Release Notes¶

Notable user-facing changes per version. For full commit history and downloadable assets, see the GitHub releases page.

v0.5.1 — April 6, 2026¶

Category edit dialog — Fixed an issue where the category suggestion ComboBox in the Change Category flow could remain hidden in some states.
Test stability — Fixed a race in WPF test host initialization that could intermittently fail CI and local full test runs.

Context menu startup — Settings → Startup now includes a toggle to add the Windows Explorer Register with Applanch context menu entry at startup (enabled by default).
Remove context menu — A Remove Applanch Context Menu Entries button in Settings → Startup removes existing Explorer context menu entries immediately.
Configurable quick-add limit — Settings → Item Display lets you control how many suggestions appear while typing in the quick-add box (10, 20, 30, 50 by default, or 100).

Utility Actions — Settings now includes Copy Diagnostics (copies app version, OS, locale, and log folder path to the clipboard) and Open Log Folder (opens the applanch log directory in File Explorer).
Installer — The Windows installer now supports Japanese. Wizard icon updated.
Documentation — Full bilingual (English / Japanese) documentation is available at docs.applanch.com.

Windows Explorer context menu — When registered as a sparse package, applanch adds a Register with Applanch entry to the Windows 11 right-click context menu for files and folders.
Update install behavior — Settings → Startup includes an Update Install Behavior option: Notify Only, Manual (default), or Automatically Apply.
Check for Updates — A Check for Updates action in Settings → Utility Actions triggers an immediate update check without restarting.
Unregister script — unregister-context-menu.cmd is included in the portable ZIP as a fallback for removing the context menu entry without reinstalling.

Report Bug — Settings → Utility Actions includes a Report Bug button that opens a pre-filled GitHub issue template in your browser.

Favicon cache — Icons for web items are cached locally. New settings control whether HTTP icon fetching is allowed and whether requests to private IP ranges are permitted.
Open Location — A Open Location context menu action on items opens the item's containing folder in File Explorer.
Delete missing item — When a missing item fails to launch, the notification includes a Delete button to remove it from the list immediately.

URL items — Web URLs can be added as launch items. applanch opens them in the default browser.
User-defined themes — Custom color palettes placed in Config/UserDefined/theme-palette/*.json appear as selectable themes in Settings.
System theme — The Follow system theme option now tracks the Windows light/dark setting in real time.
User-defined launch fallbacks — Custom fallback resolution rules can be placed in Config/UserDefined/launch-fallbacks/*.json.

Japanese UI — The application is now available in Japanese. Language defaults to the Windows display language; change it in Settings → Appearance → Language.
Themed dialogs — Confirmation and message dialogs now follow the active color theme.

Automatic updates — applanch checks GitHub Releases on startup and can apply updates in-app.
Settings window — A dedicated settings window provides centralized configuration.
Structured logging — Detailed logs are written to %LocalAppData%\applanch\app.log.