Change: You can now set your Windows Logon image using DisplayFusion in Windows 8
Change: Updated Classic Shell to version 3.6.2
Change: Added a Settings button for configuring the Classic Shell in the DisplayFusion Settings window on the Taskbar tab
Fix: TitleBar Button compatibility improvements: Mitel UCA Client, Steam, Adobe AIR, Live Meeting, Rapid SQL, NitroPDF and more
Fix: HotKey window compatibility improvements: Clover and other windows that host other processes windows
Fix: Taskbar tray icon context menus shouldn't get stuck behind the taskbar in Windows 8 anymore
Fix: Wallpaper preview quality is much improved
Fix: Wallpaper preview for tile/centre is now correct
Fix: Flickr image downloading issue has been resolved
Fix: DisplayFusionCommand now works from a Scheduled Task in Windows 8
Fix: Windows 8 taskbar improvements (better Metro app detection, less flickering)
Fix: Alt+Tab handler order issues have been fixed
Fix: Multiple Wallpaper windows are prevented from opening now
Fix: Taskbar icon rendering improvements
Fix: Resolved an issue that caused the trial reminder to constantly appear
Fix: Taskbar time zones now work correctly
Fix: Middle-click Google Chrome min/max/close buttons now moves the window correctly
Fix: Settings backup and restore improvements
Fix: General performance and compatibility improvements
v4.2.0 • October 23, 2012
Change: Hold 'shift' while middle-clicking to move a window to previous monitor instead of the next monitor
Change: New Advanced Setting: Enable custom Alt+Tab Handler
Change: New Advanced Setting: Disable Wallpaper History
Change: New Advanced Setting: Adjust taskbar shortcut gap size
Change: New Advanced Setting: Ignore Monitors (specify monitors that DisplayFusion should ignore for things like 'move to next monitor')
Change: For Administrators: Previously enabled settings no longer get disabled when tabs are hidden by admin/group policy. The settings on hidden tabs will need to be specifically disabled using the other policies.
Fix: Windows 8 compatiblity and performance improvements
Fix: General UI, compatiblity and performance improvements for all versions of Windows
Fix: Taskbar start button no longer overlaps shortcuts in some situations
Fix: Taskbar shortcuts without icons can now be un-pinned by right-clicking on them
Fix: Resolved some taskbar button combining issues (Chrome, Git)
Fix: Window scaling issues have been resolved on lower resolution monitors
Fix: "Download with DisplayFusion" from WallpaperFusion now looks correct with portrait monitors
Fix: Windows no longer return quickly to their old position when being moved with the Functions (only affected a few apps)
Fix: Improved Window Location detection/response
Fix: Resolved some application hooking issues
Fix: Windows Location compatibility improvements
Fix: Resolved issues related to high-contract themes
Fix: MMO launchers no longer crash when hooked (CO, STO... etc)
Fix: Transparency Functions now work as expected on more windows
Fix: sys-boottime wallpaper tag now uses regional formatting for long date
Fix: Window Location wildcard rules no longer affect overlay windows or Screen Saver windows
v4.1.0 • August 15, 2012
Change: New Function: "Window Highlighting"
Change: New Function: "Window Mirroring"
Change: New Function: "Monitor Mirroring"
Change: New Function: "Load Next Monitor Profile (alphabetically)"
Change: New Function: "Load Previous Monitor Profile (alphabetically)"
Change: New Function: "Move Window to Next Monitor and Minimize"
Change: New Function: "Move Window to Previous Monitor and Minimize"
Change: New Function: "Enable Screen Saver"
Change: New Function: "Disable Screen Saver"
Change: New Function: "Prevent Window Deactivation" (keeps game windows focused)
Change: New Function: "Minimize All Windows Except Current Window (All Monitors)"
Change: New Function: "Minimize All Windows Except Current Window (Current Monitor)"
Change: New Function: "Move Window to Current Monitor"
Change: New Function: "Move Window to Current Monitor and Resize"
Change: New Function: "Move Window to Current Monitor and Maximize"
Change: New Function: "Move Window to Current Monitor and Minimize"
Change: Taskbar Buttons can now be middle-aligned
Change: Taskbar Pinned items are now combined like the Windows 7 taskbar (can be disabled)
Change: Added a small gap in the bottom-left corner of the DF Taskbar in Win8 for the Start Screen hot corner
Change: Changed command line parameter "-hotkeyrun" to "-functionrun" (old name still works for now)
Change: Window Location items now accept "Current Monitor" instead of forcing a monitor
Change: Desktop Icon Profiles can now be linked to Monitor Profiles for automatic loading
Change: Desktop Icon Profiles can now be assigned to HotKeys or TitleBar Buttons
Change: Switched to the new Bing API, temporarily lost the ability to search by aspect ratio
Change: Bing search results are now cached to help resolve Bing over-usage issues
Change: Added a "Use the same Image on each Monitor" wallpaper option
Change: "Image Scaling" for the wallpaper is now a per-monitor setting, even when spanned (allows for better flexibility with different resolution monitors)
Change: Added a "Load From Image URL" option in the Wallpaper window
Change: DisplayFusion Photos Screen Saver now allows you to set the delay between images
