Re: Winstep Xtreme 18.10.0.1346 Crack For Windows
Lovie Berlinghof
Quoting RedneckDude, reply 36I can't get a theme installed or imported. I have to change the .xtreme file to a zip, extract it, and move it to the themes directory. I reset file associations via winstep. Still a no go.
Just wondering if you have a powerful enough computer, would running windows in VW ware workstation in linux be an option? I did work on virtual machines switching distros back and forth, especially on mac osx to run linux.
However, got vmware workstation for free at university and it seemed to be stable and fast to run win10 on linux. This way you have a stable system but can run your software via windows when needed. I dont know about hardware support via vm though and whether that works for your application.
adding workshelf.exe instead of winstep made it stable, winstep exe launches a) next start and b) workshelf, only needed workshelf to restart but i can add multiple directory's of thing's to restart if closed.
A new taskbar is highly customisable, so for instance can give you the Windows 7 look (including preview windows showing you the contents of running copies of an application) on Windows 2000, XP or Vista. You can change the icons for a taskbar button, change its opacity, even rearrange buttons just by dragging and dropping.
Winstep Xtreme 22.7
- Change log not available for this version
Winstep Xtreme 20.10
- Updated Portuguese language file
- Updated Hungarian language file
- Added compatibility with ObjectDock tabbed dock skins. To see the available OD tabbed dock skins you have installed, select 'Shelf Themes' in the Themes tab of Preferences. This will show both native Winstep skins as well as OD tabbed dock skins
- Added Pause, Play, Stop, Next and Previous commands to the right click context menu of the Media Player internal command
- Shelf theme colorization settings are now independent of Global theme colorization settings
- The Fonts dialog in the Appearance tab of Shelf, Drawer and Grid Stacks now only displays the fonts used for those objects instead of the fonts used in the whole theme
- Reorganized the Appearance tab of the Shelf, Drawer and Grid Stack Property dialogs
- The application's invisible main control window is now monitored to make sure it's not made visible again by 3rd party applications
- You can now double click the calendar desktop module to pop up a temporary full calendar when the desktop module is set to appear as iconic or has been captured into the NextSTART taskbar
- Added new 'Windows Settings' internal command to open the Windows 10 UWP Windows Settings panel
- Removed the "and all its contents" phrase from the confirmation dialog that pops up when trying to delete a dock, drawer or shelf in the Dock and Shelves tab in Preferences, as this could be misleading for folder type shelves and drawers because no actual files are ever deleted
- The Most Active Programs History dialog now automatically adjusts font size to make up for very large process names
- Added new 'Show decimal place for processes' option to the settings of the CPU Meter module. When enabled, any list of running processes - like the one shown on the CPU Meter desktop module in some themes or shown in the Most Active Programs dialog - will display a decimal place in the percentage of CPU usage for that process (e.g.; 1.3% instead of just 1%, or 1.8% instead of just 2%)
- Added several new internal commands for accessing Windows 10 settings dialogs: Windows Settings, Apps, System, Network and Internet, Devices, Gaming, Time and Language, Accounts, Personalization, Ease of Access, Phone, Privacy, Windows Update, Search Settings and Power Options. These new Internal Commands are all grouped under 'Internal Commands - Settings' in the insert new item right click context menus
- Sunrise and sunset times are now correctly calculated for the MSN weather feed, which allows choosing whether to display a moon or a sun icon with nearly 100% accuracy
- An icon pointing to Explorer.exe in the dock now only displays a running indicator if there are Explorer windows open
- Docks, Shelves and Drawers can now be docked to and undocked from any screen edge and monitor by simply dragging them (users can press the ALT key while left clicking to make it easier). When docked they will show some initial resistance to being undocked by 'shaking' when they are about to detach. When docking or undocking by dragging, the Detach event sounds to give the user some audio feedback. To dock an horizontal dock or shelf, drag so the top edge touches the top screen edge or the bottom edge touches the bottom screen edge. To dock an horizontal dock or shelf to the side of the screen so it changes orientation, slowly drag it until the mouse pointer nearly touches the desired screen edge. To prevent docks, shelves and drawers from accidentally docking when moving them from one monitor to another, the auto-docking mechanism is speed sensitive: move across monitors rapidly to prevent the auto-docking mechanism from kicking in. The auto-docking/snap-to feature can be disabled in the 'More Options' dialog of the Behavior tab of the Properties dialog of Shelves, docks and Drawers
