Breaking changes

• Due to the different signature and configuration file, the WinUI 3 releases (that is, 2.0.0 onwards) are not backwards compatible with the older Islands releases. As such, you will need to manually migrate your rules and uninstall the older version.

Fixes

• Updated Windows App SDK
• Resolved some issues relating file storage and color picker

Regressions and known issues

• A Win32 installer is not available.
• Launching the app as administrator on startup is not available.
• Many languages previously in v1 are not available.

Installation

You can either download from the Microsoft Store link above or download the MicaForEveryone.appinstaller file below. An Internet connection is required. If you have previously installed Mica For Everyone through the App Installer file, you should automatically receive this update.

Breaking changes

• Due to the different signature and configuration file, the WinUI 3 releases (that is, 2.0.0 onwards) are not backwards compatible with the older Islands releases. As such, you will need to manually migrate your rules and uninstall the older version.
• Rule prioritization has now been reverted to be similar to v1.

Microsoft Store release

We are now available on the Microsoft Store!

Note: the preexisting sideload version and Microsoft Store version will exist independently from each other. We recommend having only one installed to prevent conflicts.

New features

• The custom title bar color option is now available. You can select a color using the "Custom color" option.
• To help in diagnosing issues, this version includes App Center telemetry. This telemetry is anonymous and conforms to this Privacy Policy. You may choose to turn it off in Settings.

Regressions and known issues

• A Win32 installer is not available.
• Launching the app as administrator on startup is not available.
• Many languages previously in v1 are not available.

Installation

You can either download from the Microsoft Store link above or download the MicaForEveryone.appinstaller file below. An Internet connection is required. If you have previously installed Mica For Everyone through the App Installer file, you should automatically receive this update.

Breaking changes

• Due to the different signature and configuration file, the WinUI 3 releases (that is, 2.0.0 onwards) are not backwards compatible with the older Islands releases. As such, you will need to manually migrate your rules and uninstall the older version.
• Rule prioritization has now been reverted to be similar to v1.

New features

• Portuguese (Brazilian) translation (thanks @bathtimethiago)
• Hungarian translation (thanks @Zan1456)
• Polish translation (thanks @HackZy01)

Fixes

• Updated Windows App SDK to 1.7.1
• Updated .NET to 9.0.4

Regressions and known issues

• A Win32 installer is not available.
• The Custom Title Bar Color option doesn't do anything.
• Launching the app as administrator on startup is not available.
• Many languages previously in v1 are not available.

Installation

Download the MicaForEveryone.appinstaller file below. An Internet connection is required. If you have previously installed Mica For Everyone through the App Installer file, you should automatically receive this update.

Breaking changes

• Due to the different signature and configuration file, the WinUI 3 releases (that is, 2.0.0 onwards) are not backwards compatible with the older Islands releases. As such, you will need to manually migrate your rules and uninstall the older version.
• [NEW] Rule prioritization has now been reverted to be similar to v1.

New features

• Turkish translation (thanks to @baglayan)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where restarting Explorer would cause the Mica For Everyone icon to show on the taskbar (#498)
• Exclude WS_EX_TRANSPARENT windows, so Mica For Everyone no longer hides the recording region when Snipping Tool recording is used.

Regressions and known issues

• A Win32 installer is not available.
• The Custom Title Bar Color option doesn't do anything.
• Launching the app as administrator on startup is not available.
• Many languages previously in v1 are not available.

Installation

Download the MicaForEveryone.appinstaller file below. An Internet connection is required. If you have previously installed Mica For Everyone through the App Installer file, you should automatically receive this update.

App version: 2.0.1

Breaking changes

Due to the different signature and configuration file, the WinUI 3 releases (that is, 2.0.0 onwards) are not backwards compatible with the older Islands releases. As such, you will need to manually migrate your rules and uninstall the older version.

New features

Blur Behind

Blur Behind is now available.

Update checker

For those installing Mica For Everyone 2 using the App Installer file, there is now an update checker within Settings.

Fixes

The underscores (_) should be removed from all labels. If you see any, please file an issue.

Regressions and known issues

• A Win32 installer is not available.
• The Custom Title Bar Color option doesn't do anything.
• Launching the app as administrator on startup is not available.
• Localization is unavailable.

Installation

Download the MicaForEveryone.appinstaller file below. An Internet connection is required. If you have previously installed Mica For Everyone through the App Installer file, you should automatically receive this update.

This is the first preview of version 2.0.0, which is the WinUI 3 rewrite.

Breaking changes

Due to the different signature and configuration file, the WinUI 3 releases (that is, 2.0.0 onwards) are not backwards compatible with the older Islands releases. As such, you will need to manually migrate your rules and uninstall the older version.

New features

.NET 9 and WinUI 3

This version no longer depends on the now-deprecated .NET Core 3.1 and now uses .NET 9 Native AOT. This means a more streamlined installation procedure for MSIX, as there is no need to install a separate runtime.

Trusted Signing packages

The MSIX version now uses Trusted Signing, so no more installing our self-signed certificate.

ARM64 support

ARM64 is now supported natively. In fact, this version is tested exclusively on an ARM64 laptop near the end of its development.

Window picker

This release includes a window picker to assist you in creating new rules.

