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  • Indexer Gadget 1.2 is available

    This is a minor bug fix release that addresses two issues: Fixes a bug that prevented the play / fast-forward buttons from updating immediately after a change to indexing speed. The last update inadvertently doubled the download size of the gadget, this...
    10-05-2008, 3:58 PM by Brandon to News
  • Indexer Gadget now available on Gadget Gallery

    The Indexer Status Gadget is now available via the Windows Live Gallery site. This is the same version available via this site, but provides another avenue of exposure for it. If you like the gadget, please visit the gallery page and rate or review it...
    05-09-2008, 10:07 AM by Brandon to News
  • Start++ 0.8.1

    This is a minor update to last week's release. Currently I have not enabled automatic updates for users on 0.7.x. I will enable them in a day or two assuming no regressions are found with this release. The changes are: The typing delay added in 0.8 will...
    04-25-2008, 12:58 AM by Brandon to News
  • Start++ 0.8

    It's been a long time since I've released an update to Start++. Since then I've been working sporadically on a major overhaul to Start++, which will likely be released as version 2.0. However, due to time constraints imposed by my real job, and the fact...
    04-22-2008, 12:53 AM by Brandon to News
  • Indexer Status Gadget Updated

    The gadget has been updated to fix a few problems people have been reporting. Changes in version 1.1.1, uploaded 4/12/2008 (11:51AM PST) Fixed support for non-English versions of Windows Fixed a bug that prevented the indexer controls from working Improved...
    04-12-2008, 11:37 AM by Brandon to News
  • Indexer Status Gadget 1.0 Released

    The second tool to join the BrandonTools.com collection is a new Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget for monitoring and controlling the Windows Search indexer. Click here for more information....
    04-09-2008, 7:58 PM by Brandon to News
  • Start++ 0.7.8 Changes

    Fixed the hook installation error for users without the right CRT libraries installed. Hopefully. For real this time (finally got a clean Vista VPC to test on and repro)....
    09-26-2007, 4:32 PM by Brandon to News
  • Start++ 0.7.7 changes

    More fixes today: Start Gadgets now work when themes are disabled ("Windows Standard" or "Windows Classic" visual styles). Start Gadgets now go away when you click the "clear" button in the search box. The ZoomFactor property on Start Gadgets should now...
    09-23-2007, 3:20 PM by Brandon to News
  • Start++ 0.7.6 changes

    2 changes in 0.7.6: This update should remove the requirement to install the seperate VC++ redistributable package. I don't have a system without those libraries to test on, so I can't be 100% sure. A bug in Search Startlets was causing an error if there...
    09-22-2007, 6:10 PM by Brandon to News
  • Start++ 0.7.5

    0.7.5 includes the following changed from 0.7.4: Fixed a problem with Import / Export of gadgets introduced in 0.7.2. Added mousewheel support for gadgets. 0.7.4 includes the following changed from 0.7.3: The necessary C++ runtime libraries will now be...
    08-21-2007, 1:09 AM by Brandon to News
  • Start++ 0.7.1 update

    I just posted a small update to Start++. It's the same as 0.7 , except that now you can scroll up and down within a Start Gadget using either Control+Up / Control+Down or PageUp / PageDown (without taking focus out of the search box)....
    08-18-2007, 3:38 PM by Brandon to News
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  • Start++ 0.7 now available

    This version includes the following major changes from 0.6: Users can now install or create custom Start Gadgets which wrap web pages and services, including many iPhone apps that happen to fit quite well in the Start Menu. The mechanism by which the...
    08-18-2007, 11:34 AM by Brandon to News
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  • Next version coming soon

    I really can't believe it's already been so long since 0.6... I guess the summer has sort of rushed by. Anyway, Start++ definitely isn't dead, and in fact the next update should be released very soon. I almost uploaded 0.7 tonight, but I want to run it...
    08-08-2007, 3:59 AM by Brandon to News
  • Start++ 0.6

    Hot on the heels of 0.5 comes 0.6, which is mainly bug fixes. But a bunch of them! Download here Changes since 0.5 The included "play" scripts were broken for most people, they are now fixed. Start++ no longer attempts to hook the Start Menu UI on non-English...
    05-21-2007, 7:38 PM by Brandon to News
  • Start++ 0.5

    It's up! Fixes since 0.4.6 Double-quotes in web searches should work properly now. UI hook should be more reliable Fixed some erroneous idle CPU usage when running in the background. Misc stability improvements. New Features: Search Startlets can now...
    05-20-2007, 1:38 AM by Brandon to News
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  • Upcoming feature - Script support

    So it's been a while since I've made a Start++ update. But don't worry, I haven't forgotten about it! This weekend I'll be posting version 0.5. What's new? Well, I fixed some common bugs (certain characters like double-quotes could get mangled in commands,...
    05-19-2007, 11:09 PM by Brandon to News
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  • Start++ 0.4.6 released

    New version is up. Get it here....
    03-28-2007, 1:53 AM by Brandon to News
  • New site!

    Welcome! I decided that WikiDot, while cool, didn't give me enough control and wouldn't suit my needs in the long run. So instead, I decided to give Community Server a shot on some new Windows and ASP .NET 2.0 powered hosting space I acquired. From now...
    03-27-2007, 12:20 AM by Brandon to News
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