- The width of checkboxes in the User Interface is now automatically cropped so that clicking on a blank space right after the setting description no longer toggles the setting
- Added 'Disable simulated ALT key press when forcing windows to the foreground' setting to the More Options dialog in the General tab of Preferences. This should be checked only if having trouble with ALT+TAB or the ALT key getting stuck
- The Winstep Update Manager will now report hidden updates if the user performs a manual check for updates
- Increased the transparency of the non-lit LCD digits for better readability in full screen alarms/clock/sleep tim
- Opening the Appearance tab of a Shelf Properties dialog and pressing the OK button would make all temporary folder Grid Stacks from that Shelf open in a 1x1 icon grid
- Under Windows 10 viewing the Change Log could freeze the application for a long time or even crash it with an out of memory error
- Displaying icon labels in alternate lines in Shelves, Drawers and Grid Stacks was not displaying the labels in the correct position
- The 'snap mouse pointer to default button' feature only worked when using the 'Standard User Interface' mode
- Disabling or Enabling icon reflections in the dock via the right click context menu would cause icons of UWP apps to show as question marks
- Disabling the "Do not launch multiple sessions on the same application" setting would still require the user to double click on an icon to launch another session if the 'Combine dock icons with running applications' setting was also enabled
- On modern systems running more than 256 simultaneous processes, the CPU hog list might not accurately reflect the applications using the most of the CPU at the time. This was fixed in the Winstep service by doubling the limit to 512 simultaneous processes
- Themes with no name on the INI configuration file would appear on Theme right click context menus as blank entries. They now appear labeled as 'Untitled'
- Certain SYSTEM processes were not being enumerated properly and/or always returned 0% CPU and RAM usage
- Fixed some issues related to a Shelf's theme no longer being the same as the 'global' theme
- METAR weather information retrival is now automatically disabled if the application crashes when using a 3rd party DLL to access NOAA's website via HTTPS
- The MSN weather feed was not reporting the correct observation time for locations outside the GMT timezone
- Setting the position or orientation of Shelves and Drawers in the associated Properties dialog was no longer doing anything
- The first forecast day of the MSN weather feed sometimes pointed to the previous day, which caused the 5 day forecast to be out by one day (e.g.; the forecast for Fri would appear on the Sat slot)
- Albany Airport, Australia had the wrong METAR code and was showing the conditions for Albury, Australia
- The 'Repeat every (x) years' option for alarms was not working properly
- Draging the temporary popup calendar module while the real desktop calendar module was attached to the NextSTART taskbar would mess with the original position of the detached module
- Shelves and Drawers with 3rd party themes might stop responding to clicks on the tabs after collapsing
- Dropping a folder into the left panel of the Media Player Settings dialog would create a playlist with the name of that folder and all the mp3 files in it, but it would miss the very first file
- Version 2004 of Windows 10 changed the default initial dimensions of system tray pop ups which now caused them to appear off screen
Winstep Xtreme 19.2
Fixed weather module displaying N/A for some locations:
- Some locations close to airports use a METAR code to obtain current weather conditions. METAR information is reported directly to NOAA by airports around the world and is thus updated more frequently as well as being more detailed
- Recently NOOA's website started enforcing HTTPS connections instead of regular HTTP connections, which caused the connection to the NOAA server to fail, but in such a way that it did not trigger the fail safe mechanism designed to automatically retrieve current weather conditions from another weather provider such as Weather.com
- This release fixes this issue and also adds HTTPS support to all the other backup weather feeds (Weather.com, MSN and Yahoo).
