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Patches for WinDirStat x64
Windows
4 patches available
WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup assistant for Microsoft Windows clients and servers.
WinDirStat x64 Version 2.6.2
Release Date
5/31/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.6.2$$$Enhancements$$$$$$Improved extension-checking performance during scan$$$Improved icon-loading behavior to skip downloads for offline files$$$Improved window flashing using non-interactive command line options$$$Improved numeric display precision for percentages and sizes$$$Improved security by preventing DLL sideloading$$$Improved file select and document icons$$$Improved Simplified Chinese translation$$$Improved treemap rendering on low color depth Remote Desktop$$$Bug Fixes$$$$$$Corrected compression options not showing for a folder-based scan$$$Corrected potential crash in file watcher component$$$Corrected potential copy/paste path handling in the Select Drives dialog$$$Corrected potential COM initialization to occur on the UI thread$$$Corrected potential hang for unresponsive drive mappings
WinDirStat x64 Version 2.6.1
Release Date
5/22/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.6.1$$$Enhancements$$$$$$Improved gear; pause; filter; and refresh icon rendering$$$Improved icons lookups on latent networks$$$Improved treemap rendering performance$$$Bug Fixes$$$$$$Corrected some glyphs not rendering on Windows 7$$$Corrected potential compressed size detection issue$$$Corrected potential reparse point enumeration issues$$$Corrected file-based exclusions context menu option$$$Corrected potential race condition during icon rendering$$$Corrected minor handle leak in drive selection dialog$$$Corrected potential crash when excluding reserved files$$$Corrected Windows Store manifest generation issues$$$Addressed folders not appearing in search results
WinDirStat x64 Version 2.6.0
Release Date
5/18/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.6.0$$$Enhancements$$$$$$Improved treemap navigation; zooming; and context-menu behavior$$$Improved FileTreeView keyboard navigation and scroll-to-selection behavior$$$Improved selection handling when sorting file-tree results$$$Improved Select Drives dialog layout and local-drive display$$$Added double-click scan behavior in the Select Drives dialog$$$Added include filters and file age filtering$$$Added filter exclusion context-menu actions$$$Added pruning for previous-folder history$$$Added larger toolbar icon support and runtime-generated toolbar icons$$$Added Settings button to toolbar$$$Improved toolbar rendering with Unicode glyph support$$$Added selectable file hash algorithms$$$Increased size and percentage display precision$$$Changed subtree percentage display to size proportion terminology$$$Added JSON support for saving/loading scan results and duplicate lists$$$Expanded cleanup and system-tool handling$$$Improved localization resources and multiple language updates$$$Added installer option to add WinDirStat to the system PATH; disabled by default$$$Removed OLE dependency to allow execution on Server Core$$$Various performance; memory; and internal refactoring improvements$$$Bug Fixes$$$$$$Corrected custom folder icon resolution failures$$$Corrected extension column autosizing issues$$$Corrected extension calculations after refresh$$$Correct legacy uninstall registry key removal$$$Addressed selection regressions in owner-data tree/list handling$$$Corrected drive handling when volume names or trailing slashes are missing$$$Corrected cloud-duplication-detection warning behavior$$$Corrected clipboard memory handling$$$Miscellaneous$$$$$$Added Microsoft Store MSIX packaging support$$$Added Chocolatey release publishing automation$$$Microsoft Windows Server Core now supported$$$Microsoft Windows 7 supported again$$$Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 supported again$$$Breaking Changes$$$Command line options for saving and loading have changed (see Wiki)
WinDirStat x64 Version 2.6.0
Release Date
5/18/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.6.0$$$Enhancements$$$$$$Improved treemap navigation; zooming; and context-menu behavior$$$Improved FileTreeView keyboard navigation and scroll-to-selection behavior$$$Improved selection handling when sorting file-tree results$$$Improved Select Drives dialog layout and local-drive display$$$Added double-click scan behavior in the Select Drives dialog$$$Added include filters and file age filtering$$$Added filter exclusion context-menu actions$$$Added pruning for previous-folder history$$$Added larger toolbar icon support and runtime-generated toolbar icons$$$Added Settings button to toolbar$$$Improved toolbar rendering with Unicode glyph support$$$Added selectable file hash algorithms$$$Increased size and percentage display precision$$$Changed subtree percentage display to size proportion terminology$$$Added JSON support for saving/loading scan results and duplicate lists$$$Expanded cleanup and system-tool handling$$$Improved localization resources and multiple language updates$$$Added installer option to add WinDirStat to the system PATH; disabled by default$$$Removed OLE dependency to allow execution on Server Core$$$Various performance; memory; and internal