Regressions and known issues

• A Win32 installer is not available.
• Blur Behind is not yet available.
• The Custom Title Bar Color option doesn't do anything.
• Launching the app as administrator on startup is not available.
• Localization is unavailable, and many labels will be preceded with an underscore (_)

Installation

Download the MicaForEveryone.appinstaller file below. An Internet connection is required.

This version resolves some bugs:

• Effects should now be able to be applied to new windows again (#315).
• Adding or removing rules should no longer crash the app (#323, #307).
• Traditional Chinese translation should be available again (#310).

• NOTE: The packaged version has an updated certificate, you would need to reinstall the certificate to be able to upgrade. For certificate installation instructions see here

Known issues

• Crashing when trying to add a new process rule (#307)
• Traditional Chinese language is not available (#310)

What's Changed

• Resorted Translator list by @toineenzo in #277
• Stability and Performance improvements merged from dev branch (#271)
• Experimental support for auto-reload after changing language

Dependencies

• build(deps): bump CommunityToolkit.Mvvm from 8.0.0 to 8.1.0 by @dependabot in #227
• build(deps): bump XclParser from 1.0.7 to 1.0.8 by @dependabot in #273
• build(deps): bump vedantmgoyal2009/winget-releaser from 1 to 2 by @dependabot in #252
• build(deps): bump CommunityToolkit.Mvvm from 8.1.0 to 8.2.0 by @dependabot in #287

Translations

• Translation Traditionnal Chinese by @MW1Z in #226
• Ukrainian localization by @Phyan in #250
• Fix Traditional Chinese by @flandretw in #261
• Indonesian translation branch by @seanardhana in #264
• feat(UI/Strings/tr): Add Turkish translation by @baglayan in #269
• Added Hungarian translation by @Zan1456 in #270
• Fixed typos in Ukrainian translation by @lowl1f3 in #282
• Correcting and make word easier to understand (ID) by @GID0317 in #283
• fix(UI/Strings/zh-Hant): update translations by @jay900604 in #284
• Serbian (Latin and Cyrillic) translations by @bzzrak in #289
• Translating Vietnam/vi language by @chefkozaki in #291
• fix(UI/Strings/zh-Hant): accurate based on Microsoft terminologies by @ritxsen in #293
• Add Azerbaijan translation by @thepoladov13 in #295

New Contributors

• @MW1Z made their first contribution in #226
• @Phyan made their first contribution in #250
• @flandretw made their first contribution in #261
• @seanardhana made their first contribution in #264
• @baglayan made their first contribution in #269
• @Zan1456 made their first contribution in #270
• @lowl1f3 made their first contribution in #282
• @GID0317 made their first contribution in #283
• @jay900604 made their first contribution in #284
• @bzzrak made their first contribution in #289
• @chefkozaki made their first contribution in #291
• @ritxsen made their first contribution in #293
• @thepoladov13 made their first contribution in #295

Full Changelog: v1.3.0.0...v1.3.1.1

• Note: This is the last release with .NET Core 3.1. We may have a release without UI to be able to target something else that's still supported. I may release v1.4 with mixed C#/C++ targeting .NET Framework. A version 2.0 is planned to implement "Mica For Everyone" in C++ and the work on it is already started by @dongle-the-gadget.

• Note: MSIX package is updated with a new certificate.

What's Changed

• Add support for creating running as Administrator on startup (#38)
• Add support for hiding tray icon (#56, #135, #192)
• Improve rule matching
• Clean uninstallation when using Inno Setup
• Fix MSIX package only contains English language
• Fix here and there by @dongle-the-gadget

Translation

• Update Russian Translation by @Danik2343 in #162
• Update German translation by @uDEV2019 in #158
• Update Japanese translation by @maboroshin in #165
• Update Simplified Chinese translation by @FrzMtrsprt in #166
• Updated Korean translations by @RTFTR in #170
• Fixed mistranslated thing + Added the dialogs requested with translation by @RTFTR in #171
• Add Polish translation by @Piteriuz in #181
• Update Spanish translation by @xoascf in #187
• Add Portuguese Brazilian translation by @dgsmiley18 in #217
• Add Dutch translation by @toineenzo in #219
• Update Italian translation by @A-Loot in #221

Build

• Update WinGet Releaser workflow by @sitiom in #139
• [Experiment] update get-version-action dependencies by @dongle-the-gadget in #214

Dependencies

• build(deps): bump Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection from 6.0.0 to 6.0.1 by @dependabot in #150
• build(deps): bump Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot in #173
• build(deps): bump Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection from 6.0.1 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot in #172
• build(deps): bump microsoft/setup-msbuild from 1.1 to 1.2 by @dependabot in #200
• build(deps): bump microsoft/setup-msbuild from 1.2 to 1.3 by @dependabot in #201

New Contributors

• @FrzMtrsprt made their first contribution in #166
• @Piteriuz made their first contribution in #181
• @dgsmiley18 made their first contribution in #217
• @toineenzo made their first contribution in #219
• @A-Loot made their first contribution in #221

Full Changelog: v1.2.0.2...v1.3.0.0

What's Changed

• Updated French Translation by @SaiyajinK
• Fix enabling "Run as Administrator on Startup" creates invalid Task Scheduler entry (#212)
• Fix Registry and Task Scheduler cleanup not working on uninstallation
• Fix crash when HKCU\Software\MicaForEveryone\config file path is not set

Full Changelog: v1.3.0.0-preview...v1.3.0.0-preview3