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TrafficMonitor Update log

V1.85.1 (2025/02/10)

  • Fixed the problem that when using third-party software to change to the classical taskbar in Windows 11, the option "Taskbar window appears to the left of the taskbar" in the Taskbar Window Settings is not available.

  • Fixed the problem that the position of the taskbar windows is not correct when there is no any icon on the taskbar. #1913

  • Fixed the problem that the "Network speed data width" does not take effect when clicking "Apply" in the Taskbar Window Settings. #1916

  • Windows 11 related settings in Taskbar Windows Settings moved to the new dialog. Add an option to avoid overlapping with right Widgets.

  • Fixed the problem that when "CPU" in Hardware Monitoring is not enabled, the "CPU usage acquisition method" will be changed back to the "Based on CPU time" when set it to "Use the performance counter".

  • Fixed the problem of messy charactors in the acknowledgement dialog.

  • Fixed the problem that the displayed net speed may be larger than the actual net speed when the "Monitoring intervals" is set too small. #1263 #1674

  • Fixed the problem that the "Memory available" in the taskbar window cannot be fully displayed when the memory exceeds 100G. #1722

V1.85 (2025/01/21)

Feature Updates:

  • Add Direct2D rendering method to the taskbar window, whitch solve the problem that sometimes the edges of fonts are jagged. #1156
  • Add the support for Intel graphics cards for graphics card monitoring function.
  • Add a plugin menu to the context menu when right-clicking on a plugin item.
  • Add the plugin icon in the plugin management dialog, add plugin command for the context menu.
  • The maximum value of the monitoring interval is adjusted to 30s.
  • Add the options for "Window offset top" and "Vertical Margin" in the Taskbar Window Settings.
  • Add the support for transparent background images in png format to the main window.
  • Add the function of automatically switching skins according to the dark / light Windows color mode. #1013
  • Add the function of displaying the resource usage graph of the plug-in items in the taskbar, and updated the corresponding plug-in interface. #1077
  • Add the display of today's total traffic in the main window and taskbar window. #1174
  • Add "Enable colorful emoji" option in the taskbar window settings (Direct2D rendering only).
  • Upper limit of temperature notification in general settings adjusted to 120 degrees. #1814
  • Add the support for Arm64EC. #1703
  • Add the ability to display CPU frequency in Lite version.
  • Add default text color to "Preset 2" and "Preset 3" in Taskbar Settings - Preset.

Issue fixed:

  • LibreHardwareMonitorLib.dll is updated to version 0.9.4. Solve the problem that hardware monitor information of some devices can't be displayed correctly.
  • Fixed the problem that the position of the taskbar window is incorrect for touchscreen devices after Windows 11 build 22621.
  • Fixed the problem that the position of the taskbar window is incorrect when the Widgets did not exist under Windows 11. #1582
  • Fixed the problem that the taskbar window would overlap with the system Widgets when it was displayed on the right side under Windows 11.
  • Fixed the problem of scrolling too fast when using touchpad gestures in the Options Settings dialog.
  • Fixed the problem that the display of CPU frequency in the mouse tip of the main window is incorrect.
  • Fixed the problem that the display text for the plugin items in the skin files is invalid. #1813
  • Fixed the problem that if the notification area icon is hidden, it reappears after the notification popup. #1814 #1812 #1811

V1.84.1 (2022/11/18)

  • Fixed the issue that the taskbar window cannot be displayed on the left side in Window 11.
  • Fixed the issue that the information in the taskbar window could not be fully displayed when the taskbar on the left or right side of the desktop.
  • Fixed the issue in Windows 11 22H2, when all the windows are closed and no icons are fixed on the taskbar, the position of the taskbar window is not correct.
  • Added the support of long press to show context menu in touchscreen devices.
  • Fixed the issue that the position of the taskbar window is not correct due to the wide search button in the latest version of Windows 11.
  • Fixed the issue that the size of "About" dialog box is not correct.