New Light Mode User Interface style:
- Microsoft is adding a new light mode in the upcoming April Windows 10 update. We've proactively added a new matching 'Light Mode' to Winstep applications, which affects not only the User Interface panels but also context menus, balloon tooltips and thumbnail/live preview backgrounds
Ability to set the size of Grid Stacks:
- The size of a Grid Stack is automatically determined by default based on content and screen space available. Added new options to the Appearance tab of Grid Stack Property panels to set a fixed width and/or height
Improved handling of multi monitor profiles:
- The current multi monitor profile is now saved automatically when the application exits, which should prevent wrong settings from being applied after a display change
- Multi monitor profiles are especially useful for users with laptops and a second monitor, who need two different profiles for when at home or on the road
Further improved handling of UWP apps:
- Winstep applications are unique in their category because they're able to handle UWP apps in Windows 10 like normal Win32 applications. This is never-the-less made more difficult by Microsoft's propensity to break their own rules when it comes to UWP apps
- An example of this is Sticky Notes, which is owned by a Win32 Explorer window despite being a UWP app. This was causing Sticky Notes not to be handled properly by the Winstep application (especially if you tried pinning it to the dock or the NextSTART taskbar) until we fixed it in this release
- Also fixed in v19.2 is the fact that left clicking a UWP app in a Shelf, Drawer or Grid Stack would always launch a new instance regardless of the current 'Do not launch multiple sessions' setting
Bad activation date for annual alarms:
- A bug calculating the next activation date for annual alarms could cause them to skip one year. This has been fixed, but if you have any anual alarms set you might want to double-check their current activation dates - to fix it just edit the alarm and press OK
Multiple User Interface tweaks:
- Changed some of the icons used in the User Interface to better match the overal style of Windows 10 and made sure section headers in the User Interface are always bright enough to be seen against Dark Mode panel backgrounds even if the currently system Accent color isn't
Fixed icon label text effect settings:
- The text effect setting (Normal, Outline, Shadow, Sharp, Emboss) used for dock icon labels in the new Icon Label Settings dialog was not being properly applied
Winstep Xtreme 18.12
- Updated Portuguese language file
- In the Shelf/Drawer Transparency dialog, the user can now also specify that the tab text and control icons remain opaque. This allows making the Shelf or Drawer background fully transparent while still being able to switch to different tabs, collapse it, etc.
- Floating label settings have now been moved to their own independent dialog, with immediate preview of changes
- Type of text effect applied to floating labels can now be specified (Normal, Outline, Shadow, Sharp, Emboss)
- Opacity of the text effect applied to floating labels can now be specified
- The luminosity of the background color used in the label preview box can be changed with the mouse scroll wheel
- Improved sharpness of icon label text in Shelves and Drawers
- Moved the menu scaling setting to the Appearance tab of Docks, Shelves and Drawers Properties dialog
- 'Pin to Dock' right click menu option has been moved to the top of the menu
- Sub-docks attached to Shelves and Drawers are now properly named in context menus and in the Item Properties dialog as 'Sub-Docks'
- The right click context menu of a sub-dock attached to a Shelf or Drawer now more suitably says 'Delete sub-dock' instead of 'Remove from Shelf'
- Themes can now also specify the running indicator image by including a 'NxIndicator.png/.tif/.ico' bitmap file in the theme folder. The theme will only use that indicator bitmap, however, if the user has left the running indicator selection as 'Default' instead of specifically choosing an indicator from the list of available indicator bitmaps
- you can now specify 'No Label' for icon labels in Shelves and Drawers, at which point not even a floating label on mouseover is displayed
- The entire contents of sub-docks can now be copied by dragging & dropping a sub-dock icon while pressing the CTRL key
- Right clicking on a Folder item set to open as a menu and selecting Open from the context menu that pops up now opens the folder in Explorer
- The Browse for Folder feature now uses a more flexible version of the dialog
- Added new 'Grid Stacks'. Grid Stacks can be added as icons to docks, shelves and drawers. Like Shelf tabs, a Grid Stack can be one of many different types (Regular, Folder, Desktop, Recent, etc...). Like sub-docks, Grid Stacks are only kept open temporarily, until the user clicks somewhere else. The size of Grid Stacks is calculated automatically. Grid Stacks, like sub-docks, can be nested inside each other to as many levels as the user wants. Each Grid Stack has individual settings that can be accessed by right clicking the icon and selecting 'Grid Stack Properties'. To add a new Grid Stack, right click, select 'Add New Item', then Grid Stack then select the type of Grid Stack you want
