Note: This is the last version of TrayStatus that will install and run on Windows 7/8
Change: Double-clicking the hard drive activity indicator (when separate indicators per drive are enabled) will open File Explorer
Fix: Tray indicators are no longer hung while the Settings window is open
v4.7.1 • May 1, 2023
Fix: Settings export fix
v4.7 • April 12, 2023
Change: Upgraded to .NET 7 framework (OS support is now Win 10 1607 and higher)
Change: Win 7, Win 8/8.1, and Win 10 versions lower than 1607 are no longer supported
Change: Dark Mode theme added (settings window)
Fix: Minor UI issues
Fix: Resolved an issue with not being able to activate more than 1 tray icon
Fix: UI scaling and dark theme improvements
Fix: Drive letter overlays are no longer too small
Fix: Lock Key State Trigger rules now fire when TrayStatus starts
Fix: Mapped network drives no longer get tray icons when Hard Drive Activity indicators are enabled
Fix: Added an additional step to the Fix Performance Counters script
Fix: Resolved an issue that caused TrayStatus to take a long time to startup
Fix: Resolved some UI issues
Fix: Installer updates
v4.6 • December 14, 2021
Change: Minor tweaks to the Settings window UI
Change: Added an option to force a modifier key state to enabled or disabled (for example, you can force NumLock to always be on)
Change: If performance counters can't load, the error prompt will now ask if you'd like to attempt an automated repair
Change: Trigger rules now fire in order and a "catch-all" rule applies if other rules don't match
Fix: CPU performance counter fix
Fix: Performance counter stats in edit window for custom counters now update correctly
v4.5 • May 4, 2021
Change: New trigger rule type, "After no Match" allows you to specify key states for all windows that didn't match any specific rules
Change: UI updates
v4.4 • August 25, 2020
Change: Added option to Trigger rules to not revert key state after program loses focus
v4.3 • August 25, 2020
Change: Added Roya and Loya indicators
Fix: Caps Lock, Num Lock, Scroll Lock tooltips are now localized
Fix: Kana Lock and Kana Shift fixes
v4.2 • June 24, 2020
Advanced setting and installer switch to skip first run open of the settings window
Drive letter covers part of the write (down) arrow on the hard drive indicator
Hard Drive Activity indicators get jumbled when plugging in a USB stick
Can't launch under multiple user
v4.1 • November 27, 2019
Added anonymized telemetry for crashes (you can disable this with an Advanced Setting)
Physical Disk Hard Drive Activity indicators now overlay the disk number instead of a random drive letter from that disk (disable the "Use PhysicalDisk..." checkbox to show the drive letters instead)
Hard Drive Activity indicators no longer faded
Hard Drive Activity indicators for removable drives now update automatically
General performance improvements
v4.0 • May 22, 2019
Added a Triggers feature for automatically toggling caps/num/scroll lock keys
Added an option to customize the colour of the drive letter overlays for Hard Drive Activity indicators
Added an option to use separate indicators for each logical drive letter instead of each physical drive
Added a 'Fix Performance Counters' button in the Settings window
More languages included
Double-clicking a tray icon now correctly toggles that key
Restoring settings now uses the custom backup path when it's configured
Resolved an issue that caused the tray icons to get moved around, or moved to the overflow constantly
v3.2 • July 30, 2018
More languages included
Hard drive icons now show the drive letters
'TrayStatus Settings' is now a shortcut in the Start Menu for easier access
UI now updates correctly after changing licenses or languages
v3.1 • September 16, 2016
More languages included
Tray balloon messages now work as expected
Double-clicking a tray icon now fires on mouse up, not mouse down
v3.0 • September 13, 2016
Introducing TrayStatus Pro! All of your existing free features will remain free, check out the new Pro features today!
New Status Indicator: Kana Lock
New Status Indicator: CPU Usage (Pro only)
New Status Indicator: Memory Usage (Pro only)
New Status Indicator: Audio Playback Status (Pro only)
You can now create custom status indicators based on Windows Performance Counters (Pro only)
You can now use different icon themes, or create your own
Option to show separate activity icons for each hard drive (Pro only)
Option to play a sound when a key is toggled on/off (Pro only)
Option to only show key status indicators (like Num Lock) when they're toggled on (Pro only)
Double-click a key status indicator (like Num Lock) to toggle that key
Now localized into more languages (Want to help translate into your language? Contact us!)
Resolved an issue where notifications might be shown for disabled status icons
v2.2.1 • August 18, 2016
Resolved an issue where the tray notifications were showing all the time, even when the setting was disabled
v2.2 • August 17, 2016
Added a new option to show a tray notification when a key status changes
General performance and stability improvements
App.Config file was missing in the installer, it's included now
No longer crashes when enabling the hard drive icon on a fresh install
v2.1 • August 10, 2016
All new icons with a consistent theme similar to Windows 10
Hard drive activity icon defaults to disabled for new installations
High-resolution icons for people using DPI-scaling
General performance and stability improvements
v2.0.2 • May 12, 2016
Now targeting the .NET Framework 4.0, which will automatically install during setup if needed
v2.0.1 • March 14, 2016
Updater improvements
General performance and stability improvements
Code signing now uses SHA256 for compatibility with future Windows Updates
Added an "Our Apps" tab to the settings window with details about other great Binary Fortress apps (you can disable this tab in the Advanced Settings if you don't want it)
v2.0 • November 4, 2015
New settings interface
Fully Windows 10 tested and compatible
Resolved an issue where error notifications were constantly flashing in Windows 10
Resolved an issue where only selecting WIN status didn't let you save the settings
v1.2.3 • April 5, 2011
TrayStatus will no longer duplicate the system tray icons in some situations
The system tray menu now looks correct when a custom colour scheme is used