Change: DisplayFusion Photos Screen Saver now allows you view images in alphabetical order
Change: DisplayFusion Photos Screen Saver now allows you change the image sizing mode
Change: If you are using the ADMX templates to block Settings window tabs, make sure you get the new templates to block the Functions tab
Fix: Resolved an issue that caused some Pinned items to have the wrong icon
Fix: Windows taskbar set to vertical and autohide is no longer triggered unexpectedly
Fix: Windows 8 alternate Start Menu is now positioned correctly when a Metro application is snapped
Fix: Resolved an issue that prevented some windows from being added to the DisplayFusion Taskbar
Fix: Resolved a taskbar drag/over window focus issue
Fix: Vladstudio performance improvements
Fix: Resolved an issue with Window Snapping and the Steam client
Fix: Taskbar pinned item order is now maintained correctly when editing shortcuts
Fix: You will no longer receive the "Sorry, another instance of DisplayFusion is still running" message
Fix: Window ToolTips no longer cause artifacts on the screen when moving
Fix: Wallpaper UI improvements
Fix: Resolved a maximized Firefox window movement issue
Fix: Resolved an issue that could leave taskbar buttons on the taskbar when not needed
Fix: Faster monitor profile loading
Fix: Resolved a Taskbar focus-stealing issue
Fix: Console windows are now sizable vertically using the Functions
Fix: Fixed the "Error applying monitor settings" error for most cases
Fix: Resolved a wallpaper preview issue in the Wallpaper window
Fix: Resolved a number of crashing/locking/freezing issues
Fix: Resolved an issue that prevented the Screen Saver settings from appearing on some corporate computers
Fix: TitleBar Button compatibility improvements
Fix: Taskbar compatibility improvements
Fix: Windows 8 compatibility improvements
Fix: Lots and lots of little bug fixes
v4.0.1 • May 30, 2012
Change: Console windows can now be resized vertically using HotKeys / TitleBar Buttons
Change: Compatibility rules now support wildcards for application paths
Change: Window Location rules now accept wildcards for application paths
Change: Added the "Use Preview Mode" setting again for screen savers
Change: DisplayFusion Photos screen saver now has an option to scale smaller images
Change: Added an Advanced Setting called "Shortcut Size" to allow the default shortcut/pinned item size to be overridden
Change: Added an Advanced Setting called "Allow Reloading when Fullscreen" to allow taskbars to reload when a fullscreen window is detected
Change: Added an Advanced Setting called "Memory Trim Enabled" for forcing more aggressive memory trimming
Change: Added an Advanced Setting to prevent DisplayFusion from loading random images when applying settings in the Wallpaper window
Change: Added an Advanced Setting to show different Time Zone's times on each DisplayFusion taskbar
Change: Added an Advanced Setting to force the taskbar clock text to be a specific colour
Fix: Taskbar thumbnail preview improvements
Fix: Window Location compatibility improvements
Fix: "Load More Images" button for Vladstudio now works as expected
Fix: Taskbar clock no longer stays highlighted when showing the calendar
Fix: Windows that frequently stop responding are no longer removed/re-added constantly (TrojanHunter, MalwareBytes)
Fix: Wallpaper provider no longer shows an annoying message constantly when the network is unavailable
Fix: HotKeys/TitleBar Buttons can now resize PuTTY windows
Fix: DisplayFusion Photos Screen Saver no longer shows duplicate images until it's shown all of them (per-monitor)
Fix: Screen Saver crashing issues have been resolved
Fix: Resolved some Taskbar crashing issues
Fix: Taskbar grouping and incorrect icon issues have been resolved
Fix: Fixed an issue that could cause Window Location rules to override Taskbar shortcut forced monitors
Fix: Fixed an issue that could cause DisplayFusion (or just the hooks) to hang
Fix: Fixed an issue that prevented console windows in Win7 from being hooked on the first try
Fix: Window size/move tooltips now appear even when cursor overlaps
Fix: Firefox TitleBar Buttons no longer have a gap (Firefox 12 removed the TabGroups button, the gap can be added again with a DF Compatibility rule)
Fix: Middle-click to move windows is now more precise
Fix: Corrected some taskbar button icon issues
Fix: Various Screen Saver improvements
Fix: Adobe Reader X TitleBar Buttons should update correctly now
Fix: Fixed some Right-to-Left interface issues
Fix: Fixed some Right-To-Left issues in the installer
Fix: Vista Start Button now looks correct when taskbar is smaller than Start Button
Fix: Improved compatibility with 3rd party screen savers
Fix: No longer shows the "DisplayFusion is already running" message when not expected
Fix: Window sizing tooltips are now more precise
Fix: Window sizing tooltips no longer disappear when not expected
v4.0.0 • May 2, 2012
Change: Windows 8 compatibility
Change: Added a new feature to save/load desktop icon profiles
Change: Added an option to set the Windows Aero colour to match the wallpaper or the currently active window (Win7 and higher)
Change: A multi-monitor Photos screen saver is now included
Change: Taskbars now have optional Jump Lists for the right-click menu
Change: Alternate Start Menu is now included (great for Windows 8!)