- Added 'Convert to Grid Stack' option to the context menu of folders in docks and Regular Shelf tabs or Drawers
- Added 'Convert to Folder' to the context menu of folder type Grid Stacks
- Added 'change Folder' to the context menu of folder type Grid Stacks, to make it quicker to change the folder a 'folder type' Grid Stack is pointing to
- Added 'Downloads' (shows the contents of the Downloads folder) new tab type to Shelves, Drawers and Grid Stacks
- Replaced the old 'RAS Connections' tab type with new 'Connections' tab, showing all the available network connections on the sytem
- The user now always gets a confirmation dialog When deleting a sub-dock or Grid Stack regardless of the current delete confirmation settings
- Improved the icon caching mechanism
- Contents of Grid Stacks are now cached in memory after opening the Grid Stack for the first time
- The colors of the icon grid in Shelves and Grid Stacks are now calculated automatically when the original theme did not support them or the theme author did not set them correctly
- Added new 'Open folders in Grid Stacks' setting to Folder type tabs in a Shelf or Folder type Drawers and Grid Stacks. Opens all folders as a temporary Grid Stack when clicking on them - note that folders can still be opened in Explorer by right clicking and selecting Open or in a menu by right clicking and selecting 'Browse'
- Added 'Open as Grid Stack' option to the right click context menu of folders
- Deleting a 'Regular' type tab in the Contents tab of a Shelf Properties dialog now prompts for confirmation
- Changed the default Capture Delay of the Capture Desktop internal command from none to 5 seconds
- Added 'Ascending/Descending' settings to the Sort By options of tabs that can be sorted
- Opening Network related tabs (such as Network Connections) no longer blocks the application while Windows discovers all the network objects
- Grid Stacks can be detached by dragging them away from the original position. Detached Grid Stacks stay open until the user explicitily closes them
- Some previous per-dock/shelf settings are now global (i.e.; they apply to all docks and shelves): switch shelf mini-tabs, shift icons to insert, open sub-docks on mouseover, no final boing animation effect, close sub-docks on launch, no icon reflection on vertical sub-docks
- Added new 'Detach' sound event, played when a Grid Stack is detached
- Improved keyboard navigation of Shelves, Drawers and Grid Stacks
- Added new 'Quick Search Filter' to Shelves, Drawers and Grid Stacks. Simply start typing to start filtering content: a search box pops up so you can see what you are typing and know that content is currently being filtered. The ESC key can be used to terminate the filter and backspace to delete characters
- The Quick Search filter and be disabled in the More Options dialog of the Behavior tab of Shelves, Drawers and Grid Stacks. The color of the Quick Search filter can be customized in the same place
- A Shelf set to hide the tabs can now always be activated by screen edge bump or swipe
- A Shelf or Drawer docked to a screen edge and inverted can now also be expanded by pulling the bottom edge
- Pressing ESC on a Shelf/Drawer now collapses the Shelf Drawer. Pressing Enter when the Shelf/Drawer is collapsed expands it
- Some Shelf themes no longer appear as if the top of the Shelf body has been 'cropped' when the tabs are set to be left, centered, or right justified
- Windows shortcuts (.lnk files) to folders and now also be opened as Grid Stacks and browsed via menus
- Added automatic multi-monitor profiles, allowing different objects to be at different positions and enabled/disabled for each monitor configuration. Multi Monitor Profiles can be disabled in the General tab of Preferences
- Thumbnail extraction should now be much faster as it now uses the local Windows thumbnail cache when available
- Added new 'Reset Icon Cache' option to the Dock and Shelf Management sub-menu in the main right click context menu of Shelves, Drawers and Grid Stacks. It purges and rebuilds the internal icon cache
- Fixed some lingering issues with pinning some Windows Store Apps to the dock
- Dragging a floating Drawer across the screen when collapsed by dragging it by the tab, would make it randomly jump all over, sometimes even going off screen
- When using a Dock and Shelf Management option to create a tab in a Shelf from a Drawer or a Dock, the application was asking the user to select a Shelf even if there was only one Shelf created
- Text greater than 10.pt with the outline and shadow effects was being rendered at a smaller size than it should
- The balloon tooltip was not displaying file information if the filename was enclosed in quotes
- Folder type menus invoked from a dock were still overlapping the dock icons when openning
- The Media Player icon in Shelves and Drawers was not accepting dropped audio files or folders
