| Version | Change log |
| AlomWare Toolbox 6.0.0.0 Jun 22, 2025 |
Major enhancement: Partial multi-language support for general app text (ie. the main window itself, and some common messages). This is currently in beta mode, and you can edit your own translations by copying "Toolbox LanguagesEnglish.ini" file to a new file in that folder and making your translations in it to the listed items only. Save your edits and you can then switch languages in the app via the "Help > Set language" menu item. Please share your translations with us at AlomWare so we can include them in future releases of the app. Thank you! Change: Prevented "Toolbox.exe" from running directly from the desktop, as we are getting too many support questions about the sub-folders and files it creates on the desktop when doing so. Therefore, please run it from its own folder (as intended when unzipping it) and create a shortcut to "Toolbox.exe" on the desktop instead. Change: Starting the app as admin no longer uses "Toolbox as admin.vbs" file due to VBS files being disabled now by Microsoft. You can delete this file. Use the in-app setting called "General app settings > Run at startup/login > With Admin rights" to run the app as admin when your PC boots or you log into it. Alternatively, you can still right-click "Toolbox.exe" and select "Run as administrator" to run it that way. Bug fix: For several issues with the Dock, such as color and size height problems. Bug fix: For the splash window freezing the app if it was run from a non-writable folder. Bug fix: For re-adding default actions in the "Automation" tab from the Action Wizard menu. Bug fix: Fixed a situation where a pop-up request for text could lock the window it was invoked from. Bug fix: For auto-typing, where one single press of the Enter key could sometimes do two presses by mistake. Bug fix: Pressing the Esc key on an action's debugger window will now stop the action as intended, instead of incorrectly |
| AlomWare Toolbox 5.5.0.0 Apr 26, 2025 |
Major bug fix: The app now scales and works correctly on PCs with a desktop DPI scaling of more than 100%. Major addition: New automation step called "Toolbox: Use the data folder at", so you can switch which "Toolbox Data" folder the app uses, without quitting the app. This means you can literally switch data profiles with a hotkey, such as to to change whole batches of actions and hotkeys depending on which app or window you're working with. Addition: Two new file rename mods: "Keep after X" (so specifying "." for "X" will rename "01.Name" to "Name"); and "Keep before X" (so specifying "." for "X" will rename "01.Name" to "01"). Addition: The "Desktop Info" tab now has a "Color (Block)" item in the list, which shows the color under the mouse as a small rectangle for better viewing and comparison with other on-screen colors. Enhancement: Clicking a thumbed image in the "Clipboard" tab now shows a pop-up image of it in the corner of that tab for better viewing; and the status bar now shows the width/height/size of that image. Enhancement: Reminder messages can now be ended with a space which means to NOT show them on arrival. This is handy for times when you just want to see a countdown in the "Reminders/Tasks" list but not actually do anyhing when it arrives (such as just to see a repeatable pay day countdown). Enhancement: Scrolling the mouse wheel to change the zoom size of the "Desktop Info" display is now only done when updates are enabled with Scroll Lock or the checkbox. This is to prevent accidental updating of the image if you scroll the mouse when something new is under it (such as a different window). Maintenance: Other miscellaneous internal bug and stability fixes, code optimisations, and cosmetic text changes. |
| AlomWare Toolbox 5.4.0.3 Apr 13, 2025 |
Quick bug fix from yesterday: For restoring a window's opening state that was saved to an exact corner of the desktop. Those darn invisible window borders! :) Enhancement: For better accessibility, there is now a setting to enable/disable auto-switching to each tab's last-used item. So you can disable this to use the left/arrow keys to switch tabs on the main window without leaving the focus of each tab. Maintenance: Other miscellaneous internal bug and stability fixes, code optimisations, and cosmetic text changes. |
| AlomWare Toolbox 5.4.0.0 Mar 23, 2025 |
Change: Simplified the macro recording process so that recording is started easier; and a small message follows the mouse so you don't forget that you're recording. Change: For overflow safety, macros can now only be recorded for a maximum of 10 minutes. They can be played back longer if you manually edit them, or if you chain multiple macros back-to-back in an action. Change: The "Macro: Temp record" step now supports three values: "clicks" (just keystrokes and mouse clicks), "fake" (keystrokes and fake mouse movements between clicks), or "actual" (keystrokes and actual mouse movements between clicks). Change: If the app is set to check for updates at launch but your PC has just booted, the check will fail if your PC hasn't auto-connected to the internet yet. So now it re-tries for up to one minute after launch to do the check. Bug fix: The app's window now scales correctly on high DPI desktops, and the input boxes for entering text have been made larger for more entry space. Bug fix: Stopped the app crashing if you quit it while certain actions were running. Bug fix: Reduced the CPU use of the app when showing the Work Overview window. Bug fix: Text auto-completion from typing triggers could stop working if the app was idle for a long time (due to Microsoft security). Now they work all the time. Bug fix: Searching files with the "that are" criteria now enables the "Search" button instead of leaving it disabled. Bug fix: Holding the "Up" or "Down" arrow keys in the Step Chooser could show the wrong step description when the keys were released. Bug fix: Specifying "{printscreen}" in a keyboard typing action or macro now copies the desktop image to the clipboard (as expected). Addition: The main window's status bar now shows these vital PC stats that are updated every minute: Battery %, C drive free space, memory free, and uptime. Note: These cannot be changed or other stats add |
