Version 4.0 Beta 2

[Iridium-IO]

Changes

• Watcher
  • You can now rename watched folders by double-clicking their display name Suggestion: more accesible 'watched folders' and configurable display name #487
  • Added a button to re-analyze individual folders Add ability to re-scan a single folder in the Watcher list #452
• The PC now stays awake while a folder is being compressed (sleep prevention is lifted when compression finishes or CompactGUI is closed) Prevent Windows from Sleeping While Compact Is Running #110
• Added an Admin icon to the UI when running CompactGUI as administrator

Fixes

• Fixed several crashes related to the Watcher Crash #519
• Removed an unused registry entry that also caused a crash Compact GUI Crashing on start ; Smart Screen Protection ; Windows Environment Variables ; .Net Framework #517
• Fixed unreadable Skiplist window on Windows 10 buttons' text color is hard to see #516
• CompactGUI no longer appears as "MainWindow" in the taskbar Application appears as "MainWindow" in Windows Taskbar #515
• Fixed issue where a paused folder could get stuck after clicking "Apply to All" from another folder Pausing a compression, adding a new folder and clicking "Apply to All" causes the paused compression to get stuck on the "Awaiting compression" screen as well. #521
• Minor Watcher UI fixes:
  • Fixed missing analysis indicator next to folders
  • Last Compressed date now updates correctly after compression Compressing a folder that is already in the watchlist should pre-tick and disable the "Add to Watcher" checkbox #522

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Installation

Binaries

CompactGUI.exe (10MB):		 Smaller size, but requires .NET 9 Runtime to be installed
CompactGUI.mono.exe (64MB):	 Fully self-contained and embeds the necessary .NET 9 libraries

WinGet

winget install CompactGUI

Note

Installing from WinGet automatically installs .NET 9 if required, however it can often take a few days for new releases to become available. Winget is not available for beta releases

Checksums

MD5: 		A4BAA27E02BB6550C758716041CB6C1A
SHA-256: 	33FA69CB9E765821314712C39C9DA0BE1A68F0FC30085A5B4A9C962641285BF3

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Full Changelog: v4.0.0-beta.1...v4.0.0-beta.2

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