Official Release Notes

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Check out what's new and what's been fixed in the latest releases of Start Menu Reviver

Start Menu Reviver 1.0.0.1520

(Release date: June 4th 2013)

What's New:

- Ability to resize the start menu menu dimensions to Large, Medium, Small
- Ability to manually configure the menu size my modifying the % in the Settings.xml
- Now retains all your customizations upon reinstallation: menu settings, tile layout and colour schemes
- New Start button right-click menu item called "Windows Explorer"
- Improvements to the Dashboard tile (Win 8)
- Improvements to general performance and memory usage

Fixes:

- Load Win Desktop on Startup Issue (Win 8)
- Search tab focus moves to expanded menu list by pressing Tab
- Minor issues with Tiles
- Minor issues with Charms buttons
- Minor uninstallation issues
- CMD commands not working correctly
- SMR is open after PC wakes up from Sleep/Hibernate
- Resizing of the expanded menu filter drop-down box
- Change color scheme text color issue
- Control Panel item is not added to a tile
- Updated Time Display format
- SMR should hide on WinKey + D
- Icons of *.msc files are not resized accordingly with tile size
- Executable command is not added to a tile when file extension is hidden in the folders
- Language is not reset in "Expanded menu shows" dropbox
- Sleep option enables the Hibernate option (Win 7)

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Start Menu Reviver 1.0.0.1632

(Release date: July 10th 2013)

What's New:

- Compatible with Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 Update
- Dual Monitor support
- New Tile to easily share SMR with others
- Improvements to the Dashboard Tile
- Improvements to Tile Icon changes
- Improvements to Welcome Screen
- Improvements to expanded menu navigation
- Improvements to Language switching
- Improvements to Add/Edit tile window
- Improvements to general performance and memory usage

Fixes:

- Dashboard Tile Color does not change
- Load Desktop Mode on Startup sometimes not working properly
- Small tile is not reset when empty tile is added to a 4-tiles area
- Default Tiles of Modern Apps SkyDrive and Photos not working
- Disabling Win key behaviour “Desktop mode: Show SMR ” does not work on reboot
- Translation issues: IT, ES

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Start Menu Reviver 1.0.0.1812

(Release date: October 21st 2013)

What's New:

Search, usability and performance
Improved mouse and keyboard usability
Improved search performance
Searching mechanism now queries the Windows Indexing db for results
Searching mechanism now queries core environmental and system paths
Dynamic Search enhancement now allows users to immediately type and search when the Start Menu is invoked
The Search box now allows for command line execution
The Search box can now search and execute intuitively an in unison
Search results can now be sort by type
Search results now show additional details
Search results have tool tips
Search can now be stopped via [ESC] key press
Search results are now filtered for duplicate results
Windows 8.1 ready and backward compatible with Win 8.0 / Windows 7

Settings
New Settings screen
Additional setting to "Hide Start screen corner hint" found in the bottom left corner in Windows 8
Additional setting to "Allow the Search Box to run commands"

Misc
The ReviverSoft tile can now be made transparent for users who use transparent icons instead of tiles
[Backspace] key now returns to the previous folder
Dashboard tile can be dragged and dropped onto the Desktop creating a shortcut to the Modern Start Screen
Start Menu doesn't terminate on accidental ALT-F4 while it has focus
Welcome screen videos are now working correctly

Fixes
App Charm button toggle state fix
Time format alignment fix
Windows Desktop functional hot keys fix for F3 (Search)
Issue with SMR & Classic theme on Win7
SMR installation issues on Windows Server 2008 have now been resolved

Language support
Support for Korean, Polish, Magyar and Greek

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[Reggie]

Start Menu Reviver 1.0.0.1816

(Release date: November 4th 2013)

Fixes

- SMR now displays duplicates in search results
- Shortcuts with the same target and different command line parameters are now recognized correctly
- Control Panel items from the search results can be added to a tile
- Resolved issue where Recent Items is highlighted in the Crumb Bar when clicking Recent Charms button and then Apps Charms button
- Resolved startup issues with Remote Log
- Improvements to Tile properties

Language support

- Support for Portuguese

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[Reggie]

Start Menu Reviver 1.0.0.1836

(Release date: March 13th 2014)

What's New:

- Added the new search - Setfocus usability
- Added Charms Task Switcher on Win 8.1
- Added disable state by default for "Hide Start screen corner hint"

Fixes:

- Screenshot key combination
- Focus to the application after reseting settings
- Displaying Modern icon after dropping to the tiles
- Fixed bug with search
- Fixed bug with design
- Fixed Bug with uninstall application
- Fixed bug with touch input review
- Fixed bug with crash application during touch scrolling

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[Reggie]

Start Menu Reviver 2.0.0.80

(Release date: May 29th 2014)

What's New:

- Minor Text Changes in the Settings charm menu
- Improvements to the Tile Scrolling functionality
- Improvements to the Dashboard Tile area
- Improved SMR crash handling

Fixes:

- Fixed bug with crash during switching users' accounts
- Fixed bugs with Tile properties
- Fixed bugs with color scheme
- Fixed bug with state of the dashboard tile
- Fixed bugs with multi monitor system
- Fixed bugs of general functionality

And other minor fixes and enhancements!

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[Reggie]

Start Menu Reviver 2.5.0.18

(Release date: September 23rd 2014)

What's New:

- Introduced Backward compatibility with old color schemes and more theme customization options
- Improvements to Settings combo position changes
- Improvements to Folders View
- Improvements to Tile background color
- Improvements to Search results
- Improvements to the Settings window
- Improvements to Start Button spacing

Fixes:

- Fixed issues with Tiles containing specific command line commands
- Fixed Search animation in the Expanded menu
- Fixed Tile text spacing issues
- Fixed Theme Color selection issues
- Fixed issues with custom icons for Tiles
- Fixed tile properties window
- Fixed settings behavior for Hide Start screen corner hint option
- Fixed minor memory leaks
- Updated Czech language

And other minor fixes and enhancements!

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