2022 History

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Version 2.3.5.5                December 12, 2022                Build 1523

 

     


Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.


Added a warning that ChromeOS is not supported.






Version 2.3.5.4                December 6, 2022                 Build 1513

 

     


Several improvements to the statistics and location routines.






Version 2.3.5.3                November 26, 2022                 Build 1505

 

     


Added additional boot time checks.

These checks ensure that critical libraries and files are present.


Code cleanup.


Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.


Note: Your Grub2Win EFI partition modules will be refreshed to level 153.






Version 2.3.5.2                November 20, 2022                Build 1496

 

     


Added a check to ensure that critical GNU Grub libraries exist.


Note: Your Grub2Win EFI partition modules will be refreshed to level 152.






Version 2.3.5.1                November 16, 2022                Build 1493

 

     


Added a new setup parameter    CodeOnly.


This refreshes the GNU Grub code files and Window application.

It preserves the exact current state of your configuration files.






Version 2.3.5.0                November 6, 2022                Build 1492

 

     


Fixed a minor bug in the EFI firmware boot order routines.


Improved detection of external changes to the EFI firmware boot order.

These changes are often caused by Windows or Linux software updates.


Grub2Win has not yet been tested with some newer Windows 11 preview builds.

Added a setup warning message for these untested Windows builds.


Refreshed the Norwegian (Nynorsk) language locale file.


Fixed an error in the unzip routines.






Version 2.3.4.9                October 20, 2022                Build 1486

 

     


Rewrote several routines to improve performance.


Minor updates to the GUI and help files.


Refreshed the Hungarian (Magyar Nyelv) language locale file.






Version 2.3.4.8                October 9, 2022                Build 1468




Code cleanup. Removed some duplicate variables and functions.


Minor updates to the GUI and help files.


Grub2Win is now compiled with the latest AutoIt compiler.

Release 3.3.16.1


Refreshed the Romanian (Româna) language locale file.

This latest level of boot time help is greatly enhanced.


Display a warning if Dynamic Disks are detected.

Dynamic Disks are not supported by Grub2Win.


Force EFI mode for Windows 11 systems.






Version 2.3.4.7                September 30, 2022                Build 1467


 


Fixed a problem in the set firmware boot order routines.


Added a warning about the use of double quotes in menulist commands.


Enhanced the system info load time statistics.


Other minor updates to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.4.6                September 13, 2022                Build 1463


 


Minor updates to the GUI and help files.


If a disk read error occurs, Grub2Win will now skip that disk drive.

Drives with read errors will be ignored.

The log will record any disk errors encountered.

Run Grub2Win with the “Quiet” parameter to suppress console messages.






Version 2.3.4.5                August 31, 2022                Build 1455




Improved error detection in the disk scan routines.


Minor enhancements to the update process.


Applied recent updates to the Simplified Chinese language help file.






Version 2.3.4.4        August 20, 2022




Added a button to reboot your machine for EFI firmware setup.

This only appears on machines running EFI firmware.


Updates to the Grub2Win help files.


Applied recent updates to the Norwegian language help file.






Version 2.3.4.3        August 18, 2022




Enhancements to the EFI diagnostic routines.






Version 2.3.4.2        August 9, 2022




Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.4.1        July 25, 2022




Added a dialog to verify that the Grub2Win boot menu appears.


Some EFI firmware does not properly follow standards at boot time.

It skips over the Grub2Win kernel and loads Windows instead.

When this happens, the Grub2Win boot menu never appears.


If requested, the new dialog will display a help file.

The help file contains detailed instructions to remedy the problem.






Version 2.3.4.0        July 2, 2022




Enhanced the GPT partition scan routines.

This was done to accommodate some rarely used partition formats.


Refreshed the Vietnamese boot time help file.


       




Version 2.3.3.9        June 28, 2022




Refreshed the Simplified Chinese boot time help file.

The new file includes many additional translated messages.



Refreshed the 7-Zip modules to level 22.00.


       




Version 2.3.3.8        June 9, 2022




Rewrote the geo-locate routines to improve their accuracy.


       




Version 2.3.3.7        June 6, 2022




Minor updates to the GUI and help files.


       




Version 2.3.3.6        May 28, 2022




Removed the “Additional Drivers” option for BIOS systems.


These old GNU Grub drivers were very rarely used.


They did not work at all on EFI firmware systems.

They sometimes caused boot time lockups on BIOS systems.


Any users who actually need the old drivers, should contact me at SourceForge.

I will set up a workaround for you.


       




Version 2.3.3.5        May 16, 2022




Further refinements to the setup.exe validation routines.

       





Version 2.3.3.4        May 11, 2022




Refinements to the setup.exe validation routines.

This allows the user to refresh the setup.exe module if desired.


Minor updates to the GUI and help files.

       





Version 2.3.3.3        May 2, 2022




Confirm that the Grub2Win setup.exe module is current.


It must have been downloaded from SourceForge within the past 30 days.

       





Version 2.3.3.2        April 24, 2022




Updated the AutoIt compiler to version 3.3.16.0


This new version officially supports Windows 11.


Grub2Win is written and compiled in the AutoIt language.



Simplified user icon file names.

       





Version 2.3.3.1        April 20, 2022




Minor fixes to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.3.0        April 14, 2022




Fixes to the date and statistics routines.


Minor fixes to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.2.9        April 5, 2022




Enhancements to g2wsleep function to allow additional options.

Updates to the GUI and help files.


Note: Your Grub2Win EFI partition modules will be refreshed to level 151.






Version 2.3.2.8        February 19, 2022




Added Romanian to the boot time help languages.

31 languages are now supported for boot time help.

Fixes to the date calculation routines.

Clarified Windows load restrictions for BIOS systems.

Enhancements to the diagnostics routines.

Updates to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.2.7        February 6, 2022




Minor enhancements to the GUI and help files.






Version 2.3.2.6        January 20, 2022




Improvements to the syntax scan routines.


Enhanced the instructions to import “Other Linux” distributions.






Version 2.3.2.5        January 11, 2022




Improvements to the ZULU time offset routines.


Tweaks to the download parms for better reliability.






Version 2.3.2.4        January 5, 2022




Minor enhancements to the GUI and the C:\grub.cfg layout.






Version 2.3.2.3        January 2, 2022




Several enhancements to the download routines.







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