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v0.9.0 Stable
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- Optional crash report helper: after a crash, a checklist lists pending dumps (all selected by default); Upload or Cancel. Start Menu Crash report entry; bar can open it when pending dumps exist.
- Multi-app crash collector (
crashreceiver) for crash.goclaw.org (Go; build separately, not productmake/dist). Stores by app, computer name, and component. - Shell diagnostic command crashTest forces a controlled crash to verify dump writing (expect exit code 10 and files under
%LocalAppData%\win711\crashes\). - Crash text and upload metadata include product version so dumps match local
symbols\<version>\archives. - Ship binaries and DLLs carry the product version from repo VERSION (no more Open-Shell 4.4.x file versions on product peers).
Fixed
- Crash dumps now install on the classic Start host process, not only Explorer inject. Host AVs write dumps and breadcrumbs instead of dying with only exit
0xC0000005. - Blank Start menu program icons when icon size was left on auto (-1). Defaults and DPI/SPI resolution keep runtime sizes concrete; auto sizes still save as portable -1.
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v0.8.0 Stable
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Added
- Installer/stage ships PDBs next to peers (
StartMenuDLL.pdb,win711-shell.pdb, managed portable PDBs, etc.) for field crash analysis. - Local gitignored
symbols\<VERSION>\archive (tools/archive-symbols.ps1, auto onmake stage) keeps a host-side symbol history for remote dumps. - Shell crash breadcrumb
.txt: dump ok/fail, AV details, VERSION/file version, best-effort symbolized stack with file:line when PDBs are beside the modules.
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v0.7.1 Stable
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- Shell crash dumps always at least Mini (legacy Off is forced up); config Advanced no longer offers Off.
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v0.7.0 Stable
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Added
- Task button Classic / Classic mirrored menus: Pin to taskbar / Unpin from taskbar writes or removes a shortcut under
quickLaunchPath(default OSUser Pinned\TaskBar), including AppUserModelID for PWAs and multi-identity hosts. - Quick Launch drag-reorder; order saved as
bar.quickLaunchOrderinsettings.json(new pins append; missing pins pruned).
Fixed
- Quick Launch shell context menu verbs (including Unpin from taskbar) actually run; the callback had been returning "handled" and skipping
InvokeCommand. - Re-selecting the product default skin (Windows Aero) restores product option defaults again (not empty skin-file defaults), so Large font / Reduce glass color are not wrongly bold.
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v0.6.0 Stable
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Added
- Full-document settings defaults:
settings.defaults.jsonholds bar, product shell keys, and a completeshell.enginebag; export tool rebuilds it from code defaults plus archivedshell-defaults.xml. - Settings resolver fills missing user keys and keeps product camelCase names in sync with engine names.
- EditSettings Apply stays open when dirty; Close and win711-config use Yes/No/Cancel for unsaved changes.
- Shell
bounceStartrebuilds an open Start menu after settings Apply;reloadConfigonly reloads settings. - Skin options list bolds non-default checkboxes (same idea as the main settings tree; respects Bold settings).
- Docs:
docs/SETTINGS-DEFAULTS.mdfor defaults SoT, load order, skins, and UpdateSettings traps.
Changed
- User
settings.jsonis full (non-sparse); first-run and load normalize from the defaults file. - EditSettings defaultness uses product defaults (not only Open-Shell code defValues); icon size and other DPI/SPI-resolved knobs compare to live resolved defaults.
- Any Start skin can be selected and kept; changing skin resets options to that skin's built-in defaults.
shell-defaults.xmlis archive-only (export input); no longer packaged as a runtime dist requirement.
Fixed
- Settings load no longer replaces Windows Aero (or other skins) with Win10 Immersive templates after JSON load.
- Skin option toggles no longer get wiped on Apply; glass color is not sticky when glass override is off.
- Align-to-work-area and similar bools no longer stay bold after returning to the product default.
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v0.5.3 Stable
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Fixed
- Start orb toggle no longer close-then-reopens when the menu was already open (orb gesture arms dismiss-ignore on mouse-down; shell
toggleStartis a singleToggleStartMenu).
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v0.5.2 Stable
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Changed
- Task button order: honor last drag-committed layout on every new task (no 15s bootstrap); open/close no longer rewrite
task-order.json. Apps never dragged stay ephemeral at the tail until an explicit reorder.
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v0.5.1 Stable
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Fixed
- OS pin suppress list did not reload after shell restart (saved lowercased ids like
desktopapplink=rejected by case-sensitive Load); unpinned rail items no longer reappear.
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v0.5.0 Stable
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- Config Start menu All Programs dropdown: Cascading sub-menu / Inside main menu / Hidden (
shell.programsMode:Cascade|Inline|Hidden; default Cascade). - Classic Start pin rail union: OS Start pins (via
IStartLayoutCmdlet/start2.binmonitor, 5s poll safety net) plus classic folder pins; default pin folder%LOCALAPPDATA%\win711\Pinned. - Local OS pin suppress list (
%LocalAppData%\win711\os-pin-hidden.json) so unpin from classic hides OS-sourced items without writing Win11 Start. - StartMenuHelper shipped for classic pin folder (
pin_classic); settingsshell.pinnedPrograms/pinnedItemsPath/disablePinExtonsettings.json. - Classic Start context menus: single Pin / Unpin from Start menu for the pin section (folder + OS suppress); stock Windows pin/unpin verbs stripped inside the menu (
disablePinExtdefault true so Explorer is not dual-labeled). - OS pin COM export is stamp-gated on
start2.bin(mtime/size): not re-written on every Start open; still refreshes after real OS pin changes (watcher + 5s poll). - Pin path debug timing in
shell.logwhenshell.debugLoggingis on (OsStartPins:EnsureLoaded skip/COM, export create/export/parse ms, resolve, union, pin/unpin). - Shell SEH crash dumps to
%LocalAppData%\win711\crashes\(shell.crashDumpOff|Mini|Medium|Full; default Mini); breadcrumb.txtafter dump; config Advanced control. - Bar: shell-down pipe fail-fast (short Connect when shell likely down) + rate-limited alert when Start host dies / restarts.
- Decision D12 (pin stores: OS honor + classic folder + suppress) and pin/crash tooling notes under
tools/(watch-start-pins.ps1,register-startmenu-helper.ps1).
Fixed
- Crash on hover of OS-sourced pin items: do not store export order in
jumpIndex(that field is jumplist-only; usemruOrderinstead).
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v0.4.0 Stable
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- Start menu style choice in config: Classic or Windows 7 style (
shell.menuStyle:Classic1|Win7). Classic two-column is not offered. - Advanced settings in config Start menu tab opens Open-Shell lineage EditSettings (
win711-shell.exe -openshell-settings) without installing stock Open-Shell. - Shell EditSettings / g_Settings config knobs load/save
settings.json(shell.engine+ product keys); dual writers (config + shell) merge-preserve keys; reload via event + pipe.
Changed
- Live OpenShell Settings registry backend and shell-settings.xml bridge SoT retired for config knobs. Order/MRU remain registry. D7 updated.
Fixed
tools/publish-release.ps1: compute SHA-256 withoutGet-FileHash(missing in some host PowerShell profiles).
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