Version 4.0 Beta 5

[Iridium-IO]

Tweaks + Bugfixes

• You can once again drag-and-drop folders into the main window to be compressed Drag-and-drop support was removed in v4.x (not present on beta 4 at least) #533
• Adds an error message when attempting to compress folders that have been compressed by the old Windows LZNT1 method (using the "Compress contents to save disk space" option) as this is unsupported. Crashes on folder selection #316
• Adds a warning when attempting to compress games that use DirectStorage Note about not compressing DirectStorage games #423
• Window state, position and size is now saved between application launches When you resize a window and close the app - it starts with the "default" size. #537
• Compression options are now saved between application launches, and when adding new folders to the queue any modifications made to the configuration options will carry across Compression setting selections not saving between app launches #536
• No longer travels down symbolic links or directory junctions when scanning folders. This may have been the cause of some crashes and incorrect file size reporting Don't traverse symlinks and junctions. #532

Known Issues

• Adding an extension to the Settings skiplist will not update the XXX files will be skipped counter unless you remove the folder and re-add it to the queue

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Installation

Binaries

CompactGUI.exe (10MB):		 Smaller size, but requires .NET 9 Runtime to be installed
CompactGUI.mono.exe (64MB):	 Fully self-contained and embeds the necessary .NET 9 libraries

WinGet

winget install CompactGUI

Note

Installing from WinGet automatically installs .NET 9 if required, however it can often take a few days for new releases to become available. Winget is not available for beta releases

Checksums

MD5: 		F1EEBEBBAFF74D2C01EA8C223DFF1136
SHA-256: 	710786CD5A8583F3AEB1F38A5355FEF0D8EDFB1BCF130A2364773C55EB2FAE32

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Full Changelog: v4.0.0-beta.4...v4.0.0-beta.5

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This discussion was created from the release Version 4.0 Beta 5.