- Selecting 'Run As Administrator' from a context menu and then replying 'No' to the UAC prompt would result in a second UAC prompt appearing on a 64 bit system
- When deleting alarms in the Alarm Manager the alarm selection could jump to a different alarm than the next one on the list
- Fixed potential data loss issue where a sub-dock could be deleted when dragging it into a new position in the main dock
- An in-Shelf sub-dock could become 'stuck' and not open again until the application was restarted if a Shelf or Drawer was closed with a sub-dock still open
- Fixed issue that could cause the wrong item to be deleted when moving an item from one Shelf or Drawer to another
- Clicking on a Language Bar IC in a sub-dock to open the Language Bar menu was closing the sub-dock
- The 'Run As' and 'Open Folder in a Menu' item attributes where not being carried over when moving or copying items via drag & drop
- Clicking on a folder menu for the second time now closes the menu instead of closing it and immediately opening it again
- The arrows in the calendar desktop module were not being positioned properly when the module was scaled and also using a non-default theme
- Fixed issue displaying the icon of and the launching of some files with a filename containing non-ANSI characters
- Fixed issue with drag & drop of some files with a filename containing non-ANSI characters
- Text in the Shareware Reminder dialog was getting cropped at the end on high DPI systems
- When removing an item from a Shelf the confirmation prompt mentioned a Drawer instead
- Fixed minor memory leak when closing Shelfs, Drawers or Grid Stacks showing folders in the user's hard drive
- Fixed potential corruption if changing the contents of docks while also changing the contents of Shelves via the Contents tab of a Shelf Properties dialog
- Fixed access violation error that could happen when deleting the last file in a folder type tab and also an associated visual glitch where the icon disappeared only to re-appear immediately
- Sort By Date was only taking the date into consideration and ignoring the time
- When opening a 'Network' tab type in a Shelf or Grid Stack for the second time, items with exactly the same name would show identical icons
- Monochrome 1bit icons (i.e.; color bitmap) could crash the application
- Animated icons were not being properly colorized when icon colorization was applied
- Fixed issue where the blur region of a fully expanded Shelf could be displayed for a collapsed Shelf
- The left mini-tab symbol was not being positioned properly for Shelves/Drawers docked to the right screen edge
- Under some circustances a tab would still show when the Shelf/Drawer was collapsed even if 'Hide Tabs' was enabled
- Fixed Power Options icon in a Windows Control Panel tab appearing as a Question Mark icon
- When opening or closing a sub-dock, any particle animation launch effect in the parent dock would be cut short
- Deleting or moving a Shelf tab while the Shelf Properties dialog was open could lead to corruption and/or content loss of one or more Regular tabs in that Shelf
- Changes made to the properties of a Shelf tab while the Shelf Properties dialog was open would be lost
- Fixed minimum Drawer size calculation which could allow the tab header to become cropped with certain themes
- 'Disable menu scaling on high DPI settings' was no longer working properly after adding manual menu scaling in v18.10
- 'Disable Shelf scaling on high DPI settings' was not properly scaling font size after v18.8
- Selecting 'No Effect' in the Effects Panel and then clicking on the Effect Settings button would crash the application
Winstep Xtreme 18.10
- Adds the ability to grayscale and colorize icons manually or automatically based on your current wallpaper or Windows 10 accent color (great for colorizing minimalistic themes with monochrome icons), icons in Shelves to be centered or right justified, context menus to be scaled up to 200 percent, changing the height of Drawers, improved handling of Win32 applications wrapped as UWP apps, and much more
Winstep Xtreme 18.8
- Change log not available for this version
Winstep Xtreme 18.5
- Major release featuring the ability to access docks directly from NextSTART, new Delete Effect with 22 different animations, alarm overlays and much more
Winstep Xtreme 18.3
- Speed! We've done it again: Intel takes it away, Winstep gives it back: The fixes for the Intel MeltDown and Spectre vulnerabilities had a 10-15% cost in overall performance for all desktop users (and 35% or more for servers in data centers with heavy I/O loads)
- With a combination of extensive code profiling and optimzation, plus a new compiler switch to remove integer overflow checks, overall performance of Winstep applications has been increased by 10-15%, which nicelly makes up for the peformance hit caused by the Intel vulnerabilities
- Performance variations in the 10-15% range are hard to spot in real world usage, but despite this you should definitely notice a decrease in CPU usage when moving the mouse over magnifying docks, etc...