V1.84 (2022/10/05)

  • Fixed the problem that the position of the taskbar window is not correct in Windows 11 22H2.
  • Fixed the problem that the taskbar window overlapped with the system widgets when the taskbar window displayed on the left side in Windows 11.
  • Added display of CPU frequency.
  • Fixed the problem that the "/s" of the net speed is missing in the main window.
  • Fixed the problem that may cause insufficient string buffer when writing INI files.
  • Updated the plugin interface that allows plugin response keyboard events.
  • Fixed the problem that the taskbar window would not display properly after switching between different DPI monitors.
  • Fixed the problem where "Options" dialog box would pop up when selecting "Details" from the context menu in the "Plugin Management" dialog.
  • Update the HardwareMonitor lib to resolve the problem that the temperature of Intel 12th Gen processor cannot be obtained.

V1.83 (2022/02/03)

  • Fixed the problem that when there is already a task plan of auto-run, the auto-run at start up will be failed to set.
  • Added the "Program is already running" dialog box at the program is started when there is already a TrafficMonitor process running.
  • Added the plug-in information in the mouse tool tips.
  • Fixed an issue where plugins could still be loaded if they were disabled.
  • Added the support of free sorting of plugin items in the taskbar.
  • Added the function to select the network connections to be displayed in the "Network Connection List" in the option settings.
  • Added the function of displaying the total network speed.
  • Added the function of displaying the network speed graph in the taskbar.
  • Fixed the problem that only one hard disk can be displayed when there are multiple hard disks with the same name in the hardware monitor.
  • Optimize the display effect of the resource usage graph in plot mode of the taskbar window.
  • Change the "Display Settings" in the taskbar window context menu from menu to dialog box.
  • Added "Refresh connection list" command to "Select Network Connections" menu.
  • Fixed some crashes.

V1.82 (2021/12/12)

  • Added a new plug-in system, you can display more customized content in the taskbar window and the main window through the plug-in.
  • Added the "Task Manager" command to the taskbar window context menu.
  • Added the "Apply" button to the option settings dialog.
  • Added weekly view in historical traffic statistics.
  • Added the setting of task bar item spacing.
  • Fixed the problem that the taskbar window context menu cannot pop up in the dark mode of Windows 11.
  • Fixed the problem that the taskbar window could not be displayed when the taskbar was restored to the Windows 10 style using software such as StartAllBack under Windows 11.

V1.81 (2021/07/27)

  • Fixed some crashes since version 1.80.
  • Added the support of custom sorting of the items in the taskbar window.
  • When the number of items displayed in the taskbar window is odd, the last item is arranged vertically to save space on the taskbar.
  • Added the function of monitoring the hard disk usage.
  • Add some settings in the right-click menu to the option settings dialog.
  • Added the support for multiple monitors of the main window. You can move the main window to other monitors without checking "Allow out of screen boundaries".

V1.80.3 (2021/05/29)

  • Fixed the problem that the CPU temperature cannot be displayed
  • Added the function to select the temperature of specified CPU core to monitor.
  • Fixed a problem that caused the program crashed.

V1.80.2 (2021/05/22)

  • Fixed several issues that cause the program crashed.
  • Use LibreHardwareMonitor to obtain temperature information.
  • Added the function to select the temperature of which hard drive to monitor.
  • Added the function to select the hardware to monitor.
  • Fix the problem that the LibreHardwareMonitorLib.sys file is not released when the program exits.

V1.80.1 (2021/05/17)

  • Fixed the problem that the temperature of AMD GPU could not be obtained.
  • Fixed the problem that the program crashes when automatically switching to the light mode color preset.
  • Fixed the problem that the temperature of the 11th generation Intel processor cannot be obtained.
  • Fixed the problem that the auto-start setting does not work.