refactoring improvements$$$Bug Fixes$$$$$$Corrected custom folder icon resolution failures$$$Corrected extension column autosizing issues$$$Corrected extension calculations after refresh$$$Correct legacy uninstall registry key removal$$$Addressed selection regressions in owner-data tree/list handling$$$Corrected drive handling when volume names or trailing slashes are missing$$$Corrected cloud-duplication-detection warning behavior$$$Corrected clipboard memory handling$$$Miscellaneous$$$$$$Added Microsoft Store MSIX packaging support$$$Added Chocolatey release publishing automation$$$Microsoft Windows Server Core now supported$$$Microsoft Windows 7 supported again$$$Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 supported again$$$Breaking Changes$$$Command line options for saving and loading have changed (see Wiki)
WinDirStat x64 Version 2.5.0
Release Date
1/18/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.5.0$$$Enhancements$$$$$$Added dark mode$$$Added direct NTFS MFT scanning option$$$Added hardlink tracking$$$Added progress dialogs for long-running operations$$$Added ability to search scan results$$$Added ability to auto-search from extensions menu$$$Added ability to move files$$$Added ability to compute and display file hashes$$$Added ability to save duplicate files to CSV file$$$Added elevation eligibility detection and prompting$$$Added new keyboard shortcuts$$$Added previous folder tracking history$$$Added option to launch programs and features applet$$$Added option to optimize virtual hard disk files$$$Added command line scanning options$$$Added dism analyze option$$$Added option to toggle Explorer context menu within application$$$Added automatic copying of drive mapping when launched as admin$$$Enhanced DPI awareness$$$Changed sizes to use binary prefixes$$$Changed treemap ability to show logical or physical sizes$$$Changed file scan output to be sorted by path$$$Changed column autosize to respect header width$$$Changed volume display to show free; total; and percentages$$$Changed compression option to recurse directories$$$Changed CSV file output to be sorted by path$$$Improved command-line parsing for target directory$$$Improved delete and empty folder interface behaviors$$$Improved various translations$$$Added Swedish translation$$$Added Japanese translation$$$Added Turkish translation$$$Various performance enhancements$$$Bug Fixes$$$$$$Corrected icon caching issues that could result in freezing$$$Corrected exclusion case sensitivity selection for filtering$$$Corrected extension colorization not working on file load$$$Corrected highlight offset when not zoomed$$$Corrected Explorer selection in treemap view$$$Corrected potential crash when exiting program$$$Corrected last-sibling node rendering$$$Various other minor bug fixes$$$Miscellaneous$$$$$$Microsoft Windows 7 no longer supported$$$Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 no longer supported$$$ARM 32-Bit builds no longer supported$$$CSV files created with previous versions will not be loadable
WinDirStat x64 Version 2.5.0
Release Date
1/18/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.5.0$$$Enhancements$$$$$$Added dark mode$$$Added direct NTFS MFT scanning option$$$Added hardlink tracking$$$Added progress dialogs for long-running operations$$$Added ability to search scan results$$$Added ability to auto-search from extensions menu$$$Added ability to move files$$$Added ability to compute and display file hashes$$$Added ability to save duplicate files to CSV file$$$Added elevation eligibility detection and prompting$$$Added new keyboard shortcuts$$$Added previous folder tracking history$$$Added option to launch programs and features applet$$$Added option to optimize virtual hard disk files$$$Added command line scanning options$$$Added dism analyze option$$$Added option to toggle Explorer context menu within application$$$Added automatic copying of drive mapping when launched as admin$$$Enhanced DPI awareness$$$Changed sizes to use binary prefixes$$$Changed treemap ability to show logical or physical sizes$$$Changed file scan output to be sorted by path$$$Changed column autosize to respect header width$$$Changed volume display to show free; total; and percentages$$$Changed compression option to recurse directories$$$Changed CSV file output to be sorted by path$$$Improved command-line parsing for target directory$$$Improved delete and empty folder interface behaviors$$$Improved various translations$$$Added Swedish translation$$$Added Japanese translation$$$Added Turkish translation$$$Various performance enhancements$$$Bug Fixes$$$$$$Corrected icon caching issues that could result in freezing$$$Corrected exclusion case sensitivity selection for filtering$$$Corrected extension colorization not working on file load$$$Corrected highlight offset when not zoomed$$$Corrected Explorer selection in treemap view$$$Corrected potential crash when exiting program$$$Corrected last-sibling node rendering$$$Various other minor bug fixes$$$Miscellaneous$$$$$$Microsoft Windows 7 no longer supported$$$Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 no longer supported$$$ARM 32-Bit builds no longer supported$$$CSV files created with previous versions will not be loadable
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