taskbar-monitor v0.5.3

Changes:

• GPU 3D now has a dynamic label and will the display GPU engine name that is most used at any given time (3D, CUDA, Graphics, etc.). This mimics the behavior of Windows Task Manager (at least on the summary on the left bar).
  

In the future, I will add the possibility to fix any engine as static graph, but for now I think it will do the job.

• Big boost to overall performance, as all counters now are collected at the same time, using PDH library;
• Fix total memory bug: on some virtualized environments, the function GetPhysicallyInstalledSystemMemory returns 0. Added fallback method GlobalMemoryStatusEx;
• Try to fix vertical mode (fixes #60). Not ideal yet, but at least should be usable;

This version should be really lighter on CPU as we changed the way the taskbar monitors the performance counters. On my machine, CPU usage dropped from 2% on version 0.5.2, to just 0.2%.

taskbar-monitor v0.5.2

Changes:

• add mouse over behavior on Windows 11;
• add ordering graphs (#65);
• fix network adapter changes detection (#61);
• better theme detection on automatic theme mode;

taskbar-monitor v0.5.1

Changes:

• optimize CounterGPU;
• optimize counter monitoring;
• disable mouse over behavior on win11;

taskbar-monitor v0.5.0

Changes:

• changed default options (history size, polling time, default theme);
• tweaked light theme colors;
• add GPU counter with automatic detection (possibly NVIDIA only);
• fix custom theme dialog;
• better font rendering (light theme);
• fix "about taskbar-monitor" context menu;
• fix theme update on all monitors;
• fix monitor position preview control;
• fix taskbar-monitor position by monitor.

taskbar-monitor v0.4.2

Changes:

• Lots of fixes for Windows 11.
• Experimental support for repositioning on left/right.
• Experimental support for multi monitor.

taskbar-monitor v0.4.1

Changes:

fixes #24 again;
fixes small bug on the installer.

taskbar-monitor v0.4.0

Changes:

• fixes #24 (incorrect CPU measurement);
• tries to fix #29 e #34 (EXPERIMENTAL Windows 11 support).

Windows 11 Support (EXPERIMENTAL)

In Windows 11, there is no more support for "deskbands" on the taskbar. So we had to improvise and add an overlay on top of it. It is not perfect yet, but it is working for the most part. The main issue is no support for mouse events (mouse hovering or right-clicking), so I had to add an icon on the system tray to allow access to the settings and other features.
To make things worse, things have changed in the taskbar with the latest update (2022H2), they removed an intermediate control that I used as anchor.
I had to adapt the code to work again, so I think it will not work anymore on earlier versions of Windows 11 (please, make sure it is updated to the latest version).

Please let me know if there is any kind of bug with this version in your system.

taskbar-monitor v0.3.6

• fixes #19, #22 : now you can reopen the taskbar-monitor after being hidden from the taskbar.
• fixes #21: you can now change font style (bold, italic, etc.) too.
• new message alerts indicating uncaught errors (thanks @KoalaBear84 )

taskbar-monitor v0.3.5

This version adds automatic theming support (dark/light). That means the taskbar-monitor will try to guess the best theme to use, based on the taskbar color. If you have already customized colors, nothing will change.

Also:

• better DPI awareness (now it works way better with the light theme!).
• thread locking in every counter, to prevent racing conditions.

taskbar-monitor v0.3.4

This version tries to fix a bug that was preventing graph refreshing on some machines.