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Changes of note

• You can now use webpages as wallpapers! Note this feature requires an Insider channel of Microsoft Edge to be installed
• When using a YouTube URL as a wallpaper, it will automatically bypass ads and play muted in fullscreen on loop Note that
• When using a ShaderToy URL as a wallpaper, it will automatically switch to fullscreen
• Drag-and-drop support for URLs on the quick-add page

Bug fixes

• Nothing major to report here, probably some minor things here and there though

Issues

• Web support currently requires WebView2Loader.dll, which refuses to be embedded at this time so for now ADP is in a zip.
• I've probably introduced an insane number of bugs with displaying websites that I've simply not discovered yet.
• Adding web support means I need to officially drop support for Windows Vista, so it's 7+ now.
• Unsupported multi-monitor configs + scaling will still cause issues because sadness :c

Changes of note

• New shiny quick setup page that makes the configuration of wallpapers super-easy
• Dynamic theme options
• Custom accent colour (now matches Windows where possible)
• Slightly better support for fullscreen apps on multi-monitor configs

Bug fixes

• Fixed Windows 8.x/7 compatibility
• Prevented ADP from exploding
• Some other stuff I forgot

Issues

• The occasional crashes might still be there
• I've probably introduced a ton of issues with the new UI panel
• Unsupported multi-monitor configs + scaling can still cause issues and it's annoying but I probably can't do much about that

Changes of note

• Improved logging
• Added warning notification in debug mode
• Added Span option for covering all monitors with one window
• Fixed UWP paths

Bug fixes

• Logs aren't useless
• Mitigated a few crashes

Issues

• Still occasional crashes with no known cause and no reproducibility aaaaaaaa

Changes of note

• New help page providing FAQs to users
• New debug mode providing an insight to ADP's functionality
• New Store icons
• In-app icons replaced with Fluent icons
• Logging [debug mode only]
• Reload option [debug mode only]

Bug fixes

• Fixed captions
• Minor performance improvements

Issues

• Not everything is logged yet. I'll add more things to the logs when I can work out what's actually useful.

Changes of note

• ADP is now available on the Microsoft Store!

Bug fixes

• Literally nothing changed between R7.1 and R7.2 in terms of code so unfortunately there are no new bug fixes

Issues

• Turns out I need to update a few captions
• The store icons need to be redone massively, I'm definitely looking forward to that /s

Bug fixes

• "Use Video" button now behaves properly

Changes of note

• New setting to toggle pausing of video playback when obscured by a maximised window
• New setting to toggle pausing of video playback when on battery power
• New setting to toggle pausing of video playback when Windows is set to Battery Saver
• Improved the Use Video button

Bug fixes

• Minor performance improvements
• Fixed crash when clicking the Remove button without an app selected

Issues

• As last time, no new ones I know about but probably plenty :c

Changes of note

• New shiny Fluent UI!
• Dark theme!
• More room for expansion!
• Really messy code!
• New customisable tray icon!
• New settings page and settings file (settings.json)!

Bug fixes

• Copying app properties works properly again
• More alignment tweaks
• Probably squished some other bugs

Issues

• Nothing new of note, but there probably are some more bugs, sowwy :c

Bug fixes

• Fixed a crash when pinning a non-existent app
• Tidied up a bunch of dumb code

Changes of note

• The UI has been reworked to bring it all onto one page. This will probably be redone in the future but makes it significantly easier to develop new features.
• The Lock and Pin functionalities have been reworked to make them significantly more reliable.
• The ability to use videos as your wallpaper has been added. Replace the Command-line with "MEDIA" or click the "Use Video" button. Videos will pause when a maximised window is on the monitor they occupy.
• The config has been replaced with significantly less messy JSON
• The ability to run ADP and associated apps on system startup has been added
• Support for multi-monitor setups has been added.
• A monitor selection button has been added.
• Options to fix alignment have been added.
• A tray icon and the ability to hide the main window has been added.
• Lots of tidying up

Bug fixes

• Misaligned origins no longer cause windows to appear on the desktop in the wrong place.
• Attempting to copy an app's properties with no app selected no longer crashes ADP.
• Attempting to launch an app with no app selected no longer crashes ADP.
• Having a blank config file no longer crashes ADP.
• Locked apps no longer occasionally trigger bugchecks.
• ADP no longer occasionally turns your PC into a space heater.
• The UI is no longer tiny.

Issues

• The UI is now ugly.
• There are still some origin issues with fullscreen apps under specific multi-monitor setups.
• Apps very occasionally start in the wrong place.
• Video wallpaper playback is unnecessarily taxing on the system.
• The code is still messy and many more optimisations need to be made.
• ADP crashes if it attempts to launch an application without the correct permissions.