Process Lasso v12.4.7.20

v10.2.0.40 – Aug 1 2021 – Release Announcement

• Improvement to ProBalance
• Refactored Foreground Boosting
• Add Internet Explorer Restriction feature
• Deploy Bitsum Session Agent for GaaP installs too
• Windows 11 support
• Other fixes and enhancements

(37) Core: Fix an issue with Instance Balancer 'childof:' rules with no space before process name match
(35) Insights: Improvements with greater than normal system text size or scaling
(31) GUI: Change real-time priority warning message and behavior
(31) CPUEaterDemo: Rename CPU consumer in SFX (live EXE) to testlasso.exe instead of bg.tst
(31) Core: Minor code improvements
(29) GUI: Add 'Exclude from Foreground Boost' process context menu item under More
(29) GUI: Remove superfluous cancel button from 'foreground boosting not recommended' warning messagebox
(25) GUI: Internal adjustment to cancel/close behavior of generic list dialog
(25) GUI: Cosmetic to generic list dialog (foreground boost exclusions, Group Extender, SmartTrim exclusions ...)
(23) GUI: Add Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe) restriction feature under 'Options / Control'
(23) GUI: Add foreground boost exclusions list dialog
(19) CPUEaterDemo: Launch CPU consumer as an orphaned background process, given default foreground exclusion setting. This makes the demo more user friendly and more accurately simulates a real-world background CPU consuming process.
(19) CPUEaterDemo: Add explanatory text regarding treatment of foreground processes
(19) CPUEaterDemo: Cosmetic work
(19) GUI: Allow previously enabled foreground boosting to be disabled in Free versions past trial
(17) GUI: Add 'Boost to High Priority' (instead of Above Normal) foreground boost option
(15) Install: Always deploy bitsumsessionagent, including with GaaP
(13) GUI: Language updates
(11) Core: Refactor foreground priority class boosting to work with GaaS and multiple simultaneous sessions
(11) Core: Add foreground boost option to exclude non-normal priority classes
(11) Core: Remove foreground thread boosting
(11) GUI: Refactor foreground boosting submenu, adding new options
(11) GUI: Minor menu adjustments to 'Options / CPU'
(9) Core: Migrate to GetTickCount64 in ProBalance timing
(9) Core: Add distinct log entry when ProBalance ends due to entry into foreground
(9) Core.ProBalance: When 'ignore children of foreground process' enabled, end restraint if parent enters foreground
(9) Core.ProBalance: If non-normal priority classes are not excluded, ensure that idle priority classes are not raised to below normal
(9) GUI: Minor cosmetic to ProBalance Options dialog
(7) GUI: Fix config reset by menu not clearing some rule types
(1) Core: Add an experimental feature
(1) GUI: Remove 'Always Allow Dark Mode' menu item
(1) GUI: Support Windows 11 in OS build string

Highlights:

• Adjustment to ProBalance handling of some scenarios
• Refactored Foreground Boosting
• Internet Explorer Restriction Feature
• Deploy Bitsum Session Agent for GaaP installs too
• Windows 11 Support

(33) GUI: Minor
(31) GUI: Change real-time priority warning message and behavior
(31) CPUEaterDemo: Rename CPU consumer in SFX (live EXE) to testlasso.exe instead of bg.tst
(31) Core: Minor code improvements
(29) GUI: Add 'Exclude from Foreground Boost' process context menu item under More
(29) GUI: Remove superfluous cancel button from 'foreground boosting not recommended' warning messagebox
(25) GUI: Internal adjustment to cancel/close behavior of generic list dialog
(25) GUI: Cosmetic to generic list dialog (foreground boost exclusions, Group Extender, SmartTrim exclusions ...)
(23) GUI: Add Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe) restriction feature under 'Options / Control'
(23) GUI: Add foreground boost exclusions list dialog
(19) CPUEaterDemo: Launch CPU consumer as an orphaned background process, given default foreground exclusion setting. This makes the demo more user friendly and more accurately simulates a real-world background CPU consuming process.
(19) CPUEaterDemo: Add explanatory text regarding treatment of foreground processes
(19) CPUEaterDemo: Cosmetic work
(19) GUI: Allow previously enabled foreground boosting to be disabled in Free versions past trial
(17) GUI: Add 'Boost to High Priority' (instead of Above Normal) foreground boost option
(15) Install: Always deploy bitsumsessionagent, including with GaaP
(13) GUI: Language updates
(11) Core: Refactor foreground priority class boosting to work with GaaS and multiple simultaneous sessions
(11) Core: Add foreground boost option to exclude non-normal priority classes
(11) Core: Remove foreground thread boosting
(11) GUI: Refactor foreground boosting submenu, adding new options
(11) GUI: Minor menu adjustments to 'Options / CPU'
(9) Core: Migrate to GetTickCount64 in ProBalance timing
(9) Core: Add distinct log entry when ProBalance ends due to entry into foreground
(9) Core.ProBalance: When 'ignore children of foreground process' enabled, end restraint if parent enters foreground
(9) Core.ProBalance: If non-normal priority classes are not excluded, ensure that idle priority classes are not raised to below normal
(9) GUI: Minor cosmetic to ProBalance Options dialog
(7) GUI: Fix config reset by menu not clearing some rule types
(1) Core: Add an experimental feature
(1) GUI: Remove 'Always Allow Dark Mode' menu item
(1) GUI: Support Windows 11 in OS build string

