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| Name | Modified | Size | Downloads / Week |
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| windhawk_setup_offline.exe | 2025-12-05 | 148.9 MB | |
| windhawk_setup.exe | 2025-12-05 | 11.6 MB | |
| README.md | 2025-12-05 | 3.5 kB | |
| v1.7 source code.tar.gz | 2025-12-05 | 6.3 MB | |
| v1.7 source code.zip | 2025-12-05 | 6.5 MB | |
| Totals: 5 Items | 173.3 MB | 0 | |
- Windhawk now downloads pre-compiled mods by default instead of compiling them locally, significantly speeding up installations and updates. This can be disabled in the settings.
- Added support for viewing and installing older mod versions.
- Settings editor improvements:
- Added a textual mode for editing settings in YAML format.
- Settings can now be saved with Enter or Ctrl+S.
- A warning is shown when leaving the settings tab with unsaved changes.
- Multiple user interface improvements, including:
- Added search, filtering, and list view for installed mods.
- Added additional filtering options in the Explore view.
- Mod cards in the Explore view now show additional metadata, and display a rating breakdown on hover.
- Added back/forward navigation via Alt+Left/Right and mouse back/forward buttons.
- Added zooming support with Ctrl+Plus/Minus, and reset zoom with Ctrl+0.
- Custom process inclusion/exclusion lists for mods are now shown in the target processes tooltip.
- Windhawk can now be updated with a single click from the About tab. (This becomes active starting with the next update.)
- Mod description images now load from GitHub. Previously, some images loaded from Imgur, which is now blocked in the United Kingdom.
- Mod development: Added support for the
@licenseand@donateUrlmetadata fields. - Added the following translations: Arabic, Hindi, and Thai.
Engine improvements and fixes
- Added limited support for multiple concurrent users. Multiple users can now run separate portable Windhawk instances on the same machine, provided no instance is running with administrator privileges.
- If internet connection is unavailable at launch, Windhawk now retries downloading debug symbols several times. This helps in cases where the connection becomes available only after a short delay following system startup.
- Improved error handling for missing debug symbols. The operation is now retried after a long interval instead of repeatedly for each newly launched program.
- Windhawk now uses the SlimDetours library for function hooking, improving compatibility with certain programs. Notably fixes an incompatibility with MacType that could cause a BSOD when exiting Windhawk (issue [#527]).
- Improved handling of protected processes. Previously, loading or unloading mods in such processes could cause a crash. The list of loaded mods is now kept unchanged until the process restarts. Changes to mod enable/disable state take effect only after restarting the protected process. Fixes an incompatibility with simplewall (discussions [#2084]).
- Fixed a possible crash when unloading mods.
- Fixed an incompatibility that caused certain applications to fail to launch when Windhawk was running. Affected programs include SideFX Houdini (issue [#525]), Autodesk MotionBuilder 2020 (issue [#687]), Movavi Screen Recorder, and other programs by Movavi (issue [#533]).
- Fixed an issue where some processes failed to shut down and were kept running indefinitely. Affected programs include MTool by AdventCirno (issue [#558]).
- Fixed a rare crash on systems using certain non-English locales.