| AlomWare Toolbox 5.3.0.2 Jan 1, 2025 |
Change: The update check from the last version has been changed to show the Change Log and offers to update only if a new version is found. This check for non-paid users is now also only done at app launch, and not at each new day. Maintenance: Other miscellaneous internal bug and stability fixes, code optimisations, and cosmetic text changes. |
| AlomWare Toolbox 5.3.0.1 Dec 15, 2024 |
Bug fix: The new privacy setting in the last version (to not monitor the keyboard) wasn't being saved when made disabled, meaning it accidentally started enabled the next time the app started. Bug fix: The "Alert: Show a splash message" step now respects multi-monitor desktop sizes when Windows is set to "extend" them. Bug fix: The "Window: Use icon" step now shows the specified icon in the window's taskbar button again. Preventative fix: The "Computer: Lock with overlay" step is now disabled from use when keyboard monitoring is also disabled, so that you can actually unlock your PC when the step is used. Accessibility additions requested by blind users: Made the "Apps" key open the right-click menu for AlomWare Toolbox's active item; and you can now also press the Enter key on buttons, checkboxes, and options to action them (like you already could with the Space bar). We will endeavour to add more accessibility features in future versions of the app, and we thank you for your patience. Addition: Due to popular demand and many repeated requests, AlomWare Toolbox now auto-checks for updates every day (and also when the app launches). You can also trigger a manual update check under the "Help" menu. Paid users have the privilege of disabling the auto-check in Settings. This update check is the ONLY time that AlomWare Toolbox ever goes online; and doesn't send any data out of your PC when doing so. Addition: Powerful new PC tweak that lets you swipe left and right to different virtual desktops when you hold down the middle mouse button (MMB) and move the mouse left or right more than 50 pixels within half a second. This tweak must be enabled in AlomWare Toolbox's settings. Maintenance: Other miscellaneous internal bug and stability fixes, code optimisations, and cosmetic text changes. |
| AlomWare Toolbox 5.3.0.0 Nov 24, 2024 |
Bug fix: Some map items weren't being re-added to the top of the Map list when re-visited. Addition: New privacy setting to not monitor the keyboard, but doing this will prevent auto-completion of text actions (such as expanding short typed text into long text) and also stops some keyboard tweaks from working (auto-closing pairs, typewriter sounds, etc). It won't stop hotkeys for actions from working. Maintenance: Other miscellaneous internal bug and stability fixes, code optimisations, and cosmetic text changes. |
| AlomWare Toolbox 5.2.0.2 Nov 9, 2024 |
Bug fix: For some PC state restorations when waiting for a window to restore. Bug fix: When editing a PC state and clicking "Close all apps/windows" at the top (and the other options), the "Save" button wasn't getting enabled. New step: "Computer: Bring windows to front", which brings only the windows with the specified text or app name to the front, making it a handy way to see all like windows. Apps need to end with ".exe" when being specified. For example, specifying "winword.exe" will bring all Word documents to the front, and specifying "- Notepad" brings all Notepad windows to the front. Specify "explorer.exe" to bring all folders to the front. Maintenance: Other miscellaneous internal bug and stability fixes, code optimisations, and cosmetic text changes. |
| AlomWare Toolbox 5.2.0.1 Nov 3, 2024 |
Update: Folders on Windows 11 have recently changed by Microsoft, and therefore Toolbox has been updated to deal with them. Not technically a bug. ;) Bug fix: Left-clicking a folder for a moment to peek at the files inside will no longer accidentally close the preview window (which happened under certain conditions). Addition: New setting called "Folder peek style uses thumbnails instead of a vertical list", so left-clicking a folder will show thumbnails for the files if you prefer. Enhancement: Typing filter text too fast in the Step Chooser filter box could show incorrect step matches, so Toolbox now waits until typing has stopped before filtering. Enhancement: When setting a window to always close or hide when it opens, Toolbox now waits for up to 5 seconds for it to do so before continuing; so that any actions set for it to run after closing/hiding don't jump the gun and run before the close/hide has actually occurred. Maintenance: Other miscellaneous internal bug and stability fixes, code optimisations, and cosmetic text changes. |
| AlomWare Toolbox 5.2.0.0 Oct 27, 2024 |
Bug fix: For saving the icon for an opening window state. Bug fix: For correctly positioning some specific window types when restoring a PC state. Major addition: New step called "Window: Save as opening state", so the assigned window can quickly have its current state saved (on top, position, size, transparency, etc) with a hotkey or other trigger, without needing to use the Power menu to do it. This means the window will always auto-open in that state in future. You can use the Power menu to tweak the saved state later, such as to add keystrokes to the opened window. Addition: New setting to specify a list of apps that will never be closed/terminated when clean-slating or PC state restoring. Enhancement: You can now press Enter on the window title, window launcher, and window keystrokes fields to save a PC state that's being edited. Enhancement: When auto-opening windows by app name, specific saved windows are checked first and excluded before generically checking the app of those windows. Maintenance: Other miscellaneous bug and stability fixes, code optimisations, and cosmetic text changes. |
