GhostDesktop v0.9.4

GhostDesktop — Changelog

v0.9.4 — 2026-03-31

Tray menu:

• Fully custom tray menu replaces all built-in AHK items.
• Menu order: Settings | Pause GhostDesktop, Suspend Hotkeys, Reload
  GhostDesktop, About, Donate!, Exit.
• "Pause GhostDesktop" replaces the built-in "Pause Script" item; toggles
  pause state with a checkmark indicator.
• "Reload GhostDesktop" restarts the script or compiled EXE via Reload().
• "Donate!" opens PayPal link in the default browser.

Tray icon:

• Custom tray icon (ghostdesktop.ico) set on startup with Freeze flag toG
  prevent AHK from overriding it with built-in pause/suspend icons.
• Tray icon switches to ghostdesktop-white.ico when paused and back to
  ghostdesktop.ico when unpaused.
• Icons embedded via FileInstall for compiled EXE; white icon extracted to
  %TEMP% at runtime. SetMainIcon directive sets the EXE's main icon.

About dialog:

• Website link (krypdoh.github.io/GhostDesktop/) added as clickable URL.
• License changed to AGPL-3.0 with clickable link to license text.
• Donate link added to About dialog.

Other:

• Removed Fix Wallpaper tray menu item and FixWallpaper() routine.
• Added script description to file header comment block.
• Updated README.md to reflect actual program features and filenames.

v0.9.3 — 2026-03-30

Bug fixes:

• Desktop wallpaper no longer disappears when icons fade out. Fade target
  changed from SHELLDLL_DefView (which also hosts the wallpaper on some
  configurations) to SysListView32 directly. Because the list-view background
  is set to CLR_NONE, only icons and labels are affected; the wallpaper
  painted by Progman/WorkerW stays fully opaque at all times.

Performance / cleanup:

• Removed dead gSafeMode global and its INI writes (set but never read).
• Removed unused HideMyIcon function parameters (were immediately
  overwritten by globals on every tick).
• Replaced WinExist handle-validity check with lightweight
  DllCall("IsWindow") — direct Win32 syscall avoids AHK window-search
  overhead.
• Replaced 4-line if/else transparency clamping with Max(1, Min(255, …)).
• Sleep is now skipped when transparency is already at its target value,
  reducing idle CPU usage when icons are fully visible or fully hidden.
• Fixed About dialog showing stale version (v0.9.2n → v0.9.3) and date.
• FixWallpaper tray action updated to target SysListView32 directly.

GhostDesktop v0.9.2

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GhostDesktop v0.9.1

GhostDesktop — Changelog

v0.9.1 — 2026-03-07

Bug fixes:

• Icons now properly fade in and out instead of snapping visible/invisible.
  Root cause: AnimateWindow does not produce a blend fade on child windows
  whose parent has WS_CLIPCHILDREN (which SHELLDLL_DefView / Progman always
  has). The AnimateWindow / SafeMode branch has been removed entirely.

• Desktop wallpaper no longer flashes black during icon fade transitions.
  Root causes were two-fold:

  1. Applying WS_EX_LAYERED directly to SysListView32 caused it to paint
     its own background black when composited by DWM.
  2. Toggling WS_EX_LAYERED off at alpha=255 triggered a DWM re-composite
     transition that briefly blacked out the wallpaper.

Changes:

• Fade is now applied to SHELLDLL_DefView (parent of SysListView32) instead
  of the SysListView32 window directly. SHELLDLL_DefView has no painted
  background, so it cannot produce a black silhouette over the wallpaper.
• WS_EX_LAYERED is enabled once during initialisation (via
  WinSetTransparent(255, hDefView)) and never removed, keeping the layer
  permanent and preventing the DWM recomposite flash.
• ConfigureDesktopListView (sets CLR_NONE background on SysListView32) is
  now always called on startup regardless of safe-mode setting.
• Removed the SafeMode code path; all fading uses the single incremental
  alpha loop targeting hDefView.
• Added hDefView as a persistent static variable alongside hIcon.

v0.9 — 2026-03-03

Initial public release.

• Desktop icon fade in / fade out driven by a repeating SetTimer loop.
• Two trigger modes: Click (window activate / deactivate) and Hover
  (mouse-over detection).
• Configurable Speed (1–255) and Delay (ms between alpha steps).
• Settings GUI with Save / Apply / Cancel / Reset Defaults.
• About GUI.
• Persistent settings stored in %APPDATA%\ghostdesktop\ghostdesktop.ini.
• ProcessSetPriority("AboveNormal") for smoother animation.
• OnExit handler restores icon opacity to 255 on script exit.
• Desktop list-view reacquisition if Explorer recreates the window.
• TrayShowDesktopButton forces fade-in to prevent accidental hide.
• DisplayFusion (DFTaskbar) recognised as a non-desktop class.