are available on the download page as well as in the HISTORY.TXT file that accompanies the install. The complete source code for the 3.0 release is available here: VirtuaWin 3.0 source code.

Let's give a big thanks to Steve and Johan for all the hard work they put into this release!

New Website Design

September 16, 2006 (Sat)

In conjunction with the release of VirtuaWin ver. 3.0, the new VirtuaWin website is ready to go live.

Eric created a simple content management system that is the new home of VirtuaWin.  Please leave comments and/or criticisms for Eric at the VirtuaWin forum. Future improvements are to include an automated submission form for creative types to upload their icon themes.

New Web Developer Joins Team

November 11, 2005 (Fri)

The VirtuaWin team has added a new web developer to our team. His name is Eric Pierce, and he brings graphic design as well as PHP and SQL skills to our team.

Eric has been tasked with redesigning the current frames based VirtuaWin website from the ground up.

Welcome, Eric!

New Developer Joins Team

September 28, 2005 (Wed)

Steven Phillips brought himself onto the team by submitting numerous fixes to v2.11. The end result of his effort will become v3.0.

Steven is an experienced C programmer who found the freely available VirtuaWin invaluable (thanks Johan!)

Welcome, Steve!