Change: Pinned Taskbar items can now have custom names
Change: DisplayFusion Taskbars now have system tray icons that mirror that Windows system tray
Change: DisplayFusion Taskbars now have basic pinning
Change: Added an "Enable All Taskbars" button in the Settings window to easily enable any disabled taskbars
Change: Taskbar Button Grouping now has 3 modes: Automatic, Enabled or Disabled
Change: Ctrl+Shift+Click on Taskbar buttons now opens a new elevated instance
Change: You can see a monitor's resolution and aspect ratio by right-clicking the monitor in the Wallpaper window
Change: You can now swap Wallpaper settings between monitors by right-clicking on the monitor in the Wallpaper window
Change: Added support for Flickr's "Interestingness" API
Change: Added deviantART as a wallpaper source
Change: Added Google Image Search as a wallpaper source
Change: Added Bing Image Search as a wallpaper source
Change: Removed the "Use Preview Mode" setting for Screen Savers
Change: "Start Screen Saver" HotKey/TitleBar Button is no longer a Pro-only feature
Change: Added 4 new preset HotKeys to move windows to the 4 corners of a monitor
Change: Added a new command line parameter for running HotKeys via DisplayFusionCommand: -HotKeyRun "hotkey-name"
Change: HotKey edit window lets you drag to select a target window to create a HotKey automatically using window's size and location
Change: HotKeys are now grouped by category in the Settings window and "Run HotKey on this Window" menu
Change: New HotKey/TitleBar Button: "Lock Desktop"
Change: New HotKey/TitleBar Button: "Move window to monitor #X and size proportionally"
Change: You can now add or edit HotKeys while creating TitleBar Buttons
Change: You can now add or edit HotKeys while creating Window Location rules
Change: Added new HotKeys to open the DisplayFusion Settings, Wallpaper and Monitor Configuration windows
Change: Added an advanced setting to prevent tray icon notification balloons from showing
Change: Added an Advanced Setting to override the taskbar clock text tooltips
Change: Added an Advanced Setting to allow invalid language files to be force-loaded
Change: Folder browser now allows you to type in a path (great for UNC paths)
Change: Added a "Support Request" button to the Settings window for easily contacting us about any issues
Fix: Window location rules with "Minimize" now work as expected
Fix: Taskbar no longer appears in-front of other windows when it's not supposed to
Fix: Better compatibility with font scaling enabled and non-DPI aware applications
Fix: Huge performance improvements with the local random image changer with large image collections
Fix: Taskbar clock text tooltip advanced setting now accepts new line characters (\n)
Fix: TitleBar Button position issues have been fixed for a number of applications
Fix: Taskbar button issues have been fixed for a number of applications
Fix: Undocking a laptop or unplugging a monitor will no longer result in orphaned taskbar items
Fix: TitleBar Buttons no longer get jumbled the first time you configure them in some situations
Fix: Huge improvements for right-to-left languages
Fix: Middle-click to close tabs in Google Chrome Canary now works as expected
Fix: Taskbar now longer crashes when using a 3rd party taskbar replacement application
Fix: Fixed an issue that prevented RDP/VNC windows from giving-up mouse control in some situations
Fix: Blank screen savers now work as expected
Fix: Pinned apps marked as "require administrator" now launch as expected
Fix: Fixed an issue that prevented large wallpaper files from downloading while the Wallpaper window was open
Fix: Taskbars now reload if the monitor IDs change
Fix: Steam windows should now redraw correctly when snapped
Fix: Windows Vista taskbar tray icons for volume, network... etc now show up correctly
Fix: The "Reset HotKeys" button in the Settings window no longer removes custom HotKeys
Fix: DisplayFusion should no longer hang/freeze in some situations
Fix: Taskbar shortcuts to the desktop now work as expected
Fix: No longer receive "You need DF Pro" when trying to set Windows Logon background
Fix: Monitor identification overlays now disappear when clicked
Fix: Taskbar window animation on the Windows taskbar is now correct
Fix: Taskbar font-scaling now works correctly
Fix: TitleBar Buttons no longer get cut-off on maximized windows in some situations
Fix: Excel and Access 2000 windows are now properly detected on the DF taskbars
Fix: Fixed a bug that prevented some applications from opening
Fix: Fixed a bug that prevented some applications from receiving mouse input
Fix: Taskbar shortcut order is no longer reversed incorrectly
Fix: No longer runs as administrator after an auto-update
Fix: Taskbar wouldn't come out of auto-hide sometimes when mousing over shortcuts