- Heads up Home Theater users: added full keyboard support to docks
New Media Player internal command:
- Internal commands are special commands that you can add as shortcuts to docks, Shelf tabs and to Winstep Xtreme's NextSTART menus, hotspots and taskbar: Hibernate, Power Off Monitor, Empty Recycler, Show Start Menu, Language Bar, CD Control, Lookup IP address and over 80 more
- The new Media Player internal command adds a very quick, convenient and unobtrusive way to listen to your favorite musics at the click of a button without having to open a full blown media player
- One click on the Media Player icon starts the music playing, a second click pops up a media control bar from where you can pause and stop audio, skip tracks and configure the Media Player. When the media control bar is open, volume levels can be adjusted with the scroll wheel of your mouse
- The new Media Player internal command is very simple to use and uses the same playlists defined for the Winstep Alarms so you don't have to set both up independently
- The media control bar offers full support for keyboard navigation and the Media Player can be directly controled using the media keys on your keyboard even when the control bar is closed. You can also use the built-in media control internal commands for this
New Power Saving mode - Winstep just turned green and joined the effort to save the planet:
- Eye candy is a huge component of Winstep applications. Unfortunately keeping all those nice animations, effects and system meters going has an impact on CPU usage, which, in turn, increases energy consumption - not a problem if your system is a desktop running on AC Power, but a potential runtime limiting factor for laptops running on battery
- Winstep applications now include two 'Power Saving' modes (Normal and Ultra) designed to extend your laptop or tablet's battery life. These power saving modes can be enabled manually via the new 'Power Saving' internal command or automatically when your PC's battery runs low, when Windows 10 activates the 'Battery Saver' mode, when the screen goes into standby, when a full screen application is running, or based on a combination of the above
- Voice notifications are used to warn the user when the current power saving mode changes, but these can be turned off if required or only enabled for specific events
- On tests, the normal power saving mode reduced CPU usage of the Winstep application - and therefore power usage - by up to 75%, and ultra mode manages to extend this a bit further. This is mostly accomplished by reducing the polling/update rate of all the meter modules and disabling all non-essential cosmetic animations
- For instance, in Ultra mode modules are only updated once every 4 seconds, opposed to 2 in normal power saving mode and every second when the power saving mode is disabled
- Normal power saving mode does not disable the all-important icon mouse over animations (Ultra power saving mode already does that for maximum savings), so it can even be automatically enabled as soon as the laptop starts running on battery without much impact on the user experience
More User Interface (UI) improvements:
- Message boxes now match the current UI mode, the UI mode selector has been moved to the About tab of Preferences for easier access, the button with the focus is now highlighted in blue and the color of LCD alarms is no longer changed when switching between dark and light modes
New optional 'time only' digital version of the clock module:
- The digital version of the clock module with the built-in calendar goes all the way back to the original in Steve Job's NeXT OS. Unfortunately the calendar also limits the space available to display the actual time and, at the lower icon sizes of very full docks, it becomes difficult to read, forcing you to mouse over it in order to magnify the icon.
When our users complain, we listen. Because of this and also because the new calendar module makes the calendar portion of the digital clock pretty much irrelevant, a new 'show time only' setting was added to the Clock Module Settings dialog. Enabling this setting displays an alternate version of the digital clock made specifically to maximize readability at lower icon sizes while still looking good:
- The user can now also choose what happens when he clicks on the clock module: it can display the Windows calendar, the Winstep calendar or a