Groupy 2 General Release Changelog (Released 06/14/2023)

06/14/2023

• Groupy 2 released for Stardock.com

• Group 2 Steam release date: tbd

• GroupyConfig.exe version 2.0.0.4. UI Groupy 2.0

06/13/2023

• Double-clicking on a custom rule performs an edit operation in UI

• The pick file button for rules is now changed to a drop-down menu listing running processes as well as a file browser for ease of use

• Fixed painting size of mouseover highlight on the + button when in non-expanded bar mode with traditional tabs

• Fixed dark mode border color painting when in mode to have color on title bars

• Fixed bar width on Win10 and removed extra line under it

• Fixes Ctrl-T support only working when Ctrl-N is also enabled

• Modified Custom rules process picker to correctly show Store apps

• Groupy UI documentation finalized

• Supported language localizations added (please see)

• Fixed inability to scroll block/allow applications list

06/12/2023

• Resolved issue with deleting sub-rules in custom rules

• Blocked add new tab button on Steam

• Renamed "Show Add Tab button" to "Show create new tab option"

• Made active tabs have a bold font to make them more obvious

• Implemented support for ctrl+T for opening new tabs with option to enable.  Enabled in Notepad and Explorer as this already does this action

• Tweak to initially opening maximized windows getting clipped title bar

• Resolved issue with Save Group not resaving the group file whilst Save As worked fine

• Tweaked maximized window bar size when in enlarged bar mode which resolves a gap issue

• Tweaked handling of maximized sandboxed apps when in autohide mode

• Modified new tab to ensure the right type of window is added to the group

• Added option to pick language on about page in config

• Altered how old rules are handled when opening a new instance of an app that reuses an old process

• Fix for issue with save as filename and custom rules not being zapped correctly on reload

6/9/2023

• Resolved issue with Steam not being able to auto group. Should impact related electron framework based apps with splash screens on startup

• Resolved issue with custom rule counts not being saved correctly and thus not working

• Added in multilanguage support ready for custom language files

• Made active tabs have a bold font to make them more obvious

• Implemented support for ctrl+T for opening new tabs with option to enable. Enabled in Notepad and Explorer as this already does this action

• Tweak to initially opening maximized windows getting clipped title bar

***Reserved***

I also can't get it to add new windows via shift+drag most times. It shows the drop target window but after release it does nothing. I'm going to try a clean to see if that is the issue.

EDIT:

No a clean install did not fix it. It appears that a new blank link is created when adding a new window and resaving the group. The blank .lnk file will open the correct group where as the original test group will open before it was resaved. it also appears to crash explorer occasionally.

EDIT:

It appears to create a new link each time you re-save a group.

Installing Groupy 2 over 1.5 is causing all sorts of problems for me...

-Settings in config not being saved / changing.

-Tabs beings applied to all applications on mouse hover.

-Delayed opening of tabs after opening explorer window.

Purged and reinstalled and things are back to normal.

Also noticed,

"Check for updates automatically" button keeps changing to "On" every time I open the config settings.

EDIT: Fixed by adding "AllowAutoUpdateCheck" string to registry.

It's a pretty simple fix, Groupy isn't creating the "AllowAutoUpdateCheck" string in the registry.

Thank you for the release of Groupy 2 and also for implementing my Feedback from Beta 2, I appreciate it a lot!
Groupy 2 definitely was worth the wait and it looks and works great. Thank you again!

So since the release of groupy 2 ive been trying to strike that balance between convenience while keeping it looking stock.

I requested an option to hide the groupy2 icon/button that was in the left of the titlebar as that deviated from that and I found redundant.

Hats off, you guys put that in lickity(sp?) split!

Apparently I wasnt getting update notifications and on a whim i manually checked.  Went from initial beta release to the current general release all in one go. 

Apparently the following was added to the new tab button and im wondering if theres an option to remove it so only the + is visible, akin to stock?   If not, consider this another feature request from me lol.  The right click context menu generally affords the same utility. 

The bold font is what the OS uses.

OT: Latest Insider from today left my laptop unusable ('Inaccessable boot device'), took the chance to do a fresh install of the reelase version after several failed tries to rescue (restore from backup would have caused the same problem). I AM CURED. Note: All thumbs up I seperate the system- from the data-partition since the stone age.

I would love to use this feature:

I am finding only one issue with it, though. I can't minimize the group from clicking on the taskbar icon, only from the minimize button at the top.

What should be taken into consideration is that I have my Windows 11 taskbar set to use the old/classic one (with labels showing) so maybe that could be part of the problem. Can't tell.

Winver: Windows 11 22H2 22621.1702, Using latest Groupy 2.0 release

EDIT: oh yeah, as a bonus I wanted a bit of clarification on the options related to the "Ctrl+N" shortcut... in a thread I made before Groupy 2 even started beta testing I mentioned the possibility of using an app's own "create new window" functionality (USUALLY mapped to Ctrl+N, but not always) instead of creating a new instance of the .exe - I can't tell if that's the case now, and what is the effect of enabling the Ctrl+N shortcut option in Groupy 2 now. So in short:

• What does "Use Ctrl+N to open a new tab (when possible)" do? Does it override an application's own Ctrl+N shortcut, does it create another instance of the application?

• Similarly, is that not also what "Make the add new tab button left side try to open a new copy of the application you are working in on all windows"

Just a bit confused so It'd be nice to have some clarification