• Dark mode for CPU core graphs, statusbar, and menubar
• Improved tab control appearance in light mode
• Minor fixes and enhancements

(33) GUI: Improvements to RAM Load graph control
(25) GUI: Minor menu caption tweaks
(19) GUI: Dark CPU core graphs
(17) GUI: Adjust statusbar Windows build text
(17) GUI: Reduce frequency of statusbar partition resizing
(15) LogViewer: Add dark menubar
(15) Insights: Add dark menubar
(13) GUI: Don't owner draw tab controls in light mode (restores full visual effects)
(11) GUI: Add dark statusbar
(11) GUI: Minor changes to updater
(9) GUI: Fix a duplicated colon in About dialog license details
(7) GUI: Add dark menubar
(3) GUI: Add options to toggle dark menubar and statusbar
(1) GUI: Abide by BHP uninstall if done through ParkControl (and vice-versa)
(1) GUI: Add more version info to copyable section of About box

v10.0.3.6 – May 12 2021

• Update several languages
• Minor fixes and enhancements

(1) GUI: Fix a problem when user toggles between views while filtering in progress
(1) GUI: Preserve process filter when switching between All and Active views
(5) GUI: Remove French from out-of-date list
(5) GUI: Update several languages

v10.0.2.24 – Apr 12 2021

• Update several languages
• Minor fixes and enhancements

(23) GUI: Language updates
(19) GUI: Remove 'Show notification when power plan changes' menu item
(13) GUI: Add Bulgarian
(11) GUI: Fix 'Log' menu caption not translated
(11) Core: Fix SmartTrim 'Trim Now' menu item didn't work with GaaS
(9) GUI: Change caption for 'Reconfigure the way Process Lasso starts' to 'Configure Startup'
(7) GUI: Minor cosmetic changes
(1) GUI/Installer: Minor code improvements

03.04.21 - 10.0.2 beta:

(9) GUI: Language updates
(9) GUI: Change caption for 'Reconfigure the way Process Lasso starts' to 'Configure Startup'
(7) GUI: Minor cosmetic changes
(1) GUI/Installer: Minor code improvements
(1) GUI: Start adding installer strings to primary resources for easier localization
(1) GUI: Prepare for Bulgarian and Turkish
(1) GUI: Restore Japanese (incomplete)
(1) GUI: Update German
(1) GUI: Update Chinese Simplified

v10.0.1.16 – March 29 2021

• Update several languages
• Minor fixes and enhancements

(15) GUI: Add back Spanish, with warning about incomplete state
(13) GUI: Show listview column sort indicator arrows on init instead of only after change
(11) GUI: Support listview numeric sorting on 64-bit integer fields
(11) GUI: Improve log listview sort behavior
(9) Core: Fix caption for log action 0x1C (application power profile enforced)
(9) GUI: Fix 'View / Reset Column Layout' would not order log listview columns as intended
(7) GUI: Fix Window Error Reporting (WER) process zombies
(3) GUI/Core: Minor other changes
(1) GUI: Add CPU Time column to Active Processes list
(1) Installer: Remove deprecated bcleaner module
(1) GUI: Update several languages