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Patches for WinDirStat x86
Windows
4 patches available
WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup assistant for Microsoft Windows clients and servers.
WinDirStat x86 Version 2.8.0
Release Date
8/2/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.8.0$$$Enhancements$$$$$$Added flame graph as an alternative visualization view (thanks @P403n1x87)$$$Added sunburst graph as an alternative visualization view$$$Added Hilbert and Moore treemap visualization layouts$$$Added additional window layouts$$$Added per-user Explorer context menu registration$$$Added configurable process CPU and I/O priority$$$Added absolute/relative percentage display modes$$$Added confirmation prompt for potentially destructive actions$$$Added list-header column choosers$$$Added File Watcher toolbar controls$$$Added cancellable file hashing progress (thanks @harryytm)$$$Added folder frames color customization and draw threshold (thanks @harryytm)$$$Improved populating large message box lists (thanks @harryytm)$$$Improved File Watcher defaults and autoscroll behavior (thanks @harryytm)$$$Improved percentage progress messages$$$Improved message box dialog performance for massive lists (thanks @harryytm)$$$Improved logical/physical size menu item generalization$$$Improved font refresh behavior after settings changes$$$Improved remote volume scanning performance using smaller buffers$$$Modernized locale string retrieval functions (thanks @harryytm)$$$Bug Fixes$$$$$$Corrected archive compatibility issues$$$Corrected indeterminate progress dialog repainting$$$Corrected layout view type identifiers (thanks @harryytm)$$$Corrected menu mnemonic conflicts across translations$$$Corrected OLE dependency on context menu$$$Corrected optional pane resizing across window layouts$$$Corrected shell context menu clipboard operations$$$Corrected some argument passing issues$$$Corrected time accounting when scan is paused$$$Corrected keyboard focus navigation between data panes$$$Restored the option to hide the visualization pane
WinDirStat x86 Version 2.7.0
Release Date
7/1/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.7.0$$$Enhancements$$$$$$Added Storage Analytics and cost optimization view$$$Added permissions scanning and export capabilities$$$Added window layout chooser for the main panes$$$Added tools to remove empty folders and change folder dates to last change$$$Added folder frames option to treemap visualization$$$Added multilingual support for MSI installer$$$Added file deletion warning before profile deletions$$$Added profile deletion progress tracking$$$Added xxHash (XXH3) as a selectable file hashing algorithm$$$Added option to group unregistered file extensions$$$Added shortcut to launch Microsoft Storage Settings$$$Added extension search on double-click in extension list (thanks @harryytm)$$$Added selected items count and statistics to status bar (thanks @harryytm)$$$Added UTF-8 BOM support for CSV/JSON files$$$Improved column width autosizing performance in list and tree views$$$Improved progress control rendering and layout behavior$$$Improved multi-file operations and multi-selection properties dialog$$$Improved CSV/JSON loading performance using buffered reads$$$Improved tab spacing in light mode$$$Improved Italian translation (thanks @bovirus)$$$Bug Fixes$$$$$$Corrected accelerated scanning on Linux-created NTFS file systems$$$Corrected potential crash when scanning root network shares$$$Corrected potential shutdown hang or delay after a scan completes$$$Corrected potential scan cancellation hang when worker thread is blocked$$$Corrected progress bar behavior dropping from 100% back to 99% at scan completion$$$Corrected layout alignment and spacing in setting dialogs$$$Corrected localization language fallback logic regression (thanks @harryytm)$$$Corrected various other minor issues$$$Miscellaneous$$$$$$Added MSIX bundle publishing support in WinGet$$$Updated build script to default to the beta configuration after a short delay
WinDirStat x86 Version 2.7.0
Release Date
7/1/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.7.0$$$Enhancements$$$$$$Added Storage Analytics and cost optimization view$$$Added permissions scanning and export capabilities$$$Added window layout chooser for the main panes$$$Added tools to remove empty folders and change folder dates to last change$$$Added folder frames option to treemap visualization$$$Added multilingual support for MSI installer$$$Added file deletion warning before profile deletions$$$Added profile deletion progress tracking$$$Added xxHash (XXH3) as a selectable file hashing algorithm$$$Added option to group unregistered file extensions$$$Added shortcut to launch Microsoft Storage Settings$$$Added extension search on double-click in extension list (thanks @harryytm)$$$Added selected items count and statistics to status bar (thanks @harryytm)$$$Added UTF-8 BOM support for CSV/JSON files$$$Improved column width autosizing performance in list and tree views$$$Improved progress control rendering and layout behavior$$$Improved multi-file operations and multi-selection properties dialog$$$Improved CSV/JSON loading performance using buffered reads$$$Improved tab spacing in light mode$$$Improved Italian translation (thanks @bovirus)$$$Bug Fixes$$$$$$Corrected accelerated scanning on Linux-created NTFS file systems$$$Corrected potential crash when scanning root network shares$$$Corrected potential shutdown hang or delay after a scan completes$$$Corrected potential scan cancellation hang when worker thread is blocked$$$Corrected progress bar behavior dropping from 100% back to 99% at scan completion$$$Corrected layout alignment and spacing in setting dialogs$$$Corrected localization language fallback logic regression (thanks @harryytm)$$$Corrected various other minor issues$$$Miscellaneous$$$$$$Added MSIX bundle publishing support in WinGet$$$Updated build script to default to the beta configuration after a short delay
WinDirStat x86 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$$$Corrected potential hang for unresponsive drive mappings
WinDirStat x86 Version 2.6.2
Release Date
5/31/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.6.2$$$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$$$Corrected potential hang for unresponsive drive mappings
WinDirStat x86 Version 2.6.1
Release Date
5/22/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.6.1$$$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$$$Addressed folders not appearing in search results
WinDirStat x86 Version 2.6.1
Release Date
5/22/2026
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes
WinDirStat 2.6.1$$$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
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