V1.80 (2021/05/15)

  • Added the function of monitoring the temperature of CPU, GPU, hard disk and main board.
  • Added the function of monitoring the GPU usage.
  • Fixed the problem that the historical traffic statistics is not correct caused by the data overflowed.
  • Fixed the problem that the main window position was incorrect after the screen resolution was changed.
  • Fixed the problem that the size of the interface elements of the main window and taskbar window would not change after the system DPI was changed.
  • Added the ability to freely specify display items in the taskbar window.
  • Added xml format of the main window skin, supporting temperature display.
  • Fixed the problem that the sub-windows in the option settings cannot be scrolled by the touch screen when using a touch screen device.
  • Put the processing of checking for updates into a background thread to solve the problem that the program does not respond for a long time when checking for update.
  • Fix the problem that the program is abnormal after pressing Alt+F4 in the taskbar window.
  • Added support for net speeds above 4GB per second.
  • Added the option to set the update source as Gitee to solve the problem that the program cannot be updated sometimes due to the inaccessibility of GitHub in mainland China.
  • Added setting of memory display mode.
  • Fix the problem that the currently monitored network connection is closed or disabled, the previously monitored network connection cannot be automatically selected after restarted.
  • Auto run at boot is realized by Task Scheduler to solve the problem that the auto run at boot dose not work sometimes.
  • Fix some crashes.
  • Improvements in other details.

V1.79.1 (2020/08/05)

  • Fix the problem of registry handle leak.
  • Fixed the problem that CPU and memory usage are not counted when the main window and taskbar window are not displayed.

V1.79 (2020/07/30)

  • Add the function of automatically adapts to the Windows 10 dark/light theme of the taskbar window color.
  • Add the function of automatically adapts to the Windows 10 dark/light theme of the notification area icon.
  • Add the option of CPU usage acquisition method. Fix the problem that the CPU usage may always 0 of some users.
  • Remove the option of "Transparent color" in "Options"-"Taskbar Window Settings", and add the option of "Background Color Transparent".
  • Allows only CPU and memory usage displayed in the taskbar window without the net speed.
  • Fixes an problem that the settings may not be saved after the shutdown.
  • Add the setting of "the first day of the week" in the "Historical Traffic Statistics"-"Calendar View".
  • Add the function of displaying history traffic by day, month, quarter and year in the "Historical Traffic Statistics"-"List View".
  • May fixed the problem of the loss of historical traffic data in small probability.
  • Fixed the problem that the right-click menu cannot pop up if the taskbar window background is set to transparent in Windows 10 light theme.
  • Fixed the problem that traffic statistics does not support data exceeding 2TB.
  • Added icons for menu items.
  • Save the data to the AppData directory when the program's directory cannot be written.
  • Add the function of setting the monitoring interval.

V1.78 (2020/03/21)

  • Add the function to open the specified application by double-clicking the main window or taskbar window.
  • Add the function to display the CPU and memory utilization status bar in the taskbar window.
  • Fix the inconsistence of CPU usage with the task manager in Windows 10.
  • Added option to show mouse tool tips.
  • Added the function to set the taskbar color according to Windows 10 light mode when the program is first started.
  • Added the function of preset schemes in the taskbar settings.
  • Improvements in other details.

V1.77 (2019/05/01)

  • Add the transparent color setting of the task window. Fix the problem that the text color of the taskbar window cannot be set to black when the taskbar is white (Set the transparent color in "Options" - "Taskbar Window Settings").
  • Add the function to display crash information when the program crashes.
  • Fix the problem that the screen will flicker when the Windows Explorer restarts if the taskbar window is displayed.
  • Display monitoring information when the mouse points to the notification area icon.
  • Fixed the problem that the network speed could not be displayed when using a Bluetooth network.
  • Added x64 version.
  • Improvements in other details.

Release Notes:

This update solves the problem that the text is not clear in the taskbar when the taskbar is white in the latest version of Windows 10. You need to manually set the transparent color in "Options" - "Taskbar Window Settings" - "Transparent Color". It is an opaque effect when the transparent color is not black and is different from the background color, and is transparent if it is the same as the background color. In the Windows 10 white taskbar, it is recommended to set as the following picture:

V1.76 (2018/11/11)

  • Fix the problem that the resolution changes may cause the program crash.
  • Add the options for the saving location of the configuration files.
  • Fix the problem that the vertical position of the taskbar window was incorrect when the resolution changed.
  • Add the display of today’s upload and download traffic. Add the upload and download traffic statics in the history traffic static dialog.
  • Improvements in other details.